Chapter 027: A Big Incident Last Night

“What?”

“The woman committed suicide?”

Li Xinyue was shocked. Such a big incident happened last night, and she didn’t know anything about it?

“Auntie, is it true?”

The auntie sighed deeply: “How can it be false? Even the doctor gave up on saving her.”

“So, our women, it doesn’t matter if they have a lot of money or not, what matters is marrying a good man.”

“I heard that the woman was bullied at home. She worked her fingers to the bone every day, not to mention being scolded by her mother-in-law and beaten by her husband.”

“That’s why, she suddenly felt that life was meaningless and couldn’t go on.”

“Your man is a good one. Live a good life from now on. You are lucky, girl!”

Is she lucky?

But this man… isn’t hers…

She doesn’t want a man who doesn’t have her in his heart.

Just then, Chen Mingchuan came back with breakfast.

“Awake? Did you wash up?”

Li Xinyue remembered that she forgot…

Congee, steamed buns, and pickled vegetables, from the cafeteria.

But Li Xinyue didn’t expect that Chen Mingchuan added an egg for her… and only one.

“It seems like I added a bit too much soy sauce. Wash it in your congee.”

“The doctor said you can be discharged today. I’ll go return the things first, then go through the discharge procedures.”

“Is there anything else you want to buy?”

She’s broke, she can’t buy anything even if she wants to.

This time, she must have spent a lot of money.

Li Xinyue shook her head, feeling complicated: “No need, just give me the bill later.”

Chen Mingchuan looked at her, but didn’t say anything.

He didn’t say he would give it to her, nor did he say he wouldn’t. He just looked at Li Xinyue coldly, making her feel a little uncomfortable.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Chen Mingchuan still didn’t answer her.

Li Xinyue was depressed: This man, even uses cold violence, he’s unbearable!

After washing the dishes, Chen Mingchuan took the basins and buckets and went out to return the things.

The auntie went for her checkup today, and the room became quiet.

Li Xinyue packed her things first, then sat down and waited for him.

But just then, there was another wave of crying from the next ward: “It hurts so much, it hurts so much!”

Then, an old voice came out: “Son-in-law, go find the doctor quickly! Hurry, Lily is in so much pain.”

Then, a man’s voice: “Mom, the doctor can’t do anything. We’ve already used the antibiotics.”

“We can’t keep giving her painkillers, it’s bad for her body!”

“This mastitis, there’s no good medicine for it right now. The milk ducts are blocked, there’s nothing the doctor can do!”

Milk ducts, mastitis?

The countryside people call it “milk blockage”?

When a woman gives birth to her first child, if the milk ducts aren’t properly opened, the milk is prone to block the ducts.

If it’s blocked for a long time, it will become inflamed.

This disease is very painful.

Just antibiotics won’t work, it will come back after it’s gone.

The woman’s painful moans made Li Xinyue feel a little uncomfortable. Thinking of the woman who committed suicide last night, she went over.

“Sister, are you suffering from milk blockage?”

A man in his thirties stood by the window, a woman in her fifties sat by the bed.

A young woman was crying on the bed, a child about two months old slept beside her.

As soon as Li Xinyue spoke, everyone in the room, except the child, was surprised.

“Girl, you understand this?”

The first to speak was the older woman, her eyes shining.

Li Xinyue nodded lightly: “Yes, my grandmother’s ancestors were imperial physicians, and they have a set of massage techniques to unblock the meridians.”

“But you need silver needles. Can you get them?”

The aunt was overjoyed, “Son-in-law, quickly go ask the head doctor for a set of silver needles!”

The man immediately left. Li Xinyue sat down by the bed.

She pressed her hand on the woman’s swollen breast. It was hard as a rock, no wonder it hurt so much.

“How many days has it been blocked?”

The aunt said, “It’s been a few days. It was better yesterday, but now it’s worse.”

Blocked milk ducts, the accumulated milk in the body, naturally became more severe.

This woman’s inflammation was very serious. If the milk ducts weren’t cleared, it would be inevitable to have surgery if it continued.

But the technology, medicine, disinfection, and antibacterial methods of this era were not good. If the surgery wasn’t done carefully, it could still go wrong.

While pondering, Li Xinyue had already finished examining the patient.

She gently pressed her hands on the swollen area and started to massage…

She activated her inner energy, and it seemed like something was flowing from her fingertips.

Li Xinyue’s heart moved, and she sped up her fingers. Where her hands touched, the swelling quickly softened…

“The silver needles are here!”

Just as she finished a set of techniques, the man ran back with a female doctor.

“Who are you?”

Li Xinyue nodded faintly at the female doctor, “I’m just a patient. This sister was in so much pain just now, and I happen to know a little about massage.”

At this time, Zhang Li had stopped hurting.

“Doctor Jiang, I don’t hurt anymore. This younger sister’s medical skills are amazing.”

Zhang Li’s illness had been under Doctor Jiang’s care, and she knew the patient’s condition very well.

“Really not hurting anymore?”

Zhang Li nodded, “Really not hurting anymore.”

Doctor Jiang looked at Li Xinyue, “So, do you want to use acupuncture now?”

Li Xinyue nodded, “Yes, it’s just temporarily not hurting now. If the milk ducts aren’t completely cleared, it will hurt again later.”

As soon as these words came out, Doctor Jiang stared at Li Xinyue with wide eyes, “You mean you want to use acupuncture to clear the milk ducts?”

“Yes, but it also needs to be assisted with massage.”

Doctor Jiang was a little doubtful, “Are you really sure?”

Li Xinyue smiled, “At least there’s no danger. Nothing is absolute. You’re a doctor, you should know that.”

Indeed.

Doctor Jiang was over forty, and she had been a doctor for twenty years.

Who could say they had a hundred percent guarantee?

“Zhang Li, if you’re willing, you can let her try.”

Zhang Li, of course, was willing, “I’m willing, little sister, thank you for your hard work.”

“No problem.”

“This big brother, go get some hot water.”

The woman was named Zhang Li, an accountant at the department store, twenty-five years old this year.

Her husband was named Huang Shengli, thirty-two years old, second marriage.

However, Huang Shengli’s father was a leader, and he himself was the head of the procurement department at the county pharmaceutical factory.

Huang Shengli’s ex-wife had given him a daughter.

His ex-wife was a young intellectual from a big city, and she left him and their daughter to go back to Haicheng two years ago.

Zhang Li was beautiful, and Huang Shengli had chosen her himself.

Now she had given him a son, and he cherished her dearly.

After the massage and acupuncture, it was time for hot compresses.

As the towel was applied, Doctor Jiang had already left, and Zhang’s aunt had also taken the child out.

There was no one else in the ward. Li Xinyue whispered a few words to the woman…

“Sister Zhang, do as I say, and I guarantee you won’t hurt anymore.”

As soon as Li Xinyue finished speaking, Zhang Li’s face turned red as a beet, “That… the child, can’t he?”

Li Xinyue shook her head, “No, he’s too weak, he can’t suck it out.”

“Besides, the milk now has medicine in it, and there’s inflammation, you can’t let the child drink it.”

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