"Fang'er, take Xinhua to your Aunt Chen's house and tell him to stay there and not come back."

Please ask your Aunt Chen and Aunt Wang to come and help; I can't manage alone."

Zhang Shuzhen remained relatively calm and immediately instructed her daughter to send Sheng Xinhua away, so that Zhou Qinglan's screaming during childbirth wouldn't frighten Sheng Xinhua.

"Xiaofei, go to the security office and call your brother back. Tell him your sister-in-law is about to give birth."

When she was pregnant with her first child, Sheng Xiping was in the mountains, too far away to come back, so there was nothing she could do.

Since we're in the forest this time, we have to get Sheng Xiping home so he can stay by our side and handle any situation promptly.

The two daughters nodded and did as their mother instructed.

Sheng Yunfang helped Sheng Xinhua put on his coat, took his little toys, and led him to the Chen family.

Sheng Yunfei ran all the way to the security department to report the news.

"Brother, hurry home, my sister-in-law is in labor and has a stomachache." Sheng Yunfei pushed open the door of the security office and shouted inside.

Sheng Xiping was chatting with a few other people when he heard this and immediately stood up.

"What? Your sister-in-law is about to give birth?" Sheng Xiping mentally checked, and it seemed like the birth date had been moved up again.

Forget it, now's not the time to think about that. Getting home is the priority.

"Brother Li, I need to go home first. My wife is about to give birth."

Li Zhenggang waved his hand, "Go back quickly, and if anything happens, just send someone to call us."

Sheng Xiping didn't have time to say anything else. He left the security office and ran back home in a flash.

Upon entering, Sheng Xiping saw his mother tending the fire and hurriedly asked, "Mom, how is Qinglan?"

"Her stomach pain isn't too bad, but she's started bleeding. I expect it will be soon too. You go inside and stay with her for a while."

I'll boil some water and cook her some brown sugar eggs so she has something to eat first and will have the strength to give birth.

Based on Zhang Shuzhen's experience, she judged that Zhou Qinglan would not be able to give birth within an hour or two, so she quickly went out to make something to eat in case Zhou Qinglan was too weak to give birth.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping hurried into the west room and saw his wife wearing an old pair of trousers, slowly strolling along the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Bloody show is different from water breaking. If your water breaks, you should lie down and not move around too much to avoid too much amniotic fluid leaking out and causing fetal distress.

If you experience spotting, you can walk around on the ground for a while to encourage the baby to descend into the pelvis sooner.

That's what the older generation always says, and it's been passed down from generation to generation.

Upon seeing this, Sheng Xiping rushed forward to support Zhou Qinglan, asking, "Wife, how are you? Does your stomach hurt badly?"

Sheng Xiping was sweating with nervousness, and his voice was tense. This was the first time in both his lives that he was accompanying his wife during childbirth; anyone would be nervous in that situation.

Zhou Qinglan, on the other hand, had already given birth once and was more composed than Sheng Xiping.

"It's alright, the stomach pain isn't as severe as it was when my eldest son had it. It's quite regular."

I figured I wouldn't give birth anytime soon, so I got up and walked around a bit. Hold me up, let's walk around a bit more, don't worry, it'll be fine.

And so, Sheng Xiping helped Zhou Qinglan walk back and forth on the floor of the west room.

Not long after, Zhang Shuzhen finished making the brown sugar and eggs, brought them into the house, and told Zhou Qinglan to eat some quickly.

Zhou Qinglan knew that childbirth required physical strength and couldn't be done on an empty stomach, so she sat there, enduring the stomach pain, and started eating.

Just then, Sheng Yunfang also invited Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiulan over.

Seeing Zhou Qinglan's condition, the two breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes, yes, eat more so you'll have the strength to give birth later."

"Don't worry, Xiping's wife. Second pregnancies are usually easier than first ones. You're young, and your cervix will open up quickly," Chen Xiulan comforted Zhou Qinglan.

As Zhou Qinglan sat there eating, she felt waves of increasingly intense abdominal pain.

She was quite tolerant; she gritted her teeth and ate all four eggs, then drank the brown sugar water before finally clutching her stomach and climbing onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

"I can't take it anymore, my stomach hurts terribly."

Upon seeing this, Chen Xiulan quickly shooed Sheng Xiping to the outer room.

"Xiping, hurry up and boil some water. Your wife is giving birth to her second child, which is faster than the first. You can't help much inside, so just wait outside."

Sheng Xiping hesitated, not wanting to leave, but Zhang Shuzhen pushed him out the door.

"Go boil some water quickly, and scrub the pot twice with a dough scraper, understand?"

"Oh, oh, I understand." Sheng Xiping finally came to his senses and quickly went out to wash the pot and boil water.

When they came out of the west room, they found that Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei had already cleaned the pot, filled it with water, and the firewood at the bottom of the pot was burning brightly.

Now, Sheng Xiping had even less work to do, so he paced back and forth in the outer room, muttering to himself as he went.

"Wife, you must take good care of yourself and give birth to the baby safely. We'll only have these two, and we won't have any more."

It's no wonder Sheng Xiping was so worried. Even giving birth in a hospital can lead to complications, let alone giving birth at home.

There isn't even a doctor around. What if something happens?

Doctor, yes, although the forest farm doesn't have a hospital, it has Dr. Qiao.

Thinking of this, Sheng Xiping didn't care about anything else and rushed out of the house to find Doctor Qiao at the clinic.

This left Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei completely bewildered, staring at Sheng Xiping with utter confusion.

What's wrong with my brother? Why did he run out without saying a word? There's nothing unusual in the inner room. What's going on?

Sheng Xiping dashed to the clinic and shouted as he entered, "Dr. Qiao, hurry, hurry, my wife is giving birth!"

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