MDMP Chapter 42.2

Anyway, he and Feng He didn’t want to have children anymore, so it wouldn’t be a big deal if he did it. Besides, the surgery didn’t sound like it would have any impact on other aspects.

“Can we arrange it today?” Zhao Haoyang asked, fearing that he might regret it later.

“Yes, you can, but your spouse must sign.” The old doctor said.

“Why do you still need family members to sign?” Zhao Haoyang was surprised.

The old doctor snorted as expected and said, “Why? Of course, I’m afraid that your family members will make trouble!”

It seemed that the hospital had a precedent for this.

In the end, Zhao Haoyang returned home without success.

After returning home, Zhao Haoyang struggled for a long time and finally told Feng He about it at night.

Feng He’s first reaction was to disagree. She thought that it was not a good idea to do a ligation surgery!

But Zhao Haoyang didn’t know what was going on, and he became more and more enthusiastic as he talked.

He explained the benefits of the ligation surgery that the old doctor introduced to him today. Feng He was stunned by what he said.

Then, the next day, she actually went to the hospital with him.

The old doctor who sat in the consultation office was still the same old doctor from yesterday. He still had an impression of Zhao Haoyang. When he saw that he actually brought his family here today, he couldn’t help but sigh.

Nowadays, men who are willing to undergo sterilization surgery are very rare.

“Have you really thought about doing this surgery?” The old doctor asked as usual, “If you already thought about it, just sign here.”

Feng He hesitated while holding the pen, but Zhao Haoyang next to her was urging her: “Sign it, it’ll be fine. Didn’t the doctor say there won’t be any danger?”

Zhao Haoyang could not wait to grab the pen and sign it for her by himself.

Under Zhao Haoyang’s urging, Feng He still signed her name.

As soon as she signed the document, Zhao Haoyang snatched the operation document and gave it to the old doctor. The old doctor wrote another operation document and asked them to pay the fee before the operation could be performed.

When Feng He saw Zhao Haoyang running to pay the fee, she felt a little regretful.

After seeing Zhao Haoyang enter the operating room, her regret began to increase, and she stood up uneasily.

Although it was true that they had decided not to have children in the future, there was no need to go for a vasectomy!

The doctor said that this operation was not too dangerous, but after all, it was an operation, how could it not cause harm to the body…

On the other hand, Zhao Haoyang actually regretted entering the operating room.

After all, he was going to have surgery, and it was still about that aspect, so how could he not have any worries?

But thinking of his original intention for the operation, he forced himself to calm down.

Wasn’t it just a small operation? It will be over quickly, don’t panic.

But when he saw the old doctor picking up the shiny scalpel and approaching him, Zhao Haoyang couldn’t help but take a breath.

When he was about to close his eyes, he suddenly heard the sound of the operating room door being pushed open, accompanied by a woman’s anxious voice: “Doctor, we won’t do this operation!”

***

A few minutes later, in the old doctor’s consultation room—

Zhao Haoyang and Feng He stood side by side, both bowing their heads to accept the criticism and education from the old doctor.

“You little couple, you treat hospital surgery like child’s play.”

“Also, is it possible to break into the operating room?”

“…”

Zhao Haoyang and Feng He apologized to the old doctor repeatedly.

Then, they listened to him curse and drink two bottles of tea before waving them away.

 

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Translator’s Little Encyclopedia

Family Planning Policies of China (Part 2)

In Chairman Mao Zedong’s time, the Chinese government had an ambiguous and changing attitude toward family planning, especially during the Great Leap Forward.

Family planning was first introduced in the 1950s as a “recommendation”, yet had never been strictly implemented until 1970, when the Military Control Commission of China’s Ministry of Health announced that contraceptives would be provided free of charge, and Premier Zhou Enlai enacted population growth targets for urban and rural areas, respectively. Malthusian concerns continued, with two-child restrictions starting in the early 1970s under the later-longer-fewer program.

 

 

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