Chapter 0 Extra 15 This child is probably not going to make it
I was very happy. My father was gone, and I felt very lonely. Now my third brother and I have a new home, but it's still very lonely just the two of us. I sat up excitedly and looked at my third brother, "Third brother, tell me quickly, how are we going to have children? I want to have children, lots of children."
My third brother's face turned red after what I said. I was a little puzzled. I went over and held his face with both hands. "Third brother, why is your face so red? Do you have a fever?"
The third brother looked at my face so close to him, and finally couldn't help but kissed me on the mouth. I couldn't react at first, but slowly followed the rhythm of the third brother and found it quite interesting.
Then, I tried for a long time with my third brother, and he told me, "Cui Cui, you are now truly my woman."
I was very tired and didn't want to listen to my third brother anymore, but he kept holding me and talking. When I was half asleep, I felt my third brother pressing on me again.
In short, when my third brother and I weren't working in the fields, we were at home planning how to have a baby. Winter came quickly in Qiligou, and we all wore cotton-padded jackets. Inside the jackets were animal skins from my old family.
My third brother and I didn't have money to buy cotton, but animal skins were warm enough. One morning, my third grandmother came to visit me. I didn't know what I smelled, but I suddenly felt nauseous.
I ran to the door and vomited for a long time, but nothing came out. My third grandmother stood behind me and patted my back. My third brother was very anxious. He was scared, afraid that I was sick. Because we had no money to treat the disease, he was very worried about my health.
When I finally recovered, Third Grandma asked me with a smile, "How long has it been since your period came?"
Actually, I was never sure. I couldn't even remember when it was last time. But my third brother remembered, and he immediately said the date. Third grandmother calculated, "Well, she should be pregnant. It's almost two months. Third brother, you're going to be a father."
The huge surprise hit me so hard that I couldn't handle it. I watched him squat on the ground, crying and laughing. By then, I had understood a lot, and I was very happy. My third brother and I were finally welcoming a new family member to our home.
Third Grandma gave me a lot of instructions, especially scolding my third brother, asking him not to mess with me in the future. My third brother agreed repeatedly.
From then on, my third brother would just hold me to sleep every night. Even if I tried to be intimate with him, he wouldn't let me. This went on for six months. During the spring planting season, I was planting seeds in the field when I suddenly felt a severe stomachache.
My third grandmother was right beside me, and my third brother didn't want me to go to the fields during this period, but all the women in Qiligou had to work in the fields with their children. The team leader wouldn't let me take leave either.
My third brother had no choice but to ask my third grandmother to follow me. As soon as he finished his work, he would come over to help me.
My face was pale as my third brother carried me home. My stomach was aching so badly I couldn't speak. It hurt, it really hurt. I had never felt such pain since I was a child.
I thought of my grandmother at home. Every time she hit me, it hurt like hell. But compared to now, I think I was really happy back then.
I was so dazed that I didn't know how long the pain lasted. The midwife shouted happily, "It's born, it's a big boy."
I groggily opened my eyes and saw my third brother clutching my hand and crying. Grandma San swaddled the baby while the midwife cleaned me up. She pressed on my stomach, seeming to sense something was wrong, and quickly said, "I'm not going to give you a fuck."
"Don't sleep, Third Brother. It looks like there's another one in your belly."
Everyone in the room was stunned. No one had expected I was carrying two babies. I was delighted; this would give me another member of my family. Fine, even if it hurt, I could bear it.
So, I pushed again according to the midwife's instructions, and finally gave birth to another boy.
This time the midwife was much more cautious and only helped me clean my body again after she was sure that my stomach was empty.
From then on, my third brother worked even harder. But he always had a smile on his face. My third brother and I were both strong. In spring, summer, and autumn, we worked in the fields with the production team, and in winter, we went hunting in the mountains. Life gradually improved.
My third brother's mother just couldn't stand my and my good life. She would come to my house every now and then to make trouble, and any fine food we had would be taken away by her.
Sometimes, when my third brother and I were not at home, she would secretly pry open the lock of my house and come to my house to look for money and things.
I finally couldn't stand it anymore, so I had a huge argument with her. She ended up telling everyone in the village that I was unfilial, and then had my two sisters-in-law come to my house to lecture me. Under the pressure of filial piety, I felt extremely depressed.
My third brother couldn't do anything to his mother, but we became smarter after that. We no longer kept valuables at home. When did our family's life start to get worse and worse?
Oh, yes, it was after we gave birth to our little girl Yueyue. After giving birth to three boys in a row, my third brother and I became obsessed with having a lovely daughter.
Perhaps God heard my and my third brother's wishes, and I finally gave birth to a daughter on my third pregnancy. However, when I was pregnant with my daughter, my mother-in-law always used various excuses to torment me, and since we had just experienced a famine, it was really difficult to get food.
I don't know if it was because I was in poor health or because I was hungry, but when I gave birth to Yueyue, she was very small and skinny. My third brother and I were terrified. How could this child be so weak?
The midwife also frowned, "I'm afraid this child won't survive."
These days, every family has dumped a few dead babies on the hills of the Western Mountains. Midwives are used to it. But how could my third brother and I agree? This is the daughter we've been waiting for so long.
Seeing that my third brother and I were both insistent, the midwife simply said, "Then let's take the baby to the county town. I'm afraid this child won't survive if we don't take good care of him."
The next day, my third brother and I took Yueyue to the county town. The doctor examined Yueyue in detail and finally sighed and said that the child might not live for more than a few years.
I couldn't hold it back any longer and hugged Yueyue and started crying. Third Brother seemed to have aged several years in an instant. He gritted his teeth and said, "Doctor, please take a look. How should we raise this child?"
Perhaps the doctor, moved by my and my third brother's genuine desire to raise the child, finally prescribed the most gentle, nourishing prescription. But it was a real expense. The money my third brother and I had secretly hidden was gone in less than six months.
The good thing is that Yueyue is still alive, but she is rarely awake. Even though we try our best to feed her better, she is still half dead.
I could no longer go up the mountain with my third brother. Yueyue needed someone by her side, and my third brother's son was getting older. Life was really tough at home, so I worked in the fields during the day and took care of the child at night.
As for the third brother, he would go to the fields during the day and run all over the mountains at night, not only to hunt, but also to dig up some medicinal herbs that Yueyue could use. The bad news came unnoticed.
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