Chapter 609: Due Date, It's Time (Please vote and subscribe)

After seeing dozens of large ships lined up and sailing away, Luo Chong stood on the dock for a long time, until the sky began to snow heavily, and the snowflakes piled up on his shoulders. Luo Chong then turned back to the government office of Weishan County, and waited until the snow stopped before leaving for home.

The road was slippery after the snow, so Luo Chong walked slowly. When he got home the next day, Xiaodie and Zhan Ying were already due. In the past few days, Luo Chong's mother-in-law Shang has been living at home, sleeping with Xiaodie and Zhan Ying. Luo Chong lives in the study opposite, handling some official business at home, and is also looking forward to the birth of the child.

After two lives, this time he is finally going to be a father.

On the third day after Luo Chong got home, he received a letter from You Fu. He first said that the new three-masted sailing ship was very fast, far exceeding the previous two-masted sailing ship. At the same time, he said that the fleet sailed very smoothly. Since they had traveled there before, the hydrological conditions of this section of the river basin had been explored, so the fleet traveled day and night, and the sailors worked in three shifts, and did not dock along the way.

It took only one day and one night to reach the newly built Dongxin County of the coal mine, and it took another three days and nights to reach the sandbar, which was where they met the raccoon tribe.

Now they are on their way to the destination. The northwest wind in winter is very cold, but the wind is also very strong. The fleet is just in the right direction. All the fleets are sailing at full sail, and the speed is very fast. It is expected that the fleet will reach the landing point in four days.

After reading it, Luo Chong immediately wrote a letter in reply, which simply said: Be safe, wish you all the best, return triumphantly as soon as possible, and report to me again when you land.

The news that the fleet sailed smoothly made him feel relieved, but the atmosphere of labor at home became more and more tense. Xiaodie and Zhan Ying had abdominal pain symptoms one after another. Based on Luo Chong's understanding of the human body structure in his previous life, he knew that this was the pelvis opening, which meant that the two women had officially entered the labor period. At this time, they could not go anywhere and could only wait on the delivery bed.

Luo Chong did not rest, but placed Xiaodie and Zhan Ying in two rooms separately, one in the bedroom and the other in Luo Chong's study. There was also a kang in the study, which was where Luo Chong slept for the past few months.

The purpose of this arrangement was to worry that the two would not give birth at the same time. If one of them was in pain and howled, the other was so scared that she simply held it in and dared not give birth. That would be a disaster. Moreover, if the two of them were in the same room, if they really gave birth together, they were also worried that the room would be too small and they would not be able to handle it.

Luo Chong ordered several women to keep boiling water to ensure that hot water was always available. In addition, he prepared a lot of old linen that had been washed white, put it in the pot and disinfected it with boiling water, including silk swaddling clothes for the children. He also had someone stew chicken soup noodles and personally fed the two people to make sure they were full and had enough energy. Then he began to circle back and forth between the two rooms, comforting one and encouraging the other.

Xiaodie and Zhan Ying, inspired by Shang, continued to follow the tradition of primitive people and asked Luo Chong to give them the most beautiful and precious jewelry they had accumulated.

Although he didn't quite understand, Luo Chong didn't lack these things. The pearls and conchs tributed by the oxtail, the gold and silver jewelry of the Han tribe, and even the translucent bracelets made of antelope horns, as well as some Chinese knot bracelets made by Luo Chong himself, although they were not expensive, Luo Chong took them all. These things were small gifts he usually gave to the two people, and at this time he took out a lot of them.

Xiaodie watched Luo Chong put a silver bracelet on her wrist, then held Luo Chong's hand and said.

"Husband, do you still remember the word 'ying' you taught me?"

Luo Chong nodded, put Xiaodie's hand on his face, and said softly, "I remember."

"No, you forgot. You told me that women are in danger of death when giving birth, so before giving birth, they should wear their most precious jewelry and dress up beautifully before dying. Our Han tribe is located in the inland mountainous area, far away from the sea, and beautiful shells are the most precious.

So the word 'ying' for baby is a female character with two shells on it, and the baby born is also called 'baby'.

Now I'm wearing all the jewelry you gave me, so I won't be afraid. Husband, do you think I look good?"

Luo Chong nodded fiercely with red eyes, "My Xiaodie will look good in anything. You won't die. You will be fine. You have to believe me. I am the leader of the Han tribe. I have never been wrong about what I said.

Xiaodie, you must be strong. I won't let you die, so you must live for me. This is the order of the emperor. No one can resist, even if it is a ghost or a god. No one can let you die without my permission. You must live."

Seeing that Luo Chong was so nervous about her, Xiaodie's face was full of happiness. It was just that the occasional pain in her abdomen made her eyebrows frown slightly, but she still said generously. "Husband, you should go to see your sister Ying'er. You haven't been there for a long time. She doesn't like to talk. If you don't go, she will be very scared."

Luo Chong nodded gently, kissed Xiaodie's forehead again, and then turned to the study room opposite.

Zhan Ying, who was on the kang in the study room, saw Luo Chong coming and immediately stretched out her arms like a kitten. Luo Chong hurried over and put his face close to Zhan Ying, and was hugged by Zhan Ying's neck.

"Husband."

"Well, I'm here, Ying'er, don't be afraid. With your husband by your side, everything will be fine." Luo Chong also whispered in Zhan Ying's ear to comfort her.

"Well, I'm not afraid. My husband is my savior. The last time I was chosen by the witch to be a saint and sacrificed to the river god, I was so scared that they threw me into the cold water. My hands and feet were cramped from the cold, and I couldn't get ashore no matter how hard I struggled.

They just watched me being washed farther and farther by the water, sinking deeper and deeper, and my body getting colder and colder. Just when I felt that I was about to die, it was my husband who carried me onto the boat and gave me his clothes to wear.

From then on, I knew that you are my savior. As long as my husband is by my side, Ying'er is not afraid of anything." Zhan Ying also comforted herself as if she was cheering herself up.

"Well, don't worry, you will be fine. My women, Luo Chong, are the best and most blessed people. God will definitely bless you to be safe and have a smooth birth." Luo Chong kissed Zhan Ying's cheek and comforted her again.

Zhan Ying didn't say anything, but tightened her arms around Luo Chong's neck, silently enjoying the warmth of this moment.

But before long, a midwife's voice came from the door opposite, "Chief, the eldest lady's water broke."

Then Xiaodie's high-pitched cry of pain came.

Ah -

Luo Chong's heart trembled, and he turned his head to look at the door opposite.

(End of this chapter)