Chapter 03 Rebirth in 1976: Difficulties in Having Children
The smell of blood mixed with the pungent smell of iodine.
pain.
It hurts so much.
Zhong Qiao was awakened by a beam of white light. Afterwards, her whole body felt like a giant millstone rolling over her lumbar spine, accompanied by a sore and swollen feeling in her lower abdomen. The sharp pain suddenly swept through her body, and her sweat instantly soaked the waterproof cloth of the delivery bed.
It hurts so much.
She raised her head, her hair disheveled, and dug her fingers into the waterproof cloth of the delivery room, almost screaming miserably.
What's going on?
Isn't she dead?
She was strangled to death by her scumbag ex-husband and her ungrateful son.
How could she give birth while lying in the delivery room!
Is she reborn?!
Reborn on the day of delivery!
Zhong Qiao observed her surroundings with her peripheral vision and realized that this was the scene of her giving birth when she was 19 years old.
The hospital's peeling walls, dusty ground, aging equipment and facilities, and the pale beams of light form a sharp contrast with the doctors in white coats around them.
The nurse was holding a baby wrapped in amniotic fluid in her arms. It was a small, wet ball, purple and red all over, and was still crying loudly.
She recognized her daughter, Xu Siwan.
She is giving birth to a child now.
The next one is the turn of that ungrateful person.
"Comrade, work harder."
The doctor who performed the caesarean section on her looked up and urged impatiently.
"Comrade, how can you have children when you're so distracted? Why was it so difficult for you to have these two children? Didn't everyone else go through this?"
This familiar and harsh voice brought Zhong Qiao back to his senses.
She remembered this person very well.
At that time, Zhong Qiao was 19 years old and became pregnant and gave birth to a child, which made her looked down upon by the Xu family.
On the day of delivery, other families would prepare everything the pregnant woman would need for delivery half a month in advance, but the Xu family had prepared nothing.
She had to work for the Xu family with her big belly, and even washed clothes in the dark by the river in the middle of winter. She accidentally fell and her amniotic fluid broke, leading to premature birth.
The Xu family was afraid of being criticized, so they called a few fellow villagers to borrow a tricycle to take her to the hospital on a bumpy road, and lied that she fell while working in the factory.
None of the Xu family members were willing to pay for the surgery. Xu Shaojun was still studying, so he had to skip classes and go borrow money from others.
I borrowed it and never got it back.
Zhong Qiao thought he was going to borrow money, but later she learned that Xu Shaojun actually didn't ask for it at all.
He has a strong sense of self-esteem. Even if Zhong Qiao might die on the operating table while giving birth, he would not easily borrow money for her.
This small hospital is not considered formal in the local area, but its advantage is that the surgery fees are cheap.
The doctor inside was greedy for money and had no medical ethics. When he learned that they had not paid the surgery fee, the surgeon in front of her sutured her in a hasty manner.
The stitches on his belly were sewn crookedly, and as a result, the wound became inflamed in the middle of the night and he developed a high fever.
She was in so much pain that she was dying and crying bitterly. Finally, the hospital was afraid that someone would die, so the only solution they could think of was to remove the stitches and suture the wound.
It means using a scalpel to remove the stitches on the stomach layer by layer and re-sew the wound.
In this era, anesthetics were only available in hospitals. County-level hospitals only had spinal anesthesia, and small health centers like this used emergency cesarean sections under local anesthesia.
She had no idea that she was having twins, a boy and a girl. The local anesthetic wore off quickly, leaving a deep scar on her belly and causing her severe pain. She almost died!
It’s all thanks to this unscrupulous doctor in front of me!
She was pulled back from the brink of death, and the first thing she did when she woke up was to call the police. However, her scumbag ex-husband shamelessly advised her to forgive him, and no one in the Xu family stood up for her.
When Zhong Qiao thought of the pain he felt when the knife pierced his flesh, he could not stop trembling.
In this life, no matter what, she would never let this happen.
"Telephone."
Zhong Qiao turned his head and stared at a medical staff member with his eyes fixed. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his face. Because of the intense pain, he bit his lower lip, and his blood vessels burst out from under his skin like intricate tree roots.
"I need a phone."
Everyone was stunned. A young medical staff member reacted first and said quickly, "Comrade, we can wait until after the baby is born to discuss anything we need! Your condition is very dangerous now. If you don't give birth soon, there's a high probability that you and your child will die from excessive blood loss!"
Zhong Qiao's eyes were red, but he still repeated the sentence stubbornly.
"I need a phone."
The medical staff looked at Liu Hao for help.
Telephone books are rare items and are only found in the director's office in their hospital. It's impossible to call a landline on this pregnant woman.
Liu Hao was also panicked.
I have never seen a pregnant woman like this. She gave birth to a child, then fainted, and when she woke up she was like a different person, with another child stuck in her belly. Any other pregnant woman would have been scared, but this pregnant woman, not only was she not anxious, but was even more stubborn than a cow. She really didn't care about her life!
He was now a little afraid that the pregnant woman would bleed to death in his hands.
I could only plead, "Comrade, do you have something urgent to tell us? Tell us and we'll pass it on for you, but can you give birth to the baby first?"
Zhong Qiao stared at him intently. "Liu Hao, don't think I don't know what you're thinking! No matter how good you are, you have to sew it up properly for me. My parents will pay for the surgery, not a penny less. If I suffer because of your mistake, I will definitely call the police and put you in jail for life!"
Liu Hao was shocked when he met her scarlet eyes.
It is said that this little girl suddenly went into labor while working in the factory, and was sent to the delivery room by several colleagues.
There was no sign of my in-laws' family. Only a boy dressed as a student was left. He didn't look like he could afford the surgery. After walking around for a few times, he disappeared when it was time to pay the fee.
He couldn't just let the pregnant woman die in the hospital, so he had no choice but to perform a cesarean section.
He had originally thought of just dealing with it casually while the stitches were being applied, so that the young couple would learn a lesson. However, the girl's sudden words made him feel uneasy.
and……
He clearly remembered that no one had ever told her that his name was Liu Hao.
After saying this, Zhong Qiao raised her hand, weakly pointed at a young medical staff member, and reported a number that was almost engraved in her mind.
"Remember this number and help me convey a message."
The medical staff repeated this in their mind and nodded, "What did you say?"
Zhong Qiao forced a wry smile, closed his eyes, and let the hot tears slide down his cheeks.
"Just say, I regret it!"
The young medical staff nodded.
Their hospital has helped countless pregnant women to have caesarean sections. There are also pregnant women who feel that they will not survive a difficult labor and may even lose control of their emotions on the spot and ask them to convey their last words. There is nothing strange about this. The most important thing is to have a baby.
She held Zhong Qiao's hand, letting the warmth pass into her, hoping to make the young pregnant woman feel better. She consoled her, "Don't worry, comrade. I'll contact them right away! You have to be strong. You're still young! This baby is a son. You'll have more blessings to come!"
Blessing?
Zhong Qiao smiled bitterly, thinking how lucky he was to be able to kill his mother!
"Wow--"
The cry of a baby brought everyone back to their senses.
Finally gave birth.
It's a boy.
Including the older sister, they are a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.
Liu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, but when he glanced at his sister who was born first, he felt both regret and disdain.
With the current national birth control system, it would be nice to have a big fat boy, but this girl is a money-loser. After all, a daughter will get married in the future anyway, and she will be raising children for other families. There is really no need for her to be born.
It’s better to throw it away.
Zhong Qiao didn't know that he was thinking this way.
She turned pale with pain, rolled her eyes, and was already unconscious. At the moment her pupils were completely out of focus, she saw Liu Hao picking up the cold, gleaming scalpel, preparing to sew up his opened stomach.
Finally, he closed his eyes exhausted.
When I woke up, it was already early the next morning.
There was a noisy sound of talking in my ears.
Zhong Qiao opened his eyes slightly due to the stimulation of the sunlight, his lips became dry, and he saw that familiar and disgusting face again.
Her mother-in-law, Zhou Ping.
The day after she gave birth, a fellow villager went to inform the Xu family.
Mr. Xu loves drinking and playing mahjong and doesn't bother to pay attention to these things.
Only Zhou Ping was concerned about her reputation and was afraid of being criticized by others and being branded as being harsh on her daughter-in-law, so she came to visit her with just a torn quilt on her back.
She was wearing a red floral top with washed blue pants, her short hair was messy, and there was a lingering smell of chicken shit on her body. She was smiling from ear to ear as she surrounded her newborn grandson.
"Oh my! Our Xu family finally has a successor! Look at this little face and eyebrows. They look just like our Ah Shao!"
Facing Xu Siwan beside her, she snorted contemptuously and rolled her eyes.
"This damn girl was actually born at the same time as my eldest grandson. She'd better not pass on the bad luck to my grandson."
"Hey, grandma has made up her mind. Grandson, you will be called Xu Yaozu! You will bring honor to our Xu family in the future!"
Zhou Ping couldn't wait to hold her newborn grandson in her arms and dance with joy.
He changes his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.
Zhong Qiao burst out laughing.
Xu Yaozu.
What a nice name.
You want to bring honor to your family? A man who dares to kill his own mother, be careful that the first person he kills will be your grandmother!
Zhou Ping admired her beloved grandson for a while, praising him from head to toe. Sometimes she said his nose looked like Xu Shaojun's, sometimes she said his eyes looked like... as if she never felt tired.
After a while, he stamped his feet because of the cold, and then he turned his hand to wipe out a big lump of snot, which he shook fiercely on the ground. He shook it smoothly and even his thumb could pull it.
She grabbed the white sheet under Zhong Qiao and wiped it, and there was dirt under her nails.
When holding the bowl by the mouth, the thumb was inserted into the bowl upside down.
"Here, drink quickly! Otherwise, how will there be milk to feed my grandson?"
Zhong Qiao lowered his eyes and looked down.
Just like in the previous life.
Thin rice porridge with a bowl of pickles.
This is her "nutritional meal" after giving birth to two children.
And, if she remembered correctly, Zhou Ping had another bad habit.
A bowl of leftovers can be kept forever, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter. As long as it doesn’t grow maggots, it can even “live as long as the sky.”
This bowl of porridge was thinner than water, with a few gray-brown objects floating on the surface. Upon closer inspection, they looked a bit like old tree roots that had been squeezed dry of water...
The pickles were black and gave off a rotten smell.
Not to mention a pregnant woman who just gave birth, even a man with excellent physical fitness would foam at the mouth and fall to the ground after taking a bite.
Zhong Qiao was silent.
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