The Little Lucky Girl

Ming Youyou looked into the room through the crack in the door, pushed the door open a little more, took Madam Zhang's hand and started giving her acupuncture.

She whispered, "Don't worry. Grandpa and I have discussed this acupuncture method. He has changed a few places. Although the effect has become smaller, it is safer for pregnant women. He is silent in the room now, which proves that the direction of my acupuncture is correct."

Madam Zhang nodded and whispered, "Thank you, grandpa, for me."

Ming Youyou calculated the time and said, "I can go to the county town once before the school starts, and I will give you acupuncture then. I will teach Luo Xiucai a few acupuncture points later, and ask him to press them on you more often. The acupuncture points are all on your arms and legs, and it doesn't matter if you use light or heavy techniques, but the effect is also good."

Mr. Luo was quite accurate in finding the acupuncture points for himself, and he also did a good job in practicing with Feng Xu. However, when it came to giving his wife a massage, he was extremely nervous. He was so cautious as if Mrs. Zhang was made of paper, and he was sweating profusely in the winter due to nervousness.

After seeing off the Zhang family, Ming Youyou looked at her grandfather's door which had never been opened. She felt depressed and ran to the kitchen to squat and light a fire with Old Man Ming.

Seeing that she didn't add firewood properly, but poked around with a stick, and soon the kitchen was filled with smoke and fire, Old Man Ming could not help but scold her: "Get out quickly, playing with fire on the first day of the new year, be careful that you will have trouble all year long."

Ming Youyou threw away the stick in his hand and finally said, "What do you think can be done to get grandpa to treat patients again?"

The old doctor in the county town was very respected. Not only did patients always come to thank him after they recovered, but even when he went shopping, people would stuff things into his hands. She felt that her grandfather was a very capable man and should live that kind of life.

Old Man Ming sighed, "Your grandpa has encountered many setbacks in his life, and he must be feeling miserable."

"Back then, those people falsely accused him of killing someone and caused a big disturbance in the clinic, causing your pregnant grandmother to have a miscarriage. Not long after giving birth to your mother, she died. Your mother was also very weak since she was a child and almost didn't survive. Under such circumstances, how could your grandfather not be heartbroken?"

"After so many years, I feel that he sometimes struggles, but learned people also like to stick to their own opinions and must remember what they said." Old Man Ming looked at Grandpa Yang's room and whispered, "Don't let him do what he should. He should insist on what he should insist on. If he doesn't want to insist on it, forget it. We can't let ourselves die from holding our urine. This is not a bad thing. Just do whatever makes you happy."

Ming Youyou nodded, "Okay, I'll make a note of it. I'll think about it later."

Old Man Ming said happily: "Fortunately, you finally got it." He touched Ming Youyou's head lovingly, "Since your medical skills have improved, I see that your grandfather has become much happier."

"You must learn from him, especially giving birth. It is a hurdle for women. Your grandmother also died early because she was injured when giving birth to your father..."

Old Man Ming blinked hard and said slowly: "If you learn the medical skills well, not only can you help others, but you will also be able to use them in the future. You are the only child of our two families, so we can't let anything go wrong..."

Ming Youyou saw that her grandfather started to talk about the same thing over and over again, and the topic of finding a son-in-law kept coming back. She had read a lot of books in the past year and began to feel embarrassed about this topic, so she quickly found an excuse to slip away.

She first went to burn incense for her deceased relatives, and then felt that the depression in her heart had not yet dissipated, so she talked to the system: "Is it so difficult for women to give birth on other stars?"

"It depends on the productivity level of each planet," the system said. "On a planet like ours, giving birth is almost risk-free."

"What if the child grows too big like what happened to Madam Zhang?"

"First, they will avoid this situation by providing married couples with eugenics education. Then, they will create a medical record from the beginning of pregnancy, and doctors will be responsible for regular checkups. Finally, even if the fetus is too large to be born, it can be removed through caesarean section."

"Cesarean section... does that mean opening the belly?" Ming Youyou's eyes widened. "Wouldn't that kill the mother?"

She and her friends once eavesdropped on the gossip of the women at the entrance of the village. They said that so-and-so's in-laws were heartless and wanted to save the baby when the baby was still alive, but her stomach was cut open and she eventually bled to death.

Ming Youyou was a little sad. "Do people in your place also think that children are more important than mothers?"

"Don't get me wrong," the system stopped her from going on. "In our place, a cesarean section is just a minor operation. After taking out the fetus, the doctor will carefully sew up the mother's abdomen. After a period of recuperation, the mother's body will basically recover. Some people think that natural childbirth is too painful, and they will actively choose a cesarean section."

Ming Youyou imagined a person holding a needle and thread, sewing up the belly like sewing clothes...

She couldn't help but shudder, and after a while she asked carefully, "Can I learn this medical skill?"

The system calculated, "Based on the current level of you and your region, you are not yet qualified to study."

Ming Youyou breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt regretful, and couldn't help asking, "Why?"

"Because your current mental state is not yet at the level where you can learn."

Ming Youyou rolled his eyes. "Then can I write down the key points and let others learn from them?"

“Are you sure that you can perfectly explain something to others even if you don’t understand it? And will others believe you?”

"Even if you can do this, I'm afraid the current objective conditions do not allow it," the system called up the conclusion it had drawn from scanning the surroundings, "Your awareness and means of disinfection are not up to par. Even if the laparotomy is successful, the possibility of subsequent infection is very high."

"So host, you have to work harder," the system encouraged, "Only when you have learned it can you spread this medical skill and help more people."

Ming Youyou asked in confusion, "Why do you and the gentlemen at the research institute always emphasize that I must learn it first? Since these are all good skills and you are so good, there must be a better way to make it circulated among us, right?"

The system said: "First of all, this is for your safety; secondly, this involves the cosmic ethics issue that the entire Star Alliance is currently discussing, that is, whether or not to import civilizations that are higher than their current level into other worlds."

Ming Youyou was even more confused. "If it's a good thing, just give it to me. Why do we need to discuss it?"

She blinked, "Does the Star Alliance want me to pay money in exchange?" She hesitated, "It's not impossible, but can you ask for less first, and then make up for it when I grow up?"