Chapter 412
Another Emu came over and said, "I heard that children with this disease don't survive to adulthood. It's better to not have the child and have another healthy one."
There was a look of disapproval on her face, as if it was just a trivial matter.
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense!" When Aunt Wu heard this, she immediately slapped her, her eyes full of blame.
She quickly turned her head to look at the courtyard gate, and when she saw that there was no movement, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and said:
"How can I give up the flesh that fell off my body? Besides, Yaya is so well behaved. She never needs to be coaxed when taking injections or medicine. I hope the Buddha will bless her and let her get better soon!"
Aunt Wu clasped her hands together and shook them gently, her eyes full of love and blessings for Yaya.
The am curled his lips, turned his gaze to Su Miao, and forced a smile on his face: "Miao Miao, you are educated, tell me if this disease can be cured."
Su Miao nodded seriously and said with a firm look:
"There is now a special research group at the Medical University studying and treating this disease, and some results have been achieved in recent years.
Technology is advancing rapidly, and with the development of medicine in the future, there will surely be more effective treatments."
Seeing that he couldn't chat with the two of them, Am smiled awkwardly, went back to light the fire, and muttered something.
What Su Miao said was indeed correct. The Guangxi region attached great importance to the prevention and treatment of thalassemia.
In the years that followed, relevant departments invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and gradually established a complete prenatal screening and treatment system.
Since 2019, Gui District has promoted free thalassemia screening, free genetic diagnosis and free prenatal diagnosis.
Thalassemia hemoglobin analysis and rescreening and fetal medical intervention for severe thalassemia will be included in the scope of free services.
Provide "five free services" for people who are married and have children, implement a policy of free services throughout the entire process to benefit the people, and achieve full coverage of the policy.
After decades of unremitting efforts by two generations, birth defects have been reduced, the birth of fetuses with severe thalassemia has been avoided, the quality of life of patients has been improved and even cured, which has greatly reduced the huge burden on families and society and achieved remarkable results.
However, Su Miao is unaware of the result of this development. She only feels that Yaya is very pitiful. Such a well-behaved and lovely little sister has to suffer so much.
The next day while eating, Su Miao thought about this matter and asked his father seriously:
"Dad, have you ever been tested for thalassemia? That's Mediterranean anemia. Have you ever been tested before?"
Su Yuanzheng answered while eating:
"Yes, I have. Your grandfather used to have special treatment. Your mother and I had a premarital checkup before we got married. We came to Yongcheng and had the test at the Medical University. It was free of charge."
"Is that so? What's the result?" Su Miao asked.
"Your mom has this thing called the Beta type, a symbol that looks like a letter. I don't recognize it either."
Su Yuanzheng put down his chopsticks and said helplessly that he really didn't recognize the symbol.
"She has it? Will I have it too?"
Su Miao suddenly became nervous, thinking to herself: He really hasn't done anything good, but he's just dragging his feet. However, she was only worried for two seconds before she was comforted by her father.
"It's okay, I don't have any. I had blood drawn for a checkup when you were born. Just let me do it. It's okay."
Su Yuanzheng smiled and gave his daughter a reassurance.
Su Miao felt relieved, turned to look at Sister Hui and Brother Yu, and said, "Sister Hui and Brother Yu, have you checked it out? Why don't you go and get it checked out so you can be more careful next time."
Hui Jie and Yu Ge were confused. What was this "poor" thing? What was that? Did they need to be checked even if they weren't sick?
Su Yuanzheng had received publicity at work before, and now he nodded and said, "It's good to get checked, but it seems that few people in our family have this gene."
"Hmm? Why?"
"Isn't this gene more common in the southwest? Our ancestors came from Shandong and didn't have it.
But after thousands of years of integration, there are still a few people who are brought along, but not that many.”
Su Miao asked in surprise: "Really? We really came from Shandong? When we were selling roasted pigs, I thought Second Uncle just said it casually."
Su Yuanzheng answered seriously, "It's true, but it happened a long time ago and has nothing to do with the present.
At that time, they brought a family of several hundred people here, and then intermarried with the Zhuang people here, and gradually spread.
There are some scattered in several villages around us, but the one enshrined in our Su family ancestral hall is the real ancestor."
Su Miao asked with great interest, "Where are you from Shandong? Do we have an ancestral hall or something there?"
"I don't know about that. We rarely talked about it before. Maybe Seventh Uncle still knows about it.
However, the family tree and the books passed down from the past have all been burned, and many of the relationships have been severed."
Su Yuanzheng sighed, a look of regret on his face.
Burned? Something so important burned? That could only be the time.
Su Miao said with great pain, "Was it passed down by our ancestor who was a high-ranking official? That's... an ancient book!"
Su Yuanzheng touched his chin and said, "I don't know if it was passed down by our ancestors, but it must be an ancient book.
After our ancestor, many people became officials, and many joined the army in recent years. One of them even became a brigade commander!
What a pity, they were all killed. Of those who died at the same time as your grandfather, only your grandfather could come back."
Su Miao couldn't help but sigh. His ancestors had many remarkable predecessors who did not choose to stay out of trouble in the chaotic times.
Su Yuanzheng suddenly remembered something and said, "But there was a plaque in the past, which was given by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. It must be an old item."
Su Miao regained his spirits and asked anxiously, "Where is it? Where is it? Could it be burned too?"
Su Yuanzheng shook his head: "I really don't know, it was stolen by someone and then disappeared.
Whether it was burned or secretly hidden is unclear."
Su Miao's face was filled with disappointment, and he asked unwillingly, "Is there no clue at all? That's something our ancestors left behind."
Su Yuanzheng said helplessly: "I do know who was the leader, but at that time your grandfather retired and came back with relatives to look for him.
The man said that it had been smashed and burned to ashes long before that, and nothing could be done about it after that.”
"Huh? Grandpa came back from retirement and looked for it? Does that mean it was stolen before Grandpa retired? Why doesn't the timeline match?"
"Oh! You're young and you always think that things only happened during that period, but in fact, there were a lot of things happening before that.
Stop talking about it, stop talking about it, it’s all ancient things, even I don’t understand it clearly, so what can you do about it?”
Su Yuanzheng waved his hand and didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.
Su Miao said he would not ask, but he kept the matter in his heart and planned to ask his seventh uncle about it the next time he went back.
If we can really find out who has the plaque, we must find a way to get it back later. It's something left by our ancestors!
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