Along the way, Xue Mingcan talked with Li Huaishu about today's dinner with great interest. She started learning to cook at a very young age. Once, she had a very delicious dim sum at Master's friend's house. After leaving, she felt that it was far from eating the pastries made by Master. Master laughed and told her to try to do it herself. That's how she began to learn to cook.

Li Huaishu listened quietly. Xue Mingcan's spirit was flying, and he unconsciously talked about planting flowers and grass from the first time he cooked. Her life was very simple, and she knew very few people. Except for the Master, it is the friends of the Master who have visited him. From her narration, we can see her intimacy with Master and her love for Master.

A man ran out of the courtyard in a hurry, Xue Mingcan was talking to Li Huaishu about his epiphany, and he didn't pay attention to being knocked to the ground by this man. The country road was full of sand and gravel, and her hand happened to be hurt by the pebbles.

The man said sorry. A woman's screams of pain came from the courtyard, and an old woman came out of it and shouted at the man, "Tie Sheng, why are you still here?" Go and ask Chen Wenpo, I'm afraid she won't last long! ”

The man's face was red in a hurry, and he ran away after answering. The old woman went into the house again. There was a little girl in front of the house who was at a loss and looked inside.

Xue Mingcan called the little girl to inquire, and it turned out that the daughter-in-law of the family was giving birth. I have already given birth to two daughters, and the little girl in front of me is the smallest, and the older one follows the old woman to help.

"If your mother wants to give birth, why didn't she invite Wen Po early?" Xue Mingcan asked the little girl. When the little girl heard the screams inside, her eyes were red with fright, and she said intermittently, and Xue Mingcan understood.

This daughter-in-law has already given birth twice, and her mother-in-law is also experienced, so her mother-in-law does not need to ask her to be in charge. Who knew that this time it was difficult to give birth, and the daughter-in-law had already fainted, and the scream that Xue Mingcan heard just now was that she woke up again. The mother-in-law had no choice, so she quickly asked her son to invite Wen Po.

At first glance, this family knew that the family was poor, and I didn't know if it was useful to invite Wen Po. The old woman came out again, and the little girl hurried to her. The old woman's sleeves were stained with blood, and she stepped forward to ask Xue Mingcan what was the matter.

Xue Mingcan said warmly, she happened to study the medical book about women's childbirth a few days ago, in the spirit of applying what she has learned and helping others, she said: "I heard that your daughter-in-law has a difficult birth, I know a little about medicine, maybe I can help you." ”

The old woman thanked her, but did not answer. She didn't believe this young girl, there was a large patch of blood in the delivery room, and this little girl was afraid that she would be stupid when she saw it.

"You don't have a better way now, why don't you let me try?"

The screams came out again, and the little girl cried out in fear, and Wen Po would not be able to reach it for a while. Human life is at stake, and we can't wait for a while. The old woman made a strong man's decision to break his wrist: "Girl, please come with me." ”

Li Huaishu stood at the door waiting, and the little girl looked at him stupidly. He smiled and asked the little girl what her name was.

"Erya."

Is that a name? Girls are not taken seriously, and they don't even have an official name.

Erya moved a chair to Li Huaishu, she was not in the mood to sit on it. Li Huaishu comforted her not to be afraid, she would definitely be fine. In fact, Li Huaishu knows very well that a woman giving birth to a child is stepping into the ghost gate. Many of his father's women died when they gave birth.

He was very sure that Xue Mingcan definitely hadn't delivered a baby. She had no experience, only knowledge from books. Maybe she'd seen someone else deliver a baby, but only by watching. She's so bold.

Li Huaishu asked Erya whether this little baby would be a younger brother or a younger sister. Erya didn't want to talk about his brother. He already knew the answer.

He waited emptyly, and he didn't know what to say to Erya. He thought that if he was born a girl, he would probably be called Sanya. Erya went to bring a bowl of water to Li Huaishu again. Li Huaishu naturally didn't drink it. However, he felt that Erya, a little girl, was very well-behaved.

"Erya, do you know how to read?" This is another piece of nonsense.

Erya shook her head: "Dad knows a few words." ”

A few words, it is already very good for a poor man to know a few words. Li Huaishu smiled and said to Erya: "Erya's name is like a nickname, how about I think of a more formal name for you?" ”

Erya looked at Li Huaishu in surprise and nodded. The name Er Ya is too common, and in this village, there are three people called Er Ya. The way to distinguish them is: Zhu Erya, Zhang Erya, Sun Erya.

Li Huaishu picked up a branch and wrote "Erya" on the sandy land.

"What's your last name?"

"Zhu." Erya watched Li Huaishu write another word in front of those two words without blinking.

Li Huaishu took the branch and pointed over word by word, and said, "Zhu Erya, this is a very beautiful name. ”

"Jurya." The little girl followed along, staring at those three words tightly, and remembering them in her mind, "In the future, when people ask me my name, I will say that my name is Zhu Erya." ”

Li Huaishu taught her how to write these three words again.

The man of the family, Zhu Tiesheng, came back with Wen Po, and as soon as Wen Po stepped into the house, there was a baby's cry in the house. The kid finally came out. A girl ran out of the house and shouted happily: "Mother is born, born!" ”

The man asked, "Is it a man or a woman?" ”

"It's a younger brother, my mother gave birth to a younger brother!"

Zhu Erya and her sister ran to Zhu Tiesheng's side to cheer. After a long while, Xue Mingcan came out. Li Huaishu stood there, smiling at her.

Zhu Tiesheng already knew that it was Xue Mingcan who saved his son's life, and he excitedly asked his two daughters to kneel down towards Xue Mingcan, and said, "Big girl and second girl, thank you for saving your brother!" He said to Xue Mingcan: "The girl saved the child, our family thank you for your great kindness!" ”

Xue Mingcan helped the two little girls up and said, "The doctor is benevolent, and he will not die without help." Don't worry, your lady is fine. ”

The old woman had already wiped the child and carried it out. Zhu Tiesheng and they all looked at the children excitedly. The child couldn't stand the wind, so the old lady hugged the child in again and asked Zhu Tiesheng to thank Xue Mingcan.

Zhu Tiesheng left Xue Mingcan and the others to eat at home, but Xue Mingcan refused. She gave Zhu Tiesheng the chicken she bought today: "Your mother has worked hard to give birth, so take it and make up for it." ”

Zhu Tiesheng hurriedly pushed back, saying that he had already received Xue Mingcan's great favor, how could he still ask for this chicken. Xue Mingcan's attitude was firm, and Zhu Tiesheng accepted it with great gratitude.

Zhu Ryala pulled Zhu Tiesheng's clothes: "Dad, what name do you want to give your younger brother?" That brother just helped me come up with a name, but it sounds good! ”

Zhu Tiesheng learned that his Zhu Erya already had a name "Zhu Erya". Zhu Tiesheng hadn't read any books, but he also heard that the word "Erya" must have a very good meaning, isn't elegance elegant? He originally thought that if it was a son, it would be called "Baozhu", and if it was a daughter, it would be called "Sanya". He's a big old man, and he can't think of any nice names. Isn't it a pie-in-the-sky thing that someone has given such a nice name to their child now?

Zhu Tiesheng was cheeky and said to Li Huaishu: "This son is a scholar at first glance, I don't know if you can please choose a name for your child, so that the child can be exposed to your talent." ”

Li Huaishu said that the child was delivered by Xue Mingcan, and asked Xue Mingcan to choose a name. Zhu Tiesheng turned to Xue Mingcan, and Xue Mingcan thought for a while: "This child was born with a difficult life and his body is weak, so it is better to call it Heavenly Grace, and I wish to inherit Heavenly Grace." ”

Zhu Tiesheng recited "Zhu Tianen" a few times, and slapped his big hand and said hello. Then he asked Li Huaishu to help his eldest daughter come up with a name, so "Zhu Daya" came out.

Li Huaishu had also named many of the slaves in his family before today, and this matter was simply not a problem today. But the children of the old Zhu family have been envious of the "big girls, second girls, and big pillars" in the village since then.