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Chapter 74 Freshmen
To the surprise of the women, Lin, who knows how to heal diseases and heal injuries, and can brew anti-fetal potions, can't deliver babies.

Considering that she is underage, it is understandable that the clansmen will always ignore her age because of her height and erudition.

The women who conceived at the tribal meeting last winter have completely stopped their production activities and concentrated on waiting for the birth.

The spring and autumn seasons of each year are the peak periods of childbirth, and sometimes even several women give birth on the same day. In order to ensure the full care of the mothers and ensure the smooth birth of newborns, every woman in the tribe must learn how to deliver babies.

Only in these few days, pregnant women enjoy privileges that men cannot enjoy in this life. They don't have to work, and they can order anyone to work for them.

In the matter of childbirth, men have no right to intervene, and it is strictly forbidden to interfere. Not only that, whenever a woman in the tribe gives birth, they must leave the cave. If unfortunately it is at night, then they can only be in the open space outside the cave. through the long night.

But the situation changed this autumn. Lin Yu told the clansmen that they could deliver babies in her wooden house, and declared that Master Nuwa would protect every clansman who was about to give birth.

The women were delighted, and the men were equally delighted, which meant they didn't have to be shy away from leaving the cave.

Zhang Tian thoughtfully used the fired red bricks to build a stove in the wooden house for the women to keep warm without worrying about burning down the wooden house.

Several older and experienced aunts headed by Lanhua no longer go out to collect. They stay in the cave, take care of the mother's daily life, and are always ready to welcome the arrival of the newborn.

The men hunted harder and fired pottery without interruption from morning till night.

Nearly half of the [-] bowls fired at the beginning were broken. The men felt that they were dull, so they practiced their crafts hard. In addition, Zhang Tian made a simple pottery wheel, relying on the rotation of the wheel to build pottery blanks. , even a tiger head who is not good at this method can knead the pottery evenly, and the yield rate is increasing day by day.

Zhang Tian originally planned to burn some pottery and go to the tribal conference to exchange supplies, but the torrent of history cannot be stopped.

More and more pottery was fired in batches, such as pots, bowls, ladles, basins... The water bags of animal skins that were not easy to obtain and perishable were quickly replaced by water urns.

However, the water bag has not been eliminated. Compared with the water jar, the advantage of the water bag is that it is light and not easy to damage.

Zhang Tian kept these water bags, and on the day of the migration, they will embark on the journey with the people of the tribe, and these pottery will be left in this cave to become a witness of this period of history. The day we see the light of day again.

Zhang Tian also used red bricks to build a stove near the entrance of the cave so that Chef Lin could display her cooking skills.

Finally ushered in this day.

Throughout the morning, Sister Mint was in labor pains before giving birth. Perhaps it was because of her first pregnancy, her pain was particularly strong, and her painful howls resounded through the cave. Apart from Lan Hua and other aunts, Lin Yu also stayed behind to learn how to deliver babies .

Seeing this, the men went hunting in the mountains or fishing in the river early.

The aunts carried the mint into the warm wooden house, and the women in charge of collecting mint showed their faces in the wooden house before leaving, and gave a few words of encouragement to give spiritual support.

In the afternoon, the labor pains of mint began to intensify. Lin Yu asked her to drink a decoction made from the root of wild yam, which can tonify deficiency and nourish yin and relieve pain to a certain extent.

But as the sun went down towards the hill little by little, Mint's contractions became more and more intense and intensive. She lay on the bed made of thatch and animal skins, tightly grasping Lanhua's hand, her whole body was soaked in sweat and excruciatingly painful. Twist the body, screaming almost uninterrupted.

In the cave, Grandma's expression didn't look too turbulent, but her heart was strained. Although she had heard a lot of mournful wailing and seen a lot of life and death over the years, until today, she still couldn't deal with it calmly.She looks to the fading sky and prays for her poor child.

The children also stopped their activities, and sat restlessly by the campfire, rubbing their little hands.They looked at the wooden house outside the cave, and whenever someone wanted to speak, they were interrupted by Mint's painful cries.

"Her butt is too small and the birth canal is not open enough."

"Do you want to break the amniotic fluid? Maybe it will help."

"Wait a little longer. Premature rupture of the amniotic fluid will lead to dry labor. I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on."

Listening to the women's discussion, Lin Yu saw that Mint's face was distorted and veins burst out in pain. She really wanted to do something, but she didn't know anything about it, so she could only watch from the sidelines and couldn't help.

She saw Lan Hua take out a slender wooden stick, knowing that she would use it to pierce the amniotic fluid, so she quickly brought boiling water to sterilize the stick.

"Ow!"

Mint yelled again in pain, her muscles tensed due to uterine contractions.

"She's getting weaker and weaker!" Honghua said anxiously, "I think it's better for us to deal with it now, otherwise..."

"Yeah." Lan Hua was even more calm, "Wait a minute, I'll take care of it when the contractions are over."

"Ow!"

When the labor pain reached its peak, Mint arched her back, tightly grasped the hands of Red Flower and Maple Leaf, and screamed extremely shrill!
After this time, Mint looked weaker again.

Lan Hua understood that there was no need to delay, so she instructed her to quickly insert the wooden stick, and immediately a large amount of amniotic fluid gushed out!

"Now!" the women yelled. "Squeeze! Squeeze! The sky is watching you, your ancestors are watching you, your baby is watching you! You must push harder! Push!"

Mint felt dizzy, and her bones were about to fall apart. She ignored the worsening pain, and yelled "Ah", exerting all her strength, as if trying to squeeze out her internal organs!

Lin Yu on the side also gritted his molars, clenched his fists, and secretly exerted force.

A spurt of thick red blood spurted out, and the baby's head finally squeezed out of the narrow birth canal.

"Very good! The head came out! Do it again! Mint, wake up! Do it again! Squeeze the placenta!"

Orchid grabbed the baby's head and pulled it out in time with the contractions, and the women screamed in Mint's ear.

The dazed Mint became a little more awake, she was already numb from the pain, but she still used her last consciousness to squeeze out the last bit of strength, and tried again!Immediately, his vision went dark, and he collapsed down, unconscious.

Red flowers tied the umbilical cord with red tendons, maple leaves were carefully cut off with scissors, and orchids slapped the baby's feet until they heard the baby cry, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The baby is alive, and the tiny toothpicks between his legs reveal his gender.

Lin Yu took care of the fainted Mint. She was so angry that she almost lost half of her life, but she was extremely lucky to survive such a difficult childbirth.

She wiped her body with a hot animal skin towel for mint, and she, who watched the whole process from the sidelines, seemed to have also experienced a childbirth, feeling sore all over.

Survival and continuation have never been an easy task... She sighed in her heart.

(End of this chapter)