Chapter 2 Rescue
A mother's strength is boundless; no mother wouldn't be anxious upon hearing this.
Lu Qingqing lifted her foot onto the bed, straddled Feng's body, and pressed down on her protruding belly.
"Sister-in-law, I'll count to three, then you pull with all your might!"
Feng could no longer tell who was giving her orders; she only knew that this person was trying to save her child!
She began to exert herself in response to the voice. The persistent pain had numbed her body, and all she knew was to obey the voice and follow the instructions.
Finally, I felt a lightness in my body.
It looks like an egg has been laid.
In an instant, all the pain disappeared.
"Well done, sister-in-law!"
This was a crisp and energetic sound.
When Feng Xiaowan fell into a coma, she thought: Who is this?
Why do you call her sister-in-law?
Lu Qingqing opened the door, her forehead covered in sweat, her hair wet and clinging to her face, looking quite disheveled, but her eyes were bright.
She took the needle case from Old Man Lu's hand and said, "Dad, my sister-in-law is alright. She gave birth to a daughter."
He then instructed, "Go boil some more water and get the medicine..."
Then he recited a list of medicine names.
The door closed again.
Old Man Lu opened his mouth.
Is this his daughter, Qingqing?
The daughter-in-law came back to life; they heard it from outside, and they also heard the baby crying.
Thank goodness, but even more so, I was shocked.
It's already a good thing that our daughter doesn't throw tantrums or give us a sour look, but she spoke so calmly and even saved her daughter-in-law from the jaws of death.
That's a hemorrhage that's almost always fatal!
"Father, how did she save my sister-in-law?" Lu Yun asked in surprise.
"Never mind the method, you're smart. Remember the medicine Qingqing mentioned? Sell all the remaining chickens to buy the medicine. I'll go boil some water!"
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Lu Qingqing gave Feng Xiaowan another acupuncture treatment before continuing to care for the child.
The baby was born prematurely and did not descend into the pelvis. Due to Feng Xiaowan's physical limitations and lack of strength, she relied almost entirely on external assistance during delivery.
Later, the baby was breech and she experienced shoulder dystocia. To prevent the baby from suffocating or suffering nerve damage, she weighed the options and chose the least harmful method.
The child's collarbone was broken.
Nerve damage is irreversible, but infants' bones grow quickly and usually heal on their own within a month.
Seeing the child, who was as weak as a kitten but had survived, Lu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
If she hadn't come, it really would have been a double tragedy.
Since I've taken over the original owner's body, I must bear the consequences of that body's existence.
She admitted it.
From now on, she will be the infamous daughter of the Lu family.
After everything was settled, Lu Qingqing was also extremely weak. She had suffered a severe head injury, a concussion, and felt dizzy.
As soon as I stepped outside, three grown men blocked the doorway.
"Little sister, can I go in now?" The older brother, looking disheveled, craned his neck to peer inside.
Lu Feng was very handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked just like his father, and he had the honest and straightforward appearance.
However, he was somewhat disfigured at this point, with a cut and bleeding on his forehead.
Lu Qingqing overheard this from inside the house. He ran in a hurry and only had ten coins on him. He couldn't get any of the three doctors in town to come, and all his kowtowing was in vain.
Lu Qingqing explained the situation inside, told him not to touch the child, and gave him some instructions. Lu Feng agreed and rushed in.
Soon, a low sobbing sound came from inside.
Old Man Lu held out a chicken leg.
With a fawning look in his eyes, he said, "Qingqing, you eat one, and save the other for your sister-in-law, okay?"
Lu Qingqing: "..."
Looking at the old man's cautious gaze, she felt quite helpless.
Despite all the wrong things he'd done, Old Man Lu still couldn't bring himself to hit him.
Because he always felt guilty towards his daughter.
Lu Qingqing has a scar the thickness of a chopstick and the length of a little finger running from the corner of her eye to her cheek.
That scar is related to Old Man Lu.
A daughter's appearance is of utmost importance. Old Man Lu always blamed himself, saying that he had ruined his daughter's life.
So she was always given priority for any food available, which caused the original owner to become increasingly outrageous.
She throws a tantrum at the slightest thing that doesn't go her way.
He wasn't really indulging Lu Qingqing anymore; he just wanted to appease her and stop her from making a fuss at this time.
"I won't eat it. Leave it all for my sister-in-law. Dad, I was wrong before. I won't make trouble anymore."
Lu Qingqing had no intention of pretending to be the original owner of the body or slowly changing her. However, she needed to find a reasonable reason for her medical skills.
"Hmph, a leopard can't change its spots..." Lu Yun cursed from the side.
Lu Qingqing wasn't angry. She nodded to the two of them, walked past them, and went into her room.
Lu Qingqing's room was also the best room in the house.
Old Man Lu was a carpenter. The Lu family was actually better off than the average family. If it weren't for Lu Qingqing causing trouble and having to pay compensation, they would have moved to town long ago.
Lu Qingqing lay down for a while, then heard noises coming from outside again.
"Dad, why are you still worried about her! There's only one chicken left, and it's for my sister-in-law!"
"Shut up!"
"Dad, don't be fooled by her this time. A leopard can't change its spots..."
"Second brother, if you say that again, I'll take Qingqing and leave, so as not to implicate you two brothers."
There was no more sound outside, and then Old Man Lu knocked on the door and came in.
"Qingqing?"
Lu Qingqing lay on the bed with her back to her.
Old Man Lu sighed, put down a bowl of chicken, and went out again.
Outside the door, Lu Yun's soft muttering could be heard again: "Dad, I was just saying that out of anger, I didn't really mean to ignore her..."
Lu Qingqing was really tired. After resting for a while, she got up and ate a bowl of chicken.
It tastes awful.
It had the bitter taste of cheap, coarse salt.
The meat was also very dry.
But she didn't waste it; she even drank the soup.
That chicken leg eventually ended up in her stomach.
She needs to rest and recuperate; after all, there are urgent matters to attend to.
After finishing her meal, she quietly left the house.
March is a busy time for farming, and peach blossoms reflect in the ponds.
At this time, the villagers were all in the fields for spring plowing, and there were very few people to be seen.
If the Lu family hadn't sold their three acres of land, the three men in the family should be in the fields right now.
Following her memory, Lu Qingqing went to the old locust tree at the east end of the village, where the village's only educated person lived.
Ning Xiuwen.
This guy tricked the original owner into stealing the deed to the family's general store to borrow eighty taels of silver at exorbitant interest rates, causing the Lu family to squander their life savings and incur a debt of thirty taels of silver.
Eighty taels of silver, in modern terms, that's equivalent to 100,000 yuan!
She didn't keep a single penny of the borrowed money; Ning Xiuwen used it all to treat his mother's illness.
For the sake of his daughter's reputation, Old Man Lu didn't dare to cause trouble and secretly went to Ning Xiuwen to ask for it.
It's obvious that once you've eaten something, you can't possibly vomit it up.
Moreover, there was the original owner's madness, rolling around on the ground, hanging herself, and jumping into the river to stop her.
"What a damn love-struck fool!" Lu Qingqing cursed inwardly.
Chang Le Town wasn't big, and soon everyone knew that those people had gone to Lu's General Store to ask for money.
The eldest brother, Lu Feng, insisted on taking the blame for the loan, claiming it was for purchasing goods.
For this, he was beaten and scolded by his sister-in-law's family, who even wanted to take his sister-in-law away.
Fortunately, the eldest sister-in-law still cared for her brother and refused to leave.
My second brother was working as a shop assistant in a cloth shop, but when the owner heard the news, he was ruthlessly fired.
Borrowing eighty taels, it will balloon to one hundred taels in a month.
The Lu family went from being well-off to being penniless and in debt overnight.
In the end, the general store was used as collateral for thirty taels of silver, plus thirty taels from the sale of the land, and my father borrowed ten taels from neighbors. Now we are still short thirty taels.
Those people gave us three more days; tomorrow is the final deadline.
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