Speaking of this, Luo Xiuyan's attention was finally diverted. Thinking that Qin Ling was also a villager and would hear about it later, she simply did not avoid him.
"This morning, when Uncle Lai Xi went up the mountain, he picked up a child at the foot of the mountain! A newborn baby." Luo Xiuyan still feels numb all over when she thinks of the purple-faced baby, and she can't even understand it.
"Little baby? Is he still alive? Where is he? I'll go check." Tian Cai quickly shook the water off her hands after hearing this. She thought that children who were abandoned usually had some problems, otherwise why would they be abandoned for no reason? She also didn't know how long the child had been left at the foot of the mountain, and the dew was so heavy in the morning. She wondered if the child had caught a cold.
"You don't have to look. The captain hired someone to bury the child on Xiaoyang Mountain. The child was already dead when he was found, and it is said that he was strangled to death." After she heard about it this morning, she went to see it. She was a little scared at the time. After returning home, she asked her mother why someone would abandon their own child.
Xiaoyang Mountain is the name of the village. It is actually a not very high hill where people who died in the village are buried.
The one who was thrown down the mountain was a little girl. She didn't seem to have any disabilities, but there was a very obvious purple mark on her neck. The captain said that she was strangled to death. The old people in the village didn't think much of it. They discussed it for a few words and then dispersed.
I just think that most families don't want a baby girl. The kind-hearted ones will just give the baby away or throw it somewhere to see what the child's fate will be. The cruel ones will just drown it in a urine bucket. Only a few people will strangle it to death directly.
Luo Xiuyan had heard before that some people would abandon or even kill unwanted girls after giving birth, but this was the first time she had seen the dead body of a baby with her own eyes.
Luo Xiujuan grabbed a fan from the table and fanned the child vigorously a few times. "How can these parents be so cruel? They worked so hard to give birth to the child, and then they strangled him to death."
Tian Cai also felt it was quite pitiful, but the bad habit of favoring boys over girls has always existed since ancient times. It is said that it was more serious in ancient times. In fact, in her opinion, it was not much different for a long time in later generations. It was just that people knew how to restrain themselves. Moreover, the punishment for abandoning children was more severe at that time. The cost and risk of those who abandoned or killed a child increased greatly. It was not that they accepted girls from the bottom of their hearts.
Or maybe it's just that there is no fairness in the world. Wu Fendui and Shi Fulan have been married for many years but still can't have a child, yet there are people who get one but don't cherish it.
The two sighed for a while and stopped talking, and turned to talk about the recent training of health workers.
"I've signed up!" Luo Xiuyan said hesitantly. Her parents were also very supportive. They have always doted on her, otherwise she wouldn't be such a grown-up girl who goes to the fields to work during the autumn harvest every year and cooks and cleans the house at other times.
Tian Cai was also very happy. This way she would have someone to keep her company. She also wanted to go there to improve her skills. "Who else in the village has signed up?"
"I've asked around, and there's Zhang Baocai, Qu Ting, and quite a few other educated youth, both men and women. There seem to be quite a few people!"
Tian Cai nodded and handed her the Medical Handbook that the county had given her. "Take a look at it yourself first. If there are many applicants, I imagine the selection process will be quite strict. I don't know the specific requirements yet, but it wouldn't hurt to take a closer look."
Luo Xiuyan agreed with that. Besides, Kaoshan Village already had Tian Cai, so even if they needed health workers, there would only be one or two. With so many people signing up, they would all be rejected. She suddenly felt a greater sense of urgency.
Tian Cai was too embarrassed to say it directly. She felt that the first item must be the cultural requirement. She had to look at the cultural level of the members. You can't start studying without even knowing all the characters. Even if the books are handed out, you won't be able to recognize them. Isn't that a waste of time?
If, as Luo Xiuyan said, many educated youth have signed up, then Luo Xiuyan's chances will be even slimmer, because they have all graduated from regular junior high school or high school, and in terms of academic qualifications, they can be said to be the people with the highest academic qualifications in the village. Even Tian Cai himself has no academic qualifications.
In the evening, Tian Cai had another emergency. The team leader Li Guangxia's daughter-in-law had a difficult delivery.
At this time, most people still give birth at home. After all, most people can give birth normally, and the postpartum infections that occur in a few people will definitely not be widely publicized.
Kaoshan Village also has its own "midwife", who is the wife of Old Chen. However, the old lady's eyesight has become increasingly blurry in recent years, and she rarely takes on work.
The person who came to knock on the door of Tian Cai's courtyard was Li Guangxia's third son, Sun Dahao. When she heard that it was a difficult delivery, she hurried back to get the medicine box, and after thinking about it, she decided to pack the silver needle as well.
When Tian Cai arrived at the Sun family, he felt the tense atmosphere as soon as he entered the door.
It was already late at night and the village was pitch black. There was a stove burning in the Sun family's yard, and a large iron pot on it was bubbling with hot water. Three generations of men in the family were standing in the yard, and the house was brightly lit by several oil lamps.
When a few people saw Tian Cai coming, they shouted inside. Li Guangxia heard the voice and hurriedly opened the door and came out. She felt relieved when she saw her.
"Xiaotian, please show it to Qiuju!"
Tian Cai didn't bother to say hello and just pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as I entered the room, the smell of blood hit my nose, and the man lying on the kang had a bloody lower body.
Tian Cai stepped forward, first checked it out, then calmed down and took the baby's pulse. The fetus was in an abnormal position, but the situation was not the worst.
After seeing Tian Cai finish the examination, Mrs. Chen said anxiously, "I've been delivering babies for decades, and there are few families where I can't get pregnant. The baby in this belly is lying sideways, and it won't come out!"
Tian Cai nodded, knowing that no one was to blame. Giving birth at home with an abnormal fetal position would be fatal for anyone.
"Bring me a bucket of hot water. If you have any liquor, bring me some. I don't have enough alcohol in my medicine box." Tian Cai said to Li Guangxia.
Li Guangxia hurriedly ordered her eldest daughter-in-law to fetch water, and asked her husband, who was anxiously waiting in the yard, to get some liquor.
Tian Cai took out a small bottle of alcohol from the medicine box and put it aside, then poured some on his hands to disinfect himself.
She lowered her eyes, but still asked, "If I really can't save him, should I save the adult or the child?"
Sun Dayou had been standing at the door, and when he heard this, he collapsed to the ground.
The old man of the Sun family had a solemn expression on his face. This was the baby they had been looking forward to for a long time. The eldest son had been married for several years and had just given birth to a daughter. The whole family hoped that the second son's baby would be a son. Wouldn't they be heartbroken if the baby was gone?
But this granddaughter-in-law was a very good person. She had been married for just over a year and was very respectful to them, the elders. He couldn't bear to let such a young child die. Moreover, it would be difficult for them to explain to their in-laws if she died just over a year after her marriage.
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