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"Master, the courtyard has been too chaotic recently. Should we talk to the gang leader and ask him to move those little girls out quickly? After all, this is a place for treating illnesses. How can we let a bunch of kids run around everywhere..." Zhang Ling kept muttering while grinding ink for his mentor, looking reluctant.
He had been unhappy ever since the girls moved into the hospital.
They were all just little kids. Even if they weren't crying much, they would still chatter a lot when they talked, which was a real headache. Besides, the hospital was a place for treating illnesses and recuperating. It was usually quiet and solemn, and the gang members had to look up to the doctors. Now it was so noisy, how could it be proper?
The apprentice was muttering to himself, but Zhang Jimin didn't even raise his head, concentrating on the painting at hand.
What he painted was not ordinary flowers, plants, insects or birds, but an arm, with the skin peeled off, so that the bones inside could be clearly seen, and even the direction of the veins were marked. Even though the painting was rough, it still looked creepy.
However, he had spent a lot of effort to figure out such a gloomy and terrifying thing, and he was hoping to use it to make a living and establish his own school. How could he not be attentive?
A quarter of an hour later, after finally finishing the arm, Zhang Jimin breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he came to his senses, he heard his apprentice mutter, "I think the gang leader is biased. She's just a girl bought by the gang..."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhang Jimin slammed his pen on the table in anger. "What little girl? Didn't you see the gang leader changed their names? They will be used as confidants from now on. I told you, stop gossiping!"
Zhang Ling shrank his neck. Even though he knew his mentor was angry, he still said boldly, "Even if I become your confidant, that won't happen for a few years. But the hospital is ours now. We can't just let them take it over for nothing..."
Zhang Jimin wanted to slap him. "It's obvious they're just staying temporarily. The nursery has already started construction, so why are you so anxious? Besides, they can already take care of over 300 people. In the future, the nursery will probably be as large as a hospital. No one gets sick every day, but children still need someone to take care of them. How can you not understand the seriousness of this?"
Zhang Ling was still a little dissatisfied after hearing this: "Any woman can take care of a child, but we still have to rely on him to treat the disease... Ouch!"
Zhang Jimin actually stood up and kicked him. "You know shit! If raising a child was that easy, there wouldn't be so many children dying every year. The gang leader has even hired a midwife and a pediatrician. Isn't his intention obvious? I want to maintain my position as hospital director by winning over the doctors and improving my medical skills, not complaining and worrying about others!"
There were already five doctors in the hospital: two wound surgeons, an orthopedist, and a pediatrician. He was the first to arrive, knew the most, and was also a skilled acupuncturist, which was why he was appointed director. He spent every day pondering how to improve his medical skills. With his throne secure, he had no time for arguments. His only apprentice was so confused, it really made him furious.
After being kicked, Zhang Ling finally calmed down and admitted his mistake: "I was also thinking about Master..."
Zhang Jimin was so disappointed with his disciple that he was worried about his future. If he could be as well-behaved as those young nurses, wouldn't he be able to live two more years?
However, he had taken him in, raised him for so many years, and couldn't expel him from the sect. Zhang Jimin sighed, sat back in his seat, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about anything else. The most important thing now is to ask the leader for a few more corpses. We must learn the anatomy method thoroughly. We don't know how the internal organs work, and how to treat injuries. Doctors Wang and Liu are both from the art of wound treatment, and Doctor Zhao is a bone-setting specialist. They are both better at treating diseases than us. If a newcomer surpasses us, it will be difficult to deal with."
Hearing this, Zhang Ling became even more depressed. "It's so hot now, the bodies won't stay here, and there's no fighting going on, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to get them."
Dissection is also unique to hospitals. It involves cutting open a corpse to examine the bone structure and blood vessel flow. It's similar to the work of a coroner—painful, tiring, and smelly. How can it compare to the comfort of pulse taking and acupuncture? The Red Flag Gang has so many injured patients that they need to understand the location of their blood vessels if they want to treat them. Otherwise, why would they even bother studying this?
Zhang Jimin wasn't surprised by his apprentice's complaints. After all, dissecting a corpse was hard work, not to mention extremely dirty. He also had to wash his hands afterward, which was quite troublesome. However, after doing it a few times, he gradually figured it out, and developed new ideas about acupuncture and prescribing medicine. In medicine, the more experience you have, the more skilled you become. Only with extensive knowledge and experience can you prescribe the right medicine. Dissection, even beyond the art of setting bones, is beneficial to one's medical skills. Unfortunately, only the Red Flag Gang could obtain corpses. If it were in an ordinary village, anyone who dared to desecrate a corpse would have been beaten to death.
"It's difficult, that's why we have to do everything we can to rob them. There are so many people, how can there be enough corpses to go around? Don't be lazy, you have to be careful." Zhang Jimin couldn't help but give another warning, and sighed again. Now it seems that having only this apprentice is not enough. He only knows how to cause trouble and his brain is not good enough. We still have to choose a few more from the medical staff. The candidates came to his mind in an instant, and he felt a little relieved. After all, he had taught the medical staff and nurses in the gang, and he had some ties with them, which could be of help in the future. When there are more disciples, he will not be afraid of others competing for the position of the dean.
At this moment, Zhang Jimin no longer remembered his previous plan to leave after two years. He focused on planning for his future.
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"When giving birth, the most important thing is the posture. It's hard to push while lying down, so you have to sit up. You also have to see if the fetus is in the right position. You have to look at the belly, whether it's round or pointed..."
The midwife in front was talking animatedly, and the group of nurses were listening attentively, some nodding their heads. However, Yang Qiuniang's attention wandered as she listened. She felt these methods were too simple and might not be reliable. Besides, Doctor Zhang had said that many women died after giving birth. Could learning those confinement methods really prevent death?
But she didn't dare say these words. She was lucky to be able to come here to learn midwifery. If she offended the midwife, she would not be able to listen to the lectures here. She would rather deliver babies than treat the wounded. Her sister died suddenly during childbirth. If she could have a better midwife, wouldn't she be able to save two lives from the hands of the devil?
It's a pity that those doctors are unwilling to teach women medicine. It would be great if she could also learn medicine, acupuncture, and prescribe medicine. When she thought of this, she couldn't help but sigh again, feeling that she was really wishful thinking.
The half-hour class was quickly over. Many people gathered around to curry favor with the midwife, but Yang Qiuniang had gone back to work early. This month's cotton needed to be sterilized again, and it had to be prepared early, as many women were waiting to use it.
When she returned to the boiler room, she saw a little girl carrying firewood and laboriously carrying it into the yard. She couldn't help but smile and said, "I told you that you don't have to do this. Come on, give it to me."
But the girl refused to let go and only whispered, "I can move it, I really can move it, just sit down."
Such stubbornness made it difficult for Yang Qiuniang to intervene. After she finished her work, sweating profusely, she pulled him aside and advised, "There's not much to do in the hospital right now. Apart from cleaning the house and lighting the fire, there's really no need to rush back to work. If you have some free time, you might as well learn to read and count. It will be of great benefit in the future."
Luo Xiaoxiao nodded cautiously, and then whispered, "I also do a lot of work when I'm at home. I'm not tired."
Yang Qiuniang wasn't surprised by this. A child sold by her parents would likely be toiled like a slave at home, never having a moment's rest. If she were really left with nothing to do, she probably wouldn't be at peace.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Qiuniang said, "Then you should learn what a nurse does. There's no war going on right now, but if it does, everyone will be on their toes. If you just keep busy doing nothing, you won't be able to help in the future."
Upon hearing this, Luo Xiaoxiao nodded immediately: "If there's anything you can do with me, Sister Qiu, just tell me. I learn very quickly!"
This look reminded Yang Qiuniang of the time when she first came to the hospital. She smiled and patted the little girl's head. She said, "It's good that you have this kind heart."
After giving her instructions, she rolled up her sleeves and got down to business. The hospital needed to always have plenty of sterilizing equipment, and there were piles and piles of white cotton. It was a simple job, except it used too much firewood. I heard they were going to replace it with a coal stove in the future, but I had no idea how that would work, or if it would be any good.
The two of them worked together and soon finished steaming everything. They both sat aside and watched the stove. With nothing to do and feeling a bit bored, Luo Xiaoxiao suddenly asked, as if summoning courage, "Sister Qiu, why are you taking the trouble to steam these cloths?"
Yang Qiuniang explained with a smile, "These are used to bandage wounds. If they're not clean, they can easily fester. This method was suggested by the chief physician, and the doctors tried it and thought it worked, so it became a hospital rule."
Luo Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. "The gang leader is amazing! I heard she was the one who taught you how to save people?"
Yang Qiuniang nodded proudly: "That's right, all of us nurses have been instructed by the gang leader. The gang leader is the daughter of General Zhenhai, and she knows everything!"
This is really enviable! Luo Xiaoxiao swallowed her saliva and said carefully, "I also heard that those doctors would cut people into pieces and make the bad guys unable to reincarnate. Are they also helping the bishops?"
Yang Qiuniang burst out laughing: "That's all nonsense. The doctors were performing autopsies on the bodies to find out the cause of death so that they could save more people."
If this had happened in the countryside, who knows how it would have spread. But on Luoling Island, not many people cared. After all, they were dissecting the bodies of the enemy and saving their own people. They were all on the edge of a knife, so no one was stupid, right?
Luo Xiaoxiao was shocked: "Can you still save people? Can you tell how they died? Even if they died of difficult childbirth?"
This made Yang Qiuniang startled, and she suddenly stood up. Yes, she died of dystocia. With this layer of belly between her and the child, who knows what the real cause of death was? If this could be dissected, could a cure be found?
Startled by her action, Luo Xiaoxiao also stood up: "Qiu, Sister Qiu..."
"You watch the stove here, I'll go find the gang leader!" Without saying a word, Yang Qiuniang ran out, leaving the little girl standing there stupidly.
Did she say something wrong?
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