Tangli Fried Snow

It wasn't until Geri and her husband finished their work outside and came back to wash their hands and change their dirty clothes that Zhabu was relieved of his post.

It turns out that the women of the grasslands are true warriors too. Geri woke up in the middle of the night and immediately went to help fight wolves in the distance. Xue Li asked her, "Is Mao Dan hurt?"

As Geri looked around, he laughed and said, "Mao Dan is very impressive. It's even more powerful than Da Hei. It bit a wolf's leg and wouldn't let go, and it didn't even get hurt! Good dog, good dog!"

"There shouldn't be any gaps left by wolves here. If you were bitten by a wolf, that would be terrible!"

"How are you feeling? Did your water break or did you bleed?"

Sherry thought for a moment and said, "It must be my first period. I'm not feeling well. My stomach is hurting in waves, and I can't even walk."

"But I won't give birth until the end of the month, is this a hoax?"

"I felt like I was bumped, but it might just be a false alarm. Would it be better if I lay down for a while?"

Geri said, "Your belly is so big, it's hard to say. Let me examine you."

Gerri helped her take off her pants, and together with Gomez, they placed a clean cloth under Sherry's body and covered her with a blanket before saying, "It seems she'll give birth today or tomorrow. Right now, it's just spotting, so the labor will be quick. If her water breaks, the labor will be longer. You should lie down and rest for a while. Don't shout and waste your energy. Right now, it should just be the beginning of mild pain. The pain will become more intense after dawn before you give birth."

Sherry nodded and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

She was trying hard to recall the science information she had read before, and it seemed like there was some kind of breathing method that was very effective, but her mind was a complete mess and she couldn't remember anything specific.

She felt so sleepy that she simply closed her eyes and took a nap.

When she woke up again, it was already broad daylight. She felt a sharp pain in her stomach, which made her break out in a cold sweat. When she opened her eyes, she saw Mao Dan standing beside her with a face covered in blood, and the fishy smell made Xue Li feel nauseous.

She couldn't help but vomit on the ground next to her. When Gerri heard the noise and saw that Xue Li's face was pale and she had no energy, and there was a pile of vomit on the ground, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Are you in a lot of pain? Did you vomit?"

Sherry said with difficulty, "The balut smells so bad, it makes me nauseous."

"Go, go, go outside and wait." Geri immediately chased Maodan out of the house. While being driven away by Geri, Maodan stuck out his tongue and looked back at Xueli, reluctantly standing guard at her door.

Geri covered the pile of filth with snow, shoveled it away, and then buried it with some soil.

"How are you feeling? Are you hungry?"

Sherry felt weak all over, nauseous and in pain. She wasn't hungry, just uncomfortable, and couldn't say a word.

Gomez brought in a bowl of thin noodles with an egg on top. She said softly, "Even if you can't finish it, you have to eat a few bites, otherwise you won't have the strength to give birth later."

The two men helped Sherry up, and she managed to eat a few bites before she couldn't eat anymore. Seeing that she was in very poor spirits, Gomez stopped feeding her and made her lie down. He examined her and said, "It seems that it will take a few more hours before you give birth. Hang in there a little longer."

Sherry ate a little food, which made her stomach feel a bit better. She kept her eyes tightly closed, enduring contractions that were getting more and more painful, until she couldn't take it anymore and groaned.

She secretly glanced at the time. She had started bleeding at 3 a.m. yesterday, and it was now 8 a.m., four hours had passed. She didn't know how many centimeters she had dilated.

Gomez stayed by her side. Seeing how much pain she was in, he talked to her to distract her, saying, "Do you usually move around a lot?"

"Your pregnancy looks good, you'll definitely give birth quickly. In a little while, when I tell you to exhale, you exhale; when I tell you to inhale, you inhale; when I tell you to push, you push. Don't push when I don't tell you to, or you'll rupture and leak urine..."

Sherry felt dizzy and disoriented. "Auntie, can you please stop scaring me?"

A strong contraction struck, and she couldn't hold it in and vomited again.

Gerri patiently tidied her up again, while Gomez patiently fed her again.

The two women were very patient and kept praising her for her good behavior, bravery, and being a good child. With their encouragement, Sherry slowly persevered.

"Come on, get down and walk around, it'll help you give birth faster."

Sherry felt uncomfortable lying down, so she nodded and was helped by the two men to walk around the stove a few times.

It was a bright and sunny day outside.

A few fluffy white clouds swept across the sky. Zhabu looked up at the icy blue Tengri, his eyes filled with piety, earnestly praying to Tengri. His expression was sacred; such pure gaze could only be seen in European religious paintings.

Gomez laughed and said, "He must be praying for you and the kids!"

If her father or Yinglonghua were here, they would surely pray for her like this too, right? Shirley was so moved that she cried.

Gomez and Gerr helped her sit down and comforted her gently. After a while, Sherry calmed down.

She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt the urge to urinate, but couldn't. She was in a terrible urge and tried several times. Gerri even brought a basin of water and made a splashing sound near her ear, which helped a little. Xue Li finally urinated some and lay back down.

After several hours of this back and forth, Sherry felt dizzy and her stomach ached terribly, so she couldn't help but groan.

Gomez and Gerr lifted the blankets and saw that Gomez exclaimed, "It looks like she's about to give birth! Come on, go and make the stove burn brighter, so she doesn't get cold."

Gerr immediately went to light the stove, and Gomez began to guide Sherry to exert force.

Gomez was very experienced; she knew exactly when to exert force and when to exhale, and she directed Sherry very well.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but she was in a daze when a heart-wrenching pain came. Gomez shouted, "Huff, huff, don't use force, let it slide out slowly!"

Sherry felt as if she had squeezed out something, like she had just taken a long-smelling, stale piece of poop.

Gomez said softly, "Good boy, good boy, you're a good boy."

Sherry felt the pain recede like the tide, and she breathed a sigh of relief as if she had arrived in heaven. Tears streamed down her face. Gerri took the baby with a clean cloth and blanket, and Gomez helped him cut the umbilical cord and then helped Sherry deliver the placenta.

While giving the child a bath, Geri tidied up some messy things for him. The child cried loudly a few times, his voice as soft as a kitten's.

Geri said to her mother-in-law, "Her belly is so big, how come the baby is so small?"

"This kid isn't even as big as Namin was when she was born!"

"I think it weighs at most four or five pounds."

Sherry asked weakly, "Is it a boy?"

"Isn't she a girl...?"

Gomez looked at the child taking a bath in the tub and said, "It's a boy, and he's as handsome as you, with big eyes and a high nose. He's very dashing."

“Geri, she’s pregnant again.”

"Ah!" Sherry and Geri exclaimed in unison.