Medical incense

On March 25, the magpie was three days past her due date.

I asked the little maid to inquire about it early in the morning, but still nothing happened, Zhen Shiniang took the newly edited Dazhou regional annals and leaned on the pillow to look at it, while Dong Ju was quietly embroidering a small pink purse, Qiu Ju Then he sat at the kang table and wrote big characters, sweating profusely.

The room was quiet, bright sunlight came in through the wide open windows, and the fresh air was filled with a sense of comfort.

Attracted by the sound of birds, Qiu Ju saw Zhen Shiniang's concentration from the corner of her eyes, and looked up to the window, where a few maids were chirping and planting flowers in the small garden that was just opened in the front yard, because they were separated by a distance. I couldn't hear the content of the conversation, but the occasional laughter made Qiu Ju envious, and couldn't help but put down her pen and propped her chin to look.

Dangdang, Zhen Shiniang knocked on the table with her fingers, "Don't sneak away!" Every time she raised her head, she turned over a page of the book.

"The madam has eyes on the top of her head too." Qiu Ju muttered in a low voice, reached out to pick up the pen, lowered her head to face the big characters that she had half-sighted, and had a headache, she simply put down the pen and looked at Zhen Shiniang, "Maidservant, go help them plant flowers?" enviously Looking out the window, "They are so stupid, two people have to carry a bucket of water." Putting one in each hand, she can carry two buckets at a time.

Since there were more slaves, Qiu Ju served Jian Wu every day after Jian Wu went to school, and was forced by Zhen Shiniang to practice big characters.

She is used to rough work, how can she sit still?

Seeing that the little maid outside was not good at doing a good job, her whole body felt uncomfortable.

Zhen Shiniang glanced at her, "If you slip away again, you will be fined twenty more times."

She doesn't have much time, and Qiu Ju must learn her medical skills as soon as possible.In the future, he will be able to support Darentang with Jian Wen Jian Wu.

"Ma'am!" Qiu Ju's face twitched.

"Add thirty times to each word!" Zhen Shiniang didn't even lift her eyelids.

Qiu Ju's small face twitched into a ball, and she lowered her head and took aim without complaint.

Dongju pursed her lips and sneered.

Huizhen, the little maid sent to wait on the magpie, ran in sweating profusely, "Ma'am, Ma'am, it's not good, something happened to Aunt Magpie!"

Zhen Shiniang sat up straight, "What's going on?"

"Aunt Changyue and Uncle Changyue quarreled, and took the child back to Grandma Li's house in the middle of the night. Uncle Changyue chased after him early this morning. The two quarreled again at Grandma Li's house, and Aunt Xique went to persuade her. When I moved my hands, Aunt Magpie was hit on her stomach and fell to the ground..."

Changyue's name is Li Changyue, and she is Li Changhe's eldest sister, Hui Zhen said.Panting heavily, "There was a lot of blood, Li Daopo said that she might give birth early."

Qiu Ju changed her face, and jumped down to the ground, "Your maidservant, go get the medicine box."

Dongju hurriedly bent down to put on shoes for Zhen Shiniang.

A group of people hurried to Magpie's house.

Granny Magpie was standing in the yard pointing at Li Changyue and his wife and yelling at them, while the two stood obediently under the eaves without saying a word.Seeing Zhen Shiniang coming in, Li Changyue's eyes lit up.Opening his mouth to say hello, he saw his mother's purple-black face from the corner of the eye, and hurriedly lowered his head again.

Seeing this, Zhen Shiniang sighed, and walked slowly to Granny Magpie, "How is Magpie?"

"Madam is here..." Looking back, she saw Zhen Shiniang coming, and Magpie's mother-in-law was pleasantly surprised. "Come into the house." Hearing the heart-piercing cry of the magpie coming from the room, the magpie mother-in-law cursed again. "What evil have I done, such a smooth-headed grandson..."

"According to the time, the magpie will be born." Zhen Shiniang quickened her pace and comforted her, "Don't worry, Auntie, she's fine."

Li Changhe was wandering around the outer room like an ant in hot pot. He tried to break in several times but was blocked by the second younger sister at the door. When he saw Zhen Shiniang coming in, his eyes lit up, "Ma'am, I want her..."

Zhen Shiniang waved her hand and walked in quickly.

"The fetus turned red before it entered the basin. I just took the oxytocin..." Li Daopo comforted the magpie and said in her mouth.

Zhen Shiniang also checked it out.

Before the fetus enters the pelvis and the cervix is ​​not opened, the amniotic fluid breaks and turns red. In the previous life, it is directly pushed into the operating room for caesarean section. But first, the conditions here are too bad, and the risk of surgery is too high. Technology, once the laparotomy is performed, the magpie will no longer be able to reproduce.

In this age of emphasizing children most, infertility is a fatal blow to women.

Once Magpie's fetus is a daughter, no matter how poor the Li family is, they will give Li Changhe a concubine. After thinking about it, Zhen Shiniang sighed, "That's the only way to go."

Two hours passed, and the magpie still didn't move. Li Daopo gave another oxytocin.

When lighting the lamp, Li Daopo grabbed Zhen Shiniang before the fetus showed any signs of entering the basin.

Zhen Shiniang understood, and walked out with Li Daopo while the magpie fell asleep after being in pain for a while.

Li Changhe and his family were all waiting in the outer room, when they saw them come out, they cheered and surrounded them, "...how is it?"

"Not very good..." Li Daopo shook her head bluntly.

Li Daopo is the most famous stable woman in Wutong Town. If she says it's not good, it means that the lives of the magpie mother and child will be lost!

Li Changhe's face turned pale for a while, and he raised his foot to rush in, but was stopped by Li Daopo, "Men can't go in, they will get bad luck, and hit the God of Sending Children."

Zhen Shiniang frowned upon hearing this.

How can there be so much to say?

Childbirth is a hurdle for a woman, and there is nothing more encouraging and comforting to a parturient than the company of her husband. From the bottom of her heart, Zhen Shiniang approves of Li Changhe going in to accompany the childbirth. Her lips moved, and she saw that Li Changhe's father had already begun to reprimand his son. , Zhen Shiniang did not say it.

Do as the Romans do, and in ancient times, she can't go too far in some things.

Grandma Magpie came in with a bowl of boiled chicken soup, and when she heard this, she swayed, and the bowl of soup almost spilled out, and she was supported by Zhen Shiniang.

"Didn't you say full term?" She stared at Zhen Shiniang.

Zhen Shiniang turned around and asked Qiuju to bring in the chicken soup, and then told Huizhen to go back to the ancestral house to get some ginseng slices, and then she brought Granny Magpie and Daopo Li to Granny Magpie's house, "...don't worry , everyone is discussing this matter."

"It's been seven or eight hours since the amniotic fluid broke, and the mouth of the palace was only opened with one finger. If this continues, mother and child will be in danger..." As soon as they entered the room, Li Daopo said straight to the point with Granny Magpie, but looked at Zhen Shiniang, "I Looks like I have to continue taking medication..."

"I've used two pairs, but none..." Zhen Shiniang's voice faltered suddenly, and she looked straight at Li Daopo.

Knowing that oxytocin drugs are useless, she still wants to use them, and she also seriously discusses with everyone, shouldn't she use... the medicine of tigers and wolves!

These four words flashed in my mind.Zhen Shiniang trembled like an electric shock.

Magpie, but her only support in the past five years is the benefactor who never left her and saved her one bite at a time when her life was on the line. He is called master and servant, but he is as close as a sister!

"no!"

"What medicine to use, Mama Li just lists..."

Zhen Shiniang and Granny Magpie spoke at the same time.Before she finished speaking, after hearing Zhen Shiniang's decisive words, Granny Magpie's voice stopped abruptly, and she looked at Zhen Shiniang in confusion.

"I have been delivering babies for more than 30 years. I have encountered this kind of thing several times. If I don't continue to use strong drugs to induce labor. When the amniotic fluid runs out, neither adults nor children will be able to keep..." Li Daopo turned to look at Granny Magpie. "This way at least one can be saved!" He said again, "I came out to discuss with everyone, whether to protect the adults or the children?"

Granny Magpie's face turned pale for a while, her lips trembled and she couldn't speak.

"Mom!" Li Changhe called out.

"You have been delivering babies for more than 30 years and have rich experience. Is there no other way?" Zhen Shiniang looked at Li Daopo.

I had never done obstetrics and gynecology in my previous life, and I had a caesarean section at the slightest sign of dystocia.For these, Zhen Shiniang really has no experience at all.

"How about..." Li Daopo looked at Magpie's parents-in-law and discussed. "Let's set up an incense table and invite a god to try it? I have seen the popular child for a long time but never came. I must have bumped into the mother who sent the child." She thought for a while, "The Goddess Ma at the west end of the town dances well. She has worked with her several times, and she is very good at asking the empress to send her off."

God please?

That is feudal superstition!

"No!" As soon as the words fell to the ground, Zhen Shiniang shook her head resolutely before the Magpie family could react.

Li Daopo's face turned red for a while.

She looked at the magpie's parents-in-law embarrassingly.

Goddess Ma's invitation to the gods is well-known in Wutong Town. After hearing this, Magpie's father-in-law was about to invite her, but when Zhen Shiniang objected, he stopped hesitantly.

It is true that Magpie is the daughter-in-law of their family, but she is Zhen Shiniang's slave. Only Zhen Shiniang has the final say on her life and death. Seeing Li Daopo looking over, Magpie's mother-in-law couldn't help calling out, "Ma'am..." She wanted to persuade her , but don't know how to speak.

"Mother..." Seeing that his parents were hesitant to invite God, Li Changhe's face turned pale, "Let's just listen to Madam." He turned to look at Li Daopo, "Although Goddess Ma's invitation to God is very effective, but since last year's twelfth lunar month Up to now, she has invited the mother-in-law three times in total, and the child was delivered as scheduled, but the mother died at that time..."

"That's because the daughters-in-law of these families have bad morals..." Li Daopo sneered, "I was present when Liu Er's daughter-in-law and Sun Wanwan's youngest daughter-in-law gave birth. The youngest daughter-in-law of the family is not filial to her mother-in-law and angered the mother-in-law, so she is reluctant to give up the child. It was Goddess Ma who begged hard, and finally the mother-in-law agreed to send the son to take care of the mother..." Liu's second daughter-in-law and The youngest daughters-in-law of Sun Wanwan's family are two of the three pregnant women that Li Changhe mentioned. Li Daopo's voice was shrill and piercing, "If the magpie is virtuous, you don't have to be afraid!"

How many pregnant women are not gluttonous!

Is this also called virtue and demerits?

Want to be picked up by the empress?

Thinking of Magpie's particularly biased eclipse since she was pregnant, even Magpie's parents-in-law changed their faces, and they dared not continue to invite the Great God.

"Nurse Li is rich in experience, let's see if there is another way?" Granny Magpie looked at Li Daopo eagerly.

"I've seen this kind of situation a lot, and there are only these two ways..." Hearing the magpie screaming again, Li Daopo's voice was a little angry, "If you drag it on, the lives of the two mothers will be destroyed." Gone!"

After more than 30 years of delivery, no one in Wutong Town dares to question her words!

"Don't ask God, and you can't use the medicine of tigers and wolves!" Zhen Shiniang said decisively, "Mother Li, think about it again, is there any other way." As she spoke, Zhen Shiniang's head was also spinning.

What to do, what to do, is there really no other way?

It's a pity that she has superb medical skills, but she knows nothing about midwifery!

At this moment, Zhen Shiniang felt that her head was empty, and there was no medical record to follow.

Li Daopo walked away without saying a word. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)