Chapter 910 Zhou Xi Gives Birth
Time passed quickly. Although it was uneventful, the three of them were so busy that they didn't even notice that the wheat in the field had been harvested and the villagers had started to harvest beans.
Manbao and his friends could only glance at the busy crowd in the fields before and after school every day, and then go back to study and do homework.
Mr. Zhuang is now very strict with their studies and only gives them one day off a month. If the three of them had not taken turns going to the teacher and repeatedly mentioned the importance of combining work and rest, they probably would not have even had this day off.
It is difficult to take a day off, and even asking for leave is a hundred times more difficult than before.
In the past, they could even take personal leave, but now they have to go to school even if they are sick, unless they are seriously ill.
At most, Mr. Zhuang moved your desk from the middle of the three of you to the very edge, under the pretext of avoiding infecting other classmates.
So no one even dared to get sick.
Manbao found it difficult to ask for leave, but when she heard that Zhou Xi was about to give birth, she still bravely asked Mr. Zhuang for leave.
Mr. Zhuang thought about it and agreed, but said, "You can only go for two days. You must come back to attend classes after two days."
Manbao agreed excitedly and ran home happily. He packed his medical backpack and ran to find Qian and Xiao Qian who were about to go out. "Mom, sister-in-law, the master promised to give me leave. I also want to go see my elder sister."
Qian thought that Manbao knew medicine after all. Although she was a little girl, she was better than them in some aspects. So she reached out and pulled her onto the ox cart, "Okay, let's go together."
Seeing that they were seated, Zhou Dalang drove the ox cart towards the county town.
It was Ertou who ran back to inform them, and he naturally went along with them.
The shop in the county town is now managed by Datou and Daya, while Zhou Liulang and Ertou help out in the shop. Ertou said, "One of my uncle's neighbors came over early this morning and said my aunt is about to give birth, so I ran back to inform them. By the time we get there, my aunt should have given birth, right?"
He felt that his third aunt gave birth to the child very quickly.
Qian shook her head and said, "This is your aunt's first child, so it won't happen so soon. I hope that the Lord of Heaven will bless everything to go smoothly."
Manbao hurriedly flipped through her booklet and read again the production precautions that she and Teacher Mo had compiled.
When Qian turned around and saw her mumbling something in the booklet, she felt a little dizzy. She quickly looked away and thought for a moment before saying, "Manbao, you're familiar with the owner of Jishitang. If your eldest sister has trouble giving birth, you should immediately go see a doctor, okay?"
Manbao put the booklet away and said confidently, "Don't worry, mother. I have consulted Dr. Lu before, and I have also felt my eldest sister's belly. I think the fetal position is normal."
Qian was still worried.
The main reason was that Zhou Xi's journey had not been smooth, and giving birth was like having one foot in the gate of hell for a woman.
Qian was worried all the way, but when she arrived at Songshu Street, Guan Xin's house was bustling with people from all over the place, filled with neighbors.
A neighbor saw Xiao Qianshi and Ertou on the ox cart and immediately recognized them as the people from Old Zhou's family. He hurried out to greet them and said with a smile, "Oh, it's Guan Xin's in-laws, right?"
Qian smiled before she spoke, and after half-bowed, she hurriedly asked, "I am Xi's mother. How is she?"
"They're fine. They're sitting in the house. They haven't started yet," the neighbor said with a smile. "These two are first-time mothers and have no experience. They're already shouting about giving birth as soon as their stomachs start moving. It's actually too early."
As he was talking, Guan Xin had already heard the noise and came out of the house. Seeing Qian, he immediately went to greet her, "Mom, big brother, big sister-in-law, you are here."
After reading it, he saw Manbao and was even happier. "Sister-in-law is here too. Please come in."
He originally wanted to ask someone to go home and invite his sister-in-law over, after all, she knew medical skills.
Manbao greeted him and squeezed into the room with Qian, and saw Zhou Xi sitting on the bed with a big belly. There were many people around him, and even the air was a little turbid.
Manbao frowned, but Qian remained calm and said to everyone, "These two children are ignorant. We'll have to trouble the neighbors to help look after them. Xiaoguan, please have everyone sit in the main hall. Don't neglect the guests."
Guan Xin agreed and quickly asked everyone to leave.
When the people in the room saw someone from Zhou Xi's family coming, they hesitated for a moment before finally leaving with a smile. However, they warmly said to Zhou Xi, "Call us if you need anything. It's inconvenient for you to give birth, so just leave the housework to us. A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor..."
Zhou Xi agreed with a smile and only breathed a sigh of relief after everyone left.
Manbao turned around and opened the window. Zhou Dalang came in and took a look at Zhou Xi. Seeing that she was fine, he didn't want to stay any longer and went out with the two of them.
Xiao Qian collected the leftover fruits and vegetables from the guests in the house and swept away the garbage on the floor.
Qian sat next to Zhou Xi, reached out and touched her belly, and asked, "Did your water break?"
Zhou Xi blushed and shook her head. "No, I just felt terrible pain. I thought I was going to give birth, but the midwife came to see me and said it would be today or tomorrow. Brother Guan didn't let me go."
"Where's that person?"
"She's in the kitchen," Zhou Xi said. "There are a lot of neighbors here, and Brother Guan was afraid of disturbing the midwife, so he asked her to sit in the kitchen. If I need something to eat, she can help make some."
"How can we let the midwife be busy with these things?" After saying that, he looked at Xiao Qian.
Xiao Qian quickly took out the swept garbage and went to the kitchen to greet the midwife.
There were only the mother and daughter in the room. Manbao squeezed next to Zhou Xi and said happily, "Sister, please feel my pulse. I want to see if I can tell when you're going to give birth."
Zhou Xi smiled, rolled up his sleeves, and stretched out his hand, saying, "Okay, touch it."
Guan Xin walked into the room and took a look. Seeing that his wife was arranged in an orderly manner, he finally put his mind at ease.
Hearing the commotion coming from the main room and the yard, he quickly turned around and went out.
There were too many neighbors coming, young women, old women, and some old ladies. There were more than a dozen neighbors left and right, filling up the small yard of the Guan family.
Originally, three women could make up a drama, but when more than a dozen women got together, it was hard to say how many dramas it would be. Guan Xin bowed in a circle and said that after the baby was born, everyone would be invited to eat red eggs, and then he sent people out while talking.
It took a quarter of an hour to get everyone away.
The midwife in the kitchen breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. She couldn't help but say to Xiao Qianshi, who was boiling water, "They're all full and have nothing to do. You've really worked hard just to have a wedding meal and two red eggs."
Mrs. Qian looked up and smiled at her, then asked, "Do you want to boil one pot of water or two?"
"Let's boil a pot. This is Guan's wife's first child. She's just starting to feel pain. We don't know when she'll give birth. There's no rush."
Just as the words fell, Manbao was feeling Zhou Xi's pulse carefully in the other room. She raised her head in confusion and listened carefully. She then touched her belly and asked curiously, "Sister, why do I feel like you're about to give birth?"
Zhou Xi's face changed slightly, and then he said in a trembling voice: "Mom... I, I seem to be bleeding, my thighs are wet."
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(End of this chapter)
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