Miscarriage

The caravan from Fanjiang stayed in the post station on the outskirts of the town. Brother Zhang took the Su husband and wife in. All they saw along the way were tall and strong barbarians. Not only were they extremely strong, but their hair and eye colors were also very different from those of the people in the Central Plains. Lu Yuan was curious all the way and kept looking at them. However, Su Huai kept a gloomy face and was terribly quiet.

The three of them finally found an elderly barbarian to discuss buying sheep. The old barbarian was a shepherd. Lu Yuan did learn a lot of ways to raise sheep but when it came to buying sheep, the good sheep in the caravan were naturally expensive. The price could not be negotiated. The old barbarian said that he could not make the decision and had to wait for the head of the caravan to come back to discuss.

So, Lu Yuan had to ask the old barbarian for a way to treat the sick sheep and go back to wait for news.

 Brother Zhang had some things to do in the caravan, so he sent the two out of the post station and turned back. Lu Yuan and Su Huai did not go back to the Su family directly, but took a detour to a medicine store in the west of the city.

“Have you thought about it?” Su Huai turned back to ask for confirmation before going in.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Yuan looked at his slightly bulging belly and nodded.

He had spent nearly a month trying to get rid of this unclear burden, so how could he give up the only chance because of a moment of hesitation at this moment? At least he should buy the medicine first… Thinking of this, he had already taken a step, but his steps were a little heavy.

Su Huai walked to the counter, without saying a word, and directly turned a stone lion on the counter.

This stone lion is called “Hua Rui”. Legend has it that the King of Medicine accidentally got a little lion with a transparent body, and its meridians and veins can be clearly seen from the surface of the body. The King of Medicine is called “Hua Rui”. He is fed various medicines every day, and the effects of the medicines in Hua Rui are observed. The medicinal properties and pharmacology of these medicines are studied. The stone lions placed on the counter of the medicine shop are to commemorate this King of Medicine.

The ancients generally wanted to have more children, and abortion was also condemned. It was not that there was no way, but they would never buy abortion medicine easily. Even if they came to the medicine shop to buy medicine, in order not to attract attention, they would turn the little lion around, and the medicine shop clerk would understand.

The clerk nodded, and glanced at Lu Yuan. Then he looked at Su Huai, and snorted lightly, clearly looking at a slut with disgust. However, no one had a problem with money. After receiving Su Huai’s copper coins, they packed the medicine. However, this medicine is different from the usual rough medicine. It is a prepared pill that needs to be dissolved in water for consumption.

 Since he had left the Su house, it was safer to drink the medicine outside. Su Huai asked the waiter for a bowl of hot water despite his cold eyes. He turned around and looked at Lu Yuan, who was still hesitant.

“Do you want to put it in?” Su Huai paused.

“…” In an instant, Lu Yuan felt his hands and feet cold, and his palms were sweaty. The fetus in his belly was already three months old. He could almost feel the shape of the fetus when he touched his belly. The taste became more and more strange. It must be this little guy who was causing trouble… Lu Yuan was an obstetrician and gynecologist. At this moment, he understood that he was killing someone, a person who had already taken shape.

 “Xiao Yuan.” Su Huai held the pill tightly, stretched out his hand to grab Lu Yuan’s hand, and pulled him to the corner of the medicine shop. Then he leaned over and lowered his voice: “I can see how much you are against having children. You were so scared when you were with grandmother Wang. If it happened to you, you would naturally not accept it. As for the biological father of the child, although I don’t know if you really lost your memory, I always understand that you don’t have good memories of him. If seeing this child in the future reminds you of your unhappy past, it’s better not to have him.”

“Huai Zhi… I…” Su Huai’s palm was thick and warm, and covering the back of his hand seemed to have a reassuring power. Lu Yuan looked up at him and suddenly had an impulse to confess everything.

But it was just an impulse. Su Huai was a good person, but it didn’t mean that he could accept a ghost who had returned to life. He is not a stupid scholar, and he is not pretty…

“Ahem… I seem to have been causing trouble for you. It was wrong to deceive Master Su in the first place, and now I have to let him hit me again… I think this is how it should be. After the child is aborted, you should confess everything to Master Su, and then find a crime to divorce me. You should sell the lamb in the sheepfold to me first, and when I make money, I will pay off the previous debt together…” Lu Yuan lowered his head and smiled awkwardly, but before he could finish his words, Su Huai hit him hard on the forehead.

 “Is your head made of paste? I saved you with all my efforts just to let the Su family stage a farce of marrying a ger and divorcing him within a month, and then let you go back to the starting point and continue to be homeless? Are you helping me or harming me?”

“But…”

Bang, another blow on the forehead, Su Huai said coldly: “Listen to me quietly!” With one hand pressed on Lu Yuan’s shoulder, Lu Yuan lowered his head and stopped talking. Su Huai sighed: “You won’t understand what I mean if I don’t explain it clearly?”

With a gloomy look, Su Huai continued: “It doesn’t matter if I say no, it’s just my speculation. After all, the flesh grows in you. No matter what you decide, just don’t regret it and don’t make yourself unhappy in the future. If you want to fight, there is a way to fight. I just need to tell the old man that I don’t want children, and I can keep you safe in the Su family; if you want to stay, there is always a way to stay. The Su family is not a big family, but they still have the financial resources to raise a child…”

He was stunned for a long time. Lu Yuan saw Su Huai treat him like this, and he was embarrassed to cause trouble for others. He turned his face away and sighed: “Although I don’t remember why I got pregnant with this child, I can guess that it is probably a disaster to get pregnant while carrying a serious crime and fleeing. No matter how thick my skin is, I am embarrassed to bury a hidden danger in your house…” As he said, he directly snatched the pills from Su Huai’s hand: “Your help to me is not only useless, but also troublesome… How can there be such a fool like you in this world…”

Su Huai frowned and knocked on Lu Yuan’s head again: “Your head is made of paste, who in the world is willing to be a fool? If it weren’t for liking you…”

“Brother Su! Brother Su!” Su Huai didn’t finish his words, and heard a shout behind him. When he turned around, a person rushed over. Lu Yuan staggered and spilled half a bowl of hot water.

 “Brother Su, luckily you didn’t go far, otherwise I wouldn’t have caught up with you! The caravan leader’s son is going to have a miscarriage, and there’s no doctor for the time being. Brother Su, go over and help!” As he said that, he dragged Su Huai back without saying anything. Seeing this, Lu Yuan had to put away the pills and followed him.

But… he always felt that he seemed to have missed something very important just now…

When they arrived at the post station, the caravan leader hadn’t come back yet. The ger who had a miscarriage was lying in the room, pressing his stomach with a pale face. He had been bleeding since just now, but the blood color was not the normal bright red, but dark red or even dark brown.

When the ger heard that the doctor was here, he grabbed the corner of Lu Yuan’s clothes, who was closest to him, and mumbled in Fanjiang dialect. Although Lu Yuan didn’t understand, he probably guessed from his expression that he was asking him to keep the child.

 The ger’s belly was obviously bulging, probably about five months. According to Brother Zhang, he suddenly felt a pain in his belly when he was riding a horse, and he bled directly. Lu Yuan saw that he was strong, with long arms and legs, and had very good physical fitness, which was easy to keep the fetus. He saw that the boy’s neck was thick, and Su Huai didn’t feel the fetal heartbeat just now. He’s afraid it’s not just because of riding a horse, but the baby in the belly was originally a dead fetus.

Frowning, Lu Yuan patted the ger’s hand and whispered: “Huai Zhi, give him a dose of oxytocin and abort the child.”

It’s strange to say that they didn’t speak the same language, but at this moment the ger seemed to understand everything. He grabbed Lu Yuan’s wrist and screamed hoarsely, as if he was forcing or begging. His tears couldn’t stop flowing down while shaking his head.

Lu Yuan was stunned. This guy from Fanjiang looked like a man, but he collapsed at this moment and became hysterical in front of him. His expression was exactly the same as those women who had accidental miscarriages in the hospital in his previous life. In the hospital in his previous life, he had seen many such situations, so he was inevitably uncomfortable, but he could control himself. At this moment, Lu Yuan didn’t know why but his heart skipped a beat, and he was so panicked that he took a few deep breaths.

“He is too excited. Is there any way to make him fall asleep? He is too dangerous like this!”

This guy is very strong. The other guy who was taking care of him in the room and Su Huai went over together, but they could only barely hold him down. Su Huai naturally didn’t bring his medicine box with him this time, and he couldn’t get any Ma Fei San. In the chaos, Su Huai directly knocked the guy unconscious with a knife.

“Huai Zhi!” Lu Yuan was shocked.

 “Help me boil this medicine.” Su Huai let the man lie down flat, and handed the labor-inducing medicine bought from the medicine shop to another ger. After some gestures, the ger nodded and ran out.

The five-month-old fetus has already formed. It is not possible to abort it by taking abortion medicine. Only induced labor can be performed. Su Huai and Lu Yuan forced the ger to inject the medicine and waited for a long time for the medicine to take effect. During this period, the ger woke up with abdominal pain, but he was unconscious and only knew to cry. When the cervix was opened, he gave birth to the dead fetus like a child.

Generally, uterine cleaning is required after induced labor to prevent infection. A long-handled round-headed scraper is inserted into the uterus, and the remaining placenta is scraped clean with the doctor’s touch and proficiency. This process requires strict disinfection. There was no such condition in ancient times. Lu Yuan could only make do with extremely high-purity wine, and bent the tent hook into the shape of a scraper. The candlelight was used to sterilize it, and it was repeatedly scrubbed with wine. This is how the uterine cleaning was performed. 

After the forceps incident last time, Su Huai was no longer surprised by Lu Yuan’s bold and adventurous behavior. Although there was also a dispute this time, he finally let Lu Yuan “do whatever he wants”.

It took three hours, and it was dark when the induced labor was successful. The ger fell asleep on the bed due to exhaustion. After Lu Yuan dealt with it, he looked at the ger in a daze.

From the beginning, the ger had been crying all the time. It was reassuring that he fell asleep now. But now Lu Yuan’s mind was full of the dead fetus that had already formed. He felt something choking his chest and couldn’t breathe. It was not until Su Huai pinched his hand that he came back to his senses and followed him out of the room. Brother Zhang was still guarding outside, and there were also a few barbarians with him.

 After taking a breath, Lu Yuan walked directly to Brother Zhang and whispered: “Brother Zhang, please tell the leader of the caravan that his son’s baby is stillborn and had to have a miscarriage.”

“Alas… why is it another stillborn baby! This barbarian land is really not good for people! Brother Su, don’t be too upset, this is not the first or second time. I heard that it is difficult to raise a young ger in the barbarians. The gers there are on horseback all year round, and it is common to give birth to stillborn babies. Even if they are not stillborn, there are many who give birth to stupid babies…”

Brother Zhang shook his head and sighed, but Lu Yuan was stunned. Thinking back to the appearance of the ger, Lu Yuan suddenly understood something.

“Brother Zhang, I think the stillbirth is not caused by riding a horse, but by the ger’s health.”

This batch of barbarians came from the rough plain pasture. It is expected that they eat meat all year round and have no contact with seafood. In addition, he just saw that the ger had a thick neck, and heard that the children born were either stillborn or idiots. It is very likely that the lack of iodine in that place caused the disease.

“Is there something wrong with the body?” Brother Zhang was stunned and asked.

“This disease is easy to cure. Just buy kelp and seaweed, stew a pot of soup every day. Eat it continuously, and it will be cured after a period of time. They will be more energetic, and the babies born will be healthy. However, this soup should be taken all year round, and it should not be stopped.” Lu Yuan smiled: “There should be no seafood in their hometown, but we have plenty here.”

When Lu Yuan said this, Brother Zhang’s eyes lit up immediately. He smiled at Su Huai and said: “Brother Su, your new ger is not only good at treating diseases! He also has a talent for doing business!”

This town is close to the sea, and kelp and seaweed are especially cheap. If they buy them at a low price and sell them to these barbarians at a high price, they can make a lot of money. Brother Zhang saw the way to make money, and immediately exaggerated it to the barbarians. After a conversation, the deal was soon settled.

It was getting late, and Lu Yuan and Su Huai were hurrying back. The caravan gave them the medical fee and said they would keep them for dinner. While they were talking, the caravan leader came back.

The caravan leader was tall and strong, and he greeted everyone and walked here with the wind. When Lu Yuan raised his eyes, he saw that the barbarian had a big thick braid of long brown hair. On his honey-colored face, his eyes were black and bright, but there was a scar on his left face that was a little hideous.

Lu Yuan was looking at the caravan leader. Unexpectedly, the man came closer and closer, staring at Lu Yuan with wide eyes and some surprise. He suddenly roared something, and actually hugged Lu Yuan in his arms.