In Liangyan County, deep in the alley, in the small courtyard, Aunt Yang was busy drying some herbs that were easy to resurge. She can now easily identify some of the most commonly used herbs and know what they do, and look through them as she goes. shouted to the house: "Lancao, Chen Yin is not much, what should I do?"

A thin voice behind him asked, "Is this the home of Lancao?"

"Yes, people are in the house!" Aunt Yang didn't bother to look back, but just greeted loudly.

"This—" The visitor seemed to hesitate.

Aunt Yang is still only busy with herself, there is too much work, since the news that the bluegrass girl is good at delivering babies has spread, people in the nearby cities, suburbs, and villages have all inquired about finding here.

Her small yard is full of people coming and going.

Lancao was busy in the dark, and Aunt Yang also became a busy person.

She has received a lot of reception, and she is used to it, what should she be busy with, and the people who come must either ask the bluegrass girl to visit the clinic to deliver the baby, or ask for the establishment of a woman's birth file.

This bluegrass girl is really a novelty, and I don't know where so many ideas come from that little brain, since the establishment of women's fertility files, she has no idle work, just take the paper nailed into a book to prepare a few thick books, whenever I have time to write files.

The person who asked didn't enter the house for a long time, and Aunt Yang couldn't help but remind after finding out: "Just that house, you can go in by yourself, and tell Lancao about the situation." ”

A voice let out a low "um", but no one showed up.

Aunt Yang was curious, stopped what she was doing, and went to the door to look under the big tree, when a woman rushed in at the door, and asked: "This is the residence of the legendary midwife?"

Aunt Yang was startled, looked at the woman, the person who came was middle-aged, dressed very neatly, her hair was especially combed very brightly, the oil was shining brightly, a round bun was piled up at the back of her head, her face was white, and she looked very shrewd.

At this time, Lancao poked her head out of the door: "Auntie, you said that Chen Yin is not much, then you go out and tell the villagers to collect more, we have a big demand." ”

Aunt Yang smiled and nodded, she was willing to do this. Since Lancao lived here, there are many people who see a doctor, charge a little medical fee, midwifery fee, the life of this family has been better, especially Lancao suggested that the nearby villagers can go to the mountains to collect medicinal materials, dried and handed over to them here, the price of Lancao is much higher than that of the medicine hall, so the villagers are happy, now everyone looks at Aunt Yang's eyes are different, they are full of gratitude, Aunt Yang, a poor woman, has lived a poor life in this life, where has she ever been treated like this, so she feels that she has a status in the eyes of the villagers, she is so happy these days, she is busy collecting medicine every day, sunbathing, I don't feel tired at all, I'm happy all day.

She waved her hand to the woman who rushed through the door: "The bluegrass is inside." I'm going to get busy first. ”

Unexpectedly, the woman went in and ran out in a hurry: "Okay, why are you deceiving people? Delay my daughter's birth of a baby, can you be responsible?"

Aunt Yang could only stop her steps, turned her head and asked, "Are you looking for Lancao?" ”

"Yes, what am I doing here without looking for her? This alley is too deep, and the road is not easy to walk, and the carriage can't get in, so I walked in. ”

It seems that she is quite aggrieved to take this part of the road.

Aunt Yang looked at her quietly, this alley is deep, and the road is not easy to walk, but Aunt Yang and the villagers have been walking for decades. I've never felt wronged.

Oh, it looks like it's a rich man's wife.

Aunt Yang patiently told her again that the bluegrass she was looking for in the house was the one she was looking for.

The woman's eyes were puzzled, "Isn't the midwife you?

Aunt Yang was speechless.

The patient recognized the wrong person at first sight, which is normal, and many people who have never seen Lancao mistake her for a midwife when they come for the first time. Maybe she's the same age, and she's wearing new clothes from Bluegrass. She looked down at the new clothes on her body, cut with expensive nine purple thick, neatly tied from her waist all the way to her neck, setting off her whole person leaning neatly, as if she was still a lot younger than before.

"So young, just a little girl, I thought she was an old lady!" the woman muttered.

Aunt Yang didn't have time to explain to her, and was about to go out, only then did she remember that there seemed to be another person just now, who was also asking about Lancao, why didn't she see anyone for a long time?

"Hey, hey—" The woman shouted again, followed up and grabbed Aunt Yang's arm, "Why do I still feel unsure, do you say that this midwife has not been an adult woman since ancient times, at least it must be a woman who has become a parent and has given birth to a baby, she, such a small person, I can't believe that she is a midwife." Could it be that I'm looking for the wrong one? Isn't this the legendary orchid fairy hand with great Chinese medicine skills?"

Aunt Yang couldn't cry or laugh, "That's it, she's Lancao." I'm so old, I really don't need to lie to you. You see I'm still going on—"

At this moment, a dirty little head poked out from under the tree at the gate, and a little face with tears on it, which turned out to be a little boy, looking here with hesitant eyes. This baby is dressed in tatters, and even has a pair of bare feet.

"Hey, which child are you, why are you hiding here? It's okay to go outside to play, go out and walk down the alley, turn a corner and it's the road, we're all busy, no one plays with you." Aunt Yang shouted and waved at him. She thought it was some kind of family that got lost.

The little boy didn't leave, and slowly walked out from under the tree, his two hands twisted together, "Big, big mother, I'm here to find bluegrass, my mother is going to give birth-"

"Oh-" Aunt Yang pulled the child over and looked at it, and couldn't remember which family had such a child nearby.

"Auntie, call in. Lancao shouted.

The child ran into the house.

When the middle-aged woman saw that someone was going to rob her of the midwife, she panicked, and rushed into the house: "Are you really a bluegrass fairy?" My daughter said that your ability is very high, she doesn't want any midwife, and she can't look down on all the midwives on the ground in Liang Yan, so she wants you to deliver her." ”

Although she said this, her eyes were still extremely distrustful, and she looked Lancao up and down.

Lan Cao didn't seem to notice it, she didn't even look at who was here, she was busy writing something at the table.

The woman looked at it secretly, she was still not sure, this girl was fifteen years old, thin and weak, and she looked smart, but no matter how clever she was, it still made people feel uneasy, a person who didn't know what childbirth was all about before she got married, and she could deliver babies to others, which was mysterious to think about.

Na Lancao looked back at the little boy, "What village are you from, and what is your mother's name?"

"The deep ditch, called-called-" He stammered, as if he couldn't remember, and for a moment his little face turned red in a hurry.

The middle-aged woman sneered suddenly: "I can't even remember a name, so can I still invite the fairy hand away? Your family is really big, but this fairy hand has to come to invite you personally, can you be a little kid to invite away! Let me tell you, our family really sincerely invited people to come, and the carriage came and stopped at the mouth of the alley." ”

The boy glanced timidly at the middle-aged woman, frightened by her aggressiveness, and did not dare to speak.

Lan Cao lowered her head and flipped through the booklets, turned to a page, and smiled: "Deep ditch, Feng Yulan." Labor is here. Is your stomach starting to hurt?"

The boy shouted happily: "Yes, yes, it's Feng Yulan." Feng Yulan is my mother!"

The middle-aged woman was surprised, and said in her heart that this bluegrass is really a fairy hand? And she has the ability to pinch and calculate, she doesn't know what the name of the person is, she can calculate it, and she can calculate the day of birth? She suddenly became nervous, this woman named Feng Yulan is also going to give birth, so if this bluegrass is invited away, what can her daughter do?

At this time, the little boy was still stammering: "My mother said that her stomach hurts very much, and she was going to find your sister in person, but she really couldn't walk, so I came by myself - but, but- we have no money, my mother said that I have no money but I am afraid that I will not be able to invite you-I see that my mother is really in pain and can't stand it, so I can only come to try my luck." After speaking, he lowered his head and looked at his bare feet, looking very ashamed.

The middle-aged woman was immediately happy when she heard it, it turned out to be a woman from a poor family, that's good, she heard people say before she came, this orchid fairy hand has a good ability to see a doctor, but the fee is also high, and the cost of a birth is twice as high as that of an ordinary midwife.

Look at the appearance of this poor child, can you afford such an expensive fee, since you can't take it, then obediently let go and leave, this bluegrass girl is decided.

Lancao was unhurriedly busy, taking time to glance at the middle-aged woman in her busyness, she didn't look at her face, only at her stomach. Now it's a habit to see women go straight to the topic, all the women who come to her are related to childbirth, and this childbirth is not related to the stomach. She had time to look at her belly and glance at it to immediately judge how many months a woman was in her body and to determine an approximate due date.

She glanced at it, and then lowered her head and went back to work.

But he asked, "Which village, how have you been eating lately, are you sleeping well, are you cramping your legs in the middle of the night, can you turn over?"

The old woman was already a little disappointed, and she couldn't believe that the person she was looking for dozens of miles away was so young, just a child, how could such a person deliver a baby? What are you kidding? Giving birth to a baby is a joke, and if you don't get it right, it will kill you. So she's been hesitant ever since she entered the door.

Now this little girl is talking like this again, she feels more and more unreliable, you didn't even ask who is going to give birth, you see clearly, it's not me who wants to give birth, it's my daughter.

She replied very reluctantly: "Tang Jiakou." ”

"Oh. The woman didn't look at her, but replied lightly.

The shelves are quite large.

Middle-aged women feel the need to remind: "It wasn't me who gave birth to the baby. It's my daughter. She's a month old. ”

"I know it's your daughter. Her due date has arrived. Today and tomorrow. You've come at the right time. If you don't come, I'm going to look for you early tomorrow morning. ”

As she spoke, the little woman tidied up quickly, opened a wooden box, which was densely packed with things, she quickly checked it, stuffed some white cloth into it, closed the box with a bang, lifted the rope and put it on her shoulder, "Let's go, the deep ditch is far away, we have to arrive in the dark." She was talking to the little boy and reached out to take the little hand.

The middle-aged woman was anxious: "Hey, Lancao girl, my family is in Tangjiakou." The carriage was waiting at the mouth of the alley. ”

Unexpectedly, Lancao didn't even look at her, "I'll go to Feng Yulan's house to deliver the baby first." Either you have to wait there, or you can call another midwife. Anyway, you have money, and you can afford Liang Yan's best midwife. ”

The mouth said that the man had thrown off and strode away with the little boy away.

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Hey, you can't go, my daughter is the one who wants you by name, what should I do if I leave? What if she has a difficult birth? I only have a baby daughter——"

The little woman had already walked away, and only threw down one sentence: "Anyone's life is fate." Feng Yulan is an orphan and widow, her family is very poor, and she can't afford to hire a midwife except me. ”

The middle-aged woman was unwilling and shouted: "We can give you more money, give more-"

But the people have gone far.

Angry women stomped their feet on the ground, in this world, there are still people who don't love money? It's really strange.