Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

"Bah! Damn old woman, you got lucky today."

Xu Damao spat at Jia Zhang and then cursed.

After cursing, he came straight to Li Kangri and said, "Master, the old woman fainted. What should we do?"

"What should we do? Go back to sleep! She was the one who started the trouble first. If we call the police, we will be in trouble too." Li Kangri said.

"Li Kangri, not only did you beat me today, you also knocked Jia's sister-in-law unconscious. You are not in the right in this matter. I will call the police now." Yi Zhonghai stood up and said.

He felt a little more comfortable now, both mentally and physically.

"Haha, whatever. Since you're looking for trouble, let's make it bigger today. You knocked on the door in the middle of the night and tried to rob the house, but failed so you sent this old woman to insult the orphans of the martyrs and my two apprentices. Zhuzi, go call the police right now and say someone broke into the house and robbed it. Go now."

"Ah! Master, this..." Sha Zhu scratched his head and stammered.

"Hey! I will not be responsible for your affairs from now on. Sister Damao, please go call the police." Li Kangri said.

"No, no, I'll go." After saying that, Sha Zhu immediately ran outside.

"Zhu Zi...where are you going? Do you really want to send yourself to jail?" Yi Zhonghai shouted behind him.

But Sha Zhu ignored him and just ran out.

"Don't be anxious Yi Zhonghai, let's take it slow. When the police station comes, I'll ask them carefully. Why are you knocking on my door repeatedly in the middle of the night without sleeping? You even instigated this fat guy to insult us. Let's see what you will say when the police come." Li Kangri said.

"You, do you think you are right to hit someone?" Yi Zhonghai said angrily.

"Whether it's right or wrong, someone else will decide. It's not up to you to decide."

After that, Li Kangri ignored Yi Zhonghai and turned to Xu Damao and said, "Come here, I'll arrange something for you to do."

"What's the matter?" Xu Damao walked over and asked.

So, after Li Kangri whispered a few words into Xu Damao's ear, Xu Damao said happily, "Master, don't worry, I'll go right away."

After saying that, Xu Damao pushed his bicycle out amidst everyone's confused looks.

On the other side, at the Jia family, Qin Huairu had a stomachache. In the pain, she also heard the shouting and fighting sounds in the backyard. She was very annoyed. How could one or two of them have the mind to quarrel? Didn’t they know that she was still waiting to be sent to the hospital?

Just as she was angry, she felt her lower body torn apart and the baby in her belly was coming out. That feeling was not wrong. She had experienced it twice.

"Jingru, I can't take it anymore. I feel the baby is coming out. Hurry, help me take off my pants." Qin Huairu shouted.

"Sister, I'm not okay, right? I hope nothing happens. How about you just bear with it? I'll go call an old man and ask him to take you to the hospital." Qin Jingru said fearfully.

Looking at Qin Huairu's wet pants and painful expression, she felt disgusted and scared. She had never experienced this before.

"Help me quickly, otherwise the child won't be able to come out, hurry up." Qin Huairu shouted.

There was no other way, Qin Jingru could only gently loosen Qin Huairu's back and help her take off her pants.

After a long time, Qin Jingru finally helped Qin Huairu take off her pants, and then she saw a scene that she would never forget: a child's head was slowly coming out.

"Ah!" Qin Jingru screamed.

She quickly left the bedside, yelling, "Sister, sister, I'm scared, I'll go call someone."

After saying that, Qin Jingru ran out without looking back.

There was no other way, Qin Huairu could only follow the method taught by the midwife and try to save herself.

……

"Uncle, uncle, my sister has given birth and the baby's head is out. Please come in and help quickly." Qin Jingru ran to the backyard and shouted.

"What? It's born?" Yi Zhonghai exclaimed.

"No, I just saw a head coming out, and I was scared."

"Oh, this, Old Liu, Old Yan, ask your wives and my family to go to the Jia family to help, quickly, human lives are at stake." Yi Zhonghai said anxiously.

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Yan Fugui immediately pointed at the unconscious Jia Zhang on the ground and said, "Old Yi, I dare not help with this matter. You know that Jia Zhang is not easy to mess with. If something goes wrong, I can't bear it."

"Yes, Lao Yi, I can't help you with this. What Lao Yan said makes sense. We can't afford to offend her." Liu Haizhong also echoed.

"You, do you really want to watch someone die without helping?" Yi Zhonghai said angrily.

"Old Yi, don't say such harsh words. You know it in your heart. Now is not the time to argue. You should find a solution quickly! Didn't you hear that girl say the baby is about to come out?" Yan Fugui reminded.

"Hey! You guys are really..." Yi Zhonghai said angrily, "Fengjuan, you and cousin Qin Huairu go and help. I'll go find a midwife right away."

He knew that it was too late to send him to the hospital, so this was the only thing he could do for now.

"Lao Yi, I, I have never given birth before! I don't know what to do?" the aunt said anxiously.

"Uncle, I'm scared. I dare not go in." Qin Jingru also shouted.

"Hey, what should we do? What should we do?" Yi Zhonghai said anxiously.

But soon he looked at Yan Fugui again, "Old Yan, please help the Jia family. Your wife has given birth to several children and has experience. How about this, I will give you ten yuan. If something really happens, I will take the responsibility. What do you think?" Yi Zhonghai begged.

"This," Yan Fugui said in confusion.

He really wanted to make the money, but when he looked at Jia Zhang lying on the ground, he was really a little scared.

"Old Yan, don't you even trust me?" Yi Zhonghai said, but he quickly realized that Yan Fugui really wanted to make money, but he was also afraid of Jia Zhang.

He glanced at the unconscious Jia Zhang on the ground. At this moment, he really wanted to kill Jia Zhang. This old woman was always throwing tantrums and making trouble, and now no one dared to help her.

"Old Liu, can you be a witness?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

"That's fine. Old Yan, you go. I'll testify that Yi Zhonghai said he is responsible." Liu Haizhong said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, I'll go call my wife, the one from the Yi family, and ask you to help." Yan Fugui said.

At the Jia family, after a period of self-rescue, Qin Huairu finally gave birth to a child successfully, and then lay weakly on the bed, gasping for breath.

After the third and first aunts went in, they saw that the baby had already been born. "Oh, it's already been born. Come on, first aunt, go get some hot water to wash it. I want to see the baby first."

As she spoke, the third aunt imitated the midwife, picked up the baby, and patted the baby's butt a few times. The baby then started crying loudly.

As soon as the baby cried, the third aunt felt relieved. She had heard from the midwife that as long as the baby cried, the baby would be fine.

Outside the door, Yi Zhonghai heard the crying and became anxious, "Is it the birth? Is it Old Yan?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's anxious look, Yan Fugui complained in his heart, "It's not yours, why are you so anxious!?"