Shulan stayed in the military camp for seven days this time.
He Fengmian would occasionally send her back to the clinic, but his focus remained on Zhao Yousheng and Lao Qian.
Old Qian woke up on the third day, but his chest wound was severe, so he remained lying there.
However, with the medicine prescribed by Shulan, his injury improved day by day, and the brothers who took care of him finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As for Zhao Yousheng, his situation is much better than before. His face is still somewhat paralyzed, but he can move his hands a little.
He can still mumble a few words.
Shulan said, "I will come over for acupuncture every three days from now on, and take good care of myself. I will get better and better in the future."
So once the situation at the military camp stabilized, she shifted her focus to the clinic.
Over there, Mrs. Zhou has introduced two more of her close friends over, so she has to go there to take care of things. She only needs to come over once every three days.
He Fengmian took her back to the clinic, and she was immediately invited to the Ma family's residence.
When the Ma family saw her, they all treated her with great respect: "Dr. Shu."
Although Huang Qi had visited the mansion to examine her, they were still somewhat worried and wanted Doctor Shu to come and take another look, because Madam Ma was still very weak.
When Mrs. Ma saw her, she smiled and said, "Dr. Shu."
Her voice has completely returned to its former gentleness.
"Young Madam." Shulan noticed that her face was still pale and her lips were bloodless, so she sat down beside her and took her pulse.
Meanwhile, the head maid was talking about her young mistress's situation.
Because of the episiotomy, I developed a high fever at night. I took the medicine prescribed by Shulan and the fever subsided, but I had intermittent fever for the next two days.
Fortunately, the child was always cared for by a wet nurse and Madam Ma, so she didn't have to worry about anything.
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The young mistress clutched her chest, frowned, and whispered, "I often feel breathless and exhausted, especially down there..."
She dismissed the maids and then whispered to her, "That place hurts terribly too."
After saying that, she blushed deeply, clearly embarrassed.
Shulan said, "Let me check it."
The young mistress was a little embarrassed, but Dr. Shu had already examined her and it seemed there was nothing wrong.
Shulan examined him and said, "It's nothing, you're recovering very well. I'll come back the day after tomorrow to remove your stitches. As for the prescription, I'll adjust it a bit more to focus on conditioning your body. Just eat what you need to eat and sleep as you need to sleep during this time, and get plenty of rest."
The young mistress was relieved to hear that everything was alright.
She was very worried because she was experiencing occasional sharp pains there.
After Shulan finished her examination, she looked at the child again.
The baby is doing very well. He was rosy-cheeked when he was born, and in the past seven or eight days, he has not only grown bigger but also become fair and chubby. He has inherited the best features of both his parents and is very cute.
She smiled and said, "The young master is being raised very well."
The Ma family was overjoyed to learn that Doctor Shu would be coming again the day after tomorrow. They not only gave him a lot of money, but also personally escorted him back to the clinic by carriage.
And so, amidst this busyness, day after day passed, and another half month went by.
Shulan heard that Hua Niang was going into labor.
It was almost twenty days ahead of schedule.
Shulan carried her medicine box, got into a horse-drawn carriage, and headed towards Xinwang Village.
Seeing Chen Erlang covered in sweat and looking anxious, she reassured him, "Don't worry, it's alright."
Chen Erlang wanted to say he wasn't worried, but in the end he told the truth: "I'm worried about Hua Niang and the child."
This child's journey from conception to birth has been incredibly difficult.
Shulan knew that there was no use in comforting her before the child was born.
Shimo knew he was in a hurry, so he drove the carriage quickly and steadily. When they arrived at Xinwang Village, many people were at Chen Erlang's newly built house.
Thanks to everyone's help, and because the house wasn't very big—it was budgeted to be for a family of four—it was completed and ready to live in a few days ago.
Everything was very basic; there were newly made beds, tables, and chairs, but even cabinets hadn't been made yet.
But as long as they can live there and prevent their child from being born outside the home, they are content.
Life was still tough after they separated, but Chen Erlang became even more motivated.
He asked Aunt Liu, who lived next door, to take care of Hua Niang, while he himself would travel more than ten miles every day to hunt in the mountains. After hunting, he would sell the hunted animals to earn money, hoping that once the child was born, it would make things easier for the mother and child.
Unexpectedly, early in the morning, Hua Niang said she had a stomachache.
Aunt Liu said that she was going into labor. Although a midwife had been hired, Chen Erlang was still worried and ran to the city to ask Doctor Shu for help.
The carriage quickly arrived in front of the house, and immediately the moans of the courtesan could be heard from inside.
Because of the previous epidemic, plus the fall, this delivery was naturally more difficult than for ordinary people.
Shulan carried her medicine box and went straight in. She could see that Shulan's face was pale from the pain.
He took out a slice of ginseng, put it in her mouth, and said, "Suck it."
At the same time, I asked the midwife next to me, "How is it? How many centimeters dilated?"
The midwife looked bewildered. What does "how many fingers" mean?
Shulan then remembered that there was no concept of how many fingers dilated in ancient times, so she had to check the degree of dilation of the cervix herself.
I found out I'm seven fingers dilated, which is pretty fast.
It's almost noon.
He said to the flower maid, "You'll give birth in about an hour. Have you eaten anything yet?"
She shook her head.
"How can you get by without eating?"
Shulan said to Chen Erlang outside the door, "Go and get two eggs for Hua Niang so she can have some noodles."
Chen Erlang exclaimed "Hey!" and clearly ran off to get the egg noodles.
At the same time, he went to pour himself some water, saying, "You've sweated so much, drink more water."
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