Chai Guihong

At nine o'clock in the morning, except for a few staff members who stayed at the registration window, everyone else gathered in the small auditorium on the first floor of the office building, where the opening ceremony was being held.

It was called an opening ceremony, but in reality it was just a meeting. First the director, Yao Lin, the former director of the health institute, spoke, then the commune leaders who were invited to attend spoke, and finally the military leaders closed the ceremony.

Fortunately, they took into consideration that the hospital operations could not be stopped, and they controlled the time when speaking. So although the process was hypnotic, it did not last long. The meeting ended just after ten o'clock, and everyone returned to their work positions.

But after arriving at the clinic, someone came to inform the department that there was going to be a meeting.

The meeting was not held in the auditorium but in a small conference room in the main building. All the doctors from the General Hospital attended the meeting.

There are quite a few people in the general internal medicine department. The doctors who were originally in charge of seeing patients in the health center have basically been assigned to the general internal medicine department. It is said that the hospital originally wanted to separate traditional Chinese medicine into a separate department, but for some unknown reason, it did not do so in the end.

By the way, the director of the Punei department was named Zhou. He used to work in the Yunnan Provincial Military District Hospital. He had rich experience and good medical skills, so he took up an important position after the new hospital was established.

Director Zhou is over 40 years old, with an average height and appearance, but he is very elegant, speaks slowly and seems to be easy to get along with. But this does not mean that he has no malpractice. On the contrary, the doctors who come to support him all respect him.

You have to know that these people were not all transferred from the same unit, and they only spent half a month together. Director Zhou was able to establish himself in such a short period of time, which shows that he is not a pushover.

But when it comes to work, as long as the leader knows what is going on, not being a pushover might be a good thing.

Director Zhou was also very respectful to the old employees of the health center, especially Mr. Dong. He did not look down on Mr. Dong just because he was a transferred staff member. Instead, he respected Mr. Dong very much and deliberately let Mr. Dong sit next to him during meetings.

Although it was just an internal meeting within the department, the seating arrangements were still very particular. The higher the rank and the more experienced the person, the closer the seat would be to Director Zhou.

People like Ye Min who have just been promoted can only sit in the seat closest to the door.

Ye Min had no objection to this seating arrangement. After all, she was the least experienced among all the internal medicine doctors. But she believed that she would not sit here forever. Life was long and she could slowly climb up.

Director Zhou organized this meeting, firstly, to allow people in the department to meet each other and get to know each other, and secondly, after the establishment of the new hospital, there are many new rules that need to be notified to avoid problems in subsequent work.

Therefore, the meeting lasted quite a while and ended at 11:30.

However, old employees of the health center such as Ye Min did not participate in the whole process. It was not because they were rebellious, but even in a meeting, patients came first. Those who had patients registered could leave temporarily and go to the clinic.

Although a lot of doctors have been added to the internal medicine department after the establishment of the new hospital, local residents are obviously more inclined to see doctors they are familiar with when they get sick.

During the meeting, Director Zhou sighed in his heart while watching the old employees of the health center coming in and out. It seems that it is not easy to do the job.

Ye Min didn't know what her leader was thinking, and she didn't have much energy to explore it. Anyway, she just had to do her job well. After the meeting, she returned to the department. There were no more patients assigned to her, so she took her lunch box and left.

When they reached the hospital gate, she stood there and waited for a while. Qian Xiaoyun came out and they left together.

On the way, the two chatted about the situation in their respective departments. Qian Xiaoyun had been working there for a while and was very familiar with both colleagues. Moreover, their department was small with few staff members, so there was no conflict.

The situation is different in the general internal medicine department. Although it seems harmonious today, the staff are half old staff members of the health center and half are doctors transferred in for support. Among them, there are Chinese and Western medicine practitioners, military personnel and non-military personnel...

Tsk tsk, you don’t have to think too much to know that things won’t be peaceful inside the department in the future.

Qian Xiaoyun was a little worried after hearing this: "Will you be affected?"

"Don't worry. If the doctors in the department are divided into different levels, I, a non-professional, non-military, and newly-appointed doctor, will definitely be at the bottom of the list. I shouldn't be affected."

Ye Min thought that she didn't have much ambition. After all, climbing up the ladder would not be a matter of one or two years. As long as she didn't take the initiative to get involved and did her job well, even if she was affected, the impact should not be too great.

Anyway, she won't be fired.

Qian Xiaoyun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

When they arrived at the family compound, the two went directly to the cafeteria to get food. Ding Yang was not coming back for lunch, and Qian Xiaoyun felt it would be boring to go back alone, so he followed him to Ye Min's house.

However, before reaching home, the two went to pick up An An first.

Although the work in the finance office is relatively easy and Qian Xiaoyun is willing to take An An to work, she now not only has a job but is also pregnant. Ye Min feels embarrassed to bother her anymore, so she asks other military wives to help.

The military wife's name is Feng Li. She just came to join the army at the beginning of the year. Because of her short time and low education, she was not selected for the hospital recruitment this time.

Feng Li has many children in her family. In addition to her own two, she also raises the two children of her eldest brother who died early. She also has to give money to her parents-in-law every month because they have objections to her raising her eldest brother's children and ask for a lot of money, so the family burden is quite heavy.

Ye Min met her when she was seeing a doctor. After dealing with her several times, she felt that Feng Li was a decent person, so she approached her to discuss helping to take care of the child.

She didn't want the help in vain. She gave Feng Li eight yuan every month and only took care of An An, not having to worry about food.

Feng Li was quite happy. At that time, eight yuan was not a small amount. Many military wives in the compound worked and only earned about twenty yuan a month. If she was frugal, this was almost enough for her, an adult, to eat for a month.

Her husband is of low rank, and there are many military wives queuing up ahead of her waiting for jobs. She won't be able to find a job in the short term, so any money she can earn is good.

Raising a child is not like running a business. There is no risk of speculation. It can be said that there is no risk at all. The process is also easy. Her little daughter is not old enough to attend the seedling class, so she can take An An to play with her. She just needs to watch from the side and make sure the child does not get hurt.

When they arrived at Feng Li's house, Ye Min stood outside the yard and called out, "Is Sister Feng here?"

Although Feng Li's husband's rank is lower than Meng Cheng's, they are much older than Ye Min and his wife. Even in the border troops, there are not many people who are promoted as quickly as Meng Cheng.

Feng Li quickly walked out of the house, and when she saw Ye Min, a smile immediately appeared on her face: "Doctor Ye, you are here." She turned around and greeted An An.

Before Ye Min and Qian Xiaoyun entered the house, An An was sitting on the straw mat, watching Feng Li's little daughter playing with the string.

After watching for a while, she also wanted to try it, but her hands were too short, and the rope automatically unraveled in her hands. She pulled the rope open little by little, raised her head and looked at her friend in confusion.

The little friend was also confused. Just as he was about to speak, Feng Li's voice rang out: "You two stop playing. An An, your mother is here."

When An An heard this, she turned around and saw Ye Min and the others' voices. She immediately forgot about the rope, got up, and ran towards them tremblingly, shouting, "Mom! Auntie!"

Ye Min squatted down and held An An in her arms, and asked, "Did An An have a happy morning?"

Feng Li is a smart person. When she heard this, she took the initiative to tell her about An An's morning situation. In fact, there was nothing special. The two children had been playing with toys. She also gave the two children some biscuits to eat.

Although the eight yuan does not include snacks, Feng Li is not so stingy. She will share some food with An An from time to time. Of course, she will not just do it without saying anything. She will mention it to Ye Min intentionally and unintentionally every time.

Ye Min asked, "Really? Did An An say thank you to Auntie?"

An An had long forgotten about eating the biscuits, and it was Feng Li who answered: "I told you, An An is a very sensible child."

After the greetings, Ye Min asked An An to say goodbye to Feng Li and her daughter, and then left with her and Qian Xiaoyun in her arms.

After returning home, they washed their hands first, divided the food among themselves, ate lunch while chatting, and took a nap after cleaning the table. They slept until 1:30, then got up, sent An An, who was sleeping soundly, to Feng Li's house, and then went to work.

I work until six o'clock, get off work, go home, cook, wash up, and then go to bed.

Ye Min's schedule has been like this for several days in a row. On the surface, everyone in the department gets along quite harmoniously. Maybe there are undercurrents, but Ye Min is not involved and is not very clear.

While Ye Min was leisurely, Liang Juan was very busy, running around every day. Finally, a week after the new hospital opened, she managed to arrange the social gathering and persuaded the famous Dr. Zhai to come.

After the news came out, not only the family hospital but also the entire hospital was in an uproar. For several days in a row, everyone was talking about the social gathering.

But this matter has nothing to do with Ye Min. She is married and does not need to attend social gatherings. She is not a gossipy person and does not have the energy to inquire about these things.

She has been troubled by something else lately.

And this matter is related to Chai Guihong.

It was almost the third day after the new hospital opened that Chai Guihong made an appointment with Ye Min to consult about abortion.

When Chai Guihong came to see Ye Min, her face looked bad and her eyes were a little swollen. It was obvious that she had quarreled with her husband. Although Ye Min did not work in the Women's Federation and was not very familiar with Chai Guihong, they lived in the same compound after all, so she couldn't help but be concerned: "Wasn't everything fine before? Why did you suddenly want to have an abortion? What happened?"

When Chai Guihong heard this, tears immediately fell: "Doctor Ye, you don't know, when you told him that I was pregnant, he said he wanted to give birth to the child, but he didn't smile at all. At that time, I knew that he didn't want this child either, but he wanted to give birth to it because he didn't want me to have an abortion."

Chai Guihong wiped her tears and said, "But he must be very angry. He has a sullen face every time he comes back. Since I had this piece of meat in my belly, I have been in a bad mood and always want to vomit. I want to vomit in the morning, at noon and at night, and I always want to go to the toilet at night. I haven't slept well these days."

Ye Min was not that familiar with her and did not know how to comfort her. She could only agree, "It is indeed not easy to be pregnant. I was not easy when I was pregnant with my two children either."

"Yeah, you're still good because you're young. I'm already 36 this year, and the hardship is at least doubled. I'm already pregnant, and I've decided to have a baby. As long as a man can understand me and care about me, I can get through it no matter how hard it is. But what about him? So far, I've never heard him say a word of care for me. Last night, I got up to pee twice, and he thought it was noisy, so he got angry at me."

Chai Guihong became more and more sad as she spoke. She wiped her tears and said, "Doctor Ye, please judge. This child is not mine. After birth, it will be his father Wang's flesh and blood. I don't even expect him to take care of me. Can't he be nice to me? But he is too lazy to say a single nice word to me."

At this point, she seemed to have made up her mind: "Since he doesn't want this child, there's no need for me to take the risk of having it. I really don't want this child anymore."

Ye Min felt that her words were a bit of a taunt, but seeing her determined expression, she didn't know whether to persuade her to have the baby or to abort it. After thinking for a while, she said, "If you really don't want this child, you can go to the window and make a new appointment with the obstetrics and gynecology department. I can't perform surgery here."

"Ah?" Chai Guihong was stunned. "How could that be? Can't you check for pregnancy here?"

"I can tell you that you are pregnant, but abortion requires curettage, which is also a minor operation. In the past, health centers couldn't do it. It's only now that the scale has expanded and the obstetrics and gynecology department has been added that can do it." Seeing that Chai Guihong didn't quite understand, Ye Min continued, "Look, I gave birth to my child before, and I also went to the county hospital, right?"

Chai Guihong finally understood, but hesitated: "Is the obstetrics and gynecology doctor new?"

"They are new." Ye Min thought about it and added, "They are all female doctors."

"So..." Chai Guihong lowered her head and stopped talking.

"Whether you want to have children or not is a personal freedom, there is no need to be embarrassed."

At this point, Ye Min felt that her words seemed to be encouraging, and Chai Guihong's expression was no longer as resolute as before. She probably still hesitated in her heart, so she changed the subject and said, "But if you are unsure now, you can go back and think about it. When you are sure you don't want to have children, come back for consultation."

Although this child came at the wrong time and Chai Guihong didn't want it, she had been pregnant for several months and she was reluctant to abort it. She also felt closer to Ye Min and didn't dare to tell other doctors about this.

After thinking for a long time, Chai Guihong finally said, "Okay, I'll go back first."

…

After Chai Guihong returned, she never came to the hospital again. Ye Min knew that she had probably changed her mind and decided to give birth to the child.

But how determined she is and whether she will feel uncomfortable after giving birth to the child is hard to say now. Ye Min is just an outsider and cannot control so much.

But whenever she thought about Chai Guihong's unexpected pregnancy, she always felt uncomfortable. She wanted to do something, but she didn't know how.

It wasn't until one day when she and Meng Cheng finished their exercise and he took the used condoms to burn, that she suddenly had an idea.

The next day at noon, Ye Min did not take a nap. She waited for the neighbors to finish their meals. Liang Juan finished her work and called her to her home. She went into Meng Zheng's room and asked, "Sister Liang, how have you been distributing birth control products in the past few months?"

Liang Juan thought it was wrong when she heard it, and asked jokingly: "Why? Have you run out of the money you asked me to give you at the beginning of the month?"

"It's all used up, but Meng Cheng went to the county hospital to get some back."

Liang Juan heard about this for the first time, and she said with wide eyes: "Meng Cheng is not bad! He is indeed young and strong! Is this not the first time you have done this?"

If it was a year ago, Ye Min would definitely be embarrassed to be teased like this, but after becoming a doctor, as time went by, the number of military wives who came to her for treatment gradually increased. And many of these military wives who came to her for treatment were troubled by gynecological diseases.

Ye Min didn’t know much about this before, but in the past six months, he has looked up a lot of relevant information and learned a lot of knowledge that he didn’t know before.

So she nodded frankly without blushing and said, "But that's not why I came to you to talk about this."

Seeing her serious expression, Liang Juan stopped joking and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Ye Min did not answer directly, but asked: "Do you know that Chai Guihong is pregnant?"

After Chai Guihong became pregnant, she had very strong pregnancy reactions. Before the third month, she kept it a secret when others asked her about it. Now that the time has come, she is finally not so strict anymore.

Liang Juan was well-informed and naturally knew about this.

Ye Min said tactfully: "Her pregnancy was quite unexpected. She had a lot of reactions during the pregnancy. She was also worried that it would be difficult to give birth at her age. Her husband was not considerate enough, so she didn't really want this child."

Liang Juan's eyebrows gradually wrinkled. "Her husband did something wrong. They had a quarrel a few days ago and it was very chaotic in the middle of the night. But we know it happened the next day and she didn't come to the Women's Federation to complain. It's hard for us to intervene. No, could she have gone to your hospital to register?"

In fact, these words involved the patient's privacy, and Ye Min shouldn't say them to others. But thinking of what she had to do with Liang Juan, she paused for a moment and decided to continue: "She registered with me and said she wanted to have an abortion. I asked her to register with the obstetrics and gynecology department, but she was embarrassed and said she would go back and think about it. I guess she gave up in the end."

"That's good." Liang Juan breathed a sigh of relief. "After all, it's a life. If it's just lost like this..." She didn't say anything else, but from her expression you could tell that she felt sorry for it.

"Keeping the child alive does save a life, but it's hard to say whether the child will be good in the future if he grows up in this kind of family environment."

At this time, it was common for a family to have four or five children, and sometimes as many as seven or eight. With so many children, parents naturally did not have much energy to devote to each child, so most children at this time were raised in a free-range manner.

In a family with many children, boys generally fare better. Children who are expected by their parents generally fare better than children who are not expected by their parents.

And if this unwanted child is a girl and her parents have bad tempers, being beaten and scolded at home is considered the least of her problems.

Ye Min had a friend like this. All the other children in her family, both boys and girls, went to junior high school, but she was dragged home before finishing elementary school and had to do all the laundry and cooking. When she was 15 or 16 years old, her parents married her to a man 10 years older than her for a high bride price. She committed suicide in her early 20s because she couldn't stand the domestic violence.

Although Chai Guihong is not as good as those parents, and she may not be bad to the baby in her belly in the future, but when thinking of the baby in her belly, Ye Min can't help but think of that friend.

Just like she couldn't save her friend back then, she couldn't do more for the child in Chai Guihong's belly now. All she could do was prevent more children like her friend from being born.

Ye Min said: "Speaking of this matter, Chai Guihong and his wife were wrong. If they didn't want children, why couldn't they control themselves? Why didn't they think of a way to avoid pregnancy? But I don't think they can be blamed entirely, especially Chai Guihong. She came from the countryside and didn't have much education. She probably doesn't even know what birth control products are for."

Although people may talk about some rather explicit topics in private, generally speaking, this is an era where talking about sex is taboo.

In the eyes of most people, contraceptive products are equated with sex.

Using birth control products is equivalent to telling others that we have a sexual life.

In fact, how many young couples do not have sex at all? But there is a difference between having sex in private and showing it to others.

So even though the Women's Federation distributed free family planning supplies, almost no one would actually go to get them. Even though Ye Min studied medicine, she was no exception in this regard. Every time she went to Liang Juan to get family planning supplies, she had to avoid people, for fear of being discovered.

Is it the fault of Chai Guihong and his wife for not using contraception? Perhaps, but it is not entirely their fault. Ultimately, this is a problem of concept.

But what prompted Ye Min to seek out Liang Juan was not the incident with Chai Guihong, but the fact that whenever she suggested that patients with gynecological problems use birth control products, they would blush and wave their hands in refusal.

Until now, few patients who have seen her for gynecological problems go to the Women's Federation to get family planning supplies.

After hearing what Ye Min said, Liang Juan frowned slightly: "So what do you mean?"

"I would like to ask if you can organize a physiological education meeting so that everyone can correctly understand the role of family planning products, remove the shame in this regard, and avoid similar incidents from happening again in the future."

"You have good intentions," Liang Juan first affirmed Ye Min's idea, and then said with an embarrassed look, "But you have to know that many of the military wives in our compound are from rural areas and have not received much education. They may not be able to accept what you said. Also, if we want to hold a seminar, who will give the speech?"

Ye Min asked: "Can I speak for you? I'm a doctor, so I should be able to convince you with what I have to say."

Liang Juan looked at Ye Min for a long time, shook her head and said, "You are indeed a doctor, but you are too young and your title is not enough. Besides, you are a military wife, so you are too close to everyone. People are willing to see you for treatment, but they may not trust your professionalism in this aspect. However, even if we find a professional to talk to you, it may be difficult for everyone to accept it in a short period of time, and the effect may not be good. Moreover, the seminar is not something I can do on my own. Director Li has to make the final decision. I am not sure if she will agree."

Ye Min went through several doctors in the obstetrics and gynecology department in her mind and said, "I will find the speaker. The purpose of our seminar is to benefit everyone, not to harm them. I believe that even if everyone cannot accept it at the moment, their attitude will eventually soften after a few more talks. As for Director Li, I'll trouble you, Sister Liang."

In just a few words, she explained the solution to the problem, showing that she was determined to do this. Liang Juan couldn't help but sigh: "This matter actually has nothing to do with you, and it may be thankless if you do it. Tell me, why are you wasting so much effort on this?"

“Because I’m a doctor.”

Ye Min smiled and said, "Maybe you would say that even if I am a doctor, I just need to do my job well and cure the patients who come to register. But the people who come to register are not only patients, but also neighbors. If I don't know how to avoid these problems, or I know but it is difficult to do, I might concentrate on the work at hand. But it's not that difficult. In this case, if I don't even try, I'm afraid I will regret it in the future."

Although Liang Juan works at the Women's Federation and is usually very enthusiastic, she knows that she is not that kind-hearted.

If she were alone, she would definitely not do such a thankless task, but facing Ye Min's sincerity, she really couldn't say no, so she smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll go crazy with you this time."

Ye Min quickly said, "Thank you, Sister Liang!"

Liang Juan waved her hands: "But let's make it clear in advance, I can't guarantee that I can convince Director Li. If she doesn't agree, let's forget about it, okay?"

Ye Min was not that stubborn, and she knew Director Li well. He was not pedantic and was not afraid of trouble. If even Director Li did not agree, it meant that this matter was really difficult to handle.

Since Director Li was not optimistic, she naturally would not insist on doing this matter. Anyway, she had tried her best and had a clear conscience.

Ye Min nodded and said solemnly, "Okay."