There are few people and fields in the mountains, except for planting some barren-tolerant sweet potatoes and soybeans in the corners of the tea fields and mulberry gardens, the white flour rice, oil and salt all year round have to be bought in the markets outside the mountains by relying on the production in the mountains.

On weekdays, the family lives a tight life, but when it comes to such a major event as marrying a daughter-in-law, you have to rely on raising livestock for money.

"It has given birth to several babies before, all of them are fine, and they gave birth to two in the second half of the night last night, who knows that Baoyi has not come down until now, my father is in a hurry, and he wants me to come to you quickly!" Gu Daya came out in a hurry, so she only pulled a pair of shoes, and at this moment, the cold air rushed straight to her ankles, so cold that she stomped her feet again and again.

"I'll be right here!" Gu Qingzhu glanced at the steaming kitchen, and saw that he was in a hurry, and it seemed that he couldn't take care of breakfast.

"Sister, you go to the eldest sister's house to help, I'll come to see the fire." Xu heard them talking, and Gu Qingsong, who was wearing a half-worn cotton robe, opened the door and walked out.

"Okay, my brother is taking care of my little sister at home, I'll take a look." Gu Qingzhu handed the apron he had taken off to his younger brother, bent down and patted him on the shoulder, turned around and hurriedly followed Gu Daya and walked quickly.

Gujiaao is a small village, there are only about a dozen households, most of them are houses with yellow mud thatched roofs, because of the New Year's Festival, every family sticks bright red couplets and heavenly money, which adds a little festivity.

The village chief Gu Shifu's family built three spacious brick houses last year, which stood out in the village, and it was very conspicuous.

This is the bedroom of Gu Shifu and his wife, there is a board bed against the wall in the room, there are old cabinets and wooden boxes standing in the gray, at this time there is a very strong bloody gas in the room, and a brazier is burning on the vacant ground, and the charcoal fire is reddish.

A female sheep was lying on a messy thatch, covered in blood, and occasionally tried to do it once or twice, but she was weak, and two newborn lambs were lying on an old blanket, looking so thin and pitiful that they could not stand on their own.

"Qingzhu, come and take a look." The eldest girl's mother, Sun, was a stocky woman, she grabbed Gu Qingzhu's arm and said in a panic.

"Auntie, don't worry, let me take a look first." Gu Qingzhu patted her hand comfortingly, and squatted down to examine the ewe.

"My family's luck this year is really bad, bad things one after another, this sheep I try my best to feed every day, and add beans at night, how can I give birth to such a small lamb, at this time, the coating will not come down, if there is no ewe, the lamb does not know if it can be fed!"

Sun was pacing back and forth, chattering endlessly, and when she talked about her sadness, she couldn't help but pull her sleeves and wipe her tears, she didn't sleep all night, her eyes were blue, and she looked a lot haggard.

"The ewe still has a lamb in her belly, but it doesn't have the strength to give birth." Gu Qingzhu checked the ewe's swollen belly, raised his head and said.

"And the lamb?! Can...... But what to do! It's been three hours, I'm afraid it won't be stillborn! Hearing this, Sun was surprised and delighted, and then asked with a sad face, and the successive unexpected blows made her completely unclaimed.

"Mother, don't care if you're dead or alive, you have to come down, otherwise the ewe will die!" Gu Daya was anxious on the side, and when she saw her mother talking so frustrated, she couldn't help but complain a little.

"Auntie, you cook some ripe beans for it to eat, how much strength you have, I'll help it from the side, it can still be born in the end, maybe it's still alive." Gu Qingzhu touched the ewe's belly, the ewe's eyes were half-squinted, and she bleated in pain.

"Hey, hey, your uncle is cooking, I'll go and see." Sun brushed his hair haphazardly and hurriedly went.

"Big girl, you burn the charcoal fire and go to find some broken cotton wool, the lamb in the belly has been delayed for a long time, but I'm afraid it's not as strong as those two." Gu Qingzhu said as he rolled up his sleeves and pushed the red rattan bracelet onto his arm.

"Whoa." Gu Daya answered, added charcoal with her hands and feet, and then trotted out.

It didn't take much time, the village chief Gu Shifu and Sun brought in a plate of smashed beans, he was a burly man, Gu Qingzhu didn't have time to say anything polite to him, and hurriedly helped the ewe to lie on the food bowl, and the instinct to survive made it endure the pain and barely eat half a pot.

The ewe who ate the beans rested for a while, and sure enough, she added strength, and when the labor pain hit, she kicked up her front hooves again, Gu Qingzhu ignored the blood, knelt on the ground to assist in the delivery, and with its hard work, slowly pulled out a lamb smoothly, and the coating was quickly discharged.

This lamb is smaller, but fortunately it is alive, the ewe has exhausted its last strength and is unable to take care of it, so Gu Qingzhu cleaned it up, wrapped it in cotton wool, and put it on the ewe's belly to warm it.

"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless." Seeing this, Sun immediately turned his worries into joy, folded his hands, and bowed and bowed to all parts of the house.

Sheep usually give birth to one or two lambs in a litter, and her ewes gave birth to three at once, although they are a little smaller, but they are carefully raised, and at the end of the year, they still change money, and this alone can be more than the usual money of others, and she is naturally very happy.

"Qingzhu, thank you." Gu Shifu's heart that had been hanging finally fell to the ground, he rubbed the bean dregs on his hands and smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became deeper and deeper.

These three small and four sheep are too important to Gu Shifu, who is now in debt, if Gu Qingzhu hadn't come to help in time, I am afraid that it would have made matters worse.