210 The Difficulty of Life
"What?" The midwife apparently did not know what tetanus was and hummed to express herself.
"You ask around. I'm an old hand at delivering babies in the nearby villages. Countless babies have been born through me, and all I've done is cut their umbilical cords like this. I've never heard of any 'wind' or anything."
The midwife didn't understand, but Sun Mei did. Her attention had been entirely on her sister-in-law, so she hadn't noticed what the scissors looked like. When she finally saw them, she immediately agreed, "Madam, let's be more careful. This really can cause tetanus."
The old woman was somewhat angry and wanted to say more, but Zhao Zhitong insisted, "Madam, what if something happens to my Aunt?"
"You see, there are many bacteria and viruses on the scissors..."
Grandpa Bai hurriedly interjected, "Young girl, they don't know what bacteria and viruses are."
