Chapter 151: The baby is coming
After Lu Donglin left, only Wen Wan and Li Laiying were left at the door. Wen Wan had never seen anything like this at her age.
Seeing Li Laiying sweating profusely and unable to straighten her back due to pain, she wanted to reach out to help but didn't dare.
"Sister-in-law Laiying, is this okay for you? Otherwise, why don't you go back and lie down on the bed? Maybe you'll feel better."
She has to go back to her own home no matter what. Although she is not particular, it is better to give birth at home. She can't really give birth outside.
Li Laiying gritted her teeth and walked home holding her belly, feeling that every step was extremely difficult. Wen Wan followed her closely and couldn't help but support her when she stepped over the threshold.
"Sister-in-law, what should we do now? What should I do? How can I help you? The baby is about to be born, so do you need to take out clothes, diapers, etc.? Is there anything else you need? I'll get it."
Li Laiying had seen her own siblings born, so she knew a little bit about the situation. She breathlessly told her, "The children's clothes are in the box next to the bed. Please help me, boil some hot water. I'm afraid it won't be in time when Mom and the others come back."
Wen Wan nodded, helped her lie down on the bed, trembled in her heart listening to her suppressed humming, and hurried out.
The layout of Lu Minghai's house is similar to that of Lu Mingjiang's. The kitchen is located at the corner connected to the main house. Wen Wan has been there several times and is familiar with the place.
There was half a pot of warm water in the pot that Li Laiying had boiled earlier. She was planning to cook rice. When she just started to scoop water into the pot, she felt something was wrong. By the time the water was scooped and the fire was lit, her stomach started to hurt so much that she had forgotten that she had boiled water.
Wen Wan took the fire scissors and dug around in the stove cavity, then filled it with pine needles, and soon the fire started.
As for Lu Donglin, he ran all the way to the field. When he reached the edge of the field, he shouted to Lu Dongcai at the top of his voice: "Brother Dongcai, Brother Dongcai, Sister-in-law Laiying is about to give birth. Brother Dongcai, can you hear me?"
Lu Dongcai was pounding the rice in the mixing bucket with all his might when he heard the words. He panicked and loosened his grip, causing all the rice straw in his hand to fall into the mixing bucket. He then reacted and turned around and ran back.
Gao Xiulan also stood up and hurried to the edge of the field, calling Zhang Hongying along the way: "Dongping's mother, I'm sorry to delay you for a moment, come with me to take a look."
Giving birth to a child is a big deal, so Zhang Hongying naturally wouldn't refuse. She just agreed and trotted back with Gao Xiulan.
But their speed couldn't catch up with Lu Dongcai. When they got home, Lu Dongcai had already been home for a while. When Li Laiying saw her man, she couldn't hold back her voice anymore and cried out in pain.
"Lu Dongcai, my stomach hurts so much, it hurts so much!"
Lu Dongcai wanted to coax her, but he didn't know how to say it. After all, giving birth to a child was different from working. If it was working, he could do more to replace her, but he couldn't replace her in giving birth to a child!
Just as he was speaking at a loss, Gao Xiulan's voice rang out from outside. Lu Dongcai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if he had found his backbone.
Gao Xiulan walked into the house and saw the couple inside, so she called out to Lu Dongcai, "What are you doing in the house? Go help your Third Aunt boil some water and get the big basin ready. Where did you put the mugwort and other things I asked you to find? Find them and put them in the basin. Also, get some scissors. Soak them in some wine, roast them over the fire, and let them air dry."
"Oh oh!" Lu Dongcai responded. He didn't understand this. Of course, whatever his mother said was what he did. He stood up and was about to leave, but Li Laiying grabbed his hand tightly. She cried and shouted, "Don't leave, you stay here, you stay here——"
Gao Xiulan's teeth ached from the young couple's troubles, and she called out to Lu Dongcai, "Hurry up and get ready! What are you doing here? Can you help her give birth, or what? None of us can help. She has to rely on herself. Go get her something to eat. Just make some dough balls with two eggs in them. Hurry up! She'll be tired later if she doesn't eat."
Only then did Lu Dongcai pry Li Laiying's hands apart and go outside.
Li Laiying was in pain at the moment. Seeing that he listened to his mother and not to herself, she felt a ache in her heart and cried out.
Gao Xiulan also held her breath. If she hadn't seen that Li Laiying was about to give birth, she would have wanted to curse.
"Don't cry, save your strength. If you run out of energy and the baby can't come out, it will be troublesome. Not only will the baby be in danger, but you will be in danger too. What's the point of having Dongcai stay by your side? Men are unreliable at critical moments. He can't feel the pain for you or give birth for you. You should know where a baby comes out. Are you sure you want to give birth to the baby in front of him?"
Li Laiying didn't say anything, but her crying became much softer involuntarily.
Gao Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Tell your mother if you have any discharge and if you can still stand up. If you can, stand up and walk around. This way you can give birth faster—"
Outside, Wen Wan was almost boiling the water. Zhang Hongying entered the kitchen and called out, "Mom!"
Zhang Hongying responded and asked her, "Have you eaten yet? It's getting late, isn't it? Isn't it time to go to school? Go and do your own thing. I'll just help your aunt here."
Wen Wan responded, stood up from behind the stove, and dusted off her clothes. "The meal is ready. I was planning to go out to the fields, but Sister Lai Ying came over and said she had a stomachache and asked me to call for help, so I got delayed. Well, I'll leave your meal at home. You can go back and have a bite when you have time. I'll have Donglin take the rest to the fields."
Zhang Hongying agreed immediately: "Sure, go ahead and don't be late."
Wen Wan went out and glanced towards the main room. The faint sound of crying made her scalp tingle. When she returned to the yard, Lu Donglin had already returned and was walking around in the yard. Seeing Wen Wan come back, he hurried to greet her: "Sister-in-law, how is it? Did you give birth?"
Wen Wan shook her head: "No, it can't be that fast. I heard that it will take at least a few hours, and it may take a day to give birth."
Lu Donglin couldn't help but shudder when he heard this.
"I'll leave my mother's food at home, and you can take the rest to the fields. I'll go directly to school and wait for you on the way."
As they were talking, Wen Wan had already entered the house and put the cake left for Zhang Hongying in a bowl and covered it in the still hot pot.
Lu Donglin left with the bamboo basket, the basket and the kettle. She then locked the door and carried the basket to school.
As soon as Lu Donglin brought the basket into the field, everyone in the field began to take a break, found a place to sit on the edge of the field, ate some dry food they had prepared earlier, drank some water, chatted for a while, and then continued to work.
As soon as he arrived, Liu Zhaoxing teased him: "Donglin's here to deliver food? What goodies did your sister-in-law prepare for your brother today?"
When Lu Dongping was pursuing Wen Wan, the team members often gossiped about her behind his back and were not optimistic about her future. They thought Lu Dongping was superficial, too good at judging by appearances, and didn't consider whether the other person was someone who could make a living. They didn't think he could really win her over. Even if he did, she would be inferior to him. Bringing a wife home would be like inviting an ancestor to your home, with no one to lift or carry, and you still have to wait on her. After all, when Wen Wan came, everyone in the team was watching her. She was slower than the others when she was doing nothing, and Lu Dongping had to pick up the pig grass when she was picking it. She changed her clothes every day and was too particular. She didn't look like someone who could make a living.
Who could have thought that it would work out in the end?
Even after it was successful, many people continued to gossip about it. They said Lu Dongping had lost everything just to marry a woman from the city. If they could have built a house and bought so much furniture, then it would have been possible.
It sounds like it's true.
Who could have thought that someone would be so generous when getting married, not only buying new shoes for the whole family, making new clothes for Lu Dongping, but also getting a sewing machine and a radio as a dowry. This is something you wouldn't find in the mountains, let alone the city.
After getting married, Wen Wan became a substitute teacher, and even though she only had a day and a half off each week, she didn't go to the fields. Many people talked about her behind her back, but it didn't mean anything. Wen Wan wasn't the only one in the team who didn't work in the fields. Didn't Liu Chaoxing's daughter-in-law also work in the fields? Besides, she had a salary and work point subsidy, so Lu Mingjiang and his wife had no objection to her not working in the fields, and neither did Lu Dongping. Whatever others said was useless.
Even when things got busy, Wen Wan still didn't go to the fields. Even during holidays, when the seven or eight-year-old children went out to collect food, she still stayed at home. However, Lu Mingjiang and his wife still had no objections.
Every day at noon, while other families ate cold, hard food, they ate hot, freshly cooked meals. When others were thirsty, they drank cold mountain spring water from the ditch, while they drank warm boiled water. So, what could they be dissatisfied with? Seeing the envious eyes of others and listening to their sour words, Zhang Hongying felt extremely happy.
Wen Wan, that little girl, was delicate and weak, but she had sharp eyes and a quick mind, and she learned things incredibly quickly. When she first arrived, she couldn't even cook corn porridge, but soon after, she was cooking rice quite well, and she's gotten better and better. There weren't many things in the house, but when she made something, it always tasted extra delicious. If it weren't for Lu Dongping's protection, Zhang Hongying felt like she could be a hands-off boss, not having to cook morning or night, just waiting for food.
Lu Donglin handed the basket to Lu Dongping and said, "Guess?"
Liu Zhaoxing just asked this question to tease him. How could he have the energy to guess what others were eating? He quickly took two bites of dry food and worked hard while there was still some sunlight in the sky. He would feel at ease if he could collect it sooner.
Lu Mingjiang and his father sat together and opened the package, and were slightly stunned when they saw the pancake inside.
It’s not much, just the size of six pancake stalls, so two are enough. Drink some boiled water and you will definitely be 80% full.
Lu Mingjiang took a bite and said, "Chives and eggs?"
Lu Donglin nodded: "Yes, that's right. Brother Qingming brought pheasant eggs from heaven, and my sister-in-law added chives to spread on them. Mother went back home, so hers stayed at home."
Lu Dongping raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at the edge of the embankment, picked up two pancakes with chopsticks, folded them, put them in the bowl, and walked towards Lu Qingming.
Lu Donglin said something to Lu Mingjiang and ran away with the bamboo basket on his back.
When he reached the fork in the road, he didn't go directly to school, but ran home.
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