Aunt Fan also hurriedly said: "Miss Xia, you saved our lives and forgave me for my mistakes. We can't repay you enough, so how can we accept your things! ..."
Xia Shige interrupted her directly: "Aunt Fan, you can just call me Xiao Xia! Don't be polite with us, we are all neighbors, it is only natural for us to help each other. This is what I stockpiled before the natural disaster. Although it is milk powder for middle-aged and elderly people, it is still milk powder after all. You can make do with it!"
Afraid that the Fan family would refuse again, Xia Shige said directly: "During a natural disaster, it is natural for neighbors to help each other. Just accept it and treat it as a gift to a friend!"
Aunt Fan is smart and worldly-wise. You won't suffer any loss if you make a neighbor like her at this time.
Sun Yuegui also chimed in: "Yes, if our family has difficulties in the future, I'm afraid we will have to ask you for help. Neighbors help each other, so don't refuse."
After saying that, Sun Yuegui turned around and looked at Wang Shujuan, whose face was so thin that it was sunken, with affection, and continued, "Besides, you are still so thin even though you are pregnant. You need to eat some more."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Fan was so moved that she burst into tears and almost kneeled down to Xia Shige again.
Sun Yuegui was quick to act and immediately pulled Aunt Fan up and made her sit on the bed.
Then Sun Yuegui turned to look at Wang Shujuan and asked with some concern: "When is the due date? Has everything about the birth been arranged?"
Wang Shujuan's smile was bitter, and she replied, "There is still more than a month left, and I will be at home."
Private hospitals are now extremely expensive, and public hospitals have admitted too many people, and the medical system is close to collapse. Ordinary people have no money and cannot afford private hospitals. They have to grit their teeth and endure illnesses, and can only give birth at home if they are pregnant.
There were no doctors or nurses, no medicines or equipment. They had to use the most primitive method, a few woolen cloths, a basin of hot water, and it all depended on the pregnant woman's own efforts and luck.
But Yuyu is wandering on the gates of hell.
Xia Shige still remembered that there was an emperor in ancient China whose concubines gave birth to more than a dozen children. According to historical records, more than half of these children died due to dystocia during childbirth.
Even the precious royal concubines were like this, which shows the dangers and sufferings that sex education brings to women.
During this period, some pregnant women in the community of Qidu gave birth at home, but few of them were safe.
Wang Shujuan had also read the group messages and knew that most other pregnant women in the community had a high chance of death after giving birth, so she had already prepared herself mentally...
The baby in Wang Shujuan's belly was completely an accident.
Both Wang Shujuan and her husband had a difficult time getting pregnant. After being married for several years, Wang Shujuan's belly was still flat. It was only a few years ago that they gave birth to a son through in vitro fertilization.
Because both of them had difficulty conceiving, they did not take any contraceptive measures. But they never expected that Wang Shujuan became pregnant a few months ago!
After hearing the news, the whole family was stunned.
After some discussion, the family decided to keep the child.
Because Wang Shujuan's husband also had a job after the natural disaster, they calculated that if they saved money during this period and sold some furniture and jewelry later, they would be able to save enough money for Wang Shujuan's delivery in a private hospital.
But God always likes to play jokes on people. Some time ago, the community in Qidu suffered a terrorist attack, and Wang Shujuan's father died in that terrorist attack.
Wang Shujuan lost her husband, Aunt Fan lost her son, the children lost their father, and the family’s only source of income was gone.
As the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly, and the blow to this family is yet to come.
Just three days after Wang Shujuan's father passed away, her son also started to have a high fever and antipyretics were of no use.
In order to take their child to the hospital for treatment, Aunt Fan and Wang Shujuan spent all their savings and sold their valuable clothes and jewelry.
Fortunately, the child was rescued, but the family became penniless from then on.
In order to provide nutrition for her grandson who had just recovered from a serious illness and the pregnant Wang Shujuan, Aunt Fan later sold some of the furniture in her home in the second-hand market in exchange for food.
Now her family is barely surviving, and it is impossible for them to give birth in a private hospital.
After hearing this, Xia Shige and Sun Yuegui looked at each other, and saw sympathy and helplessness in each other's eyes.
Natural disasters are ruthless and the blow to every family is devastating.
The two could only comfort Aunt Fan and Wang Shujuan with a few words, then got up and said goodbye and left.
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