An hour has passed...
Ye's throat was parched; if she hadn't drunk two bowls of ginseng soup, she probably wouldn't have made it this far.
Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and she felt as if she was about to breathe her last.
This baby is so demanding; she can't take it anymore.
"Brother Li, I think... I'm not going to make it. After I'm gone, you'll be all alone... You have to take good care of yourself..."
Ye's biggest worry was Li Zheng, and at this moment, she couldn't imagine what life would be like for Li Zheng alone after she left.
Li Zheng, who was listening outside, ignored everything and rushed into the house, shouting, "Qiu Yun, don't talk nonsense!"
Seeing that Ye had closed her eyes, he breathed rapidly and his eyes turned red.
"My wife, you mustn't sleep, you mustn't sleep," he whispered to Ye Shi, his heart filled with fear.
Gu Xiaoran, who was waiting outside, also burst into tears, sobbing sadly, "Grandma, you must listen to Grandpa... Waaah... Grandma will be alright..."
The midwife kept comforting her, "Who said you can't do it, sister? Be strong, give birth to the baby properly. Childbirth is always like this, hang in there..."
When the villagers heard Gu Xiaoran sitting on the porch crying loudly, many people came over to comfort him.
"Auntie...Auntie will be alright..." Gu Xiaoran cried even louder, banging on the door from the outside: "Auntie, what's wrong? Open the door, let Xiaoran see you... Waaah...Mommy..."
He rushed out of the yard to look for Qiu Yan.
He felt that there seemed to be nothing in the world that she couldn't do.
Qiu Yan had just helped Old Man Zhao back when suddenly she saw Gu Xiaoran rushing towards her, grabbing her hand and running towards the Li family's house, "Grandma is dying...you have to go see her...go see her...save her..."
Gu Xiaoran spoke urgently, and Qiu Yan, upon hearing this, quickly instructed Ling Qi and the other to boil some hot water.
"Xiao Ran, don't worry, I'll go right away."
Then, she quickly ran ahead of Gu Xiaoran and rushed into the Li family's courtyard in an instant.
When she entered the house and saw Ye Shi lying on the bed, barely alive, her heart tightened.
The person on the kang (a heated brick bed) looked as if they had just been pulled out of the river; they were soaking wet and lying on the bed, barely alive and without any vitality.
It was as if a gust of wind would cause her to vanish.
Qiu Yan knelt down next to Ye Shi, saying, "Auntie, hang in there, you'll be alright."
Seeing Ye's suffering, she thought of cesarean section to remove the child.
However, this is ancient times, and without anesthesia, if she were to perform surgery rashly, the mother would not be able to endure it.
When the midwife saw Qiu Yan arrive, she wanted to ask her to leave, but when she saw that Old Man Zhao had followed her in, she thought that he was at least a doctor, so she placed all her hopes on him.
"Dr. Zhao, the child won't come out, please think of a way quickly."
Li Zheng also looked at Old Man Zhao, clasped his hands in a fist and pleaded with him to save his wife.
Old Zhao waved his hand at the two of them and carefully examined Ye Shi.
"Difficult labor is caused by physical weakness, insufficient vital energy, poor circulation of qi and blood..."
Then, he touched Ye's belly and said, "It's okay, twins. The first one went smoothly."
Upon hearing the word "twins," everyone was unsure whether to be happy or worried.
Li Zheng clenched his fists suddenly, tears welling up in his eyes.
No wonder my wife's belly is bigger than last time.
Madam Ye opened her eyes, her dark pupils brightening slightly. She loved children the most. "Doctor Zhao, please, save my child! The child cannot be harmed, the child cannot be harmed!"
Old Zhao paid no attention to the reactions of the others. He said to Qiu Yan, "Girl, didn't I give you an acupuncture book? Do you know acupuncture?"
His eyesight was poor, he was old, and he also suffered from hand tremors. Fearing that it would have the opposite effect, he dared not administer acupuncture himself.
Qiu Yan said, "Yes."
Although she wasn't an expert in acupuncture in her present life, she had a general understanding of it. Now, in this other world, she had already read through the medical books that Old Man Zhao had given her several times.
Old Zhao looked at Li Zheng and told him to go to his old house quickly to retrieve his acupuncture kit.
Li Zheng was preoccupied with his wife and hurriedly went to do as he was told.
After the acupuncture kit was brought over, Old Zhao handed it to Qiu Yan: "Insert needles one inch into both Jianjing points... You will be ready to give birth shortly!"
Qiu Yan held her breath and concentrated, then rinsed the silver needles with boiling water and followed the instructions one by one.
Besides Old Man Zhao, Li Zheng, and the midwife, everyone was watching Qiu Yan's movements intently.
Under Qiu Yan's acupuncture treatment, Ye's tightly closed eyes slowly opened.
Li Zheng quickly fed Ye another bowl of ginseng soup. Ye found that she had regained some strength, unlike before when she felt like she was about to die.
"Pain..." The pain in her abdomen grew stronger. Ye endured the excruciating pain, while Old Man Zhao pressed on the bottom of her uterus to help the baby move downwards.
...With a cry, the child was finally born.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Li Zheng lay down in front of the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at his wife with heartache.
Looking at the child's wrinkled little face, Qiu Yan thought to herself, "Women are truly amazing."
The midwife took the baby and began to clean him. As she cleaned, she happily exclaimed, "Your Li family has an heir..."
Just as she was thinking this, Ye's stomach started to hurt again.
Qiu Yan also looked at Ye Shi and continued to give her acupuncture.
Ye was thinking about having a daughter, and she suffered the same fate again.
However, this child was a bit smaller than the previous one, so it went much more smoothly.
She never expected that she would have a son instead of a daughter, which left her with some regret.
She glanced at the son she had given birth to with all her might, then fell fast asleep.
No amount of words can express Li Zheng's gratitude to Qiu Yan and Old Man Zhao.
He clasped his hands in thanks, "Xiaoyan, thank you."
"Uncle Li, you're too kind. It's all my pleasure."
He was about to bow deeply to thank Old Zhao when Old Zhao helped him up with both hands, saying, "It was nothing. I'm tired, so I'll go back now."
Qiu Yan and the others did not linger. She instructed Ling Qi and the other two to gut the wild boar, preparing to first stew a pig's trotter soup for Ye Shi. Then, she personally escorted Old Man Zhao to Zhao Yougui's house so that they could rest assured.
Since Jiang Liu returned home, she has been treated like a star.
Especially Jiang's parents, who doted on their daughter in every way.
Jiang had three older brothers. The eldest and second brothers were both officials working away from home, leaving only the third brother and his wife at home.
Of the three sisters-in-law, Jiang Liu and the third sister-in-law were of similar age, so the two got along the best and were usually the closest.
As soon as Jiang Liu returned, her third sister-in-law pulled her aside to chat, telling her some interesting stories that had happened recently.
At the dinner table, Jiang's father noticed that Jiang Liu had lost a lot of weight and her complexion was sallow, and he felt a pang of heartache.
He looked at Cuizhu beside him with a reproachful expression.
“Cuizhu, how have you been taking care of Miss? Look at her, she’s lost so much weight and her complexion isn’t as good as before.”
Cuizhu bowed and said, "It's Cuizhu's fault. From now on, Cuizhu will take good care of Miss." She thought to herself, "Miss used to be depressed all the time. If she hadn't met Qiu Dafu, she would be in a much better state now."
Jiang's mother served Jiang Liu some food, "Liu'er, is it because Tang Yi treats you badly?"
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