Other families have sons who can carry on the family line and be able to work. Our Tiezhu has no heir. When we get old, we won't even have anyone to carry on the family line. What will we do then?

“Sister-in-law, I understand how you feel. But you can’t rush this. Listen to me, it’s not necessarily a girl in your belly. No one can decide or control whether you have a boy or a girl. All women’s bodies are the same. It’s not like you have a intestine that doesn’t grow to produce a son.”

Wu Cuiying thought about it for a while, and seemed to understand something, but after a moment of silence, she started shouting again.

"No, no. I've already had four daughters. If this one is another girl, I can't live. Dr. Lin, you've never been married or had children, you don't understand my suffering. I must have a son! It has to be a son!"

Lin Qingyan sighed.

Of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is having no offspring.

This idea has long been deeply rooted in the minds of Chinese people. Even in modern times, when the male-to-female ratio is severely imbalanced and women's status in society has been greatly improved and people pay more attention to having daughters, the idea that every family must have a son and that having a son means having roots remains stubbornly ingrained.

Moreover, this was in the 1970s, a time when the world was far behind modern times.

In rural areas, boys are not only crucial for continuing the family line, but also important laborers, and bear the significant responsibility of protecting their families and providing them with sustenance.

Families without boys are more vulnerable to being bullied by outsiders.

Lin Qingyan tried everything to persuade Wu Cuiying, but to no avail. So she instructed Jiang Tiezhu, "Brother, whether a child is a boy or a girl is not something anyone can decide. Try to persuade your sister-in-law to think more positively and wait patiently. Maybe she'll have a son this time."

To her surprise, Jiang Tiezhu gave her a cold shoulder.

"Dr. Lin, you don't need me to persuade Cuiying. Just tell me if you can examine Cuiying."

"I can't watch it."

"Okay!"

Jiang Tiezhu's name was almost uttered through gritted teeth, filled with annoyance and anger, as if Lin Qingyan was deliberately refusing to treat his wife.

Lin Qingyan also noticed his hostility towards her.

Neither the husband nor wife were enlightened people.

Jiang Tiezhu tugged at Wu Cuiying and said sourly, "Let's go. Dr. Lin said she can't treat you. She can treat even the most difficult illnesses for others, but not yours. If she won't treat you, fine, let's go find someone else."

Lin Qingyan knew that it was pointless to reason with such an unreasonable person, so she also turned cold.

"Say what you will, I treat every one of my patients the same. My greatest wish is to cure them, but I'm not a god who can do everything."

It was probably Jiang Tiezhu's words that further fueled Wu Cuiying's dissatisfaction.

She also said coldly to Lin Qingyan, "Tiezhu, I think he just doesn't want to get involved in our affairs. Bah, he calls himself the village doctor of our brigade, but he won't treat the villagers when they are sick. I think he should quit as soon as possible."

"Whether I do it or not is not up to you. You want to find someone else to treat it? Go ahead and find someone. Let me see who can give you a second chance."

Jiang Tiezhu and Wu Cuiying were both furious. Jiang Tiezhu clenched his fist and swung it in front of Lin Qingyan, threatening her fiercely: "Just tell me if you'll treat my wife or not."

"I can't cure it, you should find another renowned doctor."

"you."

Before Jiang Tiezhu's fist could even get close to Lin Qingyan, Lin Qingyan raised her hand and swung it away, pushing him back more than two meters.

"You think you can cause trouble here? No way!"

Then Granny Lin came over, grabbed Jiang Tiezhu by the back of his collar, lifted him like a chick, carried him to the door, and threw him out.

After returning, they dragged Wu Cuiying out as well.

The couple angrily shouted at the door:

"Pah, what kind of miracle doctor? You won't treat patients, you don't deserve to be a doctor."

“I don’t think she has any medical skills at all. She’s just bluffing people. We will never see her again, and we will tell our family members not to see her either.”

Grandpa Zhang stopped the oxcart at the village entrance, and Grandma Lu and Shen Mengya got off.

They didn't know where to find Lin Qingyan, so they could only ask Grandpa Zhang.

Shen Mengya was a little nicer to Grandpa Zhang. "Grandpa, can you tell us where Dr. Lin is?"

"She'll be at the clinic during the day. Go there to find her. The clinic is just ahead, not far from the brigade headquarters."

"Okay, thank you, sir."

After giving his instructions, Grandpa Zhang drove off in his oxcart. His oxcart was actually passing by the clinic, but he just didn't want to give those two people a ride, especially that stinky old lady.

He stopped the oxcart at the entrance of the clinic and hurried inside to find Lin Qingyan: "Dr. Lin, an old lady and a young girl are coming to see you later. They're not here for treatment. It doesn't look like they're here for anything good."

"An old lady and a young girl."

Lin Qingyan searched her memory but couldn't find such a combination.

When soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it.

Let's see what these two people want from her.

"Thank you, sir."

"It's nothing," Grandpa Zhang waved and left.