Chapter 721 Encounter a Lying-in Woman on the Way
It was reasonable for Qinghu to get mad. After all, they had gotten into so sticky situations before. If this man was really a troublemaker, they certainly could not ignore him.
“Let’s send soone to find out about the situation. It’s inadvisable for us to confront them too early,” after pondering for a while, Lin ngya stopped Qinghu from taking action.
She had seen how ruthless Qinghu was. Although the man was shrewd, he didn’t seem to be the kind of cunning and shaless people they had t before.
“Okay, have a good rest here. I’ll go and have a talk with them,” Qinghu said, pronouncing the two simple words “a talk” in a ghastly and bloodcurdling tone.
Nevertheless, she did not mind Qinghu’s going to threaten them if he could make them beat a retreat in the face of difficulties.
Going back to the carriage and sitting down, Lin ngya quietly read the book in her hands. But after a while, Qinghu showed up in front of her again with his face darkening.
Lin ngya raised her eyebrows and thought, “The man could make Qinghu return without accomplishing anything. He seems to be a tough nut to crack.”
“What happened? It seems that they pissed you off?” Lin ngya asked with a faint smile as she stared at Qinghu in front of her.
To her surprise, Qinghu just looked back indignantly and then mounted his horse without saying a word.
Lin ngya couldn’t help feeling astonished and looked back curiously, wondering what had happened.
Although Qinghu soon returned to normal, Lin ngya could obviously sense that he beca much more reticent after coming back from there.
He just looked back occasionally with an aggrieved and horrible look in his eyes, while keeping moving forward reluctantly.
Lin ngya rested her chin on her hands as she cast glances at Qinghu and the group of people stalking them at a certain distance.
She beca increasingly curious about what made Qinghu resign himself to this.
However, no matter how hard she tried to find out about it, Qinghu just kept quiet and refused to say a word.
As such, Lin ngya could only let it be. Anyway, since Qinghu tacitly consented to this, those people probably would not do any harm to her.
After spending seven days on the way, they finally arrived at a place to stay temporarily.
Compared with a big town where plenty of people ca and went and news spread fast, a secluded small village was a more reliable choice.
However, the mont Lin ngya alighted from the carriage, she saw that those people stalking them all the ti had also arrived here to stay temporarily. Moreover, Qinghu did not voice any objections. She could not help looking towards the horizon, wondering if the sun were to rise in the west tomorrow.
Qinghu had arranged all their temporary accommodations along the way.
However, as soon as they entered the village, Lin ngya saw that the village, which was supposed to be quiet, was now bustling with people coming and going.
It was almost ti for dinner. Could it be that they were so lucky to arrive here while a wedding banquet was being held?
“Go and find out what’s going on,” Qinghu gave an order.
Lin ngya didn’t intend to ddle in this, but Qinghu, who had been in a bad mood along the way, found these people nuisances.
He had paid a large sum of money for reserving the whole village, so that the villagers could stay at ho quietly and not co out to disturb them during their stay here.
What was going on now? What made the villagers think they could trick him at will?
Perhaps the villagers had sensed Qinghu’s chilling aura, so they consciously made a detour to avoid eting him.
All of them looked anxious. Did sothing serious happen in the village?
Not long after, those Qinghu sent to inquire about the situation returned.
It was only then that Lin ngya learned that the reason why all villagers, that were not many in number, ca out in droves was that the daughter-in-law of a family in the village was in labor.
Coincidentally, the woman, who had never been pregnant in the past ten years, now was pregnant with twins.
However, these two babies, with whom the woman was pregnant after all this ti, were now striving to be the first to co to this world, which gave the woman, who was fortunate and unfortunate at the sa ti, a hard ti.
Several midwives had gone to help, but none of them could find a solution.
Seeing that the woman and her babies were about to die, her parents-in-law’s family and her parents’ family started quarreling, which alard the villagers so that they all rushed to that family.
“A woman in labor?” Qinghu said.
His expression softened a little when he heard his subordinates’ report.
At least, the villagers did not exactly turn a deaf ear to his words.
Nevertheless, he, who had always been aloof, had no sympathy even when he heard of the woman’s dangerous situation.
He tried to push Lin ngya to the courtyard he had rented for a rest, but she dragged his sleeve.
Qinghu lowered his head helplessly and looked straight into Lin ngya’s clear eyes.
“Don’t tell that you’re going to ddle in soone else’s business again,” he said, seeming to have resigned himself to her decision. He knew Lin ngya the best. It seed to be difficult to make her stand aside when soone else was in peril.
“Let’s go and check out the situation. At least these villagers have provided us with accommodation. Although I’m in poor health, at least I can help them, right? If my mother got so help back then, she might not have passed away and left my brother and behind,” by the ti she finished speaking, her voice was so low that only Qinghu could barely hear it.
Qinghu had rarely heard Lin ngya ntion her mother, but from the conversations of others, he had a general understanding of Lin ngya’s mother.
It was said that Madam Lin was wise and farsighted, benevolent and proficient in dical skills. Everyone in the Lin’s Mansion spoke highly of her.
Now Lin ngya was becoming increasingly like her mother, but she was more decisive and of valor she took after the ancestors of the Lin Family.
At the mont, under Lin ngya’s hopeful gaze, Qinghu couldn’t say no.
He sighed lightly and finally shook his head. After instructing his subordinates to wait in the yard, he pushed Lin ngya towards the peasant family, where the villagers had gone.
After the short dusk, night had fallen.
The peasant family lived in the center of the village and was crowded at this ti.
The villagers’ fervent discussions were mixed with a few wails.
Lin ngya frowned. It seed that the woman was still alive, but those wailing people acted as if mourning for the woman, which was inauspicious.
More importantly, it was rather inappropriate to do so in this situation.
Among the villagers, Lin ngya and Qinghu were conspicuous.
The old man, the only person in charge of the village, noticed the two strangers at once.
Although he had not t Qinghu, this generous custor, before, he could tell that the two of them were not common people.
He imdiately put away his bitter face, walked briskly to the two of them, and said, “Two honored guests, you have co from afar, but we are not attentive enough to you. I hope you could forgive us.”
Qinghu did not make a proper response, but Lin ngya could not be rude.
After greeting the old man with a nod, she ntioned the situation in the yard, “We heard that the daughter-in-law of this family was in trouble, so we ca to check it out. If you could use so help from us, just tell us.”
Lin ngya’s gentle attitude, coupled with the fact that she was a delicate girl, made the old man let down his guard.
He imdiately let out a deep sigh.
“Alas, the daughter-in-law of the Tian Family is unlucky. Delivery is a near-death experience for won. It depends on her fate whether she can go through it or not. You’re an honored guest. How can we bother you with this kind of thing?” He refused Lin ngya tactfully.
It seed that the old man didn’t trust them.
Nevertheless, as they were outsiders, it was reasonable for the old man to turn down their rash request to help.
However, Lin ngya found the increasingly loud cries in the courtyard a little harsh.
Just when she was about to convince the old man to let them in to help, she heard soone curse.
“My daughter is not dead yet! Why are you wailing here! If you hadn’t believed those people’s nonsense and allowed them to use safflower to induce labor, my daughter... wouldn’t have suffered trorrhagia! Now since my grandchildren and daughter can’t survive, you should pay for their lives with your life!” The person said with grief and indignation.
Although she tried hard to suppress her sobs, she sounded much more sincere than the wailing person.
It must be a dispute between the woman’s mother-in-law and mother. To be honest, Lin ngya had encountered similar situations before.
However, it was quite inappropriate for them to fight while the woman was on the verge of death.
“Sir, please let check on her. To tell you the truth, I inherited my dical skill from my family, and I’m very experienced in gynecology and obstetrics. Rest assured. I promise I can handle it!” Lin ngya said anxiously.
If the midwives really used safflower to induce labor and the woman was suffering trorrhagia at the mont as the two people said, the woman would probably die.
Now the two people began to fight, which made the situation even more chaotic and disturbed the midwives and the woman’s family mbers.
With no one to preside over the situation now, the woman and her babies would really die!
However, Lin ngya looked very young and was an outsider, so the old man still could not trust her.
He, who was in a dilemma, was inclined to turn down Lin ngya’s request to help.
Lin ngya furrowed her brows, thinking she probably would have to break in rashly if there was no other way.
Unexpectedly, soone ca forward to support her at this mont.
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