Chapter 934 Auntie is not a stepmother (9)
Cao Shichu came down the mountain carrying a medicine basket, and suddenly she heard a voice not far away calling her: "Madam Shi! Madam Shi..."
She turned around and looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a woman in her thirties with a sallow face jogging towards her, calling her anxiously as she ran.
Cao Shichu stopped, and after a while, the woman stopped in front of her, panting: "You...you are Madam Shi from Taohua Village, right?"
The woman asked impatiently after she caught her breath.
"I am indeed Madam Shi from Taohua Village." Cao Shichu nodded.
"Luckily I caught up with you! Madam Shi, I was just looking for you. I'm from Guixiang Village next door. My last name is Li. You can just call me Sister Li." The woman looked at Cao Shichu carefully. "I heard that you are good at treating women's diseases, right?"
"It's OK. I can cure any disease as long as it's not too strange. Sister Li, are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Cao Shichu already understood the purpose of this woman's visit. Ever since she showed off her skills and cured the diseases of the women in Taohua Village, her reputation gradually spread, and occasionally women from other villages would come to her for treatment.
Sister Li suddenly became timid at this time, and then she looked around like a thief. Seeing that there was no one nearby, she lowered her voice and said hesitantly to Cao Shichu: "That... Madam Shi, do you have any medicine that can prevent me from having children? I don't want to have any more children. Since I married my man at the age of sixteen, I have given birth to eight children in the past thirteen years. I am really scared, but I can't not give birth to the baby. Abortion is very harmful to the body. If you are not careful, you may even lose your life. A sister-in-law in my village died of heavy bleeding due to miscarriage. I am really scared..."
Cao Shichu understood immediately. He looked at her sallow and haggard face. She was only 29 years old now, but she looked like she was already 36 or 37 years old, almost 10 years older than her actual age. It turned out that it was because she had given birth to too many children. How could she not look old? With such frequent childbirth, it was foreseeable that in ten or twenty years, there would be an old woman with uterine prolapse like her.
If you don't want to have children, the best way is to get sterilized, and the best candidate for sterilization is a man. But in this conservative and backward era, not to mention men, even women would not be willing to have someone operate on them just for contraception. Moreover, sterilization of women makes too much noise, which can easily cause controversy and harm the woman's body. It is not the most suitable contraceptive method.
Therefore, preparing contraceptive drugs is the most appropriate and safest method of contraception at present.
"Contraception, right? Sure, but I need to prepare a contraceptive pill suitable for you based on your physical condition. It's too late today, so come to my house tomorrow to see me." Cao Shichu said to Sister Li.
When Mrs. Li heard this, she was so excited that her eyes lit up when she looked at Cao Shichu, and she asked happily, "Is there really such a contraceptive drug?"
"Yes." Cao Shichu answered without hesitation.
Sister Li was so happy that she was incoherent. She added, "I, I am so happy. I don't want to have any more children in my life... Thank you, Madam Shi, you are my lifesaver... I thought I would die from giving birth one of these times, but I didn't expect that there would be a day when I wouldn't have to have any more children..."
Sister Li looked at Cao Shichu as if she was looking at the Bodhisattva Guanyin who saved her from dire straits, and she wanted to kowtow to her.
After she calmed down, she saw that Cao Shichu didn't blame her for not wanting to have children, so she asked a little embarrassedly:
"Madam Shi, don't you think it's wrong for me not to have another child? Everyone thinks it's natural for women to have children, and they should have them whenever they can, no matter how many children they have. Deliberately using contraception is against nature, after all, everyone believes in having many children, which brings happiness..."
When Cao Shichu saw her apprehensive look, he softened his tone and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with you. Giving birth to a child is very harmful to a woman's body. Every time you give birth to a child, you're walking through the gates of hell. What's more, you've already given birth to eight children. You're lucky to be able to appear in front of me now, but you may not be so lucky next time.
What is the saying "many children bring more blessings"? If the family is very rich, it is OK, because having children can be shared by multiple women, and the money can support many children.
But ordinary families cannot even feed their children if they have too many. Even if they can barely feed them, they have to suffer all their lives to keep the family from starving to death. This makes it very likely that they will be overworked and die of exhaustion before they get old. It is unlikely that they can even watch their children grow up, grow up and have their own children, so how can they enjoy the blessing of their children?
Humans are not animals that act recklessly based on their instincts without regard for the consequences. "
When Li's wife heard what she said, her heart ached and she almost cried. She held Cao Shichu's hand and said, "Only women can understand women's suffering. Men can have a good time without any burden and get a child in a few months. Naturally, they hope to have many children. But for us women, we have to be pregnant for ten months. We feel nauseous and retching in the first few months, and then our abdomen becomes as big as a basket in the next few months. We also have backaches and swollen legs and feet. Childbirth is even more painful. We have to endure several days and nights to get rid of the burden. Which woman would not be afraid?"
Sister Li's voice choked as she spoke of the sad part. She wiped her tears and calmed down after a long while. She said, "I'm sorry for complaining to you so much. Madam Shi, you are a very good person. You cured us women's illnesses and solved many problems. We all say in private that you are the one sent by God to save us women."
When Cao Shichu heard her words, he was very surprised and said, "I am not that great. I just learned some medical skills, just like an ordinary doctor treating patients. I am just a midwife and female doctor who helps people give birth."
"No, you are just that great! Although those unspeakable women's diseases won't kill people for a while, they are very tormenting and painful. But you cured them, which is like giving them a new life." Sister Li smiled and continued, "I'm not exaggerating. Haven't you noticed that since you came, whether it's Taohua Village or other villages, the women have become more cheerful? And there are fewer women with sad faces."
"Is that so?" Cao Shichu really didn't notice it at first.
"Yes." Sister Li answered affirmatively.
"Okay, stop praising me. It's getting late. You should go back early." Cao Shichu reminded her.
"Well, Madam Shi, I'm coming to see you tomorrow. Can you just say that I'm just here to see you for an ordinary gynecological disease, and not for contraceptive pills?" Sister Li asked her eagerly.
"Okay, I can also make the medicine into pills for you. You can just take one pill after you're done with that." Cao Shichu said, understanding her dilemma.
"Mrs. Shi, you really are the Bodhisattva Guanyin!" Sister Li's eyes were red again.
(End of this chapter)
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