Grandpa Zhang was in a hurry to catch his train and, with his eyes fixed ahead, didn't notice Grandma Lu's expression as she spoke.
He chuckled. "Could it be that you're also here to see Dr. Lin? Everyone in the surrounding area speaks highly of Dr. Lin's medical skills."
The old lady snorted unhappily, "Can't I see her if I don't want to see a doctor?"
Grandpa Zhang noticed that she seemed angry, so he quickly said, "Yes, yes."
After shutting up, there was no further communication.
Mopan Village Brigade Clinic
Just as Lin Qingyan and her mother-in-law arrived after their meal, a couple came seeking medical treatment.
They are Jiang Tiezhu and Wu Cuiying from the same village. Both are in their thirties. Because they work in the fields for a long time, their faces are very dark from the sun, and Wu Cuiying's complexion is also a bit yellow.
"Dr. Lin."
"Brother, sister-in-law, please have a seat," Lin Qingyan said, pointing to the two chairs opposite her.
After they were seated, Lin Qingyan asked them, "Brother, sister-in-law, which of you needs to see a doctor?"
The two men immediately glanced at each other, seemingly hesitant to speak, but in the end, Jiang Tiezhu stammered and spoke first.
“My wife needs to see a doctor.” He pointed at Wu Cuiying.
Lin Qingyan was speechless. It would have been better to let Wu Cuiying say it herself.
She looked at Wu Cuiying and said, "Sister-in-law, tell me where you feel unwell."
But Wu Cuiying was in a dilemma again and looked at Jiang Tiezhu once more.
Jiang Tiezhu said, "Cuiying, just tell Dr. Lin what you have to say."
"Yes, sister-in-law, just tell me directly if you have any questions. Don't worry, I will keep your medical conditions confidential for all the patients who come here for treatment. I will never reveal your condition."
"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Cuiying hesitated for a while before finally saying, "Dr. Lin, I want a boy. Please help me. You must help me."
Lin Qingyan wasn't too surprised by what she said. Every few days, infertile women would come to her for treatment, asking her to help them conceive, and some even had specific requests regarding the sex of the child.
"Sister-in-law, please tell me the details first."
"Okay, I'll tell you. Dr. Lin, I'm pregnant."
Her gaze was somewhat vacant, and she would pause after each sentence, staring intently at Lin Qingyan.
"Okay, continue."
"I'm pregnant, but I want a boy."
Lin Qingyan understood further that the couple wanted her to turn Wu Cuiying's baby into a boy.
There have been such examples before.
A woman from a neighboring village, who had been unable to conceive a son because her family had too many girls, came to her as soon as she discovered she was pregnant, asking her to turn the girl in her womb into a boy.
She told the woman that once a woman is pregnant, the sex of the baby is fixed and cannot be changed by human intervention. Furthermore, since the baby hasn't been born yet, it's impossible to be certain that the baby is a girl.
That woman gave birth just a few days ago, and it turned out to be a boy.
They even came over specifically to thank her.
Because at that time they planned to abort the child if Lin Qingyan couldn't bear it, but they listened to Lin Qingyan and didn't abort, and they really had a son.
"Dr. Lin, we already have four daughters, but not a single son. My mother-in-law curses me, saying I'm just a womb that doesn't grow sons, and wishes you all had sons. They look down on me, and my husband and I have absolutely no status in that family."
I suspect I'm having another girl, Dr. Lin. I beg you, please help me turn this daughter into a son. Dr. Lin, you are a highly skilled doctor, renowned far and wide in this area. You can definitely help me, can't you?"
Lin Qingyan shook her head at her, "Sister-in-law, you may not want to hear what I'm about to say, but I still have to tell you that I can't do what you're asking."
Unexpectedly, Wu Cuiying became extremely excited as soon as she said it.
She jumped up from her chair. "No, no, Dr. Lin, are you unwilling to help me? You're a miracle worker! You can cure illnesses that even doctors in Beijing can't. Is there any illness you can't cure?"
Lin Qingyan could tell that he had gone mad in his desire for a son.
"Sister-in-law, calm down and sit down so I can tell you slowly."
"No, no, no. I can't calm down unless you promise to help me turn my daughter into a son."
"Sister-in-law, the baby is still in your belly. You can't be sure it's a girl. What if it's a boy?"
Upon hearing her words, Wu Cuiying was immediately stunned, her eyes darting around as if she were pondering something.
Suddenly, she shook her head again.
"Impossible, impossible. I've already given birth to four daughters, and my mother-in-law says I can't have a son. This one will definitely be a girl too. Dr. Lin, people say doctors save lives and heal the wounded. Do you think I don't want to help you just because I'm having a baby?"
"No, sister-in-law, I simply don't have the ability to change a child's gender. Not to mention me, no doctor in the world could do that. Because once a person's gender is determined, it cannot be changed."
Of course, I wouldn't reveal that I had sex reassignment surgery; that's a procedure that only came about in later generations, and current medical technology isn't advanced enough for it.
Moreover, most sex reassignment surgeries are from male to female, with a few from female to male. Furthermore, female-to-male reassignment is much more difficult than male-to-female reassignment and cannot be performed while the mother is still in the womb; it must be done after adulthood.
Wu Cuiying and Jiang Tiezhu wanted a boy to carry on the family line, so that the woman would become masculine and would not have the fertility of a man.
Wu Cuiying still didn't believe it: "Dr. Lin, is it because it's too troublesome that you don't want to help me? It's possible, it's definitely possible, you can change it to a boy, I beg you, please help me, you must help me, otherwise my husband and I will not be able to hold our heads up in that family, and I will be the one they laugh at the most."
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