Lin Qingyan still had the three men hold down the old sow while she massaged the sow's belly to help it give birth.
Half an hour later, with the sow's cries, she finally gave birth to five piglets. Lin Qingyan laid them out side by side on the dry straw.
After giving birth to these five, the sow stopped giving birth. She lay quietly on the ground, seemingly exhausted.
Lin Qingyan touched its belly and found that there were still piglets inside, but the old sow seemed to have no strength left.
Premature birth and dystocia have already exhausted the sow's energy. However, the sow's water has already broken, and if the piglets inside cannot be delivered smoothly, they will suffocate inside, which will also cause great harm to the sow herself.
Ten more minutes passed, and the sow still couldn't give birth to any more piglets, so Lin Qingyan had no choice but to manually pull the piglets out.
She didn't seem to mind it.
In her past life, she had performed surgery on people and done countless animal dissections, so she was used to such things and didn't think that taking things out of a pig's stomach was a dirty job.
She washed her hands clean, had the three men hold the sow down, and then she began to attack the sow.
A dozen minutes later, three more piglets were successfully pulled out, all of them alive, except one was not in good condition. Lin Qingyan put them down first, touched the sow's belly to make sure there were no more piglets inside, and then let the three people release the sow.
By this time, the sow had completely finished giving birth, which had exhausted Lin Qingyan, whose health was already poor.
She washed her hands, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then sat down to rest.
The old sow was lying quietly on the ground because she had exhausted herself giving birth. Lin Qingyan said to Wu Fatian, "Uncle, the old sow has exhausted herself giving birth. Quickly feed her some grass and give her some water."
"good."
Wu Fatian immediately went to get some pig feed and brought over some water, preparing to feed the old sow.
The captain then came over to take care of the piglets. Seeing the piglets alive, he felt as if he had escaped death himself.
After looking at the piglets, he immediately thanked Lin Qingyan: "Little Lin, you've worked so hard. If it weren't for you, the team would have suffered a huge loss. Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. You'll get work points for helping the sow give birth, and you'll get more grain after the autumn harvest. When the pig is slaughtered and the meat is distributed at the end of the year, you'll also get more."
Lin Qingyan smiled and said, "It's nothing, Uncle. I'm happy to share the burden for the brigade."
The captain was even more grateful to her, saying, "No, I can't let you work for nothing."
Lin Qingyan didn't say anything more; she was too tired to speak.
After the sow and her piglets were safe and sound, Wu Fatian was still shaken: "Thank God, nothing happened to the sow and the piglets, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to take the responsibility."
The brigade leader corrected him: "Thanking God is pointless. The person you should thank the most is Xiao Lin, the educated youth. If it weren't for Xiao Lin, would your prayers have been of any use?"
Wu Fatian shook his head. When he discovered that the old sow was in trouble, he had silently prayed to heaven and earth many times. In the end, it was people who saved the old sow and the piglets.
"Thank you, Xiaolin, the educated youth."
Lin Qingyan waved her hand: "Uncle, no need to be so polite."
There were eight piglets, but one of them was already very weak when it was taken out, so the captain kept a close eye on that piglet.
Disappointingly, the little pig lay motionless on the straw, while the other pigs wriggled around, some even managing to stand up and walk a few steps. Only this one looked like it was about to die.
The brigade leader then asked Lin Qingyan, "Little Lin, only that little pig is very weak, it looks like it's about to die, what do you think we should do?"
Lin Qingyan had noticed before that the little pig was different from the others, but she hadn't had time to look closely just now.
It's already dark. Wu Fatian brought a flashlight from home. He'll be staying here all night to watch over the old sow and the newborn piglets.
Lin Qingyan asked Wu Fatian for a flashlight. When she turned it on, the light shone on the piglet and she noticed that the piglet had red spots on its body, while the other piglets did not.
She looked at it more closely and realized that the red marks on the piglet's body were not something it was born with; it looked as if it had been beaten.
When she pulled the piglets out of the pig's belly, she pulled two out by the pig's legs and one by the neck, without touching the piglets' bodies.
But the most important thing now is to save the piglets.
The sow hasn't produced milk yet; we need to find some milk for the piglets.
She asked the brigade leader, "Where in our brigade can we get milk for the piglets?"
The team leader immediately thought of the sheep the team raised and asked Wu Fatian to get sheep milk.
Lin Qingyan speculated about the reason for the redness on the piglets' bodies, and then thought of the sow's premature birth. Could it be that the sow had been subjected to severe external stimulation, which led to the premature birth?
This stimulus can be either vigorous exercise or a violent impact.
The sow had been subjected to a severe impact.
She quickly used a flashlight to examine the sow's skin and found a red mark on her belly, which was the mark left by an external impact.
She looked around the entire pigpen again; the sides were all enclosed by wooden planks, and the middle was a flat area without any obstructions.
If a sow only moves around in the pen, it's impossible for anything to hit her belly.
All animals have the instinct to protect their young. A sow would not intentionally bump her belly against something. If she encounters danger, she should instinctively avoid it unless she cannot avoid it.
After a while, Wu Fatian returned, and Lin Qingyan asked him, "Uncle, did the old sow leave the pigpen during the day?"
"No, it has been staying in the pigpen the whole time. Plus, it's about to give birth, so it doesn't like to run around."
"Uncle, are you sure?" She pointed to the red mark on the sow's belly. "I suspect that the sow was hit by something, which caused her to give birth prematurely. And that weak piglet must have been carrying piglets in this area. It was also hit, which is why it's so weak. But I looked around the pigpen and there was nothing that could have hit the sow. So it's very likely that it was done by someone."
"Huh?" Wu Fatian was taken aback. "You, you mean the sow was beaten?"
“Currently, it seems most likely that the sow was hit by someone, which caused her to give birth prematurely. Uncle, think about it, who came to the pigsty during the day, and did that person do anything to the sow?” Lin Qingyan said to Wu Fatian.
"Who came to the pigsty?" Wu Fatian immediately recalled: "Besides me and those two educated youths working in the pigsty, it was just you guys who were gathering pig feed. There was no one else. Of course, you left after handing in the pig feed and didn't come here in between. Could it be, could it be those two educated youths?"
"Did you see them do anything to the sow?"
Lin Qingyan also thought of Lin Guanghui and Tong Jiaojiao, but compared to Tong Jiaojiao, Lin Guanghui, that barbaric and inhuman guy, was more likely.
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