Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Before we can recover from the afterglow of summer, the autumn heat has arrived with great force. The sun has become particularly dazzling, shining brightly on the earth, and everything seems to be placed in a huge oven.

At the same time, Xu Ruolan's belly has been more than 8 months old.

I don’t know if it’s because she is petite, but Liu Xu always feels that her mother’s belly is too big.

Fortunately, Liu Xu acted nice in front of Grandpa Liu Dashan, so even though Old Lady Zhang still had a sullen face and cursed, Xu Ruolan's work was much easier.

That morning, Xu Ruolan and Liu Xu were hanging up freshly washed clothes in the yard, while Liu Chengcai was kicking the Cuju that his father had brought back for him around in the yard.

Perhaps he was too absorbed in the game, Liu Chengcai rushed straight towards Xu Ruolan with the Cuju.

Xu Ruolan, who had no time to dodge, cried out "Ouch" and fell to the ground. Even though she used her hands to support herself, blood still flowed slowly from her lower body.

What followed was an intense pain. Xu Ruolan supported herself on the ground with one hand, covered her stomach with the other, and groaned in pain.

Seeing this, Liu Xu pushed Liu Chengcai away and screamed, "Mom, mom, how are you?"

Liu Chengcai was still a child after all. Seeing this, he was so scared that he quickly ran behind Zhang, but he kept muttering, "It's not me, it's not me, she is the one who blocked my way..."

Looking at Zhang again, she seemed to be watching the fun and was cursing, "Why are you crying? It's just a fall. You're so useless."

Liu Xu was so angry that she wanted to bite her to death.

But she was only a six-year-old child after all, and there was nothing she could do at this moment. Even if she gritted her teeth in hatred, she could only kneel down and beg her for help:

"Grandma, please, please help my mother call a doctor, my mother is bleeding, please..."

"It's just giving birth to a child. When I gave birth to your father, I was in pain for two days and one night. You are so pretentious..."

Seeing that Zhang was still hesitating, Liu Xu could only shout loudly, "Help, help, someone come and save my mother!"

Liu Dashan's home is in the center of the village, and Liu Xu's cries quickly spread throughout half of the village.

Liu Zhuang from next door heard it, leaned over the wall to take a look, then ran over in a hurry.

Seeing Xu Ruolan still slumped on the ground, he quickly helped her back to the room. He then turned around and asked his youngest son Erdan, who had followed her, to quickly go find Grandma Lin.

She then told Liu Xu to quickly boil some water and prepare scissors and clean cloth. She then watched Xu Ruolan in the room.

Although Erdan was small, he ran fast and soon rushed over with Granny Lin. When the old lady came into the house and saw what was happening, she couldn't help but said angrily, "It looks like the melon is about to ripen, how could you be so careless!"

At that time, the sky suddenly became gloomy and it seemed like it was going to rain.

Xu Ruolan was lying on the bed with a pale face and hair all over her head. Her hands were tightly grasping the bed sheet, and her whole heart was tightly wrapped in tension and fear.

"Donlai, relax. Auntie is here. Everything will be alright, right?"

Grandma Lin’s husband was Liu Dashan’s elder brother within five generations. He died of illness in his early years. The old couple had only one son and one daughter. Now Grandma Lin lives with her son and leads a relatively comfortable life.

Xu Ruolan took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Various disturbing thoughts kept flashing through her mind. She was afraid that there would be unexpected situations during childbirth, which would cause misfortune to herself and the child, and then her Xuer would be left alone.

Thinking of this, she clenched her teeth and told herself that she had to hold on no matter what for the sake of the children.

Granny Lin touched her belly, then checked her body, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, the bleeding is normal, the amniotic fluid hasn't broken yet, and the cervix is ​​only five fingers dilated, it's still early."

Seeing Liu Xu coming in with hot water, he said, "Xu girl, keep the hot water in the pot. Go and cook a bowl of eggs or noodles for your mother. Let her eat something now so that she will have strength later."

Although Liu Xuxinzi is an adult, she was an older leftover woman in her previous life. She was inevitably a little panicked at this moment, but fortunately she was still rational. She raised her thin little hand to wipe the sweat off her mother, then looked at her mother and went out to prepare.

The hot water is simple, but the food... The family has not yet been divided, and old lady Zhang is very stingy. She has locked up all the food in the house and only takes it out before cooking every day. What's more, she has never liked the mother and daughter.

Seeing her indifferent look, it is estimated that she has never thought about her mother's need for physical strength. Liu Xu could not help but feel resentful in her heart, and she was even more determined to split the family. After her mother gave birth to the child, she would definitely split the family because Liu Chengcai had harmed her mother.

Let's put this aside for now. The most important thing now is how she is going to prepare food for her mother.

"Got it!" Liu Xu's eyes lit up, and while Zhang and the others were not looking over here, she ran towards the chicken coop.

"Phew, luckily this family is lazy, so today's eggs are still here!" Liu Xu was pleasantly surprised to find four eggs in the shack. These eggs, except for Liu Chengcai who could occasionally eat one, were basically saved by Old Lady Zhang to exchange for money.

Thinking of this, Liu Xu couldn't help but think of the original owner's cause of death. Liu Chengcai! Last time he killed the original owner, and this time he caused her mother to give birth prematurely. Sooner or later, she would take revenge.

Liu Xu was secretly angry in his heart, but his hands did not stop moving.

When she walked into the house with the boiled eggs, Mrs. Zhang saw her and immediately let out a piercing scream: "You damn girl, you stole eggs again! Do you think you can eat these eggs?"

He looked so mean and vicious, as if he was about to rush up and beat Liu Xu up.

Liu Xu looked at her coldly, her eyes full of hatred, and said word by word: "This egg should have belonged to us. You have always treated us harshly, and now my mother has given birth prematurely because of Liu Chengcai. If anything happens to my mother, I, Liu Xu, swear that I will make you pay with blood, and none of you will be able to escape!"

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, the fat on her face trembled violently and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. She opened her mouth to refute, but when she met Liu Xu's fierce gaze, she swallowed the words back.

Instead, his face was filled with astonishment and disbelief, an inexplicable fear surged in his heart, and his body involuntarily took a small step back.

Chen Shuman's face suddenly changed as well. Her pupils shrank slightly, as if she couldn't believe that Liu Xu, who had always been submissive, dared to speak to them like that.

Liu Juan, who was beside her, was also frightened by Liu Xu's fierce look. Her lips moved a few times, but she dared not say anything. She only felt her throat dry and a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead. A feeling of uneasiness that she had never felt before spread in her heart.

Liu Xu glared at them and went into the house. They'd better behave themselves, or she wouldn't mind fighting them to the death!

From the room, Xu Ruolan's suppressed moans could be heard intermittently.

The light was dim, and the whole house was filled with an old smell. The wooden furniture exuded a faint woody fragrance, and there were some sundries piled in the corner. The branches and leaves of the jujube tree in the yard swayed in the wind, and the soil on the ground had a rustic smell and shallow footprints.

Liu Xu carefully fed the eggs to her mother.

Looking at the bowl of eggs, Xu Ruolan felt a pang of sadness in her heart. How long had it been since she had eaten eggs? Looking up at her thin daughter, Xu Ruolan shook her head and motioned Liu Xu to eat.

"Mom, you have to eat, finish the eggs, so you can have the strength to give birth to your brother. I have already eaten in the kitchen just now. There are several eggs today, and I have cooked them all." Liu Xu swallowed quietly and smiled with her face up.

"Yes, Donglai family, eat something quickly before it's time to have strength later!"

"Yes, sister-in-law, only if you are well, will Miss Xu be well!"

Granny Lin and Mrs. Liuzhuang both tried to persuade them.

Xu Ruolan thought about it, suppressed the bitterness in her heart, and swallowed the egg that Liu Xu fed to her mouth. The energy brought by the food spread throughout her body.

Seeing that Liu Xu had finished feeding the eggs, Grandma Lin pushed her out the door.

Who makes her still a child!

She leaned against the door, her heart full of worry. For the first time, Liu Xu felt that time was passing very slowly.

In the room, as the contractions became more and more intense, Xu Ruolan clenched her teeth and her hair was soaked with sweat. She grasped the bed sheet tightly with both hands, using all her strength to deal with each pain.

In between the pain, her mind was filled with visions of her child's future.

When strong contractions came again, Xu Ruolan followed Grandma Lin's instructions and pushed down with all her strength.

The pain was getting worse and worse, and she couldn't help but let out a sharp cry.

Granny Lin shouted, "The entrance to the uterus is open. Push harder, Donglai, push harder!"

Xu Ruolan was so painful that her face turned pale and her lips were bitten. Granny Lin kept encouraging her: "Donglai, keep trying, it will be done soon!"

Time passed little by little, and Xu Ruolan seemed to be running out of strength. The midwife shouted anxiously: "I've seen the end, I've seen the end, let's do it in one go!"

With a loud cry, the child was born. Grandma Lin quickly picked up the child, wrapped it in a clean old cotton cloth nearby, and said loudly: "It's a boy from the Donglai family!"

In an instant, the room was filled with joy.

Liu Xu heard it from outside the door, jumped up excitedly, tears in her eyes, and cheered: "Mom, I have a brother, I have a brother!"

Xu Ruolan was already exhausted at this time, but she still showed a relieved smile.

Grandma Lin and Mrs. Liuzhuang looked at each other and smiled happily.

The leaves of the old locust tree outside the window swayed even more happily, as if dancing for this new life.

However, before everyone could catch their breath, they heard Granny Lin scream, "No, there's another one! Donglai, try harder!"

Xu Ruolan gritted her teeth and continued to work hard. Liu Zhuang was wiping the sweat off her face, with worry in her eyes.

Mrs. Zhang in the yard pouted and said sarcastically, "Really? It's troublesome enough to raise one more child, and now there's another one. It's really a misfortune for our family!"

Liu Xu turned around and glared at her angrily. Zhang still remembered her fierce look just now and closed her mouth in dismay.

Finally, the second child was born successfully. Grandma Lin held one child in each hand and handed them to Xu Ruolan with a loving face: "Look, two little boys, although they are a little thin, they are both healthy! They will be fine after a period of care. You, girl, gave birth to two children in your lifetime. This is a great contribution to the Liu family."

Three hours had passed since the onset in the morning, and it was already the end of the afternoon. Granny Lin quickly cleaned up Xu Ruolan's mess before opening the door to let Liu Xu in.

Looking at her mother and brothers, she smiled with tears in her eyes. In her previous life, she was an orphan, and she was always envious when she saw other families traveling together.

When she grew up, she struggled to make a living, lived in a simple rental house, experienced the ups and downs of life, and no one understood her bitterness for thirty years. Now, she not only has a father and a mother, but also two little brothers, and her heart is warm.

Xu Ruolan lay on the bed exhausted, gazing at her sons with tenderness in her eyes. She slowly reached out her hand and gently stroked their pink little faces. Her heart was filled with all kinds of complex emotions, including joy, love, and deep worry.

Zhang stood at the door and grumbled like a shrew: "Humph, two more people who only know how to eat for free, life will be hard in the future. I'm afraid that this family will be ruined by them. It's really unlucky!"

Xu Ruolan trembled when she heard this, and her face showed grief. Seeing this, Liu Zhuang gently patted Xu Ruolan's hand and said, "Don't be discouraged, things will get better."

The bedding on the shabby bed has been washed so much that it looks white. Fortunately, it is early autumn now. Except for being a little chilly in the morning and evening, the temperature is still over 20 degrees during the day. Even if you don't cover yourself with a quilt, you won't catch a cold.

The wooden cabinet beside the bed was eroded by time and left mottled marks. There was not a single decent piece of furniture in the room, let alone clothes. Looking at Zhang's ugly face, everything seemed extremely desolate and sad.