Chapter 38038 Inside and Outside the Door & Pregnant Woman with Tuberculosis
Shu Jinyue asked Li Yulan to help her look after the office while she went home to pack two sets of clothes, wondering what would happen if she couldn't come back that day. Anyway, tomorrow is Sunday, so not being able to come back won’t affect my work.
Who would have thought that she actually guessed it right!
Lijia Village is located on the outskirts of the city, with convenient transportation. In addition, Li Yulan and her second brother drove a tractor to pick up Jin Yue, so they had no delays on the road and arrived at the village entrance in about 40 minutes.
Compared with the smelly and messy slums, Lijia Village with its picturesque scenery, singing birds and fragrant flowers is simply a paradise. When Shu Jinyue thought about the future expansion of the Book City, this area would be built into the world-famous Book City University Town, and these local farmers would become demolition households...
What a good day this is!
If she had the means, why would she buy a house in a slum? She should buy it here. That's called investment.
Unfortunately, he was short of money, and his second brother had not yet saved enough money to buy a small house. Thinking about this and that, Shu Jinyue looked very worried.
Li Yulan thought she was afraid that she couldn't cure her sister-in-law's illness, so she held her arm after getting off the tractor, "Jinyue, don't be nervous, just do your best. My brother and sister-in-law are reasonable people, they can understand."
"I told you that you are braver than those doctors. I just said it casually. Don't worry about it. If they don't dare to treat you, it's okay. Don't feel psychologically burdened."
"You don't have to worry about my parents. My mom is the most reasonable person. She is also the women's director of our production team. Although my dad is stubborn, he listens to my mom. It was my mom who suggested that the child be given my third sister-in-law's surname. He was not happy at first, but he had to listen to my mom in the end."
"Yes, this is my home. Our old house was in the village. Later, there were too many people in the village to accommodate it, so my mother moved to the end of the village. The house is built in a remote place, but it is quiet."
Shu Jinyue looked at the large blue brick and tile house she pointed at and thought it was really grand, spacious, bright and clean. There were several fruit trees planted in the yard, and under the fruit trees there were some green vegetables such as onions, garlic sprouts and leeks. In the vegetable garden, an old hen with reed catkins was leading seven or eight yellow chicks, looking for insects to eat.
The yard was clean, without any chicken manure to be seen. It was obvious that the Li family was a very clean family.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the house and saw the simple but neat and clean furniture, Shu Jinyue became more convinced of this idea.
"This is the room of my third brother and his wife." As he was speaking, Third Brother Li opened the door and came out.
"Hello, Dr. Shu, I am Yulan's third brother."
Shu Jinyue nodded at him, "Hello, Third Brother Li."
Third Brother Li had a worried look on his face, his brows knitted tightly together, and his lips were dry and peeling like a piece of dry land: "Excuse me, Doctor Shu, Yulan has already told you about my wife, right?"
As they were talking, a cough was heard in the room.
Jin Yue nodded and entered the couple's room. The windows were covered with oil paper and a layer of newspaper. The light transmittance was not very good, but there was no odor. Brother Li San cleaned it every day.
Mrs. Li San was a dark and thin woman, two or three years older than Li Yulan. She struggled to sit up, and Brother Li San quickly supported her, "Slow down, don't worry, Doctor Shu will come to see you, don't move."
Because I am thin, my belly looks particularly big.
"How many months has it been, Mrs. Li San?"
"It's almost five months, cough cough... cough cough... everyone says... cough cough, they all say my belly is big."
Brother Li San hurriedly fed her water, patted her back and raised her head with a pillow, his movements were very skillful.
It can be seen that the Li family has a very good family tradition. Although they are also from the countryside, their family tradition is really different from that of the village he had lived in. Shu Jinyue thought to himself and sat down on a small stool next to the bed, asking about Li Sansao's situation in detail.
Such as when was the last menstrual period and whether you have had a prenatal check-up.
"We live in the countryside, and I only had my blood drawn once when I was pregnant, and I haven't had any checkups since then."
Shu Jinyue nodded and said nothing. This was limited by the conditions. "Please tell me in detail about your cold and fever that day."
Many diseases start with a fever, similar to the symptoms of a cold, but whether it is a cold or a fever is not up to the patients themselves.
"That day, I was almost four months pregnant. I hadn't been back to my parents' home for a long time, so I wanted to go back. But it started raining halfway on the way. Yulan's brother was worried that the road was slippery and unsafe, so he told me not to go. I sneezed a few times on the way home, and I had a fever that night."
Shu Jinyue tried his best to ignore the intermittent coughing sounds and extract useful information.
As for how high the fever was, they didn’t know. There was no thermometer at home, and there was no barefoot doctor at the brigade. “The next day, Yulan’s brother took me to the commune hospital…”
The diagnosis and treatment process was the same as what Li Yulan said, Shu Jinyue focused on the most recent one, "The doctor at the county hospital suspected it was rheumatoid arthritis and needed to use some kind of loosening medicine, but I was pregnant and was afraid it would cause fetal malformation, so I couldn't use it."
"Prednisone." Jin Yue replied, and then looked at the medicines she had taken, which were some very safe painkillers, but the effects were not very good.
"Lift up your trouser legs so I can see your kneecaps."
Her bones were very thin, with no redness, swelling or deformity on the surface. Jin Yue touched them with both hands and didn't feel any growth.
But it is impossible for the bones to hurt for so long without any reason. Shu Jinyue knew that he must have misunderstood something or made a mistake. "Let me check your pulse."
If the gestational pulse is normal when you put three fingers on it, it means the fetus is fine.
But Shu Jinyue could also clearly feel that the pulse was fine, especially the inch part of the right hand, which governs the lungs.
It was obvious that her lungs were deficient in yin. Jin Yue looked at her face again and said, "Brother Li San, please open the window."
"I'm afraid the cold wind will make her cough worse..."
"It's okay. The ward also needs some fresh air every day. Please open it."
As the window slowly opened, Shu Jinyue realized that he almost misdiagnosed her. Mrs. Li's face appeared bright red under natural light, especially the position of her cheekbones, which was completely consistent with her pulse!
Just now, I walked from a brightly lit place to a dimly lit room, so I couldn't see clearly. Now I can see her original skin color.
“Do you sweat when you sleep at night?”
"Yes, a lot of it came out, and I wiped it all off for her."
"At 3 or 4 in the afternoon, do your cheekbones feel very hot?"
"Yes, yes, that's right." Brother Li San became excited. He began to believe what his sister said. Shu Jinyue might really be capable. They had seen so many doctors, but no one could have discovered her problem.
When he first saw his sister bringing back a girl younger than her, it would be a lie for Brother Li San to say he wasn't disappointed, but since he was already here, he couldn't show his suspicion on his face.
However, Shu Jinyue's mood did not improve. She heard a click in her heart, as if saying two words - it's over.
Yes, Shu Jinyue felt that she was really not clear-headed today. She should wear a mask when encountering a coughing patient. Lao Zhu also gave everyone enough masks and placed them in the medicine room, but why didn't she think of it?
Perhaps at the beginning, she was led astray when Li Yulan said that her third sister-in-law had a "cold" and a "cough".
Shu Jinyue suppressed his inner depression and quickly arranged for the Li brothers and sisters, "Don't move around, quickly close the door of this room, and open the window a crack, but don't open it too wide."
"Why?" Li Yulan couldn't understand, because it was Jin Yue who suggested opening the window.
"I suspect that my third sister-in-law has tuberculosis. We have been in close contact with her. It is best not to go out and contact other people."
The three members of the Li family exclaimed in unison, "Tuberculosis?!"
"tuberculosis?!"
"How could it be this disease? My wife hasn't been coughing for long. She just caught a cold more than a month ago. How could it turn into tuberculosis?" Brother Li was so shocked and couldn't understand it.
The scientific name is pulmonary tuberculosis, and common people call it pulmonary consumption. This is known to many people. Everyone even knows that if you cough for a long time and there is blood in your sputum, you must get checked.
Shu Jinyue sighed. She also wanted to say that she would rather be overthinking it, but at present, both the symptoms and the pulse looked very much like tuberculosis. This disease is very hidden in the early stages and is often misdiagnosed or missed.
"Most cases of tuberculosis are long-term coughs, but it is not ruled out that the cough is not long-term. Most coughs will produce blood in the sputum, but Mrs. Li only has thick white sputum without any fishy smell. It should be that she has just been infected for a short time. Let's not panic. Think carefully about whether Mrs. Li has had close contact with her family in the past month or so."
The brother and sister thought carefully, "No, my third sister-in-law said she was afraid of passing the cold to the children at home, so she always stayed in this small room. Even if she had to go out for some fresh air or go to the county to see a doctor, she would cover her mouth and nose with a headscarf."
"I clean this room every day, and no outsider has ever come in."
"My third sister-in-law has her own bowls and chopsticks for eating. They are not mixed with everyone else's. My third brother brings every meal to her."
Not to mention, the Li family's good hygiene habits played a protective role, especially the practice of separate meals. Although other family members might think she was too much trouble, at least it protected the elderly and children in the family.
"Jinyue, don't scare me, are you okay?"
Shu Jinyue shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm just speculating. We have to wait for the test results to know whether it is true or not." He also asked everyone to stay away from the spittoon, as it was a virus incubator.
Although this disease can be transmitted through droplets and the digestive tract, the strength of tuberculosis bacteria varies from person to person, and resistance varies from person to person. Not everyone who comes into contact with it will be infected. Plus, the protective measures are pretty good, so other people should not have been infected yet.
"The four of us won't go out for now. When our family members come back, ask them to go to the brigade headquarters and make a phone call for me."
Mrs. Li looked very sick. She was in good spirits just now, but now she is not. After a while, she even started to wipe her tears. "I, I can't have this child...right? Wuwu, I am fine, why did I get this disease, wuwu..."
Third Brother Li comforted her, "No, didn't Doctor Shu say that it hasn't been confirmed yet? Besides, even if it is tuberculosis, it has nothing to do with the child."
Shu Jinyue sighed. How could it not be related to the child? Most anti-tuberculosis drugs have an impact on the fetus. It would be uncomfortable if you don't take the drugs, and you can't have the child if you use them. Even fifty years after the highly developed medical science, it is recommended to terminate the pregnancy if a pregnant woman is infected with tuberculosis.
"You don't understand. My neighbor's aunt got tuberculosis when she was pregnant. She went to the hospital for treatment and the doctor told her to have an abortion. I was so scared. We had this baby with so much difficulty. This is our first child. How could this happen? Woohoo..."
Shu Jinyue was so annoyed by her crying that she didn't dare to say a word for fear of making them more anxious.
Li Yulan tried to persuade him but to no avail. She looked at Shu Jinyue and shrugged helplessly. This third sister-in-law was good in every way except that she found it difficult to talk about topics involving children and was even a little paranoid.
But this is human nature. Her family and life experiences determine that she values this hard-earned child.
As a staff member of the epidemic prevention station, Shu Jinyue's first reaction was - could it be that this disease has actually spread locally? Maybe Mrs. Li San is not the only and original person infected?
If this is true, the entire epidemic prevention system in Shucheng City will not be able to sleep well. Tuberculosis is the top priority of the epidemic prevention station's prevention and control work. In some places, the tuberculosis department in the epidemic prevention station is separated to establish a tuberculosis prevention and control institute.
More importantly, BCG vaccination had not yet been promoted on a large scale at that time. If infected, its contagiousness and severity can be imagined.
Shu Jinyue sorted out the treatment methods and procedures in her mind. She could only do this much due to limited conditions. As for whether she was infected while taking the pulse and talking, she no longer had time to worry about it.
Compared with the widespread spread of infection, personal safety seems insignificant. Lao Zhu said this to her when she just started working. His purpose was to make her mentally prepared, not to be squeamish, not to be afraid, and to face challenges bravely when encountering infectious diseases.
Who knew she would actually meet him!
Alas, Shu Jinyue didn't know what to say, "By the way, Third Sister-in-law, do you remember whether you had contact with someone who was coughing more than a month ago?"
After being interrupted, Mrs. Li calmed down. "It seems not. In our rural area, few people cough in the summer, but more in the winter. Last winter, I went back to my parents' home... Oh, yes, I remember it!"
On the way back to her parents' home that day, she met someone from her parents' village. "That auntie coughs every winter. It has always been like this, and none of us thought it was a disease."
"Does she cough a lot?"
"A lot. The phlegm is red. When she was little, other kids said she was spitting blood. We were all afraid of her and stayed away from her."
Shu Jinyue nodded. It seemed very likely that this aunt was the one who transmitted the virus to her. Most people might not react so quickly, but Mrs. Li was a pregnant woman and her physical condition was not very good. She began to have fever symptoms that night.
"Doctor Shu, do you think I can't keep this child?" Mrs. Li started crying again.
Shu Jinyue wanted to tell a white lie, but was afraid that giving her hope would make her more disappointed, so she could only say conservatively, "It hasn't been confirmed yet. What if it's not? I tend to make a fuss. If you don't believe me, ask Sister Yulan."
Li Yulan said yes against her conscience and tried to calm her third sister-in-law down first.
Li Sansao has only one brother from her natal family. That brother seems to have become more and more stupid in the past two years. In the past, he could at least help the production team to herd cattle and sheep and earn some work points. Now, let alone herding cattle and sheep, even his own life has become a problem. He will go crazy if he is provoked by someone in the village. It is common for him to swear, smash things, and beat people. He is a real "violent madman".
The parents of the third sister-in-law need this child very much, and the family has even discussed it. After the child is weaned, they will take him away to raise and adopt him to her brother to carry on the family line. At that time, both sides will contribute money and food to raise the child. Of course, if the third brother and sister-in-law are reluctant to let him go, they can just change the surname and still raise the child in the Li family.
Everything was planned well, and even the most difficult patriarch was convinced, but he ended up being infected with tuberculosis along the way... Is this God's will?
The more Mrs. Li thought about it, the sadder she became. No matter how hard the Li brothers and sisters tried to comfort her, it didn't help.
Shu Jinyue looked at the roof. The medical conditions were limited at this time. If she was infected, she would need to take medicine regularly, which would take at least half a year or more. She would need to be isolated when she was highly contagious. She should be able to go home after she was no longer contagious. At that time, she would have to keep her bowls, chopsticks and water cups separate from those of her family... She was a little worried whether she would be able to sit at the table to eat when her second brother got married.
But the next second, she felt that she was worrying too much. She was a Chinese medicine practitioner. When her ancestors didn't have isoniazid and rifampicin, this disease was not without survivors. She could completely use Chinese medicine to regulate the disease, and even...
She looked at Mrs. Li San and said nothing.
Soon, the Li family came back from work, and Li Yulan explained the whole situation to them through the door. Everyone was very nervous.
"Don't be nervous, Dr. Shu is with us. Find a few clean headscarves and put them at the door, and we will open the door and take them ourselves." Li Yulan thought that she and Dr. Shu had not had much direct contact with the third sister-in-law, so maybe she had not been infected yet? Besides, what the third sister-in-law needs most now is the company of the third brother instead of them, "Mom, please open the door of my room. Doctor Shu and I will stay in my room."
If it is a false alarm, then it is not a big deal. But if it is really tuberculosis, then it is a good thing that one less person is infected. Shu Jinyue was called here at her request, and she couldn't be allowed to be infected.
Mother Li quickly asked the eldest son's wife to do it.
Shu Jinyue just took the initiative to tear off a clean piece of clothing and made a simple mask for everyone, but this needs to be replaced regularly and is not as convenient as a headscarf.
"Then go to the brigade headquarters and call this number. Tell them that Shu Jinyue is trapped in Lijia Village and she suspects there is a tuberculosis patient in Wangjia Village. Ask them to send someone quickly."
While waiting for the call, a room was vacated and Jin Yue and Li Yulan moved in. They felt a lot more relaxed all of a sudden, as they no longer had to listen to Li Sansao's crying.
In fact, Jin Yue was not annoyed with her, she just needed a slightly quieter environment to think.
In order not to disturb her, Li Yulan found a novel to read. Unfortunately, after a while, the Li family came back and said, "We called but no one answered. It rang for a long time. Why don't we call the county hospital?"
Jin Yue didn't have the phone number for the county hospital. She just gave the phone to the street office, thinking that no matter who answered the call, as long as they heard that it was an infectious disease, they would definitely tell Zhu Daqiang, and he would then go to the district to ask for people to come over. But who knew that no one answered the phone.
But it makes sense. The street office doesn't have much to do on duty. They may not receive many emergency calls throughout the year. It is not uncommon for the on-duty personnel to be absent from work. These days, no one will check on them.
Jin Yue's mind quickly turned, "Then please help me call this number and tell Comrade Xu that I am trapped in Lijia Village and highly suspected of tuberculosis. Let him go to our leader and he will know what to do."
She only remembered the phone numbers of her workplace and Xu Duan's home. It was already dark by now, so he should be at home.
But this time, the Li family came back after almost 20 minutes: "Doctor Shu, the call went through, but I heard from his family that Comrade Xu was still working overtime at the company, so they called him at the company first. As soon as he heard it was about you, he came back immediately. He was still panting when he answered the phone, as if he had run back."
The Li family wiped the sweat from their heads. Comrade Xu was very difficult to deal with. They felt like they were being interrogated by public security comrades. He was calm and restrained, and was very organized in terms of time, place and people. He even repeated everything after asking a question. The Li family members' hands were shaking over the phone line.
"Comrade Xu was really nice. He asked us for a long time and asked us in great detail. He also asked us to tell you not to worry and that he would bring someone over right away. He also told us to send you food as soon as possible, fearing that you would go hungry."
Shu Jinyue did a quick calculation in his mind. The call lasted ten minutes, which meant he was on the road for less than ten minutes. But it would take fifteen minutes to ride a bike from the Material Bureau to Goldfish Hutong. How on earth did he manage to get back to answer the phone in such a short time?
What a guy! She is not trapped in a tiger's den, why is she so anxious?
Li Yulan's mother was a straightforward person. She laughed as she talked about the scene, and the tense atmosphere in the room was dissipated. "We are preparing the food. When it is ready, we will serve it to the door. You can come out and get it."
It’s still Aunt Li, but this is another very likable aunt.
The food was served in two separate bowls, with two large white steamed buns at the bottom, and on top were some scrambled eggs with green onions, large slices of bacon, and some spicy and sour shredded potatoes. Because Shu Jinyue wanted to eat a light diet, the food was not particularly spicy.
When eating, she and Li Yulan ate separately, each occupying a corner of the room, and tried not to talk to avoid the spread of droplets.
"Jin Yue, is this Comrade Xu your friend?" If he was a relative or an elder, she would probably address him by title.
"Um."
"Then your friend is really nice. He was so worried when he heard that something happened to you. No wonder you can't remember anyone's phone number and only remember his."
Shu Jinyue's heart moved. Yes, how come she could only remember his home number? Obviously she never hit him once.
Could it be that the human subconscious has already anticipated that there will be a time when he will need help?
"Comrade Xu is a gay, right?" Li Yulan chuckled twice and wanted to make another joke but felt it was inappropriate as this was a critical moment.
After the meal, when the Li family put away their bowls and chopsticks and boiled water, the sound of a car roared at the entrance of the village. "Excuse me, is this Comrade Li Yulan's home?"
It was Xu Duan's voice.
Shu Jinyue suddenly felt a little sour in his nose. They all said that he must have not eaten since he was working overtime at the company. It took only half an hour for him to rush to the village, and he also went to find Zhu Daqiang... He was hungry and did not delay for a second.
Why is this person so anxious? She is suspected of having tuberculosis, not coming to put out a fire. Is it necessary to be in such a hurry?
"Sister Yulan, do you have any extra food at home? Can you prepare some for Comrade Xu? Do it quietly, not in front of others."
Li Yulan covered her mouth and smiled, "Okay, don't worry."
She also wanted her mother to take a good look at this Comrade Xu to see if he had supernatural powers and how he could accomplish so many things in such a short time!
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a steady footstep coming to the door of the room, "Su Jinyue, are you in there?"
The man's voice was as mellow as the sound of a cello, soothing Jin Yue's anxiety. She stood up immediately and said, "Yes, I'm here. Why did you come so quickly?"
Xu Duan did not answer, but asked her if she had eaten, what she had eaten, whether she was dressed enough, and whether she felt cold.
"Oh Comrade Xu, don't worry. Doctor Shu is with my daughter Yulan. The clothes in the room are clean, so you can wear whatever you want. We have already eaten, and Doctor Shu even ate two big steamed buns!"
Mother Li couldn't bear to listen anymore and answered immediately.
Li Yulan was laughing in the room, and Shu Jinyue's face turned a little red. What a guy! She is not a three-year-old child. Doesn't he know that she is hungry or cold? And she asked in front of so many people, doesn't she have any dignity?
Xu Duan remained calm and said, "Thank you very much. Please take care of her, she is young."
Li Yulan imitated Xu Duan's speech with her mouth: She is young
Shu Jinyue's face turned red. How could one or two of them be so annoying!
Soon, the Li family brought him a meal. He did not refuse it and finished it while standing. He stood at the door and said a few words to Shu Jinyue before going downstairs to meet Zhu Daqiang and others.
The people brought by Zhu Daqiang talked to the Li family for a few words, then quickly collected the sputum of Li Sansao and drew her blood, and had it sent back to the district epidemic prevention station for culture and testing. Shu Jinyue and the Li brothers and sisters did not have a cough or fever, so they were put aside for the time being.
"Another team of comrades went to the Wangjia Village you mentioned. They should be able to collect sputum and blood from there soon. If the sputum test is positive, they need to be taken back to the epidemic prevention station for an X-ray examination to see the condition of the lungs. Since Mrs. Li is pregnant, things are a bit difficult to handle." Zhu Daqiang said to Shu Jinyue through the door.
"But don't worry, what if it's just another false alarm?" These four words are really the luckiest words at this time. Jin Yue thought about it and it has happened twice since he went to work.
One time it was suspected schistosomiasis, and another time it was suspected hand, foot and mouth disease. Each time, everyone was extremely alert and went all out to prevent it in full accordance with the confirmed scale and procedures. All staff were mobilized and took turns on duty 24 hours a day.
Although two consecutive incidents turned out to be false alarms after a lot of fuss, no one in the entire epidemic prevention station complained.
Because everyone knows that with the current medical level and sanitation conditions in Longguo, no matter what infectious disease it is, as long as it is contagious, it will be a disaster. Many people will be infected because of their negligence, and the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled and pregnant with poor immunity will be left with sequelae, and even lose their lives and children...
It is better for them to be busier and work harder than for a real infectious disease to spread.
While Shu Jinyue was thinking, he listened to Zhu Daqiang and Xu Duan discussing the disposal measures outside. He didn't realize that he actually knew something about this aspect. He could handle any topic raised by Zhu Daqiang with ease.
"Su Jinyue, it's late now, you guys should get some rest first. We need to go back to the city. If anything happens, call my home. If you can't get through, call my workplace. Remember?"
"Remember."
"Then recite it again, the unit number."
Shu Jinyue became more and more embarrassed, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? Don't you remember that I just beat you?" In fact, she really only remembered the people from the Xu family, and she couldn't remember the people from his unit.
But who is Shu Jinyue? She would rather lose the battle than the opponent, and would make trouble even if it is unreasonable. She must not let him know!
Xu Duan laughed twice. Jin Yue guessed that his chest must have been shaking from laughing. Then he reported a string of numbers, "Did you remember it?"
Shu Jinyue bit his back teeth and wondered, "Does this guy have X-ray vision?" She had a hard time telling a lie but he could see through it.
But he seemed very persistent. If she didn't write down the number of his unit, he would not leave. Jin Yue gritted her teeth and repeated it twice, "I remember it, remember it, let's go."
He walked a little further away, and Jin Yue quickly added: "Drive slowly, there's no rush. Even if it's really tuberculosis, there's no need to rush in these few minutes, understand?"
"Well, goodbye, Su Jinyue."
Finally, the footsteps stopped hesitating and went downstairs.
Li Yulan yawned and asked curiously, "Why does this Comrade Xu call you Su Jinyue? Isn't your last name Shu?"
Jin Yue discovered early on that he seemed to be obsessed with her real name. He usually called her by this name, and he also called her this name when he introduced her to Jiang Weijun and his wife last time.
Jin Yue briefly told Li Yulan about his life experience without mentioning the relationship between the Su family and the Xu family. She thought, even if the favor was still there, Xu Duan would have repaid it long ago, so why was he still so nervous? He is so nice to his benefactor's daughter that anyone who is his benefactor would wake up with a smile.
So, he emphasized that her last name was Su, perhaps out of gratitude to her biological father?
"How long do you think it will take to get the results?" Li Yulan started to worry again.
"If we only do a sputum smear, it should be ready tomorrow morning. Sputum culture will probably take a few weeks."
"Oh...what if my third sister-in-law is really infected with tuberculosis?" Li Yulan held her head in her hands. Just now she had been comforting her third sister-in-law that she was fine, but now when she calmed down, how could she be fine?
If it is really infected, then the child cannot be kept. Inducing abortion at such an advanced age is harmful to the body, but more importantly, how can my third sister-in-law accept it?
"She has been looking forward to having a child for so many years. Last night she told me that the little one was moving happily in her belly, jumping around every day at mealtime... How can we not keep such a lively child?" Li Yulan felt sympathy when she thought of the situation at her sister-in-law's home.
"My sister-in-law's family is really pitiful. Their only son is a fool. Originally, their family had a good life. Her father used to work in a winery in the city and was a famous wine-making master. After liberation, he returned to the village and opened a small family-run winery. They had no worries about food and clothing. Who would have thought that giving birth to a son would have problems... My sister-in-law knew from the moment she was born that she was here to take care of her brother. At that time, she was able to freely fall in love with my brother because she thought that since we have many sons, it would not be a big deal if one of them came to live with us. Who would have known that my father was such a stubborn old man!"
"My sister-in-law learned the wine-making skill from her father. She can tell the year of the wine just by taking a sip, and can even tell the approximate alcohol content... Originally, they wanted to marry her to the family and let her inherit the small winery. Of course, the winery has now become a village-run enterprise, but her father is highly respected in the village..."
Blah blah blah, Jin Yue was feeling drowsy after listening to it. Her nerves were tense for the whole afternoon. Now it was time for her to go to bed. Although Li Yulan was still chattering on, she couldn't help it and fell asleep.
Just after dawn, the sound of a car was heard downstairs. It was Xu Duan again.
It was an early autumn morning and there was a slight chill in the air. The air he exhaled seemed a little cold as well. He stood at the door and knocked gently.
"Su Jinyue, are you awake?"
"Wake up. Why did you come so early?" Shu Jinyue wanted to open the door out of habit.
"Don't open the door, stay put, sputum smear negative."
Shu Jinyue paused. It was exactly as she thought. Although Mrs. Li had symptoms, she was currently negative for bacteria. If the sputum culture result was also negative, it would prove that she was not contagious. "Besides Mrs. Li, what about those from Wangjia Village?"
"That one is more serious, positive." He paused, "Don't be nervous. I heard from your colleagues that the one who is currently transmissible is the one in Wangjia Village. Mrs. Li San is still unsure. They will come to check you this afternoon. Regardless of whether it is or not, I will apply to the higher-ups to let you stay here. You don't need to move, okay?"
Shu Jinyue felt warm in her heart. She really didn't want to move. She had to deal with people wherever she went. She and Li Yulan were already familiar with each other. She didn't want to meet new people and spend more time dealing with people.
Her mentality, as the words on the phone say, seems to be called social phobia?
Is she socially phobic? I don’t think so. She talks a lot with her colleagues and family.
Of course, more importantly, she needed Li Yulan to talk to her, otherwise she would drive herself crazy.
Xu Duan really knew everything, he was like a worm in her stomach.
Thinking of this description, she burst out laughing again. No way, how could there be such a handsome roundworm? Roundworms are the most annoying thing, but he is not annoying at all!
"I've already told your family last night, and they've calmed him down, so you can just rest assured and take care of him." He paused, then asked uncertainly, "Are you really okay?"
"Yeah, okay."
He paused for about ten seconds, as if trying to determine whether what she said was true or false, whether she was forcing a smile, or whether she was trying to cover up something.
"I'm really fine. I ate two big steamed buns last night. Did you forget?" There are also many delicious dishes.
"If you have any difficulties, remember to tell my aunt and the others. They will call me. This matter may be a bit large in scope. Our unit needs to cooperate with the health system to work overtime, so we can't visit you every day."
Shu Jinyue felt warm in her heart. This early autumn didn't seem cold at all. "I know, do you still want me to memorize your phone number?"
Xu Duan chuckled, and Jin Yue guessed through the door that his expression must be helpless, because every time he made some inexplicable and unreasonable requests, he had that expression.
"I left the things I brought for you at the door, remember to come out and get them."
As soon as he left, Li Yulan urged him: "Comrade Xu, did you bring anything? Will he bring you a novel like my second brother did? When I finish reading this one, let's take turns reading it. You must have more books in the city than we can find in the countryside."
"No, when I went on a blind date with my second brother, didn't the matchmaker say that you had never been to school, so how could you still read novels?"
Li Yulan puffed out her chest proudly. "I just didn't go to school properly, but that doesn't mean I can't read. My mom taught me to read every day when I was a kid... Hehe, I just don't know many, so sometimes I make a fool of myself."
Shu Jinyue then looked towards the door, curious about what he would bring to her from the other side.
"No one's here, go get it."
In addition to a large package outside the door, there was also an antique Huanghuali food box, which was obviously something they used at home.
Jin Yue opened the package first. It contained some of her spare clothes, including outerwear and underwear. They should have been put away by her mother and sister last night and asked him to bring them over.
Then there were three pairs of thick socks knitted with black and white wool, which felt very warm. Shu Jinyue felt strange because she didn't have such good socks, and neither did Shu Wenyun. Could it be that Zhao Wanqiu bought them for her on the spur of the moment? But her aesthetic is not like Zhao Wanqiu's. She only buys red and green things, the brighter the better.
However, Lijia Village is close to the mountains and is indeed colder than the city. Her feet were not warm last night, but she was embarrassed to trouble the Li family to fill the hot water bottle... She spent last winter relying on Shu Wenyun's two glass bottles of water.
Her wish before winter this year was to go to the department store and buy a rubber hot water bottle, the kind that is soft and doesn't hurt the feet, isn't too hot at first, and maintains the temperature well and doesn't cool down too quickly.
Of course, that is under the premise that you don't buy a house. If you plan to buy a house now, you can leave your expensive wish of a hot water bottle to next winter.
Hey, thinking of a hot water bottle, she actually took out a hot water bottle!
It was covered with a layer of soft rubber and had a stopper like a thermos. It was exactly the same as the one she had seen in the department store and was planning to buy!
She was sure that this was definitely not prepared for her by her family, because this thing could only be purchased with industrial coupons.
She liked it so much that she wanted to kiss it while holding the hot water bottle. Of course, she did so. Li Yulan screamed from behind her, followed by her bursting into laughter, and the floor was almost collapsed by her laughter.
Shu Jinyue's face was red as blood was about to drip out, "Don't laugh, or I will move away and leave you alone in the room."
Li Yulan pretended, "Oh, little aunt, please don't move away, you must stay with me. We are sisters with different surnames. We don't ask to be born on the same day, but we ask to die on the same day."
The more Shu Jin wanted to hit someone, she realized that Li Yulan's mouth was really comparable to Aunt Li's. Someday when she had the chance, she should let the two of them fight each other to see who would come out the winner.
"Look, what else is there? Where's the novel?"
Shu Jin flipped through the pages but still couldn't find the novel.
"Alas, it seems that Comrade Xu is not a wise man. What girl doesn't like to read novels? He didn't even prepare one for you. This kind of man is not good. He is like a piece of wood. You should break up with him."
"What? We are not in that kind of relationship."
"Do you think I should believe what you said, or should I believe that I can pick up a thousand dollars when I go out tomorrow?"
Shu Jinyue was speechless. She found that Li Yulan was very sharp-tongued. She would definitely be good at quarreling in the future. If she couldn't win an argument with others one day, she could ask her for help.
The food box contained various snacks, such as red bean pastry, peach pastry, mung bean cake, and jujube flower cake. All the ones she said were delicious were in there.
Jin Yue didn't eat all of it by himself, and asked Li Yulan to eat with him. "This snack is delicious. When I have money in the future, I will take you to Shilan Restaurant to eat freshly baked ones."
"Why do we have to go to a restaurant to eat dim sum? Can't we buy it outside?"
Jin Yue bit off half of the jujube flower cake and said, "You can't buy it. This is a time-honored brand, specializing in..." Jin Yue hurriedly stopped the subject, as continuing would make people seem like he was showing off.
As she ate, Li Yulan began to worry again, "Is it certain that my third sister-in-law's child cannot be kept?"
"Western medicine treatment probably requires the combined use of several anti-tuberculosis drugs, which is harmful to both the mother and the fetus. Regular checkups also require X-rays, which are also harmful to the fetus." Jin Yue reasoned with her, "Try not to take risks if you can."
If the child is deformed or intellectually impaired, it will be a lifelong problem.
"What about traditional Chinese medicine? Does traditional Chinese medicine have any solution?"
Shu Jinyue took a bite of the dessert and said, "Yes, I do, but——"
"Don't mention it, I'll ask my third sister-in-law."
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