Because they left early, it was not yet 3 p.m. when they got home. Yu Ge'er was embroidering under the eaves. When she heard the noise, she hurried to the door to greet her.
Several people looked unhappy. Yu Ge'er carefully helped Lin Yan get out of the car and considerately didn't ask any more questions. Everyone sat down in the yard. Yu Ge'er went to the kitchen to pour a cup of warm water, added brown sugar and stirred it, then brought it to Lin Yan.
Zhao Shiyun parked the donkey cart, grabbed some fodder and fed the animals. A thousand thoughts were running through his mind, which finally turned into a low sigh.
After feeding the donkey, he returned to the front yard and saw Lin Yan sitting in the yard, with Yu Ge'er and A Mo beside him. So he walked over, held Lin Yan's hand, and comforted him silently.
"Brother Yan, go back to your room and get some sleep. You didn't get enough rest along the way. I'll make fish soup for you tonight." Li Yuemei said with concern.
Lin Yan forced a smile and said, "Oh, I can't sleep."
"You have to sleep even if you can't. If you don't rest well, it will be bad for premature birth." After saying that, she pushed him into the room without saying anything and asked Zhao Shiyun to stay with him. She then prepared to go to the neighboring village to buy fish.
There is a fishmonger in the neighboring village. He raises fish and sells fish all year round. It only takes 25 minutes to walk to the house.
"Brother Yu, simmer the rice first." Li Yuemei instructed before leaving. After a moment's hesitation, she beckoned Brother Yu to come over and whispered the results of today's consultation in his ear. Brother Yu also became worried. Li Yuemei patted his shoulder and said, "Alright, we'll do our best and leave the rest to fate. We can only take good care of your brother-in-law. There's nothing else we can do."
Yu Ge'er nodded, went to the kitchen to cook some rice, and sat on a small stool sighing, wondering why his brother-in-law was so pitiful. He didn't know whether premature birth would be painful, and whether his nephews and nieces would be born safely.
After Zhao Shiyun coaxed Lin Yan to sleep, he began to think about what needed to be done. First, he wouldn't go to the shop until Lin Yan gave birth. He told his mother to talk to his cousin's wife and have her take care of the shop for a while before finding a helper. Aunt Liu and Yue Ge'er had been doing this for a long time and were very familiar with it, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.
Secondly, you have to buy a ewe and keep her at home so that the baby will have goat milk to drink.
Finally, I had to find a good midwife, give her some money, and ask her to be on call at any time. Coincidentally, there was a midwife in the village, not far away.
Oh, and you should also go to the doctor and ask what to do if the baby is born prematurely. Do you need to take the baby to the clinic after it's born?
After thinking about what he needed to do, Zhao Shiyun sat down beside the bed, holding Lin Yan's hand. He looked at his sleeping face and even dozed off. After getting up so early and traveling all day, he was so nervous. It would be strange if he wasn't tired.
The next day, Zhao Shiyun asked Yu Ge'er to stay home with Lin Yan while he went to do some work. He left the task of finding his cousin's wife and midwife to Ah Mo. Fortunately, he had informed them the day before that the shop would be closed for the next two days, so they didn't have to wait in vain.
After buying a ewe in town and visiting the clinic, the doctor advised that if the baby was born prematurely, the mother should rest at home if nothing unexpected happened, and the baby should be taken to see Doctor Bai. Zhao Shiyun nodded, indicating that he understood, and then drove the sheep onto the donkey cart, bought some snacks for Lin Yan, and returned home.
When they got home, Lin Yan and Yu Ge'er were sitting under the eaves, basking in the sun that finally came in winter. Lin Yan squinted his eyes, enjoying the warm weather, and did nothing but stare at Yu Ge'er embroidering a handkerchief.
Yu Ge'er was talking softly to Lin Yan while her hands did not stop. It was obvious that the embroidery work was very good. Zhao Shiyun smiled and picked up the ewe.
"Brother Yan, look, I bought a sheep." The ewe, having just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, didn't dare to move, so she bleated twice. Lin Yan stood up from the stool in surprise, walked over to the ewe, and gently stroked its head. "It's so cute! The babies will have fresh goat milk to drink in the future." Yu Ge'er also put down her embroidery and came over to look at the ewe, her eyes full of joy. "This sheep is really good-looking, with soft fur."
Li Yuemei and Zhou Chunlan also echoed, and everyone stood aside, looking at the ewe and touching its wool, feeling fresh for a moment.
Li Yuemei had just returned from outside. She went to her aunt's house to find Sun Ruoqing. She didn't tell her anything specific, but just said that Yan Ge'er was about to give birth, and she and Zhao Shiyun had no time to go to the shop recently. She wanted to ask her if she was willing to take over the shop for a period of time, maybe ten days or half a month, or maybe one or two months. At that time, all the purchases in the shop would have to be handed over to Sun Ruoqing, and the wages would depend on the length of time, and she would give her half a tael to one tael of silver as hard work compensation.
My cousin's husband is preparing to give birth, which is a good thing. Seeing how big Yan'er's belly is, it will probably be soon. Although Sun Ruoqing is wondering why it will take another month or two, she doesn't think too much about it because she can make money.
Li Yuemei told her to find a helper if she couldn't do it, and the wages would be 400 coins a month. Sun Ruoqing agreed, thinking about asking her own daughter to help.
After seeing Li Yuemei off, she ignored all the curious looks along the way and went back to her room.
Li Yuemei went to Widow Liu's house again and told her that the shop would open tomorrow. She also informed her clearly that they would not go to the shop and would hand it over to Sun Ruoqing to manage. In the past two days, Widow Liu was also worried, fearing that the shop would close and she would lose the good job she had worked so hard to find.
Fortunately, the shop was only closed for two days and did not go bankrupt.
Before returning home, Li Yuemei took a detour and went to Zhou Chunlan's house to tell her what had happened. Zhou Chunlan immediately put down her work and wanted to go back with Li Yuemei to see Yan Ge'er. Her Yan Ge'er, alas, why was his life so miserable? Along the way, Zhou Chunlan secretly wiped away her tears. When they approached Zhao's house, she quickly wiped away her tears, not wanting Yan Ge'er to see and worry.
It happened that Zhao Shiyun came back from buying a ewe. A group of people were touching the ewe at the door to see how fresh it was. Zhou Chunlan was relieved when she saw that Yan Ge'er looked a little pale but in good spirits.
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