Chapter 11: Woman's Difficult Childbirth
"No need. Dad slept for a while in the car during the day. I'm not sleepy. You go to sleep and Dad will watch over you."
My daughter has been pushing him around all day, so there is no way she can be asked to do the night duty. She really can't handle it, so she will just sleep in the car tomorrow.
Du Wenjun came over, holding a stick in his hand: "Brother! You go to sleep, I will accompany Dad."
"No, everyone go to bed, Daddy is enough on his own."
Yao Meixian pulled Du Wanwan and pushed her to the sleeping place: "You go to sleep first, you don't need to be on duty at night."
The seventh sister flew to the car and nestled on top of the basket: "My benefactor! I'll be on night duty. If there's a thief, I'll be the first to shout."
Du Jiang looked at the crow and did not drive it away. He waved his hand and told everyone to go to bed. He insisted on keeping watch by himself.
Du Wanwan said nothing more and fell asleep.
Pushing a cart is not tiring, but walking is. In her previous life, she had good physical fitness, and walking a hundred miles a day was nothing.
The original body was in poor physical condition. After walking for a whole day, even if he had supernatural strength, he couldn't bear it and had to rest early.
There was no conversation that night and everyone slept soundly.
Before dawn, Yao Meixian got up to cook, one bowl of porridge and two pancakes for each person.
Du Wanwan couldn't eat any more, so she drank half a bowl of porridge and ate one pancake, and gave the other one to Du Jiang: "Dad! One is enough for me, you eat it, and rest quickly after you finish eating."
Du Jiang refused and pushed it back to her: "Dad won't eat it, you keep it and eat it at lunch."
"Dad! I can't eat."
Du Wanwan really couldn't eat the dried wild vegetables. The cornmeal pancakes were low in oil and salt and made her throat ache. They even tasted a bit bitter. The only benefit was that they gave her a strong sense of fullness and she wouldn't get hungry easily after eating them.
She is not afraid of being hungry. When she is hungry, Yaya will give her food and hide it automatically so that no one can find it. Her Yaya is simply her lucky star.
Seeing that his daughter seemed impatient with being pushed around, Du Jiang said nothing, took the pancake and put it in his arms.
The child has just eaten, so naturally he can't eat more. But after walking for half a day, he will definitely be hungry, so he will be able to eat now.
Du Wanwan didn't want to follow the people in this village, for she was afraid that they would look down on her family for taking advantage of others, and she was even more afraid that they would be bullied.
After all, there are only a few people in the family. If we are really bullied, we can't fight four fists with just our own hands and it will be a big trouble.
With an idea in mind, she pushed the cart forward, moving quickly, and soon she was close to the carriage.
Du Wanwan had sharp ears and could hear a woman moaning in the carriage. It sounded very painful. Even though the woman was trying her best to endure it and the sound was weak, she still heard it.
Could it be that she is about to give birth?
As long as the baby is in the right position, we should be able to find a midwife in such a big village.
She should just ignore it and leave!
Pushing the cart, Du Wanwan kept moving forward, and the woman's painful moans could no longer be heard.
They walked very quickly and did not talk to the people in the village. Instead, the kind-looking old man came over and talked to them.
"Little brother! Why are you in such a hurry?" The old man looked kind and pulled Du Wanwan to him, "Did something happen back there?"
Du Wanwan shook her head and said in a disguised rough voice: "Nothing happened. We are on our way. The lady in the carriage seems to be in trouble. She is probably about to give birth."
The old man frowned slightly after hearing this, stretched his head to look behind him, and let go of Du Wanwan: "Thank you! I understand. It seems that you are also a family who came out to escape the famine alone, why don't you follow the people in our village on the way like that lady! We can all take care of each other."
Du Jiang and Yao Meixian looked at each other without saying anything. They both looked at Du Wanwan, and their meaning was very clear: let her make the decision.
Both husband and wife know that their daughter is very capable and she is the one who makes the decisions on household matters.
"Grandpa! Isn't the lady in the carriage behind from your village?" Du Wanwan asked in surprise.
The old man shook his head: "No, we are from Huojia Village, Maoshan Town, Qingcheng County. I am the clan leader Huo Sien. Our Huojia Village is a village of scholars, and has produced more than 40 scholars in a row.
The lady arrived at Huojia Village on the first night of our journey. She originally wanted to live in Huojia Village for a long time, but when we encountered war, she followed us to escape the famine.
I see that you are a family walking alone in this chaotic situation, so just follow us! We can take care of each other."
Du Wanwan, Du Jiang and Yao Meixian looked at each other for a moment and felt that the Huo clan leader did not seem to be lying.
After all, she had undergone rigorous training in her previous life. She could tell at a glance whether a person was kind or malicious in an ordinary person. Since they had shown her the greatest kindness, she couldn't be ungrateful.
It is still one or two thousand miles from here to Liang County. No one knows what we will encounter on the way. It is always better to have someone to rely on than to go it alone.
"Dad! The chief of Huojia Village is so caring for us, so let's stay here!"
Du Jiang obeyed his daughter's words and nodded immediately: "Okay, then we will get behind the carriage and follow the people from Huo Village. Chief Huo! Thank you!"
Huo Sien waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. Since we are all here to escape famine, we should take care of each other. If you need anything, just shout. People from our Huojia Village will definitely be able to help."
Huojia Village is a village of scholars, with a very good atmosphere. No one in the village is overbearing or bullying the weak. When they go out, they enforce the village rules to the extreme.
We met many people fleeing famine along the way, and we helped them wherever we could.
If they encounter someone unreasonable, the village protection team will not be polite.
They adhere to the rule that if someone respects me one inch, I will repay him one yard; if someone offends me, I will retaliate.
Having decided to follow the people from Huojia Village, Du Wanwan was no longer in a hurry to travel and slowly retreated to the back of the team.
The woman in the carriage moaned louder. The old woman sent the maid to find Chief Huo, and then several old women came, probably to help with the delivery.
Yao Meixian also went over to help boil water. The woman's maidservant was busy in and out, and the howling sounds could be heard from far away.
Du Wanwan was dressed as a man and could not enter the carriage to watch a woman giving birth, so she sat aside to rest and listen to the noises in the carriage.
"Oh no! This is bad! The feet came out first. This is a difficult birth, a difficult birth."
"Oh my God! What should we do? There is no midwife who can help pregnant women in Huojia Village."
"Hurry up and tell the clan leader to see if anyone has seen this kind of situation before and ask them to come and lend a hand."
"Okay! I'll go right away, you keep an eye on it."
A woman got off the carriage and ran quickly to find the clan leader. Du Wanwan listened for a while and felt that this woman was quite unlucky.
Giving birth in the wilderness was a difficult process and there was no where to be found a clinic.
She could help, but the problem was that she was dressed as a man at the moment. The ancients believed that there were major differences between men and women, so it was unclear whether the other party would be willing to let her help.
The clan leader Huo Si'en came hurriedly, bringing with him a woman in her forties, and ordered her to get on the carriage and check out the situation inside.
The woman looked at it and came back to report: "Dad! It is indeed a difficult birth."
The woman is the eldest daughter-in-law of Patriarch Huo, and she came along to see what was going on.
Huo Sien became anxious: "Difficult labor? What should I do?"
(End of this chapter)
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