"Doctor, what's the situation with my wife? Please explain her condition in detail. I'm troubling you."
Looking at Shen Xue, who was asleep and receiving an IV drip on the hospital bed, Chen Yang secretly took out a red packet filled with several large bills and went to the doctor who had treated her.
Although Shen Xue's condition had stabilized, he was still worried.
"Oh, how can I accept this?"
As Chen Yang entered, he slipped the red packet into the doctor's white coat. The doctor, who had initially seemed a little intimidated by Chen Yang, immediately smiled, finding the blood-stained man less frightening.
In those days, even those with salaries had limited earnings throughout the year. While doctors were better off than ordinary people, the difference was not significant.
Liao Yonghua never actively asked for anything from patients' families, and he always did his best with treatments. However, he didn't refuse the red packet voluntarily offered by the family.
Taking the money, he felt he should put in double the effort to treat the patient. He had no qualms about accepting it.
"Dr. Liao, please don't be so polite. I'm just worried about the safety of my wife and child right now."
"If there's really anything wrong, please don't hide it from me. I'll take her to a larger hospital outside sooner."
Chen Yang was also feeling anxious. Shen Xue had been fine normally, and then suddenly experienced abdominal pain and had to go into surgery. Moreover, during the delivery of their two children, Shen Xue and the babies had almost had trouble. How could he not worry!
"There's no major problem, it's likely that the baby is very active. Just get some appropriate exercise. If you're truly not at ease with our county hospital, you can go to the city hospital."
"However, at the city hospital, it will be similar to what we do here. They'll just listen to the heartbeat, check the blood pressure, of course, if it's a very experienced older doctor, they can also roughly feel the fetal position through the abdomen with their hands."
"If you're concerned, bring your wife to the hospital for a check-up every half month. It will be about the same few tests I mentioned."
Prenatal check-ups in the seventies and eighties were quite simple. Even if more complex, at most, they would ask you to do a blood test.
It wasn't that the hospitals and doctors didn't want to do more tests, but they couldn't.
Most hospitals at that time did not have ultrasounds, let alone CT scans or MRIs. Of course, these equipment were generally not used for routine examinations of pregnant women. Radiation could be harmful to the human body, and pregnant women and fetuses were too fragile to endure such procedures.
This was a limitation of the era. The risks of childbirth back then were significant, unlike in later times.
It was also unlike later times when Cesarean section techniques were already mature, and very few pregnant women faced life-threatening situations. In this era, the chance of maternal death during childbirth was still quite high.
This was why Chen Yang was so worried!
"Alright, thank you, Doctor."
Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard there was no major problem. He had also been negligent before. Seeing that Shen Xue's condition had been relatively stable, he hadn't brought her for check-ups after the first time.
Mainly, Shen Xue was also afraid of going to the hospital. However, now, for the safety of her and the child, Chen Yang would definitely bring her for regular check-ups in the future.
"Let me take you to the surgery department to treat your wound. It's getting warm, and if it gets infected, it will be very troublesome."
Liao Yonghua was still very attentive. He had felt in his pocket and was sure he had received several tens of yuan. His monthly salary was not even that much.
Usually, other patients' families would only offer a few yuan in a red packet, and he wasn't being overly enthusiastic; it was simply that Chen Yang had given too much.
"Then I'll trouble you, Dr. Liao."
Chen Yang wasn't insensitive to pain. It was just that he was too worried about Shen Xue at first. Seeing that she was alright, he could finally relax.
Indeed, as soon as his attention relaxed, he immediately felt a slight pain in his elbow and head.
Liao Yonghua quickly brought a nurse with tweezers and alcohol to clean his wounds.
When the disinfectant alcohol was applied to the wound, Chen Yang grimaced in pain.
Both of his elbows were grazed, and the blood had already clotted. But there was no choice. He was afraid of dust and dirt causing infection.
The nurse had to carefully clean away the clotted bloodstains and then apply medicine and bandage Chen Yang's wounds bit by bit.
"Your head also has a large gash. You'll likely need several stitches. Your hair will have to be shaved; otherwise, the wound can't be treated and stitched properly."
He didn't know how his forehead had been injured, but the gash was quite large. Otherwise, Chen Yang wouldn't have been covered in blood when he first touched it.
"Shave it, go ahead and shave it all off. That way, the wound won't easily get wet when washing hair later."
Chen Yang gritted his teeth. He had been too focused on getting to the hospital at the time. He had fallen quite hard, but fortunately, he was not seriously injured, and both he and Shen Xue were safe.
These nurses were probably used to this. They quickly brought scissors. Chen Yang's hair wasn't particularly long, so they soon gave him a buzz cut, and then the nurse used a razor to shave off the hair around the wound.
This was where it really hurt.
Not only did his hair have to be shaved, but the wound also needed to be cleaned and stitched. By the time Chen Yang came out of the treatment room, his legs felt a little weak.
He had only needed four stitches, and it was such a small wound on his head. It was inconvenient to administer anesthesia, so the nurse had to stitch it up forcefully.
The feeling of the needle piercing his scalp and stitching the wound closed was excruciating. It could really kill a person from the pain.
When Chen Yang returned to the ward, Shen Xue had already woken up. Seeing him bandaged from head to toe, it was now Shen Xue's turn to feel distressed.
"You're going to be a father now, can't you be a little more careful?"
"I'm fine, aren't I? Look at you, you've injured yourself like this. If anything happened to you, how would our mother and children live?"
Shen Xue hugged Chen Yang, not caring that her parents were in the room. Seeing his injuries, her heart ached.
"I was just worried when I heard you were in trouble."
"It's good that you're okay. My injuries are minor, they don't matter."
Chen Yang hugged his wife. Although his wounds ached a little, he felt incredibly at ease in his heart.
Her father and mother looked at the young couple and felt that their presence was a bit of an interruption. They turned to leave. Just as they reached the door, they casually picked up the two little ones who were gathered around, watching their parents hug, and carried them out.
Zhang Dabiao put down his schoolbag and efficiently closed the ward door. He was a reliable person, Old Zhang. He had retrieved the boss's dropped schoolbag and closed the door properly.
Feeling that only the two of them were left, Shen Xue started to feel a bit shy.
"Still hugging?"
"You were fine hugging when people were here. Now that they're gone, why are you suddenly shy?"
Chen Yang looked at his wife, her shyness seemed rather inexplicable. Shen Xue was stunned when she heard his words.
She supposed he was right. Earlier, she had been so concerned about her husband that she hadn't thought much about it and had hugged him in front of everyone.
Now that everyone had left, what was there to be shy about?
Once she understood, it was no longer an issue. Shen Xue leaned into Chen Yang's embrace. With him here, she felt safe and happy, unafraid of anything.