The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 370

"Aunt, you..."

The maid Xing'er covered her mouth in shock when she saw the water dripping from Zhong Xiuyao's feet.

"It's alright. Tell Uncle Quan to hurry up and take me to the jewelry store first. Then you can take care of the water and send Uncle Quan back home."

Zhong Xiuyao remained incredibly calm; she knew she was about to give birth.

However, we cannot go to the courtyard immediately; we must first go to the jewelry store and pretend to buy jewelry for our fifth sister to adorn her.

"But, Aunt, you..."

"It's alright." This girl is completely incapable of keeping things calm. If it weren't for the need for someone to watch over the backyard, she would never want to take Xing'er out.

"Remember, give Uncle Quan more money."

"Yes, aunt."

Xing'er lifted the carriage curtain.

"Uncle Quan, my aunt wants to go to the Zhong residence as soon as possible, but she still needs to go to the jewelry store to pick out some jewelry for her dowry. Please hurry up."

"Alright, hold on tight."

Uncle Quan cracked his whip, and the carriage indeed sped up.

The bumpy carriage made Zhong Xiuyao's stomach hurt terribly. She was covered in sweat and her face was pale. She bit her handkerchief tightly and didn't make a sound.

Xing'er felt heartbroken seeing her aunt like this.

No wonder, she always told herself that she would find a good man when the opportunity arose, preferring to be a wife from a humble family rather than a concubine from a wealthy one.

The lady of the house was truly ruthless towards her concubines. She couldn't control her husband from taking concubines, but she cruelly tormented them.

Their chance to have children was cut off early on, yet this young lady still managed to secretly become pregnant and is now about to give birth. If she can give birth to this child, whether it is a girl or a boy, to be honest, it may be a blessing or a curse.

Fortunately, she has a reliable family to rely on.

“Xinger…”

After the contractions subsided, Zhong Xiuyao removed the handkerchief from her mouth.

"Aunt, what are your orders?"

"Have we arrived at the jewelry store?"

Xing'er lifted the carriage lid again to take a look: "Auntie, we're almost there."

Zhong Xiuyao breathed a huge sigh of relief.

When the carriage arrived, Xing'er quickly helped her aunt down and then gave Uncle Quan a purse.

“Uncle Quan, Auntie is going to choose jewelry here, which will take a long time. You don’t need to wait. This place is close to the Zhong residence. Auntie can walk there in a while.”

"Good."

Uncle Quan's carriage was not for the masters; it was only for the stewardesses and the like to use when they needed to go out. So, the concubine was naturally overjoyed to receive a reward for using the carriage.

Xing'er helped Zhong Xiuyao into the silver shop.

"Oh, Aunt Zhong is here."

The waiter recognized Zhong Xiuyao at a glance because Lord Lin had favored her for a while and brought her to the jewelry store to buy a lot of jewelry.

Zhong Xiuyao knew that Lord Lin's fondness for jewelry was just a fleeting thing, so when it came to jewelry, she chose only gold and silver pieces and didn't want any other jewels. She picked out a whole bunch of them, so the waiter would naturally remember this big customer.

Gold and silver were the least valuable items in this jewelry store, so Lord Lin had no objection and bought them all.

"Young man, my aunt needs to go out through the back door of your house for a moment. Could you please show her the way?"

Xing'er quickly went to greet him and gave him a purse.

"Okay, please follow me."

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and led the person to the back door.

"This door leads to Wuyi Alley."

"Thank you, I'll come back to you to buy jewelry later."

Xiao Er felt something was strange looking at Zhong Xiuyao's back, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Zhong Xiuyao's small courtyard was located in Wuyi Lane. Although it was a short distance, she felt as if she was using all her strength to walk it.

"Xing'er, I can hardly walk anymore."

"Auntie, hang in there, it'll be almost over..."

As they were talking, a carriage stopped beside them.

"Third sister, how are you?" "Fifth sister..."

Seeing Zhong Xiuxiu jump down from the carriage, Zhong Xiuyao felt a lump in her throat and tears streamed down her face.

"Quickly, get in the carriage."

Zhong Xiuxiu helped her into the carriage, and the coachman immediately sped up the journey, arriving at the courtyard in no time.

"Miss has arrived."

Uncle Zhang, who was guarding the gate, saw this and hurriedly shouted, "Old woman, quick, the young lady is here!"

Aunt Zhang rushed out.

"Miss……"

"Don't say anything more, Aunt Zhang, hurry up and boil the eggs and boil the water."

"Yes."

Zhong Xiuxiu helped Zhong Xiuyao to the bed and immediately examined her.

"Fifth sister, how are you?"

"Third sister, your baby is in the right position, and the baby is a bit small, so delivery will be easy."

"That's good."

Hearing that childbirth would be easy, Zhong Xiuyao felt relieved.

"Fifth Sister, this is your special day. I can't help you and I'll only cause you trouble." Zhong Xiuyao said, "Xing'er, bring the dowry over."

This is a phoenix hairpin that Zhong Xiuyao specially chose. She was just a concubine and was not qualified to use such things, so she prepared it as a dowry for her fifth sister.

"Third sister, this is very pretty, I like it very much." Zhong Xiuxiu said, "Third sister, I really can't stay long, but..."

Just then, the gatekeeper came to report that a Miss Lei was requesting an audience.

“Lei Ying is my sister from the medical school. She’s now treating nobles in the palace.” Zhong Xiuxiu asked Xing’er to welcome her in. She said to Zhong Xiuyao, “With her here, you can have a smooth delivery.”

"Thank you, Fifth Sister."

Zhong Xiuyao never expected that her fifth sister would find such a good person to help her.

"But, third sister, after this child is born..."

“I have already made arrangements. I will let the master know about this child, but I will not take him back to the manor to raise.”

Will Lord Lin agree?

"It should be."

"Then you can make the arrangements."

Zhong Xiuxiu knew that Zhong Xiuyao was capable of protecting the child, which meant that she was indeed capable.

Lei Ying came in.

"Sister Zhong."

"Ah Ying, thank you for your help. I'll leave this to you."

"rest assured."

Lei Ying also added makeup to Zhong Xiuxiu.

"Then I'll stay here tonight and won't go to the manor."

Because Zhong Xiuxiu had to return to the mansion to entertain guests, she left the place to Lei Ying and hurriedly returned to the Zhong mansion.

"How about it?"

When Madam Zhong saw Zhong Xiuxiu, she asked her with concern.

"Mother, don't worry. Lei Ying has already gone there. I've seen her. Third sister's baby is in the correct position. The baby is small, so there won't be any problem with a natural birth."

"Was it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a boy."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Madam Zhong repeatedly prayed to the Bodhisattva for protection: "This child has suffered so much misfortune. I hope that from now on he can live a good life."

As the principal wife, Madam Zhong naturally did not want her concubine to give birth to a son; however, at this critical juncture, she hoped that Zhong Xiuyao, who was her illegitimate daughter, could give birth to a son so that she would have someone to rely on in the future.

Madam Zhong disliked concubines, but she also had a conscience. She knew that Zhong Xiuyao had indeed sacrificed for the Zhong family. It was because of her sacrifices that the Zhong family was able to maintain its stability and enjoy its peaceful life today. Therefore, she was very grateful to her and hoped that she could live a good life.

Hopefully, she can get through this hurdle smoothly.