Chapter 433 Lady He's Little Notebook

After being diagnosed with a pregnancy that was not a rare or difficult-to-diagnose illness, Madam He shook her head repeatedly, not believing Doctor Yan's words, which made Yan Yan very angry.

She was already very impatient with being forcibly brought up the mountain by bandits, who claimed it was to repay a debt of gratitude, but in reality, they were just looking for trouble.

"In that case, we have a doctor with us, so why don't we ask him to make a diagnosis?"

Female Doctor Yan strongly recommended Physician Liao, while Madam He trusted men more than women. After taking her pulse, Physician Liao's words were exactly the same as Female Doctor Yan's.

"I am truly sorry, doctors. I am a rough man who usually engages in robbery and plunder. I never imagined that I would have descendants."

Madam He sighed, saying that working in their line of work meant certain death and the extinction of their family line.

Don't blame her for not trusting women; she was so badly scammed that she developed a phobia of women ever since.

“Dr. Yan, it was my fault. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but I’ve been married three times. Because my husband died in an accident, my in-laws couldn’t accept me, so they gave me a contraceptive potion.”

He Niangzi was a woman with a hard life. In her early years, she was just an ordinary village woman. Her family favored sons over daughters, and they only gave birth to daughters to sell them to pave the way for their sons. She was sold three times by her family.

"The third man I married was a sickly man. He married me to bring good luck. On the very night I entered his home, before we even consummated our marriage, that sickly man kicked the bucket."

Lady He was terrified. She couldn't bear the reputation of being a jinx to her husbands and planned to hang herself with a rope.

However, before she could take any action, her in-laws, having heard from somewhere, said that this marriage had to go all the way; if the person was alive, they would have a wedding ceremony, and if the person died, it would be a ghost marriage, so that their son wouldn't be lonely in the afterlife.

So her in-laws lit incense to seduce her, and under the cover of darkness, they put her in a coffin and buried her alive with the sickly ghost.

"I crawled out of a coffin."

The past is too painful to recall. In short, because of her strength and physical advantage, she became the leader of the mountain stronghold.

Upon learning that she was pregnant, Madam He was overjoyed. Over the years, the mountain stronghold had accumulated a great deal of wealth, and she could retire from her life of crime and walk the straight path, all as a way of praying for the child.

"Dr. Yan, will I be able to give birth to this child safely?"

After her initial excitement, Madam He was filled with lingering fear. At her age, this was her first pregnancy, and there was a risk involved. She wasn't afraid of dying, but she was worried about the baby.

She had heard that there was a saying among the people about whether to save the mother or the child, and if the two conflicted, she would rather have her child removed by cesarean section.

Whether they are bandits or ordinary people, a mother's feelings are the same.

Lin Yuesha was somewhat moved by what Lady He said.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, childbirth was a life-or-death ordeal for women; too many women couldn't survive it, and it was a blessing if they could even keep their lives.

Without a cesarean section, natural childbirth is the only option. If the baby is in an abnormal position and labor becomes difficult, it can be fatal, especially since Madam He is older and the risks are even greater.

"Your body is still somewhat weakened and needs recuperation."

The female doctor, Ms. Yan, did not offer any further advice; she was a female doctor, not a midwife.

"Can you tell how old the child is from that?"

With a look of eager curiosity, Madam He asked impatiently, "What I mean is, how many days is the baby?"

After she finished speaking, she took out a small notebook, which was covered with densely packed triangles, circles, and other markings.

"What's this?"

Lin Yuesha, standing not far behind He Niangzi, found this recording method quite novel and asked a question.

Although Lady He was a bandit, she was not quite what she had imagined; she was actually quite easy to talk to.

"Miss Lin, I am illiterate, please forgive me."

Madam He blushed, a rare occurrence for her. Since she was illiterate, she numbered her subordinates' lovers, with each person representing a symbol.

She kept a small notebook to record the days, and if she slept with someone that night, she would write down the symbol representing that person.

She asked Dr. Yan because she didn't know whose child it was.

Lin Yuesha: ...My aunt is a werewolf!

“Boss, these are our brothers’ children. No matter whose they are, we will treat them as our own.”

Jia San and Hou Qi expressed their loyalty, and their words deeply moved Lady He.

"Madam He, it's getting late, and we still need to go down the mountain to continue our journey."

Lin Yuesha talked about her father Xiao Chenggui's illness. This trip to the capital would be slow, so they would have to take a shortcut, otherwise they wouldn't have run into the bandits.

“Miss Lin, don’t worry, I will go down the mountain with you to the capital.”

Madam He made her decision quickly. She prided herself on her ability to judge people. Doctor Yan was young but highly skilled in medicine. Although she was a bit aloof, at least she didn't look down on her.

It's hard to find a midwife in the mountains, and if there's a problem with the baby, it's difficult to find a good doctor.

Since Doctor Yan is coming to the capital, she wants to bring Jia San and Hou Qi with her, since she also owns a property in the capital.

"It's getting dark today, so why don't we rest for the night? Tomorrow I'll go down the mountain with you."

Madam He was very generous. She had been robbing the mountain for many years and had her own medicinal herb warehouse. She directly gave the key to Doctor Yan and told Doctor Yan to take Lin Yuesha to choose whatever she could use.

“There are plenty of people around here who hang out in the mountains like me. With me around, they don’t dare to stop me. They always have to give me, Madam He, face.”

After speaking, Madam He closed her eyes wearily again.

"Dr. Yan, Miss Lin, please come with me."

Jia San led the way with the key to the medicine storehouse, with Doctor Yan following closely behind. Since Madam He was so generous as to offer medicine as payment for her consultation, she didn't stand on ceremony.

"This is it."

Jia San stopped at the warehouse door, opened it with his key, and then stood at the door, letting Yan Yan and Lin Yuesha go in to make their selections.

These medicinal herbs were looted by them. Since the brothers usually only had common ailments like headaches and fevers, and they didn't recognize the herbs, they just threw them all into the warehouse, where they remained untouched for a long time.

What a waste!

Yan Yan commented and hurriedly entered the room, with Lin Yuesha following closely behind. When she saw the entire warehouse piled high with bags, she was stunned.

No wonder the bandits were willing to take the risk of occupying the mountain and becoming rich after robbing merchants.

The land was full of medicinal herbs, which Lin Yuesha saw as money!

"Snowy Plateau Wild Codonopsis".

Yan Yan glanced at the medicinal herbs in the sack. Some of them had become moldy and damp due to improper storage. Most of them could be processed again, but some had to be thrown away.

So many medicinal herbs, which could save countless lives if a doctor were to use them, were piled up haphazardly like firewood.

“Sister Yue Sha, this wild ginseng looks quite good. It must have grown in the harsh, cold lands of the barbarian tribes. Since the two countries stopped trading, we in the Great Qi have seen it much less often.”

Judging from the size of the wild ginseng, it is at least a hundred years old. It is warm in nature, which is just right for Xiao Chenggui to process into ginseng tea to nourish his body.