novelraw Chapter 261 Master, you've finally agreed to take me in!
Chapter 261 Master, you've finally agreed to take me in!
At this moment, Wang Xiaonan held her mother-in-law's hand, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Mom, if I'm in danger, you must save the child! If I die, please raise him..."
Grandma Sun angrily slapped her on the head lightly: "Are you out of your mind? What nonsense are you spouting! You have to raise the child alive, otherwise he might not survive in his stepmother's hands!"
"You won't let my stepmother mistreat my child. Mother, promise me!" Wang Xiaonan's eyes were filled with tears, as if she were really about to die.
"Are you looking down on me? I'm helping you deliver the baby, and you're talking about life and death! Shut up!" Tong Yuheng scolded her angrily. At this moment, she herself had lost confidence. How could the delivery go smoothly?
"Sister Tong, it's not that I don't trust you. I'm just a little scared! Waaah, I miss my mom!" Wang Xiaonan cried again. She was so lucky to have such a good mother-in-law.
"Don't cry, don't cry! Your mother never knew you'd be born so early! I'll call her tomorrow to tell her the good news, and she'll come to see you once the floodwaters recede!" Aunt Sun hurriedly comforted her.
"Wang Xiaonan, repeat this to yourself: May my child and I be safe and sound! Repeat it a hundred times, and I guarantee you and your child will be safe!" Tong Yuheng gave her something to do to keep her from overthinking.
As the contractions intensified, the baby entered the birth canal. Tong Yuheng began the delivery, having her two sisters-in-law shine powerful flashlights for illumination. While instructing Wang Xiaonan to breathe and push rhythmically, she gently stroked her belly, channeling a small amount of wood elemental energy into her to alleviate her pain.
When Ding Yanhong gave birth last time, she and Professor Zhang delivered the baby together. Both of them had natural births. Moreover, Wang Xiaonan is young and in good health, so a smooth delivery was not a problem.
"I can see the head, just a little more effort! You'll give birth soon!" Tong Yuheng encouraged her.
"Aunt Sun, please give her a sip of the water I poured into the bowl!"
"Alright, alright, the little one is out!" The sister-in-law with the flashlight saw a small head covered with soft black baby hair emerge, and then a little one slid out like a fish, curling up its limbs and crying loudly!
"Wow! Wow! Wow!"
Tong Yuheng cut the umbilical cord with sterilized scissors, then disinfected and bandaged the wound. After checking that the child's mouth and body were fine, he asked Aunt Sun, who was standing by, to wrap the child in a small blanket that had been prepared.
She checked Wang Xiaonan again and, seeing that she was healthy, helped her tidy up. The placenta had already detached, and Tong Yuheng put it away. In some places, there's a custom to bury it under a tree, symbolizing a healthy life for the child.
With the help of Tong Yuheng, the women of the house removed the rubber mat under the new mother and replaced it with a clean small mattress that had been prepared in advance. Only then were they finished with their work.
"Xiaonan, take a look at your son. Hehehe, this child's eyes and nose are just like yours, he'll definitely be handsome when he grows up!" Grandma Sun was already holding her grandson, beaming with joy.
"As long as it's not ugly..." Who cares who it looks like, it's finally born!
Grandma Sun held the baby up for her daughter-in-law to see, but the room was pitch black, and Wang Xiaonan couldn't make out anything even after a glance. The woman holding the flashlight dared not shine such a strong light on the baby, afraid of hurting his eyes.
Wang Xiaonan felt incredibly relaxed, but also exhausted. She grinned at Tong Yuheng to express her gratitude, saying, "Sister Tong, I haven't even recited it a hundred times yet..."
"I'll read it for you!" Grandma Sun actually started reciting it while holding the child. She must have read it more than a hundred times, hahaha!
"Alright, if you're really too tired, go to sleep!"
Tong Yuheng: Wang Xiaonan is either stubborn or naive! How did her parents raise her to be so innocent?
If she hadn't met such a good mother-in-law as Aunt Sun, she probably would have been devoured long ago, leaving not even a bone fragment, during those years she was sent to the countryside!
After hearing her words, Wang Xiaonan lay down on the pillow and closed her eyes to sleep. Throughout the entire ordeal, she didn't mention her husband once more, indicating that Sun Dachuan's place in his wife's heart had slipped another notch!
After a night of fussing and dealing with the floods during the day, the women who had helped were exhausted. Tong Yuheng told everyone to go and rest.
She went back to the classroom next door to rest, and asked Grandma Sun to put a few tables together against the wall so that the child could sleep for a while next to Wang Xiaonan.
The next day, before dawn, Tong Yuheng went to the storage area on the third floor, put on her rain boots, slung over her shoulder the large canvas backpack her mother had sewn when she went to the countryside, and jumped out of the window on the first floor.
After one night, the floodwaters, which were not deep to begin with, had mostly receded. There was still ankle-deep mud on the ground, and I imagine that's the situation in most homes.
She went home first, but there wasn't much to see there, so everything was cleaned up and put into her spatial storage. Her main purpose was to fill her backpack with supplies and then go to Zheng Lihong's two-story residential area to take a look.
When they evacuated, no one in the area moved; they just put everything they could carry on the second floor. Tong Yuheng went door to door to ask, and everyone was well-prepared, with no shortage of food and water, so they could eat and drink for the time being.
She left some candy for families with children, encouraging the kids to help the adults clean up their homes once the floodwaters had completely receded.
She also went to Sister Zheng's house. Gu Wenqian was starting a fire to cook porridge for her younger sister. She had never done this before, and her face was covered in soot. The smoke from the burning firewood also blackened the small living room on the second floor, which would probably need to be repainted.
"Master, why are you up so early? Where's my mom?" Gu Wenxi got up early too, and she was still practicing the horse stance. This girl really has perseverance.
"Good morning, Sister Yuheng! Let's have some porridge together!" She had cooked a big pot, enough to last all day!
"No, Sister Zheng is still busy over there and won't be back for a while. I brought you some food; I can't let my little apprentice go hungry, can I?"
"Ah! Master, you've finally agreed to take me in!" Gu Wenxi shouted happily.
"You agreed to be my personal disciple, but it'll be tough. Your main task right now is studying; if you fall behind in your studies, I'll punish you according to family rules!"
Tong Yuheng took out a bag of steamed buns from his backpack and placed it on a cabinet on the first floor, where it was relatively clean.
"I promise I'll be in the top ten next semester!" Gu Wenxi wanted to rush down and hug her, but Tong Yuheng stopped him.
"Alright, you can stay upstairs for now! After you finish eating, tidy up the house properly; Sister Zheng has a lot to do!"
Tong Yuheng went to the hospital again; by then it was already daylight. The hospital was quite crowded, almost entirely staff. They had moved everything from the warehouse and canteen the day before, and moved all the equipment and facilities on the first floor that could be moved.
The emergency room and wards were in good order. She rushed to the obstetrics and gynecology department to ask if there were any beds available, saying that they had a new mother who had just given birth and they wanted to send her over.