Chapter 85: Miscarriage
Doctor Lin anxiously said, "Lady Yaoguang, please come with me to look at Madam Yu in the neighboring village. She’s pregnant, and she hit the corner of a table. We don’t know what’s happened to the baby inside her."
Zhang Zhaodi was astonished: "Doctor Lin, are you trying to make things difficult for me? I’m a midwife, not a medical practitioner. If someone’s about to give birth, you can come to me. But if it’s not for childbirth, I can’t help."
"Just take a look, there might be something you can do." Doctor Lin repeatedly pleaded, "Please help."
"Jing’er, come out quickly and go on a trip with your godmother." Zhang Zhaodi called inside.
Jiang Jing had already heard the conversation outside, and upon hearing Zhang Zhaodi’s call, she ran out.
She said to Doctor Lin, "Doctor Lin, you’re the only doctor for miles around. If it’s just regular pregnancy complications, you can treat them. Why are you reaching out to my godmother, the midwife?"
"We’ll talk on the way," Doctor Lin said helplessly, "Anyway, I’ll need your cooperation later."
Su Yaoguang also caught up: "I’ll go too. I might be able to lend a hand."
Thinking about Su Yaoguang’s Divine Power, Doctor Lin nodded approvingly: "We might just need your strength to help."
Su Yaoguang: "..."
She felt as though she was being complimented, yet it didn’t make her smile even a bit.
However, wasn’t this her unique trait? If she had this kind of power in her previous life, she wouldn’t have been bullied so terribly.
Doctor Lin led the mother and daughter group to the neighboring village. As soon as they reached the village entrance, a woman saw Doctor Lin and anxiously said, "Why did you only arrive now?"
"Your son won’t let me approach your daughter-in-law, so I had to go to the village to find a knowledgeable female physician." Doctor Lin responded, "Hurry and lead the way, or both lives won’t be saved."
On the way, Su Yaoguang and the others learned the reason Doctor Lin had brought them was because the pregnant woman’s husband wouldn’t allow him near his wife.
That woman was none other than the one Doctor Lin had once mistakenly thought was a match for him. Doctor Lin had refused Hu, and Hu, holding a grudge, went to Madam Yu’s husband to stir trouble, causing the husband to become jealous and strike Madam Yu.
Although Madam Yu looked pretty, she was actually six months pregnant. Yet she was slim and liked to wear loose-fitting clothes, so it wasn’t obvious she was pregnant.
After Wang Qiang hit her, Madam Yu, already feeling discomfort from pregnancy, slammed into the table edge, immediately crying out in pain on the ground. Seeing this, Wang Qiang was at a loss, while his mother hurried to the neighboring village to bring Doctor Lin to treat her. Once Doctor Lin arrived, Wang Qiang objected and wouldn’t let Doctor Lin touch his wife.
Moreover, Madam Yu was experiencing pregnancy complications, holding her belly and crying out in pain, so Doctor Lin had to check her bleeding situation, but Wang Qiang wouldn’t allow him to lay a finger on Madam Yu.
Wang Qiang paced anxiously at the door.
He was quite an ordinary-looking middle-aged man. Not only did he appear plain, but he was shorter than Su Yaoguang.
Wang Qiang saw Doctor Lin appear and glared at him fiercely: "Why are you here again? I said I won’t allow you to examine my wife, get lost!"
"I’m not here to examine her, I brought a female physician." Doctor Lin pointed at Zhang Zhaodi and said, "This female physician specializes in gynecological matters. Quickly let her in to see your wife."
"Just her going in, and not you?" Wang Qiang looked at Doctor Lin with suspicion.
"Of course."
"Son, your wife has your child in her belly. If you don’t move out of the way, neither will survive. Now that the physician is here, hurry and step aside!" Wang Qiang’s mother anxiously said.
"Mother... Mother..." Madam Yu called out from inside, "I’m in so much pain... I’m bleeding heavily..."
"We’re coming, don’t be afraid." Wang Qiang’s mother pushed Wang Qiang aside and said to Zhang Zhaodi, "Please save my daughter-in-law. We can conceive another child, but if she dies, it’s over."
"Alright, we’ll do our best." Zhang Zhaodi looked at Doctor Lin, who looked at her with pleading eyes. She then looked at Jiang Jing and Su Yaoguang and went in with determination.
Jiang Jing picked up the medicine chest Doctor Lin had brought and followed Zhang Zhaodi inside.
Su Yaoguang blocked the doorway, displeased, as she looked at Wang Qiang: "Going in now is a female physician, surely you won’t be concerned about her taking advantage of your wife?"
Wang Qiang stiffened: "If it were another doctor, I wouldn’t have a problem, but not this doctor. He’s ill-intentioned towards my wife, what if he deliberately harms my son?"
"Brother Wang Qiang, I’ve said it was a misunderstanding before."
"If it was a misunderstanding before, it wouldn’t be a misunderstanding if you examined my wife’s body. Do you know what the villagers say about my wife?"
Su Yaoguang picked up a piece of wood from the ground and snapped it in two, saying unhappily: "Shut up, or I’ll make you take a nap."
Wang Qiang’s eyes widened, viewing Su Yaoguang like she was a monster.
Wang Qiang’s mother craned her neck to look inside and said to Doctor Lin beside her, "We had female physicians nearby, how come I hadn’t heard of them before?"
"There have always been female physicians. It’s just that rarely anyone needs them, so they’re seldom sought after." After Doctor Lin finished, he asked inside, "Lady Yaoguang, what’s Mrs. Wang’s condition?"
Zhang Zhaodi spoke up: "The child can’t be saved, she’s lost too much blood, it’s too late to save him. If she had been medicated immediately after the bump, perhaps he could have been saved."
Zhang Zhaodi intentionally spoke.
Without saying it, how would Wang Qiang realize what foolish action he had committed?
"Such a pity, a well-formed boy fetus." Zhang Zhaodi loudly said, "The features were all developed, looking very much like his mother, imagine how handsome he would be grown up."
Wang Qiang’s mother wailed loudly, pushing Wang Qiang: "It’s all your fault, it’s all your fault! I told you to let Doctor Lin treat her, but you wouldn’t let him near her. You dog of a thing, give me back my grandson... give me back my grandson..."
Wang Qiang slapped the door, shouting inside: "Quickly save my son, I’ll pay any amount of silver!"
"Only now you care for your son, what were you doing earlier?" Su Yaoguang pushed Wang Qiang aside, blocking the doorway, "The child can’t be saved, but the mother can still be rescued. Don’t interrupt treatment, or you’ll end up killing your wife too."
"A big man with a heart smaller than a needle. You can be foolish, but don’t let your foolishness harm your wife and child."
Su Yaoguang still felt unsatisfied, unleashed a tirade against Wang Qiang.
Wang Qiang’s mother cried for a while, eventually accepting this fact, then asked about her daughter-in-law’s condition.
Zhang Zhaodi watched Jiang Jing as she was inserting needles on Madam Yu, who originally had severe bleeding, but managed to stop bleeding after Jiang’s acupuncture.
"Prepare hot water, unused white cloth, and bring in basins. We need to expel the impurities from the mother’s body and clean her internally," Zhang Zhaodi instructed.