The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 281 Birth

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"Grandmother, Grandma has lost too much blood and is very weak. Should we give her some nutrition?" A cyborg girl touched Wei Qingqing's wrist pulse and said with her delicate eyebrows furrowed.

"Give her a carton of milk..." Zhang Shufang said, glancing at Ruyi, who was helping change the hot water beside her. "Why isn't the doctor here yet???"

"They're probably still on their way... This stretch of road isn't easy to travel..." Ruyi said hesitantly, feeling uneasy under Zhang Shufang's gaze.

"Don't bother looking for a doctor, I'll go to the village and find some midwives. Midwives are more effective than doctors when it comes to childbirth..." Aunt Liu was getting impatient. She gritted her teeth, turned around, and went out.

"Husband, are you here?" Wei Qingqing's weak voice rang out, her voice somewhat hoarse.

"Coming, coming..." Hearing Wei Qingqing's voice, Yang Ming suddenly found a surge of strength and stumbled to her side, taking her small hand in his. "I'm here, Qingqing, I'm here..." But tears were streaming down his face.

"Go ahead, don't worry about me..." Wei Qingqing's eyelids trembled, and she tried to open her eyes wide, gazing intently at Yang Ming, "I can't delay your important business..."

"I won't go, I'll stay home and stay with you..." Yang Ming cried even more after hearing Wei Qingqing's words.

"You must go..." Wei Qingqing squeezed Yang Ming's hand slightly, "You absolutely must go..."

"I won't go. Nothing in this world is more important than you..." Yang Ming said through tears, taking Wei Qingqing's hand to his lips and gently kissing the back of it. "How about we have a C-section?"

"No..." Wei Qingqing shook her head vigorously, but after exhausting her strength, the shaking became weak. "Natural childbirth... is better for the baby..."

"Hmm..." Yang Ming nodded slightly. Now, he was kicking himself. Why did he insist on saying natural childbirth was better? Babies born via C-section are healthy too, aren't they?

"Husband, hurry up and go. I not only want to be a good mother, but also a good wife. A good wife can't hold her husband back..." Wei Qingqing forced a smile, but her face was pale, making her look exceptionally pitiful and heartbreaking.

"Child, why are you so silly..." Zhang Shufang listened to the young couple's conversation, her nose tingled, tears streamed down her face, and her voice choked with sobs.

"Mom..." Wei Qingqing turned her head with difficulty, looking at her mother-in-law on the other side, "I'm a good woman..."

"Yes, yes, you are a good woman, Mom's good child..." Zhang Shufang couldn't help but cover her mouth and cry.

"Check in and come back, hurry up..." Wei Qingqing turned her head back to look at Yang Ming, her tired eyes filled with urging.

"Hey hey hey..." Yang Ming nodded hurriedly, "I'll go now, I'll go right now..." With that, he got up and stumbled out.

"Phew..." Wei Qingqing let out a long sigh of relief, a smile of relief on her face. But then, she couldn't smile anymore, because her stomach was hurting more and more. However, Yang Ming had just left and hadn't gone far, so she didn't dare to shout out loud, for fear that Yang Ming would feel sorry for her and run back.

"If it hurts, just scream, just scream, don't hold it in..." Zhang Shufang looked at the cold sweat on her daughter-in-law's forehead, tears streaming down her face, and took a towel to gently wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Yang Ming left the wooden house but didn't actually leave. Given Wei Qingqing's condition, could he possibly leave? The answer was no. He didn't want to leave her for a single moment, nor did he dare to, much less leave her. Otherwise, if something unexpected happened, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

"Master, are you really not going???" Ya Ya's voice echoed in Yang Ming's mind. "When a woman is giving birth, a man can't help at all. You'll be here, and besides being anxious and worried, you won't be able to help at all..."

Yang Ming had no mind to pay attention to Ya Ya now. In fact, Ya Ya's words didn't register with him at all, even though the voice was in his head.

"Master... Master..." Ya Ya called out twice, but Yang Ming didn't respond, so she stopped talking and didn't say anything more.

Yang Ming was pacing around outside the wooden house when Aunt Liu led a group of old women in. These women were from Zhengjia Village, and they were usually the ones who helped deliver babies when a woman in the village was about to give birth.

In some remote mountain villages, due to inconvenient transportation, emergency situations like childbirth are handled by village midwives. The birthing environment is also quite simple, with just a clean quilt provided. In some places, the mother even gives birth on dry sand.

"I brought them all, I brought them all... The midwives in our village know how to deliver babies, so I brought them all. Everyone, hurry up and wash your hands..." Aunt Liu shouted loudly.

The women were entering Yang Ming's backyard for the first time. Like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, their eyes were glued to the spot. However, they knew what they were there for, so they quickly squatted down by the hot spring pool, splashing water to wash their hands clean.

"Hurry inside, Qingqing isn't doing well. She's been going through five or six hours..." Aunt Liu urged anxiously.

"Hurry up and get inside, hurry up and get inside..." A group of old women rushed into the wooden house.

"Don't worry, it's alright. Qingqing has a lucky face, otherwise would she have married you? God is favoring her..." Aunt Liu looked at Yang Ming, who seemed to be in a daze, and couldn't help but comfort him softly.

"Thank you..." Yang Ming turned to look at Aunt Liu, his lips moved, and he said.

"Don't say that..." Aunt Liu smiled slightly and turned to walk towards the wooden house.

"Coming, coming..." At this moment, Liu Nannan rushed in, accompanied by a woman in a white coat. "The doctor is here..." Liu Nannan was also carrying a large medicine box...

"Doctor, why are you so late?" When Aunt Liu saw the person Liu Nannan brought, her eyes lit up. She hurriedly grabbed Liu Nannan's hand and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, it's a matter of life and death..." As she spoke, she took the medicine box from Liu Nannan's hand, pulled the person, and ran towards the wooden house.

"There's no other way, I don't have a scalpel in my medical kit, I have to go to the hospital to get one..." The doctor's tone was also very urgent, and he followed Aunt Liu into the house.

"Brother Yang, don't worry, Sister Yang will definitely be fine. If things get really bad, there are doctors and ambulances outside. They can perform a C-section right away, so there won't be any delays..." Liu Nannan comforted Yang Ming from the side.

Time passed second by second, from dawn to noon, and from noon to night. Wei Qingqing's painful cries rang out intermittently, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, but each cry tugged at Yang Ming's heart.

Yang Ming's heart had been clenched countless times, and he had long since become numb. He stood blankly outside the door, like a walking corpse, with no reaction other than his instinctive breathing and heartbeat.

"Master..." Jixiang carried little Yang Feng to Yang Ming's side and called softly.

Yang Ming didn't react at all. He stood there quietly like a wooden stake. Although his posture was upright, he looked hunched over no matter how you looked at him.

"Master..." Jixiang nudged Yang Ming, "Master, why don't you go and rest? If it's really not possible, then Grandma can have a C-section..."

"Yes, yes, yes, a C-section, a C-section..." Yang Ming's eyes suddenly lit up. "We can't delay any longer, we absolutely can't delay any longer..."

"I'll go tell the doctor..." Liu Nannan was already terrified by the scene of Wei Qingqing giving birth. She was huddled in a corner, trembling. When she heard Yang Ming say it was a cesarean section, she immediately jumped up and ran towards the wooden house.

She couldn't take it anymore; hearing Wei Qingqing's painful screams made her bones go numb.

Just as she ran up the steps of the wooden house, the sound of a baby crying rang out...

"It's born! Grandma's given birth..." Jixiang screamed in surprise, but when she turned to look at Yang Ming, she found that he had already collapsed on the ground, unconscious.

"Oh my god..." Liu Nannan deflated like a punctured balloon and collapsed on the steps.

"It's born! It's finally born..." Aunt Liu ran out excitedly, holding a small baby. "First came out was a boy, a big, chubby boy..."

"Oh..." Aunt Liu was still excited when she suddenly saw Yang Ming lying on the ground. She couldn't help but cry out in surprise and rushed to Yang Ming's side, "Yang Ming, Yang Ming, what happened to you???"

"Second Madam, don't worry, Master is fine. He's just been so anxious that it's taken a toll on his mental and physical health..." Jixiang glanced at Yang Ming and immediately understood his condition. "Second Madam, please leave the young master to me..."

"Hold him..." Aunt Liu hurriedly handed the child to Jixiang, then rushed back into the wooden house. Wei Qingqing was carrying another baby girl...

Just before entering the house, Aunt Liu glanced at her niece who had collapsed on the steps and said, "Nannan, don't just sit there like an idiot. Quickly help your brother Yang and take him home..."

"Oh..." Liu Nannan quickly responded, walked to Yang Ming's side, picked him up, and walked out of the valley.

It's said that little Liu Nannan has eaten dragon eggs before, so she's in excellent physical condition. Carrying a big man on her back isn't strenuous at all...

After the first one was born, the second one was much easier to handle. Before long, another cry was heard.

"Oh my, they're all out now! These two little rascals have really worn your mother out..." Aunt Liu happily brought out the baby girl as well, her eyes filled with tears of excitement. She and Wei Qingqing were very close, and seeing Wei Qingqing suffer was like a knife cutting into her heart.

Then, a group of old women came out of the house. They were all exhausted and their bodies were covered in bloodstains.

"Girls, you've all been busy all day. If it weren't for you, my Qingqing would have been in danger. None of us have eaten yet, so please stay and have a simple meal at home..." Zhang Shufang saw everyone out.

"Alright, your family is too busy today, we won't bother you any longer. We'll come again when the baby is a month old..." Aunt Da Bao's cheerful but tired voice rang out.

So it turns out that Aunt Dabao is also a skilled midwife.

"We'll all come to the full moon celebration then, it's too much trouble today..." a few old women chimed in.

"No trouble at all..." Zhang Shufang smiled and looked at Jixiang, "Jixiang, go and arrange a banquet right away to entertain our great benefactor of the Yang family..."

"Girl, if you say that, you'll embarrass us to death. We're all from the same village, it's too polite to be so formal..." The old women quickly refused.

"Yes, you should. It's too polite, it would seem too formal..." Zhang Shufang replied with a smile, echoing their words, which made the group of old women smile wryly.

"Please follow me, ladies..." Jixiang bowed slightly to the group of old women, speaking gently, as if he were leading the way.

"Let's go, let's go. We shouldn't let our sister's kindness go to waste. Let's not stand on ceremony here. Let her go inside and take care of her daughter-in-law..." Aunt Dabao said with a smile, following behind Jixiang as they walked out of the valley.

"Then I won't see you off..." Zhang Shufang watched them leave before turning and entering the wooden house.

Inside the wooden cabin, the stench of blood was palpable. Several cyborg girls were cleaning the floor with rags, tidying up the bloodstains and water stains.

Inside, Wei Qingqing lay on the floor, her skin deathly pale, already unconscious. She had suffered terribly over the past day and night…

Ruyi took a hot towel and knelt down beside Wei Qingqing, wiping her body. The doctor in the white coat, wearing a stethoscope, measured Wei Qingqing's blood pressure with a blood pressure monitor, his brows relaxing and furrowing from time to time. Xue Hua was already at a loss. Facing her daughter who had suffered so much, she was just an ordinary mother. All she knew was to hold Wei Qingqing's little hand, wipe away her tears, and tidy up the messy hair at her temples.

"How is it???" Zhang Shufang walked to Wei Qingqing's side, knelt down, took her hand, and looked at the doctor who was taking her blood pressure.

"The situation isn't looking good; she's lost too much blood..." The doctor shook his head. "But she shouldn't be in any immediate danger..."

"That's good..." Zhang Shufang breathed a sigh of relief.

"What do you mean by saying things aren't very optimistic?" Xue Hua asked cautiously, her heart pounding.

"There might be some long-term effects..." The doctor's tone was uncertain. "It's really strange. Under normal circumstances, after losing this much blood, the person would definitely be beyond saving..."

If an ordinary person were to bleed this much like Wei Qingqing, they would have died long ago.

Of course, what she found even more unbelievable was that the two children had been struggling all day and should have suffocated to death long ago, but when they were born, each one had a louder voice than the other.

"Remember to give her plenty of iron-boosting food; she should recover quickly. We'll see how things go then..." The doctor packed up his tools, slung his medical kit over his shoulder, and turned to leave. "I'll observe her here for two days. If anything happens, remember to let me know immediately..."

"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor..." Zhang Shufang hurriedly replied, then got up and saw the doctor out.

After seeing the doctor off, Zhang Shufang returned to Wei Qingqing's side, sat down beside her, and looked down at her daughter-in-law with heartache in her eyes.

"This child has suffered terribly..." Looking at Wei Qingqing's pale appearance, Zhang Shufang's tears welled up in her eyes.

"At least you still have some conscience..." Xue Hua choked up, glared at Zhang Shufang, and said.

If Zhang Shufang stops paying attention to her daughter after she gives birth and instead focuses all her attention on the child, she will definitely turn against her.

That's a classic case of crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge, or discarding the donkey after it has served its purpose...

"I've always considered her my daughter..." Zhang Shufang said, her voice choked with emotion.

"My poor daughter..." Tears streamed down Xue Hua's face like broken beads.

"The baby's been born, should we give them colostrum?" Aunt Liu asked softly as she walked in from outside, carrying the baby girl.

"Qingqing is still asleep, let's wait a bit..." Zhang Shufang said.

"No need, bring her over here and let her have a bite first..." Xue Hua said, beckoning to Aunt Liu.

Seeing this, Aunt Liu quickly handed the maid over.

Xue Hua placed the little girl next to Wei Qingqing and put a pink grape into her little mouth. The little girl immediately began to suck on it instinctively.

"I'll go get the older one..." Seeing this, Aunt Liu turned around and went out to ask Jixiang for the child.

When Liu Sao arrived at Yang Ming's house, Ji Xiang was cooking inside. The aroma of the food wafted out, tempting people's appetites.

"Jixiang, where are they??? Where did they all go??? Didn't they say they were going to eat at our house???" Aunt Liu looked around the three rooms. In the west room were the unconscious Yang Ming and Liu Nannan, and in the east room were two little children, but she didn't see the group of old women. She couldn't help but ask with some doubt.

"They've all gone to the hot spring to bathe. Is Second Madam here to hold the two young masters?" Jixiang said while working, wearing an apron.

"Hmm..." Aunt Liu nodded. "I'm here to pick up the second one. Could you look after the older one for me?"

"No problem, young master, you can rest assured to leave it to me..." Jixiang said with a smile.

"Take good care of them..." Aunt Liu said, kissing her son's cheek, picking up Wei Qingqing's son, kissing the little guy's cheek, supporting the back of his head, and carrying him back to the hot spring valley in the back garden.

"Mmm, so comfortable..." Just as Aunt Liu left, a group of old women returned. They had just finished soaking in the hot spring, their bodies still wet, and they looked quite excited. The key was that the fragrance from Yang Ming's house was just too tempting.

"Girl, don't be so polite. Just make something simple to eat. People in the countryside aren't so particular..." Aunt Dabao said politely to Jixiang as she entered the house first.

"It happened so suddenly, and we weren't prepared beforehand. It was just our usual home-cooked meal, so please bear with us..." Jixiang said with a smile.

"You're too kind, you're too kind..." a group of old women quickly said politely.

"You've all been busy all day, come inside and rest..." Jixiang quickly ushered everyone inside.

"Don't be so polite, don't be so polite..." Aunt Da Bao said, and went into the east room with a group of old women.

"Hehe, this little thing..." Aunt Dabao's first impression upon seeing the baby on the kang was that of the newborn, but to her surprise, the baby had grown quite a bit. "Isn't this Qingqing's child..."

"It's too big..." an old woman said after looking it over for a while.

"Skin so delicate and tender, all pink and chubby, doesn't look like it was just born..." another old woman grinned and said.

"Everyone, sit on the kang (heated brick bed), don't stand, everyone get on the kang..." Liu Nannan suddenly came over from the west room, picked up the child, and said with a smile.

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