Chapter 2856 Viewpoint
The shopkeeper said, "This prescription is indeed wonderful, but we haven't used it yet, so we don't know how wonderful it is. But from what you described yesterday, it's clear that this prescription alone is not enough."
He said, "This medicine is for replenishing Qi and blood, but she had heavy bleeding yesterday, and her metrorrhagia has definitely not stopped today. Yet she has the nerve not to prescribe medicine to stop the bleeding. Obviously, there is another way to stop her bleeding."
They both thought of Zhou Man's world-famous acupuncture, their eyes lit up, "It must be acupuncture, she must have used acupuncture."
The doctor agreed, lowering his voice as he continued, "When I went in to see the woman in labor yesterday, her face was completely drained of color. I saw the bloodstains in the yard and on the bed. The bleeding must have been heavy at first, but by then the amount was very small. She was able to deliver the baby under those circumstances; acupuncture must have been used."
After all, the medicines Zhou Man used were brought by him, and he saw her getting the medicines, so he knew the effects of those medicines too well.
However, the combination of the three prescriptions yesterday is still worth pondering.
The doctor took out three prescriptions from his pocket with a sly look and said, "This is the prescription I wrote down after staying up late last night to recall it."
The shopkeeper immediately took it and looked at it, and the two of them continued to think of a new prescription.
Dafu Niang also returned home cursing all the way. She cursed the people from the Guo family almost all the way back. When the people from the Guo family opposite heard her cursing, they endured it at first, but when they saw that she kept talking, they couldn't help it anymore and simply went out to curse her.
Manbao heard this from inside the house and couldn't help but sigh, "Are the relationships between you neighbors so bad?"
Dahua, who was lying on the bed, said indifferently, "The Guo family are all evil people. I don't know what evil the Wu family has done to become their neighbor."
Manbao scratched his head. If they had money, he would suggest that they sell this house and buy a new one.
Otherwise, if you have bad neighbors around, you will be angry every day, which may damage your health and shorten your lifespan. Why bother?
But the Wu family had no money and obviously could not afford the cost of moving, and they did not have the courage to do so.
She thought about it seriously and decided to help them, and also to help Bai Shan, so she said, "You can take the medicine for a day today, and you should feel better tomorrow. Do you want to ask your mother-in-law to go to the county government office for a hearing tomorrow?"
Dahua was startled, "Tingtang?"
Manbao nodded and said seriously, "Good neighborliness is a virtue. Isn't there a saying that a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative? But your two families obviously live across from each other, so the relationship should be even better. Yet, you've become so hostile to each other. Not only is this a lack of virtue, it's also a violation of the law."
She said, "I think this is all due to your lack of knowledge and ignorance of the law, which is why you act so recklessly."
"If you knew what actions violated the law and the pain of punishment, you would be restrained in your daily actions. Even if you cannot be good neighbors, at least you will not do evil things like yesterday again."
Dahua was apprehensive when she heard this. "My dear, it was the Guo family who broke the law yesterday. It has nothing to do with our Wu family, right?"
Manbao asked, "Isn't it against the law for Wu Dafu to chop people with a knife?"
Dahua's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but half-sitting up, "Are you saying that my boss attacked someone with a knife? Then, then..."
Manbao then realized that she knew nothing, so he comforted her, "Don't worry, even though you chased after him with a knife, you didn't hit anyone."
Dahua finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"But this doesn't cover up the fact that he broke the law," Manbao said, "so he is now imprisoned with the Guo couple."
Dahua was filled with worry and asked, "Is it serious? What will the county magistrate say?"
If Wu Dafu went to jail and she continued like this, her life would be even more difficult.
Manbao said: "That depends on your attitude of admitting your mistakes."
She said meaningfully, "Dahua, why are you splashing water towards the door opposite?"
Dahua's face turned pale and he said nothing.
Manbao said, "But I think the root of this matter doesn't lie with you, but with your mother-in-law and husband, as well as the people from the Guo family across the street. You've only been married in a few years, and it's clear that the two families have been at odds for a long time. You're simply on the side of the Wu family because of your stance."
"You're too powerless to influence the relationship between the two families," and you haven't made any effort to improve it. Manbao kept this to himself and said to Dahua, "So, let your mother-in-law take a look. If you and the Guo family don't plan to move, then your two families will remain across from each other for decades, even centuries. Are you really willing to be at odds with your neighbor until your mother-in-law is old, or even until death?"
Dahua clutched the quilt tightly around her, clearly not wanting to be the first to admit defeat. She gritted her teeth and said, "The Guo family killed my child."
Manbao sighed and said, "He was not killed by the Guo family, he was killed by both your two families together."
Dahua was shocked and looked at Zhou Man in disbelief.
Although Manbao felt sympathy and pity for her, it wasn't simply sympathy or pity. She said, "The child's nutrition is very poor. It's obvious that they weren't well cared for during the pregnancy. Not to mention that you were the one who instigated what happened yesterday. Although she pushed you and caused you to fall, I think you anticipated that. You just didn't expect her to be so strong and the consequences to be so serious."
Manbao pulled off her fig leaf and said bluntly, "But I think you decided on the child from the beginning, didn't you?"
Dahua didn't expect Zhou Man to be so sharp. Her hands clutching the quilt had lost color. She avoided Zhou Man's gaze with a guilty conscience and said, "She pushed me. I, I..."
Under Zhou Man's clear gaze, Dahua couldn't continue her story. She could only close her eyes and say, "Yes, I did it on purpose. The child wouldn't survive even if she was born. My mother-in-law said long ago that the family couldn't afford to raise so many children. She would drown if she was born."
Her shoulders slumped, her face numb as she said, "Since she's going to die anyway, why not die sooner? She doesn't have any memories yet. It's much better for her to die at birth, or even die directly in the womb, than to be born and cry a few times before dying."
She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to let it go when the time comes.
Manbao pursed her lips tightly, her chest filled with anger, which made her feel uncomfortable. Realizing that Dahua didn't know that she had given birth to a son, she didn't point it out, but said, "So you killed him together."
This time Dahua did not refute.
Manbao said, "The county magistrate also knows about this."
When Dahua heard this, she finally became anxious, "Then, will I be caught?"
Manbao said, "Who knows? Let's see what the county magistrate decides."
Manbao looked at Dahua, who was looking down with worry, and said, "Girls, it's okay to have a strong personality. Being strong will make your life better, and the lives of those around you better too. My mother also gave birth to many children in her life. During the most difficult times, the family could only feed the children with porridge, but she never gave up on any of them."
She went to see the eldest and second daughters playing in the mud outside. "Compared to adults, they are the real weak ones, but they all have the instinct to survive. Why would you give up your own life and the lives of others?"
Dahua listened in a daze, looking at her two daughters outside, not knowing what she was thinking.
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(End of this chapter)
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