Chapter 50: Not very satisfied with Xu Yancheng
Zhu Yaoyao slowly broke open the orange and chewed it twice before speaking.
"You'll get used to it after vomiting a lot. The first time I went to the island, I was much worse off than you two. I almost vomited bile!"
"Nansha Island is the main island, and there are many small islands dotted around it. If anyone on the island has a headache or a fever, we have to row our boat over there."
"Your reaction is so severe because you ate a lot of fried bean curd cakes before boarding the ship. They're delicious, but they're not easy to digest. This bumpy ride is definitely making you feel uncomfortable."
Hearing this, Gao Ruoyun's resentful eyes were fixed on Xu Yancheng.
"It's all your fault. You persuaded us to eat bean curd cakes for no reason..."
Xu Yancheng touched his nose, it was indeed his problem.
He saw that they hadn't eaten anything in the morning and wanted to eat something to fill their stomachs.
But they forget that they will get seasick when they first board the ship.
Although Ruan Anan was also uncomfortable, she did not blame Xu Yancheng.
Fortunately, with the help of Lingquan Water and Zhu Yaoyao, I was able to recover a little in the second half.
The most important thing is that Ruan Anan and Gao Ruoyun completely changed their views on Zhu Yaoyao.
Yes, she still has that arrogance of a city girl, and her words can sometimes be harsh.
But when I heard her talk about the daily life of a military doctor guarding the border, such as going out to sea in a typhoon to set bones for fishermen.
Performing surgery in the dark on a deserted island without electricity, fighting wits and courage with stowaways...
After hearing every detail, the two of them were filled with admiration.
Although this girl is spoiled, she is also very capable!
Just when the atmosphere in the cabin was completely harmonious, there was suddenly a commotion in the cabin.
"This is terrible! There's a wife here who's about to give birth!"
"Is there any aunt or sister-in-law who knows how to deliver a baby? Come quickly!"
"I'm a doctor!" Zhu Yaoyao stood up without thinking, stepped on his three-centimeter lambskin shoes, stepped over the luggage bag, egg basket, and chicks, and walked straight towards the direction of the sound.
The cabin was shaking, but she walked as if on flat ground.
Gao Ruoyun's lips twitched. "Does she know Kung Fu? Otherwise, how can she walk so steadily?"
"Are you used to it?"
Ruan Anan put on his backpack, put the empty military water bottle behind him, filled it with spiritual spring water, and followed.
The woman whose water broke was a woman in her forties.
There was a girl of six or seven years old next to her, and the girl was obviously frightened.
While crying, he wiped the sweat from the woman's forehead.
The woman curled up on the ground, sweating profusely from the pain, and desperately grasped Zhu Yaoyao's hand, "Doctor, save me and the child..."
Zhu Yaoyao quickly checked the mother's condition and said in a remarkably calm voice, "Don't be nervous. Do you have a blanket? Put it on the floor for her. Make sure it's clean! Quick!"
"I have it!" Ruan Anan turned around immediately, her eyes accurately finding the tall and strong Xu Yancheng.
"Xu Yancheng! Bring me the yellow plaid blanket from my suitcase!"
Xu Yancheng took out the blanket and was about to ask the aunt next to him to pass it over.
"I'll go lay the shop!"
Gao Ruoyun no longer cared about seasickness and nausea, and volunteered to take the blanket handed to her by Xu Yancheng.
Ruan Anan didn't know how to deliver a baby, had never given birth before, and had never seen such a scene before, so she was a little bit at a loss as to how to help.
She glanced at the frightened little girl next to her, squatted down and put the kettle into her cold little hands: "Little girl, is this your mother?"
The little girl nodded desperately with tears in her eyes.
"When your mother is thirsty later, you feed her this water, little by little. Remember?"
Ruan Anan calmed her voice and finished explaining. Then she moved closer to Zhu Yaoyao, who was quickly checking the woman's pulse, and lowered her voice, "You... can really deliver a baby?"
Zhu Yaoyao said solemnly, "I haven't done this myself, but I've memorized it thoroughly from medical school textbooks! Now I can only bite the bullet and do it!"
If this happened forty years later, Zhu Yaoyao's actions would definitely lead to a medical lawsuit!
But in the seventies, there was no room for pickyness on the sea.
Ruan Anan took a deep breath, held on to the back of the chair next to her, and shouted to the crowd that was getting denser and denser: "Everyone, spread out a little, don't crowd here, make some room!"
She glanced at Xu Yancheng, with an unquestionable command: "Xu Yancheng, please ask all the men to go over there!"
"Understood!" Xu Yancheng responded in a deep voice and began to evacuate the crowd in an orderly manner.
Ruan Anan's gaze fell on the soldier next to him who had always been a little dissatisfied with her: "You! What's your name?"
"Report to sister-in-law! My name is Wu Wei!" The soldier stood at attention reflexively, which scared Ruan Anan.
Ruan Anan was helpless: "Comrade Wu Wei, now is not the time to stand at attention! Hurry up and go to the crew and find a way to get some clean fresh water. Boiled water is best! The sooner the better!"
"Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!" Wu Wei turned around and rushed out.
Ruan Anan raised her voice again: "Aunts and sisters-in-law! Has anyone given birth to a child or helped deliver a baby? Come over and give me a hand!"
At the age of forty, and with a sudden onset, Ruan Anan had no idea what to do based on Zhu Yaoyao's limited book knowledge.
Experience is much more valuable than theory at this time!
At this time, three women stepped forward and offered to help.
There were also a few enthusiastic military wives and peasant women who quickly took out new cloth and clean old clothes from their bags and handed them over.
Xu Yancheng was extremely efficient and had already separated the male comrades to the other end of the cabin.
Several young and strong soldiers also spontaneously ran to help Wu Wei find and boil water.
The female comrades searched their luggage to see if there was anything they could do to help.
Brown sugar, clean pieces of cloth, some people even opened their newly bought towels...
Looking at this enthusiastic scene that was spontaneously organized, Ruan Anan calmed down a little.
She reached into her bag, took out two pieces of chocolate wrapped in oil paper from the space under the cover, and quietly stuffed them into Zhu Yaoyao's hand.
"How's it going?"
"It might be premature. The baby is estimated to be only around 33 weeks pregnant. It's a little small..."
When the mother heard this, her eyes were filled with fear: "Doctor... they said seven or eight months of life will not survive... Can my baby... survive?"
"Don't believe those old sayings!" Zhu Yaoyao suppressed his anxiety and spoke in a steady and forceful tone. "The longer the baby stays in the belly, the stronger its heart and lungs will be! If we work harder, the baby will be fine!"
At this time, Gao Ruoyun had already swiftly spread out the blanket and called out, "Quick! Bring my elder sister over here!"
Several women worked together to carefully move the woman in labor onto a relatively clean and soft blanket.
Seeing this, Ruan Anan immediately sat down and stretched her legs, letting the woman in labor rest her sweaty head on her legs.
"Sister, listen to me," Ruan Anan unscrewed the lid of the kettle and peeled off another piece of chocolate.
"Don't scream if it hurts so much later, save your strength! Drink some water if you're thirsty or hungry, and eat this to gain strength! If the pain becomes unbearable, pinch my arm!"
After saying that, she tightly grasped the woman's rough big hand covered with thick calluses and cracks.
These hands looked like they had been digging in the fields for food all year round. Ruan Anan felt a pain in her heart and her hair.
Xu Yancheng had his back to the crowd, but his ears were keenly aware of Ruan Anan's gentle yet remarkably firm voice behind him.
A barely perceptible blush appeared on the roots of her ears.
Time passes by every second.
Sweat soaked Zhu Yaoyao's white coat.
Finally, after a long wait——
“Wow—!”
A faint but clear baby cry suddenly pierced the cabin like the sound of nature.
"It's born! It's born!"
"Thank goodness! It's a girl!"
"Good, good! As long as mother and daughter are safe!"
"This girl cries so vigorously! She's a blessed one!"
I don't know who took the lead, but thunderous applause and cheers instantly filled the entire cabin.
Even the gay men cheered.
Ruan Anan carefully held the woman's head and looked at the wrinkled little baby in Zhu Yaoyao's arms...
Uh... to be honest, it's a bit ugly.
However, looking at the satisfied smile on the woman's face, and the way the little girl burst into tears and leaned over to look at her sister.
An indescribable warmth rushed into Ruan Anan's heart.
She gently moved the woman's head away, stood up, patted her butt, left the position surrounded by joy, and walked towards the deck outside the cabin.
It wasn't until the salty sea breeze hit her face that Ruan Anan realized—
She had forgotten what it felt like to be seasick.
The sea breeze on the deck was hot and humid, and it felt sticky on her body, but she didn't feel uncomfortable.
From the moment the child was born, she had a new understanding of the world.
Although this is just a novel, they are not flimsy pieces of paper, but living beings with flesh and blood, who can cry and laugh, feel fear and courage, and can even give birth to new life...
They have their own joys and sorrows, and their own tenacity in struggling to survive.
They are living people!
“You did a great job.”
A deep and familiar voice sounded behind her. Ruan Anan turned around and tilted her head to look at Xu Yancheng who was chasing after her.
The sea breeze ruffled her hair, and she raised her face with a smile that seemed to be neither a smile nor a smile, "But I think... you didn't do very well!"
The waves slammed against the side of the boat fiercely, making a deafening roar, but it could not drown out Ruan Anan's clear voice.
Xu Yancheng's face was filled with anxiety and guilt: "An An, listen to me..."
"Don't say anything, let me say it." Ruan Anan raised her hand and interrupted him. She didn't look at him, but cast her gaze at the rolling inky sea in the distance. The sea breeze made her hair messy, but her voice was unusually clear.
"I can see that Zhu Yaoyao has feelings for you. But to be frank, she's just too enthusiastic!"
"Xu Yancheng," she turned her head and looked at him with sharp eyes, "You are well aware of my feelings for her, right? If you are not happy, why don't you just stop thinking about her? You don't like her, but you don't make a clear end to it. That's your fault."
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