There is a place about two or three days away from Xijing City, and it is an endless mountain.

Somewhere in the mountains, in a depression, there was a small courtyard. The newly covered grass on the roofs of the thatched houses that looked to be some years old was still glowing golden, and not a single straw stick or gravel could be seen in the thorn-enclosed courtyard.

There is a bit of well-groomed land in the backyard, planted with garlic sprouts, shallots, greens, and a few pumpkins, and a few large pumpkins that are already turning yellow hanging from the pumpkin vines. A few chickens leisurely dig through the dirt inside, and from time to time make a few cooing sounds.

Xia Ruixi lives here now. She didn't know how Ou Qingjin found this place and when she started to get it. Although there are only three or four thatched huts, the utensils and furnishings in them are no different from ordinary mountain houses, but they are all comfortable and clean.

In the middle room, which was larger, the maternity bag prepared by Xia Ruixi, as well as the child and her usual clothes, were placed on the head of the bed. There were some copper coins and broken silver hidden in the clay pot under the bed, and gold and silver were buried in the vegetable field. Xia Ruixi felt sad when she thought of this, because in the future, she might take her children to rely on these cold things for the rest of her life, instead of Ou Qingjin's warm and powerful arms and shoulders.

Hua Laohu pointed to the steep cliff opposite and mysteriously told Xia Ruixi that there was still a house on it, and there was a lot of grain hidden in the cellar, bacon, wind chicken, oil, sugar, salt, in short, enough for them to eat for a long time.

She was too heavy to walk such a steep mountain road, and when she had given birth to the child, they could move to the cliff, where it was better to live and more secluded.

Xia Ruixi sat under the eaves, built a pergola with her hands and looked at the opposite side, the white-flowered cliff reflected the sunlight, stabbing her eyes and her heart even more.

After drinking a bowl of soup brought to her by Ou Qingjin that day, she only remembered that her eyelids were heavy and she just wanted to sleep. Ou Qingjin said something to her, and every sentence seemed to float in the distance, vague and unreal.

She only remembered that he said that she should wait for him, and she didn't hear anything else.

When she woke up, there was a peculiar smell on her body, in fact, it was very smelly, she was wearing a coarse cloth dress, and the coarse cloth cloth wrapped around her head covered half of her face, and under her was a rattling ox cart, the old ox pulling the cart was slow, but the cart walked very steadily. The driver was the Flower Tiger, who wore coarse cloth clothes and straw sandals.

If someone asked, Hua Laohu pretended to mysteriously say that she had liver disease and would be sent back to her hometown to die, and exaggerated her belly: "Look at that belly, what has become of it?" ”

When those people looked at Xia Ruixi, they had a little more sympathy and taboo. Xia Ruixi raised her hand to look, and sure enough, her skin was showing an abnormal golden yellow, coupled with puffiness, saying that she didn't believe it if she didn't have a patient. She guessed that it probably couldn't escape the medicine that Ou Qingjin fed her.

When there was no one, she also asked where the others had gone and what happened to the Ou family. Hua Laohu swept over, I don't know, I just know to ensure your safety.

He pointed to Wang Zhou, who had already brought the child here and waited: "Her task is to let you give birth to the child safely and help you take care of the child." Then he looked at her: "Your task is probably to have a good baby." ”

When asked again, he was annoyed: "I'm not clairvoyant, how can I know what's going on in Xijing City?" Anyway, when I left, everything was fine, and the fourth young master was also very good. Didn't he tell you to wait for him? You just wait, why so many words. Don't ask me why he doesn't go with you, you're his wife, but his father and mother are still there. ”

Xia Ruixi was so choked by him that she couldn't find anything to say, and after sulking for a while, she took the initiative to adjust her mood, not wanting her child to be affected by her emotions.

Wang Zhou couldn't find words to comfort her, but told her very plainly that her belly was pointed and firm, and she must be a son. He also told her that her delivery skills are well-known in ten miles and eight towns, and there are hundreds of children delivered under her, and there have never been any problems, so Xia Ruixi must rest assured.

Wang Zhou's ability to deliver babies or a good hand, she never knew, but Ou Qingjin knew, probably Hua Lao told him, right? Thinking of Ou Qingjin's thoughtful arrangements for her, Xia Ruixi couldn't help but smile, and set her eyes on the road leading to the mountain depression, when would he appear from there?

It's a big mountain. The jungle is dense, the terrain is dangerous, and at the same time, it is also very remote and inhospitable. As far as the eye can see, there are cliffs full of white flowers, and some families live on high and steep cliffs.

In the words of Hua Laohu, when the chickens that had been locked up all night were released in the morning, the chickens were dizzy with joy, and rushed out violently, and as a result, they rushed directly down the cliff, and the family had to eat chickens even if they were reluctant to eat chickens.

It's not that she hasn't thought about the circumstances under which her child will be born. Even if she was born in prison, or in the wilderness, or on the way to escape, she was mentally prepared.

She just didn't expect that when her child was about to be born, Ou Qingjin, Chun'er, Liang'er, Second Mrs. Ou, Mrs. Xia, none of these familiar people were around. Thinking of the future, thinking of Ou Qingjin, she was lonely and worried.

In front of her at any time, only the black face and white teeth of the tiger flower, the taciturn face of Wang Zhou, and the saliva of the little yellow that often drips old and shines like spider silk.

Little Yellow is more than a year old and can walk, but he can't speak yet, no matter whether he is happy or not, he will only shout stupidly: "Ah! Yes! ”

He likes Xia Ruixi very much, when Hua Lao Hu went around the mountains and forests to open up wasteland, Wang Zhou was busy preparing meals, or working in the fields, he was dangling in front of Xia Ruixi, making him look like a little mud monkey all day long.

Occasionally, he would grab a big fat worm writhing in his hand and show it to Xia Ruixi excitedly, which scared her into screaming, and he laughed again. will also pick up an ugly, dusty stone or chicken hair on the ground and put it in Xia Ruixi's hand, saliva dripping onto her palm, and then look at her flatteringly and smile.

Xia Ruixi took a small piece of candy from the small rattan box on the table and handed it to him, the size of the sugar was just enough for him to lick a few licks, and it would not slip into his throat and choke.

At this time, the little yellow will shine in its black and white eyes, and excitedly tugging at Xia Ruixi's sleeve and shouting: "Ah! Yes! It is also mixed with the impure "Mother! ”

Hearing the sound, Wang Zhoushi would run in with a roar, pull him away, and look apologetically at the distinct finger prints on Xia Ruixi's sleeves: "Young grandma, it's really ...... Don't get used to him, this candy is reserved for you to have children. ”

Xia Ruixi patted his sleeves with a smile: "You wash the left and right, don't be afraid." I can't eat much sugar alone, and I'm happy to be able to make my child happy. ”

Wang Zhou rubbed his hands awkwardly, not knowing what to say. It's just that when I do things, I will work extra hard, and the food served will try to change my style. As soon as I was free, I worked needlework.

The days during the day are fine, but every night, the autumn night in the mountains is very cold, and there is always a lack of someone around, and the hands and feet are a little cold. Although she was worried and scared, she always comforted herself and believed that Ou Qingjin would be fine.

The days flew by, this morning, Hua Laohu was chopping wood, Wang Zhou was preparing breakfast, and Xia Ruixi was sitting in the yard to help choose the garlic seedlings to be used for stir-frying at noon.

An unusual pain suddenly came from her abdomen, as if it was a menstrual cramp, but it was different, and soon cold sweat soaked her autumn clothes.

When Wang Zhou heard the sound, he hurriedly threw down the work in his hand and ran out: "Isn't it still four or five days away?" How did it get ahead? ”

Xia Ruixi didn't care about answering, it was normal to retreat a few days in advance.

But Wang Zhou didn't want her to answer, just said a few words to herself. Wang Zhou first beckoned Hua Lao Hu to help Xia Ruixi to the back room, and then asked Hua Lao Hu to boil water, while she herself was busy preparing the things for the delivery, and at this time, Xia Ruixi's delivery bag collected in advance played a key role.

Wang Zhoushi washed his hands and was about to put his hand into Xia Ruixi's skirt to probe, Xia Ruixi pointed to the bottle of liquor embarrassedly and said, "You wipe your hands with that, wipe me there again, and then see." Also, remember to boil the scissors in boiling water for a quarter of an hour. ”

Wang Zhou was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Xia Ruixi's serious appearance, he felt that Xia Ruixi probably thought she was dirty, so he silently did as he said. After probing, she said with confidence: "Eat something first and wait, there will be some time." If you can't stand the pain, you can shout. Then he washed his hands and beat the eggs, and let the tiger slaughter the chicken and make soup and wait.

Xia Ruixi endured it and didn't shout, she felt that she had to maintain her strength. Although she didn't want to eat sugar water and eggs at all, she still endured and ate a big bowl of it all, no caesarean section, no oxytocin, no doctor, no Ou Qingjin, she could only rely entirely on herself, as well as Wang Zhou's.

Wang Zhou watched Xia Ruixi eat, sat and waited for a long time before saying, "It's almost." The second time she saw how much the palace entrance was opened, she didn't need Xia Ruixi's instructions, she wiped her hands with spirits first.

Several times, Xia Ruixi felt that he couldn't hold on, and he only felt that the most painful thing in life was nothing more painful. She didn't know how to exert herself, and when Wang Zhou asked her to exert herself, she gritted her teeth and broke the railing at the head of the bed.

Wang Zhou was taken aback by Xia Ruixi, she felt that these young grandmothers were usually pampered, and their body bones were definitely not good, who knew that they could break the bed railing. She was afraid that Xia Ruixi would not be able to endure this hardship and would not be able to hold on, so she kept comforting Xia Ruixi: "Si Shao said that the height is these two days, he must have come here, maybe it is on the road at this time, you have to hold on." ”

Xia Ruixi kept nodding, her mind was messy, what Wang Zhoushi said, in fact, she couldn't listen to it, she only felt annoyed, and she didn't want to shout, she just wanted to be relieved. Except for the pain, she didn't take anything else to heart, and she forgot to be afraid, and she just thought madly, it would be good to end it soon, and end it soon.

It wasn't until the loud baby cry that Xia Ruixi breathed a sigh of relief, and her only thought at that time was "finally relieved"

Actually, Xia Ruixi was very lucky, probably because of the results of paying attention to diet and strengthening exercise, the child did not torture her much. From the labor pain to the child's head coming out, it only took more than four hours. When the child was brought out, the afterglow of the sun shone through the window, and the room was much brighter.

Wang Zhoushi happily hugged the child and showed her: "Congratulations to the fourth young grandmother, she is really a little young master, she looks very thoughtful, and she must be a blessed person with a fat head and big ears." ”

This is a meeting between mother and son, the child's hair is yellow and sparse, the eyebrows don't look very good, the small eyes are closed, there are few eyelashes, the left hand is clenched into a small fist and put it to the mouth, the ears are hairy and a layer of fetal hair, the skin is not too wrinkled, but it doesn't look good or bad, but it is very quiet. The body size is not large, Xia Ruixi estimates that it is only about three kilograms, which is probably the reason why she is better at production.

As long as the health is normal, whether it looks good or not is secondary. Xia Ruixi took two breaths and instructed Wang Zhou's to wash his hands and disinfect and cut the umbilical cord for the child.

Wang Zhoushi scooped up the scissors, Xia Ruixi endured the pain, asked her to light the lamp, bake the scissors on the lamp, take the bottle of spirits and wipe the scissors with the clean cotton in the production bag, and then wipe the part of the umbilical cord on the child to be cut.

If there is a shortage of medical treatment and medicine, it is always safer to have a few more protective procedures. Xia Ruixi's biggest fear is tetanus, but at this time, there is no tetanus vaccine to inject children, once infected, it is almost 100% mortal.

Wang Zhou felt that Xia Ruixi had a lot of things, he had given birth to two children, and he didn't have a stable mother-in-law, but his mother-in-law took care of him. And then there are many mothers and children under her own hands, she is quite particular, and she also washes her hands with scissors. Some people don't wash their hands at all, and they don't have clippers at home, so they use stubble to cut the umbilical cord for their children. If the child is raised, that's good, if he can't raise it well, it means that he has no fate with the family.

But she didn't dare not listen to Xia Ruixi, for fear that if something happened in the future, she would take responsibility for complaining, so she still did as she said.

After cutting the umbilical cord, Wang Zhoushi picked up a cloth towel and wiped it for the child, and he was about to wrap it.

Xia Ruixi said: "Don't be busy, scrub the child." "When I came out of the birth canal, the amniotic fluid, the blood, everything, if I didn't wash it, it would be dirty and dead.

Wang Zhou wanted to say that the child would not be washed until three days later, but looking at Xia Ruixi's stubborn and irrefutable appearance, he sighed and did as he was told.

Xia Ruixi was a little uneasy, endured watching Wang Zhou's scrubbing the child, and stared at her hand: "Hold his neck with your hand, don't touch his umbilical cord, yes, pay attention to the water and don't splash it." Well, take another clean cloth towel from the bag and wipe him with water, yes, take the bandage from the bag and gently tie it to his navel, that's it, the diaper is there, take the powder blue bed and wrap him up. Tie loosely, not too tightly. Well, it's okay, bring him to me. ”

"The young grandmother knows a lot, and she knows how to take care of the child." Wang Zhou smiled and cleaned up Xia Ruixi's body, changed the sheets and bedding, and then went to clean the house. There was a big smell of blood in the house, and I don't know how many days it would take to dissipate.

Wang Zhou was thinking about this problem, and Xia Ruixi said again: "Open the window a crack to disperse the smell, right?" ”

Wang Zhoushi was surprised and refused: "No, you will get confinement disease after the cold wind blows." ”

Xia Ruixi shook his head: "It doesn't matter, if you open a slit, you can't blow it on me." Go to this smell, I'm going to be swoken. ”

Still that stubborn, Wang Zhou was very embarrassed, and finally opened the window a little crack, and then looked back at Xia Ruixi, only to see that she had endured the pain and put the child on her chest, pulled his little ears, woke him up, and tried to let him suck a mouthful of colostrum.

Wang Zhou sighed and went out to serve chicken soup, she hadn't found that this fourth young grandmother was so calm in trouble, so stubborn and strong, it hurt like that, she didn't cry, she didn't cry, she didn't have a tear, and she didn't call Ou Qingjin's name.