Chapter 46 Mixed sorrow and joy

In the third year of Guanghe (AD 180), October 15th, the day of Xiayuan. Cao Cao took sacrifices to the cemetery to worship his mother Zou. "Mother, I'm here to see you! Father is fine, he's fine now..." He knelt there and told his mother about the changes of the past year.After getting up, I suddenly saw the new graves of Cao Chi, Cao Ding, and Cao Yin in the distance. I felt complicated in my heart and thought to myself: "Second Uncle, all your efforts have ended in vain, and the family property and wealth are all in vain, but you can't enjoy it. Fourth Uncle , you have been domineering and domineering for so many years, but you were still sent to hell in the end. Uncle Seven, you have spent most of your life in self-pity, and in the end you were unknown and had no heirs..."

"You are all gone. Let's forget about the grievances and grievances of the early years. The honor and disgrace of the Cao family in the past should also go with you. The past is over, and the living need to look forward. In the future, my nephew will never With your support, I can only rely on myself. In fact, who can a person rely on in this life? You must live your own life! Maybe there is no real right or wrong in this world, but my nephew can only go Search and explore...the road is long and long, I will search up and down..." "Meng De! Why are you still dawdling here!" Qin Shao ran over, "You kid is going to be a father again! Everyone is looking for you everywhere."

"You made a mistake, today is the birth of a sick daughter-in-law." "Silly boy, I just came from your house, and your daughter-in-law is about to give birth!" "Oh? So fast?" Cao Cao dropped the basket and followed him home. Although it was very cold, everyone was still crowded in the yard of Dafang's house, chattering. Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoulian, Qinshao, Dingchong, Dingfei and their relatives all came to join in the fun.You have encountered many things about giving birth, but you have never seen brothers and daughters-in-law giving birth on the same day.Everyone gathered around Cao Cao and Cao De's father-to-be, joking, but the two brothers didn't have the heart to strike up a conversation with them, rubbing their hands and grinding around in the yard, but Bian Bing and Lou Yi were so busy that they followed each other. Followed by auspicious words.

At this time, there was a flash, and then the dark clouds covered, followed by rumbling thunder, a gust of wind picked up, and the cold rain in October was about to come down.Bian Bing looked up at the dark sky, smiled and said to everyone: "It is said that there is rain when a dragon walks, and wind when a tiger walks. This is a good omen!" Before the words were finished, I heard "It's a baby! It's a baby!" A maid ran out from the annex, "Congratulations to the second master! You are a big fat boy!" "Okay!" All the buddies cheered in unison and patted Cao De on the shoulder.

Cao De stood there stunned for a long time, and Xia Houyuan punched him: "You have a son! Why don't you go in and see!" "Congratulations!" Ding Chong raised the wine gourd and brought it to Cao De's mouth. It took Cao De a long time to recover, and he shouted: "I have a son... I have a son! Help the world and the people, my Cao family wants to help the world and the people! Cao Anmin! This child is called Cao Anmin!" Entered the door. "Wait! Go in except Qi Shu's filial piety... What a nerd!" Xia Houyuan laughed. At this time, big raindrops had already flown down, and everyone's clothes were immediately wet.Bian Bing touched the wet spots on Qin Shao's body and said, "Dear relatives and friends, it's going to rain heavily, everyone go to the hall!" That's it, he smiled and persuaded everyone to go to the front hall.

Cao Cao didn't leave, he stood anxiously under the eaves to shelter from the rain, and Lou Yi stood beside him.Seeing the rain getting bigger and bigger, crackling on the ground, he felt anxious like boiling oil.I had asked the doctor to see it earlier, and it was clear that his concubine Liu Shi would give birth next month, but she gave birth prematurely, and she couldn't give birth after almost an hour of tossing.The noisy rain was too loud, he closed his ears to listen to the movement in the room, and only vaguely heard Liu's groans and Ding's busy talking. Cao Cao didn't know what to do at this time, so he pulled Lou Yi tightly and asked, "Is it so hard for a woman to give birth?"

Lou Yi blinked and then stammered, "I, I... I don't even have a wife, so where would I know?" "Hey!" Cao Cao shook off his hand, and went back for a stroll under the eaves. At this moment, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and a gust of wind was blowing towards his face, which wet his clothes a lot, Lou Yi hurriedly helped him tidy up his clothes. At this moment, I heard a "crash!", and the door opened—it was Mrs. Ding. "How is it?" Cao Cao asked hastily. "Husband... come in and see my sister..." Ding's eyes seemed to be filled with tears.

Cao Cao hurriedly pushed Louyi away and rushed in. Aunt Seven, the midwife and two maids surrounded the bed tightly. Liu's face was pale and sweat was pouring down his face, and under the quilt...was blood!So much blood!The blood completely soaked the quilt and was flowing down the bed! "What's wrong with you?" Cao Cao rushed forward and grabbed Liu Shi's hand. Mrs. Liu was exhausted, shaking her head and unable to speak. "What the hell is going on here?" The midwife panicked and said, "This baby is sitting upside down, it won't be born! If this goes on, it will kill two people..."

"You nonsense!" Pop!Cao Cao shook his hand and gave the midwife a slap, Seventh Aunt hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't blame her, Auntie, quickly take a look at your daughter-in-law and say a few words to her..." Tears came down while Ding and Liu She grew up together, even though she is a master and servant, she loves brothers and sisters, seeing Aunt Seven shed tears, how could she bear it?Fortunately, Mrs. Bian also rushed over from Cao De at this moment, pulled two people to persuade him, and finally did not howl. Cao Cao didn't care about them either. He took Liu's hand and said, "We won't give birth, we won't give birth! Don't push yourself hard, don't embarrass yourself."

Mrs. Liu shook her head, gritted her teeth and persisted. After tossing around like this for a long time, the midwife cried: "No...this can't be done! If you do this again, you can't keep it. Young master, please persuade her!" But no matter what you say, Mrs. Liu still tried her best to give birth to the child.Cao Cao saw the pain in his eyes and tremblingly persuaded his woman. At this time, there was chaos outside, and someone shouted: "Young master! Young master! Congratulations..." This time it was Qin Yilu who shouted loudly! "There is a baby inside, you can't go in!" Lou Yi stopped him.

Qin Yilu yelled out of his voice: "Young master! Congratulations! The emperor ordered you to be Yilang! You can go back to Beijing!" "Wow..." The baby was born! Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the midwife hurriedly picked her up: "It's amazing! It's amazing! This child can still hold it after holding it for so long... It's a kid! Congratulations, boy!" Everyone got busy immediately, handing water to the midwife, washing the child, and wiping Mrs. Liu's sweat.Seventh Aunt took the cleaned child and kissed and kissed, then handed it to Ding to hold.Cao Cao didn't look at his son, he saw that Mrs. Liu was dying. "Husband...I...just want...to give birth to you..." Liu's face was as white as paper. "Stop talking, take good care of her." Cao Cao held her hand tightly, feeling sore in his heart. Mrs. Liu shook her head, tears rolled down her eyes, and her eyes dangled in her sockets: "I...I can't do it..." These three words really broke Cao Cao's heart, and he shouted: "Bring the child here!" !" Ding hurriedly hugged the child and knelt in front of her, "Look, our son..." Mrs. Liu couldn't see anything clearly at this time, so she only said intermittently: "Husband... you have to... hold your head up... live well..." Mrs. Ding cried like a tearful person, and kept calling for her sister. Mrs. Liu was already speechless, but she held her breath and refused to swallow, looking at the child in a daze.Ding saw her thoughts, wiped away tears and said: "Sister, don't worry, sister will not give birth or raise this child, this child is my own son, I will never let him be wronged." After hearing this, Mrs. Liu closed her eyes and lowered her arms—he died! The room was filled with crying, but Cao Cao didn't cry. He took his son from Ding and said to the crying child, "Your mother died because of your life. You should kiss her." After that, he rubbed the baby's face against Mrs. Liu's face, turned to the women and said, "She told me to hold my head up and live a good life. This child is called... Cao Ang!" Cao Cao felt extremely heavy as he hugged the newborn baby.The feelings of joy and sorrow are completely intertwined and lingering in his chest. How complicated is his heart at this moment?Tomorrow, what will tomorrow be like?