Chapter 2136 Follow-up
Zhou Liru checked the time and reminded Manbao that it was already past noon. Manbao then checked on the next patient. Seeing a trembling old man, he said to Zhou Liru, "See the next one first, then rest."
Zhou Liru agreed, sat aside and waved back, and the old man came forward.
Zhou Liru asked him his name and which neighborhood or village he was from. After finding the person in the book, Zhou Liru wrote down his name and household registration, then began to feel his pulse and ask about his recent physical condition.
After she finished asking, Manbao had also finished examining the patient and wrote her a prescription, saying, "There are no side effects, but you are pregnant. This is a medicine to maintain the pregnancy. You are a little weak. Go home and take the medicine for ten days, then eat more meat and eggs, and don't skip vegetables."
The patient was surprised and happy, "I, I'm pregnant?"
Manbao nodded: "It should be seventy-two days. It may not be accurate. It is calculated based on your last menstrual period."
The patient's tears rolled down his face. "That one has never been accurate. Sometimes it only comes once every three or four months."
Manbao knew that this happened to some people due to insufficient blood and qi in their bodies, but as long as the diet was regular, it was not a very serious disease, but it was harmful to the body after all.
But not everyone can ensure a nutritious diet, let alone take medicine.
The more patients Manbao sees, the more he understands this.
After thinking for a moment, she pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down several dietary recipes for her. She said, "These are diets for nourishing the fetus and replenishing qi and blood. You can take them back and eat them before or after giving birth."
The patient held the paper and could not recognize the words on it.
Man Bao said: "It's mainly eggs. Just raise a few more chickens at home to lay eggs. Don't underestimate eggs. They are not much less nutritious than meat."
She told her how to make these dishes.
Manbao doesn't know how to cook, but she has a lot of food recipes, including many medicinal recipes.
She just can't do it, but the patient can, most women can, they can remember it after listening to it once.
Sure enough, she remembered it as soon as Manbao finished speaking, but she didn't recognize the yam or something like that she mentioned, so she folded the prescription carefully and put it in her arms, deciding to take it back to show it to someone in the village who could read, and then buy some from the pharmacy.
Doctor Zhou said that this thing is not expensive and medicine can be eaten as food.
Manbao waited until she left and then began to examine the old man. After a while, he confirmed that he had no adverse sequelae of smallpox treatment.
However, it is normal for the old man to have some problems. Manbao pressed his back and lower back several times. The old man cried out twice, and then he felt much better when he stood up.
Manbao said: "You are fine, go back and have a good rest."
The old man squinted his eyes and smiled, then turned to look to the side. Immediately, a young boy ran up with a basket.
The old man placed the basket on Manbao's table and said with a smile, "Doctor Zhou, these are the eggs I gave you. Please accept them as a small token of my appreciation."
Manbao had received many gifts that morning, and as usual, he declined them, saying, "Old man, I don't lack food right now. You can take it back. It's just right for you to replenish your body."
The old man had already taken his grandson's hand and turned to leave. He said, "It's your business if you don't need it, and it's my business if I give it to you. Just accept it."
After saying this, he walked away briskly, without any trace of the trembling look he had just shown.
Manbao opened her mouth wide. Was she mistaken?
As soon as the old man left, a yamen runner came forward to inform everyone that the morning's diagnosis would be here first, and everyone could go have lunch first and come back after 3 p.m.
So many people in the team ran up quickly with things in their hands, forcefully stuffed the things into Manbao and Zhou Liru's hands, or just put them on the table and ran away.
Zhou Liru repeatedly declined, "We really don't need it..."
But no one listened to them at all. They just put down their things and left. Some companies didn't even line up and left at high speed.
Manbao sighed, "Forget it, just take it."
Zhou Liru could only ask the yamen runners to come up and help. Most of the things they brought were eggs, vegetables, rice and flour, not much, either a basket or a small cloth bag.
Most of the cloth bags seemed to weigh only three or four pounds, but whether it was rice or flour, they were all snow-white, obviously top-quality stuff.
This is something that most people would not eat at home.
Each person didn't give much, but there were so many people giving gifts that the table was filled with things, and the areas around the table were also filled with things.
As Zhou Liru collected them, she asked, "Aunt, what should we do with these things? Should we take them with us?"
Man Bao said, "Send them all back to the Governor's Mansion. We can pick some to take with us, and let my sister-in-law take care of the rest."
She said, "I seemed to hear someone yesterday say that my sister-in-law had someone clean up the charity hall in Xiazhou City and adopted many orphans after the disaster. These things can all be sent to the charity hall."
Cui thought so too.
Seeing Manbao bringing back so many things, she thought about this place for a moment and said, "After the smallpox, many children's parents and relatives died. They had to live with other families when they returned to their tribe. Some children were killed by the entire village, and when they returned, the older children had to raise the younger ones. I'm afraid they'll become beggars soon, so I had people clean up the charity hall and raise them all there."
Manbao asked: "How does Xuesao plan to arrange for them?"
Cui smiled and said, "I've decided to connect with the wealthy families in the city. I'll ask them to donate more money, and with the government subsidies, I should be able to support them for a few years. When they turn fourteen, they can return to their hometowns to farm their land."
"That's going to take several years. What do they do in the charity hall these years?" Bai Shan, who had just returned from a tour of the charity hall, said, "I've seen the children there. The youngest is only about two years old, and the oldest is twelve or thirteen. In other words, they will stay in the charity hall for about two to twelve years."
"Two years may sound short, but for those with nothing to do, every day feels long. If my sister-in-law can't properly arrange for them, I'm afraid they'll end up becoming beggars or scoundrels if they stay in the city."
Cui was surprised for a moment, then said, "The charity sometimes takes on some work like cleaning and rubbing mahjong for them, so they're usually not free."
Bai Shan shook his head. "I saw it today. How could a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy sit in a charity hall every day, picking up and washing mahjong? Besides, this kind of work can be learned by watching, but it just wastes their hands, doesn't earn much, and doesn't benefit their future at all."
Cui paused for a moment after hearing this, then asked him, "What suggestions do you have?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Since you are so kind, why don't you hire a few teachers to teach them something so that they can make a living. When they leave the charity hall in the future, they won't be a burden to Xiazhou City."
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