People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 343 Stunt
In a quiet little mountain village, an ordinary family's home is very lively. The reason for the liveliness is that a woman in the family is about to give birth.

But all they heard was the screams of the woman in labor, but they didn't see the baby being born for a long time. This scared everyone in the family.

Giving birth is a life-threatening matter, literally. Once something goes wrong, either the baby is gone or the mother is gone, or it is not uncommon for both to die together.

Generally speaking, most births are safe, but the chance of something going wrong is still quite high.

Now, the woman in labor in this family has a problem. The midwife and helpers in the house are running around in a panic, but there is nothing they can do. This kind of difficult delivery is the most fatal.

At this time, there were an old man and a young man in the yard, and they were Hua Tuo and his apprentice.

They walked all the way to Xuanxia. When they arrived here, the villagers heard that they were doctors, so they invited him here. However, Hua Tuo was not good at childbirth, so he could not help with this matter. All he could do was to provide insurance for postpartum care.

If the mother or child had problems after delivery, Hua Tuo could still provide treatment, but as for difficult labor, he could only shake his head from the sidelines.

Although such things are heartbreaking, Hua Tuo has seen them many times, and at such times he can only shake his head helplessly. At this point, probably only God can save the woman in labor.

“The barefoot doctor is here!”

Just when the atmosphere was gloomy, a shout suddenly came from outside the door, and then a man in his thirties carrying a backpack was brought in by an old man. It turned out to be the barefoot doctor hastily found by the family.

Hua Tuo couldn't help but look at the man twice more. He originally thought that the other party was waiting for treatment like him, but when he saw this guy running straight into the room, he was dumbfounded.

Looking again, the owner of the house didn't seem to be surprised. Instead, he came over and anxiously thanked and begged.

After the barefoot doctor entered, Hua Tuo could not help but walk over and ask, "How can a man deliver a baby? Is this appropriate?"

The host looked at Hua Tuo and although he was extremely anxious, he still replied: "As long as it can save lives, there is nothing wrong with it. This barefoot doctor has a way to deliver babies, which is better than a midwife. He has saved many women in nearby villages from difficult births."

When Hua Tuo heard this, he immediately became curious.

He was not obsessed with the separation of men and women, but most people would care about this, which is why midwives are mostly delivered by midwives.

If the midwifery skills are really good enough, then there is no need to worry about these things. Nothing is more important than human life.

Hua Tuo was just curious about the barefoot doctor's delivery skills. If what his host said was true, this man was very good at it, then perhaps he could try to learn from him.

Hua Tuo, who had been traveling among the people for many years, knew very well that for the common people, the most common life-threatening things were childbirth and plague and fever.

The latter can mostly help the people themselves, but the former depends more on the mother herself, and the help that outsiders can provide is actually quite limited.

If there really is some magic method to assist childbirth, it would be of great significance. No matter what I say, I have to learn from the experts.

So, Hua Tuo also waited outside. He wanted to see whether the barefoot doctor was really as good as they said.

The room was still filled with the cries of pain from the woman in labor. This situation had been going on for longer and longer, and now the sound had begun to become weaker. Hua Tuo had seen a lot of this and knew that this was because the woman was beginning to lose strength and could no longer continue.

In the past, this situation would have been extremely critical, and the chances of the mother and child remaining safe would have been slim.

Unconsciously, Hua Tuo's heart sank. Giving birth was too dangerous. In this situation, I was afraid that the barefoot doctor could not do anything. Poor mother and child.
However, at this moment, another noise was suddenly heard in the room. The voice of the woman in labor completely disappeared, and the crying of the baby followed.

When Hua Tuo heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and was also happy for this family.

The host was even more ecstatic, he was so happy that he shed tears, and he couldn't wait to go into the house.

But at this time, the door had been pushed open, and the barefoot doctor came out: "Congratulations, mother and child are safe."

The host almost knelt down to the barefoot doctor on the spot as a token of his gratitude.

The house was bustling for a while. After the barefoot doctor finished his work and accepted the host's payment, he gave some instructions on postpartum matters and left with a smile.

But soon after he walked out of the house, he was stopped by an old man and a young man in front of him. They were Hua Tuo and his disciple.

The barefoot doctor glanced at them and asked in confusion, "What's the matter, old man? Do you want to see a doctor as well?"

Hua Tuo shook his head and wanted to say something, but he was a little embarrassed to say it. However, thinking of the extraordinary significance of this matter, he still spoke boldly: "Just now I saw that you have excellent skills in delivering babies, so I want to ask you about the secrets. I just wonder if you are willing to teach me."

At this point, Hua Tuo coughed again and said, "Although the secret skills are not passed on to outsiders, if you are willing to teach me, I can do my best to make up for it."

In Hua Tuo's eyes, the barefoot doctor's skills must be a secret to making a living, and it was a bit too much to ask others to teach him, but he really couldn't suppress his desire.

When the barefoot doctor heard this, he looked at the bag carried by the medicine boy in front of him and suddenly realized that the guy in front of him was his colleague.

However, he just shook his head at Hua Tuo's words: "Actually, this is not a special skill. If you want to learn it, you can learn it yourself. Just find a copy of the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual". There is no need to ask me."

"Barefoot Doctor's Manual?" Hua Tuo was stunned for a moment. This was the first time he heard of this name.

The barefoot doctor was about to say something, but after thinking for a while, he simply took out a book from his bag and said, "This is it. If you want to learn it, go to the nearby town or county. It's sold in the bookstore."

Hua Tuo took it, flipped the book slightly, and after just a quick glance, his eyes widened.

What a good thing!

Hua Tuo could not wait to go to the town to buy a book, so he paid for the book from the barefoot doctor on the spot. After reading it, he knew how the barefoot doctor delivered babies. It was a delivery tool called forceps described in the book, supplemented by some midwifery techniques, which could achieve such miraculous effects.

For this reason alone, this booklet is extraordinary and worth studying on its own.

Not to mention that the content in the entire booklet covers all aspects, whether it is first aid measures, plague prevention and treatment, health prevention and control, or even the elimination of rats and insects.

Although many of the contents were not profound medical knowledge, they also benefited Hua Tuo a lot.

Moreover, based on Hua Tuo's own experience, this thing is extremely practical and much more powerful than traditional medical skills.

(End of this chapter)