in spring

Chapter 232 Freshmen
Chunying hurriedly put on a jacket and got out of bed, lit the oil lamp, opened the door and looked out, the other three rooms in the yard were disturbed, Lu Yougui walked out of the door in her clothes and listened carefully, Lu's mother asked behind : "Is the family diagonally across the door crying?"

There was the sound of a dog barking outside, and then someone rushed over, seeming to go to the opposite door, knocking on the door repeatedly and calling: "Zhang's, Zhang's, are you okay?" It was a woman's voice.

The crying stopped immediately, and she said something vaguely, the woman knocked on the door a few times, and then there was the creaking sound of the door opening and closing.The room seemed to be quiet, but occasionally there were a few cries, which vaguely sounded like cries of pain.

Chunying stood at the door for a while, feeling the wind was blowing cold, she quickly retreated into the room and closed the door, shivering and crawled back into bed again.Ten'er muttered and complained a few words, "It's so noisy", and then fell asleep again.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, and the woman who had spoken just now shouted: "Open the door, open the door! Grandpa and grandma, please help me!" The small courtyard was alarmed again.

Chunying couldn't sleep anymore, so she had to get up again, put on her clothes in a hurry, stepped on her shoes and went out to watch.Seeing that Lu Yougui opened the courtyard door, a village woman in her forties wished him a blessing, and said anxiously: "I'm sorry for disturbing you in the middle of the night, Zhang's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, her man I’m not at home, except for our two families, other houses are far away, can I borrow a stove to boil some hot water? And borrow some scissors, white cloth, water basin, etc..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lu Yougui interrupted her: "What did you say? Doesn't her family have this?"

"Her house has only one stove, and the pot is too small to heat it up. I planned to prepare other things, but it's still early. I never thought it would be born now!"

When Chunying heard that it was such an urgent matter, she hurried forward and asked, "Have you asked the doctor to stabilize your wife? She hasn't been in pain for long, right? It's too late to go now!" She remembered that when pregnant women were about to give birth, they would have long labor pains. It takes time to give birth, the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family on the opposite side must have been in severe pain just now, and she can ask for help by the way.

The woman looked at Chunying in surprise, and replied: "I don't think so. I'm afraid she's about to give birth. The doctor is in the town. How can I invite him? There's no need for Mrs. Wen, the villager Old sisters, who hasn’t given birth? Because it’s so close, much closer than my home, so I’m here to borrow a stove.”

What the woman said was true. This area is located in the northwest corner of Zhuangzi. Apart from the warehouse, there are only three families. About 100 meters away, it must be the woman's home, but it is quite far away. If the mother's own stove is really not working, it is not surprising that she asks Lu Wang's family for help.

There was a scream from a woman in the courtyard opposite, the woman was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "I'll go back and have a look, I'll come back later, if your family has given birth, please help me." After saying that, she hurried back up.

It was the first time Chunying encountered this kind of thing, and she didn't know how to react. She looked at her father and said dryly, "Shall we lend it to her? Having a baby is a big deal..."

"Nonsense!" Mother Lu came out with her clothes on, frowning, "We are not farmers here, what does such a thing have to do with us?! Doesn't her house have a pot, stove, scissors, and white cloth? Even if it's too late to prepare, Scissors and a water basin are a must! Babaer came to us to borrow them in the middle of the night, maybe she was reluctant to use her own?!"

Chunying said angrily: "It's not worth anything, why should we be reluctant to part with a few old things? Although we are not from here, we are going to live here for a long time. What good is there to offend the people in the village? Mother, you Treat it as doing a good deed, and make good relations with the people in the village by the way!"

Lu Yougui also said: "Chun'er's words are reasonable, you quickly bring the new scissors and cloth that sister Qiu and his wife brought today, and boil a big pot of water, when you're done with your work, go and make a move."

The Wang family also came out at this time, Second Aunt Wang muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it bad luck to lend her something and get stained with blood later?!" Mouth?!" She was not convinced, and argued: "Most of the things we use are old things collected from the village. If there are any unclean ones, then the pregnant women will use them for good or bad, but we will depend on you! You spend all day Didn’t you suffer from these people when you went out to deal with people?!” Second Uncle Wang remembered the money that was extorted by the people in the village when he bought old furniture during the day, and his face was a little ugly.

Although Chunying was a little displeased when she heard this, she couldn't say anything.Strictly speaking, the Wang family is only distant in-laws, forced by the situation, to live with the Lu family.It's one thing for her to make friends with Shi'er, but she can't make decisions on behalf of Shi'er's family, and she can't offend Shi'er's aunt, so she had to say: "Then lend her our family's? Clean the basin, Use boiling water to scald it, and it will be ready for use.” In ancient times, boiling water was the most convenient disinfectant.

She was busy here, and persuaded her parents to go into the house and put on thick clothes to avoid catching cold. When Aunt Wang saw it, she felt a little embarrassed, so she said to her sister-in-law: "It's not worth much, and I will buy a new one tomorrow." That's it, let's lend it to her house, lest the people in this village know and complain." After finishing speaking, he went back to the house and took out a piece of white cloth, and said to Chunying with a smile: "I just collected it during the day, I originally planned to make some single clothes for the old man and the two young ones, but I will use them now. I will send them over right away." Mother Lu finished dressing and went out with a small bundle, she said hastily after hearing the words "You're going, I'll go with you." Without the reluctance just now, Chunying guessed that her father must have persuaded her.

The two mothers went to the opposite door to help, Chunying was boiling water in the shed, Second Aunt Wang looked at it strangely, she was glared at by her husband again, with a embarrassed face, suddenly heard coughing from the public house, hurriedly Went over to say hello.

Chunying cleaned the basin, scalded it with boiling water, then poured the water in, picked it up and planned to go out.Shi'er put on his clothes and came out, yawning and saying, "Do you still want to burn it? Let me do it." Chunying smiled: "Thank you very much, thank you for your hard work." She rolled her eyes.

Send the hot water to the opposite door, just now the woman happily took it, and thank you again and again.Chunying looked at the house, and saw that there were three adobe houses, with two windows on the north and south, no more than one foot wide and two feet long, with paper pasted on them, old New Year pictures on the walls, tables, chairs, and cabinets. It has been a long time, and a dim vegetable oil lamp is lit on the table. There is a door on the west side with a calico curtain, and there are bursts of crying from inside. The little daughter-in-law seems to be in pain.

Aunt Wang comforted in a low voice: "This is your first child, so it will take some effort. I know you are in pain, so at least bear with it, save some energy and less shouting, and when you are about to give birth, you will use more energy."

The little daughter-in-law cried: "But I am in pain...it hurts to death!!!" cried again.Mother Lu lifted the curtain and came out and said to the woman next door: "This is not a solution. We are trying to talk about it, but she just won't listen. If this goes on, how will we have the strength to look back?!" Turning around and seeing that Chunying was there, she sent her away: " What are you doing here? Girls shouldn't be here, go back quickly!"

"I just brought hot water." Chunying defended, and heard the woman next door say that she was going to invite the mother of the mother who gave birth, but at the same time, she had to find two other women in the village who had midwife experience. Not on the way, can you invite people from their family to go.

Lu's mother said: "Our family has only been here for two days, and we still can't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north. How do we know where her mother's family lives?!"

The woman hurriedly said: "It's very recognizable! It's on the northeast corner of the village, you go straight along the road out of the village, pass through the forest over there, you can see several houses, the first one on the left that is."

Chunying hurriedly said: "I went there once during the day, I'll go look for it. What's her family name?"

The woman was overjoyed: "The surname is Peng, and the name is Peng Laoquan. There is a big stone in front of his house, which looks like a stone mill."

Lu's mother hurriedly grabbed her daughter: "How can you know the way in the middle of the night? Be careful not to fall."

Chunying said: "Don't be careful, I took the lantern to light it." After saying that, he ran home and put on a waistcoat. Seeing that there was no lantern, he took one out of the woodpile and tied it on the other end. The rags were dipped in kerosene, lit to make a torch, and carried out.

Ten'er hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go call for someone, I'll be back soon, don't be too busy boiling water, wait until you have a letter from the door, so as not to waste firewood." After saying that, Chunying went out, and went to the forest according to the impression she had during the day. direction.

It was the time of the Thirteenth Fourteenth, the moon was still bright in the sky, and there was a torch in her hand. Chunying was not very scared, but the road was uneven, and there were stones from time to time, so she walked a little unsteadily.When she got to the front of the forest, she looked at the dark inside, she was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, since the woman said this way, there must be no problem, and the forest is located in the middle of the village, and the range is not large. Big, presumably there will be no danger, so he boldly raised the torch to the front and walked straight in.

All the mulberry trees are planted in the forest, so they don't grow very tall, but the leaves are dense, covering the road ahead.As Chunying walked, she held up the torch so as not to burn the leaves. Slowly, she discovered that there was a fixed path in the forest, and hurriedly walked along the path. After a while, she came out of the mulberry forest, and suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. After looking at a few houses, Chunying knew that she had arrived at her destination.

After finding the Peng's house, Chunying knocked on the door vigorously and woke them up. The old couple of the Peng's family heard that their youngest daughter was about to give birth, so they got dressed in a hurry, and hurried to leave without even closing the door.Chunying was afraid that the old man would fall, so she caught a glimpse of Mrs. Peng's small feet, so she hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and helped her to walk forward with all her strength.Mrs. Peng thanked her, and seeing that Chunying had big feet, she said with a smile: "When the matter is urgent, it shows the benefits of big feet."

Relying on a torch, a group of three stumbled to the place. The small courtyard of the mother's house was already bustling with activity. Three or two women whom they didn't know were busy in the courtyard. Seeing them coming, one of them laughed and said: Speaking of which, Aunt Peng, go in and persuade her, your daughter is very scared for the first time, and she can't help screaming!" While talking, he came to take his hand, and helped Aunt Peng into the room.Chunying was already panting and wiping sweat against the wall.

Back in my yard, all the houses were lit up, and even two torches were inserted in the yard.Two women were helping to boil the water. Aunt Wang dug out a bottle of pills, saying that there were ginseng in it, which was given to the parturient to hold, and it was the most refreshing. She poured out two pills, and one of the women wiped her hands. Wipe it again, holding it carefully like a baby.Shi'er cooked a small pot of porridge, and asked another woman, "What kind of food does Sister-in-law Zhang like to eat? I'll prepare it and send it to her at this time, so that she won't be hungry and lose strength." The uncle and the others got dressed and planned to rush to the town overnight to look for the youngest son of the Zhang family and invite the doctor by the way.

In such a short time, everyone in the village seemed to be in action, even Wang Lu's family was no exception.Chunying watched the people busy, she was moved for some reason, and hurriedly stepped forward to snatch the spoon from Shi'er's hand: "Let me do it, you go back to sleep." To cut red paper.

Zhang's daughter-in-law was in pain for most of the night, and finally gave birth to a pair of twins at dawn, and the mother and child were safe.When every household in the village got the news, they all felt auspicious and came to congratulate them one after another.Even Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Zhao San brought congratulatory gifts to the door respectively.After a while, the youngest of the Zhang family came back, and was very pleasantly surprised. He went home and hugged the child under the congratulations of everyone. He was so happy that he cried, and everyone laughed in good faith.

Chunying and Shi'er didn't go back to their room until dawn and fell asleep for an hour, got up again to wash up, and ran to see the baby. They didn't go home until the mothers urged them repeatedly.Although the body is very tired and the eyelids are tight, the spirits of the two are very excited. Shi'er kept talking about the child's small hands and feet, and Chunying also smirked and agreed, and then argued with her that boys are cuter Girls are cuter, this kind of unnutritious topic.

Mrs. Zhao San heard it when she came in, and laughed at them: "People who don't know, think you are also from this village. Go back and comb your hair, you look like beggars!"

Chunying rubbed her hair embarrassingly, knowing that she was impatient today and combed her hair less carefully than usual, Shi'er grinned and pulled her back to the room, and the two helped each other to comb her hair again.Chunying thought that there was a happy event today, she should wear a silk flower, and was about to ask Shi'er which one was better, when she turned her head and saw her sitting aside in a daze, not speaking, so she asked her what's the matter.

Shi'er smiled, and said: "For some reason, I suddenly felt... Anyway, the third young master didn't take us seriously, and it doesn't matter if we don't go back... The life of this farmer's family... also has its own fun, Yes or no?"

Chunying smiled: "That's right! The third young master doesn't care about us, and we don't care about him!"

Shi'er smiled, quickly snatched the flower from her hand, and put it on her head.

(End of this chapter)