Chapter 868 - 869: Have a daughter_1
Ms. Wang thought of the medicine that Xiaxia probably still had for stopping blood, provided by Divine Doctor Luo, which might be useful.
Before she could have someone go home to relay the message, a young servant girl from the household came over with some items. Seeing her, the girl quickly said, "Madam, this was sent by the Great Aunt."
Ms. Wang opened it and saw that it was indeed slices of ginseng, along with several pills.
Yang Xiaochuan, naturally seeing these, immediately knelt down excitedly, "Third sister-in-law, thank you!"
"Alright, no need to mention it; you hurry and go heat some more water to prepare," she instructed.
Upon entering the inner chamber, the midwife had already started, and Ms. Luo was in so much pain that her face turned pale as she bit down hard on a handkerchief.
As soon as the midwife began to pull, Ms. Luo’s eyes rolled back in their whites, and Ms. Wang hurriedly took her handkerchief away and stuffed ginseng slices into her mouth. As she stuffed the ginseng, Ms. Wang felt a pang of pity; Ms. Luo had gone out of her way to get ginseng during the New Year, but she never imagined she’d be tasting it at a time like this.
After a while, with tremendous effort akin to that of nine oxen and two tigers, the midwife finally pulled the child out.
"Oh my darling, such a big one, no wonder she couldn’t be born; she’s definitely going to be a plump little girl in the future."
Upon hearing it was a girl, Ms. Luo on the bed immediately fainted completely.
Both Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu felt a sudden dread; was the fourth branch of the family fated to have no sons? After this ordeal, whether Ms. Luo could have more children was now in question.
The two of them were stunned for only a moment before Ms. Liu went to help wash the baby, while Ms. Wang seized the opportunity to stuff two more pills into Ms. Luo’s mouth, just in case.
However, Ms. Luo was fairly lucky; after such a torment, she didn’t show any signs of heavy bleeding, just a normal amount of blood.
After tidying up the room a bit more, Ms. Wang then went outside. Seeing Yang Xiaochuan still anxiously waiting, she told him, "Ms. Luo has given birth!"
The moment Yang Xiaochuan heard this great news, he hurriedly asked, "Is it a son, is it a son?"
"It’s a daughter," she said, and Ms. Wang saw Yang Xiaochuan’s spirits immediately plummet.
Ms. Wang, feeling somewhat sympathetic, consoled him, "A girl is also good; a girl well-raised is no less than a boy. Look at my Xiaxia, if it wasn’t for her efforts, we wouldn’t have such days as we do now."
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaochuan felt even more bitter inside; it wasn’t like he didn’t have daughters already, so how could he not know?
It wasn’t clear whether he took her words to heart, but looking at him, he seemed quite distressed.
Ms. Wang figured that with this attitude, he wouldn’t be able to take care of Ms. Luo, and when Ms. Luo woke up later, eating and such might become problematic. Therefore, she had a servant girl go to the kitchen to cook some porridge and added the ginseng slices to it. Once everything was ready, she informed Ms. Liu and went back home.
"How is mother faring?"
Seeing her return, Yang Chuxia quickly inquired.
"Don’t come near me yet; go take a bath first, you smell of something." The main reason, Ms. Wang thought, was that it was unlucky, as her daughter was pregnant too; she shouldn’t expose her to any negative influences.
After Ms. Wang bathed, an hour later, she came out and said, "She gave birth to a daughter. You have no idea how big the child is; the midwife weighed her and said she’s nine catties and eight liang."
Upon hearing it was a daughter, Yang Chuxia didn’t feel much. In her mind, boys and girls were the same, although ancient people still preferred sons. Now, Ms. Luo and Yang Xiaochuan were likely to be deeply disappointed; they had been hoping for years.
"Nine catties and eight liang? Isn’t that a bit too heavy?"
"It is indeed. She started laboring from last night and it lasted until now." She decided not to mention the dangers of childbirth, to spare her daughter from becoming frightened, as that would not be good.
"I should send someone to tell my father," Yang Chuxia suggested.
Ms. Wang hesitated slightly, "Perhaps we shouldn’t tell him. Your father was hoping for a grandson too, and this news might disappoint the Old Master."
"My father is well aware of it. Even if you don’t tell him, he’ll know that my fourth aunt is about to give birth, and he will ask about it on his own," Yang Chuxia reasoned.