Although Luo Fengtang can't come back this year to spend time with his family and children.

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But Yang Ruqing still picked it up with a very optimistic and positive attitude.

In the twelfth lunar month, I traveled back and forth between the village and Qingshui Town. I went to town with Cao Bamei and Zhao Liuer to buy New Year's goods.

And in the village, Granny Tobo Xian and Auntie Wang Cuilian were also busy preparing New Year's dishes.

In such a fulfilling and lively atmosphere, this year was spent pleasantly.

After the Spring Festival, a spring breeze blew over, signaling the end of winter. Spring had arrived.

As everything began to recover, figures of farmers appeared in the fields.

The key to a year's harvest lies in spring. After enduring the whole winter, rapeseed and wheat crops have been nourished by the spring rain.

Emerging from the parched land, it grows with a frenzied vigor.

By the time the rapeseed flowers wither and plump, mature pods appear, it is already April in the human world.

The cuckoo bird circled overhead all day, calling repeatedly.

Farmers have their own special understanding of this, they say that the cuckoo bird is calling "harvesting and threshing."

This is urging the farmers to harvest their rapeseed quickly so that they can plant rice. Please let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Before and after the village entered this season's farming rush, everyone worked day and night to harvest rapeseed and wheat.

The rapeseed was sent to the oil mill to be ground into rapeseed oil, which was the family's sole source of cooking oil for the whole year.

Wheat is ground into wheat flour, used to make noodles, dumplings, and steamed buns.

During the period of between seasons when crops were scarce, it served as a supplement to staple rice, providing sustenance. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

There is grain and flour at home, the whole family will not starve. This is the concept and sense of security of ordinary people in this era.

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Because there are goals and hope, that's why we have the motivation and enthusiasm to do things.

In Lao Yang's family, there was someone who is now full of passion and energy.

But that is not used for harvesting rapeseed and wheat, but for awaiting the arrival of a new life.

Yes, that person is Yang Huaming!

Xiaoxuan's due date is just a few days away. These days, the oilseed rape planted by the Fourth House from those few acres of land that was previously prepared is being tilled by tenant farmers. When harvest time comes, they will collect some rent.

The Liu family has been keeping up with the tenants' pace these days, always ready to collect the rent, not a single grain less.

Yang Huaming stayed by Xiao Juan's side all day long, watching her round belly. Every time he looked at it, Yang Huaming couldn't help but get excited repeatedly.

Tan went to a fortune teller in private and had her fortune told, saying this child was a son.

Therefore, Xiao Juan suddenly became a key protected object in Lao Yang's backyard. Yang Huaming slept in Xiao Juan's room every night to take care of her personally.

This went against the rules Lao Yang had set up at first, but for his grandson, Lao Yang turned a blind eye. Let me know if you have other text you'd like me to translate!

That's not so, that morning Yang Ruoqing accompanied Mrs. Sun to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, and happened to meet Zhao Liuer who came over to pick vegetables.

Sun then asked Zhao Liuer about Xiao Juan.

"These few days I've been busy harvesting and haven't gone to the old house. How is Xiaojuan doing? Is she about to give birth?" asked Mrs. Sun.

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Zhao Liuer said, "Oh my, Third Aunt, you didn't ask, and I couldn't help but want to find out from you."

"Does this woman have to go through a lot of trouble before she can actually give birth?" she asked.

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Sun shi was stunned for a moment, not reacting at once to what Zhao Liu'er wanted to inquire about.

On the other hand, Yang Ruqing smiled.

“Third Sister-in-law, your question is truly adorable,” she said.

"Giving birth is a long and arduous process for women, with recurring and intense pain. It's certainly not as simple as a hen laying an egg."

"Even a hen laying an egg would at least cluck a bit!" she said.

Zhao Liuer blushed and grinned, saying: "No wonder, I said so, Xiao Juan is too much of a handful. These past few nights, Fourth Uncle would run over to my door in the middle of the night, asking Yongzhi to call the midwife for help, and asking me to go to the backyard to accompany Xiao Juan and give her courage."

"Well? Is it time?" Mrs. Sun understood and quickly asked.

Zhao Liuer said, "Every time we rushed over at midnight, Xiao Juan was writhing in pain on the bed, her cries made me feel chills down my spine."

“But every time we called for her, the pain would subside again. Not only did the midwife get impatient, even I and Yongzhi were starting to feel overwhelmed.”

"I'm doing a little better now. I keep myself busy with housework at home, and when Hong'er falls asleep, I can steal a nap too."

"Poor Yongzhi, he has to work at the tavern usually. He especially takes leave during farming season to come back and help harvest wheat," Let me know if you have other text you'd like me to translate! ?

“During the day, I have to work in the fields all day long, and at night I can’t sleep soundly. I’ve lost a lot of weight.”

Zhao Liu'er said, shaking her head, her face full of heartache.

"You look exhausted too, with dark circles under your eyes." Yang Ruqing said.

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Zhao Liuer smiled wryly, "These words, I dare not say outside, people would say that I don't like my own family, and I complain after watching over them for a few nights."

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“Auntie Three, Qinger, let me join in on the gossip too. Little Juan, if she doesn't give birth to a child soon, both Yongzhi and I will be driven crazy.”

“Having a child, how come it’s so difficult, it scared me so much that I don't dare to get pregnant or have children anymore.” Zhao Liuer said.

Sun Shi couldn't help but laugh and cry, she said to Zhao Liuer: "Women giving birth is like this, you are really tired, but don't be scared by this and dare not get pregnant in the future."

"A bold heart, a bold life! Which woman wouldn't have children!" said Mrs. Sun.

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Yang Ruqing also said, "Xiaojuan is a first-time mother, and first births are usually more difficult. It will get easier later, it's like a hen laying eggs."

But...

“But what is it, Qing'er?” Zhao Liuer asked.

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Yang Ruqing said, "Her type of intermittent pain for several days should be taken seriously."

Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as false labor contractions, can vary in duration and frequency from person to person.

But if the water breaks and the baby is still inactive, then it's cause for serious concern.

"Well, Little Juan is about to give birth. Your uncle should be going with your aunt and grandmother, not you! What use are you? You haven't given birth yet and have no experience in this area." Mrs. Sun suddenly thought of this and asked.

Zhao Liuer said, "Fourth Uncle didn't dare to find Mama because he was afraid of being scolded by her. Not finding Fourth Aunt was Xiaojuan's idea."

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"Little Juan is probably aware of her own awkward identity. She's already a thorn in the Fourth Aunt's side, how could she possibly allow the Fourth Aunt to come and look after her? Unless she's foolish," Zhao Liuer said.

Yang Ruqing nodded, "That's right, I thought so too. And Xiaojuan came from the main courtyard, having seen the open and hidden struggles between the legitimate Madam Zhou and those concubines, she definitely wouldn't want Liu Shi to interfere."

"So it seems, this Xiao Juan is quite cunning!" said Mrs. Sun softly.

Yang Ruqing said: "Everyone who comes out of the government courtyard, which one doesn't have ulterior motives? Wouldn't they act according to people's gazes?"

"Take Ping'er in our own yard, for example. She has her share of cunning too."