Chapter 18 Suture Surgery
Xiao Si hired someone to take Xiao Hong to the crematorium and cremate her. The ashes were collected and placed in a jar and handed to Li Sisi. Holding Xiao Hong's ashes, Li Sisi asked Zhao Xiaofei for permission to bury Xiao Hong under the peach tree below the Misty Rain Tower.
Zhao Xiaofei said: "Okay! I'll go with you!"
"Yeah!" Li Sisi nodded.
The two of them arrived in the yard, and Zhao Xiaofei began digging a hole. After it was finished, Li Sisi placed Xiaohong's ashes in it, and Zhao Xiaofei began to fill it with soil. Li Sisi muttered, "Xiaohong! Go well! I will pray for you to be reincarnated soon, so we can be good sisters in the next life."
After greeting, Li Sisi said to Zhao Xiaofei, "Sir! From today on, my name will be Li Sihong. I will always remember Xiaohong."
"Okay! You should stay at home and recuperate from now on. I plan to move to Jinling after the New Year. The journey will be very hard. You have to get well before we can set off." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Going to Nanjing? Isn't the capital a good place?" Li Sihong asked.
"I observed the celestial phenomena at night and the capital is unstable. A major epidemic will definitely occur, so we should make plans early." Zhao Xiaofei said casually.
"Then will we come back?" Li Sihong asked Zhao Xiaofei.
"Yes! I know the capital is where you grew up. We will come back sooner or later!" Zhao Xiaofei lied. He thought to himself, when you hear that the Jianlu have conquered the capital, you won't want to come back anymore.
"I will listen to you from now on," said Li Sihong.
Zhao Xiaofei had some free time today and planned to visit the Hu family. Ever since leaving the Hu family, he'd been so busy with his own affairs that he hadn't even visited them. Upon arriving at the Hu residence, he discovered that the imperial physician had gone to the palace early this morning. Meanwhile, Hu Xian was at the Renji Hall, where he was seeing patients.
So Zhao Xiaofei came to Renjitang to see Hu Xian. As soon as he entered, he saw Hu Xian prescribing medicine for someone. He didn't interrupt him, but watched from behind. When Hu Xian looked up, he saw Zhao Xiaofei.
Hu Xian said, "Prince! Why are you here?"
"Hey, don't call me the prince from now on. His Majesty hasn't acknowledged me!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Then I won't be polite, Mr. Zhao!" Hu Xian politely bowed.
"If you continue like this, I won't come again!" Zhao Xiaofei said with a smile.
"Okay! Then I won't be polite either! Brother Zhao, you told me last time to sew up the wound like clothes. I can't figure it out!" Hu Xian said.
"There are no injured people here. If there were, I would demonstrate it to you. I did bring some medicine with me, and I plan to give it to Brother Hu." Zhao Xiaofei said with a look of mastery. As the saying goes, if you don't show off, you will be struck by lightning. As he was speaking, someone outside shouted, "Mr. Hu! Save my daughter!"
A middle-aged man in his forties, covered in dirt, came to Renjitang and knelt before Hu Xian, crying. Hu Xian quickly helped him up and said, "Mr. Liu! What's wrong? Get up and talk."
"Mr. Hu! I took my daughter to Tong County to visit my brother, but not long after we left the city gate, we met several horseback soldiers who asked us to give way. My daughter's carriage was a step slower and was hit. She fell out of the carriage and her calf was scratched by a stone on the roadside. The cut was so big and a lot of blood was flowing. The bleeding couldn't be stopped. I hope Mr. Hu can save her!" Mr. Liu started crying as he spoke.
Hu Xian was a little embarrassed. Zhao Xiaofei noticed it and asked, "Brother Hu, what's wrong?"
Hu Xian comforted Mr. Liu and pulled Zhao Xiaofei aside. He said, "Men and women shouldn't touch each other. I'm a male doctor. His daughter's injury is like this, so I have to treat her myself. It's inevitable that we'll have to touch her. Even if she's cured, will she be able to get married in the future? Mr. Liu only has this one precious daughter. If she can't get married even if I cure her, what will I do?"
"I forgot! What you inherited was the Neo-Confucianism of Zhu Xi and Cheng Yi, which has very strict etiquette. Fortunately, our country gave up the Neo-Confucianism of Zhu Xi and Cheng Yi, otherwise many women would have died." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Brother Zhao! Since you haven't gotten married yet, you can become Mr. Liu's son-in-law." Hu Xian said with a smile.
"Haha! I can cure her even without meeting her. Can I find a doctor?" Zhao Xiaofei asked. He was also in a dilemma. If Mr. Liu's daughter was a stunning beauty, he would have accepted her reluctantly. But seeing Hu Xian's hesitation, it probably wouldn't be a good look. No matter how strict the etiquette was, if he met a stunning beauty, he would not care! No matter how difficult it was, he had to go and treat her illness.
A midwife is a woman who specializes in treating women. In ancient times, physical contact between men and women was forbidden. This type of person can have contact with both women and men. Haven't you seen the midwife in TV dramas come out of the delivery room and say, "Congratulations, Master, on the birth of your baby!"
"You wouldn't pass on such advanced medical skills to a female healer, would you?" Hu Xian asked in surprise.
"So what? Isn't the purpose of medicine to cure diseases and save lives? Okay! Stop talking nonsense, the person might die in a while!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
Hu Xian approached Mr. Liu and explained that his brother was a master at treating injuries. He planned to go with him to treat the young lady, and he also said they would teach the old doctor how to treat her, so as not to damage the young lady's reputation. Mr. Liu naturally believed Hu Xian's words. Since the old doctor's son had said that this young man was an expert at treating injuries, then there must be no problem. He nodded in agreement.
Hu Xian found a doctor he knew, took Zhao Xiaofei, and followed Mr. Liu to his home. Zhao Xiaofei asked the doctor to go inside first to check the injury, while he, Hu Xian, and Mr. Liu waited in the yard.
After a while, the doctor came out. Just as she was about to speak, Zhao Xiaofei stopped her, saying, "Don't say anything yet! Mr. Liu! Can someone find a pig's leg?"
"Okay! As long as you can cure my daughter, you can tell me what she wants to eat!" Mr. Liu thought that Zhao Xiaofei was going to cure his daughter and wanted to eat something good.
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