She had heard all the shouting and cursing outside. She had not only heard her mother-in-law's harsh words, but also her accusation that Jishetang had switched the children because she disliked her granddaughter.
She found it absurd. The person had kindly saved her and her two children without even mentioning a penny of money. How could her mother-in-law have the nerve to say such a thing?
But that's just the kind of person she is, so it's not surprising that she would say such unreasonable things.
Even if the people from Jishetang kick them out now, they won't be able to find fault with them.
Ning Yao shook her head: "It's alright. I tied her up and gagged her. Everyone will be quieter now. You won't blame me, will you?"
The new mother quickly replied, "No, no, you are a great benefactor to me and my child. How could we blame you? It's already frightening that you don't blame us."
Ning Yao smiled and said, "Who says it's not strange?"
The new mother paused, her face showing bitterness, but she understood.
"Of course I have to blame that shrew outside. She's the first person to dare point her finger at me and yell at me like that."
The new mother's face flushed red and then turned pale, mostly from embarrassment.
"Miss, I'm so sorry..."
“You don’t need to apologize. I’ll ask you: Where do you live? Who else lives in your house? Where is your husband?”
The new mother answered truthfully: "My name is Tian Wangshi, and I live in Tianjia Village at the bottom of the west side of the city. Besides my mother-in-law, I also have my father-in-law, husband, elder brother and sister-in-law, and second elder brother and sister-in-law..."
"Stop, stop, stop. Since you have a husband, I'll send someone to deliver a message and have him come here to take care of you during your postpartum period."
"As for the cost of the medicine, how about your family pay for it with the herbs they gather?"
Madam Tian was terrified and asked her husband to take care of her during her postpartum period.
How is that possible?
Putting aside whether she wants it or not, her in-laws and siblings could beat her to death.
Ning Yao raised an eyebrow: "What, you're not willing?"
“Of course I am willing. Herbs are nothing compared to your life-saving grace. But you just heard about the situation at home. It’s impossible for me to have postpartum confinement, it’s even more impossible for them to give me money, and my husband serving me? That’s even more impossible.”
Madam Tian gritted her teeth and shamelessly said, "Miss, could you please pay me back on credit? I'll only stay for three days. After that, I'll send the child home and then figure out a way to pay you back."
Ning Yao shook her head and sighed, "It won't work in three days. It's your own body; haven't you felt any difference yet?"
Tian Wangshi asked blankly, "Is it some incurable disease?"
"Sigh, now you experience excruciating abdominal pain whenever you exert yourself, and even when you don't exert yourself, your abdomen cramps from time to time?"
"Let me tell you the truth, you're lucky you ran into me. If I hadn't come to the shop today, even a god couldn't have saved you!"
"You were hit by a carriage, which caused the baby in your womb to be breech. The baby is upside down in your womb, head up and feet down. It is impossible to give birth by normal means. It is certain that three lives will be lost."
“I used a knife to cut open your abdomen, took out the child, and then stitched up the wound. That’s how I saved the lives of you and your child.”
Tian Wangshi's face suddenly turned deathly pale, devoid of any color.
Cut open the stomach? Isn't that like gutting the stomach?
Can a person who has been disemboweled survive?
"Then I...I..."
Seeing her terrified expression, Ning Yao decided to deliver another dose of harsher medicine: "That's right, it's exactly what you think. Right now, it's just a thin thread piercing the wound. If it's not properly cared for and the flesh on your stomach doesn't heal, do you think what the consequences will be?"
Tian Wangshi trembled like a leaf, but then the excruciating pain in her abdomen returned, and she froze instantly.
What if the thread breaks and the intestines spill out?
"So, do you think it would be better to stay for a month, recuperate properly, and have your husband come over?"
"Although these two children survived, premature babies are destined to be weaker than full-term babies. I suggest you think it over carefully."
"Look at your mother-in-law, that shrewish woman. And you, with a granddaughter she doesn't like, do you think you and your daughter have any chance of surviving?"
At this moment, Tian Wangshi was torn between her inner thoughts and her own conscience.
If she doesn't call for help, her condition isn't good, and she'll keep bothering the pharmacy staff.
If you call someone, you'll have to face the gossip and criticism from your family.
But she didn't want to die, even if she was beaten and scolded.
The child she risked her life to give birth to should not suffer the same tragic fate as her.
At the very least, she needs to keep the children alive.
After a long silence, Madam Tian spoke in a hoarse voice: "Then I'll trouble you, young lady, to help me inform my husband."
"My home is in Tianjia Village..."
Ning Yao found a helper and sent him on horseback to Tianjia Village to deliver the message.
When they returned in the evening, a dark-skinned man was on horseback.
The man, carrying a bundle, jumped off the horse before it had even come to a complete stop, startling his companion.
"Where is my wife?" He rushed to Lou Yangyang.
Lou Yangyang frowned and said to the waiter who came in a little later, "Take him in, be quiet, don't make a fuss."
"Come with me."
The bound woman, Tian Zhu's mother, Tian Li Shi, saw her son enter and, despite her already weak condition, began to whine again.
However, Tian Zhu was completely focused on Tian Wangshi and didn't notice her movements at all.
The door opened, and Tian Zhu rushed in, calling out, "Wife? Wife?"
Tian Wangshi couldn't sleep well either; with her eyes closed, all she could think about was the approaching carriage.
She opened her eyes when she heard the door open, and when she saw her husband come in, she instinctively tried to get up.
However, any movement caused her severe abdominal pain.
Tian Zhu also noticed something was wrong and quickly said, "Don't get up, just lie still, I'll come over."
Tian Wangshi felt a warmth in her heart; the harrowing events of the day seemed to vanish in an instant.
"I'm fine. Is everything alright at home?"
Tian Zhu said, "It's getting late, they said they'll come again tomorrow."
Madam Tian nodded, then said, "Look at the child, he hasn't been named yet!"
Tian Zhu then noticed there were two babies beside him: "Two? Wife, are you having twins?"
"Yes, we have a son and a daughter, now we have both."
Tian Zhu's eyes were red. He sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you for your hard work, wife."
"I'm not tired, it's just that you'll have to work hard in the days to come."
At this moment, Tian Zhu still did not understand what she meant by those words.
After the two talked for a while, Tian Wangshi fell into a deep sleep, and Tian Zhu went to find a doctor.
Following Ning Yao's instructions before leaving, Lou Shanjing informed Tian Zhu about the current situation of Tian Wangshi and the child.
Tian Zhu exclaimed in terror, "Cut open her stomach? Isn't that murder?!"
Lou Shanjing's face turned cold: "How dare you speak like that? My young lady's medical skills are superb, unmatched by anyone. If it weren't for her intervention, you would be seeing three lives lost in your wife's condition!"
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