"Sister-in-law Ercui, let me take you to the clinic!"

Liu Ercui raised her face, which was covered in sweat, and grimaced, saying, "Sister... it's alright, it's too late, I think she's about to come out..."

"They're coming out? Then..." Qin Hanshu asked in a panic, "What should I do now?"

Liu Ercui took deep, rhythmic breaths, straining to breathe.

"Could you boil some water for me, and... get me a pair of scissors..."

Boiling water... Scissors...

Qin Hanshu was also heavily pregnant and her movements were not very agile. As she headed towards Liu Ercui's kitchen, she instructed Zhang's eldest son, "Go downstairs quickly and see if your Aunt Fan is home. Call her up, and hurry up!"

The eldest son of the Zhang family had stopped crying and, upon hearing Qin Hanshu's words, quickly turned and ran away.

The stove in the kitchen was simmering soup. Qin Hanshu immediately took the soup pot off the stove, put the kettle on it, and picked up a fan to fan it vigorously a few times.

Fortunately, Fan Hongxia was at home and came up with Zhang's eldest son, along with Zhou Weiguang, who had heard the commotion.

Behind Zhou Weiguang was a young man, his civil servant Wang Xiaogang.

"Sister-in-law Hongxia, go inside and check on Sister-in-law Ercui." Qin Hanshu then asked Zhang's eldest son, "Where are your scissors? Find them for Auntie."

Zhang's eldest son exclaimed "Hey!" and went to find the scissors.

Zhou Weiguang then came over and helped Qin Hanshu to the side, taking the fan and starting to fan the stove.

"Battalion Commander, let me help..." Wang Xiaogang, driven by his professional instincts, hurriedly tried to help Zhou Weiguang, but Zhou Weiguang waved him off.

Qin Hanshu asked Zhou Weiguang, "Why hasn't Battalion Commander Zhang returned yet?"

Zhou Weiguang said, "I'm not very clear about the affairs of the First Battalion, so I can't say."

"Aunt Qin, the scissors are here!"

Qin Hanshu took the scissors and prepared to sterilize them by burning them with a lighter.

Zhou Weiguang glanced at it and said, "No, the flame of the lighter is too small."

He said to the eldest son of the Zhang family, "Go and get your father's liquor, the most expensive kind."

"Okay!" The eldest son of the Zhang family readily agreed and ran off, returning shortly with the most expensive bottle.

Zhou Weiguang poured the wine into a bowl and put the scissors in to soak for a few minutes.

Liu Ercui's cries grew louder and louder.

Fan Hongxia called out, "Xiao Qin—scissors—"

Qin Hanshu picked up the sterilized scissors and quickly walked over.

Zhou Weiguang said worriedly, "You're carrying a heavy load, be careful."

The chaotic scene left Wang Xiaogang speechless. "Battalion Commander, is this what childbirth looks like? It looks like a battle."

Zhou Weiguang frowned as well. Is childbirth really that painful? Liu Ercui is screaming so pitifully, how will his wife endure it in the future?

Wang Xiaogang: "Why didn't Battalion Commander Zhang show his face when his own wife gave birth?"

Zhou Weiguang didn't reply. He went over and poured a bowl of wine over the soaked scissors directly from the balcony into the green belt below.

Inside the room, Qin Hanshu and Fan Hongxia were dumbfounded.

The baby has been born.

It slipped out in a flash and landed on the cloth that was used as a mat.

How is the umbilical cord cut?

Qin Hanshu had no problem killing chickens and ducks, but when he saw that strange-looking newborn, he was truly bewildered.

Before she and Fan Hongxia could even react, Liu Ercui had already picked up the scissors and snipped the umbilical cord.

I cut the umbilical cord myself.

"Oh my god, it's finally out..." Liu Ercui actually seemed to be in pretty good spirits. She said to the stunned Fan Hongxia, "Sister Fan, pick up the baby so I can see if it's a boy or a girl."

Fan Hongxia: "Oh...oh...okay..."

Qin Hanshu also came to her senses and quickly went to fetch hot water.

Zhou Weiguang had already prepared the water, and Qin Hanshu brought it over and went back inside.

After wiping Liu Ercui's body and cleaning the newborn child, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Ercui got her wish and gave birth to a girl. She was so happy that she laughed and had so much energy that she didn't look like she had just given birth at all.

Qin Hanshu suggested, "Sister-in-law Ercui, you should go to the infirmary to get it treated. You cut the umbilical cord yourself; it would be bad if it got infected."

Liu Ercui waved her hand dismissively, "No need, I know my own body best!"

No matter how Qin Hanshu tried to persuade her, it was no use, so Fan Hongxia gestured for her to stop trying.

Liu Ercui is a good person, but she can be a bit stubborn at times, and it's hard to change her mind once she's made up her mind.

When Zhang Lei returned home and saw so many people gathered there, he was stunned. "What's going on...?"

Zhou Weiguang: "Old Zhang, you're so lucky. You'll have another kid calling you Dad when you get home from get off work."

Becoming a father in just a few minutes of effort—isn't that the cheapest thing in the world?