“Miss Su, I’ve been practicing what you taught me. I’ve found a better way to practice, so I don’t need to go to that place to find someone to practice with.”
Du Xiuyuan refers to Luansanggang.
"Oh, what is it?"
“I’ve been working with the coroner at the county office lately. When a case occurs, we do autopsies and suture together. Now I can even treat the external wounds myself.”
Su Luo nodded: "You did a very good job."
Du Xiuyuan is making progress, and Su Luo can't fall behind: "Dr. Du, why don't you teach me how to take a pulse? Let's start with the pulse of pregnancy."
The two looked at Aunt Li, who was also happy and willing to be their teaching material.
“Miss Su, a pregnancy pulse is one of the simplest pulse signs.”
Du Xiuyuan extended his index, middle, and ring fingers, showing them to Su Luo step by step.
"To take the pulse, the left hand is for the heart, liver, and kidneys, and the right hand is for the lungs, spleen, and life force. These three hands are mainly for the cun, guan, and chi pulses."
Su Luo learned Du Xiuyuan's technique. She mostly used machines to treat patients, and there was also advanced technology in her space, but pulse diagnosis was still a novice for her.
Following Du Xiuyuan's instructions, Su Luo carefully felt Aunt Li's pulse again.
"How is it? Is your pulse strong and rapid, like a beating of pearls?"
After taking Aunt Li's pulse, Su Luo checked hers and found that Aunt Li's pulse was indeed faster.
With Su Luo's comprehension, she could memorize it completely after taking the pulse a few more times.
Unlike Du Xiuyuan, he could not tell how many months had passed from her pulse.
She still needs to work hard and learn from Du Xiuyuan.
"Yan Chuan's mother, if you learn how to take a pulse, I'll let you take all my pulse readings from now on." Aunt Li was happier than if she had eaten honey.
"Then I'll have to work hard."
As if remembering something, Du Xiuyuan went to the backyard and brought back a book for Su Luo.
"Madam Su, these are all the symptoms of pulse diagnosis cases. You can take a look at them first, memorize them, and it won't be difficult to learn pulse diagnosis in the future."
"good!"
Su Luo took the book. It was a bit old and must have been the one Du Xiuyuan used when he was learning medicine as a child. It was perfect for someone like Su Luo who was just starting out.
"Honey, the pickled bayberries you ordered are here. Here you go."
It's no longer the season for bayberries, so we can only eat pickled ones.
Pickled bayberries are more sour than fresh bayberries, but pickling does not damage their fibers.
Aunt Li put one in her mouth, took a gentle bite, and the bayberry burst with juice, a sweet and sour taste that slowly flowed into every part of her lips, teeth, and tongue.
Saliva was stimulated and secreted. Su Luo felt it was sour just looking at it, but Aunt Li ate it with relish.
"Yan Chuan's mother, would you like to try some? It's delicious."
Su Luo shook her head: "I can't eat something so sour, Aunt Li, you eat it."
The child is healthy and doesn't need any pregnancy-preserving medication. The three of them had lunch at Ji'an Hall at noon, and Du Xiuyuan had already gotten used to the people of Changping Village.
At the end of the day, Li Niu was the happiest one. On the way back to Changping Village, the oxcart didn't dare to go too fast, for fear of bumping Aunt Li. It was even slower than when they were walking.
Upon seeing Zhao Ruyun and the others, Aunt Li couldn't wait to tell everyone the good news.
Over the years, everyone has witnessed their journey to have a child, and we are genuinely happy for them.
Back home, Li Niu soaked soybeans and made tofu by himself, leaving Aunt Li to sit and not do anything.
"Old Li, actually, I was able to get pregnant thanks to Su Luo."
Aunt Li took a stool and sat at the doorway so she could talk to Li Niu, who was busy in the yard.
"Wife, what does this have to do with Su Luo?"
Aunt Li slowly recounted to Li Niu what Su Luo had taught her, as well as the matter of the leaf-eating grass.
"Old Li, actually I don't like eating leafy greens, but Su Luo said that eating leafy greens and tofu together will help me get pregnant, and I didn't expect that I would actually get pregnant."
The leafy greens grow everywhere in the mountains and fields. If she had known earlier that eating this would be useful, she wouldn't have needed to take so much medicine.
"I see. Then we really should thank Su Luo. This child was brought to us by Su Luo."
"Wife, we won't accept any money from Su Luo for the tofu this month. We'll consider it a token of our gratitude. What do you say?"
"good!"
The two men looked at each other and smiled. Li Niu was happy and soaked a lot more soybeans. He planned to make tofu the next day and send some to every household in the village.
Wherever his wife goes in the future, the villagers can help look after her.
“Wife, we’ve made some money selling tofu. When the baby is born, we’ll send him to school so he can become an educated man, unlike us.”
Aunt Li touched her lower abdomen and laughed, "You're thinking too far ahead. The baby hasn't been born yet. What if it's a girl?"
"A girl is fine, I like girls too, I will definitely treat her well and give you and the child the best life."
As the two looked forward to the future, they suddenly felt that everything ahead of them was promising.
...
That evening, Su Luo managed to enter the space again and saw that the cotton had already bloomed, and the cotton bolls under the flowers had begun to grow.
As the flowers wither and fall, the larger the cotton boll grows, the more cotton it contains.
However, we still need to harvest the dry rice first, as there isn't much rice left for everyone in the village.
If you manage the rice in the space properly, you can save some money.
There's a small machine in the space that's powered by solar energy. It's not big, and it doesn't beat things very fast.
It took half an hour to thresh two hundred catties of rice. The rice in this space is very fragrant, even better than the top-quality rice that Su Luo bought outside.
Keep the rice bran; you can feed it to livestock if you raise them in the future.
There's still plenty of salt stored in the space, and the oil will last the family for two years. If we use it to cook for the workers, it should be enough to get through this winter.
After leaving the space, Su Luo put the rice in the earthen kiln. Now, whatever was suddenly appearing in the kiln, Zhao Ruyun would only assume that Su Luo had gone to buy it.
Su Luo gradually stopped explaining so much to her.
"Luo Luo, the village chief asked me to tell you..."
Zhao Ruyun and Yan Chuan Yi Huan returned to the kiln and saw that there were three more bags of rice in the kiln. They paused for a moment.
"Luo Luo, did you go to the county to buy rice again today?"
"yes!"
Su Luo carefully stored the rice, otherwise it would get damp if it rained.
"Grandma, what did you say the village chief asked you to do?"
"The village chief sent me to tell you that the county magistrate will be coming tomorrow, and he told you not to go out tomorrow."
Su Luo could roughly guess that the magistrate was coming. The eggplants in the field were ripe, and none of the three families had picked any more. It was understandable that the magistrate would come to collect them.
"Okay, I understand."
"Luo Luo, pack your things and head to the village entrance. Dinner will be ready soon."
"good!"
Yan Chuan and Yi Huan put down their books. They rarely went to the village entrance with Zhao Ruyun anymore; they would bring their books with them to practice calligraphy and read.
"Grandma, you go first, we'll wait for Mom to go together," Yan Chuan said.
"Okay, come over here quickly."
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