Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 403: Meng Lanxin's Difficult Childbirth

They attended the banquet, watched the play, and visited the lantern festival. On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the government office opened for business, and Qu Shaoyang and his wife set off with their people back to Maoer Mountain.

Only after I got home did I find out that Li Zhengwen, leading Zheng Tiezhu, Wang Junshan and others, had come to Maoer Mountain a few days ago.

Li Zhengwen came to Maoer Mountain to wish Qu Shaoyang and the two elders of the Qu family a happy new year, and to report on the progress of his work, especially the progress of the project to blast the sentry post in the upper reaches of the Songhua River.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, about 70% of the dangerous outposts upstream of the Songhua River have been destroyed.

On the eighth day after the Chinese New Year, the blasting personnel in charge of this task had already headed downstream with explosives and tools.

The temperature of Beiliu Shui is lower, and it is estimated that it can still be dry for half a month to twenty days after the New Year. By then, most of the dangerous shoals and evil sentinels will be blown up.

At this rate, by the beginning of next spring, all the outposts, big and small, will be blown down, making it much more convenient to travel to Jilin City and other places.

The main purpose of Zheng Tiezhu and others coming here was to visit Meng Lanxin.

Especially the survivors who were found later, they also remembered Meng Lanxin.

Knowing that Meng Lanxin was pregnant, these people specially prepared a lot of things.

The guests came from far away and waited for several days, so Qu Shaoyang must treat them well.

So they set up a banquet at home, and invited all the people from the general office to come, so that everyone could get together and have a good time.

There were a lot of things going on in Shuangdianzi. Since Li Zhengwen and his friends had met Qu Shaoyang, they no longer had any thoughts about the matter and so said goodbye and left the next day.

Qu Shaoyang also returned to the yamen to work, and everything returned to normal.

At the end of the first lunar month and the beginning of the second lunar month, the servants of the Qu family returned from their hometown in Shandong. At the same time, a large number of refugees also arrived, and the inspection office became busy again.

In the early morning of February 22, Meng Lanxin suddenly had a stomachache.

At first she didn't want to alarm others, but the pain became more and more severe, so she had no choice but to ask someone to go to the main courtyard to tell them.

Qu Shaoyang and Chen Xiuyun rushed over when they heard this. After checking, they confirmed that Meng Lanxin had started labor prematurely and was about to give birth.

So, Chen Xiuyun directed the maids and wives in the house to prepare things quickly.

When Chen and Yang Qionghua heard the news, they also rushed over to help.

Logically, Meng Lanxin has been practicing martial arts for many years and is in good health. She also walks around frequently after becoming pregnant, so it should not be difficult for her to have a baby.

But I don’t know what’s wrong. The baby just refuses to come out of my stomach. I have had stomachache since early morning and it lasts until the end of the afternoon.

Meng Lanxin was in so much pain that she had no strength left, and her cervix was still not dilated enough.

"Go to the government office quickly and ask the master to come back. Tell him that I have something urgent to discuss with him."

There have been a lot of things going on in the government office recently, and Qu Shaoyang has been very busy.

When he learned the news in the middle of the night, Qu Shaoyang came to accompany Meng Lanxin until morning, but after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of life, and there were always people coming to look for her from the yamen.

So Qu Shaoyang said that he would go to the government office to do some work first and wait for the baby to be born before he could be called.

As a result, Qu Shaoyang was so busy as soon as he arrived at the yamen that he didn't even go home for lunch.

Chen Xiuyun and Meng Lanxin both knew that their husbands were busy. Besides, Qu Shaoyang was a grown man who didn't know any medical skills, so he couldn't help much even if he was at home.

But Meng Lanxin's condition is not normal at the moment. Chen Xiuyun wants to use labor-inducing drugs, but is afraid that something might go wrong.

So he sent someone to the yamen to bring Qu Shaoyang back.

The servants in the mansion hurried to the yamen to look for someone. When Qu Shaoyang heard that Meng Lanxin had not given birth yet and there was an urgent matter at home, he knew that there was trouble.

So he hurriedly called someone, gave them a few instructions, and then ran back in a hurry.

"Wife, how is Lan Xin?" Qu Shaoyang shouted loudly as he entered the courtyard.

Chen Xiuyun came out of the room. "I'm back just in time. Lan Xin's cervix is ​​dilating very slowly this time. She's almost out of strength from the pain. I want to give her a labor-inducing drug. Can you help me?"

Chen Xiuyun is a doctor and Qu Shaoyang's original wife. She took risks when she delivered Meng Lanxin.

If anything happens to Meng Lanxin, others will definitely suspect that it was Chen Xiuyun's doing.

That's why Chen Xiuyun specifically called Qu Shaoyang back and insisted that he be present.

"Oh, it's already this time, you should use whatever medicine you need.

Even if I can't trust others, can I not trust you?" Qu Shaoyang said anxiously.

Qu Shaoyang's words were enough, so Chen Xiuyun turned around and went back to the house, took out the Chen family's secret labor-inducing medicine, and gave it to Meng Lanxin.

The medicine was indeed effective. Less than half an hour after taking it, the cervix was fully dilated.

Meng Lanxin, who was already sweating from the pain, followed Chen Xiuyun's instructions and exerted force, and she felt something moving downwards.

"You can see the scalp, Lan Xin, take a deep breath and push down hard.

Hurry up, it's just a little while away, it's not good for the child to be stuck in there for too long."

Seeing that Meng Lanxin was unable to exert any strength, Chen Xiuyun hurriedly wiped the sweat off her face and encouraged her softly.

"You also want to see the baby sooner, right? Come on, do as I say, and use force."

Meng Lanxin took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and used all her strength.

At this moment, the baby's head came out. Chen Xiuyun held the baby's head with her hands and shouted to push harder. Then, the baby's body came out.

"Lan Xin, congratulations, it's a boy."

Chen Xiuyun first checked the baby's gender, then picked the baby upside down and patted the baby's feet hard.

When the baby cried "wa", everyone inside and outside the house breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Xiuyun cut the umbilical cord very skillfully, tied it with gauze, and then handed it to Chen.

Chen took the child over, wiped him twice, wrapped him up in a large cloth, and put him on the scale to weigh him.

"Oh my God, no wonder this baby is so slow to grow. A big fat boy weighing 7.9 jin, it must be difficult to give birth to, right?" Chen exclaimed as she looked at the scale.

Living conditions are poor these days, and women rarely supplement nutrition when they are pregnant. They just eat what their family members eat.

So most babies are not too heavy when they are born. Like Gensuo and them, six pounds is quite good.

A baby weighing 7.9 jin suddenly appeared. Even at Chen's age, she had never seen such a baby before.

As Chen spoke, she placed the child on the quilt and wrapped him in another layer.

On the other side, Chen Xiuyun had already put the placenta and other things into a clay jar, threw a copper coin into it, and then asked Yang Qionghua to take it out and give it to Qu Shaoyang.

Meng Lanxin suffered a lot when giving birth to this child, and even had to use drugs to induce labor.

The child was too big, and Chen Xiuyun was afraid that Meng Lanxin would be harmed, so how could she dare to leave?

While cleaning up Meng Lanxin, he also kept an eye on her condition.

"Quick, pour out three pills from that red porcelain bottle and have Lan Xin take them."

Chen Xiuyun felt something was wrong and the amount of bleeding was a bit too much, so she made a prompt decision and quickly asked someone to find some hemostatic medicine and fed it directly to Meng Lanxin.

"Take another piece of old mountain ginseng and let her put it in her mouth."

As Chen Xiuyun spoke, she took out silver needles and inserted seven or eight needles around Meng Lanxin's stomach.

(End of this chapter)