Chapter 350 Zhou's Difficult Birth
Chapter 350 Zhou's Difficult Birth
Everyone was very happy. Wen Niang's birth went smoothly this time, both babies were boys. Jin was grinning from ear to ear. Su He also breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go home to sleep.
"Miss, Aunt Zhou is about to give birth."
Cui Niang came running in panic, and everyone in the room was shocked. Su He called the two midwives away and took her things to Wang Fugui's house.
Before Su He ran into the yard, she heard Zhou's suppressed crying, and her grandmother was beside her, cheering her up.
"Grandma, how is your aunt? How many fingers dilated?"
"Only two fingers. Wait a bit."
There was worry in grandma's words. Zhou was old and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bear it if time dragged on for too long.
"Aunt, I brought some ginseng, don't worry. You must be hungry, I'll ask Cui Niang to make you some brown sugar eggs."
Su He looked at Zhou lying there with a pale face and felt panic in her heart. She was not as calm as she was with Wen Niang.
Zhou nodded with difficulty, not even having the strength to speak. Su He's heart sank when he saw Zhou's reaction. It had just begun and Zhou was already exhausted. This was not good.
As soon as Su He went out, he told Cui Niang to go to the kitchen.
"Uncle, go and boil some water. Yanzhi, take this ginseng and cut a few slices for later use."
Su He turned around and went to find Doctor Mu. Doctor Mu still lived with He Huiru. There were people on duty at night in their room. When Su He called him, Doctor Mu came out with his clothes on.
"Mr. Mu, my aunt is about to give birth. She doesn't have enough strength. She is only two fingers dilated now. Is there any way?"
"Don't worry, I'll go check his pulse first. Xiuhe, bring two packets of medicine."
Doctor Mu asked his wife to join him, and the couple followed Su He with the medicine box.
Su He felt better when she saw Dr. Mu's calm expression.
When they arrived at Wang Fugui's house, Zhou was crying again because of the labor pains.
There were a lot of people in the delivery room, including two midwives, Yanzhi, Ma, and grandma.
Su He looked at the crying Yanzhi and calmed down all of a sudden. So many people were already panicking, she couldn't panic as well.
"Yanzhi, stay in the room and follow the instructions. I'll go get some basins of water for you to wash your hands."
Yanzhi wiped her tears with her sleeves and nodded heavily.
"Okay, I'll watch."
Su He trotted out to get hot water, and brought three basins of water for everyone to wash their hands.
Wang Xiuhe also followed him into the kitchen and boiled the medicine herself.
Time passed little by little, and grandma was the first to give up and went back to rest, followed by the midwife, Ma, and Yanzhi. Su He didn't dare to leave, but just leaned against the chair and took a nap.
After four long hours, Zhou finally opened his penis to eight fingers.
Victory was in sight, but Zhou was completely unable to muster any strength.
"Aunt, it will be soon. Yueran will be born soon. Let's just hold on!"
Su He tried her best to force her to drink brown sugar water, but Zhou didn't even have the strength to swallow.
The midwife's face looked very bad. If this continued, neither of the babies would be saved.
Grandma was supported by Ma and came over to discuss with Su He.
"Lotus, the doctor said that only one can be saved."
Su He's tears suddenly flowed down. Why could she only keep one? She even gave her little cousin a name.
"Your uncle said, protect the lord."
Su He stared at the pale-faced Zhou in a daze, thinking of how she had a face full of happiness and longing just two days ago.
"Midwife! Feel it and see if the baby is in the correct position."
Su He was unusually calm at this moment. Although she spoke in a low voice, the midwife did not dare to neglect her.
"Lotus, it's OK. The fetal position is fine."
"Yanzhi, wash the scissors with hot water and put them on a clean gauze. Wait for me, and find a way to wake up your mother and put more ginseng slices in her mouth."
Su He gently put Zhou down and rushed back home.
He closed the door and went into the space to get medicine, alcohol, gauze, which can be bought at the pharmacy, as well as scissors and cotton thread. After quickly changing into clean clothes, Su He rushed back with the things.
"Lotus! Mother is dead."
Yanzhi lay beside Zhou and cried in despair. Su He's mind suddenly went blank.
Looking at Zhou, who was pale and motionless, I thought about the first time they met this straightforward and kind aunt. They had clearly discussed raising the child together.
"No, my aunt is not dead."
Su He pushed Yanzhi away and yelled at her.
"Go get a bowl of warm water!"
Su He climbed onto the kang to give Zhou first aid. No one around dared to say a word. Grandma had already fainted. Ma could only cry and ask someone to send her to the side.
Su He opened his bag and took out a pile of medicine boxes. He looked at them tremblingly. When he saw something that could be useful to Zhou, he immediately poured warm water into her mouth. If Zhou couldn't swallow it, he fed her with his mouth.
Su He could not remember what happened next. She just felt that she pressed for a long time and fed several kinds of medicine.
After finishing another bowl of ginseng soup, Zhou coughed lightly. The sound was very slight, but Su He heard it.
"Aunt is awake, where's Doctor Mu?"
As soon as Su He opened his mouth, he was frightened by his own voice, which sounded hoarse like a cough.
Yanzhi excitedly leaned over to take a look, and saw with her own eyes that her mother's hand was moving. She quickly ran to the next room to find Doctor Mu, but because the wait had taken too long, Doctor Mu was resting in the next room.
Hearing the noise, he came in to check immediately.
"Quick, Xiuhe, come and help."
Doctor Mu saw that the man was angry again. He didn't care about being happy and hurriedly called his wife to come over. He still remembered the baby in her belly.
"We need to get the child out quickly. My wife has delicate hands. If you are willing, I will ask her to try to pull the child out."
This method is extremely dangerous and the chance of getting it out safely is not high, so Doctor Mu didn't mention it at first. When he wanted to say it later, it was too late.
"Yes, Grandma Wang, thank you for your help. Please wash your hands immediately and start."
Su He agreed without hesitation, as she had been thinking about pulling the child out in the first place.
Wang Xiuhe nodded and quickly washed her hands. Two midwives also came over to help.
After a while, Wang Xiuhe touched the child's head, but the child was too big. No matter how thin Wang Xiuhe's hands were, Zhou still convulsed with pain.
Su He calmly prepared to disinfect the scissors, then turned around and called Yanzhi to continue preparing hot water.
"Mother Liu, Mother Zhou, thank you for your hard work this time. Don't worry, no matter what happens afterwards, each of you will receive 50 taels of hard work compensation."
"Now I want the two of you to hold down the woman's legs. Auntie, hold down her upper body. Grandma Wang, I'm going to cut it with scissors and then try my best to pull the baby out."
Su He paused for a second with tears in her eyes, "Don't worry about it, just save the adults."
Wang Xiuhe looked at Su He in surprise. She didn't have time to think about it and nodded quickly.
It happened that Zhou had another contraction at this moment. Su He made up her mind and cut with a pair of scissors, causing more blood to flow.
Wang Xiuhe quickly stepped forward, took a deep breath, and reached his hand in.
Two minutes later, the child was caught.
His whole body was bruised and his eyes were closed.
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