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It's really a mystery for women to give birth.

Some women, no matter how many times they have given birth, still experience excruciating pain every time, and the pain often lasts for most of the day. It can be said that they have been tortured so much that they want to kick the "culprit" away.

But there are also some women who have a particularly easy time giving birth. Except for the slight pain when giving birth to the first child, the other births are as simple as having a bowel movement. The child is born without much feeling at all.

Therefore, in rural areas of this era, it often happens that pregnant women just go to the toilet and then "pull" their children directly into the urine bucket.

Ah Zhang Qi has the kind of physique that makes it easier to give birth to children. Except for the fact that she suffered a little when giving birth to her first daughter, her other three daughters were all given birth very easily, so she is not afraid of giving birth at all. .

What she was afraid of was that if she couldn't produce a son from this pregnancy, she would have to bear the wrath of her mother-in-law again.

At this time, Ah Zhang Qi was lying on the bed preparing to give birth to a baby. The person who delivered her was a cousin of Deng Changchun.

Rural people in this era almost always gave birth at home, rarely going to the hospital, and the midwives who delivered the babies were not professional midwives. At most, they were women who had given birth to a few children and knew a little bit about midwives.

Seeing that her cousin was ready to deliver the baby, Zhang Qi sighed and said, "Aunt Eight, what do you think I should do if this baby is still a daughter?"

The eighth aunt looked at this nephew-in-law, her heart was full of sympathy, and she could only encourage: "Don't think so much, this one must be a son."

Ah Zhang Qi has been disappointed four times in a row, and each time her expectations turned into disappointment. She no longer had the confidence to give birth to a son, so Aunt Eight's comfort did not reassure her. She said in a faint tone: "If this is still a daughter, , my mother-in-law doesn’t know how to scold me!”

Over the years, the eighth aunt had seen so many scenes of her nephew-in-law being scolded by her mother-in-law. She didn't know how to comfort her for a moment. She could only say: "Let's give birth to the child first. If it's a daughter again, then... Rebirth, you are still young anyway, it’s no problem to give birth to a few more children, you will always be able to give birth to a son.”

A Zhang Qi was also unwilling to admit defeat in this regard. He took a deep breath and said, "Aunt Eight is right. No matter how many children I have, I will definitely give birth to a son."

…

ten minutes later.

Accompanied by the baby's cry, Zhang Qi's fifth child was born.

As soon as he took a breath, Zhang Qi couldn't wait to ask: "Aunt Eighth, are you a son or a daughter?"

At the same time, hearing the baby crying, Changchun's mother also came in and asked: "Aunt Eight, is it a boy or a girl?"

Aunt Eight picked up the scissors boiled in boiling water and cut the umbilical cord, and said concisely: "Daughter."

Hearing this, A Zhang Qi's face instantly turned pale.

Changchun's mother looked ugly and snorted: "It's really useless. I can't even give birth to a son. I just give birth to these losers."

After saying that, he ignored her and just turned around and walked out of the house.

When the eighth aunt saw this, she secretly shook her head. She couldn't stand what her cousin-in-law was doing. She was also a rural woman. Affected by the environment, she was somewhat patriarchal. Her daughter-in-law had given birth to a daughter before, and she I was not very happy either.

But no matter what, you still need to take care of her, and you can't go too far like your cousin.

She wrapped the child in cloth and placed it next to Zhang Qi, comforting her: "Don't take your mother's attitude to heart. Take good care of your body and give birth to another child next year."

She had experienced this situation several times. Ah Zhang Qi quickly regained his composure and said to his aunt: "Aunt Eight, thank you. I will take good care of myself. If you have anything else to do, go back first!"

"Then I'll leave first. If you need anything, ask the children to come over and call me."

"Um!"

After Aunt Eight left, the tears that Zhang Qi had been holding back finally fell.

…

"Did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

"A Zhang Qi gave birth to another daughter."

"It's my daughter again, this must be the fifth one, right?"

"That's not right. With the temperament of her mother-in-law, Zhang Qi was not that miserable when she gave birth to her first and second daughters. When she gave birth to her third and fourth daughters, her mother-in-law They always stood at the door of the house and scolded each other for a long time before they stopped. How come there was no movement at all this time? "

"You don't know. I used to get scolded, but at least I would help kill chickens and cook a few bowls of ginger wine for Zhang Qi to drink. This time I heard that her mother-in-law didn't even care about it, and she didn't even have to eat sweet potatoes at noon. Not to mention killing chickens and making ginger wine."

"Isn't it? Going so far?"

"Although Ah Zhang Qi's belly is really disappointing, what her mother-in-law did was really too much."

"Fortunately, the first child I gave birth to was a son. If I had given birth to five daughters in a row like Ah Zhang Qi, my life would not have been much easier."

"Oh, this is the fate of us women!"

"..."

When Deng Shirong passed by the gossip gathering place in the village, he heard several aunts and wives in the village chatting about this fresh gossip.

Although it is not good to meddle in other people's affairs, Deng Shirong saw that the mother-in-law blamed her daughter-in-law for not giving birth to a son because of her own ignorance, and even refused to even give her a child a bite to eat. It was indeed a good thing to do. unacceptable.

As an elder in the village, Deng Shirong naturally cannot tolerate such things that corrupt the village customs.

Therefore, after returning home, Deng Shirong cooked a large bowl of brown sugar, longan, meat and boiled eggs, which is the most ideal nourishing food for pregnant women.

After it was done, Deng Shirong went to call his eldest daughter who was studying under the longan tree and said: "Azhen, Zhang Qi of the Changchun family has given birth. I cooked a bowl of brown sugar eggs. You go to the kitchen and follow me. Be careful not to It’s hot.”

Deng Yunzhen responded and went back to the kitchen to serve brown sugar eggs.

"Sister A Ping, you continue to study, and we will come back as soon as we go."

"Oh well."

…

A Zhang Qi was lying on the bed, almost blind from crying.

When she gave birth to a child, her husband went out to work in the morning and still didn't come back, and her mother-in-law ignored her. She was hungry at noon and didn't even have a bite to eat. This treatment really made her feel extremely wronged.

In fact, her body was not as weak as those of later mothers. Even if she had just given birth, she could get up and make food by herself if she wanted to.

But she didn't move, just to see how heartless her mother-in-law was, and whether she really didn't care about her life or death after giving birth to a daughter.

As a result, the longer she waited, the colder her heart became. Especially when her eldest daughter and second daughter came back and told her they were hungry, she collapsed instantly!

Although the couple and her parents-in-law have separated, even if they are just neighbors, when she gives birth to a child, she will help her in any way she can. What's more, she has to call her mother-in-law "Mom", and her daughter is still Granddaughter of mother-in-law.

How could she be so heartless?