The red lantern hanging on the lintel on the eve of the New Year's holiday, after more than ten days of cold wind, the red and bright color has declined, the moon is white, and the candlelight in the lantern wakes up in the depths of the night like a sleepy eye.

A chubby girl pulled a lame mother-in-law and the two of them hurried out of the gate of Liufu and ran along the street to the east, fortunately it was not too late at this time, Lingzhou Mansion is a small place, and the government does not have a ban on the night.

Walk through a few laneways, stop at a gate, and go up and bang on the door.

The girl had so much strength that she pounded the door and trembled.

"Coming—coming—is this going to tear down my door?"

A slightly drunk old man staggered out, looked through the moonlight, and was impatient, "What are you doing, it's the middle of the night?"

The girl stammered as soon as she was in a hurry: "I, I and we are from Liufu, and Mother Qiao from the mill in the mansion gave birth to a child, and she had a difficult birth, so she needed to ask Granny Wang to take a trip." ”

The old man's neck shrank, "Oh, it's not a coincidence, she asked the Li family to invite her, and the third young grandmother of the Li family is going to give birth tonight." ”

The girl stammered even more when she was in a hurry, "So, how long has it been there?

The old man shook his head, "I'm sorry, you also know that this old man Li's family is one of the best people on the ground in our Lingzhou Mansion, and his daughter-in-law has a child, so it's hard to say at this hour." ”

The girl stomped her feet, this is also true, rich people are like this, relying on their own wealth and power, everything is better than ordinary people, even if this child is born, the midwife will definitely be occupied, even if he is born, he will keep it for a few more hours until it is completely safe before he is willing to let go.

The girl was so anxious that she wiped her tears, stomped her feet, turned around and ran towards Li's house, which was not far from here.

In Liufu, the Lingzhou Prefecture, the most remote place where the masters live is the corner courtyard, and the place where the people live also has the worst place, that is, the mill.

The mill is at the back of the firewood yard, turning a few corners. Finally, a few old thatched huts hidden under the roots of an old wall are exposed to the wind and sun all year round, the beams of the roof are crooked, and the thatched roof of the cover leaks rain in many places. The house was dark and damp, and there were a few women who were grinding and grinding noodles.

Usually this place is very secluded, Qiao's mother and others carry the ground flour to the kitchen on time, and then take away their own three meals a day, except for which few people go in and out.

Tonight was a little different. From time to time there was a string of footsteps in the silent courtyard, and the dim light shone through the narrow broken windows under the eaves, and the moans and shouts of the women flickered in the darkness with the lights.

"Hard, Mother Qiao, it's been five hours of tossing, why don't you move? Seeing that the blood is about to run out, and the child still hasn't shown his head, how can it be good when the time comes?" A woman with blood on both hands, was lying under Mother Qiao's body and peeping, and at the same time reached in to grab it, and the deep dark hole could not be seen. The hand could not touch the child's head, and could only grab a handful of bloody minced meat.

Qiao's mother's fat body was lying on the clay kang that ripped off the mat on one side, and she was humming loudly, the big belly like a leather ball was straight and straight in front of her eyes, it hurt, it hurt, it hurt like a knife scraping one after another, but I didn't see any movement from the child. The pain was unbearable, and Qiao's mother reached out and tore her hair, and it was a lot of it. She crossed her body like a four-horned spider and shouted, "I gave birth to that dead firstborn, not like this, and it will soon be born." Why is this baby so difficult? Is it that God won't let me live?

A mother-in-law's bloody slap covered Qiao's mother's mouth, "What are you talking nonsense about, you can give birth to a baby with peace of mind, what are you thinking nonsense?"

Qiao's mother howled like a pig, "It hurts, it hurts." I'm going to die of pain. ”

Another mother-in-law didn't know where to grab a handful of incense ashes, washed a dirty bowl and held it down and poured it for Qiao's mother, "This is what the temple begged for, the most effective, drink it and send it to the son Niangniang will bless you." ”

Choked Qiao's mother coughed and held her breath.

Several mothers-in-law hurriedly poured water, patted their backs, pulled their ears and shouted, and some took an awl with the sole of their shoe and pierced the person.

Qiao's mother woke up slowly, "Mother, I'm going to die, I'm definitely not able to cross this threshold-"

A mother-in-law touched Qiao's mother's big belly, "No, I have to ask Wang Qiaoshou to come, she knows more-"

"Ah Fu has already gone, why hasn't he come back?"

"Ah Fu, this girl is stupid, what can she do, she must be on a business trip!"

Qiao's mother suddenly grabbed a mother-in-law's hand, and she didn't know where she came from, so she grabbed it fiercely, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and she couldn't wait to make this hand into meat sauce, so painful that her mother-in-law howled, and the other hand slapped the back of Qiao's mother's hand, but she didn't lose it, and the mother-in-law was in a hurry, and the pain was so painful that she suddenly stretched out her mouth to the back of Qiao's mother's hand, blood overflowed, and Qiao's mother fainted.

The hand was released.

Several mothers-in-law surrounded Qiao's mother who had died, and they were rushing to rescue her.

The awl has no effect on piercing people, and a mother-in-law hurriedly went to pierce the soles of her feet.

There was a tingling pain, and the mother slowly woke up again.

A mother-in-law rushed half a bowl of black paste and called to drink it, Qiao's mother took a sip and spit it out, it was too bitter.

The mother-in-law felt aggrieved, "I remember that the old people said that it was good to drink this for dystocia, and it was so bitter that the baby couldn't stay in the stomach and came out by itself." ”

The other mother-in-law reached in again, and as soon as the hand entered, Qiao's mother howled desperately, but she couldn't touch the child's head.

Her little arms were all in there, and her big elbows were jammed.

"If you don't cut it with scissors, I'll go in and touch it. ”

Someone really brought scissors, someone took the lamp, and saw that Qiao's mother's bloody lower body really cut it.

Blood was flying, and Qiao's mother's body suddenly bounced up and curled up into a ball, but it soon unfolded, and she passed out again.

"No, if you delay like this, you'll die. ”

Time passed little by little, and the blood in Qiao's mother's body continued to flow, and the dirty soil kang was soaked in blood and turned a dark red.

The gatehouse of the Li family is taller and more majestic than that of Liufu, showing that this is a wealthy and powerful family.

Even the lantern at the door was a little bigger than the Liufu, and the wind blew, and the lantern sizzled in the wind.

The fat girl twisted her fat ass and rushed up to bang the door, and the door opened, and several angry big men rushed out.

"I looked for Wang Qiaoshou and asked him to save his life. The girl cried and cried.

"What? The mother-in-law of the mill in Liufu gave birth, and a girl came to invite her? You're welcome. ”

A few wolf-like doormen were really unkind, and after a random beating, the girl cried and ran away with her head in her hands.

Ah Fu cried and fell softly in front of the kang, the godmother was already dying, and she, who was the goddaughter, ran around empty.

What to do?

A mother-in-law came over and pulled Ah Fu's braids, "Silly girl, this is not your fault, we poor people are like this, our lives are cheap, and we can only leave it to God to decide." ”

The other also sighed, "Ah Fu, you quickly pick up and clean up your godmother's clothes, I don't think this situation will work, so as not to go on the road naked when you have to go." ”

"When a woman gives birth to a baby, it is a ghost door to close and walk through, life and death are common, Ah Fu, don't cry—"

"No-" Ah Fu suddenly rolled up, his eyes widened, "I'll go and ask someone, that person must have a way-"

Drop the words, and the people have already rushed out like the wind.

"Bang bang bang - the knock on the door was rapid, loud, and it sounded empty in the middle of the night, like someone beating a cowhide drum.

The dumb aunt turned over her bones, habitually reached out to touch the wall and turned on the light, and shouted in her mouth: "Hurry up, there is an emergency, Xiao Zhang, you go to the delivery room to prepare, you must be ready within five minutes! Li Juan, you notify the operating room to get ready, in order to prevent accidents, we must prepare with both hands!"

A cool little hand reached over and carefully touched his forehead, "What's wrong with you, little grandma?"

As he spoke, he lit the lamp.

Under the first lit dim candle flame, a sleepy-eyed little face was reflected on the opposite side, the dumb aunt sat up with the quilt, stupid for a long time, half a day before she came back to her senses, shook her head, and smiled bitterly, it turned out to be a false alarm, just a dream, the dream was still in the past, and I thought I was on night duty, alas, don't mention it, the past is gone.

"Bang bang bang-" The knock on the door rang stubbornly.

It turned out that it was not a hallucination, but someone was really knocking on the door, and it was faintly accompanied by shouting.

As soon as Lancao opened the door, a body fell directly into it like a pocket, Lancao looked down, "Afu, aren't you Sister Afu from the mill, why did you come here in the middle of the night?"

Ah Fu rolled over and stammered, "Please, please help—it's going to die-"

Lancao was shocked, "What kind of life, who is going to die?"

Ah Fu looked up, and behind him stood a petite and thin body, looking at her calmly.

Ah Fu is a tiger temper, and suddenly crossed the blue grass and grabbed the dumb girl's clothes, dragged her and pedaled away.

The dumb aunt is like a chicken carried under the claws of an eagle, and she can't help but follow this stupid big sister who is in a hurry.

Anxious, Lancao stumbled behind her, "What are you doing, are you going to kidnap our little grandmother? )