To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough
Chapter 98 Saving Queen Ma’s Son and Grandson 8
The mother was out of danger and fell into a deep sleep.
The midwife took the child out and congratulated the host: "Congratulations, Madam! Congratulations, Madam! Young Mistress! She has given birth to a big fat boy weighing 7.8 jins. Both mother and child are doing well.
The wife of Duke Xin happily rewarded the midwife who brought the good news with ten taels of silver.
When Xu Huizhen came out, Lady Xinguo grabbed her hand and said, "Thank you, old lady Xu. I saw Shuxian before you came. She looked very ill. My eye sockets were too shallow to bear it. Fortunately, Shuxian is lucky enough not to die."
After a round of business talk, Xu Huizhen was sent home by the Tang family's carriage, followed by a thank-you gift from the Tang family.
The family sent one thousand taels of silver and four boxes of brocade sugar tea and bird's nest soup to express their sincere gratitude to Doctor Xu.
The next day, when the Fifth Young Lady woke up, she sent her nurse to give Xu Huizhen four sets of gold and pearl headpieces. The nurse thanked Xu Huizhen profusely for saving her life:
"Doctor Xu, please don't refuse. Our grandmother said that these things are indeed a bit simple, but the advantage is that they are fresh and novel. Doctor Xu, please keep them for others to use."
Xu Huizhen looked at the glittering golden pearls on her head, which were the size of lotus seeds, round, full and flawless. It was obvious that they were carefully prepared by the owner. If she gave them to someone else, she would be heartbroken.
Xu Huizhen really doesn't like life in ancient times. There are so many rules and life is really inconvenient. Xu Huizhen's hair is now almost as long as her thighs, and washing such long hair is a huge project.
It took several maids an hour to wash her hair. Xu Huizhen sometimes wanted to cut off her long hair, but cutting hair was considered unfilial in ancient times. Xu Huizhen had no choice but to learn from the way men tied their hair and comb her hair into a bun, inserting a white jade hairpin.
This makes it more convenient to see patients, and the jingling light of the hairpins and rings looks more beautiful. Xu Huizhen is afraid of treating people and causing harm to the inn's family.
Now Xu Huizhen believed that the ladies were fighting over something other than an old man! The jewelry craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty had truly reached its peak. The headpiece given by the Fifth Young Lady was a masterpiece of its time. It was made of gold, with flowers and branches made of tourmaline of various colors, and the center of the flower was a large, round pearl. It was lively and playful, yet gentle and elegant!
Xu Huizhen has seen a lot of the world, and she was dazzled by these sets of headgear. They are truly collectibles that even someone with money can afford!
Calm returned to the court. Hou Zhengren was beaten to a pulp. If there had been no precedent for beating a censor to death, the eunuch in charge would have beaten him to pieces. These eunuchs were accustomed to reading their masters' minds. Yun Zongguan, watching the execution, stood with his feet turned inwards, and the eunuch in charge knew that this was a way to keep the victim alive. If Yun Zongguan had stood with his feet turned inwards, it would have been bad news. The eunuch in charge would have seen this as a sign that no one would be left alive. The victim's internal organs would have been shattered by a few blows.
Li Jingyan had stepped on Zhu Yuanzhang's minefield. Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about his grandson being terminally ill, and Li Jingyan ran into the muzzle of a gun. A few blows and he was dead. It was fate! If you're lucky, everything goes well. If you're unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in your teeth, and even farting can hit your heels!
Xu Huizhen's reputation as a miraculous doctor spread, and princes, nobles, and bigwigs in the court all sought Xu Huizhen for medical treatment, and her value also soared.
Zhu Yuanzhang was like discovering a new world. Doctor Xu's medical skills were unique. He cleaned and sutured the wound caused by Xueci Hula, and the wound healed perfectly in just a few days. This technique was extremely useful.
So Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and the prince organized and implemented the first military medical training class. Military doctors drawn from various border troops gathered in Jinling. Sure enough, the end of the world is selling courses.
A group of bearded men followed Xu Huizhen to learn the embroidery skills of first aid.
The main reason was that the death rate on ancient battlefields was too high, and most of the wounded soldiers retreating from the battlefield died from wound infection.
In the days when there were no disinfectants, military doctors would just clean the wounds with water, apply medicine and bandage them if the wounded on the battlefield. Whether the wounded could survive depended on luck!
Iodine was a thing of the past, but alcohol was still a good option. Xu Huizhen's family had opened a workshop specializing in producing medical alcohol for the imperial court. The volume was high, and they could earn 18,000 taels of silver annually.
Xu Huizhen began training with medical hygiene, teaching them how to wash and disinfect their hands. Seeing a small jar of fine wine costing a tael of silver being rubbed with their hands, the veteran alcoholics felt heartbroken. Gauze couldn't be sterilized under certain conditions, so Xu Huizhen taught the military doctors to steam it in a steamer at high temperature before drying it to minimize bacteria.
During the suture course, Xu Huizhen found a large piece of pig skin for the military doctors to practice on. The grown men were dismissive and said that this was women's work. Is it appropriate for a doctor like me to sew and mend things with needle and thread?
Until Doctor Xu showed them his skills. One day, the kitchen chef dropped his kitchen knife on his thigh. The chef's knife was extremely sharp. The skin and flesh of the fat man Qian in the kitchen were turned outward and bleeding profusely.
Seeing Xu Huizhen clean, suture and bandage the wound skillfully, the group of grown men were amazed. Such a big wound could be patched up without bleeding. This is a good skill that must be mastered. Once she becomes an expert, she will be very popular in the border army.
A group of grown men became obsessed with stitching, and within a few days they were able to stitch quite well.
Of course, the goat intestines made by Xu Huizhen's family have a good market again. Now the servants of the Li family are not idle. Every day they are either making pills or making sutures with goat intestines at home.
By teaching this group of military doctors, Xu Huizhen could also make a small fortune. Exclusive business is always the most profitable, and even if she makes 18,000 taels of silver a year, the powerful and wealthy will not fight to the death to compete with her.
The bulk of Xu Huizhen's income comes from Baiyao and finished pills. These are magical tools for stopping bleeding and saving lives. The imperial court purchases a lot from Xu Huizhen every year. Xu Huizhen's hands have been cramping from counting money in the past two years.
No wonder later generations said that the two most profitable industries in the world are selling medicine and robbery.
The Li family's life had improved significantly over the past two years. Little Li Muyang had begun to learn to read, and Xu Huizhen had found a poor scholar to teach him.
Mrs. Ding is now content with having a grandson. Xu Huizhen is busy treating patients every day, and Mrs. Ding's job is to play with her grandson every day. The Li family has already completed the mourning period for Li Jingyan. Now, wealthy and noble families often send invitations to the Li family, and Xu Huizhen also contributes to weddings and funerals.
When Xu Huizhen is not busy, she drinks tea and sits in a rocking chair fanning herself with a large palm-leaf fan, looking just like a wealthy landlord in the countryside.
Xu Huizhen had not enjoyed it for a few days when the old housekeeper of Duke Wei's mansion came to ask Xu Huizhen to go and see if the carbuncle on the back of their master could be cured.
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