Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 122 Dystocia
"Big ya, what are you looking at?" Seeing that Mai Xiang seemed a little dazed, Wu Fu pushed Mai Xiang.

"It's nothing, let's go." Mai Xiang knew that Liu Huilan was anxious to see Cao Fu.

Cao Fu was wearing a gray monk's robe at the moment, and was sweeping the snow on the steps of the main hall with a big broom.

"Master, master." Seeing Cao Fu, Liu Huilan hurried over, covered her mouth and began to cry before she could speak.

"Son, why are you crying? Aren't I fine?" Cao Fu thought Liu Huilan was crying when she saw him like this.

"Master, master, the fourth master, the fourth master is seriously ill, and the second master is also sick. Master, go and see him." Liu Huilan cried.

After hearing this, Cao Fu dropped the broom in his hand.

It seems that Cao Fu has not cultivated enough to disown his relatives.

Only then did Mai Xiang know that this Cao Yong gave birth to two sons and left one, and this Cao Fu also gave birth to two sons and left one, and both of them kept the youngest son.

"It's free, come here." Master Abbot said standing on the top of the steps.

"Yes, master." Cao Fu walked up to the abbot and stood one step lower.

The abbot stretched out his hand to touch Cao Fu's bald head, and said: "Life is never joyful, and death is never sad. Life is the continuation of death, and death is the transformation of life. Life has never been born, and death has never died. Life and death are the same. Are you happy?"

Mai Xiang was far away and didn't listen to the truth, only heard about life and death, but Cao Fu suddenly raised his head and said: "Master, this disciple is dull, I still remember the 'good song' that the master said, there are all kinds of things in the world. , It’s good, it’s good, it’s good.”

It turned out that this abbot was actually the prototype of the scarlet-headed monk described by Cao Xueqin, and the song came from this abbot's mouth. Mai Xiang raised her eyes to look at this abbot carefully. How could the face of a vice-virtuous monk be portrayed as a monk with a scarlet head?

The abbot nodded and said, "You still have some enlightenment, and you also have some connection with Buddhism. For this reason, the master specially allows you to go down the mountain."

Mai Xiang just wanted to slander the abbot for being unkind, but he didn't expect to ask Cao Fu to go down the mountain in the end. It seems that this Buddhist school is not unkind.

"Little benefactor, come here." The abbot looked at Mai Xiang and said.

"Me?" Mai Xiang didn't dare to go there, saying that people from outside the area had a pair of eyes, so what if she wanted to see through her own background?
"The little benefactor is quite predestined. In the future, remember to do more good deeds." The abbot smiled gently when he saw that Mai Xiang dared not go over.

"Thank you, Abbot, for your guidance." Mai Xiang folded his palms together in thanks.

As for what kind of fate the abbot said, Mai Xiang didn't want to understand.

After coming down from the mountain, Liu Huilan directly hired a carriage from the town and asked Cao Fu to drive to the capital.

And Mai Xiang also knew from the conversation between Liu Huilan and Cao Fu that Li Ding and his wife found Li Xiangyun, but Li Xiangyun refused to come back, as if he wanted to become a monk with an old acquaintance.

Li Ding and his wife had no choice but to send a letter to Cao Xueqin, wanting Cao Xueqin to go to the south, but Cao Xueqin had a cold these days, and it was approaching the end of the year, so he couldn't move, so he could only wait for the warmer spring next year.

After arriving home, Mai Xiang was worried about Cao Xueqin's condition, so she entered Cao's house again. As soon as she entered the house, Mai Xiang smelled a strong smell of medicine. Cao Xueqin lay on the kang, apparently having a fever.

"How is sir? Do you want me to find a doctor?" Mai Xiang regretted why she didn't find a doctor back from the town just now.

Although she knew that Cao Xueqin would not leave so early, Mai Xiang didn't dare to be careless. In this ancient times, the most feared thing was getting sick. If I had known that I could time travel, I should have studied medicine.

"Son, the doctor has seen it. I'm much better. Get out of here quickly. I'll take care of you." Seeing that Mai Xiang's eyes were red, Cao Xueqin hurriedly found a reason to let Mai Xiang go out.

"By the way, speaking of sickness, mistress, let's go cook some vinegar to fumigate the house. I heard that if this is the case, sickness will not be easy to pass on to others." Mai Xiang knew that someone in her family had a cold and fell ill in her previous life. , Mom is doing this.

"Really in charge?" Liu Huilan asked hastily, she was afraid that she would overwhelm her son with his illness, who is less than ten months old.

"Well, also, I heard at Ge Ge's house that her old lady likes to soak her feet in hot water the most. She said that after soaking in hot water, people will feel more comfortable and sleep more peacefully." Mai Xiang thought of another Method.

"Master, why don't you invite a woman over here, you are the only one in the house, and you are really too busy." Mai Xiang said while helping Liu Huilan light the fire.

Mai Xiang also knew that the Cao family had no problem raising a woman. Although Cao Xueqin's income was not stable, if a painting was sold, it would last for several months. Plus, he still had a share of money and food for the barracks. Liu Huilan is now doing needlework with Mai Xiang.

"I've also thought about your husband's illness, so I'll ask someone to find a more reliable one." Liu Huilan sighed.

Mai Xiang helped Liu Huilan decoct the medicine, and after dinner was ready, she returned home and smoked her own house with vinegar.
This night, Mai Xiang couldn't sleep peacefully, thinking about Cao Xueqin for a while, Tangcun for a while, and Li Ding's family for a while, who knew that just as she closed her eyes, she had a dream.

Dreaming that Uladomin had dystocia, and the baby couldn't come out of the stomach, Uladomin stretched out his hand to Mai Xiang, calling Mai Xiang's name in his mouth.

"Ah, don't." Mai Xiang woke up with a start, and touched her head, which turned out to be sweaty.

This dream was so real, Mai Xiang couldn't sit still any longer, she packed up her things, knocked on Ye Dafu's door just before dawn, and lied that she was in a hurry and had to go to the capital.

In the village, only the Li Chang's family had a carriage. Mai Xiang had no choice but to knock on the door of the Li Chang's house with Ye Dafu. Although Ye Dafu had bad legs, he could still drive the carriage.

When Mai Xiang rushed to Prince Li's Mansion, the gatekeeper of the Prince's Mansion refused to let Mai Xiang in, and when she was dawdling, she saw Guan Nanny hurried out.

"Nurse Guan, Nurse Guan." Mai Xiang shouted hastily.

"My child, come on, I'm going to pick you up. We Fujin, she, she, she is waiting for you." When Guan Yu saw Mai Xiang, she seemed to see a savior. She took Mai Xiang's hand and began to cry. .

Mai Xiang didn't have time to ask, and ran into a yard with Madam Guan. A group of people stood on the porch outside the house, and a group of people stood in the hall in the middle. Mai Xiang didn't look closely, and followed into the delivery room on the west. There were five or six women busy in the room, and it seemed that Uladomin could only vent his anger.

How could this child be born?

"Sister, sister, wake up." Mai Xiang patted Uladomin's face.

With ginseng slices in his mouth, Uladomin was waiting to die with his eyes closed, when he heard Mai Xiang's voice, he was suddenly shocked.

"Sister, you have to hold on, the child can only come out if you hold on, don't worry, you and the child will be fine."

Uladomin nodded, and two lines of tears flowed out.

How does Mai Xiang know about giving birth?
Mai Xiang was talking to Uladomin, and at the same time listened to these stable women saying that it was because Uladomin's cervix was small, and the child couldn't get out if it got stuck.

At this time, outside the delivery room, there was already a steady woman asking whether to take care of the child or the adult. A thin man in his twenties hesitated for a long time before spitting out the word "baby" while leaning on the wall with his eyes closed.

After hearing this, the mother-in-law turned around and came in, holding a pair of large scissors in her hand, and without doing anything, she was about to cut up Uladomin's cervix.

Mai Xiang hurriedly stopped her. "What are you going to do?"

"Don't ask children if they don't understand."

"You are not allowed to move unless you make it clear."

Seeing Mai Xiang grabbed her hand, the old woman was annoyed, and said sharply: "If you delay any longer, the child will be lost. How many heads do you have?"

When Mai Xiang heard this, she let go of her hand in fright.

After hearing this, Guan Yu took Mai Xiang's hand, cried and said, "Miss Mai Xiang, think of a way, Fujin, they want to give up Fujin. Just cut the cervix, Fujin will bleed to death."

Aunt Guan was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, forgetting that Mai Xiang was a ten-year-old girl.

"Shut up, if you keep making noise, the baby will be lost, and none of us will survive." The woman holding the scissors heard Guan Nanny's cry, her hands stopped, and she didn't dare to do anything.

After hearing this, two women next to her were about to come and pull Mai Xiang and Madam Guan out immediately.

"Cut the mouth? Wait a minute, I have something to say." Mai Xiang suddenly remembered something.

She remembered that when her cousin gave birth, she had to undergo a lateral incision because of the small cervix. It was said to be a very small operation, and both adults and children were safe. The problem was that Mai Xiang didn't know where the lateral incision was.

No matter where it is cut, there is only such a small place in total. Since the baby cannot be born, just cut that place a little bit, and then sew it with casings.

Anyway, if they didn't cut it themselves, they would cut it by themselves. Rather than letting Uladomin bleed to death, she might as well do it herself, or she still has a little hope of surviving.

You can't hesitate any more, and you can only die if you hesitate any longer.

"Guanmao, go find someone to prepare a pair of sharp scissors, a little anesthetic, a bowl of high-strength white wine, a piece of sausage casing, clean boiled gauze, and a needle with a larger eye." Mai Xiang explained. go down.

"Sister, do you believe me?" Mai Xiang looked at Uladomin and asked.

Uladomin nodded, and two lines of tears flowed out of his eyes again.

"Well, if I say push hard, you should do hard. Follow me for a while, don't worry."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she brought a steady woman over and asked her to help Uladomin with a massage.

Unexpectedly, that old woman didn't listen to Mai Xiang at all, she looked at the old woman with scissors in her hand.

The woman with scissors in her hand stared at Mai Xiang and said, "Nonsense, how old are you, is it child's play?"

Someone nearby has already gone out to look for the prince.

"Master Belle asked you to come out."

"Nurse Guan, look at them, don't let them do anything." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she hurried out the door, only then did she notice a man in his twenties wearing brocade robes standing in the hall.

(End of this chapter)