sjar Chapter 38 My aunt gives birth in the compound
Chapter 38 My aunt gives birth in the compound
Yang Zhanbei held the old lady and pinched the philtrum under her nose with his thumb. After a while, the old lady slowly woke up and began to cry out, "My precious granddaughter, how could you be so cruel as to leave me? How can I, an old woman, face the fact that I, an old man, have to bury my daughter? And your grandfather, how can we two old people bear such a blow! Waaah!"
Then, a chorus of wails erupted in the courtyard! Several people comforted the old lady and the old man and led them back to the east wing.
Liu Shulan, Yang Yuhan, and Yang Yuqiu's aunt's husband dragged their aunt back to the west room of the south wing.
Diao Yan pointed at the backs of the group dragging her aunt to the south wing and cursed, "I'm telling her aunt, you better keep your big belly to yourself, don't give birth to the child in this courtyard, it'll bring bad luck to our Yang family!"
No one paid any attention to her; let her wail as she pleased, since it was New Year's Eve and everyone was supposed to be there anyway!
"Bang bang bang!" Several men set off firecrackers with a loud clang and kicking sound. Fireworks and firecrackers filled the courtyard with red paper scraps, which coincided perfectly with the large white snowflakes that had just fallen from the sky!
My eldest sister left, and suddenly, the white snow in the sky turned into red snowflakes! They filled every corner of the courtyard and the west room of the south wing.
The screams of my aunt in the west room of the south wing, before she was about to give birth, were terrifying to hear!
The passing of one woman means the imminent arrival of another life!
Under the instructions of the two elders, the third uncle in the courtyard swung a kitchen knife and slashed the neck of the skinny hen that the old lady was holding in her other hand. The hen died instantly, and not a drop of blood flowed from its neck.
At this moment, Yang Yuhan hurriedly walked out of the south wing with an old photo of her eldest sister in her hand. She just happened to see a chicken fox sucking the bright red blood of the skinny yellow hen that her third uncle had killed, and then she ran away quickly!
Following the old lady's instructions, Yang Yuhan placed her eldest sister's black-and-white childhood photo next to the offering table that Yang Zhi had previously moved, in the middle of another wooden rice table. Her third uncle placed the carcass of a thin hen in front of the photo, and Yang Yuhan lit an incense stick.
The old lady used the spirit of this thin hen to mourn her beloved granddaughter, wishing her a peaceful journey and freedom from illness in her next life.
Later, it was learned that Yang Yulu died of some kind of lung disease. Before she passed away, she wanted to see her mother, grandmother, and all her relatives in the Yang family compound one last time. However, the heavy snow prevented them from having their final farewell!
Later, her family found out that Yang Yuhan had concealed the telegram purely for the family's good. Since the roads were blocked by heavy snow anyway, they forgave her knowing that she couldn't fly there at night, and the mother and daughter reconciled as before!
Of course, this was said earlier in the last few sentences. Now, in the south wing of the courtyard, my aunt's cries of pain before giving birth on the north heated brick bed in the west room are heart-wrenching!
Diao Diao was still cursing in the courtyard. She wanted to go inside and curse back, but she saw several men from the family standing at the door of the south wing, each with an expression of sanctity and inviolability on their faces!
Yang Zhannan had already gone to the home of Lin, the midwife who lived on the south side of the village.
Soon, midwife Lin followed Yang Zhannan to the south wing of the Yang family's house to prepare for the delivery!
Diao Yan had been calmed down by Yang Zhanxi and brought back to the west wing.
When the old lady and the old man found out, they were too preoccupied with their grief to care about anything else. They were so shocked to learn that their eldest granddaughter had died from pulmonary tuberculosis. The woman in the south wing shouted at them, but the two old people had no mood to pay attention to her.
The two elders lay on their heads, wiping away tears. The old lady, holding the last pair of cotton shoes that Yulu had made, slept peacefully in her arms.
The only sounds in the courtyard were the struggling laboring sounds of a woman giving birth inside the south wing...
Liu Shulan and Yang Yuqiu were boiling water in the small kitchen, while several adult men stood outside pacing back and forth at the doorway.
Suddenly, Granny Lin opened the door a crack and quickly said to Liu Shulan, "The mother is having a difficult labor. If the baby doesn't come out soon, the mother may be in danger." After saying this, the midwife hurriedly turned around and closed the door.
"What should we do? What should we do? We should go to the hospital quickly." Liu Shulan was extremely anxious and at a loss. She then ran out of the house and asked the men standing outside.
Upon hearing this, the man ran to the east room to discuss countermeasures.
Just then, there was a rapid knocking sound at the door.
Several men from the east room ran to the door to guard it.
"Yang Zhannan, open the door quickly. I am Director Wang. I know that there is a woman giving birth in your family. I am acting on instructions from above. If you don't open the door, your Yang family will bear the consequences."
They continued banging on the door.
Director Wang noticed that there was no response from the courtyard, only the sound of music playing from the radio that his grandfather had placed on the altar.
The two men were about to jump into the yard, and this time Director Wang didn't stop them. They jumped into the yard one after the other.
The gatekeepers, Yang Zhannan, Yang Zhanxi, Yang Zhanbei, Yang Chong, and Yang Zhi's uncle, were all menacing, their brows furrowed and eyes blazing. Their combined strength caused their two henchmen to stumble back several steps.
Yang Jun, being quite clever, took his grandfather's radio and placed it on the altar in the yard, playing music of unknown name to distract people knocking on the gate and make them hear the baby being born in the south wing.
Grandpa's little radio was his treasure; only he could have it. He was the eldest son's son, and he only came to visit once every few years, so he could take it if he wanted.
Anyway, this was brought by my fourth son. I have another one, so it won't interfere with my listening to the storytelling. Besides, it's so late, the middle of the night on New Year's Eve, I need to go to sleep, there are so many men in the courtyard.
The men of the Yang family are all like tigers with wings, just like the old man back then, who once ruled over a mountain and was the boss.
On the contrary, Yang Jun was a little timid. He was a scholar, and his ability lay in his studies. As for fighting, whether he was timid or bold, she didn't want to get involved.
He placed the small radio on the altar and hid himself under it.
Wu Da and Xi Qing from the two classes exchanged glances at the large soy sauce vat in front of the old lady's window. Then, the two of them took Yang Jun hostage and walked to the several men of the Yang family who were eyeing them menacingly before stepping down.
Seeing that two tall henchmen had tightly wrapped a long arm around Yang Jun's short neck, the men could only sigh and take a few steps back.
Inside the house, Yang Yuhan heard her aunt's painful cries. She knew that in her previous life, she was an obstetrician and gynecologist. She knew how to deliver babies, but that was under hospital conditions. Even under those conditions, what reason did she have to allow a fifteen-year-old girl to safely deliver her aunt's baby? And then, after her aunt was safe, she was seen as a monster by everyone.
In this situation, with roads blocked by heavy snow, is it possible to go to the hospital?
She thought for a moment, and when no one was in the east room, she quickly went over, closed her eyes, and entered her dream space.
Then, in the dream space, he took out a black pill from a small medicine box, closed his eyes again, and came out.
She handed the pill to Yuqiu, asking her to give it to the midwife. Yuqiu agreed to take it.
Yu Han promptly went outside to handle the matter.
She stopped at the door and saw that Jun was in a vulnerable position. If she rushed forward, the two guards would become desperate and do something rash, and Jun would be in danger.
She glanced again at Director Wang standing at the main gate; he was smiling. The men in her family were also eager to try.
In a moment of quick thinking, Yang Yuhan turned and walked to the large kitchen on the west side. She had noticed before, when eating and working in the kitchen, that the back window hadn't been nailed shut. She opened the window and jumped out without hesitation.
She jumped out and reached the main gate. She tiptoed to the back of Director Wang, who was looking at the courtyard from behind. In an instant, she used the same grappling technique that Xi Qing used on Yang Jun.