The days passed quickly, and Liu Meibao's body became heavier and heavier.

"Mrs. Shen help clean up."

Liu Meibao answered, stood in front of the door and reconfirmed that the soldiers had dispersed before entering the front hall.

The hall was in a mess, the dishes and chopsticks were littered, the wine jugs were everywhere, and the young man was busy sweating profusely.

Since a few soldiers had eaten here that day, Zhao Laohan's craftsmanship was recognized by them, so he called friends to come and eat every three or five times, fortunately, two or three times out of ten times to give some money for wine, barely able to keep this restaurant from closing down immediately, and to provide them with more days to enjoy.

"Shen Niangzi, you just clean up the table, and I'll do it below." The young man was busy with a command.

Liu Meibao thanked gratefully, and was cleaning up the door for someone to inquire.

"Guest, what do you want to eat?" The young man hurriedly went to say hello.

"Just have a cup of tea." The visitor said.

The visitor's accent was an obvious Shanxi accent, and Liu Meibao, who was cleaning up, couldn't help but look up and saw that this was a tall and thin man in his forties, carrying a blanket on his back, looking like a businessman.

Sensing that there was someone in the hall, the man also looked over.

Liu Meibao lowered her gaze.

"Auntie, auntie.." The iron spoon ran in from the inside and shouted to Liu Meibao, "Your eldest sister has scratched her hand, go and take a look." ”

Liu Meibao hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand and walked to the back hall.

Hearing the word eldest sister, the man withdrew his gaze from Liu Meibao and sat down with the young man.

“.. Xiao Er, is there a pharmacy here..."

When Liu Meibao walked into the back hall, the man who was listening to the conversation said to the young man in a casual manner, and soon the curtain was lowered to cut off the conversation inside.

It's not that people with Shanxi accents have never met her, but she doesn't dare to go forward at will to recognize her fellow countryman, who knows if this fellow is an enemy or a friend, not to mention that this is in Li Changsan's territory, Liu Meibao threw away her mind and looked at Lu Fang.

Lu Fang didn't have a big deal, but he accidentally fell while carrying water. It was a scratch of skin, but it did hurt for a four or five-year-old.

"Dandan is so good, braver than the iron spoon, the iron spoon broke his scalp last time and cried like a big water.. Look at us Dandan, not a single tear has been shed.." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile while scrubbing him carefully.

Lu Fang sat on the ground, his mouth tight. His eyes were wide open, and he didn't say a word.

The iron spoon that followed Liu Meibao showed an unconvinced expression.

Liu Meibao thanked Mrs. Zhao and stroked her son's head.

"Mother knows that you want to help, but you have to do what you can, otherwise, not only will you not be able to help, but you will also cause trouble." After Mrs. Zhao left, she hugged Lu Fang and smiled, "Don't carry water next time, wait for you to grow up." ”

Lu Fang nodded.

"Does it hurt?" Liu Meibao kissed his forehead and asked.

Lu Fang nodded again, and his eyes were red at this time. Tears swirled.

"When it hurts, you cry, and when you cry, it doesn't hurt. It's okay, cry when it's time to cry. Liu Meibao smiled and kissed him again, holding him in the crook of her arm.

Lu Fang snuggled up to his mother.

"Daddy doesn't want us anymore—" he whispered suddenly.

Liu Meibao reached out and grabbed him tighter.

"No, he just can't find us, we've hidden it so well that he can't even find it." She chuckled under her breath, looked down at her son and said seriously. "Xiaochuan, how much you miss your father, how much your father misses you."

Lu Fang nodded. A bit of gloom in his eyes was swept away.

"I know, when my mother gives birth to my little brother, we can go to find my father." He whispered with a smile.

Liu Meibao smiled and said yes, comforted her son for a moment, she went to the front hall to clean up again, and saw that the man with a Shanxi accent who ate tea and soup had left.

"Is that person from Shanxi?" She hesitated and couldn't help but ask.

"Probably." The young man cleaned up the table neatly, "Who knows, ask me where there is a pharmacy, it is estimated that I am sick and looking for a doctor, where do we still have a serious doctor here, either he died or ran away early....."

Liu Meibao sighed, looked out of the door for a while, and then went on.

In the blink of an eye, in August, it became uneven again, and it seemed that the officers and soldiers were fighting again, and more than half of the people in the city had run away, who knew if they would be arrested and used as city wall mats when the fight started.

No one came to eat in Zhao Laohan's restaurant, and the door was closed every day.

"Shen Niangzi, you really don't want to go with us?" Zhao Niangzi took Liu Meibao's hand and asked.

Liu Meibao looked at her tall belly and smiled bitterly.

There is still a way to live here, if you flee with others, and give birth to a child in the chaotic situation in the wilderness, it is estimated that there is only a dead end.

Zhao Niangzi also obviously understood, and sighed.

She looked at Liu Meibao, who was obviously about to give birth, and then looked at Lu Fang, who was snuggling up to Liu Meibao.

"You guys... It's big, it's small." She looked restless.

"Auntie, go quickly, I've been taken care of by you a lot these days." Liu Meibao smiled at her and shook Zhao Niangzi's hand, "I'm here to guard your home, and you'll come back when it's too peaceful." ”

Zhao Niangzi's tears couldn't help but fall.

"Big lady, don't say this, you saved my man at the beginning." She choked up.

"Auntie, there are more people in this world who save people, and there is no one who can be rewarded, not to mention that when this army is in chaos and the children are eaten, you and your wife are my benefactors Shen Liu Mei's benefactors and reborn parents." Liu Meibao couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke, she really felt that since she came to this world, she had met all the good people and kind-hearted people along the way, did God make up for the regret of losing her mother when she was young? She is truly grateful for God's kindness.

Liu Meibao pushed Lu Fang beside him, "My body is inconvenient, so let Dandan kowtow for me."

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Niangzi.

Mrs. Zhao burst into tears and hurriedly pulled her up.

"Let's go, it's even more difficult to go when it's dark...."Zhao Laohan leaned in from outside the door and urged.

Iron Spoon also leaned in and looked at Lu Fang.

"Let's go." Liu Meibao wiped her tears, pushed Zhao Niangzi and said.

Zhao Niangzi turned around to leave, and felt that Liu Meibao's hand holding her arm suddenly became hard.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

A reluctant smile appeared on Liu Meibao's face.

"It's okay, be careful on your way." She said in a trembling voice.

Zhao Niangzi looked at her, and Zhao Laohan was urging outside.

"Are you going to give birth?" She suddenly shouted.

As soon as these words came out, adults and children were taken aback and stared at Liu Meibao.

"No. No, auntie, don't worry about it, it won't be until next month, so let's go. She smiled and forcefully withdrew the hand that was on Zhao Niangzi's arm.

Seeing that her smile was as usual, Zhao Laohan didn't ask any more questions and glared at the old woman.

"Let's go." He urged in a low voice. Pick up the iron spoon and turn to stroll.

The iron spoon broke away from his hand, took a few steps in, stuffed something into Lu Fang's hand, and ran away again.

Lu Fang looked down and saw that it was a pomegranate.

There are only two children in the family, Iron Spoon and Lu Fang, who are also of the same age, but they don't play together, in the words of Iron Spoon, he is a man, how can he play with the girl, and Lu Fang naturally won't play with other children.

In fact, this child cares about this "sister" from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you, brother." Liu Meibao said.

Lu Fang glanced at the iron spoon, lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Zhao Niangzi turned around and walked out. Liu Meibao gave her two steps, and then stood still. He only waved his hand and told them to be careful, and watched the old couple pull the child out of the yard slowly.

"Dan, go and help my mother boil hot water.." Liu Meibao said suddenly.

Lu Fang was looking at the pomegranate in his hand, and glanced at his mother with some surprise when he heard this, seeing that his mother's face turned pale, and sweat broke out on her head in August.

"Mother." He shouted loudly and grabbed Liu Meibao's hand.

Labor pains hit. Liu Meibao's body trembled.

"Xiaochuan, don't be afraid, my mother is going to give birth to a little brother. Listen, go boil the water first, and then plug the door...."She took a few deep breaths and said to Lu Fang.

She couldn't panic, if she panicked, Lu Fang would be even more scared.

Lu Fang's eyes were round, his little face was tense and nervous, and tears were rolling in his eyes, but they never fell.

He nodded heavily and ran quickly towards the kitchen.

Liu Meibao gritted her teeth and walked to the house, everything was prepared early, including children's quilts and diapers, she made the bed and took the futon, lit the brazier, and brought shochu scissors.

"Mother, I boiled water." Lu Fang stomped in and said.

"Let's go and put the door against the table." Liu Meibao said.

The labor pain was accompanied by more pain when she walked, and she gasped from time to time, but she still insisted on taking steps.

In this way, the uterine opening can be opened faster, it's okay, she is the second child, she must be very good.

Lu Fang was too small to make any effort to move the table, so he could only move the bench on the side.

Liu Meibao took a lot of effort to put the table against the door, and then the labor pain became more and more severe, she only felt a churning in her stomach, turned around and lowered her head and vomited.

Lu Fang's little nerves finally burst, and he cried loudly, and rushed over to hug Liu Meibao's legs.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, Xiaochuan, this is normal, it's the reaction of the little brother, stimulating the stomach..."

was in chaos, and the door was slammed, startling the mother and son.

At this time, it was already dark, and the streets were constantly running, and the noise of adults crying and children screaming had fallen silent.

"It's us." Aunt Zhao's voice sounded.

Liu Meibao was very surprised.

"Open the door." Aunt Zhao urged outside.

Could it be that there is no way out there? Liu Meibao guessed, forcefully moved the table, and opened the door a crack.

Aunt Zhao squeezed in first, and then Zhao Laohan also came in with an iron spoon.

"Can't you walk outside?" Liu Meibao looked at them and asked.

Aunt Zhao didn't pay attention to him, and Zhao Laohan closed the door first, moved all the tables over, and blocked the door tightly.

"You go boil water and cook." Then she instructed Zhao Laohan.

Liu Meibao looked at her in a daze, tears suddenly flowed down, she didn't cry when she was in such pain, but at this time she couldn't help it anymore.

"Auntie, why do you bother—" she choked up.

"Life and death are fate, the life of my old man is given by you, if we leave like this, God will punish us." Aunt Zhao said with plastic surgery, and grabbed Liu Meibao's arm, "Old woman, I have given birth to six children myself, and you have given birth to yourself, not the firstborn child, come, don't be afraid, follow me into the house, this child will be born safely..."