Yuan Shitou held Xiaoxiao in his arms, afraid that she would leave quietly.
"Xiaoxiao, please don't leave me."
If you leave, please don't leave me alone.
Xiaoxiao was speechless. All she wanted to do was see how much money she had saved.
How did it escalate to the point where I have to leave?
In order to prevent him from saying anything more outrageous, I had no choice but to tell him my own thoughts.
"Oh, I see. Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Yuan Shitou finally felt relieved and helped Xiaoxiao sort out the money.
While tidying up, she comforted her, "Xiaoxiao, don't worry, I'll work hard to earn money from now on and won't let you and the kids go hungry."
Xiaoxiao felt helpless; was she afraid of this?
Ugh, forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to him.
He doesn't know what will happen in the future, and he'll ask all sorts of questions. That's what she should tell him.
There are many things she doesn't know yet.
He lost interest in counting the money and said to Yuan Shitou, "You can put all the money away. I'm going to take a nap."
He climbed onto the bed and yawned.
Yuan Shitou put all the money back into the box, climbed into bed, and went to sleep with his wife in his arms.
Xiao Xiao was already used to his behavior.
She didn't intend to chase him away, and found a comfortable spot to close her eyes.
This year's New Year was boring for Xiaoxiao.
It's different for little Yuan Ping'an.
Yuan Shitou specially brought back a large bundle of firecrackers.
He broke them all down into individual pieces.
During the Spring Festival, I spent time with the other children in the village.
Holding a lit incense stick, he played with firecrackers in the village.
The village children all gathered around Yuan Ping'an, eager to try their hand at the game.
They also wanted their family members to buy it for them.
But there are no tickets available, and you can't buy one even if you want to.
They had no choice but to give up.
Some disobedient children even got a beating.
Isn't this just utterly unreasonable?
It's not that they don't want to buy it, it's that they can't buy it even if they have the money.
The firecrackers that Yuan Ping'an set off were given to him by Uncle Lin.
It wasn't bought by Yuan Shitou at all.
The New Year passed quickly.
School started on the first day of the second lunar month, and Xiaoxiao began teaching again.
There wasn't much work to do in the team.
It's not time for spring plowing yet.
Yuan Shitou would go to school with Xiaoxiao every day and come back with her after school.
Many aunties and older women jokingly call Yuan Shitou a little tagalong.
Yuan Shitou didn't mind; let him say whatever he wanted.
His friends asked him to come up the mountain, but he refused.
If Xiao Xiao wants to eat some fresh prey, he will go out early in the morning and come back in the evening.
In early March, Xiaoxiao was already nine months pregnant.
Yuan Shitou firmly refused to let her go to school.
Every day, Yuan Ping'an brings the lessons that Xiao Xiao has prepared in advance to the school to teach the children.
Then I'll accompany them as they study at school.
Without a teacher, there will definitely be disobedient children.
They were all suppressed by Yuan Ping'an using force.
Some children were unconvinced and even ran back to their parents.
As a result, he was beaten and scolded by his parents again.
Knowing that your teacher is about to have a baby, you not only don't calm down, but you also want to cause trouble.
It would be strange if they didn't like to fight.
On March 16th, Xiaoxiao had just gotten up when she felt a sharp pain in her stomach.
I forced myself to finish breakfast despite feeling unwell, and then took my usual walk around the yard.
She takes a walk in the yard every day, especially recently.
She often felt tightness in her stomach, and this increased when she walked around in circles.
No one was home at the moment; Yuan Shitou had gone to work.
Mother Yuan went to her private plot of land, where the shepherd's purse was very fresh and tender.
She wanted to pick some to make dumplings because Xiaoxiao said she wanted to eat shepherd's purse dumplings.
Only Yuan Pingan was left at home doing his homework.
Xiao Xiao felt waves of stomach pain.
At first I could tolerate it, but later I could bear it.
I could feel something wet down there, like something was leaking out.
She suspected she might be about to give birth.
He called out to Yuan Ping'an, who was doing his homework nearby:
"Ping An, go and call your grandma back. Your aunt might be about to give birth."
Yuan Ping'an was taken aback, then stepped forward to support her and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Grandma, Auntie is about to give birth."
His shout was indeed very penetrating.
His private plot was right next to his house, not far away.
Upon hearing Yuan Ping'an's shouts, Yuan's mother hurriedly ran home.
Xiao Xiao was also startled by Yuan Ping'an's shout.
She was having stomach pains when Yuan Ping'an came over to support her, and then he let out a roar.
She was so frightened that her stomach clenched tightly.
Another wave of pain struck, and she couldn't help but groan.
Yuan Ping'an stamped his feet anxiously, "Why isn't Grandma back yet?"
He was just a little kid and didn't know what to do.
He dared not shout again; he could clearly tell that his aunt had been frightened by his shout just now.
Upon seeing Yuan's mother run in, she quickly exclaimed, "Grandma, Auntie is about to give birth!"
Seeing this, Yuan's mother knew that labor had started.
She stepped forward, took Xiaoxiao's hand, and comforted her, "Xiaoxiao, don't worry, your mother is here."
"Just bear with it a little longer and keep moving around; that will make the delivery faster."
He then turned to Yuan Ping'an and shouted, "Ping'an, go and call your Grandma Chang, and ask her to come and help."
Yuan Ping'an nodded and shot out like a cannonball.
The reason why Yuan's mother was not flustered was that she calculated the time and knew that Xiaoxiao should not be so fast.
When she was at home, Xiaoxiao didn't say anything about feeling unwell.
She hadn't been gone for half an hour when Yuan Ping'an called her; it must have just started.
Seeing that Xiaoxiao was alright again, he asked:
"Xiaoxiao, does your tummy still hurt?"
Xiao Xiao shook her head: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
The pain I felt just now was indescribable.
Fine beads of sweat were still glistening on his forehead.
"Okay, you keep going, I'll go boil some water."
Yuan's mother wanted to take advantage of the moment when her stomach didn't hurt to boil the water.
She took a couple of steps and then came back; she was really worried.
Sigh, I wonder if Ping An has called anyone?
At this moment, Mr. Yuan also returned.
He was cutting grass outside when he heard Ping An shout, and he was startled.
He hurriedly returned empty-handed, still carrying his basket outside.
He even sent someone to call Stone back quickly.
Mr. Yuan's legs were not good, and he was in a hurry, so he was covered in sweat.
I just tripped and fell over.
When Yuan's mother saw him, she quickly gave instructions.
"Old man, quickly boil a pot of water, we'll need it later."
Mr. Yuan glanced at Xiao Xiao, but didn't ask any more questions, and hurriedly went into the kitchen.
Yuan Ping'an ran very fast, but when he arrived at Grandma Chang's house, Grandma Chang was not home.
He was so anxious that he kept pacing around in circles.
It was Grandma Chang's grandson who led him to search for the person all over the mountain.
Grandma Chang went up the mountain to cut grass early in the morning with several other old women.
These old women have nothing to do, so they go up the mountain to cut grass to feed the cattle.
There are still a few work points.
Yuan Shitou is working in the field.
Then he heard someone calling his name.
It turned out to be an old man panting heavily.
He knew this old man; he often cut grass and raised rabbits with his father.
Curious, he asked, "Seventh Grandpa, why did you call me?"
The old man, whom he called Seventh Grandfather, took several deep breaths before speaking:
"Your wife is about to give birth, she wants you to go back quickly."
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