Chapter 254 Ninth Sister
Didn't Li San Niang ask Qiu Xiang to help her contact Mr. Bu Ke before?
Today, when Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang went to have lunch, Qiu Xiang told Li San Niang that Mr. Bu Ke had already agreed to meet.
"Have you decided on this location, Mr. Ke?"
Qiu Xiang swallowed the sesame seed cake in her mouth and shook her head at Li San Niang: "San Niangzi, do you have somewhere to go?"
Li San Niang put down the salt and pepper sesame seed cake and nodded to Qiu Xiang: "I've been counting down the days, it's time to go to Shi Hua Lou to see Jiu Niang. It just so happens that I promised Qi Niangzi I'd bring her some medicine last time."
If it is possible, sir, could you please meet me at the Flower Planting Pavilion?
"Sir should be able to agree. I will inform Third Sister once I have definite news."
In the afternoon, the woman who had come to see the doctor earlier brought her child who had a high fever. Li San Niang prescribed the appropriate medicine and told the woman that she could use physical methods to lower the fever.
"Go back and first boil the medicine. Then soak a cloth in warm water and place it on your forehead. After 15 minutes, take the cloth off, wet it again, and put it back on your forehead."
I'll prescribe another dose of medicine for you to keep on hand. If you get a fever again at night, just decoct this medicine and take it.
Seeing that the woman was only focused on the child and wasn't listening to her at all, Li San Niang repeated what she had said to the man who had come with her.
"Did you understand?"
The man nodded: "Understood, female doctor, I've noted it all down."
After receiving their turn to finish their shift, Li San Niang greeted Tang Mingyue and the others, and then she and Qiu Xiang rode in carriage number nineteen towards Pingkangfang.
Of course, one cannot simply go there carelessly. Pingkangfang is mostly a place for wealthy men to seek pleasure. If women go out, they usually go in groups to listen to music and watch dances.
Good women from respectable families who live alone rarely go to such places. If they do go, they are usually women from the lower classes who make a living by washing and mending clothes.
Therefore, the path that Nineteen took with Li Sanniang was a hidden path known only to the members of the Bad People.
This road is mostly hidden in alleyways, in quiet and secluded places with few people.
Anyway, by the time Li San Niang got off the carriage, it was already almost dawn.
Li San Niang looked up and saw that this was the back door of Shi Hua Lou.
As soon as Li San Niang's foot touched the ground, Qi Zhi Die, wearing a cloak, came to greet her.
"I hope Third Sister is well."
"Is Lady Qi well?"
Qiu Xiang helped Li San Niang carry the medical kit. After Shi Jiu handed the carriage to the waiting servant, he followed behind Qiu Xiang with the medicine bag that Li San Niang had wrapped earlier.
Li San Niang was pulled inside by Qi Zhi Die's arm. A melodious tune played on some unknown instrument drifted into her ears, which was very pleasant to hear.
"How is Ninth Sister now? Are any of the other maids in the brothel showing any symptoms? After Ninth Sister and I examine her, anyone with symptoms can just line up and come see me."
Seeing that Qi Zhidie's brows were furrowed and her face lacked the joy she had shown when she saw her earlier, Li San Niang knew that Jiu Niang's condition was probably not good.
When they arrived at the door of Jiu Niang's room, Li San Niang said, "I prepared this medicine packet at home in advance. It is a contraceptive soup, and its effects are the same as the infertility soup that Qi Niangzi asked me about last time. Both can prevent pregnancy, but they also have the effect of replenishing qi and blood."
Nineteen handed the medicine bag to the young woman standing at the door. The young woman took it after Qi Zhidie nodded.
"After I finish examining the women, if I have time, I will talk to you about how to prevent pregnancy during intercourse."
Then, Qi Zhidie knocked on the door, and footsteps came from inside. When the door opened, Li Sanniang saw that it was the older woman named Linglan from last time.
"Third Sister".
Li San Niang returned the greeting and bow to Ling Lan, then looked up at Jiu Niang, who was leaning against the bed in the room.
This is quite frightening to look at.
At this moment, Jiu Niang looked emaciated, with prominent eye bags, and even her once fair skin was now speckled with brown and yellowish spots.
When Li San Niang walked up to her and touched Jiu Niang's wrist, the already thin girl was now even thinner, just skin and bones.
This makes Jiu Niang's protruding belly look frighteningly large!
After Li San Niang took out her homemade cloth ruler to measure her fundal height and abdominal circumference, she compared it with the data recorded last time. It had increased, but it was still slightly different from those women who had normal pregnancies.
Because of her own frailty and the forced attempt to preserve the pregnancy, Jiu Niang forced herself to eat even when she couldn't, but she still couldn't provide enough nutrition for the fetus in her womb.
The reason her belly appears large now is simply because Jiu Niang is too thin, creating a visual difference.
Actually, judging from the measurements taken by Li San Niang, the fetus was indeed quite small for a baby over five months old.
After Li San Niang finished taking the pulse, she was even more at a loss as to how to say these words in a way that wouldn't sound so cold and heartless.
Besides Jiu Niang in front of Li San Niang, Qi Zhi Die and Ling Lan, who were sitting on a stool to the side, as well as Qiu Xiang, who was further away, and Shi Jiu, who was standing at the door, all understood that Jiu Niang's condition was not good.
Without even listening to Li San Niang, just look at Jiu Niang's current appearance, what else is there that she doesn't understand?
Li San Niang first asked Jiu Niang, "Can you feel the baby moving now?"
Then, a happy smile appeared on Jiu Niang's previously pale face. Jiu Niang gently touched her belly with her hand, which was as thin as a withered twig, and replied to Li San Niang, "I'm pregnant. I've been moving more frequently at night lately."
Li San Niang asked Jiu Niang some questions about her diet and daily life, and also asked Jiu Niang if she felt uncomfortable anywhere.
After asking all the questions, Li San Niang first wrote them down in the medical record book before taking out a piece of paper to prepare a prescription.
While waiting for the ink on the prescription to dry, Li San Niang asked a question that wasn't abrupt but was somewhat inappropriate.
"Where is that Song Yulang?"
Song Yulang, the biological father of the child in Jiu Niang's belly, is the Tang Dynasty version of Linghu Chong who almost clashed with the Bad Guys last time.
"Yulang, he went to buy me some glutinous rice balls. He said a new shop opened by people from the south, selling snacks that are quite rare and novel."
Li San Niang nodded, handed the prescription to Ling Lan beside her, told Jiu Niang that she was going to see other women, and then left Jiu Niang's room with Qiu Xiang and Qi Zhi Die.
After sitting down in the room that Qi Zhidie had prepared in advance for Li San Niang's medical examination, Qi Zhidie anxiously asked, "Third Sister, how is Ninth Sister now?"
I watched helplessly as she grew into this state day by day, and I was terrified.
Although I have never been pregnant, I have seen several pregnant women.
"Ninth Sister looks nothing like a normal pregnant woman right now."
Li San Niang asked, "What about Song Yulang? I have something I'd like to say to him."
Just as Li San Niang finished asking her question, there was a knock on the door. Nineteen, who was leaning against the door, opened it and saw Song Yulang, still dressed in blue, standing outside.
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