Chapter 15 Woman, just bear with it
"Chunling has only been pregnant for eight and a half months, not even nine months. The military doctor said her due date is next month. How come she is going to give birth suddenly?" Chen Fengying frowned and asked anxiously.
Xia Xiaolan was panicked and confused. She had only been married for half a year and had never given birth to a child, so how could she know so much?
She just happened to live next door to Wang Chunling. "How would I know so much? I just heard a huge commotion in the next room. Chunling said her water broke and she was yelling for help! Sisters-in-law, don't just stand there, go check it out quickly, before anyone gets killed!"
"Oh my god! It must be Chunling's mother-in-law Li Jinhua causing trouble again! Let's all go together!"
Following a shout from the crowd, the sisters-in-law who had originally surrounded Chu Yue all moved their positions and rushed towards Wang Chunling's house.
Chu Yue, Lu Yuanbao, and Song Qi were just left behind. Song Qi had just been misunderstood and attacked by his sisters-in-law, and his face was still red. For a moment, he didn't dare to talk to Chu Yue at all.
Chu Yue looked at the backs of her sisters-in-law as they walked away. When she heard that someone was about to give birth, she became a little curious.
"Let's go take a look too."
Chu Yue held Lu Yuanbao's hand and chased after her sisters-in-law.
Seeing this, Song Qi hurriedly pulled his backpack and followed, "Sister-in-law, wait for me."
The family compound is not very big, and Wang Chunling’s house is just a few blocks away.
Outside the gate of the bungalow's courtyard, two bloated figures were pulling and tugging at each other. One of them was an old woman in her fifties or sixties, not tall and overweight, with deep sunken eye sockets and triangular slanted eyes. She looked very shrewd and mean.
The other one was a pregnant woman with a big round belly. She didn't look like she was more than eight months pregnant, but more like she was about to give birth in nine months. Her belly was very big, but her limbs were thin and long, which looked very strange.
These two people are Wang Chunling, who was just mentioned by the sisters-in-law, and her mother-in-law Li Jinhua.
Li Jinhua, wearing a gray cotton-padded jacket, stood at the gate with her hands on her hips, shouting shrilly, "You are not allowed to leave this door today without my permission!"
Along with this, there were also Wang Chunling's miserable cries for pleas.
Her round belly felt heavy and painful, her legs were shaking constantly, and she had long been unable to sit still. She could not squat because of her big belly, so she finally knelt on the cold ground in a twisted position, holding her belly with one hand and holding Li Jinhua's hand with the other.
"Mom, I beg you, please let me go to the hospital. I really can't bear the pain... Mom, please... I'm kneeling down and begging you..."
Wang Chunling's face was distorted with pain, her hair was disheveled, her complexion was pale, and her whole body was shaking. Although it was a very cold day, beads of sweat were oozing from her forehead.
Her eyes were already red, and she didn't know how many times she had cried.
But Wang Chunling's mother-in-law, Li Jinhua, was determined not to give in. She turned a deaf ear to Wang Chunling's cries and even sneered at her.
"What's a little pain for a woman? I think you're just too delicate. You can't even bear this little pain. Think about it, I gave birth to a baby every two years, and seven in a row. No one cried like you. Just bear it."
"Mom, I really can't take it anymore... It hurts so much, it hurts so much... I want to go to the hospital, I want to see a doctor..."
Wang Chunling couldn't convince Li Jinhua, and she was trembling with pain, cold sweat kept flowing down her body, and she struggled out of the instinct to survive.
She held her belly with one hand and supported herself on the ground with the other, wriggling on the ground, determined to crawl to the hospital.
But Wang Chunling had just taken a step forward and hadn't even walked out of the courtyard gate when Li Jinhua grabbed her collar and dragged her back.
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You just want to go to the hospital and have a cesarean section... a cesarean section... cut open your belly and get the baby out so you can take painkillers and feel less pain. I'm telling you, I won't agree! I've heard that babies born via cesarean section have brain damage and are dumber than those born naturally! The one in your belly is our Zhou family's eldest grandson, and he must be born from you bit by bit!"
"Mom, it's not that I don't want to, it's just too painful. I can't take it anymore, I really can't take it anymore..."
"Women have been giving birth this way for thousands of years, so why can't it work for you? Don't show me your capitalist daughters' behavior! You must give birth the way I say. My eldest grandson must be the smartest. Go back and lie down in bed."
Li Jinhua raised her voice and spoke confidently and with a lot of reasons. She had no sympathy for Wang Chunling who had collapsed on the ground. She just grabbed her and wanted to drag her into the house.
Wang Chunling didn't even have the strength to cry out. Her hands kept shaking. She wanted to grab something, but she couldn't grab anything. In the end, she could only hold on to Li Jinhua's thighs.
She begged over and over again.
"Mom... Mom... Let me go... Hospital... I want to go to the hospital..."
When the sisters-in-law rushed over, they saw this scene. A pregnant woman who was about to give birth was treated like this, which made even outsiders feel heartbroken.
"Aunt Jinhua, what are you doing? Why is Chunling sitting on the ground? It's so cold in the middle of winter! Help her up!"
"Aunt Li, giving birth is a big deal, and we can't be careless. Since Chunling wants to go to the hospital, we'll take her there right away. The army has a medical team and a military doctor, and it's so close, we can just walk a few steps."
"Look, Chunling is in so much pain, rush her to the hospital, don't let anyone get killed."
Chen Fengying, Huang Aifang and a group of people rushed forward anxiously. Some wanted to pull Wang Chunling up, some wanted to pull Li Jinhua away, and they all tried to help, but were all blocked by Li Jinhua.
Li Jinhua yelled, "This child is our Zhou family's first grandson. If something goes wrong, will you be responsible?"
The sisters-in-law stretched out their hands, but they froze in mid-air. They were so embarrassed that they didn't know what to do.
Li Jinhua insisted on not letting Wang Chunling go to the hospital because she knew that if she went to the hospital, the doctor would perform a caesarean section on Wang Chunling. There have always been rumors that children born by caesarean section will have affected their IQ.
Babies born naturally are squeezed and struggled out of the birth canal inside the mother's body. Such babies are smarter and healthier.
Ever since Wang Chunling became pregnant, Li Jinhua has been staring at her belly day and night. Everyone in the compound knows how much she cares about her eldest grandson.
If the child has a headache or fever after being born, or has poor academic performance, Li Jinhua will definitely pester them for the rest of their lives.
Most people in the compound can't stand Li Jinhua's sharp tongue.
So the sisters-in-law retreated one after another and could only watch Li Jinhua dragging Wang Chunling into the house and dragging Wang Chunling on the ground.
Wang Chunling's amniotic fluid had broken long ago, and the wet liquid dripped onto her cotton pants, leaving wet water marks and dragging a trail on the ground.
"Help me... I need to go to the hospital... It hurts so much, it really hurts... I can't stand the pain..."
Chen Fengying watched this scene, furious and annoyed. She shouted at Li Jinhua, "Mrs. Li, even if you dislike Wang Chunling, she is still your daughter-in-law. She's pregnant with your child. She's already like this, why don't you go to the hospital quickly? Do you want her to live?"
"I don't like her? Where did you see that I don't like her? Ever since she became pregnant, I've been taking care of her myself. Whenever there's something delicious at home, I always give it to her. Otherwise, how could the baby in her belly grow so well?"
Li Jinhua roared back unwilling to be outdone.
"Besides, she has never given birth to a child. Haven't you also had children? What woman doesn't feel pain when giving birth? It will pass if you just bear it. She can't bear the first one now, will she be able to have a second or a third one in the future? This is our Zhou family's business, and none of you outsiders can interfere! She must give birth to my grandson safely today! If you dare to interfere again and harm my grandson, I, an old woman, will risk my life to settle the score with you!"
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