Chapter 331 The "Childbirth" Situation on a Rainy Night
It took Chen Xinyue a long time to calm down before she raised her head. Her eyes were red and her voice was weak: "Sister... I... I don't feel unwell, I just suddenly feel nauseous and dizzy."
Su Yue looked at her bloodless face and her heart skipped a beat.
These symptoms...
Nausea, dizziness, and fatigue.
She instinctively grabbed Chen Xinyue's wrist, placing three fingers on her wrist.
The pulse is thready and smooth, flowing smoothly.
Like pearls rolling on a plate.
Su Yue's expression changed instantly.
Chen Xinyue is not married yet, and doesn't even have a boyfriend! If this were...
In this day and age, premarital pregnancy is a moral issue that can drive people crazy!
Su Yue took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and focused on taking the pulse again.
wrong.
Although the slippery pulse is evident, the radial pulse is weak and feeble, unlike the cheerful and vigorous pulse of a pregnancy pulse. Furthermore, the tongue coating is thick and greasy, which indicates…
"Have you been indulging in cold things lately?" Su Yue let go of her hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Xinyue nodded timidly: "It's been so hot these past few days, I... I was greedy and drank several bottles of iced soda and ate half an iced watermelon."
"That's it." Su Yue poked her forehead. "Your spleen and stomach are weak and cold, plus you've been staying up late doing experiments lately, you're exhausted. This is a false slippery pulse caused by food stagnation. It scared me to death!"
Chen Xinyue looked bewildered: "Sis, what are you scared of?"
Su Yue didn't say anything, but simply poured her a cup of hot water.
There's been a lot of gossip going around in the compound these past few days.
The wife of Battalion Commander Li from the neighboring Third Regiment had been married for three years without any sign of a child. Yesterday, her mother-in-law came all the way from her hometown and scolded her, her cries echoing through two streets.
In this enclosed environment, a woman's belly sometimes receives more attention than a man's medals.
"Xin Yue." Su Yue looked at the darkening sky outside the window and suddenly spoke, "When you look for a partner in the future, keep your eyes open. Don't go to families where they only see you as a breeding machine."
Chen Xinyue nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
"Sister, when are you and brother-in-law going to...?"
Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the courtyard gate.
This time, neither the person who came was to buy frost, nor was it the commander's wife.
But it was someone Su Yue never expected.
That was Dr. Wang, the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department, whom I had met once before at the hospital. She wasn't holding a medical record book, but she was carrying a basket of eggs, standing at the door, looking somewhat uneasy.
"Dr. Su... Dr. Su." Director Wang pushed up his glasses and lowered his voice, "I heard that you... can prescribe that kind of medicine here?"
Su Yue was taken aback: "Which medicine?"
Director Wang looked around, then leaned close to Su Yue's ear and uttered two words.
"To have a child."
Looking into Director Wang's eyes, which were filled with hope yet tinged with shame, Su Yue suddenly felt that the night on this island was a bit chilly.
She will likely face more than just blemishes and wrinkles on her skin.
And within this compound, the deepest hidden pain in the hearts of the women.
"Come in and let's talk." Su Yue stepped aside and opened the door.
Should I take this job or not?
Just then, the telephone in the room suddenly rang.
Su Yue answered the phone.
Huo Wenxuan's somewhat exasperated voice came through the receiver.
"Su Yue! Something's happened! The batch of specially made porcelain vases we were transporting to the capital has been intercepted en route!"
Su Yue tightened her grip on the microphone.
Who put it there?
"They said it was from the quarantine bureau. The reason given was that the packaging materials might carry an unknown virus."
Unknown virus?
Can porcelain fired in Jingdezhen carry viruses?
This is clearly someone who is jealous and wants to cut off her source of income.
Su Yue hung up the phone, looked at Director Wang sitting awkwardly on the sofa, and then looked at Chen Xinyue next to her with a worried expression.
She suddenly laughed.
That smile carried a chilling coldness.
"Alright. Since you don't want me to make money, let's go big."
Su Yue turned around and took out a locked black wooden box from the top shelf of the medicine cabinet.
"Director Wang, I don't have any fertility drugs. But I do have a formula here that can give a woman... a new lease on life."
"Do you dare to try?"
......
Outside the window, a bolt of lightning ripped through the night sky.
A heavy rain is coming.
The rain poured down all night.
The next day, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. Under the grape trellis in the Gu family's courtyard, the wet bluestone slabs were still damp.
"Sister, I've checked all the ledgers." Chen Xinyue held a thick stack of ledgers, her face showing dark circles under her eyes, but she was full of energy. "Yesterday's turnover exceeded 500, and after deducting costs, the net profit was 380."
Su Yue lay on the rattan chair, fanning herself with a palm leaf fan, and lazily hummed in agreement.
"From now on, you and Nanxing will handle these matters yourselves." She pointed to Gu Nanxing, who was pouring aloe vera gel into a glass bottle next to her. "If anyone causes trouble, go to the security department. If anyone wants to join, let Huo Wenxuan talk to them."
Gu Nanxing stopped what he was doing, looking shocked: "Sister-in-law, are you going to become a hands-off manager?"
"I'm just making good use of people." Su Yue covered her face with a palm-leaf fan to shield herself from the sun. "Besides, I'm a doctor. My main battlefield is the operating table, not the counter."
These past few days, she's been so focused on those few bottles of face cream that she's almost neglected her old profession.
"Qiongdao Blue" is on track, and Huo Wenxuan's daily chemical factory permits are almost all in order. At this point, it would be a waste of life to keep watching over those bottles and jars every day.
At 2 p.m. sharp, Su Yue appeared in the gynecology clinic of the military hospital.
I had just put on my white coat and hadn't even had a sip of water when there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
The door opened, and a female officer in a training uniform entered.
Judging from the shoulder insignia, he's a company commander.
He was in his early thirties, with dark, rough skin and two prominent patches of red on his face from the high altitude. His hair was cut extremely short; if you didn't look at his build, you would mistake him for a male soldier.
She walks with a brisk pace, but when she sits down at the examination table, her movements become unusually cautious, even somewhat awkward.
"Where do you feel unwell?" Su Yue asked, flipping through her medical record without looking up.
The female company commander's hands were clasped together, her knuckles covered with calluses and scars from frostbite.
"Doctor, I... have a stomachache." The voice was low and hoarse.
"How does it hurt? When does it start hurting?"
“When I have my period,” the female company commander bit her lip, which was cracked from long-term dehydration, “it hurts terribly, sometimes… sometimes I can faint on the training field.”
Su Yue paused, her pen still.
To faint on the training field? How much pain must it be in?
She looked up and carefully examined the woman in front of her.
This face is etched with the marks of time and perseverance. But at this moment, his eyes reveal an indescribable weariness and fear.
"Is there anything else?" Su Yue asked.
The female company commander was silent for a few seconds before, as if she had made a great decision, she squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "We've been married for three years and I still haven't gotten pregnant."
"Reach out your hand."
Su Yue placed her fingers on her wrist.
The pulse is deep, thready, slow, and weak; the radial pulse is almost undetectable.
"Roll up your trouser legs."
The female company commander hesitated for a moment, then rolled up her trouser legs as instructed.
Su Yue gasped.
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