The light of the early morning has just penetrated through the window of the inn, and several figures have already climbed up, the old man Liu Dingmao instructed everyone to hastily freshen up, called breakfast to eat, and immediately packed up and went on the road when he was ready to eat, he must rush home today, he has a bad premonition, and the ninth aunt may be about to give birth.

Under normal circumstances, giving birth to a child is a woman's business, and he can't help a big man in a hurry to go back, but when he arrives at Liu Dingmao, it becomes a second situation, a very serious situation, the doctor has already taken the pulse, saying that this time he is pregnant with a male fetus, and it is the son he has dreamed of, so even if it is oil in the sky, he has to rush back today.

Originally, this trip out, is a good itinerary, from going out to return home, more than enough time, who knows the neighboring state capital, the famous doctor who specializes in treating dementia diseases happened to be invited to the clinic, they can only wait for two days, this time to delay the return date, more unexpected is that on the way home encountered heavy snow.

Braving the cold and getting up early, adults are still good to say, ten and a half years old Liu Wan was greedy and sleepy, and was pulled up from the bed by his father, with a reluctant face, muttering and scolding in his mouth, unwilling to dress, unwilling to wash his face, until steamed cakes, azuki bean porridge, and cold side dishes were placed on the table. The old servant was in a hurry, Liu Wan resolutely refused to wash his face, and finally the servant wrung a wet towel to wipe it for him.

After breakfast, the group set off immediately and headed towards Lingzhou Mansion.

The snow is thick and the road is slippery, it is very difficult to walk, the wheels of the car are stuck in the potholes from time to time, the coachman desperately throws the whip and whips the animals, but the snow is really thick, the coachman stops the car and pushes it, sometimes it is really impossible to push, and the people on the car need to jump out of the car, and the weight is reduced to push it out. Tossing up and down like this, Liu Wan soon couldn't stand it, he just didn't get out of the car when he lay in the car, scolded the coachman for being stupid for a while, scolded the horse pulling the car for not being angry, and cried and shouted for his mother for a while. Crying so hard that snot and tears flowed, he refused to wipe it with a handkerchief, and wiped it directly on the sleeves and plackets, making the small silk blouse that he had changed in the morning crumpled.

Liu Dingmao was upset, and wanted to raise his hand a few times to scare and scare him, but who knew that this kid was not afraid of him at all, and he was even more coquettish and unreasonable.

Hurry up and hurry, out of the inn only walked two miles, suddenly the car jumped down, the axle broke, the coachman said with a bitter face that he couldn't go, he had to go back to repair the car, or he would find a way to change the car.

Here is not a shop in front of Buba Village and after Buba, so you can only go back and find a way.

Liu Dingmao looked up at the direction of Lingzhou Mansion, the snow stopped, but the snow road in front of him was confused, he couldn't help but sigh, knowing that even if he changed cars, he would still be in trouble if he didn't go far, and this road was not a day for travel at all.

Liu Dingmao could only take the hand of his stupid son Liu Wan and walk to the inn, while silently praying in his heart, hoping that the fetus in the womb of Aunt Jiu would come to life smoothly and live safely.

Lancao woke up very early, as usual, the kang was hot, the quilt was warm, she slept very well all night, and when she got up quietly, the dumb aunt next to her was still asleep, Lancao wanted to fold her quilt, and when she looked up and saw the dumb aunt sleeping, she couldn't help but stop and look, since the young master did a happy event to marry a child daughter-in-law, this little girl was married into Liufu, she and Orchid were transferred to the corner courtyard to serve at that time, and they have been with the little grandmother for two months. Orchid knew that there was no future for staying here, so she was very reluctant to come, so she was the only one who accompanied the little grandmother day and night.

Two months of getting along day and night, many times there is no communication, because she is a mute, Lancao only wants to do her duty as a subordinate, so she is diligent, she dare not complain, and she has never thought of learning from Orchid to try her best to bully the little grandmother.

Lan Cao saw that the little grandmother was sleeping quietly, even the sleeping appearance was so quiet, the face was not so bad on the small face, but it was still sallow, the thin eyelashes were densely covered on the slender eyelids, the small thin nose moved with the breathing, the black and shiny hair was spread out and gently bent in the neck, if it weren't for the big bruise on the forehead, the chin was a little swollen, the little grandmother was actually a little beauty.

As soon as the orchid grass got off the kang, the door of the house opened, and the orchid broke in, with a sigh of anger in her mouth, and said again and again that it was cold to death, the snow had stopped, and the weather was even colder. After finishing speaking, he babbled and scolded the mother-in-law who distributed the charcoal fire, saying that it was all a child daughter-in-law who climbed high and kicked low and looked at people with low eyes, and dared to openly deduct the charcoal fire in the corner courtyard for heating, so that the three nines here could not afford to have a stove by nature, and the house was like an ice cellar; after scolding, he turned around, and complained that his master was not angry, and that she was a child daughter-in-law who was a little, and her status was low, and she couldn't even get the charcoal fire, and she brought her subordinates to suffer with her.

Lancao didn't know where she got her belly of anger early in the morning, and she came here recklessly to vent, so she hurriedly persuaded her to go, and when it was cold, she went to her own bed to warm up, and she didn't have to do any work here, just by herself. The blue grass means that you are leaving, I just want to be clear in front of me.

Orchid's eyelids rolled, and suddenly she was mysterious, "Hey, do you know, that's going to give birth." As he spoke, he stretched out a finger and bent a hook in front of his eyes.

Lancao was stunned for a while, which one was about to give birth, she remembered that a big female cat raised by the fourth lady seemed to have a big belly and dragged it on the ground when she walked.

Orchid was a little proud, "Mu Fengju, you don't even know this? You, I think this little mute is about to make himself a fool! Last night, I started to have labor pains, and I cried all night, and Mr. Xie and Wang Qiaoshou kept watch all night." It seems that the situation is not good, and now I don't even cry, I don't have the strength to cry! I heard a few mothers-in-law in the front yard whispering, but I am afraid that this baby is also ......."

The voice suddenly dimmed.

Lancao was anxious and waited for the following.

Orchid's mouth pursed, "I'm afraid it's a difficult birth again! Didn't Mr. Xie take the pulse earlier, it's a male fetus, if it's a male fetus, another one will definitely not survive!"

Surprised, Lancao covered her mouth, and when she covered it, she realized that it was wrong, she should cover the mouth of this dead girl who didn't know how to live or die, but Lanhua dodged it, with a disdainful face, "You are cowardly! Who doesn't think so about the people in Manchu, and it's not the first time, and now I hope that Aunt Jiu's life can be saved." ”

There was a sound in the bed.

Lancao hurriedly turned around, and the little grandmother woke up, looking at the ground with a pair of sparkling eyes.

Lan Cao saw that her eyes were a little clearer than yesterday, and she suddenly became happy, "Little grandma, are you awake? ”

Without waiting for her to help, the dumb aunt got up by herself and grabbed the clothes by the pillow, but she was stunned, as if she didn't know how to wear this round collar, wide sleeves, and unusually large shirt.

Lancao first put on a small padded jacket with red satin embroidery piping, and then put on a big red blouse on the outside, and wanted to serve her to wear the pleated skirt below, but the dumb aunt suddenly pushed her away.

Lancao was stunned for a moment, and found that the little grandmother's face was a little flushed, nodded her head slightly, took the dress and tried to fiddle with it, and finally put the skirt in her waist, but the front and back were reversed, and Lancao hurriedly readjusted it for her.

When she got off the kang, Lan Cao had already knelt on the brick floor and waited with her shoes, but as soon as she grabbed the pair of small feet wrapped in white silk socks, suddenly the dumb aunt shook her body, pulled her feet out, bent down and took the shoes, and put them on her feet a little clumsily.

When washing her face, Lancao poured the clear hot water into the copper basin, just about to serve to wash her face, the dumb aunt did not speak, reached out to test the water temperature, shook her head, Lancao thought she was cold water, Lancao was very embarrassed, hot water was she asked from the kitchen, the stove in the corner yard was a decoration, there was no charcoal fire to boil hot water, and the hot water had to look at the face of the cook every day. Now, if I ask for it again, I don't know what kind of humiliation I will receive.

The dumb aunt picked up the kettle, poured some water into it, stretched out her hand to try it, it was cool, and she reached out to wash it.

On the one hand, Lancao doesn't know what's wrong with the little grandmother today, how does it feel weirder than yesterday, yesterday was just woken up from a coma, she didn't like to move when she fell asleep, and her expression was dull, it must be because of the injury;

After the orchid spread the gossip for free, she ran out early, and it is estimated that she went to other yards to mess around and took the opportunity to find out the news.

A bronze mirror with a large face, inlaid in a small dresser, the dumb aunt washed and wiped her face, and without waiting for the bluegrass to help, she sat in front of the mirror by herself, and then looked at the face in the mirror.

Lancao had already opened a small makeup box with carved wood and red lacquer, which contained fat powder, rouge hairpin rings, jewelry, wooden combs and a few silk flowers.

Lancao sighed in her heart while busy working, if you want to say that this Liufu, the one who is really not so mean to the little grandmother is the old man alone, when he marries into the door, although he is the daughter of a poor tenant and a mute, the old man still orders a qiē to marry like a normal daughter-in-law, a bedding, clothes, Jewelry, there is no less, although these things are not as good as those used by the superior masters, but in the eyes of their subordinates, it is already very good, just take this silver hairpin as an example, it looks like there is no gold and jade jade of the ladies and ladies, but it is better than nothing, you must know that when the marriage was agreed, the eldest lady did not agree with it, what did the poor family come from and was a dumb, no different from a fool, just buy a ring, and ask the mother-in-law to bring people in, can it be used? It was the old man who strongly advocated that it be done seriously, so he held a decent wedding for the little grandmother.

Lancao looked up, and found that the little grandmother had been sitting motionless for half a day, staring at the mirror blankly, she couldn't help but look at the mirror, in the polished mirror, a small and delicate face, although the face was still swollen because of the injury the day before yesterday, but it was difficult to hide the natural beauty of the little grandmother, from this momentum, in another three or five years, when she grew up, the little grandmother must be a delicate beauty, and she must not lose to the conceited and beautiful aunts and aunts in the house.

As soon as Lancao took the comb to help the dumb aunt comb her hair, the curtain jumped, and the orchid fell in again, bringing two feet full of slush, and shouted: "Dead—sure enough, dead—it's a boy!" It's a pity, it's a pity, the eldest lady is guarding the door early in the morning, but Mr. Xie said, saying that there seems to be a child in the belly of Mrs. Jiu, this child may have died in the stomach, and now she can't get out, Wang Qiao's pair of small hands are stuffed into it, sister, you don't know, both hands are bloody, I heard my sister-in-law say that if I can't take it out again, Aunt Jiu's life will not be saved. ”

Shocked that Lancao's hands were soft, a comb went down to comb off, and the dumb aunt turned around, so frightened that Lancao hurriedly knelt down, but the dumb aunt didn't say anything, got up and twisted her hair in her hand a few times, and put a casual bun on the back of her head, she didn't even use a hairpin, she didn't apply grease powder, and suddenly pulled up the orchid's hand and shook the footboard and walked out.

This time it was not the orchid that was surprised, the orchid was also stunned, tried to shake off her hand, but the dumb aunt pulled it very tightly, her small body didn't know where to get so strong, half dragged and half dragged the orchid stumbled away, out of the corner courtyard door, to see that many messy footprints on the snow led to one place, that is, Mu Fengju.

The dumb aunt let go, dropped the orchid, and ran to Mu Fengju by herself.

"Oh-little grandma, you can't go to that place, people have children, it's not good if you go and attract people-" Lancao couldn't catch her, and slipped to the ground, almost crying.

In the entire Liufu because of the difficult birth of Aunt Jiu's wife, everyone ran out in panic, and even the snow last night was not cleaned up.