Chapter 409 A Dilapidated Taoist Temple in the Tang Dynasty: A Female Taoist Priest (17)
With the medicine taken and an experienced midwife present, the baby was born smoothly in no time. Seeing that everyone was alright, Jiang Yue followed the maid who had brought the good news out. When she saw the two elderly people thanking her, Jiang Yue quickly helped them up. It seemed that they were a family that doted on their daughter-in-law, which was still quite rare these days.
The host found a room for Jiang Yue. After Jiang Yue finished washing up, the baby had already been cleaned. Master Sun checked the baby and found no problems. Jiang Yue had scanned the baby to make sure everything was okay before leaving. If there were any problems, Jiang Yue would have to correct them, but there was no need to worry about that.
After exchanging pleasantries with the host, the protagonist told Master Sun about the pregnant woman's condition. The protagonist and a young man listened quietly from the side. After they finished speaking, the young man thanked Jiang Yue again. The story was that the academy was on holiday and he had just returned home when his sister-in-law was about to give birth. After encountering difficulties, he rushed back to the academy to ask the protagonist for help. The protagonist came with Master Sun and also invited Jiang Yue over.
It was good luck, really. If any link in the chain had been missing, it could have been a double tragedy. While the group was talking, the maid told the master what had happened in the delivery room. The master looked grave after hearing this. He didn't know that Jiang Yue had used a precious medicine. He was now indebted to her.
So he rushed over and thanked Jiang Yue again. Jiang Yue waved her hand and said, "It's nothing. Medicine is meant to save lives. It's fate that it's the right medicine for your wife. She's not meant to die."
"We will remember your kindness."
After settling everyone in, Jiang Yue made sure they stayed at home. It was already late and there was a curfew, so they couldn't go back. After resting for the night, she took the pregnant woman's pulse again after breakfast the next day. Although she had taken the pills, her body was still damaged this time. However, there was still a way to remedy the situation. Jiang Yue left her a prescription, and the woman could start taking the medicine after the baby turned one month old.
Anyway, in ancient times, wealthy families didn't have their own mothers feeding their children; they all hired wet nurses. This way, drinking medicine wouldn't affect the child's health. Since there were no problems here, Jiang Yue returned to the Taoist temple, and the main characters also returned to the academy. After the two-day holiday, school started again.
A few days later, the family brought gifts to thank each of the people. Jiang Yue accepted the gifts without hesitation, mainly because it would be impolite not to accept them. In any case, the money would eventually be used to help disaster victims, so he considered it as doing good deeds for them. Before leaving, he said that he would bring his child back to thank his savior when the child was older.
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After this incident, the autumn harvest season arrived. This year's potato yield terrified many people. Those who hadn't taken potatoes seriously before were filled with regret. They were both afraid and remorseful, regretting not planting them and fearing the emperor's questioning. This time, apart from the seeds to be kept, each family could only keep 30% of the harvest. The government would subsidize the rest with other grains. The potatoes were taken away to be used as seeds for other people, so no one had any objections.
The potatoes from Jiang Yue's family's mountain were not included, but Jiang Yue still handed them all over to the government. After all, the sooner they were distributed, the better. If everyone had some to grow, they wouldn't starve to death in the event of a famine. So what was the use of keeping them? To put them in the warehouse for display?
Jiang Yue was very happy after submitting the recipe. She hummed a song and stir-fried some shredded potatoes. The restaurant already had all sorts of ways to cook potatoes, so she wasn't worried about being exposed. In the next few days, Jiang Yue tried all the different ways to cook potatoes, but she stopped because she was afraid of overeating them all at once.
After the autumn harvest, when you walk around, you'll see that when farmers come out to eat, there's meat in their bowls. Because life has improved, they can save money every year, send their children to school, and buy some meat and clothes for the New Year. For ordinary people now, this is the best life. Just a few years ago, they were starving, but now life is like a dream.
After finishing her business at the manor, Jiang Yue finally had some time to go out and have some fun. She packed her things and prepared to visit some of her master's friends, which would be considered a short trip. Their Taoist temple was quite far from the capital, so Jiang Yue took two people with her when she left, as it would be too unsafe for others to travel alone.
Two months had passed since she returned from visiting the two seniors. During those two months, someone had been cleaning the Taoist temple, so Jiang Yue didn't need to do a major cleaning upon her return. After returning, she ran around the back mountain several times, picking some mushrooms and herbs, as well as dried goods such as ripe persimmons and chestnuts.
They picked quite a few wild fruits, but there weren't this many in previous years. Why were there still so many fruits on the mountain this year that no one was picking? The next day, they went down the mountain and asked the village chief. The village chief stammered and said that Jiang Yue wasn't home, so everyone was afraid to pick them. Jiang Yue patted her forehead, feeling a little helpless. She could only ask the village chief to tell everyone to pick as they pleased, as it would be a waste for so many things to rot on the mountain.
With Jiang Yue's permission, everyone carried baskets up the mountain to pick fruit. Jiang Yue went in with them a few times. They found that Jiang Yue hadn't changed much and had become bolder. They resumed their previous way of getting along. The main reason was that Jiang Yue had too many things to do this year, or rather, too many royal matters, and hadn't seen everyone much, so they were a bit estranged.
After a while, more people came to the mountain, and some even brought Jiang Yue some things. Jiang Yue accepted the small gifts, as they wouldn't feel at ease if she didn't accept them. For the larger gifts, Jiang Yue only took a handful, and at the same time showed them the dried goods drying in her yard: "Look, I have so much in my yard. If you leave me so much, I can't eat it all, wouldn't that be a waste? That would be such a sin."
After that, everyone did the same thing as before, giving Jiang Yue a handful of food as snacks when they passed by. When the weather got colder, Jiang Yue started her free clinic again. By the time most of the people had left, there was a thin layer of snow in the yard.
The snowy days passed quickly, and soon the withered trees next to the Taoist temple would sprout tender buds. Spring had arrived, and Jiang Yue began to tidy up the flowers, plants, and trees around the temple. Ever since she learned about the spiritual energy, Jiang Yue had been adjusting the planting positions of the nearby greenery. Today, a natural array for gathering spiritual energy was finally formed.
In the first month after the formation was completed, the effects were not very obvious. By the time summer arrived, the plants inside the Taoist temple were significantly more lush than those outside, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the air was several times that of other places. This was almost the limit. Living in the Taoist temple regularly would still be able to prolong life.
In that case, when the Empress comes again, we won't need to use Bai Ze. However, if we use the cultivation technique to absorb the spiritual energy, the spiritual energy in the array will be gone in about a month, and it will take several months to recover. When the spiritual energy has accumulated enough, Empress Changsun will also come, along with our Emperor Li Er this time.
Because they had stayed at the academy for half a month, they could only stay with Jiang Yue for half a month. After half a month, the group left. After they left, the people who were building the palace came again and expanded it again. Emperor Li Er felt that he was very comfortable living here, so they built a house for him to live in when he came. He couldn't always live with the Empress.
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