In the west room, Yingbao was leaning against the kang, deep in thought.
The birthdays of my two younger brothers in my previous life were September 26th, and my mother said they were born at night.
Because the incident happened suddenly and it was raining heavily, my father didn't have time to go to the town to ask for a doctor, so he had to ask Aunt Wu from Xichen Village.
Although Aunt Wu was also an experienced midwife, she was inevitably a little flustered as it was her first time encountering a situation like Chunniang's.
Finally, the twins were born safely, but one of the younger brothers became mentally damaged due to being suffocated.
Chunniang also suffered a lot. She was bedridden for two months and could no longer have children.
"Tomorrow is September 26th. We need to ask Dad to go to town early to ask the doctor to come to our house and watch over us."
Yingbao murmured to herself: "No matter what, nothing can happen to my brother and mother again."
But how can I make Dad believe that Mom is going to give birth tomorrow
After all, it is not easy to ask a doctor to see a doctor, and the consultation fee is quite considerable.
And my mother shows no signs of giving birth. If we call a doctor and there is no news, wouldn't that be a waste of money
Well, let it be a waste. I can't ignore the lives of my mother and brother just to save a little bit of money.
Yingbao crawled into the bed, closed her eyes and entered the cave.
Now the open space beside the pool is covered with thick soil.
All this fertile soil was shoveled in bit by bit by Yingbao some time ago. Now it has been planted with wheat, rice, soybeans, dozens of water chestnuts, and a large area of green vegetables and shepherd's purse.
Wheat, rice and soybeans have just sprouted, and green vegetables and shepherd's purse are growing rapidly.
The few water chestnuts planted earlier have sprouted and grown, producing a bunch of water chestnuts as big as eggs, which are crispy and sweet.
But no one here has ever seen such big water chestnuts, and now it is autumn, so Yingbao doesn't dare to take them out, and can only replant them one by one.
In addition, many fruit trees are planted on the black soil, including jujube, mountain pear, peach, chestnut, and apricot trees.
The fruit seedlings have grown to half a foot tall and can be transplanted out in the spring of next year.
The two apple trees transplanted earlier are growing well, so these fruit seedlings should be no different.
However, you need to think carefully about where to plant it.
Of course, you can't plant twenty or thirty fruit tree seedlings all in the yard, or even in front of or behind the house, as that would be too eye-catching.
Planting it in Beishan is even worse.
That piece of land was a share of land for each household, and when Father Jiang got old, he had to return half of it to the government. If he died, all of the land would be returned.
She doesn't want to be a help to others in the future.
Then, we can only plant it in Xiaonan Mountain, where there are my father’s permanent farmland and more than ten acres of mountain land.
Xiaonan Mountain also has another advantage. It is located at a high altitude with few rocks. Even if there is a flood in the future, it will not be flooded.
Well, I will mobilize my parents to build a house in Xiaonan Mountain in the future so that we can avoid the big flood in a few years.
Yingbao walked closer to the rock wall and carefully observed the growth of these crystal white and transparent objects.
The piece that was scraped off never grew back, which made her a little sad.
This also means that once these Wudingzhi are used up, they will never be available again.
Yingbao scratched her head, feeling a little confused.
The hens at home lay eggs and the fawn grows strong, all thanks to Wudingzhi.
Last time, when my finger was cut by a sickle, I used its juice to treat it. The effect was very obvious. No trace was visible in just two hours. It can be seen that this is a good thing.
Since it is a non-renewable good thing, we should use it sparingly in the future.
The next day, Yingbao got up before dawn, put on her clothes, folded her quilt, and ran to her parents' room.
That’s right, Yingbao now has her own house.
Because her younger brother was about to be born, and she was a sensible girl, how could she always share the same kang with her parents
So at her strong request, her father built a kang for his daughter in the west room and let her live there alone.
Yingbao poked her head out from under the curtain and shouted into the room, "Dad!"
Jiang Sanlang was putting on his shoes when he saw his daughter calling him so early. He thought something had happened.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Sanlang came over quickly.
Yingbao took her father's hand and dragged him out, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
Jiang Sanlang followed his little girl to the west room and asked, "What does Yingbao want to tell Dad?"
Yingbao crossed her fingers and thought for a while, then whispered, "Dad, I had a dream last night."
Jiang Sanlang smiled and rubbed his daughter's head, "Did you have a nightmare?"
Yingbao shook her head, tilted her head and said seriously, "I dreamed that my mother was going to give birth to my brother tonight, and she bled a lot. Dad, please ask the doctor to come home quickly."
Jiang Sanlang was stunned and subconsciously thought that his daughter's dream was absurd.
Suddenly I remembered that my wife's due date is coming soon, and last time my daughter was so sure that her mother was pregnant with a little brother. It shows that my daughter is quite smart.
He was a little panicked, but still made a decision.
"Okay, I'll go to town right away." Jiang Sanlang hurried to the east room to check on his wife. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Chun Niang, I'm going to town. You should rest at home and don't walk around." Jiang Sanlang reminded.
Chunniang sat up and asked in confusion, "Why are you going to town so early? It's not even daybreak yet."
"It will be light soon." Jiang Sanlang turned and left the house.
When he got outside, he saw that it was raining heavily, so he turned back to get the hat and raincoat hanging on the wall, and then went to his eldest brother's house.
He had to ask his sister-in-law to come and look after him.
My wife is about to give birth and my daughter is still so young. It may not be possible without a capable adult at home.
Seeing that her father was in a hurry, Yingbao quickly warned him: "Dad, the road is slippery in the rain, you have to be careful on the way. The doctor is old and can't walk on the mud, you can go to Grandpa Muramasa's house to borrow a donkey cart."
Jiang Sanlang slapped his head.
Oh, how could I have forgotten about this.
He waved to his daughter and said, "Okay, Dad will be there soon. You stay at home with your mom and don't run around." Then he rushed into the rain.
Yingbao sighed, ran to the kitchen to feed the deer, and let the chickens out of the chicken coop.
Seeing that the water in the water tank was almost gone, he released pond water from the cave until the large water tank was full.
After thinking about it, he took some dry firewood from behind the kitchen stove, and took two seldom-used pottery bowls and an old pottery jar from the cupboard, and put them all in the cave for emergency use.
Jiang family's eldest sister-in-law, Zhou, soon came over with an oil-paper umbrella and a can of freshly cooked rice porridge in her hand.
"Aunt." Yingbao greeted warmly.
Zhou asked with a smile: "Why did Yingbao get up so early? Where is your mother?"
"Mom is in the room and will be out soon." Yingbao said in a crisp voice.
"Then aunt, go and take a look." Zhou walked towards the east room.
Yingbao felt much more at ease when she saw her aunt-in-law coming to accompany her mother.
She put on the small bamboo hat that her father had made for her, put on wooden clogs, and took the deer outside the yard to defecate and urinate.
The little deer followed obediently and walked into the rain.
After releasing the deer, Yingbao dried its body with a rag and started to shovel the chicken manure from the chicken coop.
Usually my dad cleans this thing, but today he has something to do and I can't let my pregnant mother do it, so I had to do it myself.
After cleaning up the chicken manure and sweeping the room again, people can enter the kitchen.
At this time, Zhou came in and exclaimed, "You are such a diligent girl. I was going to let your elder sister Ni do it, but I didn't expect that she had already cleaned it up."
Ying Bao smiled and said, "Usually, my father and mother do it, but today my father is out and it's not convenient for my mother, so I cleaned it up for her."
Zhou took out two ceramic bowls and two pairs of chopsticks from the cupboard: "Yingbao, auntie brought some porridge, it's still hot, come and have some with your mother."
"Well, thank you, aunt." Yingbao jumped and followed Zhou to the main room to eat porridge.
Chunniang was also feeling helpless at this time, and said to Zhou: "If I am not allowed to go out, then I will not go out. Why do you bother my sister-in-law to bring porridge and rice here?"
Zhou smiled and said, "Sanlang came over early this morning and told me that you might be about to give birth, so he asked me to come and see you. I happened to have cooked porridge this morning, and I thought you might not be feeling well, and it was raining outside, so what if you slipped and fell? So I brought some porridge with me."
"I'm about to give birth." Chunniang was a little embarrassed.
He touched his stomach and said hesitantly, "But my stomach has been tight and loose these past two days. I don't know if it's because of the baby kicking me."