Chapter 864 The Cesarean Section?
Li's father and second brother followed the servants' instructions and left the inner hall in an orderly manner. Because there were many people, the father and son waited outside for Lu Zhu'er, Song Fuling, Lao Shi, Qiu Xiang, Li's mother, Li's eldest sister-in-law, and Li's second sister-in-law for a full quarter of an hour before they arrived.
"Let's go home first, Third Aunt probably still has things to do."
After Li's father said this to everyone, Song Fuling and Qiu Xiang exchanged a glance, and then Qiu Xiang cupped her hands to Li's father and said, "Fuling and I still need to go back and find Third Sister. Then we can go home together to pick up Luzhu."
Dewdrop smiled at Qiuxiang and nodded slightly in agreement.
Li's father understood and agreed. In the end, Song Fuling and Qiuxiang went back to find Li Sanniang. After walking for a block, Li's father and the others hired a carriage to go home together.
On the way home, because there were many people and cars, the journey was inevitably much slower.
As we walked slowly, the sounds of people talking on the street drifted into the carriage on the wind.
Mr. Li stroked his beard as he listened to the people outside discussing the doctors' exchange meeting. They were only talking about the same few things.
First, Princess Taiping came to observe the ceremony;
Secondly, Emperor Wu sent someone to deliver an imperial edict;
Third, this physician exchange conference should recruit a wide range of talented individuals, the kind who can be promoted within three years;
The fourth point is that the female physician, Li San Niang, said she would demonstrate a cesarean section in public.
People at that time had quite a few forms of entertainment, but listening to storytelling, music, or watching Western Region women dance in a brothel in Pingkangfang were things that only people with some wealth could afford.
For ordinary people, watching a street performance or listening to a storyteller at the entrance of a teahouse was considered a form of entertainment.
Therefore, this kind of gathering with people to gossip is something that ordinary people can all participate in.
If that's the case, then this afternoon, the commoners who went into the inner chambers came out and immediately started telling everyone they met about how strange it was.
Naturally, the most explosive thing had to be said first, and the matter of Li San Niang talking about cesarean section on the high platform was the most eye-catching thing.
Li's father chuckled involuntarily as he watched the stout man gesturing and talking to the people next to him through the lifted carriage curtain.
The sudden laughter left Li's mother and the others somewhat bewildered, but Li's second brother, who was sitting on the carriage shaft with the driver, understood what was going on when he heard the laughter.
"Father, are you thinking about the cesarean section that Third Sister talked about on stage again?"
Mr. Li grunted in response, and Mrs. Li, puzzled, turned to her second son, Li, who was sitting on the cart shaft, and asked, "What kind of riddle are you two playing?"
Brother Li chuckled twice before turning to the people sitting in the carriage and explaining, "...They probably all thought that Third Sister was really going to carry a woman onto the stage. Even the doctors around us, regardless of age, were extremely surprised."
Ah Ye must be remembering the few sows with piglets that Third Aunt bought when Third Sister gave birth to Xiao Liu.
Then he couldn't help but laugh.
As the Li family was discussing the opening of the doctors' exchange meeting, Tang Mingyue's family also came out of Chongwen Hall.
When Tang Mingguang saw that only Tang Mingyue had come, he asked, "How is it? Your sister-in-law didn't come with you. Are you still busy?"
"Why don't you stay and wait for her, and I'll take them back first?"
Tang Mingyue shook her head. "No need, elder brother. I went to find Yanfu, but she has other things to do and probably won't be out for a while."
Let's not go home for dinner today. It's still light out, and there's plenty of time before the gates close.
Let's just go outside and find a restaurant to eat while we wait for Yanfu. I'm worried about her going home alone later."
"How about we just not go home today?"
Judging from the way things are going today, I'm afraid that before dawn tomorrow, people will be lining up outside Chongwen Hall.
Even if we are all doctors, it's still not very safe to go in through that side door, right?
"How about we find an inn to stay at tonight?"
Tang Mingxing's words served as a reminder to more than a dozen members of the Tang family. As soon as he finished speaking, others echoed his sentiments.
"Yes, Erlang is right. This trip to Chang'an has been worthwhile. I'm already satisfied with just today."
There will be another grand event like this every month; I can't wait until tomorrow!
Finally, Tang Mingguang waved his hand and led everyone to a restaurant outside that still had two tables left. He ordered a bowl of hot soup noodles for everyone and also five catties of stewed mutton.
While waiting for the food, Tang Mingyue thought for a moment and said, "I can't. I have to go home after Yanfu comes out."
Although my eldest and second sons are being taken care of by their grandmothers, I still feel a little uneasy and have to go home to check on them before I can feel at ease.
However, if you're interested, Second Brother, let's go out now and see if there are any rooms available at the inn, and book them as soon as possible."
Tang Mingxing really didn't want to go back. Although the house that Tang Mingyue and Chen Yanfu had rented for them in advance was quite nice, with a courtyard and a well, everything was very cheap.
But he really didn't want to waste the time traveling back and forth. It would take at least half an hour by carriage to get from Yongpingfang to Chongwen Hall.
Having made up his mind, Tang Mingxing stood up and was about to pull Tang Mingyue out to find an inn.
Among the remaining people, one of the cousins from a collateral branch of the Tang family stood up and said he wanted to go with Tang Mingyue and the others.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, Tang Mingyue and the other two returned. The soup dumplings had only been on the table for a short while and were still steaming hot.
Tang Mingguang could tell from the expression on Tang Mingxing's face that they must not have been able to book a room.
"But there are too many people who have booked rooms, and there are no rooms available yet?"
Tang Mingxing, who had sat down with his head slumped, looked up at Tang Mingguang and said, "Eldest brother was right. The two large inns that Third Brother took me to are both fully booked."
Once outside the inn, some people came up to inquire about it.
Tang Mingyue continued Tang Mingxing's words: "It's the common people living around who came to inquire about renting a house. They must be people who saw that all the inns were full and wanted to make some extra money."
I didn't dare to believe it easily, so I politely declined.
Turning her head, Tang Mingyue said to Tang Mingxing, "Second brother, why don't you two come home with me today?"
"At worst, we can rent two carriages tomorrow and set off earlier."
After the group finished their meal, Tang Mingyue, seeing that it was almost time, went out ahead of time to look for Chen Yanfu.
The Tang family members who stayed at the restaurant to wait for others inevitably discussed what they had seen that day. Tang Mingxing took the lead in asking, "Is it true that the female doctor said she would perform a cesarean section on a woman in public?"
Regardless of whether this is true or not, this idea is exactly the same as what my late third great-uncle thought.
After saying this, Tang Mingxing went to look at Tang Jia Shisanlang, who was still drinking soup from his bowl of soup dumplings.
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