When Cao Shichu came down from the mountain with a basket of medicine on his back, he suddenly heard a voice not far away that seemed to be calling her: "Mrs. Shi! Miss Shi..."
She turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a sallow-faced woman in her thirties trotting towards her, calling her anxiously as she ran.
Cao Shichu stopped. After a while, the woman stopped in front of her, panting: "You... you are Mrs. Shi from Taohua Village, right?"
The woman asked impatiently after she regained her breath.
"I am indeed Mrs. Shi from Peach Blossom Village." Cao Shichu nodded.
"Fortunately, I caught up! Madam Shi, I was just looking for you. I'm from Guixiang Village next door, and my surname is Li. You can just call me Sister-in-law Li." The woman looked at Cao Shichu carefully, "I heard you are very good at it. Cure women’s diseases, right?”
"It's okay. As long as it's not too weird, it can be cured. Is Sister-in-law Li uncomfortable anywhere?" Cao Shichu already understood the purpose of this woman's visit. Since she showed her hands and cured the diseases of the women in Taohua Village, After she became ill, her reputation gradually spread, and occasionally women from other villages would come to see her for medical treatment.
Sister-in-law Li suddenly became coquettish at this time, and then looked around like a thief. When she saw that there was no one nearby, she lowered her voice and said to Cao Shichu: "Well... Mrs. Shi, you, Do you have any medicine that can prevent me from having children? I don’t want to have any more children. Since I married my man at the age of sixteen, I have given birth to eight children in one breath in the past thirteen years. I am really scared, but It’s not possible to have a baby but it’s not possible. Abortion is very harmful to the body and could even kill her if she’s not careful. There was a sister-in-law in my village who died due to miscarriage and massive bleeding. I was really scared..."
Cao Shichu suddenly understood. He looked at her sallow and haggard face. She was only twenty-nine years old now, but she already looked thirty-six or seventy-seven. She was almost ten years older than her actual age. It turned out that she was too old to give birth to a child. If you have too many, can you not grow old? With such frequent births, it can be predicted that in ten or twenty years, she will be one of the old women with uterine prolapse.
If you don’t want to have children, the best way is to have a sterilization. The best candidate for sterilization is a man, but in this conservative and backward era, let alone men, even women are unlikely to be willing to have a knife operated on themselves just to prevent pregnancy. Moreover, making too much noise to sterilize a woman can easily cause criticism and harm the woman's body. It is not the most suitable method of contraception.
Therefore, the preparation of contraceptive pills is the most appropriate and safest method of contraception at the moment.
"Contraception, right? Yes, but I need to prepare a contraceptive pill suitable for you based on your body's specific conditions. It's too late today. You can come to my house to find me tomorrow." Cao Shichu said to Sister-in-law Li.
When Sister-in-law Li heard this, she was so excited that Cao Shichu's eyes lit up, and she asked happily: "Is there really such a contraceptive pill?"
"Yes." Cao Shichu replied without hesitation.
Sister-in-law Li was so happy that she could not speak coherently, and then said: "I, I am so happy, I never want to have another child in my life... Thank you, Madam Shi, you are my savior... I thought I would be the only one in this life." I will die because of the time I give birth to a child. I never thought that there would be a day when I don’t have to have another child..."
Sister-in-law Li looked at Cao Shichu as if she were looking at the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saved her from fire and water, and she wanted to kowtow to her.
After getting excited, she finally calmed down. Seeing that Cao Shichu didn't accuse her of not wanting to have children at all, she asked with some embarrassment:
"Ms. Shi, don't you think it's wrong that I don't want to have another child? Everyone thinks that it is natural for women to have children. They can have children as long as they can, no matter how many are alive, they have to have children. It is harmful to deliberately use contraception. And, after all, everyone values more children and more happiness..."
When Cao Shichu saw her worried look, he softened his tone and said, "I don't think there is anything wrong with you. Giving birth to a child is very harmful to a woman's body. Every time she gives birth to a child, she is going through the gate of hell. What's more, you have already After giving birth to eight children, you are already very lucky to be here in front of me now, but you may not have such luck next time.
What does it mean to have many children and be blessed? If it comes from a wealthy family, that's fine. Having children can be shared by multiple women, and the money can support many children.
But ordinary people have too many children to feed them, and even if they can barely feed them, they will have to suffer all their lives to keep the family from starving to death. This means they are very likely to be overworked and die of exhaustion before they get old. , it is impossible to even watch the children grow up and have children, so how can we enjoy the blessings of children?
Humans are not animals. They act randomly based on instinct, regardless of the consequences. "
When Sister-in-law Li heard what she said, she felt sour in her heart and almost shed tears. She held Cao Shichu's hand and said, "Only a woman can understand a woman's suffering. A man can feel refreshed and free from any burden. He can get it in a few months." With a child, we naturally hope to have many children and many blessings; but we women have to carry each child for ten months. In the first few months, we will feel nausea and retching, and in the next few months, our abdomen will be as big as a basket, and we will suffer from backache, swollen legs and feet, and birth problems. The child is in excruciating pain, and it takes several days and nights for him to be relieved of his burden. What woman wouldn’t be afraid?"
Sister-in-law Li's voice choked up when she mentioned the sad part. She wiped her tears and after a while she calmed down and said, "I'm sorry for complaining to you so much. Madam Shi, you are a good person. You have cured our women's diseases and solved many difficulties. We all say privately that you are sent by God to save our women."
When Cao Shichu heard what she said, he was extremely surprised and said, "I'm not that great. I just learned some medical skills. Just like an ordinary doctor treating people, I'm just a steady woman and female doctor who delivers babies." "
"No, you are so great! Although those unspeakable women's diseases cannot kill people for a while, they are very tormenting and painful. But when you cure them, you give them a new life." Sister-in-law Li smiled He smiled and continued, "I'm not exaggerating. Haven't you noticed that since you came, the women in Taohua Village and other villages have become more smiling? There are a lot less sad faces." "
"Is that so?" Cao Shichu really didn't notice it at first.
"Yes." Sister-in-law Li replied affirmatively.
"Okay, don't praise me. It's getting late. You should go back early." Cao Shichu reminded her.
"Well, Mrs. Shi, I'm coming to see you tomorrow. Can you tell me that I'm just coming to see you for a common women's disease, not for birth control pills?" Sister-in-law Li looked at her longingly and asked.
"Okay, I can also make the medicine into pills for you. You can just take one pill after doing that." Cao Shichu said, understanding her dilemma.
"Mrs. Shi, you are really Guanyin Bodhisattva!" Sister-in-law Li's eyes turned red again.
