Chapter Thirty-Four: Pregnancy

  "Ugh, ugh, ugh." Just as Yang Heng was negotiating with his father, his mother suddenly started retching on the side.

  "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?" Yang Heng cried out anxiously, even his old father was also very anxious on the side. Just a moment ago she was fine, how did she suddenly start vomiting? What kind of illness is this? Yang Heng was worried sick. In this era, medical care wasn't advanced, and a small illness could easily turn into a big one, or even be life-threatening. So Yang Heng was extremely anxious.

  "Grandpa, hurry up and go get a doctor!" "Doctor, ah, okay, I'll go get one right away." The old man ran out hastily, but it's unknown how long it will take to get the doctor here. First of all, there are no doctors around here, so they would have to be called from a bigger village outside or even from the city. This way, Grandpa won't be back for several hours.

  "Mother, mother, how are you feeling?" Yang Heng turned around and looked at his mother anxiously. "Heng'er, I'm fine, just feel a bit nauseous, don't worry, I should be okay, maybe I just ate something wrong." His mother smiled reassuringly at Yang Heng, but then went to the side and vomited.

  "Brother Heng, Brother Heng, it's not good, it's not good! My mother, my mother..." Niu Zi panted as she ran over from a distance, her face showing great urgency, with even a few tears welling up.

  "Come, Niu Zi, speak slowly, what's wrong with your mother, don't rush." As he spoke, Yang Heng handed Niu Zi a bowl of plain boiled water, letting her take a sip to calm down and speak slowly. Although the distance from her uncle's house to Yang Heng's house was now a straight line and not very long, Niu Zi was still young, and it seemed she had run quite fast, which is why she was panting so heavily.

  After she finished drinking water, she suddenly burst into tears. "Brother Heng, please save my mother, she's almost dying." What? It's that serious?!

  "Girl, tell your brother what's wrong with your mother?" "Brother Heng, my mom... she keeps vomiting and can't throw up. She looks very uncomfortable. When the third aunt in our village died, it was like this too, but at that time, she had already thrown up." This girl is really good at associating ideas!

  "Heng'er, I heard Niu'zi crying. What's wrong?" The old mother seemed to have heard Niu'zi's voice in the house and came out to check. Actually, the old mother was just vomiting, with no other symptoms.

  "Ah, great aunt, are you going to die too? My mother is just like you." Niu Zi opened her eyes wide and found that Yang Heng's mother was also similar to her own mother, both were vomiting, but it seemed that Yang Heng's mother was vomiting less.

  "What nonsense are you talking about, child? How could your aunt have died? Maybe she just ate something bad these past few days. Don't worry, your uncle has already gone to find a doctor." The old lady said with a smile, even stroking Niu Zi's head.

  "Oh, it's true, Auntie, you won't die, my mother won't die either." Niu Zi stared at the old woman with her big, innocent eyes, "Uh-huh, not at all, just a minor illness."

  Eating something bad, won't be, these days I haven't eaten with Niangzi together. Ah, wait a minute, suddenly Yang Heng felt like he had seen this situation before, or had read about it somewhere. This isn't an illness, could it be...

  "Mom, you said this situation might be that I have a little brother or sister again." No way, this old lady is actually pregnant with twins, and the only thing she can think about is pregnancy. Yang Heng just thought to himself whether his mom would have another child, and now he's given him a surprise. This way, he can also make amends with his dad.

  "Ah, Heng'er you said it's true, or maybe, probably, I was like this when I was pregnant with you, but that was so long ago, I don't remember clearly anymore. You're saying that I can actually break the ancestral curse of single inheritance?" The old lady suddenly became excited.

  "Girl, go, let's go to your home and see if your mother is in the same situation." As she spoke, the old woman stepped out of the door and quickly walked towards Niu Zi's home.

  "Mother, mother, don't be in a hurry, slow down, if there really is a younger brother or sister, don't hurt them." Yang Heng followed behind, anxiously chasing after her, "Brother, brother, what's wrong with aunt?" While Nianzi was trotting along behind him on her little legs.

  This person is small, with a small stride, and in order to wait for Niu Zi, Yang Heng and Niu Zi entered the house, and Lao Niang and Niu Zi's mother were already there happily rubbing their bellies and laughing, it seems they have confirmed that she is pregnant.

  It's actually easy to understand, since this year, my mother and four aunts have been working together all the time. Sometimes when it was late, they would even sleep in the same room. Since Yang Heng was still young at that time, they wouldn't avoid talking about certain topics in front of him, so he knew about their physical cycles starting to happen around the same time. That's how it was, Dad, and even uncles started complaining during that time. It's all pent-up, you know? In this society, at night, between husband and wife, there really isn't anything else to do besides that one thing.

  "I'm telling you, little brother and sister, why don't you bring the child to my house to sleep? Look at this house of yours, it's drafty on all sides, how can you live here? After we go back, let Heng'er move into that new house I just built for him, and you come live with me on the kang, so we can help each other out."

  "My warm kang, " Yang Heng secretly sorrowed in his heart, "Ah, no, my room also has a kang built." Yang Heng suddenly remembered that some time ago, when the house was being built for him, a kang had been built as well. Although the room was still damp at first, the kang had dried out over the past few days and should now be habitable.

  The old lady decided what to do next in a short period of time. Indeed, Auntie is not suitable for continued residence in such a room. If she weren't pregnant, it would be fine, but since she's pregnant, we should find a good place to wait for the birth. Yang Heng even plans to ask his father to go outside and find a good midwife to come over at the right time. Otherwise, this place is too far from the outside world, and if something happens, it will be too late.