Chapter 180 3/3

She entered the room without casting a glance and saw Li Qingzhi taking Fang Jinniang’s pulse.

Jin Xiaoye asked, “How is Fang Jinniang?”

Li Qingzhi replied, “She’s in good health, and the baby is also fine.”

This pregnancy of Fang Jinniang’s was progressing very smoothly.

Although Fang Jinniang’s body wasn’t exactly robust, it was just lacking in some nutrition.

Living in ancient times with regular routines and healthy eating habits, after marrying Fang Xiaoshu, she ate meat every day, which improved her health a lot. At least she was healthier than the young people nowadays who stayed up late all the time.

Also… Fang Jinniang was older.

Various societal beliefs of this era oppressed women. For example, in rural areas, people believed that once a woman had her first menstrual cycle, she could get married.

Even though due to inadequate nutrition, women in this era might experience their first period later, many still married at fifteen or sixteen years old.

Fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls hadn’t fully developed!

Fang Jinniang was different; she was already in her twenties, her body fully developed. For her, pregnancy was much less of a burden compared to those teenage girls.

And since she didn’t eat high-sugar, high-fat foods… Fang Jinniang didn’t gain much weight during pregnancy; she just became a bit plumper, and the baby wasn’t large either.

Basically… there shouldn’t be any problems with her giving birth.

But since the baby had engaged in the pelvis, judging from the situation, she should give birth soon.

Li Qingzhi also used his “golden finger” to treat her eyes a bit.

He had treated Fang Jinniang’s eyes a few times, and now her vision had improved a lot.

Neither Fang Jinniang nor the Fang family found this strange, thinking that her eyes had naturally improved after doing less needlework.

Li Qingzhi didn’t plan to completely cure her eyesight; leaving her with around 200 degrees of myopia would be better to avoid suspicion.

The Fang family had undergone significant changes in the past year. Fang’s parents were in particularly good spirits, especially when they were with Li Qingzhi.

However, as they chatted, Fang Jinniang suddenly clutched her stomach, saying it hurt a bit…

Li Qingzhi checked Fang Jinniang’s pulse again… It was a coincidence; the fruit was ripe and ready to be harvested—she was going into labor!

“Is she going to give birth?” Fang Xiaoshu asked anxiously. “Should we find a midwife?”

Jin Xiaoye patted his shoulder, “Of course, let’s go quickly.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll go right away.” Fang Xiaoshu immediately left.

Fang’s mother said, “I’ll go boil some water right away.”

Fang’s father paced around, “What should I do? I… I’ll go boil water too.”

Li Qingzhi: “…” There was no need to be in such a hurry; this was her first birth, and it wouldn’t happen so quickly.

In fact, Fang Jinniang had a slight pain and then it disappeared. It wasn’t until the midwife was called that she felt pain again.

Fang Jinniang started feeling pain in the late afternoon, and Jin Xiaoye, worried about her, stayed at the Fang’s house. But she didn’t give birth even until quite late, just experiencing occasional slight pains.

“Some women, especially for their first child, may take two days to give birth. There’s no need to worry so much. I’ll go home first,” the midwife didn’t want to wait any longer.

Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi looked at each other and left as well.

But before leaving, they specifically instructed Fang Xiaoshu to find someone to call them when Fang Jinniang went into active labor.

They walked back in the dark. Li Damao and Li Ermao were very interested in walking in the dark, walking happily.

Since it was winter, the snakes were hibernating, so Li Qingzhi didn’t stop them from walking and even gave them a lantern to carry.

“I wonder if Fang Jinniang will give birth to a boy or a girl.”

“Regardless of gender, it will be fine,” Li Qingzhi said.

The child in Fang Jinniang’s belly was a girl. Being born in such an era wasn’t a good thing for this girl.

But now that the Fang family was wealthy, Fang Xiaoshu also had money. Compared to the children of poor families, she didn’t know how much luckier she was.

“I just hope that if it’s a girl, she won’t be like Xiaoshu, but must be like Jinniang.” Jin Xiaoye said, her brother was becoming stronger and darker…

Li Qingzhi: “…” In fact, Fang Xiaoshu was a bit like Jin Xiaoye. If the girl resembled Fang Xiaoshu, but grew up to look like Jin Xiaoye, wouldn’t that be good?

Fang Jinniang didn’t give birth that night.

Even the next morning, she was able to move around freely, walking back and forth, experiencing slight pains only occasionally.

It wasn’t until almost dinner time that she began to experience severe pain.

Because of her concern for Fang Jinniang, Jin Xiaoye went to Miaoqian Village early in the morning, and Li Qingzhi went in the afternoon after treating Qian Fugui.

Many of Fang’s relatives came to see Fang Jinniang, bringing eggs and chicken…

After it got dark that day, Fang Jinniang gave birth to a daughter, both mother and daughter were safe.

Jin Xiaoshu was so happy that she gave the midwife a couple of dollars and she was so happy that she even said good things to her. She even took the initiative to help Fang Jinniang clean her body and teach Fang Jinniang how to breastfeed…

No matter what, as long as the baby is born safely.

Li Qingzhi, who knew how dangerous it was to give birth at this time, breathed a sigh of relief, but Jin Xiaoye was a little envious: “Back then, not so many people cared about me…”