Chapter 173 Daughter vs. Gentleman
The child was born safely; it was a little boy.
Although she wasn't the mother of a baby girl, Li San Niang thought that after going through all this, the Yang family wouldn't feel sorry for her. At least she gave birth safely, and that was enough.
The midwife took the wailing baby and waited until Yang Niangzi's placenta was delivered. After carefully checking that there were no defects, Li San Niang washed her hands again and, by the light from outside, began to suture Yang Niangzi's episiotomy wound.
After everything was packed up, Li Sanniang looked at the small wine bottle, which now only had a little alcohol left at the bottom, and wondered if the Bad Guys had figured out the distillation process at all.
The baby, carefully wrapped up by the midwife, was shown to Yang Erlang before being taken back.
When Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang came out of the house, Yang Er Lang finally acted like a shrewd businessman.
With Madam Yang alive and the child safely delivered, Yang Erlang's current beaming joy was a stark contrast to his earlier near-tears and tears.
"Thank you, Doctor, thank you, Doctor. This is the consultation fee," Yang Erlang handed over a purse, then took out another purse and handed it over as a small token of his gratitude. "This is my small token of thanks. I am very grateful to you for your treatment today. I don't know what I would have done without you. Please accept this gift."
After thinking about it, Li San Niang accepted it.
That's how it is in this line of work. Although Li Sanniang felt that this was her job, if she refused to accept the money, Yang Erlang would be worried and wonder if Li Sanniang was dissatisfied with the amount.
Secondly, other doctors charge extra for making house calls, which can be considered a tip. Families who can afford to hire a doctor for house calls are generally not short of this amount of money.
You say, if you, Li San Niang, refuse to accept it, wouldn't that make you look bad?
Are you, Li San Niang, the only one with high morals and plenty of money? Are the rest of us just greedy?
Li San Niang naturally couldn't fight against the overall environment, so she directly accepted Yang Erlang's purse.
Li San Niang then dutifully gave some instructions, "If Madam Yang feels any discomfort at the suture site, please come to the clinic to see me. Also, Madam Yang has suffered a great deal this time, so if possible, it would be best to find a doctor skilled in this area to properly treat her."
"I am new to Chang'an and hope that the female physician will recommend me."
Li San Niang was indeed not very knowledgeable about recuperation, but in the past few days at the clinic, she discovered that Doctor Li was very knowledgeable in this area.
"The physician Li in my clinic is very skilled in this area. If you are interested, Young Master Yang, you can ask Physician Li to examine your pulse."
The Yang family was very good at dealing with people. They not only hired a donkey cart and paid the fare to have the driver take Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang back to the clinic, but they also solemnly saw the two off at the door.
Except for Yang Niangzi, who had just given birth, everyone from Yang Apo to the three-year-old Erlang and Dalang stood in a row at the door with Yang Erlang, bowing to Li San, seeing Li San Niang onto the donkey cart, and only going home after watching them drive away.
Back at the clinic, after paying the consultation fee to the young apprentice at the front desk, Li San Niang sat down and carefully recorded the medical records of delivering Yang Niangzi's baby. She also thought to herself that the catgut sutures really needed to be replenished.
No one can guarantee that tomorrow we won't encounter another woman who needs an episiotomy.
Tang Mingyue also asked Li Sanniang a question, and after learning that she had given birth safely and that it was a boy, she started talking to Li Sanniang about whether it was better for the child to be a girl or a boy.
“My two sons caused Afu a lot of suffering back then. However, Afu still wants a little girl, but what if it's another boy like Yang Erlang?”
"Haha, it's all good, it's all good. Whether my Dewdrop is a girl or a boy, I love her very much."
Today, Li San Niang didn't buy anything to take home after her shift. Yesterday, she bought some candy to take home. This morning, before Li's mother left, she specifically told Li San Niang that she was not allowed to bring things home every day. She should only buy things every three to five days. If she bought things every day, what would happen to Lu Zhu'er and Xiao Si Lang's tiny teeth?
After the meal, Li San Niang was about to discuss the recuperation prescription with her father when Qiu Xiang walked in from outside and glanced at her.
Something's wrong.
Li San Niang put down the rice cakes on the table and came out of the door: "What's wrong?"
"Third Sister, the master has some work to do."
Li San Niang understood; they were waiting for her to rescue the person.
Li San Niang told her father and the others that Li Er Xiong wanted to go with them, but after thinking for a moment, Li San Niang looked at Li Er Sao in the yard with Xiao Wu Lang and watching Lu Zhu Er and Xiao Huang playing, and then refused Li Er Xiong's suggestion.
"It's alright, Second Brother. They're all acquaintances. And Qiu Xiang will be taking me this time. Don't worry, Second Brother, I know what I'm doing."
"Then be careful."
After following Qiu Xiang through a maze of twists and turns, they arrived at the back door of a house. After knocking three times and then twice, they went inside but did not see Mr. Ke Bu or any hunchbacked servants. Instead, they saw three masked men in black sitting in a row on chairs.
Speak less, do more—this was Li San Niang's survival principle after joining the Bad Guys.
After examining each person's injuries, Li San Niang began treating the one with the most severe injuries.
All three had injuries caused by sharp weapons, such as swords and knives. When Li Sanniang dealt with the second person, she realized that the masked man in black was actually a woman!
No wonder he looks shorter than the other two.
The young woman in black had been shot in the arm with an arrow; the arrowhead had been cut off, and only the arrowhead remained embedded in the flesh.
During the few days that Li San Niang was recuperating at home after her injury, she actually studied the anesthetic with her father and second brother.
Finally, they developed a local anesthetic with a short duration of action. The effect was indeed short-lived; they tested it on rabbits, but it only lasted for 15 minutes.
Moreover, it can only alleviate the pain, but it cannot completely eliminate the pain. If the dosage is increased, the toxicity is quite high. At least that rabbit eventually died, dying from convulsions.
This anesthetic must be applied to the wound, meaning it needs to draw blood for it to work quickly. If it is taken orally or inhaled, judging from the rabbit's reaction, it should be ineffective.
At that time, Li's father also said to Li San Niang, "Think about whether there are any poison techniques that can achieve such effects, and try to improve them."
However, there was still no anesthetic powder. Li Sanniang added some anesthetic powder to the wound of the woman in black, waited for several dozen breaths, and felt it take effect before she started to pull out the arrow.
"Don't move, I'm going to pull out the arrow."
The woman in black gripped the armrest of the chair with her other hand, intending to just endure the pain for a while. However, even after Li Sanniang cleaned her wound again, she didn't feel much pain.
Of course, it wasn't completely painless; there was still some sensation. But it's safe to say that for martial artists like them who are constantly on missions, it really wasn't painful at all.
Li San Niang was so close to her that she naturally sensed her confusion, so she explained while stitching her up, "I used anesthesia on you, so it doesn't hurt as much."
"Why didn't you use that anesthetic on me, Third Sister?"
Li Sanniang turned to look at the first man in black she had dealt with. After a few pauses, she said somewhat awkwardly, "I think you're a hero, you shouldn't be afraid of pain."
The man in black, who had been slashed in the back and had two knife wounds on his waist and abdomen, let out a "heh" after hearing Li San Niang's dry explanation.
"Third Sister, I'm no hero, I'm afraid of pain, I hope you can use that anesthetic on me too."
While finishing up for the woman in black, the third man in black spoke directly to Li San Niang.
After finishing everything, Li San Niang realized it was already past midnight when she heard the watchman's clapper outside.
After wiping her hands clean, Li Sanniang took out two small porcelain bottles from her medical kit and placed them on the table. "None of the three of you have any poisonous wounds this time, so they are easier to treat. But as soon as I came in, I smelled medicine on your clothes. Although it has faded a bit, I can still smell that it is muscle-relaxing powder. These are my homemade antidote pills. They can cure some common poisons and slow down the damage of uncommon ones. At least they can hold you off until you come to me for an antidote."
Li Sanniang glanced guiltily at the first man in black who hadn't been given the anesthetic, then continued, "I came in a hurry and only brought these two bottles, so the three of you can share them?"
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