Chapter 141 Some Dates

After Li San Niang finished her consultation, she called in the old woman who was anxiously waiting outside and explained the situation to them one by one.

“Auntie, Shunzi and Yingniang. Yingniang is in relatively good health. I will prescribe a formula to replenish her qi and blood. She should drink three doses before her next period. Pay special attention to keeping Yingniang away from cold and raw foods. She should eat less cold foods, such as mung beans and millet. If she needs to use water, it is better to use warm water.”

The old woman thought of how Yingniang always washed clothes with cold water to save firewood, and her heart sank. "My child," she said, "I will never let you wash clothes with cold water again."

Shunzi, standing to the side, listened to Li Sanniang's diagnosis of Yingniang and became even more nervous. Yingniang only had a few minor problems, so the main reason why the two of them hadn't been able to have a child after five years of marriage was that he was impotent.

Thinking of this, Shunzi felt a chill run down his spine and regretted listening to his mother and coming to this clinic for treatment.

If you really can't have children, just take another family's child home and raise it as your own. Why bother with medical treatment?

But realizing that he, as a man, could not perform such a shameful act was not shameful enough.

After Li San Niang finished speaking to Ying Niang, she mentally organized her thoughts on how to protect Shun Zi's self-esteem as a man while also pointing out the problem and preventing Shun Zi from becoming negative and encouraging him to take his medicine and go for a follow-up examination.

"Shunzi's situation is a bit more complicated. Shunzi's health was not very strong when he was young, and now his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are out of balance. It's not just kidney deficiency and liver stagnation, but also heart and spleen deficiency, which leads to damp heat and blood stasis."

Although the three people present did not understand some of what Li San Niang said in the middle, they understood what Li San Niang mentioned at the end.

"Doctor, can my son Shunzi's illness be cured?"

When Shunzi heard his mother ask this question, he looked at Li Sanniang with hopeful eyes, hoping to get a positive answer.

"It can be cured."

As soon as Li San Niang finished speaking, all three people present breathed a sigh of relief, especially Ying Niang.

Yingniang thought to herself, "Shunzi is fine in every way except for his bedchamber skills."

Shunzi is the only son in his family. His father is a skilled basket weaver and had foresight to send Shunzi to a private school. Shunzi can read and do arithmetic and is now an accountant at a fabric shop, earning two taels of silver a month.

Not to mention, Shunzi's mother is hardworking and doesn't mistreat anyone. She grows some vegetables in her backyard and sells the best ones to the restaurants that Shunzi has arranged for her.

Shunzi was honest and never flirted with other women. He gave half of his earnings to his mother and the other half to her.

In Yingniang's eyes, Shunzi was a good husband who could manage a household.

If Shunzi can't have children, and I can't have children either, it would be a bit of a regret. Adopting someone else's child is ultimately not the same thing.

Now that I hear that Shunzi's problem can be cured, that's good, that's good.

"I'll prescribe a medicine for Shunzi. Take it home and come back for a follow-up visit in half a month. I'll adjust the medicine based on his pulse then. Also, the couple should not have intercourse while he's taking the medicine."

Having said what needed to be said and explained what needed to be explained, Li Sanniang finally signed the prescription. "I am a new doctor," Li Sanniang stood up and pointed to the nameplate that had just been hung up on her side before continuing, "My surname is Li, and my name is Li Mingfang. This prescription is ready. I will first have the head of the clinic look at it, and then I will take it to the medicine cabinet to get the medicine. Please wait a moment."

After saying that, Li San Niang took the medical record she had just written and the two prescriptions and went to where Doctor Gao was in the back. She knocked on the door and went in after getting permission.

"Oh, is this Li San Niangzi already getting a patient on her first day at work?"

Li San Niang nodded and respectfully stepped forward to place the medical records and prescriptions on the table in front of Doctor Gao. "Please correct me, Doctor Gao."

Doctor Gao picked up the prescription and looked at it. He could tell from the combination of the herbs that one was for regulating menstrual flow and the other was for treating kidney deficiency.

After putting down the prescription, Doctor Gao curiously picked up the small notebook that Li San Niang had prepared herself, which was actually Li San Niang's self-made medical record book, and began to read it carefully.

Upon reading this, Doctor Gao was surprised. He hadn't expected that Li San Niang's medical record was written in more detail and more formally than that of the old doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

However, Dr. Gao did not say much. He picked up a pen and signed his name on the two prescriptions that Li San Niang had written and signed.

After Li San Niang bowed and expressed her gratitude, she came out with the medical record and prescription, gave the prescription to Shunzi, and gave him some detailed instructions.

After seeing both patients, it was already noon. Tang Mingyue was still waiting by the side, inviting Li San Niang to have lunch together.

Of course, Doctor Li and Doctor Cui, who disliked Li San Niang, had already left, not to mention that today Li San Niang could be considered to have "stolen" Doctor Li's patient, so they didn't want to see Li San Niang at all.

Although Tang Mingyue was obsessed with Li Sanniang's medical skills, she was still very considerate in terms of human relationships. She ate lunch at a restaurant next to the clinic, and Tang Mingyue had asked someone to go home and call his wife beforehand.

Therefore, this lunch was eaten together by Li San Niang, Tang Mingyue, and Tang Mingyue's wife, Chen Yanfu.

Li San Niang really didn't expect that Chen Yanfu was also a woman who knew medicine!

Tang Mingyue is a distant relative of Dr. Gao, while Chen Yanfu is Tang Mingyue's childhood sweetheart from her hometown.

The two men's fathers were close friends, and they got married after Chen Yanfu came of age. They settled in Chang'an City because Tang Mingyue was pursuing medical skills.

Li San Niang enjoys talking to young ladies who are knowledgeable, non-discriminatory, don't look down on others, and are also very beautiful.

"I originally wanted to have a good chat with Li San Niangzi about sewing techniques, but I didn't expect Afu to be chatting so happily with Li San Niangzi that I couldn't get a word in edgewise."

"Haha, I never expected that Dr. Tang's wife would be such a wise and knowledgeable Sister Afu. I feel like I've known her for a long time."

The three of them enjoyed their lunch very much, and in the end, Li San Niang and Chen Yan Fu even made a pact to take the children out shopping together on their ten-day weekend.

After finishing lunch and returning home, it was time for the clinic to start its afternoon shift.

For the rest of the afternoon, no other patients came to see Li Sanniang. Li Sanniang thought to herself that if she hadn't come out to stretch her legs in the morning, the patients and their families probably wouldn't have seen her in the last corner of the clinic.

Li San Niang was also open-minded. She would see patients when there were patients, and when there were no patients, she would concentrate on studying medical books. She could also think about how to teach the contents of the gynecology encyclopedia to her mother, sister-in-law Li Dasao, and sister-in-law Li Ersao, as well as the women's support group, and the affairs of Jiu Niang in Shi Hua Lou.

Time flew by, and in the early afternoon, Li San Niang bowed to everyone in the medical hall and left.