PS: The imps are difficult

Twenty-four chapters in the second volume

Not long after Guo Xu left home in the morning, Mei Hong brought the child over to play. Xiao Chang'an's face was white, his eyes were black, and his soft and black hair was attached to his little head. He seemed to be a quiet child, babbling for a long time. In early autumn, when the weather is cool in the morning and evening, Mei Hong wears a pink robe for the child, and the whole person looks like a tender and juicy peach, and whoever sees it will become a greedy monkey. As soon as he entered the door, he was snatched by Xiao Qiao and placed on the bed, and countless wild kisses fell on his face, small hands, thighs and belly. The little guy is not afraid of life, he doesn't cry when he leaves his mother's arms, and he giggles when he kisses him, and the joy brought by that sound is unattainable by any music in the world.

Mei Hong's happiest thing is that people like her baby son, seeing Xiao Qiao like this, she was full of her mother's pride, picked up a walnut on the case, carefully smashed it with a small hammer, peeled out the meat and stuffed it into Xiao Qiao's mouth, saying that this thing can make children smarter. Xiao Qiao pouted, saying that whether she is smart or not depends on her father, you say that my Guo Xu is so clumsy and has a hammer heart, how smart can the child be? Mei Hong thought of Yao Hong's talent, confident that the seeds of Xiao Chang'an were smart, and then thought about Guo Xu's stunned appearance, and couldn't help but laugh in her heart, but she said that Brother Guo looked simple, but in fact, he was still very shrewd when he should be shrewd, otherwise how could he be proud of officialdom and love.

In fact, Xiaoqiao doesn't really think Guo Xu is stupid, but just thinks that he is still inexperienced and has no city. Her husband, she can say that he is stupid, and others can't. Now listening to Mei Hong say this, although I know how much, it is also a face-saving word. It is still very useful, and subconsciously reached out and touched the belly:

"I'm just worried about one thing: if I have a son. It's just like him, stout and stout. Tiger head and tiger brain; Like my words, Qingxiu Sven, Yushu is in the wind, and it is also very good. I'm afraid to give birth to a daughter, but I'm like him! ”

Mei Hong couldn't help laughing when she thought of a girl with a tiger's back and a blacksmith's bones, and said that if she gave birth to a daughter like an iron tower and couldn't marry when she grew up, I would accept her as a daughter-in-law.

Xiao Qiao pouted and said that you chose all the good things to say. I'm afraid that when the time comes, I will avoid it. Besides, even if you are willing to accept it, your son-in-law Chang'an may not be willing to accept it.

After speaking, he kissed Xiao Chang'an on the cheek, and asked him softly:

"You say, if my sister is ugly, do you want her?"

Xiao Chang'an's dark eyes looked in the direction of this sweet voice, but they didn't look at Xiao Qiao's face. Xiao Qiao heard Lang Zhong say that such a big child actually didn't know how to stare yet, but he was about to throw him:

"It's okay if you don't speak, you don't even look at your mother-in-law. Such a son-in-law, don't do it! ”

After speaking, he looked at Xiao Chang'an with a tiger face.

The little one kicked his calf and began to cry.

Xiaoqiao was a little flustered, she thought that her expression was scaring the child.

Mei Hong took over Xiao Chang'an unhurriedly. Said he was going to feed.

Mei Hong sat firmly on Xiaoqiao's bed, skillfully unbuttoned her clothes, and pressed the child to her chest. The little one stopped crying the moment he smelled his mother's breath. The mouth finds the nipple and sucks greedily. A small hand rests on the breast, and a delicate little foot steps on the other. That kind of sweet domineering, I was drunk when I saw Xiaoqiao.

Mei Hong has a pair of plump and firm breasts, not as conical and upturned as Xiaoqiao Shuangfeng, but larger and rounder, like snow-white steamed buns steamed with the best wheat freshly ground flour in Guanzhong.

The milk is very sufficient, and while Xiao Chang'an is sucking, the other one is also gushing out. Mei Hong's interlining cloth there was already soaked, and she asked the maid who came with her to quickly get a new cloth to change it.

Xiaoqiao was very envious, and she didn't know if she would have enough milk by then. Mei Hong said that when we lived together, I saw your body, your nipples grew very well, the child should be easy to suck milk, and it is estimated that you are not short of milk. But sister, I see that your buttocks are not big, your hip bones are narrow left and right, such a body, graceful and good at dancing, men are happy, I am afraid that the birth canal is narrow, and you will suffer when you give birth.

Xiao Qiao listened, a little nervous, and at this time, her stomach suddenly tightened, and a dull pain hit her, turning into an exclamation.

Mei Hong had experience, so she immediately called Qingyu in, asked her to help Xiaoqiao lie down, and then asked her maid to hurry up to the neighbor's house to call a few young men.

After a while, several neighbors in the neighborhood had arrived in the courtyard, Mei Hong stood on the steps of the main house, holding her son with one hand, as if holding the seal of the order flag, pointing with one finger, and ordering them to go to the barracks separately, find the midwife, chop wood and boil water, as if a general was about to fight.

When Guo Xu's soldiers in the camp heard the news, they immediately went to find him. They knew that he had gone to Chen Song's camp in the morning, but they didn't know where he had gone after that. Chen Song's subordinates didn't know where he had gone. At first, the soldiers thought that Guo Xu and Chen Song had gone to the Assassin's Mansion, and when they went to ask, the guards at the gate said that the two generals had not come. In the end, the soldiers looked for it from teahouse to restaurant, and when they arrived at the bottom of the Yuhuchun Building, they saw Chen Song and Guo Xu's horses tied downstairs, and then they found Guo Xu.

As soon as everyone heard that Xiaoqiao was about to give birth, they said that we can't hide here, let's go to your house to help and wait for news. Guo Xu said that I have a small place there, and I can't fit it when I go, and a few of you can't help even if you go, and it is estimated that the birth of a child is not so fast, you still continue to drink, and when you drink well, you will go back to your own home, and I will send someone to tell you when the child lands.

Wang Xiu said that this is okay, we are just preparing to prepare gifts, and now we are going empty-handed, it is too unseemly.

When Guo Xu entered the door, Mei Hong's position as commander had been taken over by the midwife, who thought that the bedroom was not bright enough, so she asked someone to move the bed where Qingyu slept to the living room, and prepared all kinds of clean, disinfectant, and hemostatic objects. Guo Xu was about to go inside, but the midwife frowned and said that the general could still go in now, but he had to change his clothes, take a shower, rinse his mouth, and come back. Guo Xu understood that people thought he smelled of sweat and alcohol, so he smirked and complied.

Xiao Qiao had just suffered a bit of pain, and she was a little relieved. Guo Xu wrung out a square handkerchief in the basin, wiped the sweat off Xiaoqiao's forehead and neck, sat down and grabbed one of her hands, and rubbed it gently.

Little Pretty smiled weakly and said that you were about to see your child. Then she told the conversation between her and Mei Hong about having a boy and a girl again.

Guo Xu actually has this kind of hidden worry. Of course he wanted to have a son, and if he was as smart as his mother. In the future, I will go to school, as long as I am willing to read well. There are so many Shibo who are willing to help him, and he doesn't have to worry about a good future. If only he wasn't as smart as his mother. As blunt as yourself, that's not a problem, either to be a soldier or to strike iron, there is always something to do. But if you have a daughter in your life and you are a cool Xiao Nai's father, it's a headache to think about.

Just as she was about to speak, Xiao Qiao moaned heavily, and suddenly clenched Guo Xu's hand, and her nails were embedded in Guo Xu's palm.

The midwife asked Guo Xu to go out. Xiao Qiao asked if you could let him stay with me. The midwife has a soft tone and a firm attitude:

"There is time to want to be affectionate, and now it will only get in the way for him to stay!"

Guo Xu moved a Hu bed to the courtyard and sat under the persimmon tree. The autumn sun shines on this small courtyard, which is more beautiful than ever. He leaned against the trunk of the tree, waiting for his child to cry for the first time.

He didn't expect to wait that long.

Mei Hong said that Xiao Qiao was really born very difficult. When the opening of the uterus was dilated to four finger widths, the midwife found that the child did not come out with his head down, but with his head and feet.

Inversion.

The midwife said that she wanted the child to have a smaller head now. In this way, even if the tire is reversed, it can be born with a little effort. There are many abortions in my hands that have survived.

Mei Hong was also kicked out. The midwife said that the mother is evil, don't rush at the child. Before going out, Mei Hong asked the midwife what would happen if the child's head was bigger. The midwife hesitated for a moment and said that her head was big, and it was easy to get stuck at the entrance of the palace and couldn't get out. In addition, the umbilical cord is around the neck, and the child cannot be saved after a long delay. Adults are dangerous, too.

When the child's feet popped out, the midwife looked at the size of the feet. I already know that the child's head is not small, and I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with it. Nai pushed the door out and asked Guo Xu to hurry up to the golden house in Guliu Lane in the east of the city to invite a golden mother-in-law, this person is difficult to invite, but be sure to invite it, otherwise the lady will be more auspicious.

Mei Hong urged people to invite one by one, Guo Xu had already rushed out of the courtyard gate, untied the war horse, jumped up, and flew out seven or eight feet away with a whip, and rushed to the east of the city with the sound of hooves.

Guliu Lane lives up to its name, with two large willow trees on the left and right of the alley. When Guo Xu galloped in, he found that there was only one courtyard in this alley. The courtyard gate is tall, and the black door panel is filled with a yellow and clear copper spirit beast, and the beast's mouth is holding a thick door knocker. There is a large plaque hanging on the lintel, with gold characters on a black background, although Guo Xu is almost blind, he recognizes these four words

"Upper Inheritance of Goddess of Mercy"

Presumably, this golden mother-in-law has excellent delivery skills, and she sent her son Guanyin to send the child, and she took over to give birth. Judging from the courtyard weather of this mansion, Granny Jin makes a lot of money.

After a few taps on the knocker, there was a creaking sound of a wooden latch inside, and then the door opened a foot or so, revealing the thin face of a middle-aged man. The man glanced at Guo Xu and asked lukewarmly:

"What do you do, sir?"

Guo Xu said that my wife gave birth to a child, and I came to ask Granny Jin to deliver the baby.

The man's face was full of surprise:

"Since you know my mother-in-law, don't you know the rules?"

Guo Xu looked at a loss, what rules do you need to ask a midwife!

When the man saw this, he did not say much and closed the door. Guo Xu stretched out his hand, but the person couldn't push it anymore:

"Sir, I'm Guo Xu, deputy of the Beifu Army, not a local, I don't understand the rules here, and I'm offended, but now the situation is urgent, please ask Granny Jin to help, and I will be rewarded heavily."

The man couldn't move the door, but he wasn't moved by Guo Xu at all:

"I don't care about the Beifu Bing Tofu Cake, if I want to ask Granny Jin to deliver the baby, I must come according to the rules. First, make an appointment in advance with gift money, which is not included in the honorarium; second, the scented car comes to pick it up, and the car does not leave the house; Third, if the child weighs a few pounds, the remuneration will be a few taels of gold; Fourth, the mother and child are destined for life and death, and when they are unable to return to heaven, they cannot blame Granny Jin. ”

Guo Xu almost fainted on the spot. A midwife, so pretending, such a price! How many families can afford such an honorarium?

The man seemed to see through his thoughts, and a look of disdain appeared on his face:

"Don't think that my family lacks business, let me tell you, Granny Jin only delivers babies to the families of dignitaries, and never enters the cold door. I saw that the plaque on the head was not there, it was the imperial pen of the first emperor Yao Xing, and the last emperor Yao Hong, who was delivered by Granny Jin. ”

Only then did Guo Xu understand where the arrogance of Granny Jin's family came from. Of the four rules, he can't do the first three, but since there is no Granny Jin, he will be more than lucky, and he must pass this level today. Guo Xu, a veteran of Beifu, entered Chang'an and occupied the Qin Palace. How can it be stopped by a mere house!

Thinking of this, he clenched his hands into fists. The voice was almost pleading:

"Human life is at stake, please ask Mr. to be accommodating!"

The man sneered. said that if every time you are accommodating, a cat and a dog have to give birth to a cub and have a golden mother-in-law, what are the rules? What is Granny Kim's worth?

When he had finished speaking, he turned back and called the people, and they should work together to bolt the gate back shut.

Guo Xu was furious, took a step back, jumped up, and kicked on the door panel. The man didn't expect the arrival to have a sudden seizure, and he didn't have time to dodge away, and was slapped heavily on the face by the door. The whole person turned over and fell to the ground, squeaking and screaming in pain. Guo Xu stepped over him, drew his sword, and walked straight inside. While walking through it shouting:

"Granny Kim! Granny Kim! ”

A few servants emerged from the courtyard, some holding brooms, some carrying kitchen knives, looking at Guo Xu's block, then at his fiery eyes, and then at the long sword in his hand. All shrunk back.

When he walked to the middle courtyard, a man with a white beard coughed, came out from behind a bamboo forest, and came up with his hands behind his back:

"You don't have to be so brutal if you want to find me!"

Guo Xu was stunned.

Granny Kim. Actually, it's a man!

It's a man. is also a midwife, and her hands are on the most important place for women!

is still working on the most important place of the emperor's woman!

Granny Jin looked at Guo Xu in a daze. A slight smile:

"Since he is the deputy of the Beifu Army, he can be regarded as having seen the world. Haven't you heard that a midwife can be a man? ”

Guo Xu didn't know how to answer.

Granny Jin said that the contemptible Jin Chucai, who lost his father when he was young, and his mother was a midwife, who followed her since she was a child, learned this craft, and later studied gynecology, which is not comparable to ordinary midwifery, plus contemptible people are born with special talents, you come and see.

took out his hands from behind his back and put his fingers together for Guo Xu to see.

Sure enough, it's extraordinary. This person's fingers are thirty percent longer than Guo Xu's ten fingers, and each one is thinner than Xiao Qiao's fingers. What's even more bizarre is that ordinary people's palms are always wider than four fingers together, but Jin Chucai's palm is as wide as four fingers together.

Jin Chucai proudly turned his back and said that my hands are useless on weekdays, but when the fetus can't move, it can come in handy. Talking about Chang'an City, even the entire Central Plains, I can't find that female midwife who can have thinner and longer hands than me!

Guo Xu couldn't be flattered, and said that since Mr. is so wonderful, please save someone's life. The younger generation has just arrived, and he doesn't understand the rules, so he must apologize generously, and now he asks Mr. to move over quickly.

Kim Chucai smiled. I think the general is an honest man, and when he enters the door, it must be the doorman's verbal collision, for the sake of the general's sincerity, I will go today, old man.

Walking to the front yard, he was running into the doorman who was slapped on the face by the door panel, Jin Chucai snorted:

"I told you not to bully people a long time ago, but you met a nemesis today, right? Remember, the people of the midwife's family should have the heart of a bodhisattva, not the appearance of a ghost. The purpose of establishing rules is to make people respect their profession and medical ethics, not to put on a shelf and ignore life and death! People have said that the situation is critical, and you still don't report it, you really deserve to be beaten! ”

The man flashed to the side, looking pitiful, and Guo Xu couldn't help but apologize.

When he arrived at the door, Jin Chucai saw that Guo Xu only had one horse, and said where do you live. Guo Xu told him the detailed address, and was about to say that he had to go on a horse with Mr. Aggrieved, but he saw Jin Chucai stretching out his hand to climb the saddle bridge, recognizing the stirrup with one foot, and riding up lightly, winking at Guo Xu a little mischievously:

"Time is running out, the two of them are riding too slowly, and the old man is going first."

After speaking, he raised his whip, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and the horse neighed and ran towards the alley. Guo Xu flashed a thought and shouted:

"Don't you have utensils, sir?"

Jin Chucai didn't look back, and stretched out a hand to the sky, which obviously meant that it was enough.

Guo Xu took two steps forward, only to find that his legs were weak, he leaned on the ancient willow tree to rest for a while, and slowly walked home. On the way, he met a patrol soldier and borrowed the horse of the leading officer, and when he arrived home, Jin Chucai had been in the house for a while.

The previous midwife saw Jin Chucai come in, just like the palace maid saw the emperor, respectful, trembling, holding hands and standing aside to listen to the order. At this time, half of the child's body had already come out, and it was a boy with thick legs and feet. Jin Chucai looked at the child's physique and bowed slightly to the midwife:

"You're doing a good job, you know the baby's head is big just by looking at your feet, and you can't handle this situation."

The midwife's mouth is only substantial, but her heart is blooming. Get Granny Kim's sentence "You did a good job", and you can spread it all over the city. You can also take the opportunity to raise the price. She knew in her heart that if Granny Kim didn't come today. The child must be stuck in the uterus and suffocate to death, in order to save the adult. She had only one last move, and it was extremely cruel - she grabbed a knife between her two fingers and reached in to dismember the child!

Hearing Guo Xu enter the door, Granny Jin came out and said to him that it was a little difficult for Mrs. Zun to have a baby, but I saw that the child was strong and could hold on for a while, and I had enough time to take him out. You go to Zhang Luo now, I'm going to have a few drinks with you when I'm done, and make friends with your New Year's friend.

The moment of truth has arrived. The child was only left above the neck in Xiao Qiao's body, and the rest came out. Jin Chucai held his breath, gently supported the fetus with his left hand, let him aim at the birth opening, pulled back with a subtle force, and leaned in with his right hand against the upper edge of the birth canal, in a just right place, gently pressed it with his middle finger, and then pulled his hand out. Let out a sigh of relief, and say to Xiaoqiao that it's up to you now.

came out to wash your hands and patted Guo Xu on the shoulder:

"Little brother, wait to hear the cry!"

Guo Xu couldn't help but ask:

"Dare to ask what Mr. did?"

Kim Chucai smiled. Saying that this is a secret that cannot be passed on, it is said that you can't tell outsiders, but you are not my peer enemy. It doesn't hurt to tell you. Then he whispered to Guo Xu's ear:

"The child's chin is actually stuck at the entrance of the palace, and I reached for it. Gently press it, and this obstacle is gone. It's all in one. ”

Guo Xu hurriedly asked Jin Chucai to sit on the bed under the persimmon tree, and went to bring a low table by himself, and asked Qingyu to serve tea to the old gentleman.

The two chatted for a while, but were interrupted from time to time by Xiaoqiao's painful shouts and the voice of the midwife cheering up. Jin Chucai saw that Guo Xu was not holding on, and shook his head with a smile.

Suddenly, the little girl in the room screamed, and then there was no sound. Guo Xu's face turned pale, and he was about to rush into the house, but was pulled by Jin Chucai.

Here it comes.

Here it comes.

The croaking of a newborn.

Guo Xu stood in the courtyard in a daze, listening to the cries of children and the laughter of the women in the house. Suddenly, the midwife waved at the door with a tired smile, saying that General Guo could come in to see his son, a big fat boy, nine pounds and two taels.

Guo Xu hesitated for a moment at the door, glanced back at Jin Chucai, and tiptoed across the threshold, as if he had stolen something and was going to the hall to confront him.

The child had cut off the umbilical cord and washed it, wrapped in a white and soft white silk, revealing a wrinkled face. He was placed next to his mother's pillow, warmly covered by his mother's sideways gaze.

Xiao Qiao stretched out her hand from the thin quilt and put it on Guo Xu's big hand. Her hair was soaking wet and spread out on the equally drenched pillow, her face was yellow, and her breath was faint. Seeing Guo Xu staring at the child, he smiled weakly and said You can rest assured. Guo Xu knew what she meant that she didn't have to worry about having a stout daughter and not being able to get married, so she picked up Xiaoqiao's hand and pasted it on her face:

"Stop talking, get some sleep."

Xiao Qiao snorted out the door with her mouth:

"Leave me alone, go and thank Mr. Kim."

Guo Xu went out, bowed deeply to Jin Chucai, and said that Mr. Jin is very gracious, and Guo Xu will never forget it in his life. I sent the gift money later, but I live on military salaries, and I really can't make up 9 taels of gold, please be considerate of me.

Jin Chucai looked up to the sky and laughed, saying that collecting gold according to the weight of the child is a rule specially set for high-ranking officials and nobles, they have scavenged a lot, and they don't care about pulling out this dime, for ordinary people, I want them to do what they can. If you really don't save people if you don't give gold, won't Jin Chucai become a robber? I've made up your friend, don't mention the gift money again.

At this time, Mei Hong had already commanded a group of people to move Xiaoqiao and the child back to the bedroom, and Qingyu cleaned up the living room and invited Jin Chucai in. The two chatted for a while, and Wang Xiu, Chen Song, Hu Luzheng, Xu Zhihao, and Du Chongguang all rushed over, each with a gift for the child. The most surprising thing for Guo Xu was Hu Luzheng, he obviously had a plan to make a wooden pony for Guo Xu's child, and the one that seemed to be twins for Chen Changan. The fourth child didn't come, Chen Song said that he was afraid that his face would scare the mother and child, and he had traveled a long distance and was extremely tired and confidant, so he had to go back to rest. Chen Song had already instructed the boss of Yuhuchun to send someone to Guo Xu's house for a dinner when they were about the same.

Their excitement was too high for the roof to hold down, so they simply sat in the courtyard. The letter to Song Gong arrived, and there was hope that the soldiers of Guanzhong Beifu would regain their strength. The next generation has been born, and the blood of the Beifu soldiers is passing down. After more than ten years, when this group of brothers reached the prime of life and could take charge of themselves, the children grew to the height of a lance. But didn't the fathers charge into battle just to keep them away from the war? They will do whatever they want in the future, just don't fight anymore, it's too bloody and too dark.

The sun gradually turned west, and the guys of Jade Huchun came with a big food box. In the laughter and noise, the aroma of wine wafted in the small courtyard. The last remnant of the sun lingered on the eaves for a short time, and then passed away.

It's like a subtle sigh from above. (To be continued......)