vrcanaries Chapter 199: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
Chapter 199: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
After hearing this, the group of people were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Doctor Xue was holding the cub, who was as quiet as a chicken, and was about to speak to comfort Wei Ada when he suddenly heard a weak roar.
"Noisy!"
Xu Ayu's voice was not loud, but it was very powerful, and Wei Ada's wailing stopped immediately.
He stepped forward, pushed Wei Miao aside, grabbed Xu Ayu's sweaty hand, and cried:
"Ayu, it's great that you're still alive."
For the first time, Wei Miao felt that his father was a bit hard to describe.
Xu Ayu glared at him, looked at the swaddling clothes in Xue Li's hands, and asked:
"How is the child?"
Xue Li and Wu Ma's expressions were complicated for a moment, but they still said:
"He's a big fat boy, very handsome."
Wei Miao then remembered the baby and stood up to take a look. In the first ray of sunlight coming in through the window, Wei Miao saw a flesh-pink ball.
A few strands of her scalp hair were bent and stuck to her forehead. Her eyes were tightly closed, and her pink little mouth was moving. She looked quite pleasing to the eye.
"He seems to be useless." Wei Miao said bluntly.
Mother Wu smiled, which was rare. "He was just born. He doesn't know how to do anything except eat, drink, poop, urinate and sleep."
Xu Ayu was more experienced. She asked:
"Doctor Xue, why didn't I hear the child crying?"
Doctor Xue is not a person who is euphemistic. He said with a serious expression:
"He is indeed different from other babies. He has never cried since he was born."
Xu Ayu and Wei Ada's expressions suddenly changed.
Wei Miao had very few contacts with newborns. She had only seen Uncle Xu's baby once until he was one month old:
"Isn't it nice not to cry?"
When Wei Miao first came, Wei Dong was only a few months old. This kid would cry loudly if he was not satisfied with something.
She was a new human being at that time and was not used to everything. She didn't have enough to eat or sleep well, so she ran outside all day long. When she heard the devil's sound at home, she would hide away.
"Were you hit on the buttocks and the soles of the feet?" Xu Ayu asked.
Wei Ada was also anxious. The baby who couldn't cry was most likely a mute.
"Ayu, don't worry, I'm going!"
Although Wei Ada told Xu Ayu not to be anxious, he stood up, looked at the baby with his eyes closed, and took out his pink little feet from the cradle.
"Pa pa pa~" He gritted his teeth and hit it three times lightly.
The cub just wrinkled his nose without even opening his mouth.
Because it was a newborn baby, Wei Ada didn't have the heart to hit the baby too hard, but seeing that the child still didn't cry out, he became a little anxious.
He already has a silent Laba in his family, does he need another silent one?
This mute also wants to make an even number?
"How about a spanking?" Wei Ada said to himself.
Doctor Xue turned the kid over, with his butt facing Wei Ada.
"Clap clap clap!"
Knowing that spanking would not harm anyone, Wei Ada hit him harder than before.
Red marks appeared on the little boy's tender buttocks, but he still heard no sound.
At this moment, everyone in the room fell silent. Xu Ayu, who had always been strong, was already shaking when his hand was held by Wei Miao.
Wei Miao curled his lips, patted Xu Ayu's hand, stood up and walked forward, lightly patting the kid's butt.
"If you don't speak up now, you will be a dumb person forever."
His tone was cold, not at all gentle like the adults.
But just as Wei Miao finished speaking, a deafening baby cry rang out.
Everyone in the room was surprised and delighted, and they felt that there was grievance and anger in the voice. . .
Uncle Wu, who was standing outside the door holding chicken soup, finally felt relieved.
When Xu Ayu heard the crying, he relaxed physically and mentally, and whispered to Wei Ada:
"Tell the little brat to stop making noise. I want to get some sleep."
Before Wei Ada could say anything, Wei Miao stepped forward and skillfully took the cub from Xue Li's hands.
The cub was howling with his eyes closed.
"Hiccup~"
Then he shut up and became as quiet as a chicken, so well-behaved as if he could understand what was said, and all the adults were surprised.
"It seems that this naughty boy is also afraid of Big Brother!"
Wu Ma tried to lighten the mood with a forced sense of humor, but no one was impressed. . .
Because they had never seen such a sensible kid before, they were still immersed in shock.
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Xiao Qian from next door also met two people who were not supportive, which was a bit boring.
She raised her head and drank all the water in the teacup. Because she was too generous, she wiped the water stains from the corners of her mouth and continued to talk about what she saw and heard at the Wei family this morning.
"Sister-in-law Ayu is such a strong person, she was almost crying, then A Miao stepped forward and slapped the kid, saying..."
Xiao Qian kept the secret and said to the old monk and the young master who seemed to be practicing Ba Duan Jin but was actually listening with his ears perked up:
"Guess what that little brat A Miao said?"
Old Monk Zhishang picked up the tea without saying anything. Uncle Zeng Bao continued to concentrate his energy on his dantian and gestured with his hands, doing it in one go and very smoothly.
"Ah Miao said..."
Before she could say anything, the old monk Zhishang suddenly stood up, picked up the box in his hand and walked to the other side.
Uncle Zeng Bao stopped his hand movements, looked at the old monk's back with a deep gaze, and followed him.
Xiao Qian looked at his back and shouted, "Master, you haven't changed your clothes yet..."
After saying that, she muttered, "What's going on? Master Zhishang has been acting weird since last night."
Xue Li was sweating profusely at this moment. Everything was obviously going well. After the child cried, Xu Ayu also fell into a deep sleep.
Wei Miao, who was about to go out, sniffed his nose, then suddenly turned around and lifted Xu Ayu's thin quilt.
Xue Li saw the scene that she, as an obstetrician and gynecologist, least wanted to see:
The bed sheets under Xu Ayu were gradually soaked with blood, and the bleeding was heavy.
It turned out to be postpartum hemorrhage.
The fetus was delivered smoothly, the placenta was removed intact, and the pregnant woman's heart rate was also healthy after delivery.
How could this be?
Xue Li drove the pale-faced Wei Ada out and left Wu Ma to help.
"A Miao, you get out too!" Xue Li said in an unquestionable tone.
"I want to stay with my mother."
Although the expressionless look from the boy was not directed at her, Xue Li was startled and felt a chill down her spine.
This is definitely not the look a twelve-year-old boy should have.
Fortunately, she was quickly put into emergency treatment, and Mr. Lu prepared everything for her, including several boxes of sulfa powder worth a fortune.
She has taken various factors into consideration during this period to ensure Xu Ayu's healthy delivery.
Even the supplies for blood transfusion were brought.
But she knew in her heart that once heavy bleeding occurred, the chances of survival would be slim no matter where she was.
"Let's take him to the hospital." said Aunt Wu.
After Xue Li gave Xu Ayu an injection, she stopped the bleeding and shook her head:
"The hospital is helpless..." (Note 1)
She didn’t say anything more. Every year, heavy bleeding ranks first among the causes of maternal deaths worldwide. Once this happens...
The strong smell of blood mixed with the breath of death surrounded Wei Miao. She murmured and called Xu Ayu:
"Grandma."
The man who was full of energy in the past now looked pale and even his lips looked extremely white.
Wei Miao held Xu Ayu's cold hand, and his voice was trembling without him even noticing.
She felt Xu Ayu was weaker than ever before, completely different from his previous vigorous vitality.
Her mother's life is slipping away.
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Note 1: Postpartum hemorrhage is one of the main causes of maternal mortality, and even in today's technologically advanced world, it still ranks first in my country.