Chapter 32 Thirty-second night shrunk head

There was nothing to do in winter, and since Lin Siping and Ji Yan hadn't seen each other for a long time, everyone came to Ji Yan's house for a drinking party. The days in winter were extremely short, and it was already dark outside before six o'clock, so they decided to talk about stories or talk about themselves. The first one is what Lin Siping said about his experience. "Can this be a story?" His first sentence made me baffled.Lin Siping waved his hand, then drank the remaining wine in the glass and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.His face began to flush, and he leaned against the charcoal stove. Ji Yan didn't like to use electric stoves for heating. He often said that the smell of burning charcoal would bring him back to the past when it was cold in winter.Of course, I also agree with this.

"I often go out for archaeology, of course, wandering around in the fields and countryside. Most of the people there are very simple, kind, and very hospitable. You know, I am also a very curious person, and I always hold a very strong interest in those unknown things. Inquiry into the heart, but I can't let go of the burden like your father and travel around happily. But I still chose the profession of archaeology, which can be regarded as a way of comforting myself. In their conversations, I learned of a very peculiar story at the local county hospital.The protagonist of the story is an obstetrician and gynecologist named Wang Jue.The story of this man has almost spread all over the village, and everyone takes it as a warning. Of course, I have just arrived, so I was told slowly.

At that time, there were still many taboos about childbirth, because there was a lot of blood during childbirth, which was considered to offend the gods. Of course, this is just a superstitious statement, but many women still stick to the principle of not giving birth in their own place , Most of them went to the hospital.In addition, the treatment of the placenta and umbilical cord is also very special, because since ancient times, the placenta and umbilical cord are considered to be the second self, and it is said that they should be buried very carefully.The handling of the placenta is even directly related to the future fate of the child.As an obstetrician and gynecologist, although Wang Jue is relatively young, he still knows it well. Although he is not very complete, he still knows a little bit.He is well-known locally, and many people's children came to this world through his hands.

At the age of twenty-nine, Wang Jue, who had delivered countless babies, made a mistake. Some mistakes can be made up for, or can still be saved, but Wang Juecuo's mistake is not only not knowing how to repent, but actually getting worse, so the future fate of this kind of person can be imagined, but this is a later story.Let me tell you what he did first. At ten o'clock that night, Wang Jue was on duty at the county maternity hospital. He was very upset these days, because many things at home recently made his head dizzy.The daughter-in-law clamored to improve the family's housing, and because of her habit of gambling, she still owed a lot of gambling debts outside. The solution to all these things is very simple, just have money.But money is often the hardest thing to come by.

Just as Wang Jue was smoking a cigarette and reading the newspaper with hot tea, the nurse outside the door hurried over and told him that a pregnant woman was coming and was about to start. Maybe you want to ask, why don’t you stay in the hospital when the due date is down? In fact, some people hate the hospital, so today’s mother is actually the daughter-in-law of a local village chief. not far. Now that the patient came, Wang Jue temporarily forgot about his affairs and devoted himself to his work. When the mother came, the amniotic fluid had already flowed a lot. Wang Jue immediately asked the nurse to prepare it. Speaking of his skills, he was still a good hand in the hospital. After so many years, he had never made any mistakes. Of course, Wang Jue today Also very confident.

It was a bit difficult to deliver the baby, but it was nothing to a veteran like Wang Jue. After a few hours, the baby's head was almost completely out, and the mother was about to give birth smoothly.In an instant, Wang Jue suddenly thought of something. Now the salaries of doctors in hospitals have been secretly linked to the income of the hospital. That is to say, if the hospital receives more surgery fees, medical expenses, and drug expenses from patients within the specified time, the more income the doctors will have.Wang felt that Shou was holding the baby with half of his head exposed, so he hesitated.

No one in this direction can see that the baby's head is already exposed.According to the hospital's charging standards, the cost of a caesarean section is three times that of a normal delivery.Wang Jue decided to do it. After the operation was over, the village chief and his son paid for the dystocia operation. They even stuffed Wang Jue with an envelope. Although it was not thick, it was someone else's wish. Wang Jue put his gloves into the pocket of his white coat, and before he could take them off, there was still maternal blood on them. He half held them up, looked at the contents of the pocket and smiled awkwardly, that smile was like a thief.Of course, both mother and child are safe, and Wang Jue is very happy, feeling that he has increased his income through legitimate channels.

Later, many women gave birth in the hospital, and almost half of them were dystocia and needed caesarean section. Whenever Wang Jue was sweating profusely and solemnly notified his family members that he was about to prepare for the operation, how did those people know that among them was this handsome man. Did the upright authoritative obstetrician play a trick in the delivery room?Who would cause trouble to his wife and children just to care about that little money?Therefore, Wang Jue's income is getting higher and higher, and his wife is very happy. Not only is the gambling debt gone, but a new house was built at home. The hospital also commended him as a model worker of the year. Wang Jue sat on the newly bought sofa with his legs crossed, Smoking the famous cigarettes given by the patients, looking at the certificates on the wall and the pennant of "benevolent doctors and benevolent skills, good hands rejuvenate" sent by their families, they couldn't stop laughing.

People say that good luck never comes singly, and misfortune never comes singly, but Wang Jue didn't feel it. He deeply felt that his decision that day was very correct. Now that his wife was also found to be pregnant, Wang Jue was immersed in happiness every day, gaining both fame and fortune. Wang Jue is really satisfied that he will be a father again, and Wang Jue has done a lot less about that matter, and the local people still believe in fate. If someone exposes him, he won't be able to hang around here anymore.Therefore, Wang Jue plans to do it for the last time, and to be a good doctor in the future can be regarded as making up for his past mistakes.

Not long after, a pregnant woman was admitted to the hospital, probably a few days away. The pregnant woman had a strong background, the family seemed to be from the engineering team, and her husband was from a single family.It is said that the mother's younger sister is also an obstetrician, so she took good care of her at home.Wang Jue came to check the house every day. Looking at the towering belly, he thought that this kind of family was the most suitable. If he asked him for money, he would never return empty-handed. As long as the mother and child were safe, he would agree to any price.

"Just her, the last time, anyway, their money is easy to come by." Every time Wang Jue uses this excuse to prevaricate, it doesn't matter if he does too much, and even thinks that he is a chivalrous doctor who robs the rich and helps the poor Well, people are like this, even if it is a bad thing, as long as he can live with his own conscience, he will not think it is a bad thing. Soon, Wang Jue walked into the operating room again, and the woman on the bed screamed loudly. This cry had been heard for many years, but today it felt extremely harsh, and Wang Jue couldn't help frowning.The delivery went smoothly, and the baby's big head has come out.Wang Jue looked around and did it again according to the original method.However, something went wrong today. Usually every time Wang Jue would suggest a caesarean section, if the other party disagreed, he would play tricks during the normal delivery. In fact, he also knew in his heart that a caesarean section should not be sloppy. Originally, strict inspections and safety measures were required, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.But he is very smart, will often check the health of pregnant women, and then decide whether to implement an emergency caesarean section.So he often prepares a set of emergency measures and equipment before the operation, which is called always on guard against accidents, in fact to make himself fully prepared.This time, he immediately ordered the nurse to insert a urinary catheter for the pregnant woman, and then administered anesthesia. Wang Jue did not choose lumbar anesthesia or epidural anesthesia, and was given general anesthesia because of emergency surgery.However, he didn't expect that this pregnant woman, who he judged to be strong and strong a few days ago, would have a very strong reaction to the anesthetic.Originally, Wang Jue was already familiar with the operation, but the massive blood loss couldn't be stopped no matter what.The face of the parturient is very ugly, and the nostrils have taken in more air and less air out.The nurses panicked, and so did Wang Jue. He looked into the eyes of the parturient, a look he would never forget for the rest of his life, full of survival, despair and pain. Neither the child nor the woman was kept. This is almost a huge failure of Wang Jue's medical career.Family members cried and cried in the hospital.Logically, I had a fight with him, but the matter was attributed to medical malpractice. What is an accident?There are stories behind most of the accidents. The whole country does not know much about such things. Although most doctors hang patients with the purpose of not seeking cure or death, it is not uncommon for family members to kneel at the gate of the hospital with their corpses in their arms. .The news pays attention to new words, and the same thing happens again and again, even the media don't bother to ask.Most of them ended up losing money.This matter was no exception. After the hospital negotiated with the family, the matter passed.Wang Jue was punished, and his whole body was demented. He watched the woman's husband crying and walked out of the courtyard. Although others didn't know it, he knew it best. The pregnant woman could give birth smoothly. A healthy child, it was just one of his own, which actually cost two lives.Since then, Wang Jue has always been absent-minded, and almost had accidents several times, but was sent by the hospital to do logistics and other things.People around him sympathized with him, thinking that he was so depressed because of his conscience.Everyone praised him and said that there are not many doctors with such a sense of responsibility and morality. As the days passed, Wang Jue's wife was about to give birth. He asked the hospital for a week off to be with his wife.Looking at his wife's belly, Wang Jue always felt an inexplicable sense of fear.As long as he fell asleep these days, the face of the man who lost his wife and children would dangle in front of his eyes, sometimes clear, sometimes blurred, and finally turned into his own face. Whenever Wang Jue woke up from his dream, Looking at his wife who was sleeping next to him, he could only sigh. Finally, the day that Wang Jue was looking forward to and fearing the most came. His wife said that she was not feeling well since eight o’clock. He immediately sent her to the hospital. When she arrived at the hospital, she cried out in pain. Years of experience, knowing that his wife is about to give birth. The person in charge was a young female doctor. She put on her mask, clothes and gloves and was about to go in when Wang Jue stopped her.The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Wang Jue wanted to say please, it's up to you.But it seems that the change of roles made him unable to open his mouth, ahh a few times, but he couldn't say a word.Instead, the female doctor smiled. "Doctor Wang, don't worry, I will be a good obstetrician and gynecologist like you." After speaking, he turned and went in.Wang Jue heard this sentence, the more he heard it, the more uncomfortable it became.As a result, he strongly demanded to go in together and watch his wife give birth.This is taboo locally.Originally, the custom is that a husband must never watch her give birth beside his wife, otherwise it will be very detrimental to the child.But Wang Jue didn't care so much anymore, he must watch his wife give birth. The painful cries echoed in the delivery room one after another. Wang Jue grabbed his wife's hand and encouraged her by her ear, and looked at the female doctor from time to time.Since he hadn't been in contact with the doctors in the hospital for a long time, and he was wearing a mask, Wang Jue could only look at those eyes. Although they were very familiar, he couldn't remember them.The delivery was not smooth, time passed and everyone in the delivery room was very nervous.The young female doctor was sweating all over her head, and she kept yelling to use more force. "It's difficult, the fetal position is not correct, and emergency caesarean section may be prepared." The female doctor said to Wang Jue.Wang Jueyi sounded like he had fallen into an ice cave, and he looked at the female doctor in fear.He couldn't be more familiar with this sentence, and he often said it to others. "Take off your mask." Wang Jue said this suddenly.Everyone present was surprised.Especially female doctors. "Doctor Wang, this..." The female doctor looked distressed.But Wang Jue insisted again and again.She had to take it off. Wang Jue was stunned, and pointed at the female doctor, unable to open her mouth for a long time.Wang Jue finally understood why the doctor's eyes were so familiar.She clearly looks exactly like the mother who died not long ago.Wang Jue retreated to the corner like crazy and shouted. "I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't do it on purpose, please don't hurt my wife and children, I beg you." He knelt down on the ground as he spoke.Kowtow non-stop.The female doctor was very embarrassed, and while asking the nurse to call someone to prepare for the caesarean section, she helped Wang Jue up. "Doctor Wang, I don't blame you for what happened to my sister. I am also a medical student. Some things may be unavoidable. The reason why I asked to be transferred here to replace you is to let more mothers give birth to babies in a healthy way. Avoid my sister's tragedy." As she spoke, the female doctor actually shed tears.After listening to it, Wang Jue was relieved. It turned out that the doctor was the sister of the pregnant woman. Worried, Wang Jue still hugged his son.When he heard that his wife was also safe, he let go of the heart that raised his throat.The child is cute and healthy, which makes Wang Jue very happy.However, the matter is not over. Wang Jue's son began to grow up, but Wang Jue became more and more aware of the strangeness of his son's body, and he didn't feel it at a young age.But when children compare with their peers, the difference can be seen immediately. Wang Jue's son's head is small. As a result, there is nothing else, only this surprisingly small head, which in Wang Jue's opinion is almost the same as when it just came out of his mother's belly. What is going on here.If this goes on, the child will become a monster, with a baby's head in a big body.Wang Jue has read some books before, saying that some tribes will shrink the head, and the head of the dead will be reduced into a small sphere.But now his son's head was alive in front of him, still so small. I can't go on like this. After treatment that almost broke the family, the couple was tortured to death, and the child tried many methods, but it didn't work at all.Seeing that his son is growing up, he is being kept away by other people's strange eyes, and he is becoming more and more withdrawn and not talkative.Wang Jue often stroked his son's head, which was not much bigger than a fist. Watching his wife weep sadly, his heart felt like a knife was piercing his heart.He asked the child if he felt any discomfort in his head, but the son kept shaking his head. One night, Wang Jue got up to take a urinate and passed by his son's room. The weather was getting colder. He was worried that his son would be kicked, so he opened the door and wanted to go in and cover him with a quilt. The door was only opened a crack, but Wang Jue didn't go in because he saw it. Through the moonlight outside the window, Wang Jue saw a man standing in front of his son's bed, bending over and pressing the child's head vigorously with his hands.The son closed his eyes in pain, but he didn't wake up at all.Wang Jue was shocked and was about to rush in.The man straightened up but turned his face, facing Wang Jue, and smiled deeply.With this smile, Wang Jue was stunned and didn't go in again. The next morning, Wang Jue was found hanged in his toilet. "Hearing this, Ji Yan and I couldn't help asking curiously, what exactly did Wang Jue see. Lin Siping smiled and changed the subject. "Do you know how Wang Jue caused a pregnant woman who had a normal delivery to have a difficult delivery and have a caesarean section?" We naturally shook our heads.Lin Siping continued: "It's actually very simple. He pressed the child's head with both hands and stuffed him back. Then he said it was difficult to deliver and prepared to have a caesarean section." "What Wang Jue actually saw was himself. He saw himself pressing on the child's head. The child's skull was very soft and was growing. If it was squeezed for a long time, it would naturally not grow to the size it should have grown. Perhaps Wang Jue understood that it actually made him The culprit for the son’s head growing like that is me, no, or another me, the Wang Jue who actually stuffed back the child who was born naturally for money. When I heard this story from other people, I didn't believe it at first, but they insisted on taking me to see that child, the one whose head was shrunk. Led by my fellow villagers, I came to Wang Jue's house. I was so surprised that it turned out to be true.Inside the room, I saw a teenager feeding a woman.The boy was still wearing a huge straw hat in summer, so he couldn't see what he looked like, but the woman, with an expressionless face, just stared blankly ahead. When the boy saw us coming, he greeted everyone warmly, and then they said something to the boy, and the boy took off his straw hat. It was the first time I saw such a small head.Although according to the villagers, the child's head is much bigger than before.But I still can't accept that a human head can become like this.I could clearly see a distinct indentation on either side of his temple.His head looks like an 'I' shape from a distance. " Lin Siping didn't speak anymore, Ji Yan passed by and said: "I hope there will be fewer people like Wang Jue, they will harm others and themselves after all. But Wang Jue's story reminds me of a story." Ji Yan pretended to be mysterious Said: "I don't know if you have heard of dragon snakes." Lin Siping laughed and said, "I've only heard of dragons and snakes mixing, but I haven't heard of dragons and snakes." After he finished speaking, he looked at me again, and I naturally shook my head without saying a word. Ji Yan said, "Let's listen to the story of the dragon and the snake." He added some charcoal to the furnace, and the fire burned up a little bit.