Jiang Mengxue smiled and said, "That's a shame. I really don't have any ideas. To be honest, I'm not very enthusiastic about my job as a doctor right now. In the next one or two years, I'll probably focus most of my attention on my children and won't think much about work."

"Really? You don't plan to go back to work at the hospital?"

"Well, let's talk about work later. Let's finish the task at hand first."

The two of them soaked their feet in the same basin. Jiang Mengxue took the foot washing water out and poured it out, while Li Cuiying was still picking up dried sweet potatoes in the yard.

Jiang Mengxue almost forgot that the dried sweet potatoes had to be put into the house at night.

"Second Mother, let me help you with it. Which room should I put it in?"

Li Cuiying saw Jiang Mengxue coming out in slippers to pour water, and hurriedly waved at her.

"Go back to your room quickly. Don't come out right after washing your feet. Your uncle and I can put the remaining ones in the side room."

Jiang Mengxue looked at the dried sweet potatoes with only the last panel left. It was so cold outside that they might have been frozen solid by now.

"Xiaoxue, go back to the house. Your second mother and I will take care of the remaining things right away. No need to help." Gu Zhenjiang just carried one bite into the side room and came out to help Li Cuiying pack the rest into bags.

"Why."

Jiang Mengxue put the basin on the basin rack and took out the kettle and put it on the table in the main room.

"It's so cold. It's so hard to get out of bed in the morning."

Jiang Mengxue felt that she didn't get enough sleep in winter. She would feel sleepy as soon as it got dark. Even if she slept for more than ten hours at night, she still couldn't get up the next day.

"Who said it wasn't? Do you still want to read? I can't hold on any longer. Let's read it tomorrow if you have anything else to do."

Jiang Mengxue waited until Xie Sheng sat down in bed before she walked to the wall and turned off the light.

In fact, today's light bulbs are not very bright, and are not much better than kerosene lamps, but they are indeed much more convenient.

Basically every household goes back to sleep after dark. It's okay in the summer, as everyone can sit at the door and chat and enjoy the cool air. But in the winter, basically everyone goes to bed after dinner, either chatting or going straight to sleep. No one wants to go out and visit others in such cold weather.

Jiang Mengxue felt that she was in a state of half-asleep and half-awake. She heard a knock on the door outside in a daze but didn't pay attention to it. She turned her head and covered her head with the quilt.

Just as I was about to fall asleep, I felt someone pushing me.

"Xiaoxue, wake up. There's someone knocking on the door. It seems like they're looking for us."

Jiang Mengxue opened her eyes in a daze, not realizing what was happening.

"Come on, come on, who is it so late at night?"

Outside, Li Cuiying and Gu Zhenjiang got up, put on their clothes and went to open the door. They were woken up not long after they fell asleep.

The door creaked open. "Who is it? What's going on so late at night?"

"Sister Cuiying, my daughter-in-law is about to give birth. I heard that the two women living in your house are doctors. Can you ask them to take a look? She has been complaining of stomach pain since this afternoon, and the baby hasn't been born yet."

Li Cuiying put on the cotton-padded jacket draped over her shoulders and frowned, saying, "You're about to give birth but you don't go to the hospital. It's not like we don't have the facilities in the countryside.

Old lady Liu, are you abusing your daughter-in-law again? I recently heard that you asked her to wash clothes for your whole family even though she was pregnant. I haven't even come to find you yet, and you still dare to come to your house.

Old Lady Liu was still a little afraid of Li Cuiying, but what she was afraid of was not being called to the Women's Federation to be lectured.

Instead, every time the matter got out of hand and the Women's Federation intervened, they would call her husband and son in and criticize them as well.

She smiled flatteringly, "Director Li, I have no choice. It's too late to send her to the hospital now. She can just give birth at home. Every woman in the countryside gives birth at home. She's the only one who's being pretentious.

I heard that the two people living in your house are midwives, so let them go and deliver the baby for that little... no, go and deliver the baby for my third daughter-in-law."

She opened her mouth and wanted to call her a little bitch, but was frightened by Li Cuizhi's eyes that suddenly turned cold, so she changed her words.

At this time, Jiang Mengxue and Xie Sheng also came out dressed, wanting to ask what was going on.

"Oh, two young doctors, please help me. My daughter-in-law is about to give birth. Please help."

Jiang Mengxue glanced at Li Cuiying hesitantly and said to the old lady, "It's not far from the hospital. It's safer to take them there. Let's just find a cart to take them there."

I'm really a little scared. No one knows what the condition of a pregnant woman is like.

If any accident happens during their delivery and the other party is unwilling to go to the hospital, they cannot bear the responsibility, especially since such an incident happened not long ago.

Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years.

Old Mrs. Liu was a little anxious. She didn't want to go to the hospital because she was afraid of spending money.

Her youngest son is only a temporary worker now, and the factory won't reimburse him. Asking her to pay is like sucking her blood.

"Doctor, please go and take a look. She's been crying in pain since this afternoon, and the baby hasn't been born yet."

Jiang Mengxue really had no choice, and was afraid that if she delayed too long, something might really happen.

"Wait a minute, I'll go back and get something."

Without waiting for the other party to say anything, he ran back to the room and pretended to take tools from his bag, but he actually took them from the space.

He put scissors, alcohol, gauze, and pills to restore his strength in his bag and walked out.

Xie Sheng ran in behind, a little hesitant, and took Jiang Mengxue's arm and said, "Are you really going? This place is not far from the hospital. That old lady is obviously not someone you can easily mess with. If anything happens, she will definitely blame us."

Jiang Mengxue had no choice. They came to look for her in such a big way that she could even hear someone coming out of the yard to watch the fun.

Although everyone initially accused Old Lady Liu of being cruel for not sending her daughter-in-law to the hospital when she was about to give birth, after a few days everyone would say that the doctors were too cruel for not even checking on the woman when she was about to give birth. Anyway, no matter what they did, it was wrong.

"It's okay. If you can't do it, don't go. I'll go and take a look at the situation. If it really doesn't work, I won't do anything. Let them go directly to the hospital.

The neighbors were all woken up, so we definitely had to go. But with so many people watching, if they still refused to go to the hospital if they had problems, it would be none of our business.”

Xie Sheng sighed and could only follow Jiang Mengxue out.

Li Cuiying and Gu Zhenjiang closed the door and followed behind. They were worried about Jiang Mengxue coming out alone at night, and they were always worried without her watching over them.

"What's going on, Old Liu? I heard you screaming all the way here late at night. What's going on? Did your third daughter-in-law give birth? Are you so happy you're crazy?"

Everyone around here knows that the children of Old Liu's family are destined to be worked like slaves.

All day long she was either ordered to wash clothes or cook for the little girls of the Liu family. It wasn't to the point where she couldn't afford to eat, but the little girls were so hungry that they looked pale and thin.