The Midwife has Passed Away

"The village no longer has a midwife. When someone in the village needs to give birth, they have to go to the neighboring village for one," the man quickly responded, avoiding eye contact with the woman in front of him. His dark complexion hid any blushing he might have been experiencing.

"If there's no midwife in your village anymore, what about the one who used to be here?" Su Yijia inquired.

The man turned and pointed in the direction downhill from the crossroads toward the foothill, saying, "Follow this road down, and the third house with a fence is where the midwife used to live in. But she passed away three years ago. Earlier, her son and daughter-in-law went into the mountains to gather herbs and were attacked by wolves. Now, only her grandson is left."

"Thank you," Su Yijia said her thanks and turned to walk in the direction the man had indicated.