On the sixth day of the New Year, the heavy snow stopped and it was a sunny day.
Gu Tingzhou took Li Qingyun to the mountains to hunt.
The couple did the same thing as they did the year before, with Gu Tingzhou in charge of hunting and Li Qingyun in charge of collecting, and they caught a lot of prey.
There were rabbits, pheasants, and a deer.
Finally, the two of them found two lone wild boars, killed them, and put them into the space.
This year's meat is finally available.
Gu Tingzhou and his family were also preparing to return.
As for whether Gu's mother wanted to go with her, Li Qingyun gave the decision to Gu's mother herself.
Finally, Gu's mother discussed it with them.
I decided to go back there to help take care of the baby for a while in the first half of the year, and then return to my hometown when Mrs. Gu's due date arrives.
Li Qingyun respects the old man's own decision. It is a favor to help take care of the child, and it is also her duty not to help.
It would be great if I could help take care of the child for another half a year. Sansan is too young now and it is not suitable to send him to a nursery.
By the second half of the year, when she was over one and a half years old, could walk by herself and express some basic needs, she became much easier to take care of.
In the second half of the year, my second child will go to the Yuhong class, and my third child will be sent to the nursery. I can take care of him myself when I have time, which will make things much easier.
Mrs. Gu and Brother Gu were a little unhappy about their mother's decision.
They said that Mother Gu was partial and told them not to count on them in the future, which made Mother Gu so angry that she jumped up and down.
Li Qingyun was too lazy to pay attention to them.
Gu Tingzhou went to the old man's house and talked with Brother Gu. It is unknown what they talked about.
Anyway, Mrs. Gu stopped asking her mother to stay.
Gu Tinghua ran into a snag with his mother, so he privately approached Gu Tingzhou to borrow money.
Because she was nagged by Gu's mother for telling the truth before, this time when she asked Gu Tingzhou to borrow money, she did not tell the truth. Instead, she played the victim and said that her life was very difficult and it was not easy to live with a child.
Although Gu Tingzhou was heartbroken by her, she was his biological sister after all. He felt uncomfortable seeing her not living well, so he decided to do it for the sake of this poor little niece.
Finally, Gu Tingzhou went home to find Li Qingyun and took out a hundred yuan to lend to her.
After giving him the money, he never thought about taking it back, but in order to prevent Gu Tinghua from taking his money for granted and treating him as a cash cow in the future.
So he followed the normal procedure and asked her to write an IOU.
Although it was not the two hundred yuan he wanted, one hundred yuan was better than nothing. Gu Tinghua did not complain and happily wrote the IOU, thanked him profusely, and promised to pay him back when he came back next year.
The eighth day of the Lunar New Year
The family once again set out on their journey home with bags full of luggage.
This year is destined to be an extraordinary year.
October
Mother Gu bid farewell to her three grandchildren and returned to Gujialing.
On the third day after she returned home, Mrs. Gu had a seizure.
Logically speaking, this is her third child, so the delivery should have been very fast.
But she had a difficult delivery.
The reason was that the child was too big and his head was stuck and couldn't get out.
She felt that she was definitely carrying a boy, and wanted the child to be well-nourished and born plump, so she ate a lot of good food to supplement nutrition throughout her pregnancy.
Her husband and two daughters could all earn work points, and the family was getting by. She was too lazy to even go to the fields, and stayed at home all day, or walked around the village, showing off her belly and gossiping about other people.
This year, all the money that Brother Gu earned from carpentry work went into her mouth.
It is now difficult to give birth.
Both the midwife and Gu's mother were frightened.
The midwife directly told them to prepare for their afterlife, which might result in two deaths.
After a night of agony, she was barely breathing and bleeding profusely, and the bleeding couldn't be stopped. The baby's head was stuck there, motionless.
Gu's mother has been out there for the past few years and has seen a lot, so she knows how to find a doctor to solve the problem.
He made a prompt decision and asked Gu Tingchuan to pull out the cart from home, cover it with thick cotton quilts, carry Yan Shufen on it and push it to the commune hospital.
The oxcart is too slow and the bicycle is inconvenient, so the only way is to use a wheelbarrow, which is faster.
Gu Tingchuan was running like crazy, pushing the cart in front as fast as he could.
Mother Gu and Father Gu were chasing after them.
Human life is at stake, and everyone hopes they survive.
After finally arriving at the commune, the doctor saw that the situation was not good and quickly carried Yan Shufen to a simple operating table and gave her an injection to stop the bleeding.
He is a Chinese medicine practitioner and only has a basic understanding of Western medicine.
Yan Shufen was still breathing, and she raised her hand with all her strength to grab the doctor's sleeve.
"Save—the child."
She seemed to be able to feel that her life was slipping away quickly.
So she hopes the doctor will give the child a chance to live.
The doctor gave me a few injections, which stopped the pain a little, but the effect was minimal.
He quickly asked the family, "The situation is critical now. The mother is dying. She wants to save the baby. What do you think?"
The doctor's own judgment is also inclined to save the child, but he always has to inform the family.
He is not Hua Tuo. He encounters several such patients every year. If they are lucky and sent to the hospital early, perhaps the mother and child can be safe. But like this patient, who was sent to the hospital after such a long time and in a very critical condition, he is helpless.
If I am sent to the county now, I will die, so I can only fight to the death.
Gu Tingchuan squatted on the ground, holding his head, and said painfully: "Save the master."
"Please save the adult's life. There is nothing we can do if the child is really unable to make it." Mother Gu pleaded.
"Under the current circumstances, I can only do my best."
The doctor came in quickly, gave Yan Shufen a few more injections, performed an episiotomy, and his hands were busy as he tried his best to help the child squeeze out.
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