A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

In the blink of an eye, Guier had been working in the hospital for more than a month and had already adapted to the new environment. Seeing that she was easy to talk to but not easy to bully, everyone changed their attitude.

Shopkeeper Liu praised, "I thought you, a newcomer, would inevitably suffer some grievances, but I didn't expect you to adapt so quickly and receive everyone's praise. That's really good."

Guier laughed. What was this little bit of intrigue in the hospital? The intrigue in the Marshal's Mansion was the real killer.

She was at work that day. She had just finished her work and was about to take a break when she saw a familiar figure, He Ruizhu, walking into the hospital from outside with a heavy face.

Guier quickly walked over and asked, "Ruizhu, why are you here? Are you feeling unwell?"

He Ruizhu was startled. When she looked up and saw it was her, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No, nothing, it's just that my period is a little irregular, so I wanted to come and take a look."

Gui'er enthusiastically introduced it to her, saying, "I thought it was something big. By the way, why don't you go see Dr. Liu? He used to own the Liu Pharmacy, remember? It's near our school, and he's a gynecologist. Many rich ladies and wealthy ladies have him as their doctor."

He Ruizhu hesitated for a long time before whispering, "Isn't he a man? This is so inconvenient."

Guier smiled and said, "For doctors, the patient is like a machine. They are just repairing the machine."

He Ruizhu was still hesitant, so Guier had to introduce her to another female doctor. Later, when there were patients who needed help with injections, she went to help.

When I finished my work and came out, I passed by the doctor's office where He Ruizhu was seeing a doctor and saw the female doctor said to He Ruizhu: "You can't solve it alone, you have to ask your wife to come with you."

He Ruizhu walked out with a bitter look on her face.

Gui'er thought something was wrong with her body, so she hurried over and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Ruizhu? Did the doctor prescribe any medicine? Is it serious?"

When she said this, He Ruizhu actually started crying softly, shaking her head as she walked out.

Gui'er was startled. She was worried and hurriedly followed behind.

Arriving at a corner of the hospital courtyard, she grabbed He Ruizhu and asked, "What happened? Are you seriously ill? I can find a foreign doctor in the hospital to see you directly."

He Ruizhu sighed, pulled Gui'er to a less crowded place, and said, "You know my husband. He was originally my father's eldest apprentice. My father was in poor health, so I recruited him into our family. We have always had an average relationship, and he always wanted to take over our family business. I told you about it before."

Gui'er nodded and asked in confusion, "What happened now? Is it because of his anger that your menstrual period is disrupted?"

He Ruizhu smiled and said, "No, he said that I had been married to her for more than two years and still hadn't gotten pregnant. He said that I was either deliberately using contraception like those dancing girls, or I was a barren woman. My family had deceived him into marriage, so he wanted to cancel the engagement."

"Is that why you came here for the checkup? But what the doctor said just now makes sense. This kind of thing requires two people to check together."

He Ruizhu shook her head and said, "He refused. He said the seeds didn't germinate, so the soil must be bad. He demanded compensation from my father and threatened to leave. My father is a very proud man, so he asked me to come to the hospital for a checkup."

Gui'er asked hurriedly: "What are the results of the examination?"

He Yuzhu said: "The doctor said that there is no problem with me. If we are anxious to have a baby, she can help me get a pregnancy medication, but the safest way is to have the examination together with both of us, but he will definitely not come."

Guier understood that in this era, women who were unable to have children after marriage would be criticized a lot. She thought for a moment and said, "But the doctor has already said that there is nothing wrong with you. So you can only ask him to come over for a check-up. Maybe it's his problem?"

"Gui'er, my mind is in a mess right now. He definitely won't agree to come to the hospital for a checkup. Besides, he and I... we hardly have sex these days."

"This...where did this child come from if they are not from the same room?" Gui'er said with wide eyes.

"I think he's just trying to extort money from our family so he can start his own business. He thought my father was frail and my siblings were young, so he was the one who made the decisions when he married into our family. Now that I'm clinging to the management of our two stores, he's really unhappy, and that's why he's making such a fuss."

Gui'er frowned and said, "Then what are you going to do?"

"I want a divorce."

"What?" Gui'er couldn't believe her ears. Although there were divorces in this era, Sha Yanyao had divorced twice, but most of them were from wealthy families. Moreover, some feudal families would not agree to their children's divorce even if their daughters were extremely unhappy in their marriages, even if they would be forced to death. This was also the sadness of women in this era.

She thought for a moment and said, "Have you thought it through? Will your parents agree?"

He Ruizhu smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I had never thought about divorce before. I just thought we should just make do with each other, isn't that the way it is? But just after seeing the doctor, I suddenly thought to myself, why do I have to suffer this? His hometown was hit by a disaster, and there was not enough food at home, so he ran to the city to beg. My father gave him a job to keep him alive, trained him to be a big man, and even married his daughter to him. Our family doesn't owe him anything, and I don't owe him anything either. Why does he treat me like this?"

Gui'er took her hand and comforted her, "Go back and have a good talk with him. If he can change, you should live a good life with him. If not, if you want a divorce, just ask me if you need any help." She knew the saying that it is better to demolish ten temples than to ruin a marriage. Moreover, He Ruizhu might have this idea because of her emotions. Maybe she would change her mind after a while. After all, divorce was very rare among ordinary people in this era.

He Ruizhu said gratefully, "Thank you, Gui'er. I'm not vain, but having the support of a classmate who's the daughter of a handsome man really makes me feel at ease." She wiped her tears and said, "By the way, Tong Yujun will probably be back next month for the Mid-Autumn Festival and get married at the same time."

"Really?" Gui'er said in surprise: "But their family escaped at the beginning... Now they are back, are they okay?" She knew that because of Aunt Tong Yujun, the former Eighth Concubine, who had an affair and was beaten to death by the Marshal, the Tong family was afraid of the Marshal's power and ran away overnight. Not only the Marshal, she heard that they left in such a hurry that some of the payments for goods were not settled.