Liu Mei stopped him and said, "Master, the young mistress has told you to wait outside."
"I don't care about those rules."
"It's not a rule." Liu Mei changed the address and advised, "It's just that A Jiang has her dignity."
The two of them were deadlocked for a moment, and Lou Yunchun compromised, "Is she okay?"
"Not bad." Liu Mei breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "She was clamoring for soup noodles just now, so Yinyin cooked it for her."
As he was speaking, Yinyin came over with some steaming hot soup noodles, not only soup noodles, but also radish cake.
"Sister Liu Mei, please bring it to Sister Xu quickly." The little girl was not allowed to enter the delivery room, so she could only worry outside. It would be nice to let her do something.
Liu Mei took the food tray and instructed, "Go to the outer courtyard kitchen and see if the water is ready."
"Okay." Yin Yin glanced at the delivery room, then hurried to the outer courtyard to look at the water.
Lou Yunchun couldn't be coaxed away, so Liu Mei called a maid and told her to bring a chair and a small table and put them under the eaves, letting him sit and wait, and then she brought the soup and noodles into the delivery room.
There were nails on the chair, so Lou Yunchun couldn't sit still. His feet almost flattened the floor outside the delivery room.
Inside the delivery room, Xu Jiang, dressed in a thin dress, was being supported by the midwife and Wu Zhi as she walked. She would stop from time to time, only to continue moving again after the pain had subsided.
"Regulate your breathing and don't panic." Wu Zhiyi guided and comforted her while massaging the acupuncture points on her lower back.
The midwife held her belly and massaged her according to the fetal position. "Don't worry, Madam. The fetus is in the right position. It will be easy to give birth."
Vinegar charcoal was burning in the outer room, and the inner room was airtight, making it so hot that several people were sweating.
Madam Lou wiped Xu Jiang's wound while comforting her, "Don't be afraid, Jiang. Mother is here with you."
Xu Jiang took a few breaths and forced a smile towards Madam Lou, "I'm not afraid, and you don't have to be afraid either."
Mrs. Lou's expression wasn't much better than hers. Seeing Liu Mei coming in with food, she asked, "Would you like to eat something first?"
Xu Jiang nodded and said, "Eat. You'll have more strength after eating."
Everyone helped Xu Jiang to the delivery chair that Cao Shu had made according to Wu Zhi's request.
The chair, backed with thick rabbit fur, was slightly more inclined than an ordinary chair. Its seat was hollow, with legs placed on either side to facilitate delivery and protect the pregnant woman from bloody swallowing. Besides its four reinforced armrests and wooden legs, it also had two pedals for the pregnant woman to step on, a thoughtful and practical design.
It was on this kind of delivery chair that Song Qiao successfully gave birth to her baby boy.
In addition to the birthing chair, Wu Zhi also instructed the maids to tie a hand towel and hang it high up in case of emergency. If the fetus was having difficulty delivering during labor, the pregnant woman would climb on it, bend her legs and sit on her hips to relax the vagina, which would help with delivery.
The delivery room and delivery tools were prepared early in the morning in case Xu Jiang had a sudden attack and was at a loss.
While Liu Mei was feeding Xu Jiang the soup noodles, she whispered, "The young master is back and waiting outside. He insisted on coming in just now, and I had to persuade him to stop."
"Don't let him in." Xu Jiang took two bites and felt a little nauseous. She endured it for a while before continuing. "After the birth, the child and I will meet him properly."
During childbirth, blood and urine are shed simultaneously, which is not a very pretty scene. However, no matter how close and loving a couple is, they must maintain a bit of dignity.
Besides, Lou Yunchun was too worried about himself. If he saw such a scene and got a heart attack, Wu Zhi's tranquilizing powder might not be enough for him.
The midwife, mother, Wu Zhi, Liu Mei, and numerous maids and servants were here. If he came in, he wouldn't be able to help, and would only make her feel uneasy. It would be better to keep some distance so she could concentrate on dealing with this troublesome little creature.
Just knowing he is there is enough.
After eating the soup noodles, Xu Jiang ate two pieces of radish cakes and drank half a bowl of rice soup.
Liu Mei was feeding him while worrying, "Did he eat too much?"
Wu Zhi took a look and said, "It's okay, eat if you want. Don't worry about it now."
After Xu Jiang finished drinking, he touched his chest and felt a little bloated. "Yes, a little. I won't eat anymore. Let's go for a walk."
So several people helped her up and walked again. After taking just two steps, she felt her abdomen tighten, followed by waves of pain, which made her scream out.
The midwife felt Xu Jiang's belly and said, "The baby is coming soon."
Wu Zhi also reached out to feel around, but before the baby was even born, she said to the midwife, "Help me walk a little longer."
Xu Jiang walked around the room a few more times, and every step felt extremely difficult. After walking and resting for nearly two hours, Xu Jiang finally went into labor.
Wu Zhi fed her Buddha's Hand Powder, which has the effect of protecting the vital energy, relieving pain and aiding delivery, but the pain of her body being squeezed apart still made her scream.
Lou Yunchun was outside the delivery room. When he heard her shrill cries, he felt as if his heart was torn into pieces. He resisted the urge to rush in and kept calling out to her by the window.
Xu Jiang felt pain all the way to her back, and half of her body was paralyzed. She followed the midwife and Wu Zhi in trying hard, and when she was about to run out of strength, she suddenly felt a heavy object coming out of her body.
"It's out, it's out!" I heard the cheers of the crowd.
Xu Jiang leaned back in the chair, feeling dizzy and her body light and airy, as if she had attained enlightenment and was about to ascend to heaven.
The child was taken away by the midwife. "Hurry, hot water and medicated pancreas." Liu Mei and two maids hurried over.
As soon as the child entered the water, he started crying, avoiding two slaps from the midwife. This shows that he was tactful and knew how to act.
After the midwife examined the baby, she smiled and said, "Oh, congratulations, madam, congratulations, young madam, you have a daughter!"
Liu Mei couldn't help but say happily: "It's a little lady."
In the delivery room, crying and laughter suddenly merged into one.
Is he really a little Ajahn?
"A Jiang." Wu Zhi called her twice, "What do you think?"
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