Grandma Chen is a midwife in Shanchakou Village. She delivers almost all the babies in the village now, so her skills are reliable.
Gu Hui was really strong; she carried him all the way back without stopping.
Zhang's screams were quite loud; the family could hear them even before she entered the yard.
Only the elderly couple and Zhang's youngest daughter, Gu Si, are at home now. Gu Shouren and Gu Shouyi have gone out, and Gu En has gone to school.
"What's wrong, Mom?" Gu Si put down the chicken feed in her hand, clapped her hands, and ran over.
"Go boil some water, Mother is about to give birth," Gu Hui instructed without further explanation.
"Niannian, go help your sister boil water," Cai Xiaolian said, turning to Gu Nian.
"Oh." Gu Nian put the basket on her back next to the pigsty, and then went to the kitchen to help boil water. Just as she reached the kitchen door, she met a spirited old lady.
Gu Nian guessed that this was the original owner's grandmother, Gu Xianglan, the only daughter of that hunter's family, the one who was said to be able to kill a wild boar by herself. She quickly called out, "Grandma..."
"Okay, I'll go take a look." Gu Xianglan nodded, glanced at Gu Nian curiously, and then walked around her and went out.
She wasn't familiar with this eldest granddaughter of the second wife. Usually, except for holidays, the girl would rarely come to the old house. Today was quite unusual.
"Sister Daya, let me start the fire. You just add water to the pot." Gu Si had already started the fire using the embers from cooking rice that hadn't gone out yet.
"Okay." Gu Nian saw the water ladle and the water vat, responded, and went to scoop water.
Before long, Grandma Chen was pulled over by Gu Xin, both of them panting heavily.
"Er Ya runs really fast, this old woman can hardly keep up!" Granny Chen patted her chest.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ah! Ah!..." Zhang's screams echoed from inside the house.
"Grandma Chen, my aunt is in a lot of pain, please go and see her!" Gu Xin wiped the sweat from her forehead and said anxiously.
"Alright!" Granny Chen went into Zhang's house.
Gu Xin ran to the kitchen to help boil water.
Zhang had been calling for half an hour, and her voice was hoarse, but the baby still hadn't been born.
Even though she was almost exhausted, she still clung to Cai Xiaolian.
"Mother, keep going, it's almost out, keep going!" Granny Chen encouraged Zhang.
"Ah! I have no strength left! Mother, I have no strength left. It's all Cai Xiaolian's fault. Cai Xiaolian scolded me, that's why I had this fit so early! Mother, if I die, you must avenge me!" Zhang said weakly, but her voice was very loud.
"Once you die, I'll immediately find a stepmother for Enzi and his two siblings. If the stepmother mistreats Enzi, you can watch and cry from heaven!" Gu Xianglan said coldly.
Cai Xiaolian chimed in, "Sister-in-law, I'm not trying to be mean, but you deserve it! Coming to my house so early in the morning for no reason! Even God can't stand it anymore, and the baby in your belly can't stand it either and wants to come out and stop you! Why are you glaring at me? Want to hit me? Want to yell at me? Go ahead and give birth to the baby if you dare! I'm not afraid of you! If you die, I'll adopt your son Enzi as my son. Anyway, you said I can't have a son!"
Gu Xianglan glanced at Cai Xiaolian in surprise.
"Hey! Cai Xiaolian, you shameless bastard, just you wait! Don't even think about it! That's my son, you old hen that can't lay eggs!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Zhang was determined; she had felt completely exhausted just moments before, but suddenly felt refreshed again.
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