Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 88 Twins of Dragon and Phoenix

Lin Ruolan started labor at dawn in the morning. Due to her age and this being her first child, the birth was indeed difficult.

Fortunately, the doctor and the midwife were there, and with the medicine given by Doctor Chen, the first child was finally born at the beginning of the Si hour.

The cry of a baby echoed throughout the Liu family courtyard.

Everyone who was anxiously waiting inside and outside the house breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this voice.

"It's born, it's born, first of all, my sister-in-law is born."

Wang Changliang and others had gotten up long ago. No one left and they were all waiting for news in the yard.

Hearing the baby crying, the wooden handles were so happy that they said, "Hey, congratulations, you have a son."

After a while, the sound of a baby crying was heard again in the room, but this time it was weaker and not as loud as before.

"Uncle Liu, congratulations, your aunt has given birth to two babies, a boy and a girl.

The boy is a brother and the girl is a sister, they are all fine, don't worry."

The Zhao family's daughter-in-law came out of the house and told the water crow the good news with a smile on her face.

Upon learning that his wife had given birth to two children, a boy and a girl, Shui Laowu jumped for joy several times.

"What about my wife? How is my wife?"

The Zhao family's wife was about to say that it was nothing, when she suddenly heard someone shouting from inside the house, "Quick, bring some warm water, give me some medicine, it's red."

When the Zhao family's wife heard this, she didn't bother to say anything to Shui Laowu, and quickly turned around and ran into the house.

When I entered the room, I saw Lao Zhou's wife and the midwife were tying the umbilical cords of the two babies, cleaning the dirt from their mouths, and wrapping them in small quilts.

Lin Ruolan's face was pale and there was a large pool of blood under her body.

The doctor was holding a silver needle and inserting it into the acupuncture points on Lin Ruolan's body.

"Quick, take out three pills from the bottle with the red note on it and feed them to her."

When the doctor saw Zhao's daughter-in-law come in, he hurriedly asked her to feed Lin Ruolan the medicine.

Zhao's wife followed the doctor's instructions, poured out three pills, and brought warm water to feed Lin Ruolan.

"Pour two pills into the bottle covered with yellow paper and let her put them in her mouth." The doctor shouted from the other end.

The Zhao family's daughter-in-law poured out two more pills and asked Lin Ruolan to hold them in her mouth.

After a long while, I guess the medicine took effect, and the acupuncture was also helpful, the bleeding slowly stopped, not as fast as before.

The doctor then breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately there is medicine, otherwise, the person would be in danger today." The doctor muttered to himself and looked at the bottles of medicine.

At this time, Lin Ruolan's condition was better than before.

However, she had been giving birth for too long and had lost a lot of blood, so she was now drowsy.

The two little kids were pretty good. They wrapped themselves in their little quilts, closed their eyes, hummed a few times, and fell asleep.

The doctor checked the two children and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with them, he breathed a sigh of relief and came out of the house with the midwife.

"Congratulations, Mr. Liu. Your wife has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. It's a double happiness." The two of them congratulated Shui Laowu in unison.

"Thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you for your hard work. I am too busy today and can't take care of you. I will come to thank you another day."

Shui Laowu bowed to the two of them, and then Qu Shaoyang came forward and stuffed a red envelope into each of them.

"Oh, Mr. Liu, that's not necessary. We've already received the money." The two of them took a look and quickly declined.

Before Shui Laowu left home last time, he went to find the two of them, paid them double the money for the medical consultations and delivery, and also gave them a lot of things. How could they accept any more money?
"No, no, this is what you two deserve, please keep it. We are neighbors, and we will have a long time to get along with each other. Please take care of us in the future."

Shui Laowu doesn't care about this little money. As long as his wife and children are safe, what does money mean?
Shui Laowu was a good person, so she was naturally happy that the doctor and the midwife got some money for free, so she said a few polite words and accepted the red envelope.

"By the way, Liu Baotou, I have something I want to ask you. Where do those medicines come from?"

The doctor was very curious about the origin of the medicine and asked about it.

"Those medicines, some for inducing labor and some for stopping bleeding, are very effective, but I don't know which gynecological expert made them."

This doctor's medical skills are ordinary. He is good at treating injuries and common diseases, but he is not very proficient in gynecology.

He knew his own abilities. Without those medicines, Lin Ruolan’s life might be in danger today.

So, he asked for advice very humbly.

"I got it from a doctor in Daqinggou, Kuandian. He heard that my master's wife was pregnant, so he gave me the medicine specially." Qu Shaoyang replied from the side.

"Good medicine, really good medicine. There are still some left, please keep them safe. Money is easy to get, but good medicine is hard to find."

The doctor sighed for a while, then said goodbye to Shui Laowu and the others and left the Liu family.

After seeing off the doctor and the midwife, it was already late. Shui Laowu was concerned about his wife's condition, so he hurried into the house to see Lin Ruolan.

At this time, Zhou's wife and Zhao's wife had already cleaned up the house and taken out the straw, wood ash and other things on the kang.

Lin Ruolan also put on her clothes and pants, and spread the bedding on the kang again, but the bloody smell had not yet dissipated.

Old Zhou's wife specially went to find some mugwort and lit it. She used the smoke from the mugwort to fumigate every corner of the house to kill viruses and disinfect bacteria.

"Sister-in-law, niece-in-law, thank you, it's all thanks to your help today."

Shui Laowu had to thank the other party. Without their help, how could Shui Laowu, a grown man, do all these?
"Look, why are you being so polite? We're neighbors, so shouldn't we take care of each other?"

Old Zhou and his wife didn't even have breakfast. They were busy all afternoon and were really tired.

Nowadays people are simple-minded and it is normal for neighbors to help each other.

What's more, Shui Laowu often sends things to neighbors, and he arranges them in advance. They come to help, which is normal social interaction.

"Brother Liu, it's getting late and we're busy at home, so we'll go back now.

Your wife just gave birth to a baby and lost a lot of blood. She is weak. You should quickly give her something good to eat to nourish her body.

Those two kids still need to be fed. Without milk, what will happen to the kids?"

Everything that needed to be cleaned up had been done, and there was no need for Old Zhou's wife and the others to stay any longer, so the two of them said goodbye and left.

"Sister-in-law, don't leave yet, stay for lunch.

Look, he has been busy all afternoon and hasn't even had a sip of water." Shui Laowu had to try to persuade him to stay.

"No, no, you should take care of your wife and children first. We will come over after the baby's third birthday or full month celebration." The two shook their heads and turned to leave.

Just at this time, Qu Shaoyang came back from next door, holding a small basket in his hands, and the basket was filled with boiled red eggs.

"Aunt Zhou, Sister Zhao, take some eggs back."

When a family has a baby, they usually bring red eggs to announce the good news.

Shui Laowu didn't have many relatives here, so Qu Shaoyang didn't cook too much. He planned to share some with his neighbors to share in the good fortune.

Old Zhou's wife and the others did not refuse, so each of them took five cooked eggs and went home happily.

(End of this chapter)