Chapter 1689 Help
Bai Erlang rolled up the quilt tighter and mumbled, "It's so cold..."
Seeing that they were silent, Manbao couldn't help but stick his head into the room to see. Seeing that Bai Erlang was still asleep, he couldn't help but go in to see as well.
Bai Erlang moved in the quilt, found a more comfortable position and continued lying down.
Manbao reached out and pulled his quilt with Baishan. He couldn't pull it off and had to show his head. He stared at them in confusion, "What do you want to do?"
Manbao said, "The sun is about to burn your butt, why are you still sleeping?"
Bai Erlang still didn't understand them. "It's not too hot or too cold, it's nice to sleep in. Why are you getting up so early?"
The weather is a little chilly now, but not too cold. It's the best time of the year to sleep after covering yourself with a quilt. In the palace, you have to get up early every day to study, so why can't he sleep in after his day off?
In the end, Bai Shan and Man Bao worked together to pull the man out of bed. After he washed and dressed, they gave him two buns and dragged him away.
Shirojiro:......
He couldn't help but turn back to look for the gentleman, stretched out his hand and called out pitifully: "Sir——"
Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and told them to leave quickly.
Bai Shan and Man Bao dragged him faster.
County Magistrate Tang also had a day off today, so he had a rare moment of leisure at home playing chess and drinking tea with Mrs. Tang, which was very pleasant.
The three of them rode their ponies directly over here, since the two houses were not far away anyway.
The doorman at the side door recognized them and knew that they had a good relationship with their master, so he let them in and asked them to go to the backyard to look for the master.
When County Magistrate Tang and Mrs. Tang came over from the backyard garden, Manbao and Bai Shan were squatting on the ground watching the ants boredly. Bai Erlang was standing by eating a bun, and the two of them would occasionally tear off a piece of the bun in his hand to feed the ants.
Not to mention County Magistrate Tang, even Mrs. Tang couldn't help but stop and was speechless for a long time.
As Bai Erlang was eating, he simply squatted down and watched the ant nest with them. He also carefully took some meat from the bun and threw it on the ground for them to eat.
Mrs. Tang looked disgusted when she saw this. She glanced at County Magistrate Tang, her eyes saying, "Is this your friend? Your son doesn't even play this kind of game anymore."
County Magistrate Tang clenched his fist, placed it in front of his mouth, and coughed lightly.
The three of them looked up at the same time, Manbao's eyes shining, "Brother Tang, Sister-in-law, is it going to rain today?"
Bai Shan's eyes lit up: "Brother Tang, we want to discuss something with you."
Bai Erlang then asked, "Xuesao, do you have any tea at home?"
Mrs. Tang couldn't help but laugh out loud, then turned her head to look at the servants waiting on the side, and her smile faded slightly. "Why don't you serve tea to the guests? How do you treat guests?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Erlang quickly said, "Don't blame them. We were supposed to sit inside at first, but they were the ones who wanted to see the ants. I just choked on my bun, so I wasn't thirsty at first."
The servants waiting on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried into the house to pour Bai Erlang a cup of tea.
Mrs. Tang didn't pursue the matter.
The couple simply stood next to the ant nest on the side of the road and talked to them.
It was obvious that these ants had just appeared and were still on the edge of the flower bed. She said that the house had to be cleaned every day, so how could there be such a nest of ants on the road early in the morning.
County Magistrate Tang asked Bai Shan, "What do you want from me?"
Bai Shan briefly mentioned the busy application process for the Imperial Medical Bureau's exams, and asked, "Could you please spread the word so that suitable women can study at the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
County Magistrate Tang raised his eyebrows and smiled before saying, "What a coincidence! Changbo also came to me last night and mentioned this matter. He asked me to find some young ladies of suitable age in my jurisdiction and send them in."
Manbao's eyes lit up, "Brother Yang also came to see you?"
Magistrate Tang took a look around and saw that there were still many servants in front. He pointed to the garden in the back and said, "Let's go and talk there."
Arriving at the pavilion in the back garden, the servants served tea and left. The couple finally spoke without reservation, "Do you know how many people your Imperial Medical Bureau has blocked this time?"
County Magistrate Tang laughed and said, "Everyone is waiting to see you make a fool of yourself."
Manbao was stunned. "Whose way are we blocking?"
"Who are you targeting with these job and service terms?" County Magistrate Tang smiled slightly and pointed at Madam Tang. "Ask her if the ladies in the capital are upset about this at their gatherings these past few days."
Manbao looked at Madam Tang in surprise and asked, "Xuesao, are you also trying to take advantage of the court and poach people from our Imperial Medical Bureau?"
Mrs. Tang was drinking tea and almost spit it out when she heard this. She swallowed the tea helplessly, put down the teacup and said, "Do I need it?"
She said, "Although female doctors are rare, you have a good relationship with our family. We can hire you in the future. After a few years, when you have trained your disciples, we can pay for you to come to our house when you are sick. Why would we need to keep one at home?"
Manbao was relieved and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right, they are too desperate."
Mrs. Tang shook her head. "It's not that I'm upset. Girls are always more delicate than boys. Our family is small."
The Tang family is very simple in population. Old Master Tang has been single since his wife became a widower. There are only these few people in the family, and except for Mrs. Tang, they are all men, so there is no need to hire a female doctor.
But other large and powerful families, not to mention several families living together, even within one family, there may be more than ten daughters, including the daughters born to concubines.
For example, her fifth uncle in the same family has twelve daughters, not to mention granddaughters. With so many girls in the family, some illnesses are difficult to treat by asking male doctors. It would be much easier if there was a female doctor at home.
Therefore, everyone, including Wang, had thought about sending people to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
But when the two rules of the Imperial Medical Bureau came out, all the people they had chosen before were useless.
It takes three to eight years to study medicine, and after graduation one has to work in the Imperial Medical Bureau for fifteen years. By the time they return home, how many years have passed?
Moreover, will they still be able to control people at that time?
Even Mrs. Tang felt that after experiencing the benefits of freedom, it would be impossible for them to return to the homes of the wealthy and powerful families.
After hearing this, Manbao said seriously, "The Empress and I built the Imperial Medical Bureau with the intention of providing for the poor people in various places, especially the poor women who can't afford medical treatment. As long as they have money, the wealthy, the powerful, and even ordinary people and landlords can always afford to hire a doctor. You hire female doctors for convenience, but they hire female doctors for their lives. How can convenience and life be compared?"
Mrs. Tang was speechless for a moment.
County Magistrate Tang also slightly softened his smile. He smiled at the three people and said, "Your request isn't difficult. Tomorrow after we go to the yamen, I'll have the chief clerk and the yamen runners take a walk around the countryside. Perhaps there's a family willing to send their daughter to the Imperial Medical Bureau."
Manbao nodded and was about to bring up the idea of hiring someone to play drums and gongs to publicize the event when County Magistrate Tang said, "There's no need for that. It's just for show. It would be more convenient for me to talk to the village heads."
Hearing that County Magistrate Tang was willing to talk to the village head on their behalf, Bai Shan and Man Bao's eyes lit up. Bai Erlang swallowed the last bite of his bun, took a sip of tea, and said ambitiously, "Brother Tang, can we go together?"
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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