Tang Yueshan went with him to the place where the Zhang Family was giving birth—it was a small rock cave at least a hundred feet away from here, originally used for storage.
The Zhang Family lay on a stretcher flat on the ground.
The old woman wasn’t a midwife, but compared to n, she had so experience with childbirth.
She stayed inside to assist with the birth, while Shangguan Qing and the others all waited outside the cave.
"Do you have wood?" the old woman asked as she ca out.
"What size?" Shangguan Qing asked.
The old woman replied, "Not too big, just enough for her to bite on so she doesn’t make too much noise or hurt herself."
Shangguan Qing pulled out the wooden stopper from the water pouch: "Will this do?"
The old woman shook her head: "This won’t work."
"How about this?" Shangguan Qing then pulled out the wooden hairpin from his head.
The old woman shook her head again: "That won’t work either."
Shangguan Qing hesitated for a mont, then took out a very old small wooden dagger from his pocket and handed it to the old woman.
The old woman smiled, "This should do nicely."
With that, she turned around with the dagger and went back into the small cave.
Tang Yueshan noticed a fleeting look of lancholy in Shangguan Qing’s expression.
Was that small wooden dagger a cherished item?
But it didn’t look expensive. If he liked, once he was his godson, he would carve ten or eight of them for him!
Zhang’s labor pains started during the day, and now the cervix was fully dilated, but she couldn’t give birth.
"Oh dear, this doesn’t look good..."
The old woman ca out anxiously and said to Shangguan Qing, "Zhang is having a difficult labor..."
Won giving birth are crossing through Ghost Gate Pass, and facing a difficult labor could an a double tragedy.
Tang Yueshan punched his palm and muttered, "If only that girl were here!"
"What’s wrong?"
A familiar young voice suddenly erged from the other end of the tunnel, and two ghost soldiers quickly went on alert.
"It’s ."
Gu Jiao said.
Shangguan Qing waved, and the two ghost soldiers stepped aside.
Gu Jiao pushed open a secret door and crawled out from inside.
She patted the dust off herself and said quietly, "This place is really hard to find."
Shangguan Qing looked at her suspiciously: "You ca from Back Mountain?"
Gu Jiao said, "Otherwise, would it be from a Jin army barracks?"
Shangguan Qing couldn’t hide his surprise: "There’s also a tunnel in Back Mountain? And it connects here?"
"What? You didn’t know?" Well, she just found out too.
She was wandering around Xuanyuan Qi’s Cave Mansion out of boredom when she accidentally triggered a chanism that led her into a tunnel.
She originally wanted to go back, but unexpectedly bumped into them while trying to find her way.
Tang Yueshan grabbed her wrist and walked over: "You ca at the right ti! A woman is having a difficult labor! Quickly, go inside and take a look!"
"Is she a primipara or a multipara?" Gu Jiao asked, seeing the two of them looking confused, she sighed and changed her question, "Has she given birth before?"
"She has had two children before," Shangguan Qing said.
Gu Jiao: "When did her labor start?"
Shangguan Qing: "Not sure exactly, she’s been holding on."
"Okay, I understand." Gu Jiao went into the small cave where Zhang was giving birth.
Zhang’s face was pale, and she bit on a small wooden dagger.
There was no dry spot left on her body, even the stretcher beneath her was soaked with sweat.
"Do you feel the urge to poop?" Gu Jiao asked.
She nodded with difficulty.
Gu Jiao examined her, the cervix was fully open, but the fetal position was incorrect.
Right now, there weren’t conditions for a caesarean section.
Fortunately, her water hadn’t fully broken, the fetus was still able to move inside the uterus, and the skill learned from a traditional dicine master in a previous life could finally co in handy.
"I hope this helps you."
...
Ti passed by minute by minute.
Shangguan Qing and Tang Yueshan stood outside the cave, both seed calm, but their palms were sweating.
Tang Yueshan never dread he’d one day be waiting outside while a woman gave birth.
This... what kind of situation is this?
He walked back and forth in the tunnel, mumbling to himself.
"It’s been so long, what if the baby can’t be born?"
"No, no, that girl has such amazing dical skills..."
"How co I never realized childbirth was so dangerous..."
"Sister-in-law suffered giving birth to Mingming, I’ll have to properly compensate her when I return."
With Zhang’s final groan, a bluish-purple-skinned baby was born.
It was a boy.
Despite being premature, he was quite large.
"Why... is there... no crying?" Zhang looked weakly at the baby in Gu Jiao’s arms.
Gu Jiao grabbed the little guy by his feet and lifted him up, spanking his little butt a few tis.
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