Chapter 13: Opening Bone Powder
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and nothing special happened during this period.
Tian Laosi's family gradually let go of their uneasiness and thought it was the deaf woman's evil-doing knife that drove away the dirty things.
Even the deaf mother-in-law herself put this matter behind her and concentrated on preparing for the birth of the next generation.
After ten months of pregnancy, Wang's third daughter-in-law was finally going to be born.
In the room, the mother was in heartbreaking pain, while Mrs. Zhang and the deaf woman were busy nervously;
In the yard, Wang San, wearing a patched cotton coat, was running around anxiously.
Uncle Li comforted him softly: "San, don't worry, the baby will be out in a while."
But in that era when medical resources were scarce, giving birth to a child was like a trip to hell for a woman. It couldn't be that easy!
After struggling for half the night, Mrs. Zhang was exhausted and sweating profusely, but she said a desperate thing:
"The baby is having a difficult delivery. Hurry up and find a car to take her to the hospital!"
When Wang San heard this, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue. He was stunned for a moment and then ran out like crazy:
"I'm going to borrow a bullock cart. Wife, hold on!"
Uncle Li, who had always been calm, panicked and ran towards his home in three or two steps.
He was in a hurry to get back to the house to get money.
In this way, Hua Jiunan, who was just six years old, would have no one to care about.
The little guy ran into the house by himself.
The long labor and heavy bleeding left Wang's third daughter-in-law without the energy to even cry out in pain.
Now he is lying on the kang with a pale face and dying breath.
When Mrs. Zhang saw Hua Jiunan coming in, she immediately drove him away:
"Children, go outside and don't make trouble!"
Hua Jiunan was always well-behaved and walked out after hearing the words.
But he turned around three times with one step, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
When he got to the yard, Uncle Li came back with the money.
"Xiaojiu, grandpa will send you to the fourth child's house to stay for one night."
"Grandma and I are going to town!"
Mrs. Zhang heard it in the house and answered:
"We can't go to the town, we have to go to the county hospital!"
Uncle Li and the deaf mother-in-law were stunned when they heard:
Going to the county seat?
That must be more than three hundred miles!
With the road conditions in 1987, even if we could find a car to deliver it, it would take four to five hours at the fastest!
"Daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, the road is too far, I'm afraid the third daughter-in-law won't be able to hold on!"
"Is there any other way?!"
Mrs. Zhang is just a local midwife, there is no other way she can think of!
At this moment Hua Jiunan spoke:
"Grandpa and grandma, I have a way to break open the bones."
The second elder knew that the little guy was powerful and hurriedly asked:
"Xiaojiu, what is the Kaigu Powder you are talking about?"
Hua Jiunan is like a little adult at this moment, with a serious face:
"One liang of Angelica sinensis; five qian of Ligusticum chuanxiong; eight qian of turtle shell; the remaining blood is a ball of burnt ashes."
"Add 4 liang of raw astragalus and decoct in water."
Uncle Li was doubtful:
“It’s a matter of life and death, can a child do this?”
Hua Jiunan nodded deeply:
"Before taking the medicine, give my third sister-in-law a piece of the ginseng my mother gave me. It will definitely work!"
The King of Ginseng is a thousand-year-old ginseng that was given to Hua Jiunan by Xue Zhi on his fifth birthday.
Even if a person is about to die, eating one slice can keep him alive for half an hour.
This level of wild ginseng has, in a sense, broken away from the category of "medicinal materials".
It's a spiritual thing.
And it’s a spiritual thing that money can’t buy!
Not to mention others, even Chang Baye has been jealous for a long time.
If he wasn't afraid of the snow corpse, he would have thought of grabbing it and running away.
The deaf mother-in-law believes in the little guy:
"But where can I find these medicines?"
Hua Jiu was quite confident:
"Except for turtle shells, my grandfather and I have picked them all in the yard."
"I'll get it!"
After saying that, he opened his short legs and went to find medicine.
But where to find Turtle Board, especially in the middle of the night!
At the critical moment, Chang Baye's voice sounded in the ears of the deaf woman.
"You ask little thing, what is a tortoise shell? Is it a turtle shell?"
"It takes hundreds of years to practice Taoism!!?"
The conscience of heaven and earth only treats ordinary difficult labor, and does not require spiritual substances at all.
But in order to show off, Chang Baye went back to the mountains and got a thousand-year-old turtle shell.
While everyone was busy, in a short while, the Kaigu Powder was fried.
After Wang's third daughter-in-law drank the medicine, she gave birth smoothly.
Give birth to a fair little girl.
Mother and child are safe, and naturally everyone is happy.
Mrs. Zhang even jokingly said to Uncle Li:
"With your skills, no one will ask me to deliver babies in the future!"
Uncle Li, the scapegoat, instantly became a big red face:
He was an old man who walked through the streets to deliver babies to women.
Thinking about this picture makes your eyes irritate!
Mrs. Zhang wrapped the placenta and other dirty things in rags, carried them and stood up to say goodbye.
How could a deaf mother-in-law let people work in vain for half the night, just take out the money and stuff it into Mrs. Zhang's hand.
Mrs. Zhang declined in every possible way, determined not to:
"You always treat me like an outsider!?"
"According to what you are doing, if my family asks you and Uncle Li for something in the future, I will have to give you money?!"
Seeing that Mrs. Zhang was determined not to accept it, Uncle Li came out to smooth things over.
"Forget it, Zhang's wife doesn't want it, so don't force it."
"I'll shoot some rabbits tomorrow and deliver them to her house."
Mrs. Zhang smiled and agreed: "That's okay."
"I'll make a pot of wine then, and you and my family can drink some together!"
On the way home, Mrs. Zhang suddenly felt confused.
Then, by some strange combination of circumstances, he walked to the door of Tian Laosi's house and threw the placenta into the dry well.
Under the pale moonlight, a strange laughter could be heard faintly in the dry well.
After a while, a woman slowly crawled out and floated straight towards the deaf mother-in-law's house.
This chapter has been completed!