Jin Xiaoju is in full swing on the ninth day of the seventh lunar month. After breakfast that morning, Xu Zhiguo went to work again as usual, Jin Xiaoju went out of the yard to take out the garbage with her stomach, and when she came back, she felt a faint pain in her stomach. She walked home with support, and her stomach tightened and ached. So she began to sit in the kitchen and called He Xianxiang. He Xianxiang went to the pig house to feed the pigs with water, and only Fang Caili was at home. Jin Xiaoju's name was Fang Caili, and at first Fang Caili ignored her, thinking that Jin Xiaoju was asking her to help her do something. Later, when I saw Jin Xiaoju's forehead sweating profusely, I seemed to understand what was going on. So Fang Caili shouted loudly in the courtyard: "Everyone come here, Yun Qin's mother is about to give birth!" With such a loud call, Zhang Xueyun and Fang Caihe's mother and daughter were the first to hear it, and they all rushed over immediately. Fang Yunxing's mother Li Zhutao (Zhangshupo), his wife Wu Meiying and Fang Caiyu, who live in the north on the opposite side, also heard the sound and all ran over to help. More than a dozen children in the courtyard also hula and squeezed into the room to watch the excitement. He Xianxiang went home and rushed over directly with his burden. Li Zhutao asked several young women to help Jin Xiaoju lie down on the bed, and she told Fang Caihe to call Wang Shuifen, the doctor and midwife in the next village. In order to save time, she specially instructed Fang Caihe to ask Li Kemin to ride a bicycle and take her there. On the other hand, he instructed Zhang Xueyun and He Xianxiang to boil some boiling water for later use. He also instructed his daughter-in-law Wu Meiying to go to Xu Zhiguo and go home. She took Fang Caiyu to stand beside Jin Xiaoju to observe Jin Xiaoju's development, while taking a hot towel to wipe her sweat constantly, comforting her softly, and gently massaging her belly with her hands.

Fang Caihe pulled her husband who got up and urged: "Kemin, you hurry up and help Xiaoju go and call Dr. Wang, she is about to give birth." Li Kemin rolled out of bed when he heard this, and went over to tow the bicycle without even having time to put on his shoes, Fang Caihe scolded him: "What are you panicking, you just have to put on your clothes and shoes, and I will help you carry the bicycle out of the house." ”

The children surrounded more and more, Li Zhutao stopped them from going out, saying that children could not be seen here, and the children were driven out by adults and clapped their hands and stomped their feet and kept coaxing: "Oh! Oh! Xiao Ju gives birth to a little doll, Xiao Ju wants to give birth to a little doll. Xu Yunqin was so angry that he clenched his fists and wanted to hit someone.

Li Kemin rode towards Xia Tian Village, which was two miles away from Shanghu Village. Fang Caihe urged Li Kemin vigorously: "Can you step faster, what if Xiaoju is born now?" Li Kemin was dissatisfied with his wife's constant urging, so he said, why don't you come and ride?" Fang Caili punched Li Kemin's back and said, "Don't be sarcastic, you know that I can't ride, and you still embarrass me like this, do you mean to beg for a fight?" The two of them arrived at Xiatian Village noisily early, and as soon as they inquired at the entrance of the village, someone volunteered to lead the way to Dr. Wang. Fortunately, Dr. Wang happened to be at home again, so Kemin drove Dr. Wang over first, and Fang Caihe walked back slowly. When Xu Zhiguo was found home by Wu Meiying, Jin Xiaoju was rolling in pain on the bed, and several young and powerful women were pressing her shoulders and feet, and said softly: "Xiaoju, you have to endure it, don't turn it, it's hard to press the child in your belly." Jin Xiaoju bared her teeth and shouted: "It hurts me to death, I have been born many times, and this one who owes me debts makes me half dead." Li Zhutao persuaded: "Xiaoju, you can bear it a little longer, Doctor Wang will be here soon, she has a way to make you not hurt, bear with it again, who doesn't feel uncomfortable giving birth to a child." ”

Li Kemin arrived with Dr. Wang. First of all, she asked all these unrelated women to come out, leaving only two young and experienced women as helpers. Fang Caiyu and Wang Biqin were left behind. The king drove out all the others. Zhang Xueyun said dissatisfiedly: "It's not a big deal to have a child, why make such a fuss, think when we had a child, who invited a doctor, it's not a basin of hot water, a pair of scissors can solve it, and now women are so expensive?" ”

Li Zhutao pulled the corner of her clothes and said, "Xue Yun, if you don't say a word, the doctor is not wrong, she doesn't follow our local methods, you have to be particular." Let's not get in her way, and besides, won't she let Caiyu and them stay as helpers? ”

Dr. Wang disinfected towels, scissors, tweezers, washbasins, etc. with alcohol cotton; Blanch the towel with hot water several times. She instructed Wang Biqin and Fang Caiyu on how to disinfect, how to massage pregnant women, and how to help pregnant women prepare soft cotton clothes and pants wrapped in babies. Jin Xiaoju tossed for an hour and successfully gave birth to a black and chubby baby girl, she arranged for Fang Caiyu and Wang Biqin to clean the newborn baby with warm water first, disinfect their tools and instruments again, and then carefully organize and put them into a square leather box. She took Xu Zhiguo's money, instructed Xu Zhiguo to take some precautions, put down some medicine, carried the medicine box and left.

Wang Biqin waited for everyone to leave before saying to Xu Zhiguo: "Zhiguo, you are really blessed, Sister Xiaoju gave birth to a daughter for you again, and you will have pig's feet and trotters to eat in the future." Xu Zhiguo smiled bitterly, scratched his scalp and shook his head and said: "Don't envy me, you see that my eyebrows are tied with sorrow, if you like her, I will give you this little daughter to raise, isn't it better for you to raise it as a daughter-in-law?" ”

Wang Biqin knew that Xu Zhiguo was joking with her, so she said: "Brother Zhiguo, I know that if Xiaoju is born a boy today, you will definitely be unhappy in your heart, give birth to a girl, and secretly enjoy it in your heart, how can you be willing to give away the 'baby'?" ”

Xu Zhiguo seemed to say seriously: "You may think so, but I, Xu Zhiguo, don't think so, I have too many sons and daughters, one more will have one more mouth to eat, how happy do you think I am?" I'm dying of sorrow. ”

When Wang Biqin heard it, what Zhiguo said was not unreasonable. Now, every family does not have an absolute guarantee of food and clothing, so they carefully asked again: "Brother Zhiguo, didn't you joke with me just now?" ”

Xu Zhiguo said: "If you don't believe it, I have no choice, I definitely want to give this little daughter away, you don't want me to have to find another way to go." ”

Wang Biqin was happy in her heart, but she said on the surface: "Zhiguo, you are too ruthless, such a lovely daughter, can you really abandon her ruthlessly?" ”

Xu Zhiguo said expressionlessly: "How many times do you have to say it before you can believe my words?" ”

Wang Biqin laughed so hard that she was about to hold her breath: "Brother Zhiguo, you are a good talker, I will take her away immediately." He turned his head to Jin Xiaoju who was sleeping on the bed and said, "Sister Xiaoju, did you hear Brother Zhiguo's words, am I serious?" ”

Xiao Ju said weakly: "Biqin, you really want my daughter to be your daughter-in-law, if you don't mean it, then you just take her away, and I won't recognize this kiss when I raise it, so as not to hate us in the future." ”

Wang Biqin said happily in her heart: "Sister Xiaoju, you also agree, let me go home and discuss with my husband, and come back to answer you in the evening, okay?" "Zhiguo said, I have no opinion, you go home first and discuss it with your family Yongfu before deciding.

Wang Biqin walked away. Jin Xiaoju complained to Zhiguo: "Zhiguo, this Wang Biqin doesn't turn her brain, let's joke, she really got up, what if she really came over to take our child away?" Xu Zhiguo said: "I'm half-serious and half-lying, if she is really serious, if you agree, you can give it to her to raise, if you don't agree, I will let her take out a sum of money, and she can't afford to pay this money, you just have to rest assured." ”

Jin Xiaoju said, Zhiguo, I don't understand this, our daughter is the flesh of my heart that fell from me, you are so indifferent, don't you have any conscience at all? Xu Zhiguo said helplessly: "What can I do, I only have one pair of hands, now so many mouths are stretched out to eat, drink and wear, I just can't be busy without eating, wearing or sleeping every day, and it's not the right time for this daughter to come." ”

Jin Xiaoju said that you don't raise it, I'll raise it myself, I gave birth to it myself, even if I beg for food, I will carry it on my back. Xu Zhiguo brought a bowl of warm sugar water and handed it to Xiao Ju, and persuaded him: "You sit on your confinement now, don't put other things on your body, worry about this and that." ”

Jin Xiaoju didn't drink sugar water, and said to Xu Zhiguo fiercely: "If Wang Biqin comes over again, you will go straight to the point and tell her that my daughter Jin Xiaoju will raise it myself, so I won't bother her more." Xu Zhiguo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do what you say, do you have anything else to order?" Jin Xiaoju said, "No, I don't want to talk to you for a moment now, don't shake in front of me, I'm dizzy." ”

Xu Zhiguo came out to see that there was no need for him to do work at home, so he instructed his eldest son Yun Qin: "Now that your mother has just given birth to your little sister, don't run around to play, what does your mother need, you help your mother get it, and when your mother has any pain to call, you go and call the neighbor's aunts, aunts, and grandmothers to come over; If you can't do it, go to the reclamation stall in Beishan and call me, have you listened? Xu Yunqin nodded and said, I know, I know!