70: The Soldier King's Supernatural Wife, Three Babies in One Child

"Acupuncture to stop bleeding is three dollars, and the delivery and the medicine I used are two dollars, a total of five dollars. I will put it on my account when I get home."

This price was not something she made up; it was set by Liu Zhibai. She did not agree with his high price, but she could not disrupt it, as it would disrupt the income of the entire barefoot doctor industry here.

After saying that, she didn't take their money or eggs and rode away on her bike.

When I got home, it was already dark.

Lu Hanqing, Lu Xiang and Lu Yuedan led Lu Yuanyuan and stood at the door of the clinic, looking in the direction she was coming from.

They all knew that she had been called to deliver a baby, and they all asked, "How is the baby?"

Only Lu Hanqing stared at her angrily without saying a word.

"Everything goes well, mother and child are safe!"

As Lu Chaoyan spoke, she raised her hand to rub her little brother's head, but stopped.

She had just delivered a baby and she couldn't touch someone else's head.

"Let's go, the meal is ready, go in and change your clothes and eat."

Lu Hanqing was still angry. He took her bicycle and went into the yard first.

Lu Chaoyan brought the remaining half bottle of alcohol and medicine into the clinic. Just as she was about to leave, Liu Zhibai suddenly asked, "Where's the money for the medicine?"

"They have no money, please remember their names."

Lu Chaoyan told Liu Zhibai the young man's name and said, "I charged you five dollars, your usual price."

"Nonsense! How can you deliver a baby for free?"

Liu Zhibai stood up and called out to Lu Hanqing from the back window, "Get in the car and follow me."

"Liu Zhibai, you are really fucking sick, can't you ask for it another day?"

Lu Chaoyan really couldn't understand his behavior and thoughts.

She had just returned and he went to ask for money. This is not just a lack of medical ethics, it's a lack of basic moral ethics as a human being.

"Humph, idiot, you went to deliver a baby and used my medicine, which cost two dollars. You only took five dollars and didn't even give me a penny back. Do you think I'm a charity?"

Liu Zhibai became even more angry.

Lu Chaoyan retorted, "I am a doctor who saves the dying and the wounded, not a devil who is greedy for money. That person is really in trouble, so why not take it easy?"

"There are tens of thousands of poor people in the world. If every one of them takes a break, will we doctors still have to eat?"

Liu Zhibai yelled angrily, and then said, "Go to the city hospital and ask which poor person has been given a lifeline? How can you guarantee that those people are really penniless and can't afford to pay?"

At this time, Lu Xiang on the side also whispered: "Yan'er, you went to deliver a baby, and it was the eldest grandson. They shouldn't let you come back empty-handed. This family is not doing things right. Don't blame your father for being angry."

Listening to their weird words, Lu Chaoyan was too lazy to argue anymore.

Anyway, she went to deliver the baby just to save lives. Now the child and his mother are safe and sound. At worst, she can pay the five dollars first.

"It's just five dollars. I'll give it to you."

She took out five dollars from her pocket and threw it over. Liu Zhibai didn't take it, nor did he argue with her anymore. She called out to Lu Hanqing, who looked reluctant to go, and rode her bicycle to the young man's home.

Lu Chaoyan looked at the two people who disappeared into the night, and she really had a lot of dirty words in her heart, but she had no place to vent them.

She took the five dollars, went to the backyard, and washed herself from head to toe. Lu Xiang had already put the food on the table.

Tonight, perhaps because she smelled too much blood, she had a poor appetite and fell asleep after eating a bowl of white porridge.

Liu Zhibai, who went to ask for money, arrived at the young man's house and happened to meet the old woman who grabbed the triangular-eyed woman's hair and would not let her leave.

"Mrs. Zhang, you old fool, you helped my daughter-in-law deliver her baby for the placenta of my grandson. How can you be so heartless?"

"I am not that little fool from the Lu family. I have been busy at your house for a long time and I haven't even had a sip of brown sugar water. If you don't give me the placenta, I will never let you go!"

The young man was not at home. Only the woman in labor was listening to the noise outside and sobbing softly in the house, accompanied by the baby's crying.

"stop fighting!"

Lu Hanqing ran over and shouted to the two old women.

They looked up and saw Liu Zhibai.

As a barefoot doctor, everyone in Lianshan Brigade knew him.

The two women didn't know why he came.

He was so stupid that he didn't say anything for a long time.

Liu Zhibai looked at the young man's mother and said, "You are bullying my daughter for being ignorant. She still owes money for medicine and the delivery fee. Is this what a human being should do?"

When the old woman heard this, she understood immediately and her face turned red with shame.

"I'm sorry, Doctor Liu. We made a mistake. Wait a minute. I'll get the money for you."

The triangular-eyed woman covered her belly and took the opportunity to run away.

"stop!"

Liu Zhibai shouted to the triangular-eyed woman, "My daughter helped this woman deliver her baby today. You can't take the placenta!"

"Doctor Liu..."

The triangular-eyed woman turned around awkwardly, reluctantly lifted up her skirt, and took out the bloody placenta hidden inside, "Here, here you go."

Liu Zhibai didn't take it. Instead, he took out a tarpaulin bag from his pocket and handed it to Lu Hanqing, "Put it in the bag."

The angry Lu Hanqing's mind paused for a moment before he finally understood.

His father didn't come for the money for medicine, but for the placenta.

He was unwilling and stood there motionless.

Taking someone's placenta would mean harming their offspring, and he would never do that.

The triangular-eyed woman came over and put the placenta in Liu Zhibai's cloth bag.

Then, he ran away.

No matter who she competed with, she wouldn't dare to compete with Doctor Liu.

The old woman came out with one dollar and eighty cents and twelve eggs. Seeing this, she knew that the placenta would not be recovered.

"Doctor Liu, the money is not enough, can I owe it to you?"

This was the last bit of money and eggs in the family, she really had no more.

Liu Zhibai held the placenta, took out five yuan in change and handed it over, which also included two kilograms of meat tickets.

"Sell me this placenta, and tonight's consultation fee will be waived. I will give you another five dollars, and you can use this meat ticket to buy meat for your daughter-in-law."

When the old woman heard this, joy flashed in her eyes, and then she became distressed.

A woman's placenta can only flourish in the next pregnancy if it is buried in a corner.

If this is sold, wouldn't it be equivalent to selling her next grandson?

Liu Zhibai knew what she was thinking. "This placenta has nothing to do with the next child. As long as your daughter-in-law takes good care of herself, she will still give birth. It has nothing to do with those superstitious things."

As he said this, he put five dollars into his pocket and said, "If you don't agree, give me the consultation fee and medicine fee."

Lu Hanqing watched him from the side, shaking with anger. How could he have such a father?

The baby was delivered by his third sister. If it gets out tomorrow, it will be said that his third sister delivered someone's baby and asked them to use the placenta as medical fees. Her reputation will really be ruined.

He rushed over, took the money from the old woman, snatched the placenta from Liu Zhibai's hand and handed it to the old woman, then dragged Liu Zhibai away.

"I beg you, stop forcing me, let's go home."

"Snapped!"

A heavy slap landed on Lu Hanqing's face, "It's not your turn to talk about my affairs."

Once again, he waited coldly for the old woman to make a decision.