Shen Yizhi was sitting on the bed holding Qingbao, with a small low table beside them. She was holding a copy of the Three Character Classic in her hand, pointing at the words on it and teaching Qingbao to read them.
Qing Bao looked at the words very seriously, "People, of, pigs——"
"Pfft!" Shen Yizhi burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, human pig, oh my god… baby, how can you be so cute… hahaha, I can’t take it anymore… oh, my stomach hurts…”
Shen Yizhi fell on the bed, unable to stop laughing.
Qing Bao looked at her blankly. Although he didn't understand what she was laughing at, he laughed along.
The mother and daughter smiled at each other like fools.
It took a great deal of willpower for Shen Yizi to stop, but when she thought of what Qing Baogang said about "human pigs", her stomach began to cramp.
"Forget it, it's too early to learn the Three Character Classic now. Our baby is still young, so let's start with recognizing words first."
Shen Yizhi recalled the various parenting tips he had accidentally read before and decided to make some literacy cards first.
First, cut the rice paper you bought into squares, and then draw simple pictures on them, with each picture corresponding to a word.
After making more than a dozen sheets, Shen Yizi used needle and thread to sew the squares of paper into a booklet.
It looked quite ugly, but Qingbao was very supportive and held the booklet tightly and refused to let go, obviously liking it very much.
"Baby, this is Huahua. Come, read with me, Hua--"
"hair--"
Shen Yizhi: “…”
What should I do? I want to laugh again! No, she has to hold it back.
He cleared his throat twice and said, "Let's continue, Hua——"
"hair--"
"Doctor Shen, my sister-in-law is having a difficult labor. Please come with me to see her!"
A boy of about ten years old ran into the yard, shouting breathlessly inside.
Thanks to Li Chuntao's publicity, everyone in the village now knows Shen Yizhi's real name. The name has also changed from the original medicine lady to "Dr. Shen".
Shen Yizhi's face changed, "Don't worry, I'll get the medicine box and go over."
Shen Yizhi put Qingbao into the space, took the medicine box and quickly followed Li Xiaodong to his home.
"Doctor Shen!" Upon seeing her, Li Jingeng, who was squatting in front of the door pulling her hair, immediately came forward as if he had seen a savior.
Shen Yizi nodded at him, without saying much, and went straight into the delivery room.
A bloody smell hit me in the face.
The midwife had already left. Li Jingeng's wife, Yang Cuifen, was lying on the bed with a deathly pale face, barely breathing, and a few strands of wet hair scattered on her face.
Shen Yizhi immediately poured a glass of water, added a drop of spiritual spring water, and fed it to Yang Cuifen.
"Sister Cuifen, I will help you give birth to the baby! Don't give up."
After drinking the spiritual spring, Yang Cuifen felt that a surge of vitality was injected into her empty body and she regained her strength. Looking at Shen Yizi's clear and calm eyes, she somehow believed it.
"Well, I will give birth to the baby even if I die. Doctor Shen, please help me!"
She held Shen Yizi's hand tightly.
"good."
Shen Yizhi checked Yang Cuifen's condition. There was a large pool of blood under her body, which had dyed the mattress red.
The fetus was obviously in an abnormal position, with its feet coming out first, and what was worse was that it was stuck.
Now that her water had broken, the fetus would soon suffocate inside! So she didn't have much time left.
Shen Yizhi made a quick decision in his mind, walked to the door and told Li Jingeng: "Stand by the door, don't let anyone in, understand?"
"Doctor Shen, my wife..."
"She and the child will be fine. All you have to do is guard the door and don't let anyone in to disturb me. Can you do that?"
"able!"
Shen Yizhi closed the door tightly, walked back to the bed, covered Yang Cuifen's eyes with a scarf, and fed her a painkiller pill. "Now, you don't have to worry about anything, just stay awake."
She took out a scalpel, quickly disinfected it, and then cut open Yang Cuifen's belly! The baby in her belly was already blue and purple.
Shen Yizi carefully took the child out, sucked out the filth in the child's mouth, and kept breathing into him. Finally, after a few minutes, the child opened his mouth and let out a loud howl.
When Li Jingeng, who was outside the door, heard the crying, he was stunned at first, and then big tears flowed from his eyes.
Li Xiaodong jumped up excitedly, "Brother, my sister-in-law gave birth!"
"Yes, it's born..." Li Jingeng leaned against the wall as if exhausted, wiping away his tears fiercely.
In the room, Shen Yizhi fed the child some spiritual spring water, wrapped him up, and placed him next to Yang Cuifen.
At this time, the effect of the painkillers in her body had not yet worn off. She felt as if her stomach was cut open, and then the child was out of her body.
Then, she heard the baby crying! Her child was born safely.
She couldn't help but let the tears flow down her cheeks.
She wanted to pick up the child, but Shen Yizhi stopped her: "Don't move, the child is right next to you, he can't run away."
She threaded the catgut she had prepared in advance into the eye of the needle and began to sew up the wound on her stomach.
She moved quickly but steadily, finishing in less than two minutes.
After the suturing was completed, she applied a layer of hemostatic ointment on Yang Cuifen's wound.
With a creak, the door opened.
The brothers Li Jingeng and Li Xiaodong looked at him with sharp eyes.
Shen Yizhi smiled and said, "Sister Cuifen and the child are fine, you can go in."
She stepped aside.
Li Jingeng could no longer bear it and rushed in immediately. He ran to the bedside and saw his wife with a peaceful look on her face and the little baby lying in her arms. He was suddenly frozen in place, eager to go forward yet afraid of something.
Yang Cuifen glared at him and said, "Silly, what are you doing standing there? Don't you want to see our child? It's a boy."
Li Xiaodong didn't have so many concerns. He just lay down beside the bed and looked at it with great curiosity.
"Sister-in-law, will I have a nephew in the future?"
"Yes, you will be an uncle from now on, so you must protect your nephew."
Li Xiaodong nodded hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will never let him be bullied!"
Shen Yizi returned home briskly, but the moment he stepped into the yard, he was stunned.
"Why are you here?"
Under the apricot tree in the yard, a man in a light blue robe turned around and said, "You didn't bring me food."
There was a hint of grievance in his tone.
Shen Yizhi was stunned.
Isn't this a special situation today?
"I'm sorry, there's a woman in the village who's having a difficult birth, so I was asked to go over and take a look. Fortunately, both the adult and the child are fine. When I saw the child, I couldn't help but think of Qing Bao when he was just born. He was also a small ball at that time, but he grew into a big ball in the blink of an eye."
When she talked about Qingbao, her eyes were filled with soft light.
Gu Xueting's gaze followed her involuntarily, and his mood brightened as he saw the smile on her lips.