Jinyi Spring

Chapter 9 Notes
When Lord Hu heard about this, he went to the county magistrate to plead for Feng.

He said, "At the beginning, the government ruled that the descendants of the Fan family could not enter the government for three generations, but it did not say that the descendants of the Fan family could not deliver babies or practice medicine for three generations, so Feng's delivery was not against the law.

"Moreover, rescuing pregnant women and infants in danger is a blessing to the world and atoning for the sins of the Fan family. Human life is precious and worth a thousand gold. Saving them is a greater virtue than this..."

The county magistrate was speechless.

Mrs. Feng finally became qualified to deliver babies.

Feng Wenpo's fame grew, and more and more people came to her for help with childbirth and acupuncture, not only ordinary people, but also many dignitaries.

She was recorded in the Imperial Medical Bureau and became a midwife recognized by the government.

The price of applying Yin Shen acupuncture was also priced at eighty taels of silver per time by the Imperial Hospital.

Not only did she deliver babies in the countryside, the market, and the royal family, she also occasionally delivered babies for the empress's relatives.

Someone forced Feng Wenpo to give the dying baby the Yin Shen needle.

If the incense is not burning, the Yin Shen needle cannot be used. Not only will it fail to save the child, but the person who is doing it will also suffer backlash.

Therefore, as long as the incense does not burn in this life, Feng Wenpo refuses to use the Yin Shen needle.

Some evil people beat Feng, and Feng the midwife was beaten to a bloody pulp, but she refused to use her.

Some people even reported her to the government, saying that she did not help the dying woman and was unworthy of being a midwife.

Feng Wenpo was arrested by the yamen runners and taken to the county government office, where she was beaten with ten whips.

Because she refused to receive the Yin Shen needles, she was beaten privately more than a dozen times and by the government three times.

But she still insisted, and people believed her words, and no one forced her to perform the Yin Shen needle again.

After her fame grew, the money Feng Wen received for midwifery was raised to the highest level among midwives: one tael of silver for a normal birth and three taels of silver for a difficult birth.

Those who are well-off can pay the full amount, or even give extra rewards.

If she met a very poor family and they didn't want to pay for the delivery, she would not force them to do so. It would be good enough if they gave her two or three strings of money for the Yin Shen acupuncture. It was not even enough for her to buy the raw materials for making this life incense.

In order to atone for Fan's sins, Feng not only provided medical treatment and medicine, but also delivered babies for free twice a month. As long as the incense of this life could be lit, no matter how poor the family was, she would give them the Yin Shen needle.

The Feng family's life gradually improved. They renovated the courtyard, bought some land, used tonics to keep Feng Qiu'en alive, and even spent money to find him a wife...

Because she delivered so many babies, saved many babies, and was kind and charitable, Feng was revered as the "Guanyin who delivers children", and Feng the midwife also became "Feng the doctor".

Countless poor families have benefited from her kindness.

Some remembered the favor and came to help fetch water for the vegetables and bring firewood. Some liked to take advantage. Knowing Feng's character, they were unwilling to pay the full amount even though their families had the means. They also thought that they were giving Feng a chance to atone for her sins and should not have given it to her...

Kind people are always let down. Since delivering babies, Doctor Feng has suffered too much and shed too many tears.

Thinking about the beatings she had received, Feng Chuchen's heart tightened.

However, there are also many good people who remember kindness.

For example, Lord Hu, who interceded for my aunt, has risen from a seventh-rank official to a fourth-rank official in the past twenty years, and is now the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture.

When Mrs. Hu gave birth to her children later, as well as when their son gave birth to his children, they asked Doctor Feng to deliver the babies.

But Doctor Feng's relationship with them was still distant, and she would never take the initiative to go to the Hu Mansion unless she was delivering a baby.

The only family she visited was her uncle from the Yao family...

Feng Chuchen was also quite noble in his previous life. After living for many more lifetimes, he understood many things clearly.

She felt that if her orphan wanted to open a clinic, she would definitely run into all kinds of troubles in the future. She really wanted to go to the Hu Mansion to visit Lord Hu and build a relationship with him.

But thinking of her aunt's personality and instructions, she couldn't be too proactive.

As for the high-ranking families such as Princess Yanghe’s Mansion, Marquis Wuyi’s Mansion, and Doctor Huang’s Mansion, you can’t go there.

Feng Chuchen went to look through the notebooks in the box again. There were a total of 25 volumes, all recorded in the form of diaries. On the cover of the top volume were four large characters written vertically: Three Thousand Years of Floating Life.

She first glanced through the book, which was mostly about her aunt's experience in delivering babies and how to deal with emergencies, as well as some problems and doubts that she couldn't solve.

There are also records of her daily life, but they are very rare.

The font is elegant and small, pleasing to the eye.

Feng Chuchen treasured these notes more than the medical books. She sat down and opened the first one to read it carefully.

On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month in the tenth year of Taishuo, the cold wind was howling and the red plum blossoms were blooming proudly in the snow.

I put up a sign in front of the gate: Fast horses and light carriages, Mrs. Feng is here to receive the baby.

From now on, I will deliver babies like my grandmother did, and I will spend my whole life atonement for her sins.

I hereby vow to save all sentient beings with a compassionate heart, regardless of their status, wealth or poverty, and to save them wholeheartedly, regardless of difficulties...

The tenth year of Taishuo?

This year marks the 19th anniversary of Jianzhang...

Feng Chuchen searched the original owner's memory and remembered that Tai Shuo was the reign title of the previous emperor.

So far away.

Feng Chuchen continued to flip through...

On April 20th of the tenth year of Taishuo, the sky was clear and the air was bright, and all the flowers were in bloom.

Li Bing and his wife had a difficult delivery and couldn't find a midwife, so they had to call me in. The baby was in an abnormal position, so I asked the woman to lie down, adjusted the position of the baby, and then let her stand up to deliver the baby.

Mother and daughter are safe.

Although we only earned ten cents, Qiu'en and I were still very happy.

Finally opened...

On the fourteenth day of the eighth month of the tenth year of Taishuo, sweet osmanthus flowers bloomed, and the autumn colors were filled with fragrance.

I have severe back pain.

When I was flogged, I didn't scream, and my teeth bled. No matter how painful it was, it wasn't as humiliating as the physical examination I had just had.

This step must be taken, and it is what I should bear. Only after experiencing pain can we feel better.

Qiu En hugged me and cried...

On the ninth day of the first lunar month in the eleventh year of Taishuo, the cold wind was howling and snowflakes were everywhere.

The fourth daughter-in-law of the Qin family gave birth in three hours. Aunt Qin was very happy and not only gave me twenty coins, but also four red eggs.

Qiu En ate the eggs with his eyes curved with smile...

On February twelfth of the eleventh year of Taishuo, swallows flew north and spring flowers began to bloom.

The second daughter-in-law of the Ji family gave birth. After two days and one night of hard work, she was fine. The Ji family only gave her three cents, not even enough to buy the medicine to induce labor...

The latter part mainly contains the experiences and problems encountered. Feng Chuchen changed to another notebook and read the daily trivial matters.

On March 30th of the twelfth year of Taishuo, it was cloudy and rainy, and the crabapple leaves fell and were crushed into mud.

After working day and night, the baby still died in the mother's belly.

Amitabha, this is the first stillborn baby I have delivered since returning to Baima Village, and also the second stillborn baby since I started delivering babies.

Old Man Ding breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that a dead child was better than a half-dead infant. There was no need to spend extra money on treatment, and five cents would be enough to get rid of me.

He asked his son to wrap the dead body in hay and bury it in the mountains.

I couldn't bear to see the pale little body without even a piece of cloth to cover itself.

I said, "I will bury him. I will wrap him with this piece of cloth. I will also recite the Sutra of the Pure Land for him, hoping that he will see the light of day in his next life."

Old Man Ding let me take the child away without any hesitation.

Earlier, I found a sparsely populated place in the north of Miaoqing Mountain to serve as a grave for the dead. I couldn't let them not see the light of day in this life and have their affairs messed up after their death.

That's the Green Reed Marsh...

　Thank you for the reward from Menghui Moganshan, and thank you for your monthly tickets. You may wonder why we still need to write about Feng Yipo in two or three chapters when she is dead. A little spoiler: although Feng Yipo is gone, her influence is far-reaching.

　　
　
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