Chen Xuejiao was already asleep, and was shocked by Cai's heart-rending shout. In a daze, he kicked the quilt, and kicked the sewing basket to the ground, and his toes suddenly drooped on the embroidery needle, and he was pricked by the tip of the needle.

Ten fingers are the softest in the heart, Chen Xuejiao woke up from the pain, and a burst of painful sounds outside penetrated the window, and they couldn't suppress it.

At this time, I don't know what time it was, but through the freshly pasted paper in the window, I saw that there seemed to be a red lantern in the yard, and there was a red light.

Another scream was heard.

Chen Xuejiao suddenly turned over and pulled her jacket, wanting to see what was going on. didn't think about it, one was unstable, and almost fell to the ground with one foot in the air.

Li Cicada came to the house, and the kang that was only enough for Xuejiao, Xueru, and Jinghao to sleep on was a little crowded, and Li added a circle of stools along the edge of the kang, put a wooden board on it, and spread a thick new quilt, Xuejiao was afraid of the heat and slept on the board first.

When I woke up in the middle of the night, I just slept on the kang and turned over as usual, and then I stepped on the air and fell to the ground. Fortunately, the quilt was kicked over under the kang just now, and I only felt that the soles of my feet were soft, and I didn't =.

tiptoed to the door, lifted the felt curtain and looked out, only to see the fifteenth moonlight like water, and suddenly a breeze, only to feel soaked in the muscles and bones, and couldn't help but feel creepy.

In the courtyard, people turned over on their backs, the candles in the pot house were bright, and the Li family rushed to the west wing room with the boiling pot water.

The candles in the west wing were bright, and many people could be seen faintly through the window paper.

Chen Zifu poured water and grinded scissors like a crab without feet.

Chen Xuejiao knew that this was Cai's birth, so she wrapped her jacket tightly, buttoned the plum blossom buttons inside, and went to the West Wing. Because she was a daughter, she couldn't enter the delivery door, and she saw Cai's sallow face calling through the door curtain.

Xuewa squatted under the curtain, just thinking that her mother was going to die. followed by tears, and a little flower cat with a crying face is also like. Chen Xuejiao walked over, pulled her up and sat on the chair, and patted her on the back with her head resting.

Mrs. Chen sat upright on a chair covered with thick mattresses, bowing her head and muttering something to the goddess beside her. To say that this goddess is really a character in the countryside, it is said that she can pass through the gods and know the fairy law. The patient asked her to take a look at the incense burning, even if she is dead, she can jump up, and the last time she came to the house, she was robbed by Xue Jiao. Why, tonight I started working as a midwife again.

The goddess peeled a walnut, wiped it, and stuffed the skin on the kernel into her toothless mouth without peeling it off: "The old lady is so blessed, I have delivered all the grandchildren in the family." ”

Mrs. Chen laughed, she didn't like her daughter-in-law, and her grandson was always a parent.

Li boiled water in the pot house. took out the bedding that had been dismantled and cleaned by his own children back then, and wrapped it immediately when the child came out.

Cai's fetus is difficult, which of the women in the township is not a pouting and a puff to give birth to cubs every year, whether to feed or not to live is another matter, it is better to be able to go down than not to be able to go down. Cai's stomach only moved after giving birth to Xuewa for eight or nine years, and the child could not land until the end of February, but he didn't expect to come more than a month early. Countryside people pay attention to the ripeness of the melon, and the melon is not ripe and falling.

Zhao's eyes were red and he stood behind Old Lady Chen. I received a letter just now, saying that Qi Lin and Xue Miao had separated. After the bridge collapsed, the two of them were fine, and now Zhao's butcher's house is going home after eating tea. Although a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, he didn't see the real person who was worried.

At this time, Zhang hurriedly walked out of the back room, and his voice lit up: "Seeing red, the third sister-in-law's crying is also weak, and eighty percent of it is not good." ”

As soon as I heard that it didn't work, it wouldn't Chen Zifu threw down the enamel basin in his hand and was about to drill into it, but was pulled by Mrs. Chen: "What are you doing blindly when you go into the woman's delivery room, you see the blood and light are unlucky, and you have to close the ghost gate for a while when you give birth to a child, you are very afraid." ”

Xuewa cried even louder. Li ordered Xuejiao to take her to his house. The girl's family, standing at the door of the delivery room is not a thing.

The lights in the north wing room were lit, Xueru and Jinghao woke up, and the Duli cicada was sleeping so heavily that she couldn't wake up, Xuejiao laughed at her and was blessed.

Cai couldn't give birth after tossing for half the night, and the shouts in his mouth were fragmented, and the sound cut the ears of the listeners like knives.

When the goddess was shouting hard, Qingbi and Wang Baozhu came in a carriage. It turned out that Qingbi heard that the bridge in the town had collapsed, and she was worried that it would be better to get quiet, so she rushed to see her in the middle of the night. As soon as I entered the yard, I heard that Cai's was giving birth, and the goddess said that the child's legs and feet came out, and he was a brother, but his head was stuck and he couldn't get out.

Blood flowed out, staining the bedding red in waves.

Qingbi went in to take a look, and was going to the town to invite Langzhong.

Mrs. Chen also stopped: "How can a woman give birth to a child for Lang Zhong to see, then Lang Zhong is a man, and he is seen to be neat." ”

Chen Zifu roared: "It's time for this, and I still don't care about whether there is anything or not." ”

Immediately drove the carriage to the town, and after a few teas, Chen Zifu came back and brought back a familiar Langzhong. Chen Xuejiao took a closer look at the original Zhu Xiaotai who gave Chen Xiucai an injury last time, he came to Baitu Town tonight to treat the injured people who fell into the water, and talked to Chen Xiucai for a few words, Chen Zifu went to the town to meet, his doctor's parents and the mother was Chen Xiucai's brother and daughter-in-law, and then came.

Dr. Zhu Xiaotai was dressed in white clothes, and the red lanterns under the corridor reflected the light in the ice and snow, projecting on his bright figure, which made him look more and more beautiful. He strode into the west wing with the medicine box, and Mrs. Chen was startled and stopped: "Women give birth to children and men can't enter." ”

Doctor Zhu said lightly: "I just checked the pulse of the imperial concubine last month. ”

When Mrs. Chen heard that he had even seen the imperial concubine, her hands and feet did not feel weak.

After tossing all night, the child who was stuck came out, it was a brother, but he was out of breath on the spot, and his face was bruised. Cai's fainted on the spot, his stomach moved, and another one came out, but it was Shun lì, but it was just a sister.

Cai's hemorrhage was profuse, and Dr. Zhu Xiaotai used all his strength to stop the bleeding. The sky was white, and he didn't even take a sip of tea, and left with a pale face.

Chen Zifu held his son who died in his arms, and the tears of crying were dry.

Mrs. Chen first heard that it was a pair of twins, a dragon and a phoenix happily recited the Buddha a few times, and before she could take it back, it was reported that her brother was out of breath, and her heart was cold, and she couldn't care about Cai, who was bleeding heavily, and opened her mouth to scold her for being ominous. Li wrapped her sister carefully in a quilt and held it to Mrs. Chen, her eyelids rolled and she broke a tea bowl and pouted away.

As soon as Doctor Zhu left, Chen Xiucai came back.

After writing a paperwork overnight, Chen Xiucai was tired, and his chin and eye circles were blue.

Li asked her how the situation was in the town, and Chen Xiucai smiled bitterly and said that more than 200 people had died: "...... Those who fell into the water were second, and most of them were trampled to death. ”

Li covered his chest for a while, and after a while, he was afraid, and made up his mind not to let a few children join in the fun in the future.

Chen Xiucai was busy all night, and Fang felt hungry at this time. Li boiled water all night, afraid that Xiucai would be hungry when he came home, so he cooked while the stove was still hot. He picked up some meat and vegetables, filled a plate, and found a casserole with meat and vegetables, and put a thick layer of noodles on the bottom, and put them on the stove to warm, and when he came, he would eat them hot.

Chen Xiucai sat on the stool, the boneless chicken and duck meat were mixed with the noodles, and after simmering for a long time, the oil flowers seeped into the noodles, and he used a spoon to scrape the bottom of the pot clean, and the food was in full swing.

Xue Jiao couldn't sleep anymore when she woke up at night, seeing how fragrant her father was eating, she pulled Xue Wa and ate a bowl of noodles and two pieces of sauce-flavored duck meat with hot soup.

Xuewa knew that her newborn brother was dead, and the big eyes soaked in tears and never did it. She also knows that her father and mother are often short of breath in front of their grandmothers and have no son to support them.

As soon as the noodles were eaten, Xuewa shouted to see her mother, Li took her with her, and Xuejiao followed.

There was a burst of talking outside, but it was Qi Lin and Xue Miao's family who came, and the Zhao family didn't wear any shoes when they got the news, and ran out of the upper room with their bare feet on the snow, pulling Qi Lin to cry as soon as he wowed, and his heart and liver kept shouting.

Cai's gave birth to two children and exhausted his strength, if it weren't for the Li family's use of ginseng tablets, he was afraid that he would have been angry at this time, and the ginseng tablets were given by Gu Gongzi when Chen Xiucai was injured last time. Zhao's mouthful, Cai's eyes became more and more faint when he heard it, closed his eyes, his body was empty, and it hurt hot and spicy below, and after a while, it became cold again, she had a dark face, fists with her hands, and a pair of hands except for the little finger without nails, at this time pinched into the flesh, but she felt that it was not painful enough.

Twin sons, what a good sign, if it weren't for the fact that her son was stuck, she would have been a blessed person with both children at this time.

Seeing her like this, Li Shi held a bowl of chicken soup in his hand, but it was not easy to persuade her to drink it.

Suddenly, a loud cry rang out. Chen Xuejiao looked over, and it turned out that the newborn was crying. She walked over and carefully lifted her, patting gently, snow-white skin, black eyebrows and big eyes, what a beautiful baby girl. Li hurriedly put down the bowl, lest Xue Jiao get rid of the child, stretched out his arm to form a circle, and encircled Xue Jiao and the baby in his arms.

Xuewa touched the baby's hand, her soft heart was crisp, and she raised her face and said, "What a beautiful sister!" ”

Outside the window, Mrs. Chen held Qi Lin's face and shouted: "Eldest grandson, you are here, I said that you are a blessed one, blessed and fatal, not that blessed." ”

These words were like a sharp knife inserted into Cai's heart, and the sharp pain did not make her fall but made her grit her teeth and sit up, and Li walked over to help her. She gritted her teeth and said, "Sister-in-law, bring the chicken soup." ”

Li Shi knew that she was going to eat, so he reached out and handed it over, and saw that she threw her neck into it, and tears of joy came out.

The baby girl didn't cry or make trouble in Xuejiao's arms, Cai's beckoned, and Xuejiao put the child into Cai's arms. Cai looked at his daughter like a flower, smiled miserably, hugged him tightly into his arms, and tears rained down.

Li asked Xuewa to keep an eye on her mother, and she went to the pot house to boil water to iron the child's diaper. When I went out, I saw from a distance that at the corner of the vegetable garden on the north side of the courtyard, Chen Zifu was sitting in the snow wearing an old thin jacket, his legs buried in his knees, and his shoulders shrugged. He had just returned from burying his son outside the village, his shoes still wet with mud.

Li knew that he was uncomfortable, and she was not good at persuasion as a sister-in-law, so she walked into the north wing room and whispered a few words to Chen Xiucai, and Chen Xiucai put on his clothes and took another one to look for his third brother in the vegetable garden. (To be continued......)