wife and husband

Chapter 43

There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day, everyone in Baiyun Village knew that Chu Yunfeng's family had returned, and rushed to his house to watch the fun.

Chu Yunfeng asked Chu Liang to take out the presents he bought for everyone, each with rouge and gouache, exquisite pipes, and cloth popular in the capital.Everyone was very happy after receiving the presents, and praised Chu Yunfeng and Shanzao one after another.

Nothing happened in the mountains, everyone sat around in the courtyard of Shanzao's house, listening to Chu Yunfeng tell what he had seen and heard in Beijing.The women also discussed from time to time the dressing of the noble ladies in Beijing.During the conversation, everyone knew that Chu Liang and Xia Cao would be servants of the Chu family in the future, and they even praised Chu Yunfeng and Shanzao for their good fortune, as if they were already the first-class big families in Baiyun Village.

A few days later, Chu Yunfeng took out money to renovate the old stage in the village, and diverted two large canals to bring water from the mountains to each house. Everyone was grateful to Chu Yunfeng. Chu Yunfeng led Chu Liang and a group of villagers to make the yard bigger and built two rooms as the houses of Chu Liang and Xia Cao.

Life gradually calmed down, and the Chu family was still the same as before. Chu Yunfeng took Chu Liang to hunt in the mountains, and went to the town every now and then to exchange money and returned, while Xia Cao accompanied Shanzao to sew clothes, cook at home, and lived a very leisurely life. .

Winter goes to spring, time slows down like a spring in the mountains, gurgling, and it is the second spring in a blink of an eye.

Shanzao, with a big belly, leaning on her waist, slowly walked out of the house. Xia Cao was drying clothes in the yard, and she exclaimed when she saw Shanzao like this.

"My wife! Why did you come out! You just need to order me around, look at how dangerous you are now."

Xia Cao dropped the clothes in her hands and went to hold Shanzao. Shanzao's belly was getting bigger and bigger. Every time she looked at it, she felt very frightened. How to walk steadily without seeing your feet.

"How can I be so delicate? My mother was still working in the fields when she gave birth to my younger brother. Compared to my mother, I am a lucky person who fell into the honeypot." Shanzao said with a smile.

Xia Cao was not happy, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about the young master. You are about to give birth, and you still run around every day, and let the second master see it. Maybe you can say something about me."

Shanzao pretended to be angry, "He dare not say anything about you, now I am the biggest, I will protect you, what are you afraid of?"

Xia Cao rolled her eyes helplessly, "Yes, yes, with the most powerful wife protecting me, I should be fearless, but I am too timid, not only afraid of my wife, but also of my second master. I just got hurt two days ago. I don't want to be scolded by the second master again."

Shanzao stretched out his fat fingers, and tapped Xiacao, "I know you're a poor talker, when did the second master scold you? He's just a little louder, and you still remember the grudge." "What do you grudge?" Chu Yunfeng and Chu Liang just came back, and when he heard Shanzao talking, he asked inexplicably.

Xia Cao blushed a lot, and refrained from speaking.Shanzao looked at Chu Liang and then Xia Cao with a smile, and teasingly said, "I don't know what Xia Cao is holding grudges about!"

Today's Chu Liang doesn't know whether it's because he lives comfortably and doesn't have to face people every day, or because he is often caught by Chu Yunfeng to go hunting in the mountains. There is a big gap from his gentle and gentle appearance.In the past, Chu Liang always had a decent smile on his face, behaved in a gentle and polite manner, and looked like a weak scholar, but it made people feel like a wooden man with no emotions, anger, sorrow or joy.The current Chu Liang is more relaxed and informal, and Chu Yunfeng admires his personality very much if he has anything to say. He is called master and servant. In fact, the four of them have a deep relationship.

Chu Liang's face darkened slightly when he heard this, Xia Cao never said anything like liking him to him since he lost his appearance, Chu Yunfeng once asked him what he thought, Xia Cao is not young, this year is already, Shanzao is worried about Xia Cao's marriage , if he is willing, then decide to marry Xia Cao to him, if he is not willing, then slowly start to find a suitable family for Xia Cao.

He was very conflicted in his heart, the longer he got along with Chu Yunfeng Shanzao and his wife, the more he envied him, he was looking forward to a woman who could live like this with him for the rest of his life, and he was also afraid that he would be sent by the emperor to do other things one day.But the yearning for a comfortable life in his heart made him feel lucky, and he agreed half-heartedly.

In the end, Xia Cao didn't want to, and knelt in the yard for three or four hours, threatening to become a sister-in-law, and the matter was settled.

He was puzzled, he didn't hate Xia Cao, it was just that he was unable to take on the responsibility of a man so he rejected Xia Cao again and again, now that he was willing, Xia Cao went back on his word.He really didn't understand women. In the first half of his life, apart from self-protection, he was guessing the emperor's mind, doing his meticulous work well, and he had a set of specific methods for dealing with women.But for a woman who is going to marry as a wife, that method doesn't work at all.

Xia Cao stretched out her hand to brush her bangs, and said bluntly, "I hate Madam for always causing me to be scolded. Madam, you should go back to bed and lie down, or sit properly, and I won't bear any grudges against you."

Shanzao burst out laughing, "You girl, how dare you remember me? See if I will leave you delicious food in the future!"

Xia Cao chuckled, her clean and hearty smile was very bright, but she never glanced at Chu Liang.

After talking and laughing for a long time, after dinner, Chu Yunfeng took Shanzao for a walk in the village as usual, leaving only Xia Cao and Chu Liang at home.

"Hey, the two of them have been fighting like this for half a year, when will they get back together?" Shanzao walked slowly with his waist supported.

Chu Yunfeng helped her, "You have been worrying about it for half a year, when will you stop worrying?"

"I'm not kind."

Chu Yunfeng looked at her amusedly, "I think you are too free, and you won't have so much thought after your son is born."

Speaking of the child, Shanzao rubbed his big belly and was a little worried, "Is my belly too big? I didn't have such a big belly when I saw Dashuan's daughter-in-law!"

Chu Yunfeng frowned slightly, "Don't think about it, a big belly means the child is strong, and you can eat so well, let's see how fat you are now!"

Shanzao looked at her fat arms and legs with aggrieved eyes, and her eyes turned red immediately, "I don't know why I'm so fat! I'm pregnant with your son, and you still hate me!"

Since she was more than four months pregnant, her figure has started to lose shape. It is like blowing up balloons every day, getting rounder and rounder. She also secretly cut down on her meals to make herself thinner, but she was worried about the child, and finally failed to implement it. Now she is about to After giving birth, her body became heavier and heavier.

"Hey, I don't dislike you. It's a blessing to be able to eat. Many people want to be like you but can't do it!" Chu Yunfeng coaxed for a long time in a good voice. Pregnant women have strange tempers. He has already experienced it deeply. Now For Shanzao's inexplicable temper, he can completely coax Shanzao to be happy without changing his face.

It's a pity that he underestimated the ability of women to tangle with men.

Shanzao wanted to go home angrily, but Chu Yunfeng touched her nose and had no choice but to help her back.Sleeping on the bed all the time, Shanzao turned over and turned his back to him puffed up.

Chu Yunfeng knew he was wrong, so he coaxed him for a long time before falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, when Shanzao started moaning for the first time, Chu Yunfeng woke up immediately.

"What's wrong? Where's the discomfort?" Chu Yunfeng stretched out his hand to probe Shanzao's forehead, the tentacles were cold drops of water, and Shanzao's painful cold sweat came out?
"Okay...it seems to be about to give birth..." Shanzao said with difficulty, holding back the labor pain.

Chu Yunfeng hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed, lit a candle, Shanzao's face became paler in the flickering red light, Chu Yunfeng was panicked in his heart, but he forced himself to be calm, "Shanzao, bear with it, hold on, I will immediately Go invite Mrs. Guo."

Mrs. Guo is the midwife in the village. He has already greeted her and sent money to her.

Xia Cao whispered anxiously outside the house, "Second Master, madam, what's the matter?" She faintly realized that the jujube was about to give birth, and the doctor had said it before, and it only happened in the past ten days.

Chu Yunfeng quickly ordered, "Madam is having a seizure, come in and take care of Madam, is Chu Liang here? Go and invite Mrs. Guo to come."

Xia Cao answered yes, and pushed the door open, saying, "Chu Liang has already gone." When she came in, she was still holding a sewing basket in her arms, which contained a pair of new scissors and a stack of white cloth. , I just entered the mansion, and I heard that I have to prepare these."

Chu Yunfeng nodded, "I'll boil the water, take care of Madam."

Xia Cao hurriedly agreed, and a quarter of an hour later, Chu Liang invited Mrs. Guo, but Mrs. Guo came in with a yawn and said, "It's still early, the baby will be born tomorrow, and I'll come back tomorrow morning."

Chu Yunfeng's face collapsed immediately, "Mrs. Guo, my daughter-in-law is in such pain, you can't leave."

Mrs. Guo has delivered countless births, and she has seen many men like Chu Yunfeng, so she could not help explaining patiently, "Your daughter-in-law is in labor pain now, the amniotic fluid has not broken, and the cervix has not been dilated. It is still early. Some daughter-in-laws It takes several days of pain to give birth, I have delivered countless babies, and I have more experience than you."

Chu Yunfeng said with a straight face, "Maybe she will give birth in a while, anyway, you can't leave."

Mrs. Guo was very helpless, "This woman is in pain, and I can't help here. If she is not in pain in the middle of the night, you can coax her to sleep for a while. It is best to eat some brown sugar eggs. A woman is born Children are physical labor, and it won’t work if you don’t nourish your energy. I also have to nourish my energy. Seeing your daughter-in-law look like this, it will take energy tomorrow.”

Xia Cao was very upset but kept holding back, seeing Mrs. Guo insisting on leaving, she couldn't hold it anymore, "Mrs. Guo, if you are sleepy, go to sleep in my room. Anyway, you can't leave tonight."

Mrs. Guo thought about the 20 taels of silver that Chu Yunfeng gave, and the five taels of silver that Chu Liang gave just now. She had delivered so many babies, and this was the first time she had gotten so much money.That's all, for the sake of money, just follow them, stay as long as you want, but she has to nourish her energy, and the highlight will be when the jujube is born tomorrow.

"That's okay, I'll sleep in the girl's room, Orion daughter-in-law, don't you feel any pain now, if you don't feel any pain, go to bed quickly and recharge your energy."

Mrs. Guo really went to sleep in the summer grass hut generously, twisting Xia Caoqi's nose.But Chu Yunfeng noticed that Shanzao didn't hurt anymore, so he hurriedly coaxed Shanzao to sleep.

Chu Liang is a man and cannot enter the house, so he has to do some chores outside the house to boil water.

In the middle of the night, Shanzao hurt again several times, which made the three of them tormented enough, but Mrs. Guo slept peacefully until dawn. Just after dawn, Xia Cao insisted on digging Mrs. Guo out of the warm bed. Mrs. Guo washed her face and came in to see After looking at it, he sat down leisurely.

"There is still some time, go cook some brown sugar eggs for Orion's daughter-in-law, and make me something to eat by the way." Mrs. Guo directed Xia Cao. Xia Cao was angry at her for being so indifferent, but there was nothing she could do. She snorted and stomped her feet. out.

It was almost noon when Mrs. Guo began to command seriously, "Go and boil the water!"

"You come in and help!"

"You took the white cloth to cook!"

"..."

Chu Yunfeng was kicked out of the house, rubbing his hands in the yard, listening to Shanzao's screams loudly and loudly, and from time to time, he heard Mrs. Guo shouting out of breath, "Strength! I'll count one, two, three and you just use force! Come on, one , Two, three! Use your strength!..."

Two hours later, a loud cry of a baby resounded through the ordinary courtyard.

(End of this chapter)