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It is the waxing moon day, the dusk of the mountain village, and the snow is floating in the sky.
The third grandmother sat in front of the pot stove, holding half a bowl of porridge, and sucked unhurriedly with her dry mouth, when she overheard a male voice outside the door shouting in panic: "Third grandmother! Three Grandmas! Go and rescue Qiao Yunzi! ”
The black dog in the house saw someone coming in, and barked wildly with his teeth. The third grandmother's son, Da Ram, heard the news and loudly reprimanded the black dog. The man who came in saw the third grandmother, looked at the third grandmother with his eyes, and repeated Fang Cai's words: "Third grandmother, you go to save Qiao Yun, she is almost gone!" ”
The third grandmother half opened her mouth, staring at the man in front of her, the eyes that were as deep as dry wells, no reaction, no words. When the man saw this, he fell to his knees and burst into tears: "Third Grandmother, I beg you, you go and save Qiao Yunzi, she, she is dying, dead..."
"Rifle, what the hell is going on?" Didn't your sister Meixia invite a female doctor from the town to deliver Qiao Yunzi? bite? Now you call me over again, don't you think my wife will deliver the pickles? The third grandmother put down the bowl and slowly stood up on the stove.
"Third Grandmother, I was wrong, you adults don't remember the villains, it's all me and Meixia's fault, please, you hurry up and save Qiao Yunzi!" Laifu held the dry hands of the third grandmother tightly, and a desperate cry appeared in his eyes.
"Then let's go," said the third grandmother, glancing at her son, "and take my crutch." ”
Laifu preemptively took grandma san's purple crutch, handed it to her old man, and then squatted down and said, "Grandma San, come, I'll drive you, it's too late!" ”
The third grandmother looked at the bent and squatted Rifle, hesitated, and gently touched the ground with a crutch. The son Da Ram urged, "Mother, you are walking slowly, and your feet are not strong, so let's call LaiFu to drive you." ”
The third grandmother then clamped the crutch under her armpit and lay on the back of Rifu. LaiFu got up and carried the three grandmothers out of the house for a wild run, but two minutes of kung fu arrived at his home. In fact, the Laifu family and the three grandmother's home, only four households, the straight-line distance is only more than 100 meters.
As early as lunchtime, the third grandmother heard that Laifu's daughter-in-law was about to give birth. She was ready to deliver the baby at home, but after waiting for half a day no one came to call her. A few days ago, Laifu's mother came to look for her. Laifu's mother said to the third grandmother: "Third grandmother, Qiao Yunzi may be about to give birth in a few days, and when the time comes, will you bother to deliver the child?" ”
The third grandmother said, "Nowadays, don't young people all go to the town hospital to give birth, and can they still use my wife?" ”
"Hey, just have a baby, melon ripe, nothing important, don't go to town, also save a few dollars, buy a few packs of milk powder for the child." 」
"Having said that, when Qiao Yunzi is about to give birth, come and say a word to me."
"Well, Grandma Three, that's it, I'll thank you when the baby is born."
"It is my blessing to be able to bring my child into this world, and I will see it when I say thank you."
"Thank you or thank you, Third Grandmother," Laifu Niang said with a smile, "there are still things in the family, I will go first." ”
However, after only a few days, things changed. At noon on this day, when the third grandmother went to the door to get firewood, she heard the neighbor who passed by to say to the daughter-in-law: "Third grandmother, haven't you heard?" Mei Xia just rode a motorcycle to the town hospital to ask the doctor to go, saying that her sister-in-law Qiao Yunzi was broken and could not move, and the female doctor who went to ask for it was still her classmate. ”
The third grandmother did not squeak, and her heart said: It is better not to call me, so that I am not tired of that.
Laiwang's daughter-in-law said, "Third grandmother, didn't Qiao Yunzi's mother-in-law say a few days ago that she would like to invite you to deliver the baby? ”
"If you don't bark, I won't pick up, I have a hard time walking, and I still go to find that trouble," the third grandmother picked up a few pieces of chopped wood, and walked home with her little feet upside down, she didn't want to hear the churning stick of Wang's daughter-in-law and then nagging.
Intuition told the third grandmother that Qiao Yunzi must be difficult to give birth, and unless she had to, this boy would not come to invite her.
She couldn't imagine that this had been an afternoon, and it was the doctor in the town who had been invited, why hadn't she been born yet? The third grandmother lying on the back of Laifu thought of this, and her heart was bottomless for a while.
When the sweaty Rifle opened the cotton curtain and put the third grandmother on the ground, Qiao Yunzi was still tearing her heart out on the bed and screaming: "Ah, ah, it hurts me, it hurts, it hurts, it doesn't work, quick, save me..."
The third grandmother saw the situation, threw down the crutch, walked quickly to Qiao Yunzi's bed with her small feet upside down, lifted half of the quilt, repeatedly touched Qiao Yunzi's bulging abdomen with her hands, and then held Qiao Yunzi's hand and said: "Child, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you inhale, yes, inhale, inhale, suck again, suck..."
The Lai Fu Niang next to her had a scorched face and kept rubbing her hands. The third grandmother looked at her and said sharply, "What are you blindly turning around?" Bring a clean towel, make the fire bigger in the coal stove, and pour a basin of hot water! ”
Lady Laifu looked around, just about to speak, the young female doctor from the town had already handed a towel to the third grandmother, with a look of trouble.
While wiping the sweat on Qiao Yunzi's face, the third grandmother reassured, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's no big deal." ”
"Three grandmothers, three grandmothers, you save me, save me!" Qiao Yunzi, whose face was full of sweat, stared at the third grandmother and prayed.
"Listen to me, child, not so scary, there are three grandmothers, you are assured, obediently listen to me, I let you do, you just, hear not?"
"Mm-hmm," Qiao Yunzi nodded, "Third Grandmother, I listen to you, listen to you." ”
"You bear with it, this child's head is crooked too much, I will give you a straight face, bear with it," said the third grandmother, let the female doctor next to her hold Qiao Yunzi's hips with both hands, and she herself had her left hand under and her right hand on it, and forcefully rubbed Qiao Yunzi's bulging abdomen from right to left several times.
Qiao Yunzi looked pained, opened his mouth wide, gasped and shouted, "Pain, I hurt, I can't stand it..."
"Child," the third grandmother stared at Qiao Yunzi, "stand up, stand up, this is good, obedient!" ”
During the conversation, the third grandmother, with the cooperation of the female doctor, corrected the fetal position for Qiao Yunzi again, which was relieved, looked at Qiao Yunzi and said: "Oh my God, it's almost over, the child's head is finally up." ”
At this time, Qiao Yunzi's voice was obviously lower. The third grandmother stood at her head, wiped a handful of sweat for her, and comforted: "Child, rest first, after a while we will work hard and it will be all right?" ”
Qiao Yunzi nodded obediently.
After a while, the third grandmother leaned over Qiao Yunzi's ear, as if muttering some kind of joke, and saw Qiao Yunzi "poof" and laugh. With Qiao Yunzi's laughing skills, the third grandmother quickly lifted the quilt on Qiao Yunzi's body, pressed her hands close to her lower abdomen, and pressed hard from top to bottom.
Qiao Yunzi cried out in pain again. The third grandmother ordered her: Inhale, inhale, inhale again; well, hold your breath, push down hard, push harder, push harder, work harder, work harder, it, hey, yes, hold your breath, squeeze it, it's good, okay...
After only ten seconds, a thunderous cry spread throughout the warm room, and a red baby came to the world along the dry hands of the third grandmother.
The third grandmother turned to Laifu Niang and said, "It's a handle." ”
Lai Fu Niang cried with joy and said to the third grandmother, "Let you be tired, tired." ”
Rifle heard the child's cries and broke in from outside. The old woman said to him: "Panic, quickly take the basin of hot water for your third grandmother to wash her hands." ”
Mei Xia, who felt ashamed, handed a clean towel to the third grandmother and said, "Third grandmother, you should wash your hands first." ”
The female doctor next to her looked at Meixia, picked up the medical box and said, "Meixia, then I am gone?" ”
"Oh, wait," Mei Xia said to the female classmate slightly embarrassed, "Holy Spirit, you ate first, and then I will ask my brother to send you back, right?" ”
"No, I'll go back to town and eat, you guys are busy first."
Mika had to let her brother get on a motorcycle and send the Holy Spirit back to town first.
The third grandmother washed the newborn baby's body, cleaned her hands, sighed, and said to Laifu Niang: "Let Qiao Yunzi live and rest, it is not early, I am also gone." ”
Qiao Yunzi tossed for most of the day, and at this time he was already asleep. Lai Fu Niang looked at her sleeping daughter-in-law, picked up the third grandmother, and said, "You are always a lucky star of the family, go, old lady, I will send you." ”
The third grandmother did not resign, after all, she was old and had a bad look at night.
The next morning, Rifford offered four gifts, large and small, and went to thank the three grandmothers. The third grandmother said, "You can take the gift back, as long as you look down on my wife in the future." ”
Laifu smiled and said, "Third Grandmother, if you want to blame me, I shouldn't listen to Mei Xia's words." ”
"Well, you kid is still an understanding man." Grandma Three grinned with a toothless mouth.