There is no time of year in the mountains, and everything is like smoke. In the blink of an eye, it is the winter solstice again, and it is about to snow again. Tao Xiaoxi doesn't like it, and Wangcai doesn't like it either. The man and the dog, one tall and one short, curled up on the chairs, lifeless.
There is nothing much to do in the medicinal fields in winter, so they are covered with wheat straw in preparation for the winter.
Li Nanshan couldn't sit still, so he started to tinker with the yard. He built a wall around the yard and surrounded it with flower beds, preparing to plant some camellias there next year.
Once the fields became quiet, the kang became lively. More people came to pray for children and look for medicine, and Tao Xiaoxi became busy again.
Why are there so many pregnant women in winter? It’s because people have less time to spare. This includes my sister-in-law Zhou Lan.
That day, Tao Xiaoxi was holding Wangcai and prescribing medicine for someone when Zhou Lan, wearing a headscarf and holding Mo Yatou, came over. The first thing she said was, "Xiaoxi, I'm trying to get pregnant."
Tao Xiaoxi looked up at her, then lowered her head again, "You should discuss it with Big Brother if you want to get pregnant. I don't have that ability."
"No, I mean I want to have a boy." As soon as the sister-in-law said this, everyone who came to get the medicine stopped what they were doing and looked at her.
"Doctor Tao, can you still give birth to a boy?" someone asked excitedly.
"No."
"Doctor Xiaoxi, I also need medicine to give birth to a son. Please prescribe it for me."
"No."
"Doctor Tao, it's not about money. You said we would never bargain."
"No."
"Doctor Tao, just prescribe it for us..."
No one listened to Tao Xiaoxi's explanation. Their minds were now filled with the thought of having a son.
Helplessly, Tao Xiaoxi released Wangcai. "Woof woof woof", after a few threats from Wangcai, they finally calmed down.
"There is no such medicine. If you are not satisfied, don't buy it." Tao Xiaoxi was so angry that she kicked the ball out of her mouth and refused to do it.
Some people actually returned the medicine to her and left cursing in anger.
After everyone left, the eldest sister-in-law still didn't give up, "Just help my sister-in-law, Xiaoxi, I beg you, I'll kneel down for you."
The sister-in-law really knelt down, and Tao Xiaoxi finally realized at that moment that the sister-in-law was terminally ill!
She suffers from a disease that prevents her from giving birth to a son. How many patients are there like her?
Mo girl is almost one year old, but she still can't speak or walk, and even her babbling is different from other babies. Tao Xiaoxi took her pulse and examined her, but apart from finding some malnutrition, she couldn't see anything else.
"Sister-in-law, you and brother should take Mo to a big hospital for a checkup."
The eldest sister-in-law hugged Mo Yatou and said expressionlessly, "It's good for a girl to be quiet. If you are unwilling to help me, I will go back."
"Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's really—" It's illegal. Besides, she absolutely cannot encourage such evil practices. Now that she's here, if she can't leave anything behind, then she can change something. She has to do one of the two.
In the evening, Li Nanshan talked to her about this again.
"My eldest brother also begged me, but I didn't agree to his request. But if you really have a way, please help them. My eldest brother and his wife have worked diligently all their lives, but they can't hold their heads up high. It makes me feel bad to see them like this."
"Li Nanshan, don't you think this is sick? Go outside and see how many women are holding up the country. How come there are still such dangerous ideas in Mantou Village?" Tao Xiaoxi was really angry.
"Actually, I used to think there was nothing wrong with this idea, but ever since I met you and saw my sister Nan Qiu, I believe you are right. Sooner or later, this idea will change, but I don't know if my brother and sister-in-law can wait until that day."
"Also, you have to persuade Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law to take Mo to see a doctor. You can't let her continue like this, otherwise it will ruin the child's life."
"I'll try."
The couple fell silent for a while. Tao Xiaoxi got up and went to the pharmacy. When she came back, she had a few more packets of medicine in her hand. She handed them to Li Nanshan, "Give these medicines to my brother and sister-in-law tomorrow. I can't say whether they can get pregnant or not. It depends on their own luck."
A look of surprise flashed across Li Nanshan's eyes. "I thank you on their behalf."
Tao Xiaoxi couldn't be happy that night. Mo Yatou's empty eyes kept appearing in front of her, like an ice knife hanging over her head, threatening to pierce her at any time.
Somehow, Mo Yatou's eyes seemed to be mocking, mocking the ignorance and stupidity of the world, and she herself was the biggest victim.
This is a contradiction, and it's an unsolvable problem.
When the first snow fell, Tao Xiaoxi finally received a letter from Li Nanqiu in the provincial capital, saying that everything had been prepared and he could report for duty in the spring.
When she handed the letter to Li Nanshan, his vision became increasingly blurred as the words went by. Finally, when he looked at Tao Xiaoxi, he could no longer control himself.
"I asked Nan Qiu to inquire about it a long time ago. I originally wanted you to study in the county town, but there is no such night school in the county town, and the nearest place is the provincial capital. Now everything has been arranged. You can report after the new year." Tao Xiaoxi said with a smile.
"I'm not going." Li Nanshan refused.
"Why?"
"I don't want to go." Li Nanshan said.
"It's for that medicinal field, right?"
Li Nanshan shook his head.
"Listen to me, you're going there to improve yourself. In the future, knowledge will be the key, and illiterate people will be eliminated. I'd rather suffer now than have our children suffer with us in the future."
"Our child?" Li Nanshan looked at her.
"Yes," Tao Xiaoxi placed Li Nanshan's hand on her belly, "I'm pregnant."
"You're pregnant? You're pregnant?!" Li Nanshan's pupils suddenly dilated, and then he became ecstatic and burst into tears of joy.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
