I built a manor in the Middle Ages

Chapter 105: Ewe Gives Birth (35)

In front of the smelly sheep pen, Luc looked solemnly at the ewe lying in the corner, with her limbs spread out, and she looked visibly weak.

The goat's butt was facing outward, and there was a small, red and swollen hole on its tail that opened and closed, and thin mucus flowed out. As the gap widened, the goat would occasionally raise its neck and call out twice, its voice weak and tired.

"Sir, when I was feeding this goat a few days ago, I noticed it was eating much less than usual, howling frequently, and looking at its belly from time to time. That's when I felt it was about to give birth."

Mary stood aside, feeling somewhat bewildered. "But you were busy at the time, my Lord. I thought I could deliver the baby myself, but I didn't expect to come over today to take a look."

"How long has the labor been going on?"

Luc opened the sheep pen and squatted beside the ewe and asked.

"Not long after, I just found out and I came to tell you right away!"

Luc nodded. "You did the right thing, Ryan. Hurry and get a basin of salt water!"

There was indeed a lamb in the goat's private parts. Luc took a quick look and knew the cause of the difficult birth.

Improper fetal position!

A normal lamb has its head facing down and its buttocks inside. When the ewe gives birth, the head will be expelled first. Because the lamb's head is larger, as long as the head comes out, the body will slide out naturally.

But this lamb was the opposite.

Luc looked down and could only see the hind hooves.

This situation is the most dangerous.

If the time is too long, the lamb will suffocate to death inside the ewe.
If the ewe cannot give birth, she will die due to complications.
Ryan was very quick and quick, and soon brought a basin of salt water. Luke washed his hands carefully, looked at his sticky lower body, and decided to perform a manual delivery!
"Mary, come and help!"

Luc called out to Marie at the door. Marie was an experienced shepherd, but also a shrewd woman.

How could an experienced shepherd not have seen difficult labor in ewes?
Luc understood that Mary was worried that if she acted rashly, she would accidentally kill the lambs and ewes, and he would take his anger out on her.

Old Ek and Ryan, who rushed over after hearing the news, lit torches to illuminate the area. They asked Mary to wash her hands and clean the goat's birth canal with salt water. Then they asked her to help stretch its lower body. Luke endured the disgusting mucus and pungent smell, stretched out his arms, grabbed the lamb's hind legs, and shook it a little bit.

That's right, it's shaking, not pulling.

Once the hind legs are pulled out, the lamb's head will never come out.

Slowly move the lamb inside, and finally see the lamb's right front hoof. Slowly push the hind hoof in, use your fingers to clamp the front hoof, and gradually adjust the lamb's position in the ewe's birth canal.

To be honest, this kind of thing is very tiring.

It is impossible to turn it over and pull it out in one go. You have to be very careful and it takes a lot of time.

The ewe in front bleated and it took more than half an hour to finally get the lamb in the right position.

"Hold on!"

Luc told Mary that now that the position was set, the next step would naturally be to deliver the lamb!
Luc grabbed the lamb's two front hooves and pulled them out little by little, but this time he discovered the second problem.
——This lamb’s head is too big!
After half an hour of struggling, the goat was completely exhausted. It was difficult to pull out such a large goat head.
"What the hell!"

Luc spat out a mouthful of saliva. This ewe was really unlucky. It seemed that even if the fetus was in the correct position, it would definitely cause a difficult birth with such a big head.

Mary tried her best to hold the birth canal open, and she tried not to open it too wide, otherwise it might tear.

Fortunately, the lamb's head has been returned and it will not die from lack of oxygen for the time being.

Ignoring the rumbling sound of his stomach, Luc grabbed the front hoof and pulled it out, letting the lubricating fluid flow out bit by bit.

Luc's eyes suddenly lit up, there was a solution!

Pulling the lamb out and then slowly pushing it back in, the birth fluid gathered more and more in the birth canal due to the pulling. After repeating this four or five times, it finally flowed into a pool. Seeing that it had almost gathered, Luc released one of the lamb's hooves and instead held the lamb's head. Following the lubricating birth fluid, the lamb's head finally slid halfway out of the birth canal!
As if sensing the changes in its lower body, the goat bleated, and with the goat's efforts, a lamb covered in mucus was finally pulled out!

Luc put the lamb aside, ignoring the disgusting slime on his arms, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Clean up the lambs, sweep the sheep pen, and feed the ewes some fresh grass."

"Ok!"

After an hour of midwifery, Luc's legs were numb from squatting. Ryan was quick to come over and support him.

Back in the house, Ryan went to the fireplace to cook, and Luc carefully wiped his arms with river water, but no matter how he wiped, his arms still retained an unpleasant smell.

"Ryan, I remember there are some pig offal in the ice cellar that were not eaten last month?"

Ryan was boiling peas in water. When the peas were cooked, he took out three eggs, broke them one by one and slowly stirred them into the cooked peas. Hearing Luke's words, Ryan thought for a moment and said:

"Yes, there are some internal organs, but sir, they are all large intestines and other things."

The dish Ryan made was specially taught to him by Luke. Ryan had eaten it once before and could never forget it.

Mix the eggs and peas evenly, then place them in a flat but wide pottery and slowly steam them. Then brush rapeseed oil on the stone slab. When the oil becomes boiling hot, spread the peas evenly on the stone slab and fry them back and forth with a wooden spatula.

Finally, cut off a few slices of dried meat, put them on top, and fry them together.
Finally, a pea and egg patty was successfully baked.

Served with turnip pickles, sweet parsnip sauce, and shredded lettuce with vinegar, the two of them finished the meal with great satisfaction.

Every time a new kind of food is produced, Luc has to spend time thinking about how to eat it, otherwise wouldn’t he be wasting his time?
Smelling the arm that was still emitting a scent, Luc, who was tired after a day of work, went to the cellar early the next morning to tidy up.

Looking at the cellar that was surrounded by red bricks to prevent rats, Luc suddenly felt that the cellar seemed a little more luxurious than his own house.

A ladder stood at the door, and in the cellar, about ten feet deep, were several barrels.

In the deeper compartment is Luc's ice cellar. The ice is not made of nitrate, but is dug from the river. After searching through the ice, he finally found a sticky mass of meat.

——Pig pancreas.

In the early morning, after a short period of busy farming work, everyone continued to work on the construction of the wooden fort.

Under Ryan's command, the partition on the second floor began to be built. Luke looked at it for a while and found it looked good, so he walked aside and told old Ek to hammer the pig pancreas into pieces.

Then he called Amy over and asked her to burn a pot of wood ash.

Apart from Miller and Julie, they are the two people with the weakest physical strength. They can't help with heavy work such as building a wooden house, so they might as well make soap for themselves.

Yes, soap, also called soap.

In other words, it is called pancreas because it is made from pig pancreas.

Jill and George became the main force in partitioning the second floor, while Ryan began to think about the stairs.

Stairs are different from ladders, and there are many things to consider.

Ryan thought about it for a while and was about to discuss it with Luc, but when he turned around, he saw Luc pouring water into the burned and filtered wood ash, and he didn't stop until it was completely submerged.

Let Amy stir it slowly. When it is almost done, take out the linen cloth and filter it again. Put the filtered wood ash water into a ceramic pot and light a fire to steam it.

As the wood ash slowly evaporates, white alkali powder gradually precipitates from the bottom of the pottery.
Carefully holding the alkali powder, he came to Old Ek who had already hammered the pig pancreas into a pulp, poured in a little alkali powder, and then stirred it with a wooden stick. The pig pancreas with the alkali powder became drier and drier. Luke carefully controlled the amount until it was no longer sticky. Then he kneaded it into a ball like dough, then cut it into pieces with a knife and put them into a wooden mold with a hollowed-out center. Finally, he put it aside and waited for it to dry in the shade.

　If you haven't slept yet, come join the group and play for a while.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)