Chapter 247 Follow-up Visit
At noon, when Li San Niang was on duty, she and Qiu Xiang were in a restaurant on the street. They overheard the people around them whispering about how many people had been beheaded or hanged on Zhuque Street over the past three days.
"Hmph, do you think that just because the Sage is a woman and over fifty years old, he wouldn't dare to kill anyone?"
An elderly man with gray hair spoke to a man opposite him who also looked to be of a certain age.
"How so?"
"Ha, you guys didn't live long enough. You should know that when Emperor Gaozong was alive, my grandfather had just moved from Shu to Chang'an. More than ten years later, when I was young, the emperor had just ascended the throne."
The platform on Suzaku Avenue back then wasn't just erected in three days.
The old man held up three fingers to the man, "It's seven days!"
The old man raised four fingers on his other hand, saying, "For seven whole days, every noon, more than a hundred people were brought out of the prison and their lives were ended on that high platform."
The man opposite must have been shocked. Three days was not a short time. There had even been times when it took seven days. Wouldn't that mean a thousand or eight hundred people had died?
Li San Niang sipped the barley tea with its wheat aroma from the rough pottery teacup in the restaurant, pondering what kind of person Emperor Wu really was.
Regardless of what Emperor Wu was really like, it has nothing to do with Li Sanniang now, at least that's what Li Sanniang herself thinks.
After placing the counted copper coins on the table, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang returned to the clinic.
Li San Niang calculated that it should be Shunzi and Yingniang's follow-up visit in the next couple of days. She wondered how the two were doing after taking the medicine for more than a month.
This person just couldn't resist being nagged. It had only been a short while since her shift at the clinic had ended in the afternoon when Li San Niang heard Ying Niang's very energetic voice, like the chirping of a lark, ringing in her ears.
"Dr. Li, we've arrived."
Yingniang and Shunzi sat down at the consultation table in front of Li Sanniang. Li Sanniang took the number plate handed to her by Shunzi, and then Yingniang greeted Qiuxiang behind Li Sanniang.
"Hello, Qiu Xiang, my dear lady."
Qiu Xiang responded, and Ying Niang happily resumed her conversation with Li San Niang.
"Dr. Li, I made quite a bit of money the other day while I was with my mother. Every household needed vegetables. Even Shunzi had to help deliver vegetables morning and night."
Shunzi was still the same as always. Although he didn't talk much, he nodded in agreement with Yingniang's words.
"Judging from your appearance, you must have been taking your medicine on time. Let me see your hand."
"Hey." Yingniang rolled up her sleeves and put her arm on the pulse pillow.
Li San Niang carefully examined the pulse; the pulse was calm and strong, neither too strong nor too weak, neither too superficial nor too deep.
It seems that Yingniang took her medicine on time after returning home, and also listened to what Li Sanniang said, trying to avoid contact with cold things, and should take good care of herself.
"That's good, there's no need to take this medicine anymore."
"Dr. Li, am I all better now? Can I take care of the baby again?"
Li San Niang smiled and shook her head, glanced at Ying Niang, and then looked at Shun Zi, whose face was slightly flushed after hearing Ying Niang's words.
"Alright, let me finish taking Shunzi's pulse before we talk."
Shunzi's pulse was much stronger than last time, but it wasn't quite at a very good level.
Li San Niang flipped through the medical records she had made for Shunzi and Yingniang. Shunzi was still a little weak, but it was to the extent that any normal young man would have, so it could be said that he was more than halfway recovered.
However, if you want to have a healthy child, you will have to wait a while longer.
Li San Niang said the same thing to Ying Niang and Shun Zi.
"Yingniang's health has improved considerably, so she no longer needs to take the medicine. Just continue to take care of herself as I told her before."
After Li Sanniang finished speaking to Yingniang, she turned to Shunzi and said, "Shunzi's condition is much better than last time, but it's not necessary for him to be anxious about having a child now."
A month and a half has already passed, so why not wait another half month?
I'll revise the prescription again this time, and then you two can come together again in another half month, okay?
Shunzi understood everything he heard.
This means that his chicken essence deficiency is improving and he is fully capable of having his own child with Yingniang.
Shunzi was overjoyed and looked at Li Sanniang, asking, "Is it really so, Doctor Li?"
Seeing Li San Niang nod, Shunzi, who was overjoyed, suddenly had tears in her eyes and choked out, "Thank you so much, Dr. Li. We'll come again next time."
Yingniang took the prescription, pulled Shunzi towards the medicine cabinet, and comforted the somewhat sentimental Shunzi.
However, Li San Niang also understood that this chicken essence deficiency was an embarrassing condition for men, and if someone was narrow-minded, they probably wouldn't even dare to see a doctor.
Not to mention that Li San Niang is also a female doctor, so how should we put it?
Nowadays, people naturally believe in the idea that having many children brings many blessings. However, if someone has been married for many years but doesn't have a child to play with, they naturally feel uneasy. If they encounter gossipy neighbors, they might not even be able to save face.
He might even feel guilty towards his wife while on this bed.
Only I know the bitterness of the past.
Now that Shunzi heard Li Sanniang say that he and Yingniang could have their own biological child, how could he not be happy and excited?
After a while, someone who had previously come to see Li San Niang for treatment arrived – Yin Liu Niang.
Li San Niang flipped through the medical record book and found the page of Yin Liu Niang, the woman suffering from metrorrhagia.
"Dr. Li, are you alright?"
"Sixth Madam Yin, are you well?"
After exchanging greetings, Li Sanniang immediately began taking pulses, and after a short while, she had already prepared a response.
"Sixth Madam Yin, did you not take the medicine I prescribed last time on time?"
Yin Liu Niang smiled and covered her lips with her handkerchief before saying, "Doctor Li, please don't blame me. I didn't believe it at first either. But I had an old doctor from Huichuntang check the prescription, and I only started taking it after stopping for two days."
Li San Niang shook her head and said nothing.
Since it can still be found, it must be because the herbal decoction is effective, relieving both lower abdominal distension and pain, and also soothing the pent-up emotions.
Li San Niang asked about his diet, sleep, and bowel movements before stopping and recording the information in the medical record.
Finally, after blowing on the freshly written prescription and watching the ink dry, Li San Niang handed it to Yin Liu Niang.
"If Madam Yin wants to find someone else to look at the prescription this time, she should wait another day before coming to see me. It's best to wait until she has taken the medicine for a sufficient period of time."
Before Yin Liuniang could speak, Li Sanniang continued, "Yin Liuniang, please remember that you must not have sexual intercourse while taking the medicine. It is best to take good care of yourself."
Upon hearing this, Lady Yin was neither angry nor did she feel her face burning or embarrassed; she simply smiled.
"It's kind of Dr. Li to think of me like this. I'll come to see Dr. Li again next time."
Li San Niang was at her wits' end with someone as thick-skinned and oblivious to embarrassment as she waved her hand and watched Yin Liu Niangzi head to the medicine cabinet.
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