Chapter 912 Young ladies from various families gather in Chang'an City upon hearing the news.
People outside Chang'an City went into the city, and people inside Chang'an City also got up early and started their busy work.
Longevity Lane, the home of Lady Qiu.
Beside a bowl of thick porridge with the aroma of millet was a small dish of homemade pickled vegetables. Qiu Niangzi handed Hui Niang bamboo chopsticks and a porcelain spoon, saying gently, "Eat slowly, be careful not to burn yourself."
After drinking most of the millet porridge, Hui Niang looked up at Qiu Niangzi and asked, "Mother, what should we do if I fail to be selected?"
Lady Qiu was somewhat surprised. In her eyes, her own Hui Niang was literate and wrote a fine script that everyone would praise. Not to brag, but she felt that her writing was better than that of the young men on the street who had studied for seven or eight years.
With such an outstanding young lady, how could she not be chosen?
Not to mention, she had already sounded out Li's mother's opinion, and Li's mother meant that the maternity ward would definitely recruit students fairly and justly.
Since that's the case, no one can rely on connections. With Hui Niang being so good, how could she not be selected?
However, Lady Qiu understood Hui Niang's worries. After all, this was a competition that would attract young women from all over Chang'an, and even the entire Tang Dynasty. How could Hui Niang be so confident that she would be chosen?
Therefore, Lady Qiu pushed the dish of pickles towards Hui Niang, and then smiled and said to Hui Niang, "It's alright, if you don't pass this year, you can take the exam again next year."
Didn't you also hear what the manager said outside the maternity ward?
This maternity ward only recruits once a year. If you don't pass the exam this year, you can try again next year.
Your mother believes in you; you'll definitely pass the exam!
Hui Niang in Changshoufang was filled with anxiety, fearing she would fail the exam. Little did she know that Tang's young daughter in Yongpingfang was also filled with worry.
Ever since Tang Mingyue wrote a letter asking her eldest brother (Tang Mingguang) and second brother (Tang Mingxing) to bring their clan to Chang'an to participate in the physician exchange conference of the Imperial Medical Academy, Tang Mingguang, the eldest brother, had the idea of buying property in Chang'an.
During the month and a half that Tang Mingguang spent in Chang'an, this idea grew stronger and stronger in his heart.
When Tang Qilang took the initiative to stay in Chang'an, Tang Mingguang made up his mind to buy a property for the Tang family in Chang'an.
However, living in Chang'an is not easy.
Although the Tang family has been practicing medicine for generations and has a lot of prescriptions, not to mention their pharmacies and clinics, which can be converted into a lot of money.
However, even though Tang Mingguang is the head of the direct branch of the Tang family, he still has to explain to the clan how he can buy property in Chang'an City and use the public account.
However, the house was eventually bought, but because there wasn't enough money, Tang Mingyue could only help buy a small house with one or two courtyards in a remote area of Yongpingfang.
At this very moment, in the backyard of this two-courtyard house lived two young women from the Tang family. Tang Wu Niang (Du Lan) and Tang Jiu Niang (Lin Lan) were the women sent by the Tang family to Chang'an City to participate in the selection process at the maternity ward.
Tang Wuniang was two years older than Tang Qilang. She was somewhat unlucky. Her marriage had been arranged long ago, but unexpectedly, her fiancé's family suffered a series of deaths. In order to observe mourning, Tang Wuniang's marriage was postponed.
I had planned to start preparing for the wedding after my fiancé finished observing the mourning period, but I never expected that he would also fall seriously ill.
Fortunately, the Tang family was a loving family and they quietly called off the engagement through an official matchmaker.
The Tang family was thinking that they would wait a year or two until this matter was settled, and then find a good match for Tang Wu Niang.
Thus, Tang Wuniang was lucky; she waited until the maternity ward in Chang'an was recruiting female doctors.
At that time, Tang Wuniang said to her parents: "At my age (18 years old), I should be a mother. It is thanks to my father and mother that I have been kept at home for so long."
Now that I've encountered this opportunity in Chang'an, how can I be willing not to give it a try?
"Besides, Mother," Tang Wu Niang stepped forward and hugged her mother's arm, "that's the capital, Chang'an. According to Uncle, this first opportunity is extremely important. Wouldn't it be a pity if we didn't go?"
Raising her head, Tang Wuniang said to her father, word by word, "I have been learning medicine and pulse diagnosis with you since I was a child. You always say that I have a talent for it. With such a good opportunity, I naturally want to give it a try. Who knows, I might be able to become a female physician like that Physician Li."
Therefore, Tang Wu Niang followed Tang Ming Guang and the others north to Chang'an to participate in the grand event of the maternity ward recruiting students.
As for Tang Jiuniang, who was only eight years old, she was the youngest daughter in the Tang family who was the most suitable to participate in the selection. She was the candidate that the Tang family was preparing to enter the Women's Medical College of the Maternity and Child Health School.
At Tang Wu Niang's age, the Tang family planned to let her take the exam directly. If she could enter the Imperial Medical Bureau in one go, that would be best. If not, then she could start by taking the exam at the Chang'an Medical Alliance.
In short, seeing that the Tang Dynasty's pharmaceutical business was ushering in new development and prospects, the Tang family naturally wanted to get involved.
Of course, Tang Heping (son of Tang Mingguang), Tang Qilang, and Tang Shiba, who had already stayed in Chang'an City, were already prepared to take the medical alliance exam in the second half of the year.
The outsiders who were from the medical professions had already planned to get involved in this matter, so how could the medical professions that were already in Chang'an let this opportunity pass by?
Old Doctor Li, who had previously sounded out Tang Mingyue's opinion, appeared calm on the surface, but he was getting anxious as he watched his youngest daughter slowly eating the soup dumplings.
"Moon, are you nervous?"
Li Yueyue swallowed the soup in her mouth, picked up a cloth from the side to wipe her mouth, and then looked up at her elderly father.
“Father, I am not nervous.”
"Sigh, you...you're just fine like this, just keep a calm mind, yes, keep a calm mind."
Li Yueyue put down her spoon, shook her head as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she kept quiet and picked up the spoon again to eat the soup noodles.
However, Li's eldest sister-in-law was somewhat anxious. She carried a pot of water in from outside, first pouring a cup of water for her father-in-law, Dr. Li, and then pouring a cup for her sister-in-law.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Oh, you're welcome, you're welcome."
Moon Goddess, are you full?
Would you like your sister-in-law to cook some more for you?
Before Li Yueyue could speak, two young men ran in one after the other. As soon as they entered, they rushed towards Li's sister-in-law, shouting, "Mother, eat, eat cakes, eat!"
"Moon Lady, don't worry about these two," said Li Yueyue. Then, Li's eldest sister-in-law turned around and shouted outside, "Eldest brother, eldest brother, why aren't you keeping an eye on them!"
"Alright, you two, stop drooling. I've left some in the pot for you. Go find your father and ask him to bring it to you."
After saying this, Li's eldest sister-in-law went to see Li Yueyue again.
Li Yueyue had no choice but to put down her spoon again and smiled at her sister-in-law, saying, "Sister-in-law, I've done enough."
If I keep eating, Father might pluck out a few more of his beard hairs.
After Li Yueyue said that, the Li family searched around and looked at their father-in-law, Dr. Li, who was indeed stroking his beautiful beard.
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