The package arrived within a few days. Wang Xu and Gu Xi went to the town together and asked the village chief to buy a new batch of piglets. Wang Xu asked Xu Zhengrong to bring four Daqianmen pigs. At that time, Daqianmen pigs were a scarce commodity and were purchased with the help of Gu Weiguo.
All the leaders were so happy that they were grinning from ear to ear. The preferential policy of the pig farm had reached the lowest level, and the salary of two teachers in Qingmiao Village's school was subsidized.
Grandma Yin has had a cough recently and the condition has not improved. She has taken a lot of medicine. Gu Xi thought about it and proposed to Xu Zhengrong to arrange physical examinations for the villagers, divided into three groups. One group is the elderly over 50 years old in the village, one group is the children studying in school, and the last group is the young people in the village. They will voluntarily sign up for the physical examination and these people have to pay for the examination at their own expense.
Nowadays people have no awareness of physical examinations. Many children are found to have unbalanced nutrition and the elderly have multiple chronic diseases. This time, Gu Xi went home and asked Gu Weiguo and Chen Minhua to go for a physical examination. The blood pressure was a little high and he had some presbyopia, so he got a pair of glasses.
Many elderly people in the village have problems with high blood pressure and blood sugar, which is related to their eating habits. Because food was not abundant in the past, people cooked salty dishes to go well with rice.
Before Gu Xi came, Wang Xu also liked to make the dishes saltier because it was easier to store and go well with rice.
Gu Xi can't eat salty food and doesn't like lard, so her eating habits were gradually adjusted to suit her taste.
Gu Xi asked Aunt Chen to come up with a few cooking recipes, hoping that everyone would gradually change their taste and eat more healthily.
Some villagers still don’t understand: “Why waste money on medical examinations and keep taking medicine? We have never had such troubles before. People will die anyway.”
Gu Xi smiled and said, "Now that living conditions have improved, there is more hope. Shouldn't we live a better life, live more, see more, and feel more? The worst thing for a person is to die without spending all his money. After working hard for half a lifetime, he still hasn't enjoyed the good life."
The doctor who came to the village to help with the physical examination was also an experienced doctor that Xu Zhengrong and Wu Yao specially invited from the hospital.
Tian Wangdi also came to line up for a physical examination with a big belly. The doctor looked at her belly and asked: "Have you ever been to the hospital for a prenatal checkup? With such a big belly, it feels like you are about to give birth. When is the due date?"
The doctor's question made Tian Wangdi stop in her tracks in embarrassment: "I only had a prenatal checkup once, when I first became pregnant. After I was confirmed to be pregnant, I never had another checkup. Why did I need a prenatal checkup? Isn't this how everyone gives birth? Is there something wrong with my baby?"
Seeing that she was a little nervous, the doctor quickly explained and comforted her: "Don't be nervous, the prenatal check-up is just a normal process. In order to reassure you, some people have malpositioned fetuses, which can easily lead to dystocia. You don't look very old, how old are you?"
Tian Wangdi was relieved when she heard that the child was fine. This child was the guarantee of her future life: "He is 18 years old."
Gu Xi heard it from the side and exposed it directly: "There is no need to lie to the doctor. She is not even an adult."
The doctor looked at Gu Xi and said, "The risk of having a baby will increase a bit. It's better to go to the hospital for a checkup."
Tian Wangdi disagreed: "The checkup costs money, you just want to make money, I'm fine, I won't spend this money."
The doctor was just giving her a suggestion. No one could force her, so she could only follow her own lead.
After this wave of physical examinations, we officially entered the spring farming season. Everyone was involved in planting, including the neighborhood committee and the pig farms. Even the schools were on holiday and the children went back to help. The teachers could not be lazy either.
This year there is a new variety of "hybrid rice". The spy stole this information before, and fortunately he was caught. So once the test is successful, Qingmiao Village will be given priority in planting it. Everyone looks proud and motivated. What a great honor it is.
After everyone finished work and the sun was setting, Xu Zhengrong stood aside and looked at the prosperity of the village. He was deeply moved. From struggling on the poverty line when he took over, to being able to eat enough later, to being able to eat meat regularly now, and even when the land was harvested and the pigs were delivered at the end of the year, everything had changed dramatically.
Finally, there is a day when every villager can live a dignified and decent life, which was something we could not even imagine several years ago.
Wu Yao could also particularly understand Xu Zhengrong's state of mind. The current development of Qingmiao Village could be said to be far ahead of the surrounding villages. Originally, they were in competition with the Red Star Team, but now they have been left far behind.
This is not just about getting rich through hard work, but also thanks to the ideological awareness of some young people like Gu Xi. What has changed is not only the development of the village, but also the living habits and inherent ideas of the villagers.
Wu Yao handed a cigarette to Xu Zhengrong: "It's said outside that the college entrance examination will be resumed, and the educated youth should also return home. What do you think? Are you reluctant to leave?"
Xu Zhengrong took the cigarette and took a puff: "I'm reluctant to let them go, but I can't stop them from developing in a better place. Qingmiao Village is getting better and better, and they will definitely get better and better too."
Gu Xi came over casually and said, "I heard you guys were reluctant to leave on the way home from get off work. Instead of being reluctant to leave us educated youth, why don't you think about how Wu Yue is going to leave with Wei Qingzhe, and how Xu Jiajia and Wan Hexing are going to develop?"
At this point, the two old fathers' already bad mood became even worse: "Don't bring up that. I just saw Wang Xu go home. Go back quickly. Why are you trying to provoke people here?"
Gu Xi smiled and waved her hand: "I'm leaving, don't think too much. I don't know about others, but I feel that the fate between us is still very deep. I will definitely keep in touch in the future. Wang Xu is from Qingmiao Village."
Gu Xi's words comforted the two of them a little, but not much.
Not long after the spring ploughing, the three of them had just finished dinner when there was a big commotion next door. A little later, Jia Xin came knocking on the door: "Help, Wangdi can't give birth, she's bleeding a lot, and the midwife can't help."
Tian Congbao's face turned pale with fear, and he wanted to rush out, but Gu Xi grabbed him and said, "It's not convenient for you to go over there to give birth, hurry up and send her to the hospital."
Wang Xu quickly drove the tractor and took the two to the hospital. Gu Xi hugged Tian Congbao and said, "The tractor is crowded. We need to give Tian Wangdi some space. You take me and ride the bicycle. Wait for me to get the bag."
This carry-on bag is always there whenever something important happens.
Tian Congbao rode very fast with Gu Xi. Not long after the tractor arrived, Tian Congbao also took Gu Xi to the hospital.
The doctor saw that Tian Wangdi's condition was not good and speculated that it was a difficult labor caused by malposition of the fetus. As she was relatively young, she was not in the ideal state for mature childbirth, so he took her directly to the operating room for a caesarean section.
Jia Xin was so frightened that he stood there in a daze: "My mother said before that a caesarean section is not good for the baby, and I have to give birth naturally."
The doctor hurriedly explained: "She can't give birth now. She can only have a caesarean section. If she doesn't do it, the baby will die in her stomach from lack of oxygen."
Jia Xin was still hesitant, wondering whether to sign or not. Gu Xi went over and saw Jia Xin was hesitating and yelled, "If you don't sign, the child will die. It will be useless to say whether it's good or bad. This is your only child. Sign it quickly. We can talk about it after it survives."
Jia Xin glanced at Gu Xi, and finally signed the consent form with trembling hands.
The operation was rather long, and there were also sounds of wailing from other women in labor in the delivery room. Tian Congbao stood by Wang Xu in fear. Wang Xu's face wasn't much better either. It was the first time he knew giving birth would require so much blood, and he was wailing in pain. The doctor had even said that her life might be in danger.
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