1970, Xinxian Hospital.
"The mother pushes hard and adjusts her breathing—OK, keep this rhythm!"
"Come on—it's coming out soon!"
The situation inside is tense.
Hearing the shrill screams coming from the delivery room, the family members outside the room were also very anxious.
Hua Xuguo paced back and forth anxiously, staring at the door of the delivery room, hoping to hear new news from inside.
Wan Qingliu sat on the stool with her whole body tense and her face calm, but her occasional glances in the past revealed her inner nervousness.
She was sweating in her heart. Although she knew Chi Chi would definitely be born safely, giving birth was a dangerous thing after all, and she was afraid of any accidents.
The old man Hua Tiansheng was puffing on his cigarette and seemed particularly calm, but as soon as the door of the operating room opened, he threw away his cigarette and rushed forward first.
"Doctor, how is the situation?"
Wan Qingliu and Hua Xuguo also rushed forward and surrounded the nurse who came out. Before the nurse could say anything, a loud cry was heard from the delivery room.
The nurse smiled and said, "Congratulations, both mother and daughter are safe."
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief and then started grinning.
Wan Qingliu began to give orders: "Old man, go and announce the good news, and bring some things from home. Xu Guo, go buy some food. Your wife went through a lot of hardship giving birth, and she needs something to recover."
The old man responded muffledly, walked over slowly to pick up his precious pipe, dusted it off, and walked away happily, humming a song.
Hurry home, report the news, and come back to hold my precious granddaughter. Just thinking about it makes me happy.
Hua Xuguo stood there without moving. He wanted to take a look at his wife and daughter before leaving.
It was the first time for Hua Xuguo to become a father, and he felt a little excited.
When Hua Wanchi regained consciousness, he found himself hung upside down and having his butt spanked. Then he began to breathe involuntarily and cried.
Huh? Was I born?
This scene is somewhat socially depressing.
Then Hua Wanchi felt herself being wrapped up and carried out, with the sound of a baby being teased in her ears.
Hua Xuguo carefully held his daughter in his arms, feeling that this little ball was so soft and fragile like a delicate bud.
Looking at his wrinkled daughter, he found her so adorable that his heart melted.
After seeing the new member, Hua Xuguo handed the child to Wan Qingliu and hurried to see his wife.
When Wan Qingliu saw Hua Wanchi being carried out, he felt relieved, then he followed with Hua Wanchi in his arms.
Zhou Yujiao had just given birth to a child. She was exhausted, sweating profusely, and looked pale and disheveled.
But she followed Hua Wanchi closely with expectant eyes, because that was her first child that she had risked her life to give birth to.
Hua Xuguo held Zhou Yujiao's hand and wiped her sweat distressedly: "Yujiao, you have suffered."
Zhou Yujiao rolled her eyes. She had suffered so much from pregnancy to childbirth, but this guy got a child without paying any price.
Now he said this nonchalantly. I was already tired after giving birth, and seeing him made me even more annoyed.
"You know your wife is suffering, why don't you go buy some food?"
Hearing his mother Wan Qingliu's urging voice from behind, Hua Xuguo smiled and quickly stood up and ran away.
Wan Qingliu cursed, "Men are all unreliable!"
Looking at Zhou Yujiao, his tone immediately changed, and he said gently: "Yujiao, you have worked hard, come and see the child."
Only then did Zhou Yujiao see the child. Looking at the little ball of flesh she had given birth to, her heart softened to an unimaginable degree, and then she fell asleep peacefully.
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Most of the villagers in Dafang Village have the surname Fang, and some have the surname Hua. Apart from these two surnames, the rest of the families have various surnames scattered around.
So Dafang Village was roughly divided into three groups.
One is the Fang family, a clan native to Dafang Village, which has a natural aversion to people with other surnames.
But because they have married into many other families in recent years, everyone can still get along well.
One is the Hua family. It is said that they were a branch of a wealthy family before liberation. Because of the war, the whole family fled famine and settled down in Dafang Village, where they multiplied and thrived.
Faced with the Fang family's xenophobia, the Hua family members spontaneously formed a group and formed their own clan cohesion.
The rest are retail investors who have settled here for various reasons.
Because they had no relatives or clan members, they were inevitably bullied by the two big surnames above. Therefore, the villagers except those with the surnames Fang and Hua formed a group to help and support each other.
However, Lao Huatou was an exception. His surname was Hua, but he was not a member of this branch of the village. However, because of his surname, he could not integrate into the group with other surnames.
Just about ten years ago, we were so poor that our house was leaking and we could barely support our several children.
But somehow, by chance, the family's situation gradually improved, and now they are one of the better-off families in the village.
It’s inevitable that everyone feels unbalanced. Why were you poorer than me at the beginning, but better off than me later?
The more people pay attention to it, the more people will gossip about it.
This family gradually became the topic of conversation among the villagers.
Recently, something new happened in Lao Huatou's family.
Lao Huatou had four sons and one daughter in total.
My daughter married and moved to the city;
The eldest son became a worker in the county town, and the family lived there;
The second son stayed at home to serve his parents and farm in the village;
The third son joined the army, and the youngest son is a teacher in the commune primary school.
When they heard that the second daughter-in-law of the old Hua family was about to give birth, they went straight to the hospital! The second son and his wife were just like them, just peasants, so why?
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