Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 502 Female Bell Doctor

In the carriage in front, Wen Shu had no idea what Zhuo Rufeng was thinking.

At this moment, she just wanted to rush back to her hometown and start her farming plan.

Because he had wasted some time in Lin'an City, Wen Shu didn't want to stop on the rest of the journey unless he passed through a big city.

Unfortunately, the weather was not good. After leaving Lin'an City for a hundred miles, it rained all the way, with heavy rain and light rain.

Looking at the muddy ground, she suddenly felt a little irritated.

She had read history books and knew that there would be floods in the south in the near future, but she had no idea about the specific time, location, and extent of the disaster.

Because there is only a short sentence in the history books.

"In the summer of Guimao, there were many floods in the south and droughts in the north. The extent of the disasters is unknown."

If it was recorded by the historian of the time, it would certainly not be so vague and sloppy.

But it is said that their history books were compiled by later generations.

She guessed that some books might have been lost or damaged due to the war.

As a result, historians of later generations could only write this sentence vaguely based on clues in the fragments, or after cross-checking with other books.

However, since it has been raining continuously for the past two days, we have been traveling.

Presumably, the location of the flood in the south was likely along the route she took when she returned home.

Even at this point in time!
Thinking of this, she instantly perked up and took out the map to carefully check which lakes or rivers there were along the way.

If it is timely, maybe we can make some preparations in advance.

Time passed by every second as my fingers rubbed the map.

What she didn't know was that not long after they left, a group of female bell doctors came to Lin'an City.

A group of seven people walked around the streets holding cloth sails and shaking bells, specializing in treating women's diseases. Because they would go to people's homes to treat them, many women who usually avoided seeing a doctor began to "be eager to try."

The leading female bell doctor, known as Madam Man, always wore a green cloth dress, had her hair neatly tied up, and had a kind smile on her face.

She has superb medical skills and is very patient in treating patients. When prescribing medicine, she also takes into account the family conditions of the people and tries to prescribe suitable and cheap medicinal materials.

The women who were cured by her all praised her medical skills.

The news spread by word of mouth among the neighbors, and within a few days, the news that a "female doctor" who specialized in treating women's diseases had come to Lin'an City spread among the people.

“It turns out it really works!”

In the backyard of a small inn, several young ladies were looking at a basket of eggs on the ground, jumping and dancing with joy together.

This is the second time I have received eggs from patients.

After the six of them followed Madam Man and left Haozhou, they headed south.

Along the way, they followed Madam Man to learn medical knowledge, recognize herbs, and collect medicinal herbs.

By now I know a lot of medicinal herbs.

You can collect and prescribe medicine for common injuries or colds by yourself.

In the past, I only heard that the world outside was not peaceful, there were many bandits on the road, and everyone was very nervous. Even if you spent money to follow the escort agency's convoy, you couldn't help but feel worried.

But I never thought that the journey would be so smooth and we arrived in Lin'an without any trouble.

"So, if you don't step out, it's useless to just worry."

"Yes, I didn't expect there is such a prosperous city in Jiangnan. I'm afraid it's not worse than the capital."

"Yes, it would be great if we could stay in Lin'an City."

Several people chattered non-stop, and after a while someone suddenly asked, "By the way, where is Sister Man?"

"She took Ye'er to sell medicinal herbs, and said she would share the money with us after the sale." One person replied.

At this time, in front of a drug store in Lin'an City, Madam Man was negotiating with the owner.

In order to make a living, they were busy all the way. Although they were traveling with the escort company, they also hired a cart to follow them.

When the escort agency stopped to rest, she took the ladies to collect herbs nearby and taught them how to identify them.

There is strength in numbers. Although they are all young ladies, they work very efficiently. With the cooperation of several people, the herbs are packed one by one.

In order to preserve the herbs easily and sell them for money, they all got off the cart and walked, leaving the cart free to dry the herbs.

They stopped and walked like this, and by the time they arrived in Lin'an, they had accumulated a batch of medicinal herbs.

Although most of them are common medicinal herbs, you can occasionally pick some valuable ones.

After the shopkeeper looked at the "samples" she brought, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "The quality is indeed quite good. I will take them all at the price we agreed on before."

"Thank you very much." Madam Man bowed and said, "I will go back now and ask someone to send all the herbs over."

Seeing her turning around to leave, the shopkeeper hurriedly called her, "Wait, I heard that you are an excellent doctor, are you interested in coming to my Huichuntang for consultation?"

Seeing this "female doctor" who suddenly became famous in Lin'an, the owner of the drug store wanted to recruit her.

For some women-specific diseases or childbirth matters, female doctors are indeed more convenient than male doctors.

If she could be recruited to work at Huichuntang, its business and reputation would surely be taken to a higher level.

Madam Man shook her head.

The shopkeeper added, "Don't worry, the consultation fee we pay to the doctor is also considerable in Lin'an City. In addition, we will also get some commission from the prescription drugs."

"Thank you for your favor, but we are just passing through Lin'an City and will leave in a few days."

Although Lin'an City is good, there is a wider world outside waiting for her to explore, and more patients waiting for her to treat.

So she wouldn't be stuck here, at least not now.

Seeing that she looked determined and didn't seem like she would be easily shaken, the shopkeeper had no choice but to stop trying to persuade her.

When Madam Man returned to the inn, a group of young ladies immediately surrounded her.

You and I were talking about who had just delivered eggs.

After a while, one of them said, "I see that the people of Lin'an are very kind and this place is prosperous. How about we stay here?"

The person who was speaking was Li Min. She usually had the most ideas, but she was also the most efficient at work.

Madam Man glanced at her and said calmly, "I've said before that I want to travel all over the Song Dynasty. However, if any of you feel that Lin'an is good, you can stay. I won't force you."

"That's not what I meant." Li Min hurriedly explained, "I just think we have finally made a name for ourselves in Lin'an City. Isn't it a pity to leave like this?"

Madam Man walked to the herb and said as she worked: "My original intention of studying medicine was to help the emperor's daughter suffer less pain, not to be known as a miracle doctor. To me, fame is not as important as saving a few more lives, so it's not a pity."

Li Min was somewhat shocked by what she said, and blushed as she said, "I understand. I will never say such things again. Wherever you go, I will go."

"So are we."

After these words were spoken, the group of young ladies smiled at each other.

Lin'an City is great, but as Madam Man said, the world is vast.

They had finally mustered up the courage to leave Haozhou City, now they were going to have to settle down in Lin'an City again in a hurry.

That would be nothing more than walking from one city to another.

After all, I was trapped, trapped by my own heart.

"Okay, stop laughing. Hurry up and gather these herbs and take them to Huichuntang. When the bill is settled, everyone will get a share."

Upon hearing this, the group smiled happily, quickly packed up the herbs, and carried them back to Huichun Hall.

In the end, it was sold for five taels and three cents, which is five thousand three hundred coins.

There were seven people in their group, and based on the number of people, the price per person was about 757 Wen.

However, daily food, accommodation and lodging all cost money, so Qiuyan, who was in charge of accounting, suggested that each person be given 257 coins as pocket money first, and the remaining coins should be added to the public account to cover travel expenses and food and drink.

The girls all had no objection and some even said it was a good idea, then they carefully put away the pocket money they earned.

At the same time, I am also looking forward to the journey ahead.

Who says women can't make their own way in the world? !
Who says women can't practice medicine? !
Not only did they earn money with their own hands, they also helped many women get rid of their illnesses.

As long as they continue to work hard and study medicine, maybe one day they can become female doctors and be respected!

This summer, a group of young ladies made their great ambitions in a small inn in Lin'an City.