On the day when the first light snow of winter fell, Zhuang Qiuling finally gave birth.
In the days before delivery, Chu Qi went to the town to call a midwife to live at home. Everything was ready, just waiting for the birth.
Although it costs more money to ask the midwife to go home earlier, it is worth it.
Chu Qi knew how dangerous giving birth was. Zhuang Qiuling was a member of the Ye family and her relative, and she didn't want anything to happen to her.
Zhang Village, Ye Family.
Inside the shabby thatched house, the doors and windows are covered with thick curtains. There is no direct ventilation in the house, so the temperature no longer drops and remains at a normal temperature level.
Zhuang Qiuping was wearing a skirt and taking off her underwear. She was lying on the bed, feeling waves of stomach cramps.
The indescribable piercing pain eroded her mind.
The midwife methodically instructed Huang Ying to bring in hot water, and at the same time stuffed a piece of clean thick cloth that had been prepared long ago into Zhuang Qiuling's mouth, encouraging her:
"If you feel uncomfortable, just bite. Don't scream. Save your energy..."
Outside the thatched house.
At the door, Ye Youze paced back and forth nervously. The velvety snow fell on his forehead and was instantly melted by the warmth of his forehead.
Unable to tell whether it was snow or sweat on his face, he murmured with trembling lips, "It's been so long, why is there no movement at all?"
Ye Zhang comforted him, "Pregnant women need to conserve their energy during childbirth. It's normal for them to have no movement. My dear grandson, why don't you sit down and calm down?"
At this time, Chu Qi was busy boiling water in the kitchen:
"Brother, please help me carry the hot water to the door so that mom can take it in!"
"Yes, yes, help carry the hot water!"
Ye Youze wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried back to the kitchen.
Bring back the hot water.
Huang Ying opened the door a little enough for the wooden barrel to pass through, took it in, and quickly closed the door to prevent any extra cold air from getting in.
This delivery lasted more than two hours. Ye Youze's legs were weak outside and all kinds of terrible speculations were in his mind.
From time to time he would hold Chu Qi's hand and mutter something to her. Chu Qi had no choice but to comfort him patiently.
If you don’t know, you might think that the pain from Zhuang Qiuling’s childbirth was transferred to Ye Youze.
Fortunately, more than two hours later, the crying of a baby broke the depressing atmosphere.
Inside, Zhuang Qiuling was lying weakly on the bed.
Huang Ying held the warm water and brought it to her daughter-in-law's mouth:
"Come, drink some water."
Zhuang Qiuling took a few sips and whispered, "Where's the child? I want to see the child."
The midwife was helping to clean the dirt off the child. After cleaning, she wrapped the baby in the soft quilt that had been used by the Ye family's children in the past.
Only one head is left outside.
The newborn baby was red and wrinkled all over, and couldn't even open his eyes.
The baby, who had just cried, was now curled up quietly in his quilt.
"The baby is here." The midwife brought the baby to the bedside of the woman in labor.
Once the baby is born, the umbilical cord is cut and the baby is cleaned, the midwife's work is almost done.
She quickly opened the door, stepped out, and quickly closed it again.
Facing the eager eyes of the Ye family, the midwife said, "Congratulations, it's a baby girl."
Ye Zhang gave the midwife a bag of copper coins.
Hearing that it was a baby girl, Chu Qi looked at Ye Youze with some concern, hoping that this guy would not favor boys over girls.
But Ye Youze didn't care about the child at all. He just kept pestering the midwife and asked, "How is my wife? Is she okay?"
This was probably the first time the midwife saw a husband who cared about his wife instead of his child. She was stunned for a moment before saying:
"Ling is in good health. She is inevitably weak after giving birth. Have you prepared some nourishing food for her?"
"Yes, there's chicken soup cooking in the pot." Ye Zhang said with a smile.
Chu Qi is a person who can't cook, so she is responsible for boiling hot water, which means watching the fire.
Matters like preparing chicken soup were left to the sisters Ye Wenyin and Ye Xiwen.
"Yes, yes, I need to nourish my body."
Upon hearing this, Ye Youze strode back to the kitchen, scooped out a bowl of chicken soup and tender stewed chicken, and carefully brought it to the door of the room.
Then he called his mother softly, "Mom, please bring some chicken soup in for Qiu Ling to drink."
Zhuang Qiuling had regained some strength at this time and was looking at her cradle daughter with loving eyes.
When Huang Ying heard the noise, she came over and took some chicken soup for her daughter-in-law.
Although the room was filled with the smell of blood, fortunately, Zhuang Qiuling did not have any discomfort. She drank some chicken soup and ate some meat. "Mom, I can't drink anymore."
She had no appetite and was feeling very tired.
If it wasn't for seeing my daughter, I would have fallen asleep the moment I closed my eyes.
"Okay." Huang Ying put the bowl on the table.
Not only was there chicken stewing in the kitchen, but there were also five newly bought hens in the chicken coop that had never laid eggs.
The meat of young hens is tender and firm, and stewing them into soup is perfect for supplementing nutrition for pregnant women during confinement.
And whenever the pregnant woman can’t finish the food, the leftovers can be used to feed the family.
In the afternoon, when the bloody smell in the house dissipated a little, Ye Youze couldn't wait to go in to take care of his wife.
He had not read much and did not believe that it was unlucky for a pregnant woman who had just given birth. He just wanted to take care of his wife.
Ye Zhang wanted to say something, but then she changed her mind and realized that when she gave birth to her child, she also followed the so-called rules and regulations, but the misfortune that was expected came as a result.
He didn't care anymore and followed his eldest grandson.
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Old Master Ye has been quite busy these days, pondering what name to give to his great-grandson.
"Alas. Old people are useless. Their heads are empty and they can't even think of a good name."
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