Shortly after Qi Xinlan and Xu Minghao finished their meal, the woman in labor next door was pushed back by her family.
The woman in labor looked to be about thirty years old. She had no flesh on her face and high cheekbones. Her face was pale, her lips were tightly pursed, and her forehead was covered with sweat. She seemed to be in great pain.
The old woman standing nearby, holding the child, looked disgusted and kept muttering, "How hypocritical! You had to rush to the hospital just to give birth, and after all this time, you lost my grandson and got a money-losing baby instead!"
"Okay, Mom, stop talking. I'm hungry. Go buy me some food." The man was also very annoyed. The fortune teller had clearly said that the baby would be a boy, but it turned out to be a girl. There were already three money-losing babies in the family, and now there was another one. How could they afford to raise it?
When the old woman heard her son say he was hungry, she reluctantly closed her mouth, put the child down and prepared to go out.
At this time, a nurse came in and said, "Bed 35, this is the bill, please go and pay the bill."
"What!? 100 yuan, that's too expensive, nurse, are you kidding me?" The man's eyes widened when he saw the fee on the bill!
"You are not mistaken. Your wife is having a difficult delivery. The cost of surgery plus medicine is so much. You should pay it quickly. Your wife's health cannot be delayed. She needs to take medicine immediately, otherwise it will be difficult for her to have children in the future." The nurse said seriously.
"What!? Can't have children?" The old woman's face changed immediately when she heard that it was difficult to have children.
"No, it's difficulty in giving birth, not that you can't give birth. If you don't pay the fee quickly, the longer you delay, the more disadvantageous it will be for the mother!" The nurse saw that the man and the old woman had changed their expressions, and felt a little sympathy for the mother. This mother and child are really the best!
Ever since she learned that the woman had given birth to a daughter, the old woman started making a fuss at the door of the delivery room, saying that their hospital had replaced her grandson.
God knows! They're the only ones in the delivery room today. Where can they go to change their baby? It's really unreasonable!
But they just wouldn't listen until Dr. Huang came and tried to persuade them with kind words.
"Da Li, did you hear that? Your wife can't have children, so why are you still staying in the hospital? Go home quickly, why are you wasting your money?" When the old woman heard about the difficulty of having children, what's the difference between that and being unable to have children?
"Yes, nurse, since we can't have children, we won't pay the fees. Just arrange for us to be discharged from the hospital." Li Dali also agreed with his mother's words.
"What are you doing? The woman has just experienced a difficult delivery and is very weak. She needs treatment. Wouldn't it be like asking for her life if you discharge her now?" The nurse was furious.
"Bah, what do you mean by life or not? She is just a worthless life! It would be better if she died, I will find another one for my son. Even if her belly jumps three times, she is still a waste of money! She is just a useless thing!" The old woman spat and cursed.
"Nurse, we don't have that much money. Just arrange for us to be discharged from the hospital and we can go home to recuperate." Li Dali also spoke with a cold expression.
"Wu Hua, do you also agree to be discharged from the hospital?" The nurse was so angry with the two people that she had to turn around and ask the woman in labor lying on the hospital bed.
Wu Hua's face was pale, she didn't say a word, her lips were trembling, and tears were welling up in her eyes.
"Wu Hua, you have to be sensible. You won't be able to have children in the future anyway. Staying in the hospital will only be a waste of money. You know our family is not rich. Instead of wasting this hundred yuan, it's better to go back and stew a chicken for you to nourish your body." said the old woman.
"Yes, wife, you have to be more sensible. There are so many mouths to feed at home." Li Dali also advised.
"Okay!" Wu Hua thought about the situation at home, closed her eyes, and finally compromised.
"Nurse, my wife has agreed. Please arrange for us to be discharged from the hospital!" Li Dali immediately said to the nurse impatiently when he saw that his wife had agreed.
"Wu Hua...you have to think carefully. You are very weak now. If you are forced to be discharged from the hospital, your life may be in danger!" The nurse was a little embarrassed.
"Nurse, I've thought it through. Please arrange for me to be discharged from the hospital." Wu Hua said weakly.
Seeing this, the nurse shook her head, sighed, and was about to go out when she was blocked by a dusty couple coming towards her.
"No! Nurse, our daughter can't be discharged from the hospital. I'll pay the difference."
"Dad, Mom, why are you here?" Wu Hua burst into tears when she saw her father and mother.
"If we didn't come, would you just ruin your body like this?" Mother Wu held her daughter in her arms, her eyes red.
"Mother-in-law, father-in-law, why are you here?" The old woman came forward and said with a smile.
"Tian Damei, your family is so cruel. We married our daughter to your family, and this is how you treat her? You let her be discharged from the hospital right after she gave birth? What are you thinking?" Father Wu said with his eyes wide open.
"No, father-in-law, please listen to my explanation. The nurse said that your daughter can't have children. I think it's a waste to keep her in the hospital. It's better to keep this money for your daughter to have a good confinement period without having to stay in the hospital." Tian Damei explained, but she was very dissatisfied in her heart. Why spend this money if she can't have children?
"I didn't say that. The doctor just said that the mother has difficulty giving birth. If she takes good care of herself, she can still give birth! Don't let your imagination run wild! I'm telling you, if we discharge the mother now, it will be like asking for her life. She is very weak now and needs treatment." The nurse was immediately displeased when she heard Tian Damei throwing the pot on her.
"Okay! You, Tian Damei, you let my daughter be discharged from the hospital because you want to kill her, right?" Mother Wu's angry eyes were like two sharp swords, shooting straight at Tian Damei, as if to pierce her!
"Nurse, give me the bill, I'll go pay it!" Father Wu didn't want to waste any more time talking to the Li family, so he said to the nurse.
Next, Wu's father went to pay the fees, Wu's mother stayed to take care of Wu Hua, and Li's mother and son went back.
"Hua'er, have you named this child yet?" Mother Wu said with a smile, holding her granddaughter.
"Mom, take her away. I don't want to see her!" Wu Hua said with a cold look on her face.
"What's wrong with your child? Look how cute this child is!" Mother Wu frowned and held the child up to show Wu Hua.
"I told you to take her away. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have done this!" Wu Hua was very impatient.
"What are you talking about? What does this have to do with the child?" Mother Wu scolded with a dark face.
"If she was a son, mother-in-law and Dali would definitely be very happy, and things wouldn't be like this. It's all her fault! It's all her fault!" Wu Hua said as she became a little crazy.
Qi Xinlan, who watched the whole process, couldn't help but frown. It seemed that people in this era were inexplicably obsessed with giving birth to boys. It wasn't like there was an heir to the throne in the family!
But Qi Xinlan didn't meddle in other people's business! In this kind of situation, if the parties involved think that having a boy is the best, then no matter how others try to persuade them, it will be useless!
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