Chapter 865 is noteworthy.
Tang Shisanlang is the youngest son of the third branch of the Tang family. He is quite a few years older than Tang Mingguang and the others. Tang Shisanlang is about the same age as Tang Heping (Tang Mingguang's eldest son), only a few years older than Tang Heping.
Tang's third great-uncle was intelligent and talented from a young age; otherwise, he, as a descendant of only one branch of the family, would not have been able to accumulate such a large portion of the family fortune.
His path in medicine was quite different from that of Tang Mingyue and his two brothers' grandfather, who treated the wealthy.
To paraphrase my great-uncle when he was alive: "I was born to enjoy life and I'm quick-witted. If I were to just earn a few bucks by treating ordinary people, wouldn't that be a waste of my brilliant mind?"
Therefore, the third great-uncle only treated the rich, and the starting price for consultation was five taels of silver.
However, it wasn't entirely a complicated situation.
Many of the medicine prescriptions that the Third Grandfather improved and created were shared with other members of the Tang family free of charge.
Other members of the Tang family use this formula to treat patients and only charge for the medicine, thus benefiting everyone.
Tang Mingxing said that Li San Niang's idea of a cesarean section was the same as that of his third great-uncle, because his third great-uncle had remarried in his later years and had a wife who was Tang Shisan's biological mother.
Tang Shisan was born on the anniversary of his mother's death.
Yes, the third great-uncle's second wife had a difficult childbirth. After giving birth to the barely alive Tang Shisan, she bled uncontrollably and died.
Fortunately, the Tang family is a family of doctors, and with the good medicine and careful care, Tang Shisan was saved from the brink of death.
It was also the year that Tang Shisan was about to turn five years old when his third great-uncle proposed the idea of a cesarean section. He said that if a woman had a difficult childbirth, it was simply because the baby was in an abnormal position or the woman was too weak to give birth alone.
So, we can just use external force to cut open the woman's abdomen and take the baby out!
Afterwards, you can sew the belly back on.
The rest of the Tang family viewed the Third Uncle's idea as a pipe dream and a disregard for human life.
However, my third great-uncle was never one to listen to advice. He not only tested it on pigs, but also bought sheep, dogs, and horses to test it on as well.
Good heavens, after this series of experiments, only the pregnant dog survived; the rest all died.
The fact that the dog survived made the Third Uncle extremely happy. He told the other members of the Tang family that he just hadn't mastered the trick, and if he practiced more, he could definitely do it too.
This person was certainly not someone he could use as a practice subject. At that time, his third great-uncle was also quite old, and he passed away before Tang Shisan could grow up.
Tang Shisan was weak since childhood and grew up in a medicine pot. He finally grew stronger and bigger in the past few years, and then he developed a habit of eating. As long as it is in his own bowl, he will definitely lick the bottom of the bowl clean.
Tang Shisan blankly put down his soup bowl, blinked at Tang Mingxing who was staring at him, wiped the soup from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, let out a burp, and then slowly opened his mouth: "Second brother is right. Father did do this when he was alive."
I was about seven or eight years old at the time, and I was the one who brewed the medicine that my father used to poison the ewe.
However, the ewe died afterwards.
Later, a mother dog with puppies survived after Aye performed a cesarean section, but she only lived for less than a month before dying.
After saying this, Tang Shisan opened his big, round eyes and looked back at Tang Mingxing.
Just as Tang Mingxing was about to say something more, Tang Mingyue returned with Chen Yanfu.
Tang Mingyue then ordered another bowl of soup noodles for Chen Yanfu, thinking that they could eat it here instead of having to cook at home.
"Ah Fu, you can eat your hot food here. Da Lang and Er Lang can buy a few bowls at the street corner when we get home."
Chen Yanfu nodded in agreement. Turning her head, Tang Mingyue looked at her two older brothers, her expression asking, "What were you talking about just now?"
Tang Mingguang briefly recounted what the others had just said to Tang Mingyue. Chen Yanfu, who hadn't intended to interrupt, couldn't help but express her feelings upon hearing this.
She chuckled and said, "Ah Fu?"
Chen Yanfu shook her head at Tang Mingyue without saying a word, and then focused on eating her soup dumplings.
Tang Mingxing's eyes lit up, and he excitedly looked at Chen Yanfu and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you know what that female doctor surnamed Li meant by cesarean section?"
The two "clap" sounds were Tang Mingxing clapping his hands together. "Ah! You must know!"
Isn't your relationship just that of a superior and subordinate?
Do similar things happen in maternity wards?
"Quick, sister-in-law, tell us what happened!"
Chen Yanfu felt a bit overwhelmed looking at the dozen or so pairs of eyes staring at her on the table, but she still shook her head: "Brother, I do know how this was done, but I'd better not say anything."
Anyway, you'll see it for yourselves in a few days.
If I were to reveal it now, wouldn't that destroy the mystery?
Besides, I'm working for someone, so it's really not good for me to undermine them.
It's not that I don't trust my brothers, it's just... haha, you'll have to see for yourselves when the time comes."
Since Chen Yanfu had already said that, as her elder brother, Tang Mingxing and the others naturally couldn't continue to pressure their sister-in-law to give a detailed explanation.
The next day arrived quickly amidst everyone's eager anticipation.
Because of the medical exchange meeting held at Chongwen Academy, the restaurants, tea stalls, taverns, and inns around Chongwen Academy made a fortune. Even the small vendors who carried baskets back and forth selling snacks and the children who ran errands for others earned a lot.
Some people were even more astute; knowing that a medical exchange meeting would be held at Chongwen Hall, they booked inns and even private rooms in nearby restaurants in advance.
Zhou Aweng was such a person. In his early years, he was a merchant who traveled to Jiangnan and the Western Regions. In order to make money, he truly risked his life. He would lead a camel and go to the desert he had never been to before with three or five fellow villagers.
However, it was precisely because of his hard work that he managed to accumulate a family fortune.
Later, as he grew older and had children, he dared not go out and risk his life anymore. So he stayed in Chang'an and opened a general store, where he had a stable livelihood.
Now he's an old man, with two sons who have married and given him five grandchildren. He's living a very happy and harmonious life.
Therefore, whenever he had a little spare money, Zhou Aweng loved to join in the fun, go to the streets to listen to storytellers, chat with people who had traveled all over the country, and enjoy listening to different stories.
Sure enough, back when the construction was underway inside the Chongwen Hall, Old Man Zhou had already asked around and learned about the Imperial Medical Academy's physician exchange conference.
Then, they booked a room at a very luxurious two-story inn nearby, just in time to participate in the grand event of the doctors' exchange meeting.
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