Chapter 519: Medicine Heals the Fated One
The next day, Lu Ye still went to work early as usual.
After waking up, Bai Zhi planned to go shopping for New Year's goods again.
Today's main task is to buy food.
I bought things that are easy to preserve before, but today I need to buy vegetables and fresh meat.
Now we have refrigerators, and we have a place to store things.
She doesn't plan to invite Liu Guifang along today.
After all, Liu Guifang didn't have much to buy, and inviting her along was just to keep her company.
Besides, she bought too many things, which made Sister Liu feel somewhat disappointed.
While others drink soup, you eat chicken legs; not making a smacking noise is also a form of kindness.
As a result, as soon as Bai Zhi went downstairs, she ran into Liu Guifang, who was vividly recounting to two other female comrades whom Bai Zhi had never met the day before the harrowing experience when Political Commissar Zhang's son fell ill.
As soon as Liu Guifang saw her, she greeted her warmly with a smile.
"This is Bai Zhi, the wife of Deputy Battalion Commander Lu. It is thanks to Xiao Bai's timely treatment of Xiao Wei that the consequences would have been unimaginable."
"Xiaobai, this is Instructor Zhao's wife, Wang Xiufen, and Deputy Company Commander Zheng's wife, Xiao Zhang."
"Hello, sisters-in-law."
"Deputy Battalion Commander Lu's wife is so beautiful. They are a perfect match."
"Yes, she's not only beautiful, but also has excellent medical skills."
Everyone showered Bai Zhi with praise.
The close call with Political Commissar Zhang's child yesterday really terrified everyone.
The fact that Angelica dahurica saved the child also saved everyone's lives.
It's no exaggeration to say that it's everyone's life.
That child has been cared for by everyone until now.
Those are the children of martyrs; we cannot afford to make any mistakes.
Bai Zhi said to Liu Guifang and the others, "I plan to go to the market to buy some vegetables and stuff."
"Let's go together. Our work has just slowed down, and we were planning to go out and buy some things."
Everyone has been on holiday these past few days, especially the women in the compound.
Everyone is busy buying New Year's goods and preparing for the Spring Festival.
"I'll call out 'Yu Mei'."
Liu Guifang was a kind-hearted person in the compound, and she was also quite close to Wang Yumei. So when the two women went shopping together, they would definitely call out to Wang Yumei.
Wang Yumei had a fight with Lao Zhou, and he stayed at his workplace last night and didn't come home. She listened to the happy laughter of the couple next door and couldn't sleep well all night because of her depression.
At this moment, when Liu Guifang called out, they came down.
It has to be said that people admire the strong.
After yesterday's events, Wang Yumei's gaze towards Bai Zhi changed.
They were no longer so hostile.
Currently, there is more exploration and confusion regarding Angelica dahurica.
I don't understand how Bai Zhi, who is only in her early twenties, could have such superb medical skills.
She always felt like she was just lucky.
But since everyone praised Bai Zhi, she couldn't openly question anything.
Time will tell.
Let her gloat for now.
Walking down the street, everyone was chatting and laughing, but Wang Yumei remained silent with her head down. Liu Guifang asked with concern, "Yumei, why do you look so listless today? Are you in a bad mood?"
Xiao Zhang said, "How could she be in a good mood? She and Lao Zhou had another fight."
"What?" Wang Xiufen's lips twitched slightly. "Why do you two always argue? It's almost Chinese New Year, what's there to argue about?"
As someone with experience, Wang Xiufen succinctly pointed out, "I think what you two are lacking right now is a child. When two people have been together for a long time without having children, the relationship gets boring. Once you have a child and form a family of three, it will be a completely different situation."
Wang Yumei sighed, "How could I not understand this principle?"
"What's going on? Didn't you stop working and stay home to recuperate? You look great, but there's no sign of pregnancy?"
Wang Yumei was furious when she talked about it.
He shook his head listlessly.
In order to focus on conditioning her body and preparing for pregnancy, she took a leave of absence without pay and had her family find a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to treat her for almost half a year.
I even got a nosebleed from taking so much tonic.
Menstrual flow also increased.
Anyway, I have plenty of energy and blood.
But there was still no sign of pregnancy.
Wang Xiufen looked at her with a puzzled expression, then offered a suggestion, "That's strange. Why don't you go to a big hospital for another checkup? I heard that the equipment in big hospitals in the city is very accurate. If there's any inflammation or tumor in your abdomen, they can detect it."
Wang Yumei said, "I've also had an ultrasound done. There is a little inflammation, but it's not a big problem."
Liu Guifang knew that Wang Yumei was worried about having a child, so she comforted her, "Since the tests are all normal, just relax and let nature take its course."
Bai Zhi walked alongside them, listening to their casual conversation the whole time.
Her expression became subtle when she heard someone say, "Let nature take its course," ending the conversation.
Why doesn't anyone mention the third company commander?
If the woman's test results are normal, shouldn't the man also be tested?
Alternatively, both partners should undergo physical examinations simultaneously when trying to conceive.
They are all educated and hold positions, yet they lack this awareness.
After years of practicing medicine, she observed a phenomenon: regardless of social class, people generally take it for granted that the problem with childbirth lies with women.
Infertility is a woman's problem.
If a woman gets pregnant but can't keep the pregnancy, it's because her womb is not cooperating.
The men only care about sowing seeds; whether or not they can grow depends entirely on the soil.
I never doubt the quality of the seeds.
Even after many years and with the development of the times, this phenomenon will still be prevalent.
She wasn't familiar with Wang Yumei, and Wang Yumei even harbored inexplicable hostility towards her.
Therefore, Bai Zhi did not participate in their conversation.
As they approached the market, Liu Guifang glanced at Bai Zhi, seemingly remembering something. Her eyes flickered, and she smiled at Wang Yumei, saying, "I've heard that healing depends on fate. The doctors you saw before didn't seem to work for you, maybe you just weren't meant to be with them."
She pulled Bai Zhi in front of Wang Yumei and said excitedly, "Isn't this Xiao Bai a traditional Chinese medicine doctor? Why don't you let Xiao Bai take a look at you? Maybe a different doctor can cure you."
Wang Xiufen chimed in, "Yes, yes, that's true. Some people need several doctors to help them recover from an illness."
When Liu Guifang and Wang Xiufen came up with their idea, Bai Zhi and Wang Yumei remained silent.
It's clear that one person is unwilling to treat the patient, and the other doesn't trust the other.
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Fortunately, we had arrived at the market. The market before the New Year was bustling with activity, filled with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares.
This quickly broke the awkward silence.
Bai Zhi saw red lanterns for sale on the street, as well as couplets, door gods, and kitchen gods, which looked very festive.
Bai Zhi asked them, "Sister Liu, Sister Wang, are you buying couplets?"
"Buy one, buy one for the front door, just for good luck."
"Let's go pick one out."
Several women each picked out a couplet.
A pair costs 50 cents.
They continued browsing, and as they passed a clothing store, Wang Xiufen asked Liu Guifang, "Didn't you buy Xiaokai any new clothes this year?"
Liu Guifang said, "I won't buy any more. I'll wait until school starts. It's still cold now. If I buy something thick, I can only wear it for a few days. If I buy something thin, I won't be able to wear it for the New Year. Clothes are ridiculously expensive before the New Year, and there's no bargaining. I'll buy them when school starts. Spring clothes will be cheaper then."
"Yes, it will be warm when school starts."
Speaking of buying clothes for the children, Liu Guifang sighed again, "I don't think Political Commissar Zhang has thought of buying new clothes for the children. Xiao Kai is old enough that it doesn't matter whether we buy him new clothes or not, but Xiao Wei is only six years old. I feel really bad if he doesn't wear new clothes for the New Year."
Her face was full of heartache, and her voice trembled with tears, "I'm afraid his mother in heaven will be heartbroken watching this."
Wang Xiufen wiped away her tears and sighed, "I originally wanted to buy a set for the child, but... after all, Political Commissar Zhang is a leader, and my husband Zhao is just an instructor. I was afraid that buying clothes for the child would be misunderstood as us currying favor with the leader, so I had to avoid suspicion."
Liu Guifang naturally shared the same concerns. "Who can argue with that? It's fine to take care of things normally, but I'm afraid people will misunderstand and gossip if I buy things for them."
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