The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1182 - 1161: Striving to Live II

Chapter 1182: Chapter 1161: Striving to Live II

In the deep autumn, Manbao, still drenched in sweat, didn’t bother to wipe it off. After inserting the last needle, the midwife hurriedly brought over a bowl of dark red brown sugar and egg.

The two of them carefully helped Fu Wenyun drink it.

She disliked the taste intensely, especially since it was made with water boiled with qi-boosting medicinal herbs like Astragalus, making it even more repulsive.

But she still held it in her mouth, forcing herself to swallow it. After slowly finishing the entire bowl of brown sugar and eggs, she didn’t know if it was the effect of the needles or the genuine strength-giving properties of the brown sugar and eggs, but she gradually started to feel her strength returning.

The midwife, having delivered so many babies, immediately knew why she had to use the scissors earlier upon feeling her shoulders and back.

It was because the baby was lying horizontally, and the mother had lost all her strength. Her throat was hoarse from shouting, and the mother couldn’t muster any strength at all.

For a woman in labor, having no strength is almost akin to being dead.

Yet with strength returning, a person who had stepped with both feet into the gates of the afterlife had now stepped back with one foot into the living world. She immediately put down the bowl, found her place, and said, "Madam, don’t push yet, save it, save some strength first. Follow my breathing for now, and push when I tell you to."

Manbao kept nodding her head.

Wiping the sweat from her face, the midwife asked Manbao, "Young miracle doctor, has the baby turned around?"

"It has turned around."

"Good, good..."

She rolled up her sleeves to feel Fu Wenyun’s belly. Dason breathed a sigh of relief, "It’s correct now, it’s correct now. Come on, Madam, breathe with me, yes, just like that. Now, take a deep breath, hold it, hold it... and push!"

Fu Wenyun gripped the hanging cloth towel tightly, straining hard, while Manbao held her hand, watching her condition while continuously removing and replacing needles...

The midwife below cheered, "I see it, I see the baby’s head now, that’s it, that’s the way, remember this force, that’s how you use it, come, take another deep breath..."

Noises from outside came through the door, as Qiuyue rushed in holding a small package, calling out, "Miss Man, the ginseng slices have arrived—"

Without looking back, Manbao said, "Open it, pick a large piece and bring it here."

Qiuyue immediately opened it, cut out a large slice of ginseng, and brought it to Manbao. Then Manbao put it into Fu Wenyun’s mouth during a break in her contractions for her to hold onto.

Fu Wenyun held onto the ginseng slice, her eyes seemingly brimming with starlight as she looked at her. Manbao whispered softly, "It will be alright, you believe me..."

Fu Wenyun blinked and nodded slightly.

The midwife’s voice quickly brought their attention back, and Fu Wenyun gathered her strength once again...

Childbirth, when it needs to be quick, can indeed be quick. With the correct position of the child, the cervix fully dilated, and the woman’s strength replenished, everything accelerated.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the midwife joyfully announced, "It’s out, it’s out, the baby is born..."

Manbao hadn’t even had the chance to look at the baby when she saw Fu Wenyun’s strength drain away, and her face turned pale. She immediately switched to a needle technique to consolidate the vital energy, then said to Qiuyue, "Quickly go find Doctor Tao; tell him to take the emergency medicine bag and give you the pills for solidifying the constitution and nurturing the vital essence. Brew it immediately and send it here."

Qiuyue acknowledged and ran out.

The chaos outside had ceased. Bai Shan sat in the courtyard with a somber expression, on a chair, with Doctor Tao and two medicine boys standing behind him, while opposite to them stood Old Madam Yue with a livid face, supported by two maids, standing there without a word from anyone.

Qiuyue rushed out, and Bai Shan lifted his eyelids to glance at her, asking, "What’s happening?"

Without looking at Old Madam Yue, Qiuyue directed herself to Bai Shan, curtsied, and said, "Young Master Bai, Miss Man said to ask Doctor Tao for a pack of the ’Foundation Strengthening and Vitality Nourishing’ medicinal bundle, and to boil it immediately."

Doctor Tao immediately picked out a pack from a selection of emergency medicinal bundles and asked, "Has the child been born?"

Qiuyue said, "The child is born."

Old Madam Yue’s eyes lit up, she stepped forward and asked, "Is it a boy or a girl? Why haven’t I heard any crying?"

Qiuyue didn’t even have time to answer; she took the medicinal bundle and turned to run and boil the medicine.

Manbao inserted a needle and cut a slice of ginseng for Wenyun to hold in her mouth. Before she had time to check her pulse again, the midwife by the side cutting the umbilical cord and bathing the baby trembled as she said, "Doctor, doctor, the baby’s face is turning blue..."

Manbao immediately turned around, holding the child as she said, "I’ve cleared the filth from his mouth and nose, I’ve patted him twice, and there’s not a single sound..."

Manbao immediately took over, laid the child on the opened swaddling clothes on the table, and felt his neck. A faint pulse transmitted to her fingertips, but she could barely feel any breath from his mouth and nose...

Manbao immediately pointed to the needle pack and said, "Bring that here quickly."

The midwife immediately handed it over, and Manbao gave the child two needles. Seeing little reaction, she hesitated for a moment, then pinched open his mouth and breathed several breaths into him...

The midwife’s mouth hung open in shock.

Manbao then leaned over to listen to his chest and seemed to hear a heartbeat, but seeing that the child’s complexion was still blue, she used the needle to steady his heart channel, wrapped him up gently in the swaddles, and said to the midwife, "Doctor Tao is skilled with childhood ailments. I will take him out. You clean up Second Sister Fu, and if she bleeds too much, come to call me immediately."

The midwife nodded immediately.

Manbao carried the child out, wrapping him up firmly, almost without letting any wind through.

As she came out, Old Madam Yue was about to rush over, but Bai Shan stood up swiftly and took two steps forward, blocking in front of Manbao. For some reason, Old Madam Yue stopped and dared not move.

Manbao directly gave her instructions, "Nanny Fu, go in and help the midwife, Second Sister Fu is now alright, once the medicine is ready, make her take it. Qiuyue, you go in too, Doctor Tao, the child was born in a difficult birth, please examine him."

Only then did she turn her head to Old Madam Yue, her face wearing a smile while her eyes involuntarily flashed with a cold light, "Old Madam Yue, we need to find a room for the doctor to examine the child, which room do you think is appropriate?"

Old Madam Yue reacted quickly, immediately pointing to a nearby room and saying, "This one, this one, this room will do."

Manbao immediately carried the child into the room, Doctor Tao and two apprentice boys immediately followed. Now Old Madam Yue finally didn’t block them but instead was extremely enthusiastic, instructing the servants to prepare hot water and a charcoal brazier non-stop, to not let the child get cold.

She pleaded to Doctor Tao, "Doctor, I only have this one grandson, you must save him, no matter what medicine it takes."

Manbao turned her head and said, "Who said it was a grandson? It is clearly a granddaughter."

Old Madam Yue’s expression instantly stiffened, and she involuntarily stopped in her tracks. She awkwardly tugged at her face and said, "Oh, it turns out to be a granddaughter?"

Manbao had already set the child on the bed, Doctor Tao washed his hands in the quickly brought hot water, dried them, and then opened the swaddling clothes, he couldn’t help but raise his head to look at Manbao.

With an unfazed expression, Manbao said, "Oh, I made a mistake, it turns out it is a grandson."

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