Chapter 812 Future and Hope (asking for double monthly votes)
"How is the situation?" Xiu Gongshen and his daughter Xiu Yuman also hurried over and asked directly.
"We have already entered the delivery room." Cheng Qianfan put out his cigarette **** and went forward. "The best doctors and midwives have been arranged."
Speaking, Cheng Qianfan nodded towards Xiu Yuman, "Sister Yuman."
“What did the doctor say?” Xiu Gongshen asked his wife.
"Bodhisattva bless you." He Xuelin ignored her husband, clasped her hands together, and prayed nervously.
“Mom, don’t you believe in Jesus?” Xiu Yuman said.
“Which spirit should I believe in?” He Xuelin glanced at her daughter and asked, “When a Chinese has a child, who should they worship if not Guanyin Bodhisattva?”
As she said that, she still couldn't hold it back and glared at Xiu Yuman angrily, "Your brother Fan is going to be a father, what about you?"
Xiu Yuman smiled coquettishly and stepped forward to help her mother, pinching her shoulders and patting her back, "My daughter hasn't met her lover yet."
He Xuelin took a deep look at her daughter. Perhaps she felt that today was not the time to talk about this, and she was also concerned about Bai Ruolan in the delivery room, so she sighed and said nothing more.
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“What is this?” Xiu Yuman asked after seeing the food box placed on the stool.
“Ruolan wants to eat the sesame cakes from Baliqiao.” Cheng Qianfan said.
Xiu Yuman glanced at Cheng Qianfan, put down the food box, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be a love biscuit for my younger siblings, so I won't be greedy anymore."
Cheng Qianfan forced out a smile, looked nervously at the closed door of the delivery room, and ignored Xiu Yuman.
Several people gathered outside the delivery room, pacing back and forth from time to time, occasionally stopping to look at the time on their watches.
Occasionally, a doctor or midwife would come out of the delivery room, and Cheng Qianfan and others would approach anxiously to inquire about the situation.
He Xuelin was anxious and worried, "No, I have to go in to accompany the childbirth."
"What are you doing in there?" Xiu Gongshen said angrily as he stamped his foot.
"I feel sad when I think of Ruolan being alone." He Xuelin said, "If Ruolan calls me Master's wife, I will be her mother."
Master’s wife usually does things in a gentle and unhurried manner, but at this moment she acted vigorously and insisted on going in to accompany the childbirth.
Cheng Qianfan also supported his wife to go in to accompany the childbirth. He felt heartbroken when he thought of Ruolan giving birth alone.
He wanted to go in to accompany the childbirth, but Ruolan had already said that he would not be allowed in:
Bai Ruolan was worried that she would look hideous and embarrassed when she gave birth to a child. She didn't want her beloved husband to see this side of her, even though Cheng Qianfan said that she was always the most beautiful in his heart.
After He Xuelin entered the delivery room to accompany her childbirth, there were only two men left outside the delivery room, Xiu Gongshen and Cheng Qianfan, and Xiu Yuman, who was sitting in a chair in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
The two men became even more nervous and simply walked to the corridor to smoke.
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In fact, the atmosphere in the delivery room was relatively mild.
Although Bai Ruolan's labor pain was intense, it seemed to be within the range that she could endure.
Listening to the midwife's instructions, Bai Ruolan breathed in and out very rhythmically, and she felt much better.
"How long will it take for the baby to be born?" Bai Ruolan asked, she was a little anxious.
"Mrs. Cheng, don't worry." The midwife smiled and complimented, "Mrs., you are in good spirits. The baby will go well and be healthy."
This is not just a compliment, Mrs. Cheng is very pretty, not a strong woman, but she is very energetic.
“Ruolan, how’s it going?” came a voice.
"Master's wife!" Bai Ruolan was obviously happy when she saw her master's wife coming.
In this case, having relatives by your side can be a great spiritual support for the mother.
“Are you feeling okay?” He Xuelin asked again.
"How long will it take for the baby to be born?" Bai Ruolan raised her head and looked at the midwife and asked.
“Don’t be anxious, just wait.” He Xuelin was a woman who had given birth to a child after all, so she said with relief.
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About half an hour later, Bai Ruolan's labor pains became more and more severe. She was sweating profusely and her whole body looked like she had been fished out of the water. She couldn't help but ask, "Why haven't you come out yet?" !”
“It’s almost done, it’s done well, it’s almost done.” The midwife smiled and said encouragingly.
He Xuelin held Bai Ruolan's hand and encouraged her softly.
During the interval of labor pain, Bai Ruolan turned to look at He Xuelin with a pitiful expression, "Mrs., I'm hungry."
He Xuelin laughed, "Master's wife has already asked people to prepare it, but we can't eat sesame cakes. What time of the day is it? You still want to eat sesame cakes. The sesame cakes bought from so far away from Bali Bridge are going to get cold?" "
The teacher's wife rambled, "You need to supplement your nutrition. Qianfan is the same, he doesn't know anything."
Hearing what He Xuelin said and getting the "secret signal" that her husband had returned safely, Bai Ruolan felt relieved, but she also felt...really hungrier.
“Master’s wife, I’m so hungry.” Bai Ruolan said sadly.
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The door to the delivery room opened.
He Xuelin walked out of it.
Cheng Qianfan and others immediately gathered around.
“How is Ruolan?”
“Have you given birth? A boy or a girl?”
“Where’s the doll?”
He Xuelin signaled everyone not to make any noise, "She's not born yet, Ruolan is hungry."
With that said, she said to Wu Ma, who had been waiting for a long time, "Wu Ma, give me the chicken soup."
“Mrs., here’s more…” Cheng Qianfan said quickly, “There are fish soup, chicken soup, big bone soup, Shen Dacheng’s pastries, and Nanxiang’s Xiao Long Bao.”
“By the way, there are also chocolates from Citigroup.”
“There are also fried dishes.”
“Little Yuanzi.”
Maid Lu Mama, the maid Li Zi and others came over quickly carrying big food boxes.
"There are also sesame cakes, the ones from Baliqiao that Ruolan asked for." Xiu Yuman lifted Cheng Qianfan's food box and raised it high to show his presence.
"Bring them all in." He Xuelin nodded, turned around and called a nurse to come over and help carry the food.
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"You must be hungry. It's all what you like to eat." He Xuelin sat beside the delivery bed and said to Bai Ruolan, "Come, drink a bowl of chicken soup first. Only when you are full can you have the strength to give birth to the baby."
“Eat some meat.”
“Have some more soup.”
“Shengjian, xiaolongbao, pastries, dumplings, and chocolate, which one do you want to eat?”
“Shaobing.” Bai Ruolan glanced at the food box and said.
"Okay, let's eat the sesame cakes." He Xuelin said with a smile, and she didn't say anything about the sesame cakes being nutritious. At this time, it was natural for the mother to eat happily. However, He Xuelin still broke the sesame cakes into pieces and soaked them in the chicken soup in the thermos. Bai Ruolan eats.
“Master’s wife.” Bai Ruolan took a few bites of the sesame seed cakes that had softened in the hot soup, and suddenly frowned, “It hurts.”
He Xuelin also quickly put down her soup bowl and called the midwife and doctor.
Doctors and midwives who had been waiting for a long time quickly gathered around.
Not to mention that this is Mr. Cheng’s wife. If something goes wrong with the adults or the children, everyone will be in trouble. In addition, Mrs. Cheng has a very good temper. After getting along with each other these days, everyone is also fond of this young and beautiful woman. Mrs. Cheng has a good impression and will naturally do her best to do her job.
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Maoshan.
“Slow down your breathing.”
"relax."
Looking at Huang Xiaolan’s sallow cheeks and the big beads of sweat, the mother seemed about to faint at any moment.
"Where's the sugar water? Make some sugar water, hurry up." The doctor shouted anxiously.
A nurse opened the small cloth bag, unwrapped the layers of cloth, took out the granulated sugar wrapped in brown paper, carefully pinched some and put it into the enamel jar. After thinking about it, she pinched some more sugar granules.
“The sugar water is here.”
The nurse fed Huang Xiaolan to drink sugar water with a spoon. With the nourishment of the sugar water, Huang Xiaolan's withered lips became rosy.
"Didn't I tell you to pay more attention to your health? Why did you suddenly give birth prematurely?" The doctor frowned and asked, "The mother is malnourished. This is going to be a big problem."
The doctor glanced at Huang Xiaolan, turned around and asked, "Where is his man?"
"Comrade He Guan went to the front line to perform tasks." The nurse said while feeding Huang Xiaolan some sugar water. "Comrade Huang Xiaolan secretly saved the rations allocated to her for the seriously injured." the nurse whispered.
The doctor stopped talking. She took a deep look at the weak Huang Xiaolan, her eyes a little moist.
“Go to Xiao Pan and ask him to boil the eggs to supplement Comrade Huang Xiaolan’s nutrition,” the doctor ordered.
“Doctor Zhang, that was specially approved by Commander Chen for Little Pea.” The nurse said quickly.
Xiao Wandou is Dr. Zhang's daughter. She was very thin due to malnutrition. Once when Dr. Zhang was busy performing an operation, Xiao Wandou fainted from hunger. When Commander Chen found out, he became furious and specially approved the hospital's cooking class to give Xiao Wandou a sick number. Treatment: Eat an egg every three days.
“This is an order.” Dr. Zhang said firmly.
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“Douzai, it’s time to eat.” Sanni poked her head out of the dark room, wiped the dust from her face, and called to her son who was gluing a matchbox.
“Hey.” Douzai put down the matchbox and ran outside and shouted, “Dad, it’s time to eat.”
Feng Zhiqian, who was marking test papers under a kerosene lamp in a small shack, said in agreement, "Here he comes."
The dinner that was already past meal time was very simple, consisting of boiled sweet potatoes, multigrain steamed buns, a small plate of cut dried radishes, and boiled water.
“I finally cleaned up the house.” Sanni took a bite of the sweet potato and sighed tiredly, “I won’t move again.”
"Hard to say." Feng Zhiqian shook his head.
One and a half years ago, the Second Songhu Anti-Japanese War broke out. The war situation of the National Army was unfavorable, so Tongji University moved from Shanghai to Jinhua, Zhejiang.
In late October, the school officially resumed classes in a temporary rental house in Jinhua.
Within two months in Jinhua, the school established the Fifth Serious Injury Hospital affiliated to the Nanjing Military Medical Administration, went to Suzhou to save lives and heal the wounded, and also formed a wartime service group to promote anti-Japanese and national salvation.
In November of the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Japanese army invaded Hangzhou Bay.
The school had to move again from Jinhua to Ganzhou and Luling in Jiangxi.
One year ago, the school rented a house in Ganzhou to resume classes.
During this period, because the German government stopped paying teacher subsidies, most German professors left Ganzhou and returned to China via Shanghai. Only a few foreign teachers continued to work. Chinese teachers began to shoulder the burden of teaching.
Under the influence of the underground Red Party, students continued to perform anti-Japanese plays, organize anti-Japanese fund-raising, and persisted in the anti-Japanese and national salvation struggle with the "Wartime Service Corps" as the core.
Last July, the Japanese army began to invade Jiangxi, and the school decided to move to Babu Town, He County, Guangxi.
During the move, the school used trains, barges, cars and other means of transportation to transport teaching instruments and equipment. After two months of long journey over mountains and ridges, enduring hunger, the school finally arrived at Babu.
In late October, just as the school was renting a local middle school as a temporary school building to prepare for repairs and resumption of classes, news of the fall of Guangzhou came, and the school decided to move westward again:
Moved from Babu to Kunming.
Considering the dangerous roads and numerous bandits, the school finally decided to go to Kunming via Xijiang and then transfer to Vietnam.
After going through all kinds of hardships, the teachers and students finally arrived in Kunming in batches around the Spring Festival.
The school buildings we rented during our stay in Kunming were extremely crude and seriously inadequate, and many teachers and students had to temporarily live in simple shacks.
To date, Tongji University has moved five times, spanning nine provinces.
Teachers and students of the school went to the national disaster together. They left Wusong, passed Shanghai, passed Jinhua, stopped in Luling, went to Babu, and rested in Kunming.
The teachers and students of the school have traveled more than 10,000 kilometers on the Long March of Education.
Although it has gone through many hardships and relocated many times, it has not changed its original intention of "saving the country through medicine and industry" and has never forgotten its important mission of "rejuvenating the country through education".
Every day, teachers and students chanted the wartime school motto in unison:
Work to strengthen the army, medicine to support the war, develop education, cultivate pillars, serve the society, and strengthen the motherland!
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Feng Zhiqian put down his chopsticks after taking a few bites.
“What’s wrong?” Sanni asked.
“Many babies are probably still hungry,” Feng Zhiqian said.
“There is still more in the pot, I cooked some more.” Sanni said. She glanced at her husband and finally showed a look of embarrassment. “We don’t have much to eat at home.”
"Get over it, I'll think of something else." Feng Zhiqian said, "These dolls are the pillars of the country. The enemy did not kill us, but died of hunger. This kind of thing cannot happen again."
On the way to Kunming, a student party member saved food rations for a sick classmate. He fell into a coma due to hunger and eventually fell off a cliff and died. This incident made Feng Zhiqian very sad. He was a man who was very interested in mathematics and physics. Gifted students.
“I can paste more matchboxes.” Douzai said suddenly.
Feng Zhiqian glanced at Douzai and looked into his clear eyes. He felt sad in his heart. Douzai was so sensible and heartbreaking.
He handed a steamed bun to Douzai and touched Douzai's head, "Eat more, our Douzai is also a pillar of the country."
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The next day.
Shanghai.
A very rare sunny day.
There was no wind, and the sun was warm on me.
Warm and soft sunlight shines through the gaps in the sky-blue blinds, onto the snow-white walls and the snow-white hospital bed.
Bai Ruolan's eyelashes twitched.
Cheng Qianfan, who had been by the bedside, noticed it immediately. He leaned forward, came closer, and called softly, "Ruolan, you're awake."
"Qianfan." Bai Ruolan opened her eyes and saw her husband's handsome face, but this face was a little more haggard than before.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? I'll call the doctor." Cheng Qianfan said quickly.
"Child, where is the child?" Bai Ruolan panicked and asked hurriedly.
“Yesterday you just gave birth to your baby and you fainted from exhaustion.” Cheng Qianfan’s eyes were full of heartache, “It made me worried.”
Speaking, Cheng Qianfan called the doctor.
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“Where is the child?” Bai Ruolan asked again.
“Mrs. Cheng, the child is in the next room and the wet nurse is feeding her.” The doctor came over and said with a smile on his face.
Yesterday, both the child and the mother were safe. Mr. Cheng waved his hand and gave all the doctors two large yellow croakers, the nurses and midwives one large yellow croaker, and even the nursing staff one small yellow croaker, as well as dried meat, fruits, sugar, and grain. Jiujiu received some trading vouchers, and the entire obstetrics department burst into cheers.
The doctor took Mrs. Cheng’s blood pressure and temperature.
"Everything is normal." The doctor said with a smile, "Mr. Cheng can rest assured, Mrs. Cheng is recovering well."
“Excuse me.” Cheng Qianfan stood up and thanked him.
After the doctor left, Bai Ruolan looked at her husband, "I want to take care of the child."
“Wait a minute, when the child is full, I will ask Mother Lu to bring the child over.” Cheng Qianfan said.
"Boy or girl?" Bai Ruolan asked immediately, her beautiful eyes staring at her husband's.
“I thought I would have a little girl as beautiful as you, but I didn’t expect she would be a fat boy.”
“Hello, big fat boy.” Bai Ruolan took a sip of the sweet soup, her eyes sparkling, “I want big fat boy!”
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Mr. Xiao Cheng has not yet made up his mind on the name, and I am most afraid of naming Mr. Guan’s child.
(End of this chapter)