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Beads of sweat appeared densely on Chen He's head, his handsome facial features wrinkled, and he groaned with difficulty as if he was enduring great pain.

Lin Qiao was a little nervous: "What's the matter?" He stretched out his hand to hug him, but as soon as his hand touched his pants, it was wet a lot, as if blood flowed out.

Immediately said to the fellow countryman outside the window: "Go and invite my mother-in-law, my wife is about to give birth."

The person outside the window didn't expect to encounter such a situation. Having a baby is no small matter.Immediately ran to the residence of Lin Qiao's mother-in-law.

He was in pain like a fish landing on the shore, gasping for shallow breaths, it hurt even when he exhaled deeply.

"It's okay, it's okay." She held Chen He's hand tightly.

Chen He gave birth to a child for the first time, and it felt like his internal organs were on fire.The huge pain blurred his vision, and he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears.He could only feel Lin Qiao talking in his ear, he couldn't hear what he said, and soon the burning pain turned into tearing pain!

"Ah..." He couldn't help it, as if calling could relieve the pain a little.The pain was accompanied by strong helplessness: "Lin Qiao."

"Where am I?" Lin Qiao's voice was trembling.

Beads of sweat rolled down Chen He's forehead, and soon his chest and back were soaked.After calling him once, there was no more sound.

After a while, a capable woman rushed in, followed by a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.Lin Qiao recognized them. One was his mother-in-law Meng Shi, and the other was Chen He's younger brother, Chen Rui, who was also an elder brother.

Seeing that he was already suffering, Meng said: "Young Master, get out quickly, this is not a place for men to stay. Xiao Rui goes to boil water."

After speaking, he drove them out.The door closes.

Chen Rui was obviously frightened.Lin Qiao immediately took over the job and said, "I'll boil the water, and you stay outside."

"En." Chen Rui nodded obediently.

Going to the stove in the yard to boil water, the fellow hadn't walked by and asked, "Are you still going to work?" He asked beside.

"I won't go." Going out can fill my stomach, but what about this family: "Thank you just now."

"Hey, thank you, it's easy." The fellow looked at Lin Qiao uncomfortably, and found that he was not as stupid as before, and spoke with some order: "Then I'm leaving."

"En." Lin Qiao poured the boiled water into the basin and brought it in.

Meng Shi opened the door, and there was a bit of blood in the air.

"Ah..." Chen He's cry of pain came again clearly.

"Mother-in-law, how is he?"

"It's okay." Meng Shi said, "It's like this when giving birth." There are a few who don't hurt.You have to walk through the gate of hell.

I want to ask again.Meng Shi closed the door.Suddenly, he felt someone tugging on his sleeve.Looking back, Chen Rui's face was full of tears: "Brother Qiao, will my brother die?" His body was shaking, a little pitiful, and terrified.

Chen Rui was three years younger than Chen He, so it was Chen He who brought him up, and the relationship between the two was very good.Now seeing my brother suffer such a big crime inside, I am afraid.

"It's going to be okay." Even though he said that, he was also very nervous and kept frowning.In the past, Chen Rui always felt that Lin Qiao was not good enough for his brother, but now it seems that is not always the case.Could it be that the old saying: a friend in need is a friend?

In short, he felt a lot more at ease in my heart.Just now I was really afraid that Lin Qiao should go out with his fellow countrymen. In this famine year and there is no food, Qing is waiting to die!Seeing that he didn't respond, he was a little more sincere when he called Brother Qiao.

For two full hours, I don't know how many pots of blood were poured.Chen He's voice became smaller and smaller.Finally, when I heard a child crying, my heart finally let go!Meng Shi simply tidied up the bloody room.Wrapping the child in a soft cloth, as soon as he opened the door, Lin Qiao came in and took a look at the sleeping male and female daughter-in-law. Chen He was extremely exhausted.The sweat on his head drenched his hair.Stick to the face in strands.

"how is he?"

Seeing that he cared so much about Chen He, Mrs. Meng was wrong about all the previous opinions about him, and said softly: "My son, he is exhausted and needs to sleep for a few days. Here, look at the child."

It was the first time Lin Qiao saw the tightly wrapped little doll, who was red and wrinkled like a little monkey, screaming gracefully.

"This is my brother's child? Why is he so ugly?" Chen Rui leaned over and said.His brother has been good-looking since he was a child, but the child he gave birth to is wrinkled like a little old man.

Meng slapped him on the forehead: "Children are like this. You were not as good as him when you were young."

Chen Rui's eyes widened in disbelief.

Meng said: "Guan Gu is happy, I forgot to say. This child is a little brother." She said she looked at Lin Qiao's reflection with her eyes.

"Brother is good, Daddy's little baby." After finishing speaking, he said, "Is this kid's fingers and toes normal?"

Seeing that he didn't dislike him, Mrs. Meng breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on her face grew more and more: "I've counted them all, and they're all ready."

Chen Rui looked at his little nephew crying all the time, it was thundering but not raining, he howled so hard that he didn't have a single tear.Said: "Mom, why is he barking?"

"It's probably because I'm hungry. Go home and get some rice to cook some porridge to feed the children." Looking at the children, Meng felt a little more gloomy.Brothers do not have milk like women.Children can only eat rice soup and the like, and most children who are undernourished cannot be fed.

They can still squeeze out some between their teeth, but there is not much food left.I don't know how many more days I can survive?

"Mother, you and Xiaorui have been busy for a long time. I'll make the porridge. Go back and rest. We'll thank you both when Chen He recovers."

"Do you still have food at home?"

"Yes." There is not only food in his space, but also several buckets of milk powder.

"That's okay, you must boil it until it's glutinous, the child is easy to restrain." Meng said worriedly

"understood."

Mengshi was also very tired.Seeing this, he is no longer as sacrificial as before and said in relief: "If you can't take care of it, come and find me."

"Row."

The two walked away, Lin Qiao went to the kitchen, and took out the milk powder directly from the space.I adjusted a large bowl and tried the temperature on the back of my hand and found that there was no problem.Unfortunately, there are no feeding bottles in the space.I can only feed the child little by little with a small spoon.

The child's mouth curled up when he smelled the milky scent.Spoon by spoonful, the baby drank happily.It takes more than half a bowl to be satisfied, and the child has to go to bed after drinking enough milk.Lin Qiao hugged him on the bed.Put it next to your wife.

Are you thinking about how to take out the things in the space openly?Then I heard someone from outside, the same fellow said: "Brother Lin, I brought you some eggs!"

Lin Qiao went out and saw that he had grabbed three eggs in one hand, a total of six. Obviously, he had just returned from the chicken coop with a few chicken feathers on his body.There is a saying in the village that there is a milk for giving birth, that is, bring some brown sugar, eggs, etc. as a gift.Lin Qiao has a notorious reputation in the village, and no one wants to associate with him.

Lin Qiao was a little touched and said: "Come here, you don't need to give gifts, no one is rich these days."

"How can I do that? If I don't give it up when I'm in time, someone will poke my back." Men love face more than women, not to mention he is one of the few real people.

Lin Qiao suddenly remembered something, and said, "Brother, I beg you to do one thing, I can't leave home now! Help me buy a goat that is producing milk, and a few catties of fine grain." A few ingots of broken silver were pulled out from the cracks.There are more than ten taels.

"This……"

"If there is any left, I'll give you some drink money."

"That won't work, just do whatever you want. I'll help you run around."

Lin Qiao felt happy watching him go away.What a turn of events, what should I do if I was worried about this just now.Suddenly the memory flashed by.Lin Qiao's private house helped a lot.This little money was secretly given to him by his father when he got married. He said it was money for crossing the river, but he was really obedient.I was almost starved to death and didn't touch the money, and now it's just right!

Not long after, the fellow came back: "Food is too expensive. Just ten catties of rice costs 200 Wen. But it's all new rice. I also bought ten catties of noodles. This sheep is a good deal. In the past, it was sold for three or two halves. But Now that people can't support them, I bought them in twos and twos if I wanted to herd the sheep. The suckling lamb also wanted to buy it, but the man was so dishonest that he asked for a tael of silver. I didn't buy it, and I had some left Twelve taels." He has traveled all over the years, and he is quite good at bargaining.

Lin Qiao took over ten taels of silver, counted out 200 Wen and gave it to him.

The fellow frowned: "How can it be done?"

"Didn't you give me eggs just now, and I can't ask you to take advantage of them all." There are a few people in the countryside who are willing to eat eggs, and this thing is money.

"Then I'll accept it with a thick face."

"That's how it should be!"

As a result, before nightfall, he brought another basket of eggs.There are thirteen of them.

Lin Qiao, who was so stubborn, had no choice but to accept it, and he could see his personality.Others can owe him favors.But if he owed others a little, he had to pay it back immediately.

Lin Qiao returned some eggs to the neighbor.The neighbor was quite surprised when he saw him: "Did you give birth?"

"I gave birth, I gave birth to a brother."

"Okay, you don't have to return the egg, just treat it as my milk."

In the end, Lin Qiao let her accept it because of his rhetoric.

The neighbor gave Lin Qiao a complicated look, and within two hours, the whole village knew that Lin Qiao's wife had given birth to a brother for him.

Many people turned their attention to the Lin family.It was true that the Lin family looked down on Lin Qiao, but it was true that he was rich.A while ago, I married my youngest son, and the money alone was over 20 taels, and there was still a dowry of [-]. That was the first honor in the village. In comparison, Lin Qiao's was nothing compared to a fingernail of his fifth younger brother. .

Lin's mother said she was sick at home these few days, leaned on the pillow, ate melon seeds and said, "Oh, I married a brother and gave birth to a brother. If you don't hide it well, you will spread it everywhere. There is no place to put the old face, and the third child just beats me. If you still want me to breastfeed him, don't even think about it!"

"What's wrong with him?" Father Lin frowned.

Mother Lin said: "If he comes to deliver red eggs, tell the daughters-in-law not to let him in. It would be bad luck to step on my land."

"It's as if someone came back. Since you were driven away last time, you haven't come during the Chinese New Year."

Mother Lin said disapprovingly, "That's the best."

Father Lin sighed.I don't know why my old wife is so misleading. Although the third child is different from others, he can tell that he is very filial.It's much better than the boss and the second who play tricks.It's a pity that mother and son are born at odds, acting like enemies.At worst, I will sneak a look at it myself in a few days.