The Little Widower (farming)

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Li Xin's labor pains lasted for three hours. During these three hours, Li Xin ate a bowl of noodles and a few pastries, and spent the rest of the time lying on the bed to rest. Mr. Wen said that he should conserve his strength for a while. It will hurt when you really want to give birth.

After Chen Qing had dinner, he asked Zhou Yuan to go guard Li Xin. It was better at night than during the day. If anything happened, it would be more convenient for Zhou Yuan to be there.

Zhou Yuan thought for a while, watched Chen Qing lie down, and then went to Li Xin's house.

Li Tiejiang was so anxious that he circled around the room. Zhang Yin accompanied Li Xin in the room, and Niu Niu and Aunt Sun returned home.

"Father." Zhou Yuan walked to Li Tiejiang's side.

"You're here." Li Tiejiang stopped for a moment, then turned away, "It's been three or four hours, why haven't you given birth yet?"

"I'm here to guard you." He didn't say the next words, Speaking out only made Blacksmith Li more worried.

Li Xin had been quiet all afternoon, but now she began to cry out in pain from time to time. It seemed that the pain was too much to bear.

Li Tiejiang became even more anxious. He stood and started spinning in circles. When he was asked to sit down, he started shaking his legs.

Zhou Yuan patted his shoulder and could only wait quietly.

There was a noise outside the house. Zhou Yuan stood up and saw Qi Shuning stumbling into the door. Zhou Yuan quickly supported him: "Why are you back?" As soon as

Qi Shuning stood still, he heard Li Xin's painful cry in the room: "Xinxin What's wrong?"

"It started today, I'm going to give birth." Zhou Yuan took his luggage and said, "Go and wash up first, then go check on him later."

Fortunately, the hot water was burning a lot, and Qi Shuning kept fussing. I took a shower on the second day, changed my clothes and went to the house.

Zhang Yin was stunned when she heard the voice, and then blocked him at the door: "Don't go in."

Qi Shuning looked into the room through her, and then heard Li Xin's cry of pain. He pulled his neck and shouted: "Xinxin, are you still here ?" Okay? I'm back."

Li Xin, who had been holding back all afternoon, became angry when she heard his voice: "You still know how to come back!"

Qi Shuning was speechless and quickly comforted him: "Ah, I'm back. I also learned how to ride a horse, and I can take you to ride a horse in the future."

"Who wants to ride a horse?" Li Xin's voice was so loud that everyone in the room was startled.

"Mom, please let me in." Qi Shuning begged, "Look, everyone else is energetic now that I'm back."

"But, there is a taboo, how can a man enter the delivery room?" Zhang Yin hesitated for a moment.

"Mom, I don't have any taboos, just let me in." Qi Shuning begged again, "Xinxin is giving birth, I can only sit outside and wait, how can I let him suffer all the pain alone, I'm going in , he can pinch me, which will also relieve his pain."

Seeing him begging like this, Zhang Yin had no choice but to let the door open a crack, and Qi Shuning squeezed in.

In the following time, Li Xin almost always scolded Qi Shuning unilaterally, and Qi Shuning kept doing it, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I don't know how long it took, but a baby's cry pierced the night.

Li Tiejiang pinched Zhou Yuan's shoulders and jumped up: "It's happening, it's happening."

After saying that, he went to the door to take a look, but the door was closed tightly and he couldn't see anything. He could only hear Li Xin's cursing voice.

Fortunately, not long after, another cry also sounded. The two children cried together, and the sound was loud enough.

After the child was packed away, Li Xin was put into clothes, and the wind passed through the room to dissipate the bloody smell, Zhang Yin and Wen Gong each carried a child out: "They are two little brothers. They were crying loudly. He's healthy."

Li Tiejiang leaned forward and liked it very much. The child was too small and wrinkled and he couldn't tell who he looked like. He was probably hungry, so he was still crying.

My brother didn't have any milk after giving birth. Usually, after giving birth, my brother would feed the baby with rice soup. If possible, he would find a wet nurse for the baby.

At this moment, they heard the child crying. Aunt Sun had already cooked rice soup for them. Zhou Yuan helped them fill the rice soup and watched them feed the child. After the child finished eating, he went to sleep, and they put the child back to Li Xin's side. .

After Wen Gong came out, Li Tiejiang wrapped a thick red envelope for him.

Qi Shuning saw that Li Xin was asleep, so he went out just now. He and Li Tiejiang saw off Mr. Wen, and then talked to Zhou Yuan for a while.

"I just finished the exam, and I don't know why, but I feel that I should come back soon." Qi Shuning scratched his head, "It happened that Shopkeeper Tian and Doctor Yu were meeting ancestors in Yuancang Mansion, and then Shopkeeper Tian taught me how to ride a horse. He lent me his horse."

Zhou Yuan looked at him and couldn't imagine that Qi Shuning, who couldn't ride a horse at all, could come back from Yuancang Mansion in ten days. Maybe it was the connection between father and son. Let Qi Shuning not miss the birth of his child.

"Have a good rest and take good care of Li Xin." Zhou Yuan patted him on the shoulder. He originally had a lot to say, but he must be very tired now.

Qi Shuning nodded: "You should go back and rest."

When Zhou Yuan returned home, Chen Qing was still awake. The lights were lit in the room, and Chen Qing leaned on the bedside, waiting eagerly.

Hearing the noise outside the door, Chen Qing quickly stretched his head to take a look. Zhou Yuan went to wash his face before returning to the room: "They gave birth to two little brothers. They are both safe. Qi Shuning is also back."

Chen Qing opened his eyes wide: "That's great, great. I'll ask my mother tomorrow when I can go see Li Xin." He looked at Zhou Yuan again, "Qi Shuning is back? Didn't he take the exam?"

Zhou Yuan took off Shoes went to bed and held Chen Qing in his arms. After listening to Li Xin's cries of pain all night, his heart was not calm. When he thought that Chen Qing would have such a day, he began to feel anxious. If only he could feel the pain for Chen Qing.

Chen Qing lay lazily on his chest: "Who do the little darlings look like?"

Zhou Yuan hugged his waist: "They are too small, a little wrinkled, and a little ugly, so you can't tell."

Chen Qing patted him . He touched his chest: "How can you call a child ugly?"

Zhou Yuan smiled: "They are both wrinkled and look the same."

Chen Qing snorted and turned over , sleeping on his own pillow: "Twins, not all look the same."

Zhou Yuan asked him: "Are you okay? Did you have stomach pain at night?"

"No, everything is fine. Mom said I want to go tomorrow Let's go to town." Chen Qing said, "We haven't prepared any gifts for the little ones yet."

Zhou Yuan picked up his hair and played with it.

Chen Qing thought for a while: "Just one longevity lock for each person?"

Zhou Yuan nodded: "Okay, I will go buy it with my mother tomorrow, can you stay at home alone?"

"Of course, I am just resting in bed, not I can't move." Chen Qing felt that he was making a fuss, "Can you bring me bamboo shoots and fresh meat buns?"

"Is there anything else you want to eat?" Zhou Yuan asked again.

Chen Qing rubbed his stomach. It was okay if he didn't say this. As soon as he said it, he felt as if he was hungry: "I'm hungry now."

Zhou Yuan sat up, thinking that he hadn't finished the roast pork in the evening and wanted to heat it up. It was brought over, but as soon as it was brought over, Chen Qing vomited immediately after smelling the smell. Zhou Yuan quickly put the things back in the kitchen, poured water for Chen Qing, and asked him to rinse his mouth after spitting.

"It's so fishy." Chen Qing frowned.

Zhou Yuan wondered why Chen Qing was about to vomit after just one look after he was clearly enjoying his meal in the evening.

"Do you still want to eat?" Zhou Yuan supported him and comforted him.

Chen Qing felt that there was a fishy smell all over Zhou Yuan's body, so he pushed him aside: "I don't want to eat it, you also have a fishy smell on your body."

"Then rinse your mouth." Zhou Yuan gave him a cup and said, "I'll go wash it off." "Wash and change clothes."

Chen Qing felt that the warm water also smelled bad. He shook his head and said he wouldn't drink it. He was afraid that he would vomit again if he lay down, so he could only sit down.

Zhou Yuan's eyes were full of complexity, thinking about Chen Qing's hard work.

He quickly took a cold shower and changed his clothes. He lowered his head and smelled it. There was only the smell of soap locust. Now Chen Qing probably wouldn't think he smelled bad.

When he returned to the room, Chen Qing reached out to him. Zhou Yuan came over. Chen Qing hugged his neck and sniffed between his collar. There was no smell, and then hugged him tightly: "Don't worry. Ah."

Zhou Yuan kissed his cheek: "Thank you for your hard work, Qing." After

hugging and talking for a while, the feeling of hunger returned again, and Chen Qing sighed: "Could you make me some pickled cabbage soup?"

Yu Yuan didn't know much about cooking, so Chen Qing got up and went to the kitchen with him. Zhou Yuan asked him to sit in front of the stove, and he took the pickled vegetables and beans from the jar and chopped them into pieces under Chen Qing's instructions.

The water was boiled in the pot. After the water boiled, the kimchi was put into the pot. Zhou Yuan lowered his head and looked at Chen Qing: "Just have some pickled cabbage soup?"

Chen Qing thought for a while: "Cook some gnocchi?"

Zhou Yuan nodded and started talking again. When it came to the noodles, his hands were strong and the noodles he kneaded out were very chewy. The soup was sour and had the original aroma of flour. Chen Qing drank a bowl of it warmly and finally didn't feel uncomfortable anymore.

After eating, Zhou Yuan took Chen Qing around the yard twice before going back to the room to sleep.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yuan watched Chen Qing eat a bowl of egg custard, then prepared the bullock cart and went to town with Aunt Sun.

Before leaving, she kept telling him to take a good rest. Chen Qing nodded in agreement, and then he turned around and walked away with Aunt Sun.

Chen Qing leaned on the bed obediently and couldn't sleep for a while. He found the bright red fabric from the cabinet that he had used to make wedding clothes when he got married. There was still some left to make two red bellybands for the children.

It's been a long time since I've done needlework. Chen Qing felt that he was a bit unwieldy. He practiced for a while before he dared to do it. However, once he got started, he found it easy to do it. He was able to draw, cut, and route the threads skillfully.

Time passed quickly as soon as he was immersed in it. When he heard the sound outside the house, he realized that Zhou Yuan and the others were back, and he hadn't rested all morning.

So Chen Qing quickly put down the things in his hands, then immediately lay down and pretended to sleep.

Zhou Yuan entered the room and saw some rags lying beside the bed, as well as a sewing basket that Chen Qingzang had not hidden.

When he walked to the bed, he saw that Chen Qing couldn't even pretend to be asleep. His eyelashes were trembling as if he had done something wrong. Zhou Yuan laughed: "Stop pretending, get up."

Chen Qing then opened his eyes. It was clear and bright, not like a person who had just woken up.

Zhou Yuan bent down and rubbed his hair: "It's not that I don't let you do needlework, just don't tire yourself too much."

"I feel like today is pretty good, and I don't feel tired at all." Chen Qing then said, "I'll give it to the children. It took a lot of time to make two bellybands.

Chen Qing is almost finished now: "So you haven't had any rest since we left?"

Chen Qing:...