Water Margin official

Yunzhou, Qinghe County, Zhangjia.

In the back house, as the screams occasionally came from the house, the women standing in the yard waiting were all anxious.

Mrs. Lin frowned and said anxiously: "It's been so long, why hasn't my mother-in-law given birth yet?"

Mrs. Wei had never been pregnant before, so she naturally didn't know the pain of giving birth to a child. But when she heard Mrs. Yu's painful wails, she was frightened, and her desire for a child was actually much lighter at this moment.

"How about sister go in and take a look?" Meng Yulou clasped his hands and looked nervous.

Mrs. Lin shook her head and said: "I have never delivered a child, so I can't help much even if I enter the house!"

Mrs. Wei frowned and said: "Where did the official go, and why did he not come back for so long?"

Hearing her mention Zhang Zhengdao, Mrs. Lin was also worried.

From the first month to the present, there has been no news from my officials and they are missing. When the transfer orders from the imperial court arrived, no one could be found to pick them up.

At this time, two more women came into the yard, but they were Pan Jinlian and Jia.

"Second mother gave birth, it's a girl!" Pan Jinlian said with a happy face.

Hearing that Sun Erniang had successfully given birth to a daughter, Mrs. Lin felt relieved and asked, "How is Sister Diuer's place?"

Pan Jinlian shook her head to express her ignorance.

Mrs. Wei was very frightened when she heard this, so she said: "I'll go over and take a look. Sister Diu'er has always been in poor health. I hope nothing will happen!"

Ever since she became pregnant, Zhuo Diu'er has been suffering from various ailments and has become much thinner and timid. Although Jiang Huilian prescribed prescriptions for her to regulate her body, she has not improved.

At this moment, several women in the Zhang family were expecting to give birth at the same time, which made Mrs. Lin anxious and didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhang had experienced the world and invited all the famous ladies in the county to his home in the first few days.

Mrs. Wei only went there for a moment, then turned back and cried out sadly: "Sister Diu'er, she seems to be afraid that she will die."

Lin was shocked and hurried to Zhuo Diuer's yard, only to see Zhang Xichun walking back and forth in the yard.

"How is sister Diuer?" asked Lin.

Zhang Xichun replied: "Xue'e just went in, don't you know what the situation is like?"

At this moment, Mrs. Lin heard that there was no sound in the room, and she was panicking.

"I hope Sister Diuer will be blessed by heaven!" Zhang Xichun clasped his hands together and prayed to heaven.

Suddenly, a baby's cry came from the house.

Lin and Zhang Xichun are both very happy!

But Sun Xue'e rushed out and cried: "Mrs. Diu'er is going to die!"

Mrs. Lin was shocked and hurriedly entered the room. She saw Zhuo Diuer lying on the kang with a pale face, little air coming in and a lot of air coming out. She was obviously afraid that she might die.

"Go to the backyard and call Sister Huilian!" Lin ordered anxiously.

Only then did Sun Xue'e come back to her senses from the loss of consciousness, quickly walked out of the house, and went to invite Jiang Huilian.

"Sister, please open your eyes and look at the child." Mrs. Lin took the child from Po Wen's hand and placed it next to Zhuo Diuer.

"Sister... I'm afraid... I won't win... this child, raise it... for me..."

Zhuo Diuer's voice was trembling and his breath was weak. He steeled himself, glanced at the newborn child, and smiled.

"Sister Huilian will be here soon." Mrs. Lin was very sad.

Zhang Xichun also stood aside, wiping tears.

Zhuo Diuer closed his eyes and murmured: "The official... the slave family... is... leaving..."

When Mrs. Lin saw this, she burst into tears.

Zhuo Diuer murmured in a low voice, not knowing what he was talking about. After a moment, there was no sound again.

Mrs. Lin put her hand tremblingly under her nose, and then cried: "Sister..."

Zhang Xichun also sobbed softly.

When Jiang Huilian hurried over, she rolled Zhuo Diuer's eyelids and felt her pulse. After a while, she sighed and shook her head.

Mrs. Lin calmed down and remembered that her mother-in-law Ms. Yu had not yet given birth, so she told her, "Xichun, Xue'e, you stay here and take good care of the child."

The two girls stopped crying. Sun Xue'e picked up the child on the kang and nodded.

Mrs. Lin took Jiang Huilian and hurried back to Mr. Yu’s yard.

"How is sister Diuer?" Mrs. Wei asked.

Mrs. Lin shook her head.

Mrs. Wei felt sad.

The girls stood in the yard, waiting anxiously.

Night falls slowly, but the Zhang family is brightly lit, and maids come into the house from time to time carrying steaming basins of water.

Mrs. Jia also took her maid into the courtyard.

"How is sister?" Mrs. Jia asked her daughter.

Mrs. Jia shook her head and whispered back: "My mother-in-law is not yet born."

Mrs. Jia sighed: "I hope Buddha will bless me."

"How is my mother?" Suddenly, a deep voice came from outside the yard.

Mrs. Lin said happily: "Da Lang is back."

Then I saw Zhang Zhengdao striding into the yard. After looking around, he asked again: "How is my mother?"

Mrs. Lin quickly replied: "My mother-in-law hasn't given birth yet, and it's been a whole day."

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the room worriedly, then at the girls guarding outside, and ordered: "Go back to your room and wait."

Mrs. Lin pulled Zhang Zhengdao's sleeve, came to the edge of the yard, and quickly told the story of Sun Erniang and Zhuo Diuer.

Zhang Zhengdao is both sad and happy.

"I'm going to see Zhuo'er!" After Zhang Zhengdao said that, he left the backyard and rushed to Zhuo'er's room.

Sun Xue'e was the only one in the room. She had shed tears and put on new clothes for Zhuo Diu'er. Now she was sitting in the room in a daze.

After Zhang Zhengdao entered the house, he saw Zhuo Diuer, who had lost his breath, lying motionless on the kang.

"Guanren, Madam..." Sun Xue'e saw Zhang Zhengdao coming back and cried: "Before she died, Madam was still thinking about Guanren..."

Touching Zhuo Diuer's face with his hand, Zhang Zhengdao felt mixed emotions in his heart as he recalled every moment he had spent with this woman in the past.

How can it be so painful to say goodbye between life and death!

"Xue'e, please go out first and let Diu'er and I stay for a while!" Zhang Zhengdao whispered.

Sun Xue'e wiped away her tears and went out of the house.

Zhang Zhengdao sat by the kang and recalled the first time he met Zhuo Diuer. The two of them were so happy in the cubicle of the Lion Tower.

Later, Zhuo Diuer helped him to seize Ximen Qing's family property without any second thoughts.

"Alas!" Zhang Zhengdao sighed, touched Zhuo Diuer's face, and whispered: "In the next life, go find a good family!"

After sitting in silence for a while, Zhang Zhengdao came out of the room and told Sun Xue'e: "Go to the Song family's longevity store and buy a good coffin."

Sun Xue'e nodded in agreement, and then went away crying.

Zhang Zhengdao raised his head to look at the moon, then put away his sadness and returned to Yu's yard again.

As soon as I entered the hospital, I heard the baby crying.

"I'm giving birth, I'm giving birth!" A woman from the house ran out to announce the good news.

"How is my mother?" Zhang Zhengdao asked loudly.

"Mother and daughter are safe!" Na Wenpo knew Zhang Zhengdao and said happily: "Congratulations, high official!"

Zhang Zhengdao breathed a long sigh of relief.

Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Wei and Meng Yulou, who had been waiting in the courtyard, were also overjoyed.

On this day, the Zhang family was really full of joy and sorrow.