Chapter 195 – The Old Madam is from a Scholarly Family (part 9)

When Liu Yingniang heard Li Su’s words, she was so moved that she wanted to cry. This was a blessing that she had cultivated in her lifetime. How could she have met such a good mother-in-law?!

Li Yu looked at his innocent wife and smiled. His mother was really sick, but not too sick. At the beginning, because he insisted on marrying Yingniang, his mother was very angry. When they got married, his mother didn’t have a good impression of Yingniang. Later, when Yingniang gave birth to Yuan’er and Ru’er, his mother changed her mind towards Yingniang. But, Li Yu knew in his heart that his mother had always disliked Yingniang in her heart.

But now, mother’s attitude towards Yingniang seems to have changed.

Li Yu knew that it was because his mother was sick, but he didn’t know whether his mother’s illness was a good or bad thing. But now, it seemed that his mother’s illness seemed to be a good thing for others and not himself.

For him, to a certain extent, it didn’t seem to be a bad thing.

Li Yu thought like this.

Three months later, the Li family went into a state of emergency. Even the small private school was suspended. Through this period of time where Li Yu spent a sizeable amount of time around Liu Yingniang, he now had a profound understanding of how hard it was for a woman to be pregnant, especially in the later stages. Because of her big belly, Yingniang couldn’t lie down to sleep at all. She could only sit and sleep every day. Sometimes, even breathing was difficult.

Now Li Yu looked at Yingniang’s huge belly every day and was frightened.

Doctor Xu also changed from visiting twice a month to visiting once every three days. Li Su let Old Lady Doctor Wen from the medical center live here.

One day, Liu Yingniang had breakfast and was just about to get up for a walk, but ended up sitting and holding her stomach for a long time. Li Yu was waiting to accompany her for a walk. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement. He turned his head and saw that Liu Yingniang’s face was pale. She was sweating. “Husband Yu, I’m probably about to give birth.”

After a while, Liu Yingniang was sent to the delivery room.

Li Su personally sat in the delivery room. Li Yu paced back and forth in the yard. Zuo Kui invited Doctor Xu to come over. The couple was heating hot water in the kitchen room. The three children stood in the corner and their faces turned pale with fright when they heard the occasional noise from the delivery room.

In the end, it was Ling Er and his wife who came here after hearing the news. Seeing that the three children were so frightened, they sent the three children to their home.

Li Yu was so anxious. When Yingniang gave birth last time, he was studying abroad. When he came back, the child was a month old. Naturally, the parents would not mention the dangers of Yingniang’s childbirth, nor would Yingniang herself. So, Li Yu didn’t know at all that giving birth was so thrilling.

Li Yu turned around in a hurry and looked over at the delivery room from time to time. Yingniang’s pained voice reached his ears, and there were basins of blood coming out of the delivery room. Li Yu’s anxious face turned pale. How much blood was there?!

Next to him, Doctor Xu was very calm. Doctor Xu instructed the doctor lady through the window with some precautions.

Ling Er wanted to comfort Li Yu with a few words, but he had always been in awe of scholars and didn’t know how to talk to Li Yu, so he could only stand on the side in silence.

Ling Er’s wife shook her head helplessly when she saw this. She washed her hands and went in to help.

Minutes and seconds passed, but no cry of a baby could be heard. Li Yu was furious. “Doctor Xu, why don’t you go in and take a look?!”

As soon as he said that, the cry of a baby came from the delivery room. “It’s a fat boy.”

“There’s one more!”

“Yingniang, don’t sleep. Work harder! There’s another one in your stomach!”

Immediately afterwards, there was a cry of another baby. “It’s another kid.”

The knot in Li Yu’s heart finally loosened. Before he could be happy, an exclamation suddenly came from the delivery room. “No, there is a lot of blood.”

The knot came back.

Then, a medical woman hurried out. “Master, what should I do? The mother is bleeding a lot and we can’t stop it.”

Doctor Xu was used to seeing such a scene, so he was calm. “Where’s the silver needle? Take it out and listen to my commands.” Then, he instructed the female doctor through the door to puncture the acupoint with the silver needle to stop the bleeding, and then add hemostasis powder.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yu finally heard a heavenly voice. “Okay, the blood has stopped!”

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He only felt that his legs were a little weak. Then he leaned against the wall for support. Only now did he know that it turned out that giving birth was really a life or death situation!

After a while, the inside was tidied up. Li Su opened the curtain and said, “A-Yu, come in and see Yingniang and the children.”

Ling Er hesitated and said, “Auntie, this is not good.” The delivery room was bloody and full of bad luck. What if it affected the luck of the scholar?

Li Su rolled her eyes. “Doesn’t everyone in the world come out of a delivery room? Didn’t you have bad luck when you were born? A-Yu, can you come in?”

Li Yu took a deep breath. Before today, he never wanted to enter the delivery room. But now, he wanted to go in and see the woman who gave birth to his children.

Li Su nodded with satisfaction. “Be careful and don’t let the wind in.”

As soon as Li Yu entered the door, the scent of blood in the room hadn’t dissipated. He couldn’t help but frown. But, when he thought of who the blood came from, he couldn’t help but be afraid for a while. It was a lot of blood. Yingniang was a thin and small person, so it was horrible to lose that much blood.

Li Yu originally wanted to see the child first, but Li Su said, “Go see Yingniang first. She has suffered the most this time.”

Li Yu took advantage of the situation and walked to the bed. When he saw Yingniang lying on the bed, he gasped. Yingniang’s entire body was like it had been fished out of the water. The doctor lady was cleaning up her lower body and was about to change her clothes when she saw Li Yu coming and stopped.

Although Yingniang was still awake, her consciousness was a little blurry. She stared up and took a long time to recognize Li Yu. When she did, she was shy and nervous. How could Husband Yu see her like this? She struggled to sit up. “Husband Yu, why did you come in? Hurry up and get out!”

As everyone knew, Li Su deliberately chose this time to let Li Yu come in.

Li Yu hurriedly pressed her down gently. “Don’t move. Lie down.” Then, he said with red eyes, “Yingniang, thank you for your hard work!”

When Liu Yingniang heard this sentence, she was stunned. Her eyes then reddened and she shook her head. “No, it’s not hard work. I’m willing to do it.”

Li Yu suddenly didn’t dare to look into Yingniang’s eyes again. He had mixed feelings in his heart. It seemed that something was about to come out, but he wasn’t sure what it was.

“Okay, look at your children and go out. It’s time to change Yingniang’s clothes.” Seeing this, Li Su pushed Li Yu.

Li Yu got up in a hurry. He turned around and wanted to leave but then thought that this was not good. He quickly said, “You are definitely fine!” After a thousand thoughts, only these four words came out in the end.

But for Liu Yingniang, it was enough. Such a warm moment was enough for her to remember it for a lifetime.

Liu Yingniang watched Li Yu leave the house. Tears rolled down her cheeks. The tears were gently wiped off by Li Su. “You just gave birth, so don’t cry.”

The medical lady wiped the sweat off Liu Yingniang’s body with a soft cloth and helped her change into clean clothes. Li Su was at the head of the bed and used a cloth to dry off the sweat off Yingniang’s head.

“Mother, thank you!” Mother Liu Ying said sincerely.

“Silly child, what are you talking about? You are raising children for the Li family. It should be me thanking you. Don’t think so much. Close your eyes and have a good rest,” Li Su said.

Li Yu’s complicated mood was not alleviated after seeing his two children. What kept appearing in his mind were images of the basins of blood and the pale and weak appearance of Yingniang.

After coming out of the delivery room, Li Yu felt a little uncomfortable. Seeing that Doctor Xu was still there, he quickly walked over. “Doctor Xu, can you take a look at my wife later?”

Dr. Xu nodded. “Of course. This old man has a few recipes for maternal diet and health care here. You can arrange a diet for the mother and it will help the mother’s body recover very well.” Otherwise, what would he do here? He would naturally have to give advice after taking the consultation fee.

Li Yu took a look and saw that the rest of the items above were normal, except for the bird’s nest. “Doctor Xu, the other items are cheap, but is this bird’s nest available at Tongren Pharmacy?”

Doctor Xu nodded. “Of course. If your family needs it, then I will order someone to deliver it later.”

Li Yu nodded without hesitation. “Then I will have to trouble Doctor Xu.”

Ling Er listened to them talk and couldn’t help but praise him in his heart. After all, Li Yu was a scholar. A scholar would pay attention to food supplements like bird’s nest for the confinement period. Like their family, it would be nice if his wife could drink chicken soup during the confinement period.

After Li Su settled down, she came out. When she heard Li Yu’s arrangement, she nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that she had finally made some progress. “I’m not going to eat at home today, Zuo Kui, let your wife cook some pork liver porridge to bring to Yingniang when she wakes up. You go to Taibai Building and ask for a table banquet to let Doctor Xu and Lady Doctor Wen have a light meal.”

Both Doctor Xu and Lady Doctor Wen had retired. Li Su had no one to give a thick red envelope to and there were still things to do.

Li Su kept trying again and again, but Doctor Xu still refused. Li Su had no choice but to stop insisting, and waited for Doctor Xu to check Yingniang’s pulse. Li Su said, “I would like Doctor Xu to take the pulse of my daughter-in-law on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It will be fine after my daughter-in-law is done with double confinement.”

If there was money to be made, Doctor Xu would naturally agree. For the sake of the generous consultation fee, he simply offered a diet. “In this case, I will write down the diet for the next ten days, and you can prepare it for the mother. After ten days, this old man will adjust the diet according to the physical condition of the mother, and supplements will be added as appropriate.”

This was much more detailed than the recipe that was just given to Li Yu. Li Su looked over and laughed. Were there special confinement meals in ancient times?

“Thank you Doctor Xu. A-Yu, send Doctor Xu off,” Li Su ordered.

Li Yu walked away in response.

Zuo Kui stood there. “Old lady, what about the banquet?”

“Yeah, second young master. I’m sorry for troubling you today. I’ll treat you and your children to a meal later,” Li Su said.

Before Ling Er could refuse, Zuo Kui limped out the door.

Anniang was a little embarrassed. “Auntie, I didn’t help out much! My sons, Dalang and Erlang, are studying at your house, and you won’t take a cent.”

Li Su coughed. “Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. We will trouble you in the future, so there’s no need to be polite to me!”

Ling Er and Anniang looked at each other and had no choice but to accept.