Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 315 - 313

"Mother, Jie’er’s mother is pregnant!"

When Shen Chengzu saw Mrs. Zhuang rushing towards Mrs. Lu, he stood up immediately, but he only had time to stop Mrs. Zhuang who had stepped on Mrs. Lu and was about to sit on her.

"Stop it!" Master Shen heard what Shen Chengzu said and hurriedly ordered Mrs. Zhuang to stop.

Anxious and angry, Shen Chengzu pulled Mrs. Zhuang aside. Mrs. Zhuang fell to the ground and started crying and cursing again.

Seeing Mrs. Lu in such a condition, she was a bit afraid and guilty, so she cried more loudly and cursed more fiercely, holding her waist and complaining incessantly:

"Ah, it hurts so much, my waist is broken, I’m going to die! Oh, Chengzong! There are gods above, you dare to hit your own mother, beware of divine retribution, you ungrateful son, you forget your mother as soon as you get a wife! ... Ah, it hurts so much! I’m dying!"

But with her drama and her cursing, who would believe she was really injured? She was full of energy after all that cursing, not pausing for a breath!

Mrs. Lu was in so much pain that she was breaking out in cold sweat.

"Jie’er’s mother, don’t be afraid. We’ll go see the doctor. You’ll be fine!" Shen Chengzu lifted Mrs. Lu and walked out, completely ignoring the words of Mrs. Zhuang behind him.

Could someone in real pain have the strength to curse others?

"Second son, quickly, hurry up! Get the bullock cart ready and take your little brother and his wife to the clinic." Mrs. Lu was in so much pain that she was sweating, but Master Shen was also breaking out in cold sweat. Afraid of losing the last of his reliable sons, Shen Chengzu.

If Mrs. Lu miscarried because of Mrs. Zhuang, then the day when Chengzu’s family and the old couple would clash was imminent.

For many years, Mrs. Lu had harbored resentment because she had fallen ill after giving birth to Jingjie. If something unfortunate happened again...

Just thinking about it scared Master Shen. Ah, all of this was brought about by Mrs. Zhuang’s recklessness!

"Father, it’s getting dark now. The clinic is closed. Where can we find a doctor?" Shen Chengzong didn’t want to go out looking for a doctor at night.

"You rascal! That’s a life we’re talking about! That child will be your nephew if he’s born! Hurry up, go find Doctor Luo!"

"Doctor Luo doesn’t live in the village anymore. I don’t know where he went! How can I find him? Mother, since Yuzhu didn’t marry Landlord Tian, aren’t you meant to give me back the betrothal gifts?"

He hadn’t yet retrieved the dowry from his daughter’s marriage, leaving him no time to deal with other people’s affairs.

As soon as she heard Shen Chengzong’s words, Mrs. Zhuang flared up! She turned her attack on Shen Chengzong.

...

And so, a new round of drama began.

Shen Chengzu planned to take Mrs. Lu to Xiao’er’s house at the head of the village, and let the housekeeper arrange a carriage to take Mrs. Lu to the clinic.

"Medicine! Xiao’er’s emergency medicine." When Mrs. Lu was in the Imperial Capital, she had heard Mrs. Liu mention that Xiao’er’s medicine had saved a woman who was bleeding heavily after a miscarriage. Afterward, the woman’s family became craftsmen in their jewelry shop.

"Will it work?" Shen Chengzu was a bit hesitant after hearing this.

"Yes, it will!" Mrs. Lu had an inexplicable sense that to save the child in her belly, she needed to take the emergency medicine left by Xiao’er immediately.

Shen Chengzu quickly carried Mrs. Lu back to the room and took out three kinds of medicine to ask which one Mrs. Lu should take.

Shen Jingjie heard the commotion and ran over. Seeing his mother’s face full of pain, he anxiously asked, "Father, what’s wrong with mother?"

Shen Chengzu had no time to deal with him.

Mrs. Lu didn’t know which kind to take, but the cure-all medicine should never go wrong, right? So she whispered weakly, "The one for illness."

After taking it, Mrs. Lu felt blood flowing from her lower body. Maybe she should take the one for hemostasis and healing. She said again, "Perhaps I should take the one for stopping the bleeding."

Shen Chengzu hesitated a bit: "Won’t indiscriminately taking this medicine affect the child?"

Affect the child? Mrs. Lu sank into sadness upon hearing this, she couldn’t help but vent her resentment on Shen Chengzu: "Whether this child can be saved is already a question, what other effects can there be!"

After hearing this, Shen Chengzu quickly fed her three more medicinal pills.

After Mrs. Lu had taken both kinds of pills, her stomach didn’t seem to hurt as much.

"It doesn’t seem to hurt as much."

"I’m going to go to Third Brother’s house and have the housekeeper help to call for the doctor, Jingjie you take care of your mother first and don’t let her move around. Dad will be back soon." Shen Chengzu was still uneasy after hearing this, and decided to go call the doctor.

The town wasn’t far from the village, the doctor arrived quickly. It was Doctor Lin, the best skilled doctor in town.

Doctor Lin examined Mrs. Lu’s pulse for quite a while before he said, "There seems to be signs of a threatened miscarriage, but the longer I check your pulse, the more stable your condition seems. Did you take any medicine before this?"

"Yes, she took some medicine, so what’s the situation now?" Shen Chengzu nodded, and asked anxiously.

"I’ll check the pulse again in half an hour." Doctor Lin was quite surprised inside, wondering what kind of powerful medicine this was that he could already feel the body’s recovery in such short time.

Mrs. Lu’s stomach didn’t hurt anymore, and the doctor also said that it was only signs of a threatened miscarriage, not an actual miscarriage. Thankfully, she had been to the Imperial Capital before and heard of this, and thankfully, Xiao’er had left quite a few medicines for them.

Otherwise...

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu said to the doctor, "Doctor, if anyone asks about my condition, can you say that I’ve had a miscarriage?"

"Jie’er’s mother, how can you curse your child like that?" Shen Chengzu looked at Mrs. Lu, not understanding why she would say such things.

"I say this for his sake, not to curse him! If I stay here I can’t live this life anymore, if you still care about me then don’t say anything!"

Shen Chengzu fell silent at her words.

After listening, Doctor Lin nodded. Every family has its own problems, he respected the patient’s wishes, "I have one inappropriate request, could you show me the medicine you took before?"

Mrs. Lu nodded after hearing this, allowing Shen Chengzu to bring out the two bottles of medicine to show Doctor Lin.

With the medicine made into pills, she didn’t believe Doctor Lin could tell what the prescription was.

Doctor Lin carefully took them and took a sniff. But all he could smell was a strong fruit fragrance; the scent of the medicine was all covered by the fruit fragrance.

The other bottle, however, smelled of mint and fresh grass...

But it couldn’t be denied that the scent of both bottles of medicine were refreshing and invigorating.

Was this medicine made from the fruit of some medicinal herb? Doctor Lin shook his head, it seemed he still had a lot to learn about medicine, he couldn’t even recognize it on smelling.

An hour later, Doctor Lin checked Mrs. Lu’s pulse again. As expected, her condition was nearly stable, almost as if nothing had happened.

"Madam, the baby is safe now, but the first three months are the most unstable, it’s better to be careful."

Mrs. Lu finally felt relieved after hearing this, her child was safe.

Having such great medicine at hand, Doctor Lin originally wasn’t planning to prescribe anything else, but since the baby was safe now, Mrs. Lu didn’t want to consume any more of her life-saving pills, so she asked Doctor Lin for a prescription.

Doctor Lin understood her reluctance to continue taking the rare medicine as it would soon run out.

A life-saving medicine should indeed be used at the most critical times.