Chapter 2 Birth
Upon seeing this, Liu Zhaodi quickly helped her into the house, saying, "Sister Cuihua, you're going into premature labor! I'll go find Granny Gu to deliver the baby. Hang in there!"
As he was leaving, he hurried off to find Granny Gu. On his way out, he ran into Wang Ni, Zhang Cuihua's sister-in-law, and quickly called out to her, "Sister-in-law Wang, hurry to my house to boil water. Your sister-in-law is at my house. She's going into premature labor. I'm going to find Granny Zhang to help her give birth."
After saying that, she left quickly. Upon hearing this, Wang Ni also hurried over. Although the two sisters-in-law each had their own thoughts, it was a matter of great importance at this moment, so she went quickly.
As Liu Zhaodi arrived at Granny Gu's house, she started calling out before even entering, "Granny Gu, come out quickly! Zhang Cuihua has gone into premature labor."
Without saying a word, Granny Gu hurried along with her bound feet, still wrapped in her swaddling clothes, towards Liu Zhaodi's house. As she reached the door, she heard Zhang Cuihua's wailing. Granny Gu rushed inside, examined her, and said, "I told you your baby isn't in the correct position. I'll adjust it; it'll hurt a little, but you'll have to bear it!"
As she spoke, Granny Gu began to rotate her hand on Zhang Cuihua's stomach. "Granny Gu, it hurts!" Zhang Cuihua cried out.
Grandma Gu said, "You have to endure the pain." Ugh!
Gu Yihan felt her scalp tingle even while inside Liu Zhaodi's stomach.
Suddenly, Gu Yihan felt her buttocks hit something hard, and immediately felt a little short of air and difficulty breathing. Gu Yihan struggled uncontrollably.
Gu Yihan heard Liu Zhaodi shout, "Ah! Mother-in-law, I'm about to give birth too!" and immediately went into the delivery room as well.
Zhang Cuihua was already having a difficult labor and was quite busy. When Grandma Gu saw Liu Zhaodi come in and say that she was about to give birth, she became even busier.
All I could do was shout, "Wang Ni, boil more water."
Wang Ni was also extremely busy, so she could only reply, "I understand, Grandma Gu."
Gu Yihan was completely dumbfounded. Liu Zhaodi deliberately bumped her stomach. What was she doing?
Before she could figure it out, she felt a current pushing her outside, and heard two people inside the room crying out in pain.
Suddenly hearing a child crying, Liu Zhaodi looked up and saw Zhang Cuihua had arrived. Before Granny Gu could even pick up the child to see if it was a boy or a girl, she was surprised.
Startled by Liu Zhaodi's cries of pain, she immediately ran to Liu Zhaodi. Liu Zhaodi kept holding onto Granny Gu's hand and crying out in pain, so Granny Gu could only busy herself taking care of Liu Zhaodi.
Gu Yihan slid out of the womb little by little with the contractions of the uterus, and finally, with a strong push, she slid out.
Liu Zhaodi felt herself giving birth and immediately sat up, taking Grandma Gu's hand and saying, "Grandma, I cut the umbilical cord myself. I came in in a hurry and didn't bring anything to wrap the baby. Could you help me with that?"
Grandma Gu had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay."
Liu Zhaodi told her aunt where the things were, and then Granny Gu went out.
When Liu Zhaodi saw that she had given birth to another daughter, she immediately cut the umbilical cord and switched the baby with Zhang Cuihua's. She realized that Zhang Cuihua had given birth to a boy, and she needed a son; otherwise, her mother-in-law would not let her off the hook.
Liu Zhaodi carefully held the child, joyfully exclaiming, "My precious son, I've been waiting for you for so long!"
Liu Zhaodi never expected that Gu Yihan had memories and knew that she had been switched.
Grandma Gu brought the baby-wrapping supplies to Liu Zhaodi, and then went to check on Gu Yihan.
"Wow, this little girl is really beautiful." Grandma Gu hugged Gu Yihan.
Gu Yihan saw Grandma Gu give her a toothless smile, which made Grandma Gu even happier. Older people are usually quite superstitious, so she knew that it was a good thing that a newborn baby was smiling at her!
Liu Zhaodi was very unhappy: "Hmph, what's so great about him? He's still just a money-loser."
At this moment, Zhang Cuihua woke up. Grandma Gu looked at her and sighed, "This childbirth has taken a toll on your body. If you want to have another child, you have to take good care of your body and wait a few years before having another child."
Looking at Zhang Cuihua's face, Grandma Gu shook her head helplessly and said, "You're still young, only 27. You'll have plenty of time to have children later."
Zhang Cuihua choked up as she said, "I have trouble conceiving. I only got pregnant a year after getting married. Er Ya was already five years old when I got pregnant with my second child, and this is another girl... this..."
Grandma Gu didn't know what to say, and neither of them saw Liu Zhaodi's gloating look.
Soon everyone who had finished work returned. Zhou Jianguo and Grandma Zhou came in together and saw Wang Ni coming out of the kitchen. "Sister-in-law Wang, why are you cooking in my house? Where is Zhaodi?"
Wang Ni thought to herself, "Do you think I wanted to come to your house?" She smiled and said, "My sister-in-law and your Zhao Di went into labor at the same time, and they've probably both given birth by now."
After saying that, she went into the delivery room with them. As soon as she entered the delivery room, she saw two people, each holding a baby.
Liu Zhaodi carried the child to Grandma Zhou and said, "Mom, look at your eldest grandson."
Grandma Zhou and Zhou Jianguo were overjoyed and rushed over to hug the child, saying happily, "Grandma's grandson! He's so incredibly cute!"
Wang Ni, holding her child, said goodbye to Zhang Cuihua as they were leaving. Grandma Zhou waved her hand, saying that all she wanted to do now was see her grandson and she couldn't care less about whether others were leaving or not.
Grandma Zhou suddenly remembered something and quickly gave Grandma Gu 10 eggs. "Thank you so much, Grandma Gu!"
Grandma Gu didn't stand on ceremony; she took the eggs and walked away on her small feet.
Gu Yihan was being held by her sister-in-law. Perhaps because she was reincarnated with her memories intact, her eyesight was exceptionally clear. She looked up at her sister-in-law, who was quite ordinary-looking but wore a long braid, a popular hairstyle in that era. Then she looked at the fake mother, who also had a long braid, but her skin was fairer than her sister-in-law's, and she had a beauty mark on her ear.
Gu Yihan was soon reported to the Gu family. When she arrived, she found that the Gu family members were already all seated!
Grandma Gu looked at Gu Yihan and asked, "Has she given birth? Is it a boy or a girl?" Sister-in-law Gu happily replied, "It's a girl."
Sister-in-law Gu thought happily, how could she not be happy to have a girl?
She has only one son in the family now, so all the good things are given to him first. If she has another boy, wouldn't half of them have to be given away?
Grandma Gu simply murmured, "Mm."
Then, looking at Zhang Cuihua, he said, "Go back to your room and rest first. Your husband will kill a chicken for you to eat during your postpartum period."
"Thank you, Mother. I'll go back to my room now," she said, and left without even glancing at the newborn girl.
Grandma Gu realized that she didn't like this child.
"Let me see this child." Grandma Gu took the child from Gu's sister-in-law's arms. Gu Yihan looked at the energetic old lady in front of her, whose hair was even combed neatly.
She knew that Grandma Gu was the one who called the shots in this house. The moment Grandma Gu hugged her, Gu Yihan gave her a big laugh and even laughed out loud.
Grandma Gu was overjoyed when she saw the child; he was quite lovable!
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