"Premature birth, my wife gave birth prematurely."
The old lady called the neighbors nearby and they all came to help.
"It's dark and raining, where can I find a doctor? The midwife won't be here for a while."
A carriage stopped in front of the thatched cottage, and a round-faced woman got out of the carriage, followed by two maids.
One of the maids asked, "Did your family ask our master to deliver the baby?"
The lame man cried out, "My wife has given birth prematurely."
The maid asked again: "Is your family name Liu?"
The old nanny rushed out and pulled the woman towards the delivery room: "Sir, please stop asking. My wife is in premature labor and the fetus is in an abnormal position. Please save her."
"Is your family surname Liu? Our master is not just anyone..."
The maid was still confirming whether this family's surname was Liu.
The round-faced lady said, “Let’s go see the woman in labor first.
One maid held an umbrella for the round-faced lady, while the other returned to the carriage to get the medicine box.
Once the medicine box was opened, the tools inside were fully prepared, including brand new scissors, clean cotton cloth, ginseng slices, and flower petals to help women with childbirth.
The round-faced woman said softly, "The baby's position is wrong."
The old woman cried anxiously: "What should I do? My dear, please save my daughter-in-law first. My family is poor, and my daughter-in-law has not enjoyed any happiness since she came to our house. She has suffered too much."
The lame man also called out from outside the door: "Sir, if you can only keep one of the two, I only want my wife."
The round-faced woman couldn't help but be moved.
"Bad fetal position is not difficult."
The old woman knelt down hurriedly and kowtowed: "Thank you very much for your help."
"You two come over here and watch."
Two women dressed as maids came forward upon hearing the sound.
The round-faced woman opened her arms, and she lifted and turned her hands on the woman's belly, and the fetal position immediately returned to normal.
"Did you see clearly?"
The two women replied, "We see clearly."
The old lady didn't see it clearly, and neither did the woman from the same village who came to help. This round-faced woman was probably not an ordinary person.
"Everyone please step aside, the three of us are enough here."
The old nanny quietly left the room, and before leaving, she did not forget to say, "Bao Da, remember, Bao Da."
The woman in labor was lying on the bed with a purse hanging on the head of the bed, and she was holding another in her hand.
Her mother and the head of the family treat her sincerely, and she also wants to repay them with sincerity.
The round-faced woman brought her a cup of ginseng tea and fed her two pills.
The door of the delivery room was tightly closed. The old nanny asked her lame son to boil water, while she personally brought a bench for the horse boy to sit on, and fed the horses pulling the cart with plenty of grass.
Then I went back to the delivery room and waited anxiously.
At the same time, a wealthy family surnamed Liu on East Street was also busy giving birth. The Liu family hired not just one midwife, but four. It was said that one of them got lost and did not come. The Liu family's midwife also gave birth prematurely, and the baby was born around the umbilicus, making the situation very dangerous. The Liu family chose to keep the baby, and the midwives who knew about the situation were silenced.
“Wooah.”
The sound of a baby crying was heard, and the lame man rushed out of the kitchen with a crutch.
The round-faced woman asked, "Come over and see the child?"
He was so angry that he threw away his crutches and roared, "I said, I only want my wife."
The round-faced woman holding the child did not answer.
The lame man began to sob, and the baby also cried. The old nanny came out of the delivery room and shouted, "Mother and child are safe."
When the lame man heard this, he straightened his back and slowly slid down the wall. Only then did he remember to kowtow to the round-faced woman and confess his guilt.
The old nanny brought hot water and helped the round-faced woman wash her hands.
"When I bought the purse, the gods said it would protect my daughter-in-law and make her safe. It really came true. If I had known earlier, I should have bought four or five instead of two."
The round-faced woman asked, "Purse, what purse?"
"It's a purse blessed by the gods."
The old nanny held the banknotes in one hand and the purse in the other. The round-faced woman did not take any money or purse.
She turned and left. At this time, a man came on horseback. He was soaked by rain. He took off his hat and whispered in the round-faced woman's ear.
After hearing this, the round-faced woman's expression kept changing, from surprise to shock, and then from shock to calmness. Then, she turned around and took the purse from the old woman's hand.
The old lady moved the round-faced woman out and said, "Please give my grandson a name."
"I survived a catastrophe, and he was born on a rainy night. Let's call him Yusheng."
"Thank you very much, sir. May I ask your name, sir, in your immortal land? My family will always remember your great kindness."
"It's just a small favor, nothing to worry about."
The round-faced woman drove away, and the old lady saw that she was wearing a ring with a flying eagle on it.
The night is like a black cloth covering people's eyes. It sticks tightly to the eyes. No matter how you open your eyes or move your eyeballs, it is all in vain. If you don't light a lantern, the whole person will be in endless darkness.
The carriage swayed, and the round-faced woman felt like a fish trapped in a black box. The box was floating on the dark sea, and her heart sank with the ups and downs of the sea water.
"call."
The maid blew up the fire stick and lit it.
The black cloth in front of her eyes looked like someone had burned a red hole in it. The round-faced woman stretched out her hand and grabbed at her eyes randomly, and immediately woke up.
The maid lit the lantern and took a closer look. She saw that the round-faced woman's face was covered in sweat.
"The Liu family's affairs are in the past. Master, don't worry about it."
The round-faced woman's chest was beating rapidly. She clenched the purse in her hand tightly and left the city in a carriage.
On nights after rain, the day always comes extra late, with light clouds covering the distant green mountains and the floating clouds in the sky covered with morning glow.
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