"Keep it small!"

Thunder and rain poured down.

The voices are loud, so it's not noisy.

The Zhen family was in a mess, several maids and daughters-in-law went in and out, and the two experienced women were helpless.

Inside, a young woman's belly bulged and her hair was tossed with sweat.

The face that poured out all beings, distorted by pain. Ivory dress, already soaked with amniotic fluid and blood.

The hands, which were originally maintained like white porcelain, clenched out green tendons, and their nails scratched on the mattress, and they were forced to split and break out the bloody marks.

The woman did not dare to cry out loud for fear that she would lose her strength. But even so, the child in the womb still refused to come out.

A white-haired old woman on crutches, braving the wind and rain, hurried in the midst of a group of subordinates: "They all said that they were hiding from the fourth daughter-in-law, where did the news leak..."

The female envoy who talked back and forth made a great fortune, looked at the master's face in the blink of an eye, and replied cautiously: "Old lady, there is a funeral in the house, such a big scene, if you want to hide it, you can't hide it." ”

When Mrs. Hu heard this, she immediately threw her crutches and fell to the ground, ignoring her previous demeanor and demeanor, and howled loudly.

Everyone saw the old bark-like face with ravines and ravines, and they didn't know whether it was rain or tears.

"It's all my sin, I wanted to let the old four go in a beautiful way, how could I even burden the old four daughters-in-law, if their mother and son have three long and two short, my wife will die, and I won't have a face to see people in the underworld!"

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Old lady, the master is not at home, you are the backbone of our family, don't have three long and two short." ”

This toss faintly blocked the door of the delivery room.

There were seven or eight stable women around the delivery bed. A few feet square in the land of projectiles, a few mothers-in-law, you are next to me, and I am in the way of you.

But human lives are at stake, and no one can make up their minds.

A stable woman tried to go out sideways by carrying water, and before she stepped into the courtyard gate, she was hurriedly stopped by Mrs. He's mother beside her: "How is it?" Can you give birth? ”

Wen Po was accustomed to such a scene, and shook her head: "The child's month is not enough, and the mother fell again, and happened to hit the steps, although her life can be saved, but ...... The location is no longer right. ”

As she spoke, sweat dripping from her chin: "That's it, Dr. Chen is a gynecological holy hand, and he is fifty percent sure that the needle will be shifted." ”

"It's just that he came too late, and the amniotic fluid flowed too much, and he was already going to..."

She lowered her head, secretly raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Tai's face, cleared her throat, and pondered for a while: "The child was born prematurely and weak, even if she is born, she may not be able to survive, but your daughter-in-law is in good health..."

"Keep it small!" Hu Shi was categorical, and knocked the crutches on the ground with a shocking sound: "The fourth child is gone, and the fourth room is so little bit of blood and bones, is it possible, I, as a mother, have to watch him become an heir!" ”

Wen Po is also a woman who has given birth to a child, although she can understand Mrs. Hu's eagerness to look forward to her grandson, she is still a little unbearable: "It's been three hours, and the mother is still hanging with ginseng soup, but I'm afraid that she doesn't have the strength to give birth to a child." ”

Hearing the ginseng soup, Mrs. Hu's face showed a trace of hideousness: "You can't plane it raw." ”

"Disembowelment, it's not like you haven't done it."

The woman was so frightened that the basin of water fell, and the blood was dripping in the courtyard, exuding an ominous smell.

"Well, that's for animals, it's for people! A living human life! Folk women, folk women don't dare! ”

Mrs. Tai raised her crutches and pointed at people: "What nonsense, procrastinate, you want to suffocate my precious grandson in his mother's belly?" ”

Seeing that Wen Po was standing like a wood, Mrs. Hu's eyes flashed with a gleam.

She sent someone down, summoned her maidservant He's mother, and motioned for her to put it to her ear.

"Bring me the medicine under my jewelry box."

"Old lady!" Mother He clenched her sleeves tightly, her face unbearable.

She is the Hu family's dowry maid and knows the roots.

Hu is different from ordinary women, I heard that back then, in Cining Palace, she served the first queen mother.

This dynasty treats the palace people well, and those who are old are willing to stay.

The Hu family was released, and with the money he had saved over the years, he married into the Zhen family in style.

That medicine was the prescription used by the nobles when she was in the palace.

Although it is symptomatic and dystocia, it is a real medicine for tigers and wolves.

It is said that women should not use safflower, but this medicine is supplemented by safflower. It is intended to use the blood to urge the fetus to go down together.

Whether the child can be saved or not is another matter, but the mother will inevitably bleed heavily.

At that time, Zhen Zhixiang's mother-in-law in the fourth room was sent to the West with this medicine by the Hu family, who was still the housekeeper's daughter-in-law.

Zhen Zhixiang's biological mother is a son of a good family, and her father and brother are dead, and only her cousin Mrs. Zhen is a relative, who came to defect.

At that time, Mrs. Zhen had already married the Hu family.

Hu Shi saw that Miss Biao was an orphan girl who had no way out, so he coaxed her in and made a small child.

The Hu family is strict on weekdays, and even the maid is not allowed to serve the old lady.

When he took a concubine for his husband, he was by no means kind.

Although the young lady of the Zhen family is an orphan girl, her ancestors are really big families. There is a Zhuangzi in those shops, which is the support of her father and brother. is to go to her relatives, she is dressed from head to toe, not to mention the gold and jade, it is completely the style of the rich lady.

The Zhen family's cousin is gone, and her dowry naturally does not fall, and it all goes into the Hu family's pocket.

Zhen Zhixiang, the child who was desperately born, has always regarded Hu as his biological mother and devoted himself to filial piety.

Hu wanted to go to his mother and son again, apparently because he had eaten this sweetness.

The daughter-in-law in the fourth room was married when he went to Beijing to take the exam, and he only said that he was the daughter of the same classmate, but it happened that his son-in-law caught him.

According to Hu's understanding of the dynamics in Beijing, this person who can go to the bottom of the list to catch his son-in-law is not a big family.

Marrying relatives without telling the family, only one letter, in the eyes of the world, can be regarded as a great unfilial piety.

As soon as the bride arrived home, she said that she was pregnant, and she had only served tea, and then she was shut up in her room and never seen again.

Hu was suspicious that Zhen Zhixiang knew something.

The fourth room has never passed her hand, if she goes to Bai Yujing, she can participate in a major crime of unfilial piety in the "Ten Evils". Hu Shi pinched the handle and took a closer look. Back then, I did things by myself, and I felt that there was no doubt.

only said to the outside world that she had acted cheaply when she went out, and everyone only thought that she deliberately covered up for her unfilial son for the peace of the house.

It's just that later, the bride was outside, holding her stomach, and built a five-entry blue brick and tile house, which was more magnificent than the Zhen family.

Hu Shi saw that the bride was shirking day by day, and did not come to say hello, seeing that it was the rhythm of separating the family.

The incident twenty years ago was pressed in my heart, and Hu's suspicion was better than day by day, and every time I saw an official errand, I was always worried.

She thought that she was not an ordinary woman, but at this time, she was inexplicably bold, and she simply did not do anything.

Anyway, this daughter-in-law never mentioned her mother's family, so it can be seen that she is not a scholarly family or a century-old family.

Hu's cheap daughter-in-law has a beautiful and moonlight appearance, which is by no means something that a small family can raise. In addition, the food and clothing on weekdays are extraordinary, but he never goes through the accounts of the public school, and he is probably a businessman.

At that time, the trend of marrying was prevalent, and the merchants were even more so.

Hu Shi calculated, after more than ten or twenty years, he would stuff his grandson to his parents' relatives, and said to the outside world that Zhang Luo had used up all the money for the marriage, but he was just a left-handed hand-to-right-handed.

When the time comes, even if the old man takes stock in person, he will never be able to find fault with her Hu family.

Thinking of this, she was ruthless and ordered her mother-in-law to burn the brazier more vigorously.

I was afraid that the fourth daughter-in-law would bleed hemorrhage, so I naturally didn't dare to burn too much. Now that I've made up my mind, I'm just looking at the small ones.

A basin of blood and water came out, and Hu pinched the rosary and the old god was there, as if he was chanting and praying for the mother.

Today, she is busy with her daughter-in-law, and she can see it inside and out.

"Mrs. Tai, it's born! Raw"

Although there was no cry of a baby in the garden, the maid who announced the good news had already rushed out with a basin.

As soon as the child landed, the little sick cat generally breathed weakly, swollen and purple, and couldn't cry.

"It's raw!" Wen Po shouted inside the door holding the swaddling clothes.

Hu Shi chased to the door and stomped his feet fiercely: "Why is there no sound, is it a man or a woman?" ”

Most of the people in the room hula-la, only the midwife, who was taking the baby, noticed that the mother couldn't stand the wind, and got up to half-cover the window.

With the birth of the child, the wind and rain gradually stopped.

Through a thin layer of wallpaper, you can hear the congratulations in the outer courtyard one after another: "Congratulations to Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Hexi, yes, it is to the dragon and phoenix fetus." ”

Hu Shi was stunned for a moment, two children, two mouths, if you want to raise them to adulthood like children in other rooms...

A boy or a girl, it's easy to handle.

On the contrary, it is the auspicious birth of the dragon and phoenix, which is to be reported to the government and written into the county annals.

If you go too far...

Hu has come to see his daughter-in-law's dowry as something in his pocket. Girls can also be sent to the palace to earn ten taels of silver a month at home.

There are many nobles in the palace and many rules, and if something goes wrong, the little girl will even save the funeral.

Boys are different, if they want to read and write for the imperial examination, paper and pen alone are a lot of expenses.

What's more, the father is not her own son!

If this titular grandson is developed, he may not be able to dig out this old bad debt.

Hu Shi made a look, and her dowry, Mother He, entered the door with understanding.

The next morning, the word spread all over Yunyang City.

Gao, the daughter-in-law of the four-room family of the local wealthy Zhen Yuan, had a miscarriage at her husband's funeral and died of a bloody landslide that night.

It's a pity that there was a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and only one daughter survived.

The clouds are gone, and behind the clouds, there seems to be something flashing in the distant sky.