Chapter 263 Ten-Day Break
At this stage, it's beyond the capabilities of any doctor to cure.
In order to treat and save lives, the cooperation of the patient and their family is necessary for the doctor to take action.
If one avoids seeking medical treatment due to illness, even Hua Tuo reborn would be of no use.
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Before she knew it, it was time for Li San Niang's ten-day break. Because she had been on duty with Tang Ming Yue during the Emperor's birthday celebration last time, this time Li San Niang had two days off in a row.
It's been raining for the past few days, but not heavily, just a light drizzle.
This was not a good situation for Chang'an at that time, as the rooms were always damp and cold.
When Li San Niang woke up, she first touched Lu Zhu'er's hands and feet and felt that they were warm before she was relieved.
He got up quietly and went to look at the charcoal brazier in the corner of the room. This silver frost charcoal was the most expensive type of charcoal that could be bought in the shops of Chang'an City. It burned for a long time and produced no smoke, making it much better than the cheaper charcoal.
If it weren't for the fear of catching a cold, and the fact that the dewdrops are so small, I wouldn't be willing to use them.
The only family members present were Li San Niang, Lu Zhu'er, Li's father and mother, and Li's second brother and sister-in-law, who slept in the room with Xiao Wu Lang.
When Li's father heard the price of the silver frost charcoal he bought, he said directly, "I'm not old enough to need this charcoal basin yet. Don't give it to me. Save it for the kids."
Finally, Li San Niang said, "Father and Mother, we only have two precious children in our family. It's just a little bit of charcoal. Why are you so reluctant to use it?"
If you catch a cold because of the dampness and coldness in the house, then drinking that bitter medicine soup will be good.
Who knows, if you get sick, you might infect Dewdrop and the others.
Why bother? Use it; it'll put our minds at ease.
This finally convinced Mr. and Mrs. Li to place a charcoal brazier in the corner of the room, near the bedside.
Li San Niang poked at the charcoal brazier in the corner of the room with fire tongs, and couldn't help but think, no wonder this silver frost charcoal is so expensive, it really is forbidden to burn.
Looking at the charcoal brazier that had been lit since 7:00 PM last night, Li San Niang saw that even though it was past 5:00 AM, there was still more than half left in the brazier.
Look, a pot of charcoal can burn for about two nights, so it's still worth it.
Isn't this kind of comfort that money can buy the best?
In fact, according to Li San Niang's memory, the weather in Chang'an did not get cold so early in previous years. It would have been late winter before it got this cold. She didn't know why the weather had gotten cold so early this year.
Once everything was settled, Li Sanniang and Qiuxiang rode in the carriage driven by Shijiu towards the outskirts of Chang'an.
After hearing about Dr. Guo's deeds (he went to the front line during the epidemic and died of the disease) during her previous lecture, Li San Niang had always wanted to go and pay her respects.
But one thing leads to another; we had planned to go last time, but it was delayed until this time.
This mausoleum was built by Emperor Wu after he ascended the throne, and it is located southeast of the capital's outskirts.
Emperor Wu's words at the time were, "I cannot let the soldiers who follow me lose heart!"
There must be a dedicated cemetery, with dedicated personnel to clean and worship at all times.
They are all meritorious officials of my Great Tang Dynasty, and I and my people will remember them forever!
This place, which Emperor Wu named the "Great Tang Martyrs' Cemetery," truly won him a bit of popular support and goodwill during his period of frenzied killing.
From then on, those who died from major events, such as Dr. Guo who went to the front lines during a major epidemic, also had a place in the cemetery.
On the first and fifteenth of each month, disabled soldiers stationed at this mausoleum would hold a small memorial service. Every year on Qingming Festival and New Year's Day, Emperor Wu would personally bring Prince Xiang and Princess Taiping to pay their respects.
On ordinary days, the families of the martyrs in the cemetery or any concerned citizens of the Tang Dynasty could freely enter and leave to pay their respects, as long as their household registration certificates were verified.
Sure enough, Li San Niang got off the carriage with the offerings her mother had bought. After the soldiers guarding the entrance to the cemetery checked the three people's household registration certificates and looked through the items in Li San Niang's basket, she was allowed to enter the cemetery.
Li San Niang didn't understand the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, but the path from the entrance to the park, though a dirt road, was well-maintained. The areas where people walked on the dirt road were covered with gravel, so it wasn't muddy.
Following the soldier's directions, Li Sanniang walked for nearly fifteen minutes before finally finding Dr. Guo's tombstone.
As for why it took them a quarter of an hour to find it, it wasn't that Li San Niang and the others couldn't tell directions, but rather that the cemetery was truly enormous. It's likely that when it was built, only carriages and horses were considered, and pedestrians weren't taken into account.
It took us quite a while to get there.
Li San Niang looked at the tombstone of Doctor Guo and its surroundings, which were clean and tidy, indicating that someone cleaned it regularly.
First, each person lit three incense sticks. Then, Li San Niang and the other two bowed three times to the tombstone of Doctor Guo before offering the food and wine that Li's mother had prepared.
"With a loyal and courageous physician like you, the Tang Dynasty will surely enjoy a long and prosperous reign."
Finally, Li San Niang presented the wild chrysanthemums she had picked by the river when she left the city; at this moment, only wild chrysanthemums were still in bloom.
Only then did Li San Niang pick up the empty basket and leave with Qiu Xiang and Shi Jiu.
After the nineteenth soldier had driven quite a distance, he stood guard at the entrance of the cemetery. His left leg was gone from the knee down, and a deep scar ran from his left eye to his chin. He spat out the grass he was chewing and addressed the bearded soldier sitting in the building at the cemetery entrance, whose right arm was gone from the shoulder down:
Hey, tell me, it's not a holiday, and yet people are coming to pay respects to an old doctor who's been dead for years? Isn't that strange?
The one-armed soldier put down his teacup, looked through the window in the direction Li San Niang and the others had left, shook his head, and replied, "Those two clearly know how to fight blood."
The one being protected, however, was truly difficult to discern; was the aura emanating from him murderous intent or something else?
Li San Niang and her companions naturally couldn't hear what the soldiers at the cemetery were saying.
Right now, Li San Niang was torn between going to the West Market to buy some food or going straight back to Changshou Lane and buying some food there.
Knowing that everyone in the Li family really liked the Western Region melons, Li San Niang still thought it best to spend more time going to the West Market.
When Li San Niang returned with three melons and a bunch of green grapes, she had just entered the clinic when the young shop assistant, Li Gui'er, came up to her and said, "San Niang, two men have come looking for you. They say they made money using your ideas and have come to share the profits."
Upon hearing this, Li Sanniang immediately guessed that it must be Li Kui and Wang Gui, who had followed her advice and started selling sweets in Chang'an during the Emperor's birthday celebration.
When Li San Niang arrived at the main hall, she was indeed a man with a full beard, dark skin, and a face that looked nothing like the kind-hearted Li Kui or the smiling, easy-going, and honest Wang Gui.
Li's father, second brother, and mother were all inside with her. As soon as Li San Niang entered, Li Kui and Wang Gui stood up and called out "San Niangzi" twice, almost waking up Xiao Huang, who was lying in his kennel in the yard.
Dewdrop called out, "Little Yellow, we're guests, don't greet them."
Xiao Huang then lay down again to enjoy the dewdrop's loving touch.
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