The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 235 Zheng Ding and Zheng Wen Po?

On the street of Huichuan Town, Mrs. Hou Zhang hurried home carrying a basket wrapped in cloth.

The delivery went smoothly today, and the baby was a boy. The host was very generous.There were four feet of five-battalion cotton wool, a can of fine meat for the army, and some groceries, which were worth more than 300 cash, enough to last for several days.

When I returned to the small yard I rented on the back street, a pair of children came over early, calling me "Mother" and staring at the basket.

"Looking at you two begging for food, those who didn't know better thought that Mom didn't give you any food to eat. Come on, take this, these are the wedding eggs I earned for Mom today and eat them quickly!" While scolding his greedy children, Hou Mrs. Zhang took out the eggs from the basket and let the two little ones eat them.

When the children saw the eggs, they quickly took them into their hands, peeled them open and put them in their mouths. They also said vaguely that it would be great if there were wedding eggs to eat every day.

"What are you thinking about? How can we eat wedding eggs every day? How come there are people giving birth and giving birth every day on Huichuan Street? Besides, there are many people who are giving birth and raising children and don't even invite a foreigner like my mother."

Hou Zhang is from Longyou. She used to earn money as a stable mother-in-law in Longyou City to supplement her family income.Later, the situation became chaotic. The man was captured by the feudal lord and worked as a laborer and died. He took his children and fled to Huichuan Town.

A woman with two children was unable to farm, so she had to settle down in the streets of Huichuan Town.Fortunately, I have the skill of midwifery, and I can use this skill to earn some bread to survive.

Normally, Hou Zhang's delivery skills are good, but after all, he is a migrant, so it is difficult for locals to invite him to deliver babies.In the past two years, there have been more and more migrant households in Huichuan, and life has become easier.

It's just a little better. Compared with families with a son and a stable income, the Hou Zhang family's life is still hungry and full.When the market was good, several families invited her to deliver babies in January, which made life much more comfortable this month.But sometimes, if no acquaintance is available to deliver the baby for a long time, the family will be in a state of disruption.

If she had a choice, Mrs. Hou Zhang would definitely not choose the career of a stable mother to support her family.It's just that Huichuan Town is a small place after all, and there aren't many jobs that a single woman can do.

Recently, Mrs. Hou Zhang has been thinking about whether she should take her children to Wuying to find a way to make a living. I heard that it is easy for women to find work there.If that doesn't work, you can buy a loom on credit, and sell the fabrics to the government company when you have nothing to do.If she can still make a living as a midwife, the family's life will be much easier, and the children left by the dead husband will probably be able to be raised.

After satisfying her greedy children with two eggs, Hou Zhang put down the basket and took out the items one by one, wondering whether to sell these items for money or stay at home to sew some clothes for the children to improve their lives.

Just as she was thinking about how to put things away, there was a knock on the door.Could it be that someone else wants to ask me to deliver a baby?Mrs. Hou Zhang quickly went to open the door.

When he opened the door, he saw two officials in official uniforms. What were they looking for?

"Are you Hou Zhang, who works as a stable woman on the street?" The official asked after seeing Hou Zhang.

Mrs. Hou Zhang rarely interacted with officials. When the official spoke, she was frightened for a while before she could reply: "A civilian girl usually makes a living by delivering babies."

"It seems that we have found the right person. I heard from people on the street that you have delivered dozens of babies in the past two years. Most of the mothers and babies were safe. You are an expert in stable mothers. The Taoyang City Administration Department wants to start from The people selected Wen Po to compile the rules for midwives in Taoyang City. The mayor asked around and found that you have a good reputation. I want to recommend you. Today we will only talk to you when we come here. This is a letter of introduction from the mayor. , you can report to the town office with the letter the next morning, and the town will send a carriage to take you to Taoyang."

The official had a businesslike tone, handed Hou Zhang a red-headed letter of introduction, and then left.Just watching the officials walk away, Hou Zhang didn't even realize what they were looking for.With a letter of introduction, I went to the town office and then went to Taoyang City to compile the rules for midwives. What on earth were I doing?
Since ancient times, only men have been recruited for labor service. What can I do if I am a stable woman?Besides, once I leave, who will see the two dolls at home?
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On the third day, Hou Zhang still entrusted the two dolls to the care of her neighbor who was also a tenant, and took the letter to the town office to report.There was no way, even though she was very uneasy, but this was an official document from the government, and Hou Zhang didn't have the guts to refuse.

In the town office, after listening to the mayor's pre-departure speech, Hou Zhang finally understood what he was going to do in Taoyang City.

It turns out that the government is not recruiting people, but actually compiling rules for midwives.The so-called midwife is the official title of Wen Po, and the rules are the specific working procedures during delivery.After the operation rules are compiled, Mrs. Wen must be proficient in the operation rules before she can deliver babies.

I heard from the mayor that to be a stable mother in the future, you need a license. Without a license, you cannot deliver babies independently.As for Wenpo, who participated in the compilation of the operating regulations, she will be able to obtain a license after the compilation of the operating regulations is completed, which is a good thing.

How can I, an illiterate woman, make up some rules?Sitting in the carriage, Hou Zhang was very doubtful about his ability.

Besides Hou Zhang, there was another woman on the carriage sent from the town to Taoyang City, also Po Wen.The two had met on the street before and knew each other's existence, but they didn't have much friendship because they were in the same industry.Being in the same car together was a bit awkward at first, but as they sat there they became familiar with each other and chatted.

The main thing we talked about along the way was what kind of work would it take to compile the rules in Taoyang City?Both of them were ambiguous about this.

Huichuan Town is not far from Taoyang City, and the two of them arrived in the city in the afternoon.The carriage took them to the guest house set up by the city lord's palace. There was a dedicated person in charge of receiving them. After assigning rooms, they took them to dinner.

Immediately afterwards, there were fourteen consecutive days of lectures and lectures without doing any work related to the compilation of ethics.

During these fourteen days, there was an hour-long literacy class every morning. Except for a few literate women, everyone else had to attend the class.

After the literacy class, college students from the Agricultural and Medical School took turns coming to teach medical science for an hour.

In the afternoon, all the Wen women who were summoned took turns to spend half an hour on the podium to talk about their delivery methods and experiences. After dinner in the evening, there was another hour of free communication time. To put it bluntly, it was about their delivery experience. Tell.

At the beginning, what Hou Zhang was most afraid of was the afternoon and evening classes.Delivery is fine when you're doing it, but it's hard to talk about it.

However, as time went by, Hou Zhang got used to this rhythm. After all, we were all traveling together, so what could we not say?Speaking of which, the biggest achievement in these fourteen days is that I learned a few words.

After the fourteenth day, everyone was given a three-day holiday. It was said that after three days, the compilation of the rules would be officially started. The entire work of compiling the rules would take two to three months to be completed.

After the holiday, Mrs. Hou Zhang hurried to Huichuan Town with a silver dollar subsidy in her pocket.The editor has money and doesn't work much, which is great, but there are two unattended children at home, otherwise Hou Zhang would have wanted to stay in Taoyang City to make the editor!
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