Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 249 Peace

Doctor Wang immediately took out a brocade box from the medicine box, which contained a wild ginseng that was only thirty years old. Doctor Wang gritted his teeth, cut off a piece, and asked Zhou Daya to hold it under her tongue. Then he quickly gave her a few injections. Not long after, Zhou Daya's bleeding rate slowed down. Sixth Uncle Mo taught Zhou Daya to push harder and give birth to the baby in one go while she still had the strength.

"Listen to me, Daya. Push your lower abdomen. Oh, don't panic. We are all here with you. Doctor Wang is here too. You will be fine. Come on, take a deep breath and exhale. Right..."

Sixth Uncle Mo was indeed experienced in delivering babies. His gentle tone soothed Zhou Daya's panicked mood. Aunt Zhou was also smart for once. She did not say anything discouraging in front of Zhou Daya, but followed Sixth Uncle Mo in encouraging her daughter.

Zhou Erniu had already boiled some hot water outside, and Grandma Zhou helped to bring it in. Soon, it came out again. The basin was full of blood. Zhou Erniu finally realized that he was scared. He asked Grandma Zhou in a trembling voice: "Grandma, my sister...will she die?"

Grandma Zhou glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's the same when girls and boys give birth to children. Stop saying such things. You should hope that your sister and your nephew get along well, don't you understand?"

Zhou Erniu's eyes were full of tears, and he bit his lip and nodded continuously.

The Zhou family experienced a series of wars and chaos, and Zhou Daya finally gave birth to a son in the second half of the night. She was lucky, and the child cried loudly when he was born, and his arms and legs were very strong.

However, Zhou Daya fainted before she could even take a look at the child because she lost too much blood. Doctor Wang examined her and shook his head gently.

"Alas, this child suffered a lot during birth. I'm afraid she will never get pregnant again. If she doesn't take good care of herself, her life span will be shortened. I'll prescribe some medicine for her. Some of the herbs are quite expensive and we need to get them from the pharmacy in the capital. You have to go quickly and make sure she takes them this evening."

Doctor Wang quickly wrote the prescription, left a few pills, and told Aunt Zhou to give one to Zhou Daya when she woke up.

The Zhou family sent Doctor Wang away with many thanks. Uncle Six had also dealt with the baby's placenta. Grandma Zhou gave him a big red envelope. Uncle Six immediately understood what she meant, accepted the red envelope, and left with the small jar containing the placenta.

Zhou Ning didn't sleep well that night. The image of Zhou Daya bleeding kept appearing in front of his eyes. He heard from the elders that the baby in Zhou Daya's belly was unlikely to survive. He didn't know whether the baby in Zhou Daya's belly could survive.

It would be best if mother and child were safe. Otherwise, with Aunt Zhou's petty character, she would definitely come to the Song family to cause trouble for them, which was what Zhou Ning least wanted to see.

Song Chunsheng didn't sleep well because of his tossing and turning, so when it was almost dawn, he simply pulled him out of bed.

Zhou Ning knew that she had disturbed her husband and felt a little guilty.

"Did I bother you? I'll go out and sit for a while. You can go back to sleep."

"No need. Since you can't sleep, why not get up and do some work? There's some meat filling in the kitchen. I'll knead the dough for you and we'll make wontons. Doesn't Yuanyuan like to eat that? It's nice to have something light after all the heavy meals these past few days."

Seeing her husband like this, Zhou Ning felt even more guilty.

"I'm sorry that my family has caused you trouble..."

Song Chunsheng rubbed his head and said, "We are a family. Besides, you can't be blamed for this. In the final analysis, it is because of the grain we grow. Chunlin said that it is a crime to possess a treasure. It is normal for people to covet such a big treasure."

"Okay, go pick some greens from the greenhouse in the back, and I'll go get some carrots from the cellar. Chunlin said that children need to eat more carrots to supplement some nutrients."

"It's vitamins." Zhou Ning said with a smile.

Seeing his wife finally smile, Song Chunsheng felt relieved and agreed happily: "Yes, yes, it's vitamins."

The couple smiled and got up, one went to the greenhouse and the other went down to the cellar. They moved very quietly so as not to wake anyone up, and each of them started to prepare breakfast.

The meat filling had been chopped early in the morning and put into a large bowl. There was no need to worry about it going bad in this weather. Song Chunsheng started kneading the dough while Zhou Ning chopped some carrots and cut other side dishes. It was impossible to have only wontons for breakfast, so the two of them also cooked a big pot of tender corn. These were all produced in Song Chunlin's space. Although Zhou Ning was always wondering why they couldn't finish it, he never asked any more questions.

Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. After what happened last night, the Song family didn't sleep well and woke up at daybreak. Lu Ming pushed Fu Nian to the kitchen and was surprised to find that there was already someone in the kitchen and breakfast was already prepared.

"Why are you up so early?"

Zhou Ning smiled and said, "We have to go back to my mother's house soon. We want to go early and come back early. Uncle, you guys can have some corn first. The wontons will be ready later."

Lu Ming and Fu Nian were the last ones to take a piece of tender corn and leave. They both knew in their hearts that the couple were probably still worried about Zhou Daya and the baby in her belly.

When Song Chunlin got up, the wontons were just out of the pot. Zhou Ning's cooking skills had been perfected after being taught by Aunt Song and Qinshi. The small wontons tasted particularly delicious. Even Gu Fengyun ate two bowls in one go. If he hadn't wanted to save room for corn, he would have eaten a third bowl.

After the family had breakfast, they started to carry the gifts for Zhou Ning and Song Chunsheng to the car. The things had been prepared early in the morning. Song Chunlin thought about it and added a small basket of medicinal herbs, including Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Astragalus membranaceus, and Lycium barbarum. These things are all for replenishing qi and blood, and they come from the foot of the Space Mountain, so their efficacy is better than those sold outside.

Zhou Ning felt a little embarrassed when he saw those medicinal herbs. He couldn't tell the difference between Codonopsis pilosula and wild ginseng. He just subconsciously felt that ginseng was precious and suddenly didn't want to take them away.

"These are too valuable, Chunlin, take them back quickly."

In order to dispel his doubts, Song Chunlin took out a full basket of Codonopsis pilosula from the warehouse. Looking at the large basket of Codonopsis pilosula, Zhou Ning was speechless.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. This is called Codonopsis pilosula. It's very cheap. Although it's not as effective as wild ginseng, it can be used to nourish the body. I can't afford it if it's too expensive."

Gu Fengyue also walked over to take a look, nodded and said, "This is definitely not wild ginseng. This kind of ginseng is very thin. Even if it is wild ginseng, it is no more than five years old. Ginseng needs to be at least ten years old to be sold at a good price, but it still has efficacy."

After hearing what Gu Fengyue said, Zhou Ning finally felt relieved. He asked Song Chunsheng to carry the things onto the carriage. The couple got on the carriage and drove towards Zhou's house.