Chapter 278

ZhiXia also brought Zhou Nan and herself a cup, without putting in as many tea leaves.

After drinking a sip, Zhou Nan frowned with a smile and said, "I'm used to drinking plain water. I really can't enjoy this blessing."

"Chewing peony flowers pointlessly," what An JingZhi said was not actually looking down on anyone. He was just used to being in a privileged family position.

Zhou Nan didn't mind either. Most of the time, she didn't really understand what he said, she could only tell his tone.

ZhiXia shook her head helplessly, then said to Zhou Nan, "You know your health is not good and your waist hurts, so do less work. Everyone in this family is capable, it can operate smoothly without you, working more will only exhaust yourself to death, and no one will suffer for you."

Hugging her daughter, An ZhiXian touched her nose quietly and glanced at An JingZhi.

An JingZhi was stunned by ZhiXia's words, but he resonated a lot and said, "What ZhiXia said makes sense. Grandchildren have their own fortunes, and they are not kids anymore and have plans for their own lives. We can only help out when we can, but we must take care of our own health first."

An ZhiXian didn't feel wronged at all. After he got married he moved out and now he and Zheng Sucun were also living a good life. He would occasionally come back for a meal. Zheng’s family was also very capable with housework, and could even help out.

Zhou Nan glared at him and said, "There are so many things to do inside and outside the house. If I don't take care of them, you will all have to eat the northwest wind."

From eating to dressing, household cleaning and placing items, she alone had been busy with everything inside and out over the years. If she was really ruthless and let go, the days probably wouldn't go on.

An JingZhi looked at ZhiXia and said, "You see, your mother just can’t sit still herself. It's not that we enslave her."

ZhiXia didn't say anything more. As An JingZhi thought, she didn’t know how to enjoy life and strive for happiness herself. She was not tired working hard. Even if ZhiXia wanted to help her, it was useless.

It wasn’t until the sky was almost dark when ZhiXia brought the twins back to her own home.

Sister Zhang hugged little Liù and hurried out from the room, "ZhiXia is back. Chen Ze and the other two went next door. Old Pei is anxious and went to the hospital because Jian Guo's daughter-in-law is going to give birth. Hold little Liù, I’m going to cook for you guys. I’ll also go to the hospital later to see if Jian Guo’s daughter-in-law has given birth and bring her some food.” ZhiXia was shocked. "Wasn't it still a month away? How did she suddenly go into labor?"

The premature labor time was not short. In this medically underdeveloped era, big problems might happen.

"Who knows? Jian Guo’s friend rushed over to notify us, saying she fell at home, and we don't know how she fell..." Sister Zhang was also worried in her heart. After all, Guo Momo's sweet mouth often came to cheer her up.

ZhiXia thought for a moment, then said to Sister Zhang: “Sister Zhang, I’ll go feed Little Liù milk. You just fix yourself some food first, no need to cook for me. I’ll go out to buy something from the street for Jian Guo’s daughter-in-law to bring it to her later. If I come back late, just send little Liù to my grandma's place and ask them to help take care of the children."

Although little Liù was breastfed, the family also had some formula prepared just in case when she went out.

"You can go too." After all, she was the auntie. She should go see how’s everything, Sister Zhang thought.

After ZhiXia finished feeding and Little Liù had fallen asleep, Sister Zhang had also finished cooking and refused her suggestion to eat something too. She hurriedly pushed the cart out.

Halfway there, she prepared a meat porridge from the space, and in case of emergency, she specially used a few drops of life water obtained from trading with the little elves.

At the hospital entrance, she happened to meet An ZhiXian who was just getting off work.

Hearing that Jian Guo and the others were also at the hospital, he was in no hurry to go home after work and followed Zhi Xia to the delivery room.

In the corridor outside the delivery room, Old Pei sat on a stool gazing at the delivery room door in dismay, looking completely decadent.

Something was clearly wrong with the appearances of the grandfather and grandson. ZhiXia rushed over with the food, "Dad, how is Momo? I heard from Sister Zhang that she fell. What happened?"

Old Pei glanced at Jian Guo and just sighed, "It hasn't come out yet. Because it was premature labor, the doctor said her condition was not very good."

The delivery room door opened just then. A nurse popped her head out from inside, "The mother is a little weak. Do you have any food prepared?"

"Yes." ZhiXia immediately handed over the porridge in her hand, "Please ask, could one of us go in to accompany her?"

ZhiXia was well-known in the delivery room. The nurse hesitated for a moment, then said, "A family member can come in to accompany her and chat with her, encourage her more."

ZhiXia looked at Jian Guo, but found he was still dazed. She could only reach out and push him to get his attention, "What are you still dazing off for? Didn't you hear what she said?"

"No..." Jian Guo looked frightened, instead of going forward, he backed away two steps. "I... I dare not..."

He only knew that Momo had lost a lot of blood, and the look in her eyes at him was desperate.

He dared not face her. He could not bear it. The nurse urged again, "Have you guys decided? Come in quickly if you want to, we don't have too much time to delay."

"Useless," Jian Guo dared not go in and Old Pei and An ZhiXian were even less suitable, so ZhiXia could only go in herself.

The delivery room was full of the smell of blood. Guo Momo's hair was stuck to her sweaty face. The lower half of her body was covered with a cloth, but the upper half was still stained with blood.

"You can talk to the mother. It would be best if you could wake her up and let her eat something to replenish her strength."

The scene in the delivery room made ZhiXia feel numb even as an experienced mother of several children. "Since she's like this already, can't you opt for surgery?"

The nurse explained, "The fetal position has been corrected, the baby is head down now, but the mother has no strength. Let's see if she can regain some strength first. The operating room has been prepared too. If it really doesn't work then we'll have to do a C-section."

Medical technology was still insufficient, so they could only choose the simplest method to treat patients and do what was best for the birth mother.

ZhiXia leaned close to Guo Momo's ear and called her several times, but she didn't respond much.

She only opened her eyes when ZhiXia called her name again, looked weakly at ZhiXia, and tear droplets rolled down from the corners of her eyes.

Although she still didn't know what had happened, ZhiXia could see that she felt very wronged.

"Don't be scared, I'll feed you something first, let's persevere and once the baby is born it will be fine..." ZhiXia comforted her.

She opened the thermal container she brought. The porridge inside was still hot.

But she thought Guo Momo might not even have the strength to swallow, so she simply abandoned feeding her porridge. Instead she poured some life water into a bowl.

Guo Momo was so exhausted her eyes could barely open. ZhiXia could only pour water into her mouth with a spoon.

The life water was spirit water that nurtured life after all. Its effectiveness was much greater than snow fruit. After a few spoonfuls, Guo Momo's condition changed notably. Her eyes were no longer lifeless like before.

The delivery room door was knocked and opened from the outside. "The operating room is ready. How is the mother now?"

The nurse took a look at Guo Momo’s condition and replied, "She seems to have regained some energy, let’s try again."

ZhiXia was being pushed out of the way. The nurse guided Guo Momo to push by her ear.

ZhiXia quietly stood by and watched the midwife say joyfully, "It’s coming out now. She is pushing hard, it's almost out."

The baby slipped out smoothly, a skinnny little thing, like a small kitten.