Chapter 619 How can a mother not want the best for her child?
In the end, Li San Niang still gave the little girl, who hadn't been named yet, a needle.
Because she was born prematurely, the baby girl's bodily functions were not fully developed. Although her life was not in danger, she still needed to be carefully cared for.
Seeing Shen Qiuniang's remorseful and regretful expression, Li Sanniang could only comfort her, saying, "Things have come to this, so don't be like this anymore."
This child needs to be carefully looked after before he grows up.
If you don't take good care of yourself and exhaust yourself, who will take good care of this child?
Can we rely on others?
No one can match the care and love of a child's own mother.
Li San Niang's words finally stopped Shen Qiu Niang's tears. She forced herself to hold the child in the swaddling blanket, her face still streaked with tears, but her eyes were full of tenderness.
"This child will be difficult to raise before the age of three. You should be prepared. If you are interested, I can prescribe a herbal soup for you. It would be better to let Qiu Niang get pregnant after the child is three years old."
Tuva, if it's feasible, your whole family should move to Chang'an, preferably near my home.
I'll inevitably have to see this child sometime in the future, so keeping them close won't harm their health.
The Tuva's face, which was originally full of joy, was shaken to the point that only a fraction of its original happiness remained after hearing what Li San Niang said.
"Don't lose faith. If you raise this child carefully until he is three years old, he will be just like any other child."
You've seen it yourself, that child looks just like you. Don't find it troublesome.
"Thank you so much, Dr. Li. I don't think it's a bother at all. She's my Tuva daughter, she's my life!"
"Don't worry, Dr. Li. Once Qiu Niang has finished her postpartum confinement, we'll move the whole family to the city."
Tuva forced a smile at Li Sanniang: "Actually, Brother Bai had been telling me to move into the city as soon as possible, because the imperial court has now opened up the border markets, which is great for us to do business."
Qiu Niang and I felt cramped inside the city, which is why we've been living in the outer three cities.
Li San Niang nodded, then instructed, "This child needs acupuncture again in three days. You can come to my clinic when I'm on duty, or you can wrap the child up and take him to the clinic."
Furthermore, this outcome was not caused by Qiu Niang stretching herself.
Qiu Niang is her own mother; what mother wouldn't want the best for her child?
It was all just an accident.
That's how childbirth is; everything is full of variables and cannot be predicted by human intervention.
Don't blame Qiu Niang. She already feels very guilty. If she doesn't recover well during her postpartum period, she might suffer from health problems for the rest of her life.
You are the most important person to her in the world. Try to comfort her and put her mind at ease; that should be of some use.
Since it was past curfew, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang stayed at Chen Qiu Niang and Tuwa's house tonight, which also helped them take care of the frail child.
Oh, this child has already been given a name by the Tuva, Lingzhi.
Yes, they didn't give the child a Turkic name; they used Chinese directly.
According to Tuva, "Her mother was a Han Chinese, so it was only right to give her a Han Chinese name."
Besides, we'll be living here from now on, and she already looks like me; it wouldn't be good to give her a Turkic name as well.
As for why it's called "Lingzhi" (灵芝), a traditional Chinese medicine?
This was because Tuva asked Li San Niang what kind of medicine could make people live longer.
Li San Niang immediately said "Lingzhi," and so Lingzhi became the little baby's name.
Under the careful care of Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang, the little Lingzhi baby safely spent its first night in the human world.
Early in the morning, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang boarded the carriage driven by Lao Shi and headed to Anhua Gate to queue up. If they arrived late, the queue would be long and might delay Li San Niang's shift at the medical clinic.
There were also some food stalls on both sides of the queue. Li San Niang was already hungry, so she called Lao Shi to go down and buy some food. She and Qiu Xiang then ate in the carriage.
The tenth prince naturally started eating right there on the carriage shaft.
"Third Sister, these babies born from different people are really beautiful. They look even better than babies born from the same person."
Qiu Xiang's words were strange, but Li San Niang naturally understood what she meant.
"That's not entirely true."
Lingzhi is cute, and you can indeed tell from her appearance that she looks more like a Tuva person at this time.
But if you see more people from the Western Regions in the West Market, you will find that this is not the case.
Some children born to non-Han people and Han people are not very good-looking. If you think they are good-looking, it's just that you see good-looking people.
However, it must be said that the Hu people were indeed physically strong; this was a racial advantage.
"Just like the eldest brother of the Li family?"
When Li San Niang heard Qiu Xiang mention her elder brother, she was stunned for a moment. After a couple of breaths, she came to her senses and nodded, "What you said is indeed true."
My elder brother's father must have had Hu (non-Han) ancestry, which is why my elder brother is so tall. My elder brother and sister-in-law's children, Da Lang and Er Lang, are not short.
Especially since Dalang had practiced martial arts since childhood and was aiming to become a soldier in the army, he was indeed very strong.
This can be seen by comparing Sanlang with the others. Sanlang eats the same food as Dalang and Erlang, and takes the same medicinal baths, but Sanlang is just shorter in stature.
However, Sanlang is still young; he might grow even taller in a couple of years.
While chatting idly along the way, they passed through the city gate and headed to the Third Pharmacy in Yongping Ward.
At the entrance of the Third Pharmacy, Li San Niang was talking to Lao Shi.
"Please tell my mother when you get home that you're tired. If nothing unexpected happens today, please come and pick me up on time."
"Yes, Third Sister."
Thus, Li San Niang began her day of duty once again.
Ever since the news spread that Shunzi and Yingniang had given birth to twin girls, more and more couples have been coming to Li Sanniang's place to see if they can have children.
There were women who already had three sons and two daughters who still came to get a number for a consultation. Li San Niang asked, "You already have three sons and two daughters, why do you still need to see me?"
Look, the people who come to me are married for years without children; that's why they come to me for help.
"You'll be a grandma in a few years, why are you still looking for me?"
The woman smiled at Li San Niang without any embarrassment: "Haha, Dr. Li, what are you saying? What, am I not allowed to like children?"
Then the woman lightly kicked the man beside her. The man opened his mouth and looked at Li San Niang, seemingly wanting to speak to her, but he couldn't make a sound.
Li San Niang was really exasperated by the two of them, so she could only say, "This is a clinic, I am a doctor, I treat people. If you have something to say, just say it properly, there's no need to waste time."
Seeing that her husband was so useless, the woman had no choice but to lower her head and whisper to Li San Niang, "Doctor Li, do you have any medicine here that can help men have sex?"
"If you can make someone who can't have children have children, then it's certainly possible to make someone who can have children have children again, right?"
After saying this, the woman glanced sideways at the man, indicating that Li San Niang meant to make sure this man was capable.
Li Sanniang suppressed her laughter, took the pulse of the man whose face was flushed, and then wrote out a prescription.
"If it doesn't work after half a month, come back to me."
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