Chapter 3090 Immortal
Granny Luo said with a depressed look, "Sixty cents."
"Oh my, you only spent this little money after living here for half a month?"
"Stop making sarcastic remarks. Wasn't the five hundred coins you brought here money?"
"Isn't that money for buying rice and meat?" a villager said, "You're lucky to have run into the medical department and a good official. Look at Jin Erlang's family in the next village. They also fell from the mountain. They ended up spending three hundred yuan at the pharmacy, but in the end, the treatment was too bad. They were carried back and spent half a year. Now they are an orphan and a widow, and they are in debt. Their life is so bad..."
"That's right. Although your family spent over five hundred coins, that still includes the money for your daughter-in-law to give birth. Look at these two children, they are taken care of so well. I will also send my children to the medical department when they give birth in the future. By the way, Dalang's family, what did that master just say to you?"
Mrs. Luo said, "Teach me how to raise a child."
She said, "Master Zhou said that if a child cries, it's either because he's hot or cold, hungry, or has diarrhea."
Everyone laughed, "Who doesn't know this?"
"But Lord Zhou also said that if none of these are the symptoms, then it means the child is unwell..."
In the past half month, Zhou Man taught her how to raise a child, how to recover her body, and how to treat any illness a woman has whenever he has free time.
Instead of seeing a doctor, they can also find some herbs in the countryside and boil them in water for bathing, which is said to have the effect of dispelling evil spirits and relieving itching.
Of course, such words cannot be said at the moment, as there are so many men around. They can talk about it in private when they go back.
By the way, Aunt Luo also learned a lot. She remembered that her mother-in-law also had many problems. It was a good opportunity to go back and talk to her about it.
The two looked at each other and smiled slightly.
When Mrs. Luo returned to the village, it immediately became lively, and adults and children all came out to join in the fun.
There is nothing to do in the middle of winter, so staying in the hospital is a rare thing. Whether it is free treatment for a broken leg, or Mrs. Luo going to the county hospital to give birth to a child, or giving birth to twins, it is all rare.
The men all gathered around Luo Dalang, while the women crowded into another room to look at Mrs. Luo and the children. "Your two children are so well-developed. I heard that they were very small when they were born. Did you have to take medicine and feed them every day in the hospital to keep them alive?"
"What's the hospital like? I've always heard that the gate is so high and the yard is so big. Is it really free to treat patients?"
“It’s free.”
"What's it like to give birth at the hospital? Is it the same as giving birth at home?"
The lady from the Luo family didn't have much of a say because although she was the one who gave birth, her mind was completely focused on the delivery at the time and she didn't pay any attention to what was happening around her. She almost forgot everything after giving birth, so Aunt Luo became the most popular person.
The women listened with great interest, "That official is really a woman?"
"Of course not! He's the imperial physician from the capital. I heard he's some kind of doctor, very capable. His official rank is even higher than our county magistrate's."
"Is this true? Aren't they saying that the county magistrate and the female official from the medical department are a couple?"
"They are a married couple, but Mr. Zhou's official rank is higher than the county magistrate's. Is this what their maid said?"
"How bizarre! It's already unusual for a woman to be an official, but her position is even higher than her husband's..."
"That's true, but Mr. Zhou does know a lot and has a kind heart. When I was out buying groceries, I passed by a teahouse and heard people inside say that Mr. Zhou was the reincarnation of a god from heaven and would return to heaven in the future."
Mrs. Luo, who was sitting on the bed, immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes. I also think that Lady Zhou is the reincarnation of a god. You don't know, she knows a lot. Auntie, do you remember? A few days ago, a child was sent over from Xiaowa Village. He had a big belly and a blue face, but he was very lively. We thought he was fine, but she felt him and said he had vermin. She gave him some medicine, and my goodness, the child defecated so many worms that he stayed in the hospital for three days before he passed away. When he died, his face was still pale, but it was no longer as blue as it was at the beginning."
"If she wasn't a deity, how could she tell there were worms in the stomach just by touching it?" Mrs. Luo said, "Even Doctor Tian and the others who were treating the patient couldn't tell."
"What kind of god is that? We'll pay our respects to him later."
Mrs. Luo doesn’t know.
Aunt Luo thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "I heard people in the teahouse say it was something like Taibai..."
"Taibai Jinxing!" A woman immediately clapped her hands and said, "I know. I saw her last time when I went to the temple to worship. She was a very beautiful female fairy!"
"... Taibai Jinxing is a deity under the Jade Emperor, right? Shouldn't he be in the Taoist temple? I remember him being an old man."
"Oh, I remember correctly. The statue the master mentioned at the time was the Taibai Fairy, who relieves misfortunes and cures diseases. Worshiping it will keep you free from illness and disaster."
"It should be the immortal in the Taoist temple..."
The two started arguing, and someone immediately tried to smooth things over, "Don't argue, don't worry about who it is, the reincarnated deity is in our county. Instead of worshipping a statue, you might as well worship the real deity."
"That makes sense."
"But the county town is too far away. It takes a whole day to go there and back."
"Even a deity would find it troublesome to pray to you. How could she possibly bless you if your heart is so insincere?"
"Yes, yes, I don't mind the trouble. I'll go and pay my respects to you after a while."
Zhou Man's original intention was to ask Mrs. Luo and Aunt Luo to promote the medical department for her and help popularize the treatment of some common diseases among women. Unexpectedly, before Mrs. Luo could bring it up, everyone's topic turned to gods.
So a few days later, when Zhou Man went to the medical office to work, he happened to meet a woman with two children, carrying a basket in her hands. When she arrived at the door of the medical office, she knelt down with her children...
Zhou Man was startled and stopped getting out of the car.
Bai Erlang was also shocked and hurriedly tried to stuff her back into the car, fearing that a conflict might arise.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, let someone go and ask."
"Get in the car first and let someone ask. You're in a double body now, so be careful."
Mingda stuck his head out and asked, "What's wrong?"
In the end, the two of them got off the car, but did not go forward. Instead, they stood aside and watched. Jiulan and a friendly-looking palace maid went forward to ask questions.
The woman took out the incense from the basket, lit it, bowed, and then found a crack in the brick to insert the incense into. Then she clasped her hands together and started muttering something.
Jiulan, who came forward, saw that she was so pious, so she didn't want to disturb her. She could only wait until she finished praying before asking, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
The woman looked up at Jiulan, pulled the two children up and said, "We are worshiping the gods. Ladies, please be careful when you pass by here. Don't step on my incense. It's for the gods to eat."
Jiulan glared, and the maid couldn't help but ask, "I want to know which deity my sister-in-law is worshipping?"
I forgot the time while eating melons. See you at 11pm.
(End of this chapter)
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