Chapter 488 Invitation
That night, Li Sanniang carried the sleeping Lu Zhu'er back to her room. While wiping Lu Zhu'er's hands, face, and feet with a cloth dampened with hot water, she thought about what Li's mother had said in the side hall earlier.
Once she lay down, Li Sanniang couldn't help but feel thankful that she had no intention of remarrying. If she really had to deal with the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship, it would be too much trouble.
Especially at this time, although Emperor Wu promoted the separation of families, most people still lived together as a large family in order to survive together and to solve the problems of corvée labor and taxes.
Although the Tang Dynasty was relatively friendly to women, at least for the sake of population, the Tang Dynasty did not require women who became widows to remain widows for life.
From top to bottom, remarriage and tertiary marriage were strongly encouraged, and there was even a concept of severing ties in the marriage system.
Although most of the measures still prioritized male interests, it can be said that the Tang Dynasty was one of the more favorable to women compared to other dynasties in Chinese history.
"I've transmigrated, gotten a treasure out of nowhere, and even regained more than ten years of my youth. It's like winning the lottery."
I must be incredibly foolish to insist on finding a man.
Not to mention how much my parents love me, getting a divorce and taking Dewdrop home was truly the best decision I made after transmigrating!
The next day was a bright and sunny day.
After changing into the red spring dress made by Sister-in-law Li, Li San Niang picked out a silver hairpin and put it on. She then groomed her eyebrows in front of the bronze mirror, thought for a moment, and then took out a pair of silver earrings and put them on.
Today is Li San Niang's day off. She specially chose this day to meet with Ding Mingxuan and the others. Of course, she had already notified Chang Siyuan, Xing Yu, and Grandma Bi in advance.
Earlier, Li San Niang received confirmation from Mr. Bu Ke from Qiu Xiang, so she hurriedly wrote invitations to fellow time travelers in various places, arranging to meet today.
The post naturally wouldn't explicitly state that it was about smallpox; it only mentioned that there was something important to discuss.
However, everyone still gave them face and replied that they would definitely come.
Of course, in private, Li San Niang had informed Xing Yu and Chang Siyuan in advance, making it clear that she was there for the smallpox vaccination issue and wanted to pool her wisdom and efforts.
"Third Sister, shall we go?"
After kissing Lu Zhu'er on the forehead, Li San Niang greeted her mother and sister-in-law, and then got into the carriage with Qiu Xiang and headed towards Man Kou Xiang.
Yes, the meeting place chosen by everyone was at Xing Yu's private restaurant, Man Kou Xiang, in the West Market.
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Li San Niang arrived half an hour early, and sure enough, as soon as she entered, she saw Xing Yu directing the servants to do this and that.
"Oh, Third Sister has arrived?"
Following Xing Niangzi, who had greeted her as she entered, Li San Niang replied to Xing Yu, "Thank you for welcoming me at the door, Xing Niangzi. I am truly grateful that you have lent me this place."
"What are you saying, Dr. Li? It's a blessing for this restaurant that Dr. Li has taken a liking to it, young master."
Dr. Li, please don't stand on ceremony with my husband and me. I'll be presumptuous and just call me Sister-in-law Xing.
Li San Niang naturally obeyed Xing Niangzi's words and addressed her as "Sister-in-law Xing".
Just as the three were talking, the waiter at the door brought in another person, who turned out to be Bi Qionglan, who had brought her eldest son.
"Grandma Bi has arrived early this time. Come on, the private rooms upstairs are all ready."
After escorting Li San Niang and Bi Qiong Lan to the private room that had been reserved for them on the second floor, Xing Niangzi went downstairs, since there was still one woman who hadn't arrived yet.
After Xing Yu poured tea for Li San Niang and Bi Qiong Lan and exchanged a few more words, it was almost time for the meeting that Li San Niang had arranged with everyone.
Then all of them came at once.
After seeing Jiang Yijun sit down properly, Xing Niangzi bowed to everyone at the round table, said "I'm going to the kitchen to check on the food," and then left, considerately closing the door behind her.
This time, the main stage was on Xing Yu and Li San Niang's side. Li San Niang wanted to get up and pour tea for everyone, since it was Li San Niang who sent out invitations to everyone.
Xing Yu waved his hand, telling Li San Niang to sit down, and then carried the teapot back and forth, serving hot tea to everyone.
Li San Niang wasn't one for small talk. Once everyone had arrived and the tea had been served, she cleared her throat to get everyone's attention and then said directly, "Without further ado, let's get straight to the point."
Li San Niang got up and took out a simplified report on smallpox vaccination from her cloth bag, which she had brought with her earlier.
There are seven portions in total, which correspond exactly to the seven people sitting at the round table.
Everyone felt a mix of emotions upon receiving this modern-looking report.
Bi Qionglan, in particular, an expert in agriculture, looked at this typical report and touched the paper with deep emotion, saying, "I haven't seen a report of this kind in a long time."
Others, like Ding Anbo and Ding Mingxuan, were somewhat surprised when they first read the long title on the cover, "Report on Matters Related to Smallpox Vaccination in the Great Tang Dynasty."
Ding Mingxuan and Ding Anbo exchanged a glance, their thoughts unreadable.
Jiang Yijun, however, looked at Li Sanniang with surprise and said, "Impressive."
I do know about cowpox vaccination, but I really don't know the specifics of how it's done.
"Li Mingfang, you must have been a doctor before."
Li San Niang smiled but remained silent, neither confirming nor denying.
"Everyone, please take a look at this report first, and then we can talk."
This is a brief report on smallpox vaccination. It only briefly mentions how to make the attenuated smallpox vaccine, how to obtain it, and how to administer it, without providing detailed explanations.
This is also to prevent Ding Mingxuan and his gang from making any underhanded moves that could ruin things.
However, it did describe the general steps involved in getting all the people of the Tang Dynasty vaccinated.
After a quarter of an hour, Li Sanniang, seeing that everyone had read the report at least three times, spoke again: "Our last meeting wasn't very pleasant."
Although we don't know if we come from the same time and space, at least we are of the same origin.
Ding Mingxuan, I will not participate in or disrupt the things you have proposed.
I was a doctor in the past, I am a physician now, and I will only ever be a physician in the future.
I believe that everyone here has achieved some success in their respective fields. I invited you all here because I hope that you can put aside past grievances, uphold the idea that we are all under the same sky and share the same roots, actively participate in the discussion, and work together to help me improve this smallpox vaccination report.
Smallpox had not disappeared at this time.
The virus doesn't care who you are, everyone. Participating in this is protecting our own interests.
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