A group of people hurriedly got a letter of introduction from Zhao Zhongxing and went to the Hongqi Production Team to find the barefoot doctor Xie Fang.
Xie Fang is the only doctor in the entire production team. He is over 50 years old this year. He used to be a medicine boy in a landlord's family and was exploited miserably.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the landlords were overthrown and he became the master of his own destiny. In addition, his ancestors had been poor and exploited for generations, so he had a high status in the production brigade. Whenever there was a headache or fever in each production team, after getting a letter of introduction, they would come to see Xie Fang.
As soon as Li Fuman arrived outside the Xie family's unfinished house, he shouted at Xie Fang to save people.
Fortunately, he was lucky. It was break time and Xie Fang didn't go out to work.
Li Jinfeng and Xie Fang's wife Zheng Yonghong carried Zhang Xiu Lan in and asked Xie Fang to diagnose her.
Throughout the whole process, Xie Fang's expression was not very good.
It's over, I just sigh.
"Old Xie, what's going on? Tell me!" Li Fuman had a good relationship with Xie Fang. Seeing that Xie Fang looked unhappy, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Old Li, I won't waste my time talking to you anymore. Your daughter-in-law is pregnant!" Xie Fang said.
Li Fuman's eyes lit up when he heard this. "This is great news, a huge deal! Xiulan is pregnant, and our Li family is going to have another baby!"
Li Fuman was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Li Dahu and Li Dahe were also extremely excited.
Li Dahu is in his twenties this year. His younger siblings are very close in age to him. The only younger ones, Li Ailan and Li Aiju, are troublesome, and Li Dahu doesn't even want to look at them.
Now when I hear that I will have a younger brother or sister who is more than 20 years younger than me, I feel curious.
It was Li Jinfeng who was dumbfounded.
Zhang Xiulan is pregnant???
The baby in her belly should be her younger brother or sister in the true sense.
she……
"Don't be too happy too soon!" Xie Fang interrupted them.
"What's going on?" Li Fuman restrained the smile on his face, and his tone was a little anxious.
"Oh, Xiulan's health is too poor. I'm afraid she can't keep the baby!" said Xie Fang.
"What? It can't be saved! How...how is it possible?" Li Fuman could hardly believe it.
"Xiu Lan doesn't work hard every day, right? Her nutrition isn't sufficient, and her body is in serious condition right now. Having this child would be like taking her life. And... there's no guarantee she'll be able to carry the child to full term."
Nowadays, with poor medical conditions and insufficient nutrition, it is difficult for premature babies to survive.
In the production brigade, there was a family surnamed Liu who had a premature birth. Their child was only seven months old. The pregnant woman was carrying manure when she accidentally fell, forcing the child into the womb. After birth, they carefully cared for the child, but in the end, the child died.
The Liu family members now cry when they talk about the child.
The people of the Li family hardly dared to accept this reality.
Li Fuman said, "Isn't it all about nutrition? I have three chickens at home, and we gave all the eggs to Xiulan! If it's not enough, we can do more work and exchange them for work points. We can use the food we get to exchange for meat and fish. Is that okay?"
Li Fuman's voice was filled with pleading in the last sentence.
"Old Li, you're a smart guy. You should know what I'm talking about. These are just a drop in the bucket. The child needs to be raised for ten months. Are you going to gamble with your entire Li family?"
Xie Fang's words extinguished Li Fuman's last bit of hope.
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