Chapter 909 Awakening
The death of Lord Guan was not too surprising. He had been ill for many years, and everyone knew that he didn't have much time left in the past six months. Even the King of Yizhou was not surprised. He just sighed and accepted it.
Guan Dalang followed Master Guan's instructions and, as soon as the funeral was over, he asked for his leave from the King of Yizhou. The King refused, saying, "Your father was born and raised in Yizhou. He only returned home a few times as a child with his grandfather. Now your family has very little blood connection there, so why would you go back?"
The King of Yizhou said, "Why don't you stay here? Your father has served me all his life. I will make plans for you two brothers. You should observe the mourning period first. After that, I will have a position for you."
Then he asked, "Where is Erlang? Your father passed away. Why didn't he come back to pay his respects?"
Guan Dalang lowered his eyes and said, "He missed the person sent by family and is now in Tongzhou. Tongzhou is closer to my hometown Liangzhou, and my father wants to return home for the burial. So I sent him a letter in advance, asking him to go back home and wait."
The King of Yizhou did not expect Guan Dalang to act so quickly. If he still stopped the Guan family from returning home at this time, it would not be love for talent, but inhumanity.
He pondered for a moment, still harboring doubts, and said, "Then you can carry the coffin back to your hometown. You don't have to wait until the mourning period is over. Once you've finished mourning, return to Yizhou City. Your father has been with me for twenty years, and I'm used to having him around. I want to hand over many of his affairs to you."
Guan Dalang was indeed moved, so he hesitated for a moment before nodding his head in agreement.
The King of Yizhou was pleased and let Guan Dalang leave.
When Guan Dalang went out, a carriage happened to enter the yard. Since he was not of high status, he stepped aside and waited.
When Magistrate Tang saw him after lifting the curtain, he jumped out of the carriage, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "How are you doing these days? Has your father's body been laid to rest?"
Guan Dalang answered them one by one.
County Magistrate Tang turned his head to look at Mingli, who took out a letter from his sleeve.
County Magistrate Tang handed the letter to Guan Dalang and said, "I promised your father that you brothers would study hard and pass the imperial examinations. Take this letter of recommendation with you. After your mourning period is over, you can visit the capital."
The wind blew gently, and Guan Dalang suddenly woke up. He remembered what his father had said.
He glanced at the letter handed to him, bowed to take it, and hurriedly expressed his thanks.
County Magistrate Tang smiled and nodded slightly, then went in to find the prince with the servants from the palace who came to greet him.
Guan Dalang received the letter and watched County Magistrate Tang walk away. He felt a little uneasy. The various abnormalities before his father's death and County Magistrate Tang's unusually attentive visit to his house appeared in his mind at the same time.
He tightened the letter in his hand, got on his carriage, and said to the driver, "Go home."
Guan Dalang sat in the carriage, reading the letter in his hand, thinking of how his father had refused to take his second brother back and had insisted on sending his eldest son away as well...
Guan Dalang swallowed, put the letter carefully, and decided to pack up and prepare to return home with the coffin tomorrow.
In May, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the wheat drooped its head and began to turn yellow. Manbao and the other two finally got a day off, so they went to their own small farm and spent the day playing. Looking at the long and full ears of wheat in the field, the three of them smiled comfortably.
Bai Shan turned back to look at their orchard, pointed a finger in the distance and said, "Let's go pick some fruit."
The only fruits that could be picked at this moment were peaches, so the three of them rushed up the mountain together and started picking the ripe peaches.
The three of them picked a large bag and simply put it in their clothes to take home. They had been studying recently and were very bored. It was rare for them to go out. They didn't climb into Daji's carriage until the sun set.
Looking at Manbao who had returned covered in dirt, Qian was both angry and amused. "I think Mr. Zhuang is too lenient with you. He shouldn't even give you a single day off."
Manbao chuckled and walked forward with peaches in his pocket to please his mother, "Look, Mom, I picked these especially for you."
Qian looked at the peaches in her pocket and asked, "Aren't you going to keep them to sell?"
"There are still some on the mountain. We are not short of money." Manbao picked up two relatively red peaches and put them aside. "Mom, these two are for you and sister-in-law. I will share the rest with them."
"Leave a few more for your second brother to bring two to your eldest sister tomorrow when he goes to the county town," she said. "Your eldest sister is about to give birth and is very craving for it. But she's old and this is her first child. Doctor Lu told her not to eat too much. I thought she wouldn't be afraid of eating fruit, so I'll give some to your eldest sister to satisfy her craving."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll tell Bai Shan and Bai Er tonight and have my second brother go to the orchard to pick some tomorrow morning. There are still a lot of fruits on the mountain that we can pick, but we can't take too many today, so we didn't pick any."
"Is this okay?"
"Okay," Manbao said generously, "Pick them. Tell my elder sister that I'll be the one to deliver the baby when she's about to give birth to her nephew."
Qian: "...Can you also deliver babies?"
"No, that's why I want to take a look." Manbao said, "I've been reading medical books on maternity and childbirth recently, but I can't quite understand them."
Qian pushed the troubled girl aside and said, "You're using your sister as a training ground. Aren't you afraid I'll beat you to death? Get out of here."
Manbao left two peaches behind and ran away, distributing the peaches in her pocket to her nephews and nieces. She clapped her hands, went back to her room, and logged into the system to read.
Manbao calculated Zhou Xi's due date and she should be giving birth next month, so she recently discussed the birthing matter with Teacher Mo.
Teacher Mo was also very interested in this, mainly because they did not necessarily need the mother to nurture the child to give birth. They could go to the hospital to apply, and as long as they passed the exams and examinations, they could apply for a gestational sac. If that didn't work, they could buy a gestational sac at a high price.
Therefore, Mr. Mo's knowledge about production only came from historical medicine, and in terms of experience, he is probably not even as good as Manbao.
Because Manbao had waited outside the house for her sisters-in-law to give birth, so her experience was more than that of Teacher Mo who had no experience.
The master and his apprentice, a man and a young girl, were studying the issue of childbirth together. The more they studied, the more confused they became. In the end, they had no choice but to ask Dr. Lu and Dr. Ji for advice.
Dr. Lu and Dr. Ji could provide her with a lot of case studies, but there wasn't much they could actually do during childbirth.
Doctor Lu's reason was that during childbirth, the medicinal herbs he brought with him were always missing. Rural families could not always keep expensive medicinal herbs on hand, so in the end, there was often a doctor but no medicine, and he could only give acupuncture and push the fetus to help with childbirth.
Doctor Ji, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. People in the city were more particular, and most of the time he couldn't even see the patient's face. He could only feel the patient's pulse through the curtain and prescribe medicine. He couldn't give them acupuncture or push the baby to the right position, but that was impossible...
Manbao reviewed the cases of the two doctors and found that the methods they used in the delivery room were completely different. Unfortunately, neither medicine nor needles could be used, so she combined the two.
Although she was still a little confused, she vaguely grasped the edge.
Unfortunately, she has never seen a baby born. It would be great if she could go inside and watch the birth.
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