CHAPTER 146: CHAPTER 136: WHAT IF A SINGLE SLAP KILLS THIS FRAGILE LITTLE THING

The old man thanked her profusely and left after receiving the medicine.

But what Bai Susu didn’t expect was that many patients with the same symptoms came one after another.

She couldn’t help but feel a sinking sensation in her heart.

It seemed that pneumonia had already started spreading here.

If it’s not controlled soon, it could become contagious, and many people could die.

For a moment, Bai Susu couldn’t help but frown.

And soon, she recalled something.

In the original story, after Feng Wuchen succeeded in suppressing the bandits and returned, an epidemic seemed to break out in the northwest, killing many people.

To control the spread of the epidemic, the government directly sealed off a city and burned all the seriously ill patients to death.

She wondered if the epidemic mentioned in the story had any connection to the pneumonia here.

If there was a connection, she would need to prepare early.

Though she couldn’t extract any other antibiotics for the time being, she could manage to produce some penicillin on her own.

Thinking of this, Bai Susu calmed her mind and continued with the consultations.

After attending to dozens of patients, suddenly a piercing scream came from outside, "Help! Please save my wife!"

Bai Susu immediately asked, "What’s happening outside?"

"Miss, a woman is in labor and having a difficult delivery, and she’s bleeding uncontrollably," Ling Han replied quickly.

Hearing this, Bai Susu immediately jumped to her feet.

"Quickly, bring her in," Bai Susu hurriedly said.

...

Soon, a pregnant woman, already fainted and with her clothes soaked in blood, was brought in.

Bai Susu immediately instructed everyone to carry her to the temporary tent in the back.

She rapidly assessed the woman’s condition.

Then she solemnly said to the man kneeling and pleading, "I can save your wife and child, but I must perform a cesarean section. Do you accept?"

The man was stunned by these words.

But the next moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "I agree!"

"Alright, prepare an informed consent for him to sign!" Bai Susu immediately instructed.

Then she began preparations for the surgery.

Just as she got everything ready, she saw Feng Qiwu standing quietly nearby.

Upon seeing this, Bai Susu paused, "Shu Kuang, I need an assistant. Would you be willing to help me?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Qiwu came to his senses and said with some hesitation, "I can."

Then he strode into the tent.

Once inside, the woman was already lying silently on the bed.

Bai Susu quickly stepped forward, using scissors to cut open her clothes and swiftly disinfected the area with strong alcohol.

Feng Qiwu watched her swift and skillful movements from the side.

He couldn’t help but wonder: Was Susu doing this before?

Otherwise, how could she be so proficient?

...

Though Bai Susu had Feng Qiwu come in to help, she actually didn’t need him for now.

His presence was mainly to help him overcome his psychological trauma, to let him know that cutting open Lingxi’s abdomen was indeed for a chance at life.

Once everything was ready, Bai Susu took up the surgical knife and, under Feng Qiwu’s unblinking gaze, cut open the woman’s abdomen layer by layer and reached in to carefully press the child out little by little.

When she saw the baby’s head, Bai Susu quickly reached out to gently pull it out and then said to Feng Qiwu, "Shu Kuang, hold him well, I need to cut the umbilical cord."

Feng Qiwu snapped out of his stupor at Bai Susu’s words and quickly moved forward to receive the motionless, purple-faced infant, his hands trembling slightly.

Because this child’s bluish-purple appearance was exactly like the state described in the mural when he was born.

So Susu was telling the truth, she wasn’t just comforting him.

After cutting the umbilical cord, Bai Susu quickly tended to the incision and said to Feng Qiwu, "Slap his bottom, a newborn must cry to survive."

Hearing this, Feng Qiwu hastily, a bit clumsily, said okay, then reached out to slap the tiny baby, who wasn’t even as long as his forearm.

Being afraid of harming the fragile little creature, he controlled the strength of his slap very carefully.

After two slaps, the baby still didn’t cry.

Feng Qiwu felt a pang in his heart.

"Susu, he’s not crying."

"Hit harder," Bai Susu instructed.

"Okay."

Feng Qiwu then increased the force for another slap.

The next moment, the baby in his arms let out a sharp wail so loud that Feng Qiwu felt as if it could lift the tent top.

Yet within his heart, for some reason, a surge of inexplicable excitement was churning.

Was it like this too when that woman slapped him to make him cry at birth?

...

Outside the tent, upon hearing the baby’s cry so soon, the husband of the woman instantly burst into tears.

The baby was alive!

At least one survived!

Others, upon hearing the infant’s crying, couldn’t help but also show excited expressions.

An inevitable death was turned away, the person inside must surely be a living Buddha!

Would their illnesses also surely improve?

Twenty minutes later, Bai Susu cut off the catgut thread and let out a sigh of relief.

She felt immensely grateful that when she had guessed that Feng Qiwu was born via a cesarean section, she took the opportunity to demonstrate a cesarean to him and had prepared ahead of time.

If things had been urgent, where would she have gone to find sutures like catgut?

Then she quickly looked up at Feng Qiwu.

At this moment, Feng Qiwu was holding the baby with little legs kicking vigorously, looking utterly at a loss.

Upon seeing this, Bai Susu couldn’t help but chuckle softly, then stepped forward and said, "Shu Kuang, let me take him."

"Okay." Feng Qiwu immediately passed the baby to Bai Susu as if passing a hot potato.

He hadn’t expected that a newborn would be so fragile yet so energetic.

After placing the child on a clean piece of gauze, Bai Susu quickly cleaned his mouth to ensure no amniotic fluid would choke his lungs.

She then checked his body condition to ensure there were no other issues before wrapping him up and placing him beside the mother.

She then readjusted her veil and said to the anxious-looking man, "Mother and child are safe. After the mother wakes up, you can take her back. For now, go and get some milk or goat’s milk..."

Before finishing her sentence, she suddenly paused and turned to Ling Han, "Thinking about it, he might have a hard time getting those. You should purchase some cow’s milk or goat’s milk for the child to drink."

Upon hearing this, the man quickly, tearfully said, "Thank you, living Buddha. I am a shepherd; we have a goat producing milk at home. I’ll bring some over at once."

Bai Susu nodded immediately upon hearing this, "Good, then go home and boil the goat’s milk with some almonds to eliminate the gamy taste before bringing it over."

"Yes, yes! I will go at once! Thank you, Lady Buddha, for saving my wife and child."

Overwhelmed with gratitude, he was about to kowtow again.

Bai Susu hurriedly said, "Alright, focus on getting the milk first."

"Yes, yes, I’ll go right away,"

He said before getting up and leaving in a quick trot.