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Chapter 55 Giving birth
A few days after returning from Baiyun Temple, the atmosphere in the farm gradually became tense.

Shui Huaiyu's due date is approaching. This is her first child and she is frail. In addition, the doctor diagnosed that the fetus is in an abnormal position, which makes Shui Huaiyu nervous, and Chen Dafa and Mother Liu are also uneasy.

Finally, after Chen Dafa was too nervous and accidentally caused a fire in the woodshed, which burned half of the yard, Xie Fei took action.

She checked Shui Huaiyu's pulse, felt the fetal position, and said, "It's breech."

Hearing her firm answer, Shui Huaiyu, Liu Mama and others turned pale.

Everyone knows that the baby is basically impossible to deliver in breech position. Once this happens, both the fetus and the mother will most likely die.

Chen Dafa immediately knelt on the ground, covering his head with his hands, looking like he was about to pass out.

Xie Fei added, "But it's not a big problem. It hasn't started yet. Just follow my instructions and go to the pharmacy to get some medicine."

She quickly wrote a prescription and told Fu Yu, "This is a rare opportunity. I will teach you how to use acupuncture to correct the fetal position."

Fu Yu hadn't learned this yet, so he hurried to get Xie Fei's medicine box.

Mother Liu quickly looked at the prescription and hurriedly told Chen Dafa to go and get the medicine.

Chen Dafa looked at Shui Huaiyu worriedly, but based on his trust in Xie Fei, he turned around and ran away.

After a while, Fu Yu came back with the bag of silver needles.

Xie Fei asked Shui Huaiyu to lie down, and fumbled with the acupuncture first. Then he asked Shui Huaiyu to stand up and walk slowly, or squat slowly, or jump slightly to produce vibrations.

Shui Huaiyu felt a little uncomfortable and had to rely on Liu Mama's support to move. Sweat was pouring off her face.

Later, Chen Dafa brought the medicine back, boiled it into a decoction and gave it to Shui Huaiyu to take.

This was not enough, so Xie Fei used a set of massage techniques to manually correct the fetal position of Shui Huaiyu, and Fu Yu learned very seriously.

This ordeal lasted until midnight, but fortunately the fetal position was turned.

Shui Huaiyu was exhausted and drank another bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine. Only then did she fall into a deep sleep with Chen Dafa by her side.

Mother Liu was delighted and grateful. She closed the door and sent Xie Fei back.

She walked in front holding a torch and asked, "Did you learn this medical skill by yourself?"

Xie Fei said casually: "I can't learn the music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so I can only read medical books to pass the time."

Mother Liu felt very sorry and said, "With your talent, you shouldn't be left in the backyard to suffer."

Xie Fei smiled silently.

So what if I have medical skills?

She became a bird trapped in a cage. At most, she could treat people around her. Could she open the cage door and fly out to become a famous doctor who saved lives?
In order to protect the Sun mother and son, the news that Xie Fei corrected Shui Huaiyu's fetal position was not spread out, and only the Chen family knew about it.

In the morning, Fu Yu brought a basket of eggs into the yard and said that they were sent by Mother Liu.

Xie Fei had just picked up some pheasant eggs from the chicken coop, and when he looked at Fu Yu's basket, he decided to have a feast of eggs for lunch.

Egg custard, egg soup, scrambled eggs, egg fried rice...

Fu Yu said as she cleaned the yard, "Mother Liu is always taciturn. This morning, she held my hand and talked to me for a long time. She said that if you were born in an open-minded family, you would not be as unknown as you are today."

These words made Fu Yu very sad. She really wanted to take Xie Fei away from the capital and venture out into the world. The sky is high and the sea is vast, and there will always be a place for them to stay.

Xie Fei sighed and said, "Let's talk about it later. When you grow up, maybe I can open a medicine shop in your name."

She held Fu Yu's indenture contract tightly in her hand and could release her from slavery at any time.

She didn't teach Fuyu needlework, nor did she let her delve into the intrigues in the backyard, hoping that one day she could free Fuyu from her cage and become another version of herself, free from worldly constraints and family status, and become the free and carefree "Xie Fei".

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of winter. On that day when the rain was drifting and the mountains and fields were covered with hazy mist, Shui Huaiyu went through a day and a night and finally gave birth to a baby boy.

Everyone in the village was grinning from ear to ear. After all, children were precious, and they were also the belated first-born son of the village head Chen Dafa.

After giving birth, Shui Huaiyu fainted immediately. Xie Fei examined her and said that she was fine, just extremely tired.

Madam Zou cooked some chicken soup and wanted to wait for Shui Huaiyu to drink some when she woke up, but Xie Fei told her to save it for the next day.

Chicken soup is greasy, and Shui Huaiyu is in a weak body, so it would be better for her to eat some light fish, egg custard, or easily digestible millet porridge.

When the women heard this, they were all surprised.

After all, after a baby is born, everyone who has the conditions will drink chicken soup first, but Xie Fei won't let them.

But Xie Fei was the one who helped Shui Huaiyu deliver the baby throughout the whole process. Especially when Shui Huaiyu had a difficult delivery due to her weak body, it was Xie Fei who boiled medicine and gave her acupuncture to help her give birth smoothly.

Compared with the experience passed down by their ancestors, the women actually trusted Xie Fei more and immediately went to cook egg custard and millet porridge.

The newborn baby was wrapped in a swaddling cloth, held by Mother Liu, while Fu Yu was teasing him nearby.

"This child is so well-looking, with all his hands and feet intact, and all his facial features intact. It's complete." Fu Yu said happily.

Mother Liu and Chen Dafa were both in tears and laughter. Xie Fei heard this and said, "This kid really has everything he needs. It's you, on the other hand, who lacks a heart."

Everyone in the room laughed. Fu Yu pouted but didn't dare to refute.

Chen Dafa is usually calm and steady, but at this moment he was smiling foolishly, rubbing his hands but not daring to go up and hug his son.

Seeing him looking timid, Mother Liu scolded him, "You are already a father, don't be so useless. Your wife is weak, and while she is in confinement, you have to coax the child to sleep and wash diapers. How can you do that if you don't know how to hold the child?"

Chen Dafa was so excited that he couldn't even speak straight. He said, "I, I'm just afraid of dropping him. Look, he's so small and tender. Mom, I, I will definitely hold him."

Mother Liu carefully handed the child to him, but as soon as the child was in his hands, the child who was still sleeping burst into tears, and the cry was very loud.

Chen Dafa was suddenly in a panic. It seemed like he was holding a hedgehog instead of a child, which made everyone laugh.

Xie Fei also laughed, and while laughing he yawned.

Xie Fei had been with Shui Huaiyu for as long as she had been born, and now he was extremely sleepy.

She told Fu Yu to watch over her while she planned to take a nap.

As soon as I walked out of the yard, I saw Da Niu and Er Niu running in from the rain, their straw sandals stepping heavily in the puddles.

Both brothers were wearing straw raincoats but no hats. Their hair was wet, with water dripping from the ends of their hair and their faces.

"Xie Xiaoniang, I heard that Sister Shui gave birth to a boy?" Erniu shouted from afar.

Xie Fei stood in the corridor and said, "Yes, she gave birth, but what happened to you two? Where did you go in such heavy rain? And you didn't even wear a straw hat?"

Da Niu ran closer, turned his back happily, and showed Xie Fei the basket under his straw raincoat.

"I took Erniu to catch fish to nourish Shui Niang."

Shui Huaiyu took a long time to give birth, and she suffered a difficult labor, which frightened the villagers into a state of panic.

Da Niu and Er Niu decided to catch a fish and make some fish soup for Shui Huaiyu to replenish her strength, so they ran out in the rain.

(End of this chapter)