CHAPTER 375: CHAPTER 375 SCUM

Mrs. Gu seemingly anticipated this, but she hadn’t expected Tang Chuxia’s reaction to be so severe; she hurriedly went out to help her catch her breath.

The round-faced nurse almost vomited as well, her face turning deathly pale.

However, she was a little better off than Tang Chuxia because she was a nurse and had been toughened by many experiences.

She realized that Tang Chuxia definitely couldn’t stand the smell.

The only thing to do was to have someone bring over a basin, and the water, tinged a beautiful pink with potassium permanganate, required her to roll up her sleeves and wipe the parturient.

If she hadn’t done so, Tang Chuxia would have been likely to vomit again before the acupuncture needle could be properly inserted.

The laboring woman seemed to be aware of her own unpleasant odor and was quite embarrassed, her face flushing red.

"My mother-in-law said that you can’t just wash down there willy-nilly; it’s bad for the child!"

After the woman spoke, the round-faced nurse held her breath, not wanting to respond.

Another nurse, who was measuring the patient’s blood pressure, couldn’t help but sternly correct her, "Don’t you know whether it’s good or bad? Not to say whether your child is fine, aren’t you uncomfortable? It’s all ulcerated down there, doesn’t that hurt? Even just washing with saline wouldn’t cause such severe issues!"

The parturient moved her lips but ultimately said nothing.

That nurse, too, was short-tempered, perhaps having seen too many women suffering from strange customs, and she truly said a lot, causing the parturient to break down in tears.

It was Mrs. Gu who came in, "Alright, she didn’t know it would be like this, and she’s the one who’s suffering!"

After the nurse left, Mrs. Gu held the woman’s hand to support her, "Don’t feel too bad, Xiao Lin was just concerned for you, that’s why she spoke like that!"

The woman nodded, "I know, I just..."

She couldn’t articulate why.

She probably felt too embarrassed to say.

Mrs. Gu patted her arm, "Okay, let’s not think about that now. You should know your body. If it’s not dealt with properly, during childbirth, the infection could spread to the child!"

What they were trying to do now was to manage the patient’s problems as much as possible and assess whether she could give birth naturally; if not, a cesarean section might still be necessary.

At this time, cesarean section still wasn’t something everyone would agree to.

Mainly because in traditional views, giving birth was exclusively the woman’s affair. What was this cesarean section all about?

It was frightening!

After Tang Chuxia had finished vomiting and somewhat regained her composure, Elder Huang told her she needed to exercise to overcome her mental block before she went back in again.

Fortunately, with the round-faced nurse’s cleaning, though the smell was still strong and nostril-assaulting, it was now bearable.

Tang Chuxia saw Mrs. Gu nod her head at her.

Tang Chuxia just had to hold her breath and grit her teeth to remind the assistant, "Follow my instructions. When I say inhale, you inhale, when I say exhale, you exhale!"

Because when the needles were inserted, some acupuncture points would still hurt.

Often, coordinating with the breath could make it less uncomfortable.

Tang Chuxia actually managed to insert the silver needles into all the required acupuncture points with astonishing speed, then ran out to vomit the moment she was done.

Elder Huang could even smell the odor from the doorway, no wonder Tang Chuxia couldn’t bear it.

The round-faced nurse came out and started vomiting into another spittoon.

It really wasn’t something just anyone could endure.

Both were pale-faced. Tang Chuxia still had to report the post-acupuncture condition to Elder Huang, who considered it for a moment before writing a prescription.

He said to Tang Chuxia, "The foul smell on her is emanating from inside. If you attend the birth, you’ll probably have to stay on site, and that child might be in trouble!"

Tang Chuxia couldn’t believe it.

She had to endure it still?

She couldn’t take it anymore.

Under these circumstances, she could imagine not wanting to eat anything for the next three days.

Just as Elder Huang had another apprentice fetch the medicine according to the prescription, Mrs. Gu came out of the delivery room.

"The situation is very bad; the baby has no heartbeat!"

Elder Huang furrowed his brows, "Just now I took a look, the child most likely can’t be saved!"

Actually, there was hardly any hope to begin with; they were teetering on the edge of life and death, and on top of that, the person was brought in too late, the amniotic fluid had broken, and there was severe erosion down there. How could she give birth?

Mrs. Gu expressed, "I’ll go talk to the family of the parturient. Xiaxia, you need to keep an eye on the parturient later; I have a bad feeling about her condition!"

Tang Chuxia leaned on Round-faced’s shoulder, both of them wearing a grief-stricken expression.

Elder Huang said it was deliberate.

Tang Chuxia pursed her lips.

Was this really a question of deliberateness?

It was downright life-threatening.

They were originally waiting for Mrs. Gu to come back before entering the delivery room together, but then came a noisy commotion at the entrance to the delivery room.

Tang Chuxia followed and took a look, only to see a big man shoving Mrs. Gu, something she couldn’t tolerate.

Tang Chuxia went over and threw the man aside, protecting Mrs. Gu.

"Aunt Hong, what’s wrong?"

Mrs. Gu was nearly knocked down and still felt some after-shocks.

"The family is too agitated, they don’t agree to a cesarean and just want the parturient to give birth naturally!"

Under these circumstances, it’s bad enough that the baby can’t be saved, but the parturient would certainly be in mortal danger.

"Do we absolutely need a signature to proceed with the surgery?"

Tang Chuxia asked in a low voice, to which Mrs. Gu shook her head, "It depends on the situation; sometimes we go straight to surgery when it’s an emergency!"

Tang Chuxia glanced again at the family of the parturient, whose demeanor suggested they didn’t care at all about the life of the parturient.

Scum!

To Tang Chuxia, anyone who focuses only on the child when a woman is giving birth is a bastard.

With the parturient in such a state, having vomited twice and still trying to save her, even though she was just a stranger, she knew the mother’s life was more important. But what about these family members?

Even if the child is important, isn’t the parturient more so?

"If you don’t allow a cesarean, and if something happens to my grandson, I’ll fight you to the death!" an old lady screamed, hands on her hips.

The thing that Tang Chuxia hated most was such disgusting behavior, a woman herself, yet not treating her daughter-in-law like a human being.

She walked up to the old lady, grabbed the collar of her clothes, and lifted her up.

"Granny, who do you intend to fight to the death with?"

Tang Chuxia, thinking of the parturient’s physical condition, especially the parturient’s claim that this woman had told her not to wash down there, leading to severe erosion, was filled with anger.

The old lady had lived this long and was impressive in her own right, suddenly being lifted like a little chick, she panicked at that moment.

"If you dare lay a hand on me, I will report you and parade you through the streets on a penal board!"

Tang Chuxia laughed.

Setting aside the fact that such practices of parading through the streets were rare these days, given the era she was in after transmigrating into the book.

This old witch dared to threaten her; Tang Chuxia simply tossed the old lady onto her son.

"You both better clear your heads and understand, if you delay the treatment and cause problems, I’ll directly call the police and have you eat prison food. This is intentional murder!"

Ordinary people are still very afraid of the police.

Tang Chuxia spoke confidently, and the ignorant old lady was deceived, not daring to make a sound.

In the end, it was her son who finally acted like a human being.

"We gotta save my wife, yeah!"

Tang Chuxia snorted coldly, "Hurry up and make your fingerprint, the doctor will do his best to save your wife!"

As the man was making his fingerprint, he still managed to say, "We also need to save the son, absolutely save the son, yeah!"

Tang Chuxia: ...