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Chapter 265 Stable Mother
Steady woman or midwife.

It has always been a complex and unimaginable role in civilized societies.

Even though there are many differences among civilized societies, and the values, cultures and customs of each race are different and quite different, there is no race that does not pay attention to reproduction.

Even the orcs who drink blood will take good care of their heirs just like the three-eyed ape-man.

After all, there is no race without reproduction.

Almost every race believes that reproduction is the sacred mission and responsibility entrusted to them by the gods.

And under the need of reproduction, the profession of stable woman was born.

Most of them are old women who have had multiple births, and they all have a certain status and reputation in a village, a town or even a city.

Because of this, Unvas may also be endowed with some sacred traits or powers, such as the ability to predict the sex or fate of a child, or to keep mothers and babies safe and sound.

But childbirth has always been a dangerous business.

In this era, it is not uncommon for pregnant women to die due to dystocia. Even after giving birth to a baby, there are too many cases where the baby unfortunately dies a few days later.

In this case, Wen Po is often the first responsible person.

So in some cases, Wen Po is reprimanded as a witch and a witch. Once the babies delivered by Wen Po die too much, then this Wen Po will be regarded as a different kind by the villagers, or even the incarnation of evil spirits. Drive them away, or burn them to death, hang them, etc. to clear the village of evil spirits.

Because of the various mysteries and characteristics associated with death in Wenpo, Wenpo are often associated with ghosts, foreknowledge, witch doctors and other things, and they are intertwined with the dark side of society.

Carol is a stable woman.

And unfortunately, her predecessor, her master... had already been kicked out of the village because too many babies died in his delivery.

It is very strange to use the word "master-student" to describe Wen women. Generally speaking, there is no fixed master-student inheritance between Wen women.

But apart from the word "master and apprentice", Carol didn't know how to describe the relationship between herself and her previous stable wife.

The previous Wen Po was a person with excellent midwifery skills. When she was 40 years old, she delivered more than a dozen babies every year, and nearly ten of them survived. This is a relatively good number.

Accompanied by the elderly woman and temporary misfortune, in the last five or six years, she has repeatedly missed deliveries. In the most terrible year, only three of the thirteen babies survived.

The villagers talked about her, slandered her, and slandered her behind her back, thinking that she had been targeted by death or possessed by a ghost.Finally, after a failed delivery, Wen Po was driven out of the village by the unbearable villagers.

Carol watched the miserable experience of the previous stable woman, but she couldn't do anything.

Now, even though Wen Po has been driven away, the villagers still need someone to help deliver the baby, and it is far from enough to rely on women with childbearing experience.

Carol naturally became a stable woman who helped women deliver their babies.

She is 33 years old, young for Wenpo's age, has two husbands, and has six children. Of course, she does not want to take on this drudgery, but she has no choice but to do so at the request of the villagers.

But in those days when Carol first became a stable woman, luck never favored her more. The two deliveries failed, and both babies died unfortunately. The only good news is that the pregnant woman was fine.

And in about a month, Carol will usher in the third vaccination.

Looking at the pregnant woman's gradually swollen belly, Carol felt extremely terrified.

She often tossed and turned on the bed, and finally fell asleep, only to be awakened by the nightmare.

Even in the bright and beautiful spring day, she couldn't sit still, thinking about the pregnant woman's belly all the time.

Carol is very remorseful now,

"I shouldn't have asked her for medical advice back then."

This is the sentence that Carol has chanted the most these days.

The "she" in this sentence naturally refers to the previous Wen Po.

The main job of Wen Po is to deliver babies, but in fact it is not only about delivering babies. In a village, Wen Po also occasionally presides over sacrifices, picks herbs, and heals villagers.

More than ten years ago, by accident, Carol asked that stable lady for medical skills, and became her disciple because of this.

The belly of the pregnant woman became more and more bulging day by day, and the baby seemed to burst out of the amniotic fluid at any moment. Carol was very anxious, and she was afraid that she would fail to deliver the baby again and end up with an unfortunate ending.

Slowly, Carol turned her head to look at the dense forest.

"I remember, I remember that there was a herb that helped pregnant women to give birth . . .

What's it called... Anglosh flower! "

Carol's mind was full of that herb.

It is said that that kind of herb was formed from the tears of a certain god, which can help pregnant women give birth to healthy babies smoothly, but this kind of herb is extremely precious, and it will only grow on the cliffs.

Time was running out, and Caro couldn't take care of that much anymore. She couldn't afford to fail to deliver the baby for the third time.

So, Carol walked into the gloomy jungle alone.

The forest is quiet, the roots of the trees are intertwined, and the air is filled with the smell of unknown flowers and plants.The deeper you go, the weirder everything you see in front of you.

The villagers have a lot of taboos about this gloomy dense forest. Tigers, wild boars, wolves, and other terrifying monsters are secondary.What people are really afraid of are the rumors about ghosts in the jungle.

After all, in this era, people often hang themselves among the woods.

The unfathomable forest has also become synonymous with eerie.

Carol was worried, this stable woman in her 30s was driven to a dead end, otherwise she would not have walked into the depths of this dense forest where no one has set foot.

As she walked, she looked at the flowers and plants on both sides.

Even if I can't find the legendary Anglosh flower this time, I hope to find some other medicinal materials to help pregnant women give birth smoothly.

As Carol approached the depths, fog gradually appeared in front of her eyes, reducing visibility.

There was fog in the woods.

Everything in front of my eyes became hazy and blurred, and the ordinary tree branches were in the hazy vision.Like the arms of ghosts, they are waiting for the arrival of their prey.

In this weird atmosphere, Carol couldn't help shivering.

Many rumors about ghosts in the woods flashed through her mind.

"Nakbet, God of Death, bless me, please raise your hand and keep your sickle away from me."

Wenpos generally believe in the gods of fertility and death.

　Since I am going to worship the ancestors and the Grand Duke, I am too busy, so I can only change it twice today and tomorrow.I will add more to you the day after tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)