There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 39

Behind Qiaoqiao, the surrounding neighbors also rushed over, some stood outside the gate, and some simply went into the yard to point.

"Father, father..." Qiaoqiao hurriedly opened the door and looked anxiously at Cheng Daman.

"I'm fine." Cheng Daman was surprised when he saw his daughter coming, and hurried to her side and pulled her over, holding her by his side.

Cheng Dagui had fainted and was thrown onto the bed by Cheng Dazhu.There was a lot of blood dripping on the table in front, and it was still dripping down, smelling the faint smell of blood, Qiaoqiao only felt that being in this cramped hut made her want to vomit.

Cheng Dazhu had already roughly bandaged Cheng Dagui's wound just now, except for the cut off little finger of his right hand, the cut wound on his arm was also wrapped up, and all the money they brought with them was given to those few people. He didn't have a penny to pay off his gambling debts, so he naturally couldn't take Cheng Dagui to see a doctor, but as long as his injury stopped bleeding, there was no need to go again.

"Second brother, tell me, hey..." Cheng Dazhu wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth.

Wu has been protecting the two children and hiding in the corner of the house, and he only took a few steps forward: "I have no money to return to you."

"Who wants you to pay it back!" Cheng Daman couldn't help shouting.

"Don't pay it back, lest the pocket money I earned go into his gambling debts." After that, she turned around and said to the two children, a man and a woman behind her, "Go, let's go out, let's go to the kitchen Cook something to eat. Help me."

"The third brother is still in a coma. Watch him carefully. We'll do it after eating." Cheng Dazhu persuaded.

"What time is it? After tossing all morning, he hasn't even drank his saliva. He is desperate and willing to be hacked to death. We can't afford to skip this meal." The relatives of their family were very dissatisfied.

"You mother-in-law, what are you talking about? The third brother is wrong, but if you live your life sincerely and treat him well, he won't be here. When he was young, this child was still very obedient." Cheng Daman roared and said to Wu .

"I don't live my life with sincerity? I don't live my life with sincerity?" Wu looked at Cheng Daman, with hatred in his eyes that couldn't be concealed: "With this kind of scum, who can live with sincerity? You are all farting, you know have no idea?
He thought he was the Guanyin Bodhisattva who rescued the suffering, so he came here casually and threw so much money to pay him off his gambling debts, okay, you can do it, you have money!Then pay it back, next time it’s gone, you guys continue to pay it back!See if he loses money fast in gambling, or you make money fast. "

The more she talked, the more excited she became, and regardless of the people in the yard looking at her, she rushed to the bed where Cheng Dagui was lying, and dragged him off the bed. She was thrown to the ground, moaning in pain.Still feeling puzzled, she stretched out her foot and stepped on him vigorously.

"Okay, you." Cheng Dazhu was also very angry, stepped forward and slapped Wu Shi's face, knocking her back, and took several steps back to stabilize her body.

"Mother..." The two children behind who had been standing blankly without any response finally spoke up and supported Wu Shi.

Seeing the two hungry, sallow, emaciated children with very bad spirits, Cheng Dazhu and his brother also stopped, and their anger turned into a heavy sigh.

"Ah... I'll fight for you." Mrs. Wu roared, and rushed forward like crazy, using both hands and feet. Cheng Daman and Cheng Dazhu brothers couldn't hit her, and it took a lot of effort to forcefully stop her. .

"This, this... what should I do? Hey!" Cheng Dazhu sighed again and again, even ignoring the blood dripping from Wu's scratch on his face, just looking at the dilapidated house and couldn't stop shaking his head.

Cheng Daman also frowned, unable to say a word.

It is a very real saying that it is not necessary to save the poor.

Before the two of them came, they both got trust and took out a lot of savings. Because Cheng Dagui didn't have much money, his gambling capital was not too big. The two of them added up to a total of more than seven taels of silver and gave it all to the debtors. , but those people still chopped off Cheng Dagui's little finger without saying a word, because he was in arrears.

It would be fine for their younger brother to change his ways, but if he continues to gamble, how can the two families have money to pay him off? Even if they have, how can they fill this bottomless pit like this?
For a while, the two brothers could only stand there blankly, not knowing what to do.

"Father, let's go. My sister-in-law just had a stomachache, and she might be about to give birth." Qiaoqiao could understand her father's feelings, but she really didn't want such a completely depraved family to drag down her happy family. I can only make up my mind to see my father's attention shifted to the other side.

"Ah, Jasmine is going to have a baby?" Cheng Daman was really anxious, and he immediately looked at his elder brother.

"Let's go, you go first, and I'll go back right away. Forget it, that's it." Cheng Dazhu waved his hand and moved Cheng Dagui's body into the bed.

"Then I'll go first." Cheng Daman took a last look at his brother and two nephews and nieces, and walked out holding Qiaoqiao's hand.

The two hurried back all the way in a hurry, and when they arrived at the house, there was no rush as expected.

"Are you back?" Ning put down the embroidery work in her hands and walked out, seeing sporadic blood stains on her husband's body, her expression suddenly changed: "What's wrong?"

"I'm fine. Where's Jasmine? Didn't she say she was about to give birth?"

"Oh, it's okay, I just had a stomachache just now, and I rested after lying down for a while, and Wen Po also looked at it, and said that it was only a few days ago." Ning's eyes were still fixed on that day. A large piece of blood persisted, and I was very worried.

"Then you shouldn't let our daughter call me by herself. The place is far away and unsafe. She is a girl. What if something happens to her?"

Cheng Daman's tone was a bit bad, Ning Shi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "I was negligent, come on, Qiaoqiao, let mother see, are you okay?"

"It's okay, mother, father is fine, the blood doesn't belong to him." Qiaoqiao lay in mother's arms and whispered to her, reassuring her: "I'm watching father, nothing happened, just those blood The silver is gone."

"It's okay, good boy, mother really shouldn't let you go, your father scolded you right, you're a girl, I really... It's okay if you don't have any money, as long as you're all doing well."

Cheng Daman entered the room when the two mothers were muttering, changed clothes and sat there sighing.

Qiaoqiao told Ning what happened just now, after Ning heard it, she just walked into the house silently, and she couldn't think of any solution, as long as Cheng Dagui didn't quit gambling for a day, then today's Things will repeat themselves over and over again.Sooner or later, there will be a day when their brothers will not be able to make it in time, or they really can't afford the money. At that time, I'm afraid...

"Mother...Father may feel uncomfortable, you go and look at him, is my brother accompanying my sister-in-law?"

"Well, they're all in the house, you don't have to go there. You go to the kitchen to have something to eat, and then hurry back to the house for a rest."

In the next few days, Cheng Daman's mood gradually improved under the persuasion of Ning and his children, especially when he thought that his little grandson was about to be born, and there would be two at once, he also forgot about that trouble even more his business.

This day, early in the morning, just after breakfast, when Ning Shi and Jasmine were looking at the few small clothes she had sewed, Jasmine suddenly had a stomachache, and then her body was soaked.

"Hurry up, it's about to give birth." Ning stood up suddenly, even more nervous than when she was giving birth, and shouted out while supporting her daughter-in-law.

The whole family squeezed in, but Mrs. Wen was very calm and drove all the men out.

"You, boil the water, you, help her up."

After Qiaoqiao got the order, she quickly ran to the kitchen to boil water. She was adding firewood while her heart skipped a beat. For some reason, she just felt excited and scared.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay, it's still early, lie down first, and save all your strength." Wen Po didn't panic at all, and calmly comforted Jasmine and Ning's hearts: "I see, this baby is good to live, and it will take a while." When it hurts again later, tell me. I'll teach you how to use force."

Jasmine's pain passed, and she lay on the bed, only feeling her lower abdomen move up and down slightly. She held her mother-in-law's hand to draw strength.

"It's okay, good boy, mother is here." Ning clapped her hand.

"Jasmine, I'm outside." Cheng Zhigao suddenly yelled through the house. After hearing this, Jasmine blushed slightly, but she looked calmer.

"The water is ready." Qiaoqiao hurriedly carried a pot of boiling hot water into the house.

"Well, put it there. You are a little girl, go outside and wait." Wen Po said.

"Okay, if you have something to do, call me, I'll do it." Qiaoqiao saw her sister-in-law holding Ning's hand tightly, and knew that she must be afraid, and since there were no other women in the family, she still needed to do some things.

"Okay, you go out first, make some porridge, add some meat and so on, I don't know when it will be born, I will need to eat something later to strengthen my strength."

Qiaoqiao ran to the kitchen again to wash rice and cook porridge.

As time passed, there was still no movement in the room, only a few words from Mrs. Wen could be heard occasionally.

The whole family stood anxiously at the door, pacing back and forth.

"Ah..." A depressing cry came from the room, which made the people waiting anxiously outside the door tremble.

"It's okay, it's okay, push hard, push hard." Wen Po ordered in a deep voice.

Jasmine's cry was very low at first, but after a while she began to scream, making Qiaoqiao's hairs stand on end.

She was worried, and Cheng Zhigao beside her was even more worried. He wanted to talk, but he was afraid of disturbing the hearts of the people inside, so he frowned and turned around.

"Okay, you brat, I'm dizzy, it's okay, calling out shows that I have strength." Cheng Daman slapped his son.

After shouting for a while, the inside gradually subsided again.Cheng Zhigao couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"fine."

"It's okay, why don't you shout?"

Ning was so angry that she wanted to go out and pat her eldest son on the head, but she didn't have time to care about it, so she wiped the sweat off her daughter-in-law's face: "Is it okay?"

Jasmine nodded: "Mom, it's okay, I still have strength."

"Okay, work harder, it will be born in a while."

When Jasmine yelled again, almost no time for a cup of tea, she heard Granny Wen's excited yelling: "I'm born, I'm born, haha, it's a kid."

"Ah..." Jasmine yelled again, waking up Mrs. Wen. She hurriedly put the child on the small bundle beside her, and muttered, "I forgot there is another one."

This one didn't take much effort, and it was born quickly, but the crying was a little weaker than before.

"Two sons, what a blessing." Wen Po cut off the umbilical cord, packed everything, wrapped up the children, carried them to the bed, and put them beside their mother.

"Mother, look at them." Jasmine licked her dry lips, unable to hold back her tears.

"Hey, hey, good boy, thank you for your hard work."

When Wen Po went out, the outside yard was already full of neighbors who had heard the news. She said with some pride: "I gave birth to two sons, who are handsome, just like the dolls in the New Year pictures. That's amazing. .”

Qiaoqiao smiled from ear to ear, looking at her father and elder brother also looking stupid, she jumped to the kitchen and brought a new pot of hot water: "Mom, please wipe your sister-in-law's face, this is clean. hot water."

"Okay. Don't come in, I'll get it."

When Ning came out, she was holding one of the children in her arms, Qiaoqiao and the others all looked over.

Qiaoqiao didn't know if she looked like the doll in the New Year pictures, but when she looked at her nephew who was as small as a little monkey, she felt soft in her heart.

(End of this chapter)