Chapter 3351 Extra Strong Sister 5
Zhou Man held her hand and said, "Okay, I know what you want to say, but I am the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau and a doctor. It is my duty to cure illnesses and save lives. I also have the ability to treat more people and save more people from disaster. So I can't slack off."
"It's late at night. You're still young and it's time for you to grow. Go to bed first."
Bai Jingxing stared at his mother blankly, "Mom, what were you doing when you were ten years old?"
"Me?"
Zhou Man tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "I think he studied medicine at Jishitang in Yizhou. Or maybe he studied in Qili Village and figured out some medical skills on his own. It's been so long that I can't remember."
"Did mother want to help the world when she was so young?"
"No," Zhou Man said, holding her hand, "your father and I didn't always dream of entering the court and becoming a noble or a prime minister."
"When we were young, we only thought about studying. Every day, we just had to complete the homework assigned by the teacher and think about what the teacher told us to do," Zhou Man said. "In the beginning, I studied medicine just to treat your grandmother. I thought that if anyone in my family needed to see a doctor, I could save some money by learning medicine."
She pulled a chair over and asked Bai Jingxing to sit down. "Your father and I have never thought about how great you three siblings will be in the future. Fame, wealth and status may seem important, but your father and I pride ourselves on having saved a lot of money for you. With enough money, those things won't be so important anymore."
"So we just want you to be happy and live the life you want freely, but," Zhou Man held her hand tightly and looked into her eyes, "you have to be a good person first!"
Tears welled up in her eyes. "Big sister, your father and I are at fault. We've been so busy with government affairs these past two years that we haven't taught you well. So now I want to teach you myself. I'm not concerned about your future prospects, but as long as you can be a person who is worthy of heaven and earth, and worthy of yourself. Okay?"
Bai Jingxing's tears fell drop by drop. She inherited her father's intelligence. She never thought about these things before, but now she did. She had witnessed so many life and death situations in recent days, so she naturally knew what her mother was referring to.
She felt that the things she had done in school to get her rivals to do duty as punishment were extremely childish.
Even when she disliked those she thought were her enemies, it was inexplicable. She just inexplicably disliked them, so she targeted them in various ways. But what had she done wrong?
Even if he really did something wrong, it was just a trivial matter like glancing at her for a second longer, or saying a few bad words about her behind her back. How could it matter if it was related to life and death?
Why do you think that everything the other person does is wrong and you wish the other person would disappear immediately?
"Mom, I know I was wrong."
Zhou Man breathed a sigh of relief, hugged her gently and said, "Good girl."
Bai Jingxing wiped away his tears, but still couldn't help sobbing and asked: "Mom, Yunzhou, can it be cured?"
"Of course," Zhou Man said with a faint smile, "The situation in Yunzhou is much better than when Xiazhou had the smallpox outbreak. If Xiazhou could survive it, Yunzhou can certainly do the same."
"But the dead cannot be resurrected. They are dead forever."
"Yes, so we must look after those who are still alive and not let down those who have died."
Zhou Man turned his head to look at the herbs on the table and murmured, "Maybe I can try Yinqiao..."
Bai Jingxing saw her mother frowning and thinking, not speaking for a long time.
She called out tentatively, "Mom?"
Zhou Man ignored her, and Bai Jingxing knew that her mother had forgotten her again.
But this time Bai Jingxing was not angry at all. She leaned her chin on the table and looked at her mother.
Everyone said that her mother was very powerful. She was the highest-ranking female official in the court, holding the third rank. Not only was she loved by the empress dowager and the queen, but she was also deeply loved by the emperor. In this respect, even her world-famous father was slightly inferior to her.
Because my mother set a precedent for female officials to enter the court, the Imperial College also began to recruit female disciples in the past few years. As a result, female officials appeared in the court one after another. Although the official positions they held were not high, it had become normal for women to serve in the government.
When female students in Ming schools reached the age of thirteen, they could enter the Imperial College like boys, either through imperial favor or by taking the entrance examination. Female students who chose to enter the Imperial College basically aimed to become female officials.
Otherwise, at the age of thirteen, it is the right age to start talking about marriage. Who would spend so much time studying?
Bai Jingxing is already ten years old. In three years, she will have to choose whether to enter the Imperial College to study.
Of course, Bai Jingxing wanted to become an official in the court. She wanted to be like her mother, standing in the court and giving orders about the country. Just thinking about it was very exciting.
But after coming to Yunzhou and spending time with her mother day and night, she realized how shallow she had always thought her mother was.
Zhou Man deduced a prescription and wrote it down. He was about to go to the pharmacy to get a prescription to test the effect. When he put down his pen, he saw his daughter sleeping on the table.
She clenched her fists, exercised her fingers and arms, and then walked forward, carefully picked her up and carried her to the bed.
A ten-year-old child is really heavy to hold.
Zhou Man put her on the bed, took the prescription and went out.
There was a doctor on duty in the medical tent. When he saw Zhou Man coming, he immediately stood up and said, "Master Zhou, why are you here so early? It's not even time for your shift change yet."
"Master Zhou, you haven't been awake all this time, have you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the doctors looked at Zhou Man worriedly.
Zhou Man handed them the prescription and instructed, "Choose nine patients, three each with mild, moderate, and severe symptoms. Boil this medicine and give it to them. Keep an eye on their conditions. I need to review the data tomorrow afternoon."
"Can I get results just by taking one dose of medicine?"
Zhou Man said, "Try it first. If one dose doesn't work, try it for two more days. After three doses, if there's still no effect, try another one."
Everyone responded, "Yes."
Zhou Man then waved goodbye and went back to his room to sleep.
She was so tired that she closed her eyes as soon as she lay down, but her mind was still active and she couldn't fall asleep. She didn't even know when she fell asleep. She woke up when she felt itchy on her face.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Bai Jingxing quickly retract his hand.
Zhou Man propped himself up on the bed, stretched himself, and said, "Don't hide it. You're just like your father, always shaving people's faces with grass."
Bai Jingxing chuckled, took his hands out from behind his back, and said happily, "Mom, the little girl in the No. 8 wooden shed has recovered from her fever. Assistant Doctor Fang said that if her condition doesn't get worse, she will be cured after taking two doses of medicine."
Zhou Man: "She is older than you. Don't always call her "little girl". You should call her "little sister".
"She looks younger than me." Bai Jingxing was used to being an older sister and enjoyed the benefits of being an older sister, so naturally she was unwilling to be a younger sister.
Zhou Man: "That's because she doesn't eat well, so she naturally looks younger than you. But this is a respectful title based on age. Who calls sisters by size?"
(End of this chapter)
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