Chapter 359 A Thousand Acres of Medicinal Herbs
The second lesson begins by explaining human anatomy and theoretical knowledge, followed by the complete instruction of professional delivery techniques.
After all the infusions are completed, the next step is the meticulously technical procedure of a cesarean section.
This is not something an ordinary person can do.
She doesn't have much practical experience yet, so there's no rush. There's plenty of time to screen and evaluate her.
The person holding the knife must be someone with self-discipline and a strong will; otherwise, in the end, they might not be saving someone, but killing them.
On this day, Midwife Hong was kidnapped by a group of people on her way back from delivering a baby with her three apprentices.
They were taken to a secluded house.
Inside, there was a pregnant woman with a belly as big as a basin. Startled, her water broke, and she kept wailing.
The leader of the people who kidnapped them was a woman around forty years old.
With a cold and indifferent expression, he stared at the midwife Hong and said icily, "Cut her abdomen to remove the child. If she lives, you live; if she dies, you die."
The three apprentices were so frightened that their faces turned ashen and their bodies trembled.
Midwife Hong calmed herself down.
Once you've experienced that situation, you're not so afraid anymore.
"Stay calm, give me your help."
Hong, the midwife, opened the wooden box and began to pack her tools.
"No, no... please..." The pregnant woman looked at the knife in her hand in despair.
"Don't be afraid, I will ensure your safety and that of your child. Take this medicine."
The woman stared intently at the midwife's actions, neither speaking nor intervening; she wanted to see the outcome.
Of the three apprentices, two gradually calmed down after the initial panic and began to help.
Another person had poor mental fortitude and couldn't control their body trembling.
Time slowly passed.
After the midwife finished sewing the last stitch, her two apprentices also took care of the child.
The woman walked over and stared at the stitched wound on the new mother's abdomen.
"The stitching was skillful, but whether he lives or dies will have to wait three days."
“We can’t wait three days,” said Hong the midwife.
The woman's gaze sharpened. "What do you mean? You're saying she'll die?"
"She won't die, but you will."
The midwife Hong unexpectedly plunged the knife into the woman's stomach.
"ah--"
"You beasts of the Holy Healing Sect, do you find it fun to cut open people's stomachs? You should try it yourself!" Midwife Hong spat viciously.
She had wanted to stab those pregnant women with this knife long ago, when she was forced to perform cesarean sections.
But at that time I was timid and lacked courage.
Although it's a bit late now, it can still be considered revenge for those pregnant women who died!
She finally felt some relief, a release from the pent-up frustration in her heart.
"Ah—you're tired of living! Someone, someone, help me—" the woman cried out in pain, clutching her stomach.
The two apprentices jumped up in fright, and accidentally stepped on the woman's feet twice more.
She rolled her eyes as she was stepped on.
"Master, this, this..."
"Don't be afraid, no one outside can get in."
Midwife Hong had already heard the slightest noise outside; otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to stab someone at this time.
She had been secretly protected by someone for a long time, just waiting for the people from the Holy Healer Sect to come knocking on her door!
Sure enough, people rushed in very quickly.
Our own people.
"Sister Hong, are you alright?"
"It's alright, I left this woman alive. What should we do with her?"
"Take him away for questioning!"
Who knew the woman was so principled? She bit her tongue and committed suicide.
"So what if someone dies? There are plenty of people who are alive!"
After the matter was over, the midwife, Hong, and her apprentice quickly took care of the woman in labor.
The new mother, in a daze, said where she was from, and that she had been kidnapped and brought here while she was out fetching firewood.
"It hurts so much... Am I going to die?"
"No, we'll take you back right away. I'll keep an eye on you for the next few days, you'll be fine."
Midwife Hong encouraged the woman in labor and then asked her two brothers to help find wooden planks to carry her.
At this moment, she helped her terrified apprentice up.
"Master, am I... am I no longer fit to do this job?"
"No, you're young and inexperienced, so it's understandable that you were frightened. You did a good job delivering babies normally. Since you're afraid of C-sections, don't do it. Don't force yourself. Don't compare yourself to others. C-sections are only done as a last resort and are not used very often."
If you master the delivery techniques, the mother will suffer less during childbirth; that would be a great act of merit.
"Yes, yes, disciple understands!"
I've heard people say that my master is a haughty person who looks down on others, but that's pure nonsense.
Her master is so wonderful!
Midwife Hong then looked at her two other apprentices and asked, "Is this your first time seeing a cesarean section? Aren't you afraid?"
"Of course I was scared, but with my master there, and constantly thinking about saving the child and the pregnant woman, I didn't think about being scared."
Midwife Hong nodded with a sigh.
Actually, she was scared just now too.
This was the first cesarean section she underwent without Lu Qingqing by her side.
Thinking that he was the master, he had to set an example for his apprentices. He was calm and skilled, and then he was no longer afraid.
At this moment, she finally understood the meaning of "it's better to walk together than to be alone."
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Liuyun Village.
Herb fields on the mountain.
Si Xi threw stones one by one onto the tree.
He was still venting his dissatisfaction, and the arrogance on his face showed that he was a rebellious teenager.
"I'm clearly the eldest apprentice! Now my aunt only cares about others and won't teach me anything!"
"They taught me step by step back then, and now they want me to read books on my own. What kind of teaching do those lousy people have? Do they think they're bodhisattvas saving all sentient beings?"
Wang Jincai sat on a tree branch eating a fried dough stick: "Sixi, I think your position as the eldest apprentice is in jeopardy. We've been in the herb field for several days now, and Auntie hasn't even thought of you."
Sigh, people get arrogant once they become famous. I see a lot of people wanting to become her apprentices, bringing her meat and alcohol, and there's even a brat who brings her grass every day.
Sixi, shouldn't we flatter him and lower our heads a bit?
"What flattery, what bowing down? I'm not going! She was the one who said that studying medicine shouldn't involve taking shortcuts! She even said she hated that the most!"
Si Xi looked very aggrieved, and tears welled up in her eyes.
He threw a handful of stones and sat down on the ground, head down, saying nothing.
"Things change, my aunt isn't the same as before," Wang Jincai muttered as he jumped down from the tree.
He remained silent alongside Sixi.
A strange voice came from the side:
"What do you mean by senior apprentice or junior apprentice? Which master likes the most capable one?"
The two boys looked up, and their faces immediately fell.
"I wondered who it was, but it turns out to be two scoundrels from the Holy Healer Sect."
"Hey? How dare you talk like that? Our Holy Healer Sect has a century-old reputation, and we take it upon ourselves to heal the world. What's being spread outside is all rumors, and you actually believe them!"
Wang Jincai was about to curse again when Sixi stopped him. He looked Jin Diandian and her son, who were covered in dirt, up and down and asked, "I heard you have a high status in the Holy Medicine Sect. Is that just bragging? You look like two lumps of mud that can't be helped up."
"..."
Jin Diandian bristled: "What kind of eyes do you have, brat! My daughter and I manage the Holy Physician Sect's thousand acres of medicinal fields. Tell me, isn't that a high status?"
"That's terrible. Can you two even manage to plant them all, day and night? No wonder they look so dark." Wang Jincai clicked his tongue.
I got this dark tan from the sun these past couple of days!
I'm so angry! I'm so angry! Those two country bumpkins!
"You don't know anything! Managing the medicinal herb fields isn't about planting herbs! I have over a thousand herb farmers under my command! Aren't you amazing?" Jin Diandian stood tall and proud, waiting for the two brats' admiring gazes.
But the two of them laughed again:
"You're really amazing! Didn't Master say he only liked the most capable people? Why didn't he choose you as the sect leader?"
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