The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 379

In the spring, Zhou gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, which made her extremely happy.

“Rewards: five taels of silver for each person in the manor, ten taels of silver for each person who serves in Nuannuan’s courtyard, and ten taels of silver for each cook in the kitchen who prepares food for Nuannuan.”

Since becoming pregnant, Chunnuan has been very picky about food. I don't know if it's because she spent seven years in Sichuan, but she especially likes Sichuan cuisine.

Therefore, Zhao Minghua specially found two cooks who knew how to cook Sichuan cuisine to prepare meals and pastries for Nuannuan, and Nuannuan ate very happily.

Therefore, these two pregnancies were not as difficult as the first one.

Mrs. Zhou felt that the cook had done a great job.

"Madam, come and see the young master and young lady, they are so beautiful."

Two wet nurses brought the baby out for Zhou to see.

"The daughter looks like the third son, and the son looks like Nuannuan." Zhou was overjoyed and brought the children to Xu: "Nuannuan is truly a lucky star, adding a new member to our Zhao family."

"Yes, Nuannuan is a very lucky child."

Madam Xu was also filled with emotion. Back when the Xiao family fell into misfortune, the women were exiled back to Sichuan. Nuannuan, who was only fifteen years old at the time, became the pillar of the family and single-handedly led the women and children to a way of survival.

Many years later, she is now a mother of three.

After returning to Beijing, Chun Nuan revealed an extraordinary side of herself.

This is the third time that Chunshan Women's Medical College has recruited students. Batch after batch of girls have learned real skills and returned home, bringing good news to the women of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Whether it's childbirth or illness, they are no longer so embarrassed to go to the doctor.

In the beginning, no one really believed that students from women's medical colleges could deliver babies.

Later, when several women who had hired midwives experienced difficult labor, they all gave up and asked for someone from Chunshan Women's College to come quickly.

After the arrival of the doctor, the women who had given birth also gave birth smoothly, and the doctor became famous.

It's no exaggeration to say that they practically stole the jobs of midwives.

Everyone knows that midwives only deliver babies, while the female doctors at Chunshan Women's College can also correct fetal position, perform acupuncture, massage, take pulses, and prescribe medicine... In short, it's safer to hire these female doctors.

Zhong Xiuxiu and Lei Ying took Chunnuan's pulse for the last time.

The pulse is still very normal.

"Sir, you have good stamina."

"It must be because I ate well during my pregnancy. I know my own body well." Chunnuan woke up, got out of bed, and tried to walk a few steps: "It's okay, I feel like everything is fine."

"Yes, sir, although you eat a lot, your child is not very big, and you control your diet very well."

"Yes, those two cooks are quite experienced, and I like the food they make. I plan to write a pregnancy cookbook later, but of course it's just for reference, not something everyone needs. After all, everyone is different. Especially during pregnancy, everyone's tastes are different."

"Looking forward to your recipes, sir."

Lei Ying and Zhong Xiuxiu both felt that the author's works must be masterpieces.

After chatting for a while longer, the two said goodbye and went home.

"Madam, how can we accept this money? No, no, we can't accept it."

Zhou offered Lei Ying and Zhong Xiuxiu fifty taels of silver each, but neither of them accepted it.

"It's right to accept it. You've been busy here all night. If it weren't for you, Nuannuan would have suffered so much more."

Anyway, she could see very clearly that the midwife they hired was completely useless; it was entirely the two girls who helped.

“Our skills were all taught by our teacher. A teacher for a day is a father for life. How can we accept the teacher’s money?” “This is not given by your teacher, it is given by me. I am grateful to you. Take it, you must take it.”

Zhou insisted on giving it to them, but the two refused.

For a time, the situation remained deadlocked.

"Nuan Nuan, hurry up and tell them to accept it."

Finally, Zhou searched for Chunnuan.

"Take it," Chunnuan said to the two of them. "This is a reward for your skills, and you deserve it."

"gentlemen……"

"Take it."

Zhong Xiuxiu and Lei Ying exchanged a glance and agreed.

They will bring gifts to the master when he is on his third-day baptism.

Well, prepare one set for each of the two children, and this money will come in handy.

After Zhong Xiuxiu and Lei Ying left, Xu suddenly remembered something.
"Nuan Nuan, is Miss Lei not engaged yet?"

"Yes, Aunt, whose young man are you thinking of?"

"The Zhang family, my second sister's youngest son, has the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the county-level imperial examination). He is preparing to take the exam next year. He is quite a promising young man."

It was also because Xiao Xu helped Xu Shi somewhat that the two sisters got along reasonably well.

A few days ago, Madam Xu came to the mansion to chat with her, and they talked about the female doctors at the Women's Medical College.

Some people say it's not good to marry a daughter-in-law like that, since she has to be in the public eye and it's not like they're the ones who support the family...

Madam Xu, however, did not agree. She hoped that her son in the household could marry a female doctor.

"It's great to have such abilities. Putting aside everything else, she would panic if her own child had a cold or flu. Knowing how to handle it makes me think it's very good."

Seeing Lei Ying just now reminded me of Xiao Xu's second son. That boy is good-looking and polite; he's a fine young man.

“Alright, we can have Auntie go to the Lei family to propose marriage.”

Back then, Lei Ying was almost forced to become someone's concubine. Now, the Lei family dares not interfere with her marriage anymore. You must know that she is a female doctor who goes to the palace to treat noble people. If she is angered, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Okay, I'll go and tell your aunt later."

Madam Xu told Chunnuan about the old lady of the Xu family.

“Nuan Nuan, when the Xu family sent someone to invite you, your mother refused.”

Faced with her biological mother on one side and her biological daughter on the other, Ms. Xu's scales still tipped in favor of the child she had given birth to.

“Even if my mother doesn’t refuse, I won’t go to the doctor,” Chunnuan said. “I took my grandmother’s pulse during the New Year and knew that she was already beyond saving. It’s already a miracle that she’s been able to stay alive until now after finishing the pills I gave her. It would only be more suffering if she stayed any longer.”

"Ah, that's just how people are. The old grow old day by day, and the young grow up day by day. It's all a cycle!"

Who said no!
Seeing that Chunnuan had given birth safely, Madam Xu returned home.

The next day, news came from the Xu residence that the old lady had passed away.

While Chunnuan was in her postpartum period, Zhao Minghua went to pay his respects and told his parents-in-law that Chunnuan had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Xu Shi was overjoyed.

However, because her mother had just passed away, she dared not show it, and only kept telling Zhao Minghua to take good care of Nuannuan.

"Don't worry, Mother-in-law. After I've burned incense and offered the monetary gift, I'll go back to take care of Nuannuan." Zhao Minghua said, "Nuannuan asked me to tell you that the old lady is over seventy years old, a very old age. She hopes you can take care of yourself and accept her condolences." "I will, but I have to observe mourning here, so I won't be able to take care of Nuannuan. I'm really sorry to her."