Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Su Wanqing ignored her completely, quickly walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and first took Chen Xiuer's pulse. Her hand felt cold and weak, and the pulse was rapid and erratic. She immediately bent down to examine her—the cervix was not dilated well, the fetal heartbeat was weak and rapid, and the fetus was severely hypoxic!

"The child is lacking oxygen! The situation is very dangerous!"

Grandma Sun scoffed, "Hmph, who are you trying to scare? She's only been pregnant for a day and she's already suffering from oxygen deprivation? What about those who have been pregnant for three or four days? Only you people talk nonsense..."

Su Wanqing interrupted her directly, "Aunt Wang, childbirth requires quiet. Please ask those who are not involved to leave!"

Grandma Sun immediately jumped up and down: "This is my daughter-in-law! This is my kang (heated brick bed)! What right do you have to kick me out?!"

Without saying a word, Aunt Wang pushed and shoved Granny Sun out of the room.

Su Wanqing first fed Chen Xiuer a few sips of the enhanced spiritual spring water, and then had her hold a ginseng slice under her tongue.

Chen Xiuer felt her strength return and opened her eyes slightly.

"Comrade Xiuer, the situation is quite dangerous right now." Su Wanqing tried to remain calm. "The baby is lacking oxygen, and the baby is breech, with its buttocks down. Under normal circumstances, breech presentation makes natural delivery very difficult, and forced delivery carries extremely high risks, potentially resulting in the death of both mother and child. I do not recommend attempting delivery."

Upon hearing the words "breech presentation" and "two lives lost," Aunt Wang's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground. "Breech presentation?! My God! What am I going to do?! This is going to kill my daughter!"

Upon hearing the words "buttock position," Granny Sun, who was outside the door, suddenly pushed the door open and came in.

"I told you! This woman is just unlucky! A normal woman would have given birth smoothly by now! She's so troublesome! Breech presentation! That's bad luck! Who can she blame for not being able to give birth? She has bad luck!"

Su Wanqing ignored Grandma Sun, "Although it's a breech presentation, modern medicine is advanced enough that a cesarean section is possible. It's just making a small incision in the abdomen, taking the baby out directly, and then stitching the abdomen back up. I happen to have brought surgical instruments and anesthetic with me."

Aunt Wang recoiled in fright. "Cut...cut open her stomach? Will my daughter die? Doctor, can you save my daughter? We can give up the baby..."

In her heart, her daughter's life was more important. How could she survive having her belly cut open like this?

Grandma Sun panicked as soon as she heard this. "Doctor, don't listen to that old woman's nonsense! Save my precious grandson first! If you say you'll cut open and take the baby out for a C-section, then do it! Hurry up, get the baby out first! I've never seen a baby born with its buttocks down survive; Xiuer is beyond saving!"

Zhao Shupi also came in, rubbing his hands together.

"Doctor, is there any chance my wife can be saved? We can remove the baby first, but please try your best to save my wife as well."

Listen to this, is this even human language?

Su Wanqing glared at the man, really wanting to give him a big nose ring. He said he wanted to save his wife, but in reality he meant to take the baby out first, and if his wife could be saved, then so be it.

This kind of man is the most disgusting.

Upon hearing the man's words, Chen Xiuer's eyes instantly dimmed. "Fine, then let's listen to them and get the baby out first..." She didn't know what to do now. The baby was breech and couldn't be delivered. Getting the baby out first was better than losing both the baby and her life.

"Don't worry, cesarean section technology is very mature. It's not considered a major operation in the provincial capital. Both the mother and child can survive. I can do my best to ensure your safety."

Hearing this, Chen Xiuer's eyes lit up again. So, people can survive a C-section? She immediately said, "Dr. Su! Please save me! And save my baby too! I'm not afraid of pain!"

Aunt Wang quickly scrambled to her feet: "Yes, yes, yes! Save them all!"

Su Wanqing nodded, hoping that Chen Xiuer could see the true colors of her in-laws and husband this time and escape the fire pit as soon as possible.

She then took out paper and pen from her medical kit and quickly wrote out an informed consent and disclaimer. "Any surgery carries risks, and family members need to sign to confirm where the surgery is performed. This is also the case for my surgery. Who can sign this?"

Grandma Sun immediately distanced herself: "Sign? You wish! If you kill my daughter-in-law, you'll have to pay compensation! I won't sign this! My son won't sign it either!"

When she heard about the breech presentation, she knew that Chen Xiuer was in grave danger. She was also relieved that a doctor had come. If anything happened to her daughter-in-law, she could tell everyone that Dr. Su had killed her daughter-in-law!

She managed to shirk all responsibility and even extort a sum of money in compensation.

Su Wanqing handed the pen directly to Zhao Shupi: "You are Xiuer's husband, you sign here? If you don't sign, the surgery cannot proceed."

Zhao Shupi looked at the pen handed to him, then at his mother, hesitated for a long time, and finally withdrew his hand. "I'll listen to my mom... I... I won't sign it either. Xiuer, don't blame me. If something really happens to you, and I'm the one who signed it, I'll feel terrible... You don't want me to be sad, do you?"

Chen Xiuer looked at her man, her eyes filled with disappointment.

Previously, she only wanted to escape the mud houses in the educated youth settlement and marry Zhao Shupi, the most dull, honest, and hardworking man in the troupe.

Everyone says that marrying a man like that is a blessing.

Men are indeed very capable at housework, always eager to do all the chores, and they are also very obedient and honest, always saying things like, "I listen to my mother, I listen to my wife."

But Chen Xiuer never expected that, at the critical moment of life and death, her own man would say, "I'll listen to my mother!"

Aunt Wang was trembling with rage, pointing at her son-in-law and yelling, "Are you even human?! Huh?! Xiu'er is breech, she can't give birth at all! She's already on the verge of death! A doctor was finally willing to save her, and you can't even sign a consent form?! You just want to watch her die?!"

Grandma Sun pulled her son towards the door, saying, "Anyway, I didn't find the doctor, and I didn't order the surgery! I won't sign! Don't blame me if anything goes wrong!"

Zhao Shupi was so ashamed by the scolding that he couldn't lift his head. "I didn't want to either. I feel sorry for Xiuer and the baby, but I can't do anything about it now. I can't have children..."

Su Wanqing's intention in having them sign was to let Chen Xiuer see the true nature of this family. She turned around and handed the pen to Chen Xiuer again.

"Comrade Chen Xiuer, your life should be in your own hands. You sign this."

Chen Xiuer was stunned. "Don't you need your in-laws and husband to sign for surgery? I... I can sign it myself?"

Su Wanqing nodded firmly, "Of course! You have the right to decide your own life!"

She sneered inwardly, "Some pregnant women can't even get the consent form from their husbands when they want an epidural!"

Some say that anesthesia is bad for the baby, so they make their wives endure the pain and give birth for the sake of the child. Others think that it's just having a baby, and other women can give birth, so why waste hundreds of yuan on anesthesia?