Survive in the world of Red Mansions

This year of the Lin family is a bit deserted, it's really not intentional, it's just that the grandma of the Lin family has a big belly, and it's troublesome to organize the banquet. Although some trivial things are handled by servants, in general, she still has to be the housewife Come and watch.

Although there are older aunts who are married back to their natal homes to help during the first month, it is impossible for the eldest aunts to live in their natal homes for the entire first month.Even though Lin Daiyu is the Xu family's second daughter-in-law, she doesn't need to be a housekeeper on weekdays, but she still has to help the Xu family's daughter-in-law during the Chinese New Year.There are also many relatives in the Xu family who want to visit, and Xu Jingzhi has long been employed in the Ministry of Industry, but his grades are not high, but those who should socialize still have to socialize, Lin Daiyu has to come forward for these, so he can only occasionally go to her mother's house to help One or two, it is impossible to live in the Lin Mansion every day.

In order for the grandma to give birth smoothly this time, the first lunar month has just passed, not only the nanny has already prepared early, but also the midwife is invited to live in the mansion for a long time. Although the expected date of delivery has not yet arrived, just in case, people are still allowed to It is safe to live in the mansion, and it saves you from having to hire someone temporarily when you are about to give birth.

It is already early spring and February, and the temperature in the capital is still very low, but even so, when Lin Rui went to the Yamen every day, he still abandoned the car and started riding to the Yamen early.

This afternoon Lin Rui returned to the mansion from the Yamen. He had just rode his horse to the gate of the mansion, and was about to dismount when he saw a person running out of the mansion in a panic.

After Lin Rui dismounted quickly, he asked Gan Zhu who had almost bumped into him, "Where do you want to go? You don't even look at your feet when you walk, and you don't have any rules?"

As soon as Gan Zhu heard the old man's voice, a relieved expression immediately appeared on his face, "Grand...uncle, the younger one is going to the yamen to look for you, the eldest grandma is about to give birth!"

"Grandma is going to give birth? Didn't the imperial doctor come to take the pulse a few days ago and say that there is still half a month left?"

After hearing Gan Zhu's reply, Lin Rui couldn't help talking to himself, walked quickly inside while talking, stopped after walking a few steps, and said to Gan Zhu, "I'm going back home now, you don't have to Go to the Yamen, did the palace send someone to deliver a letter? If not, you go to the palace and tell the mother-in-law and the others that the eldest grandma is about to give birth. "

After saying this, he hurried to the Runze Courtyard, and saw the maidservants and other people coming and going in the courtyard. Although they were busy, they didn't look particularly messy.

The delivery room had been arranged in advance, the midwives had long been stationed in the mansion, and there were two midwives sent over by the concubine earlier, so even though the grandma activated it in advance this time, she did not let the people in the yard get too busy. too busy.

After Lin Rui entered Runze Yuan, he quickly walked to the delivery room, pushed the door open and entered, ignoring the others at all, the little maid standing in front of the delivery room blocked her, and just said, "Master, you can't come in... ", before the words in his mouth were finished, his uncle had already entered the delivery room, so he had to swallow the second half of the sentence.

"Oh, uncle, this delivery room is filthy, men can't come in, get out, get out quickly!" One of the midwives suddenly saw Lin Rui coming in, and hurriedly signaled Lin Rui to go out.

Lin Rui ignored the midwife's words, and came to Li Jingya's side. Seeing Li Jingya frowning, thin beads of sweat oozing from her forehead, she couldn't help but hold Jingya's hand, and whispered, "Don't be afraid." , don't be afraid, there is a midwife here!"

"Husband, husband! Concubine mother..." Li Jingya held Lin Rui's hand back, muttering softly, and suddenly grabbed Lin Rui's hand tightly. Lin Rui guessed that the pain was too severe. While comforting her softly, with the other hand, he scooped up the handkerchief beside him and wiped the sweat from Li Jingya's forehead.

"Uncle Lin, you go out first! It's unlucky for a man to be in the delivery room, so go out!" The midwife next to her also persuaded her.

Li Jingya probably passed the pain just now, and she let go of Lin Rui's hand, "Husband, you go out first!"

"Uncle, go out first!"

The others were also urging Lin Rui to go out. Lin Rui stroked Li Jingya's hand and said, "I'll go out first, don't bear the pain, I've sent people to the palace, and my mother-in-law will come soon. Don't be afraid!"

After Lin Rui finished speaking, Fang was about to leave the delivery room. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Princess Zhongshun hurried in with her mother.

Lin Rui hurriedly turned sideways and called, "Mother-in-law!"

Princess Zhongshun saw that the door of the delivery room was opened, and it was my son-in-law who came out from inside. She was a little surprised, but she didn't say much, "My son-in-law...?! Close the door quickly, don't catch the wind! You are a man How can I enter the delivery room? Get out quickly!"

In modern times, there are still many men who enter the delivery room to accompany the delivery. As Lin Rui from modern times, he doesn't think the delivery room is filthy, but the customs here are like this. Women's small days, childbirth, etc. are considered dirty and unclean. Men He should stay away, so he just went in to see his wife and comforted him, and then came out.

When the princess entered the delivery room, Lin Rui was relieved, and stood outside waiting with peace of mind.A little maid next to her saw her uncle standing there all the time, not making a sound or going back to the room to rest, so she brought a stool over to Lin Rui.

From time to time in the delivery room, there were rumors of Li Jingya's suppressed and distressed groans, and the midwife and Fang Nai? p>

Zhongyue Balu several people mixed together, a little messy exclamation voice? p>

It was getting dark slowly, and the movement in the delivery room was still the same as before, and Lin Rui had been sitting quietly outside waiting for the news.

Ruyuan, the maidservant who had been waiting in Lin Hai, came to Lin Rui to follow her, and after saluting, she said, "Master, Master said that Grandma might not be so fast. I thought that you haven't eaten yet, so let me come and treat you Go over and eat!" After Ru Yuan finished speaking, she stood aside and waited.

Lin Rui felt a little hungry when he heard the sound of eating. It seemed that earlier, a little maid came over and asked if he wanted to set the meal, but he pushed it away.Because I haven't eaten all the time, my father probably knew about it, so I sent someone over to let me pass.

Lin Rui was hesitating whether to go now or go to eat after the child was born, when he saw Mother Fang coming out, he stood up and walked over to ask, "How is the eldest grandma, hasn't she given birth yet?"

"Master, how can this woman give birth so quickly? I'll go get some ginseng soup, and grandma will have strength later." Mother Fang was probably really in a hurry, so she didn't stand in front of Lin Rui to answer, and turned to Xiao Walk towards the kitchen and return to Lin Rui.

Lin Rui thought that Princess Zhongshun was not young anymore, and she must have come here in such a hurry just now, she definitely didn't have any food, but now she has someone to set up a meal, and she probably doesn't have the heart to use it, why don't you prepare some ginseng soup too, "Nurse Fang, ask them to prepare more, and prepare one for the mother-in-law."

Lin Rui gave orders to the little maid who was standing outside the delivery room, and then followed Ruyuan to Lin Hai's main courtyard. Lin Hai didn't put the food in the living room, but asked someone to put it on the small kang table.

As soon as Lin Hai saw Lin Rui coming in, he said, "I guessed that you haven't eaten yet. This is your wife's first child, and it's still early. If it can be born before three o'clock at night, it will be considered smooth."

A little maid came over to wait for Lin Rui to wash his hands. After Lin Rui sat down, he noticed that there was only a pair of bowls and chopsticks on the kang table, and they were all his favorites. He knew that his father had specially prepared them. land.

After living in ancient times for a long time, I have naturally adapted to the life here. I am used to the life of going to bed early and getting up early, so naturally the dinner time is also very early.Lin Rui was usually ready to go to bed at this time, and he didn't even have dinner today, so he was really hungry.Lin Rui didn't need to say anything, and quickly started eating.

Lin Hai sat aside, looked at Lin Rui, "This child is about to be born, have you thought about a name? I don't think you mentioned it all the time."

Lin Rui shook his head after hearing this, and said, "Not yet, and I don't know men and women, so don't be so anxious? Dad, have you thought of any suitable names?"

"I actually thought of a few names. Your name is a single character, and you didn't choose your name according to your seniority before. Now this child doesn't have to be named according to your seniority. You should take the single character. Boys , Kangxi's Xi, polite Bin, majestic Xuan, Botao's Tao, etc., these words are all good; for girls, these words are all good! Or you have Other suitable ones can be mentioned now for reference, you might as well think about it, and it is not necessary to make a decision right away.”

Lin Rui thought it was pretty good, and thought for a while before saying, "If the boy is called Lin Xuan, the girl is the same as Daiyu, and Junyao, both of which mean beautiful jade, but this and Like Daiyu, they all describe a kind of jade, wouldn't it be inappropriate?"

"It doesn't matter if the words are the same? That's it. It's very cold at night. It doesn't matter if you have to wait. Don't suffer from the cold. Okay, you can go there. The princess is over there. It's okay if you leave for too long." No, try to take some time to rest at night, and I have to go to the yamen tomorrow morning!"

Not to mention that I am also anxious to go over to see Jingya's current situation, even as a husband, it is not good for me to leave for too long when my wife is giving birth.It was my father who asked me to come over for dinner just now, and it would be outrageous if I didn't go there, but before leaving, I made a special confession, "I see, Dad, you should rest early, don't wait, anyway, you will know that you have a boy tomorrow morning Still giving birth to a girl."

When Lin Rui returned to Runzeyuan, he asked the little maid guarding the door, but found nothing special.Walking to a place close to the delivery room, I heard some suppressed groans coming from inside from time to time, as well as the voices of other people talking.

After waiting for about an hour, Li Jingya's loud cry of pain suddenly came from inside, which was mixed with the voice of the midwife telling Li Jingya to use force from time to time.

Lin Rui was quite calm at first, but after hearing Li Jingya crying out in pain, he couldn't calm down anymore!I had been sitting on the stool and waiting, but now I couldn't sit still anymore, so I couldn't help standing up and walking to the door of the delivery room.

The maid standing guard in front of the door saw Lin Rui approaching, so she couldn't help tensing up and guarding the door of the delivery room. She couldn't let the uncle into the delivery room like earlier.After the uncle left just now, when the nanny went in, she made a special confession, don't let the uncle go in again! ~

After standing for an unknown amount of time, Lin Rui finally heard the surprised voice of the midwife from the delivery room, "I've already seen the head, the Princess, use your strength, use your strength!"

Lin Rui heard that he had seen the head, and thought that it should be almost done. Sure enough, within a short while, he heard a loud cry of a baby coming from the delivery room.

Seeing that Li Jingya finally gave birth smoothly, the midwife couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Congratulations to the princess, congratulations to the princess, you are a brother!"

Lin Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the cry of the child outside, and he was relieved. The men and women didn't care too much, as long as the adults and children are safe!It's really not much different from what my father estimated, but the third watch is not over yet, so it should be barely counted as today's day.

After waiting for a while, the door of the delivery room finally opened, and Nanny Fang came out holding the tightly wrapped baby, "Congratulations, sir, you are a brother! Grandpa, come and have a look," said Nanny Fang, holding the baby by the way. Signal to Lin Rui.

Lin Rui lifted the baby's swaddle a little bit, looked at the candlelight hanging on the porch, and saw a red face with closed eyes and wrinkled skin. Lin Rui felt like a Like a little monkey, he blurted out, "It's so ugly!" After he finished speaking, he thought about it, and laughed embarrassedly when he heard that children are like this when they are just born.

Nanny Fang explained with a smile, "It's like this when a child is just born. The redder the skin, the fairer it will be in the future."

"How is grandma, is she okay?"

"Grandma is alright, but she's a bit tired and confused now. It's cold outside, so I'll carry the young master inside. Grandpa will wait a while. Grandma can go in and see her when she's clean."

By the time Lin Rui was finally able to go in and have a look, it was already midnight, and the little guy had already been fed by the nanny once, and was placed on the bed next to Li Jingya, and both mother and child had already fallen asleep.

Lin Rui sat aside and watched quietly. Later, it was Mammy who came in and said that he was going to the Yamen early tomorrow morning, telling him not to look any more, urging him to rest early, and Lin Rui just walked away to rest.