Before the 15th, every day is filled with the festive atmosphere.
But when the New Year's excitement officially faded, it was already the end of the month.
After seeing off my third brother, his wife and Mr. Zong, the whole family focused most of their attention on my eldest sister-in-law.
Chen Nongmo had an intuition, he didn’t know if it was because of his trust in the aura of the male and female protagonists or something else.
Although she couldn't explain it clearly, she somehow felt that the child would be born on the day when the Dragon Raises its Head.
Thinking of this, she intentionally or unintentionally revealed her guess to her family.
Every time this happens, everyone's face is filled with joy and anticipation.
The second day of February is the day when the dragon raises its head and spring comes to the earth.
Every elder would not want their child to be born on a day with good meaning.
Therefore, when it really comes to the early morning of February 2nd, everyone pays more attention to the mother.
Only Bian Jiuxiang was very calm. She patted her belly and comforted her husband who didn't want to go out: "I don't feel anything. The full term will not come until the beginning of next month. Go and do your own thing."
Hearing this, in order not to put pressure on his wife, Chen Wuwen pretended to be relaxed and touched her belly which had grown bigger: "Okay, Meimei, Lili, Daddy is going to work, you guys should be good, okay?"
Chen Nongmo, who was sitting opposite and drinking porridge, had a frozen expression for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
There's nothing I can do about it. I'll get used to it after hearing it so many times.
I just don’t know if, after the children are born, the eldest brother will still be able to call his two little nephews Meimei and Lili.
Thinking of this, Chen Nongmo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"What are you thinking about?" Shao Zheng was about to get up and leave with Lao Chen, but when he saw his little girlfriend smiling, he asked curiously.
Chen Nongmo hooked his finger at him, and waited for him to lean over to his ear before whispering, "I was just wondering, if they were all boys, what would big brother do?"
Hearing this, Shao Zheng rubbed the little girl's head after a few seconds of hesitation and said seriously: "What scary words are you saying? Your brother will cry."
Privately, Lao Chen told him that no matter whether it was a boy or a girl, he would only have this one child.
If he didn't have a daughter at all, he might not be able to bear it.
Chen Nongmo wrinkled his nose, feeling that his idea of asking everyone to be mentally prepared seemed difficult to achieve: "I mean, what if? We can't rule out this possibility."
"That shouldn't be the case. Didn't you say that the old lady from the Qian family came to see her?"
The old lady of the Qian family is the mother of Zhou, the political commissar of the Third Regiment. She came to the army to take care of her pregnant daughter-in-law.
Every time the old lady saw my sister-in-law's belly, she would say with a loving face that her belly was so round and it was obvious that she was pregnant with a girl, and she looked very professional.
She didn't mean well, she just couldn't stand seeing others doing better than she did. After all, who doesn't want to have a boy these days?
At least that's the case with Old Lady Qian. Her daughter-in-law gave birth to two daughters in a row, and this is already the third one. She is the typical example of someone who is crazy about having a grandson. She even wants to suppress other pregnant women, for fear that they will snatch the golden boy given by Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility.
Little did they know that Chen Wuwen really wanted a daughter.
Every time I see Old Mrs. Qian, she smiles at me warmly.
Thinking of this, Chen Nongmo said unhappily, "That old lady just can't stand seeing others doing well. It's just a coincidence that it suits Big Brother's wishes."
Shao Zheng smiled: "As long as they are of the same mind, it's fine. Besides, it will only take a few days, and we will know whether it's a boy or a girl soon."
Before he could finish his words, there was a noise outside the house.
The men reacted the fastest and rushed out in the blink of an eye.
Chen Nongmo and Qiuhua's mother were a step slower, and they also went out, supporting Bian Jiuxiang on the left and right.
It turned out that Mrs. Qian's daughter-in-law was about to give birth.
Looking at the chaotic crowd not far away, Chen Nongmo frowned, "Sister Zhou, isn't it time yet?"
Bian Jiuxiang held her belly and was a little worried.
Although Old Mrs. Qian was not an easy person to get along with, Mrs. Zhou was not a bad person. Before my mother-in-law and sister-in-law came, as someone who had experienced this, she often shared her experiences with me.
Thinking of this, her anxiety became even more intense, and she unconsciously took two steps forward.
Cao Qiuhua held his daughter-in-law and stroked her back: "Don't go over there, it's too messy over there, you can't get bumped into it now."
Chen Nongmo also advised: "Sister-in-law, wait a little longer. When Big Brother and Brother Shao Zheng come back, we will know what the situation is."
Bian Jiuxiang took a deep breath and was about to respond when a strange look appeared on his face and he lowered his head and looked down.
She was also wearing soft pajamas, which were made for her by her sister-in-law using the material she had specially found.
Very thick and loose.
It was so loose that the amniotic fluid flowed directly down the trouser legs and onto the ground.
"Sister-in-law! Are you about to give birth?" Chen Nongmo was the first to react. He exclaimed and subconsciously reached out to hug someone.
Cao Qiuhua, who was looking into the distance, was also startled. He turned back to look at his daughter-in-law's belly. After seeing the water stains on the ground, he took a breath and shouted at his son who was helping the Zhou family not far away: "Boss! Your wife is about to give birth!"
Chen Wuwen, who had just helped lift the pregnant woman onto the flatbed cart, felt his head buzzing when he heard what his mother said, and he was stunned on the spot.
It was Shao Zheng who hurriedly pulled someone over: "Old Chen, hurry up, my sister-in-law is about to give birth."
"Oh oh oh!" Chen Wuwen slapped himself hard. The brief pain finally made him sober up completely. He ran home: "Yuegui, how are you?"
Seeing her husband's hands were shaking, Bian Jiuxiang comforted him: "It's okay, I'm fine, hold me."
Bian Jiuxiang nestled in her husband's arms. She actually felt a little pain, but when she saw the man's face turn pale, she smiled and said softly, "It's okay now. Don't be nervous, or I'll be nervous too."
Hearing this, Chen Wuwen, whose brain was already spinning, immediately took a deep breath and adjusted himself: "I'm not nervous, I'm not nervous."
Cao Qiuhua ignored her silly son and calmly directed her son-in-law to borrow a flatbed cart from next door. She and her daughter went to the room to pick up the equipment that had already been packed.
It took less than two minutes: "Boss, Xiao Shao is coming with a cart, you pick up Yue Gui."
Without even Qiuhua's mother reminding him, Chen Nongmo had already run towards Brother Shao Zheng with a quilt in his arms.
As the two of them worked together to spread the blanket on the cart, Chen Wuwen came over and carefully placed his wife on the cart.
Chen Nongmo ran back and got the quilt.
Only at this moment, after the pregnant woman was settled, did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Chen Wuwen shook his wife's hand, comforted her again by saying "Don't be afraid", and then with a stern expression he pushed the flatbed cart towards the health station.
Shao Zheng took the big bag and hung it on the bicycle. He swung his long legs and pedaled while looking at his partner and aunt: "I'll go to the health station first to inform them to prepare."
Cao Qiuhua was relieved: "Xiao Shao is really thoughtful."
= Giving birth to a child is inherently chaotic.
However, apart from one's own panic, the most frightening thing is other troublesome factors.
Unfortunately, when Chen Nongmo and his friends accompanied his sister-in-law to the health station, they ran into old lady Qian who was throwing a tantrum.
".I don't care! My daughter-in-law came here first, so I have to deliver the baby first!"
The doctor who was about to come over to check on Bian Jiuxiang's condition frowned and scolded, "How many times have I told you that Comrade Gu Guifen's cervix has not yet opened properly, it's not time for her to give birth yet!"
Old Mrs. Qian could not hear the doctor's refusal and stopped the doctor on her own, staring at Bian Jiuxiang with her triangular eyes as if she was about to spit sparks.
Although Chen Wuwen was also angry, he would not delay his wife at this time. He winked at Lao Shao, bent down, picked up Yuegui, whose forehead was sweating from pain, and walked towards the ward.
Seeing this, Mrs. Qian rushed over like a madman, crying miserably, "You are not allowed to go in. My son has to come out first!"
Today is an auspicious day when the dragon raises its head. She specially asked a blind man to tell her fortune. The man said that her daughter-in-law could only give birth this morning and be the first to give birth to a son. Not only would it be a son, but he would also be the incarnation of Wenquxing and become the top scholar in the imperial examination.
This is also the reason why she deliberately tripped her daughter-in-law at dawn.
Unexpectedly, when her daughter-in-law was about to give birth and everything was going as planned, a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared.
Mrs. Qian hated this family deeply. She hated that they said they wanted a daughter but they were still competing with her family for the title of grandson.
She would never give up her top scholar grandson.
Thinking of this, she became even crazier, and her nails were about to scratch Shao Zheng's face who was blocking her.
Chen Nongmo exclaimed and was about to rush over, but unexpectedly, a figure appeared who was faster than her.
With a scream of "Ah!", Mrs. Qian was not only kicked to the ground by Cao Qiuhua, but was also grabbed by the hair and pressed to the ground and rubbed: "You old woman, my son-in-law is a soldier and a man. He can't fight back, but I can. Isn't it like throwing a tantrum? I can do that too! How capable are you? I can't beat you to death!"
Cao Qiuhua is over 1.7 meters tall and thin, but he has been doing farm work for so many years and is quite strong. When he was young, he was a brave man who dared to go hunting in the mountains.
As the children have grown up over the years, their tempers have become more gentle.
But some things are in their bones. Provoking her daughter-in-law at the critical moment of giving birth, in Cao Qiuhua's view, Qian Pozi's inexplicable behavior was simply poking her in the lungs.
"You are beating people up, you are bullying people, my son. Your mother has been beaten up, my eldest grandson." Mrs. Qian claimed to be a city person. She was always arrogant in her words and had almost never fought with anyone in her life. She never expected that the other party would just start fighting without caring about anything.
Not to mention fighting back, she couldn't even break free, and her whole body was in great pain. She could only wail and scream.
Of course, maybe he was really sad, sad that his long-cherished grandson would be taken away by the Chen family.
Inside the ward, Gu Guifen was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling with a pale face. No one knew what she was thinking, as if she didn't hear her grandmother's crying outside the door.
The eldest daughter, who was only nine years old and had been with her all the time, also had a gloomy face and held her mother's hand tightly.
At this moment, Political Commissar Zhou, who had received a notice from his second daughter, just rushed over from the regiment and saw his mother being pinned to the ground.
He frowned, and just as he was about to step forward, his second daughter in his arms pouted her lips from an angle he couldn't see, "Wow!" She burst into tears, "Daddy, wuwu, Mommy was tripped by Grandma, Mommy is in so much pain. Wuwu, Grandma is so bad. Wuwu"
Political Commissar Zhou took a deep breath and stopped looking at his mother who was in a miserable state. He patted his daughter's back to comfort her and nodded at Shao Zheng: "Team Shao, can you please let my mother go first? No matter what she did, I will not evade the apology and compensation. Let's talk about it later. I have to go in and see Guifen first."
We have worked together for many years, and Shao Zheng has a good understanding of Political Commissar Zhou. Apart from the fact that he is a little soft-hearted towards his mother, he is a very good person otherwise.
However, he did not nod immediately. Instead, he looked at his aunt and left the decision to her.
If you think about it carefully, part of the reason why the aunt took action was because of her son-in-law.
Although Cao Qiuhua was still unhappy, she did not force herself to do anything. She glared at Mrs. Qian again and then let go of her hand.
Mrs. Qian sat up with a thud, not even bothering to tidy up her hair, and eagerly explained to her furious son, "Son, I didn't mean to make a scene this time. The fortune teller said that your wife must give birth today, and she must be the first one to give birth, so that our Zhou family can give birth to a man with a penis. It's the Chen family that is so dishonest. They said they wanted a daughter, but why did they choose the day when the dragon is rising? Aren't they trying to snatch our grandson? I..."
"Please keep talking, keep talking, and say more about these feudal superstitions. There's no need to wait for your grandson. Just send your son away to labor camp." Political Commissar Zhou had a dark face and almost gritted his teeth to interrupt his mother's endless chatter, then strode to the ward to see his wife in her frightened eyes.
Mrs. Qian dared not say anything no matter what, because she had seen with her own eyes how those superstitious people were paraded through the streets after being arrested.
Thinking that she might be reported by the Chen family, she huddled in a corner and dared not say a word.
No matter how important your grandchildren are, they are not as important as your own life.
(End of this chapter)
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