Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1312, Steady Wife Training

In a classroom of Daming Medical College, a group of middle-aged women were chatting non-stop.

"This imperial court is really, well, there is nothing to do."

"Which one of us is not a well-known stable woman who has delivered dozens or hundreds of births, and still comes here for training and learning. Do we need to learn anything about childbirth?"

Mrs. Dong and Zhang are crossing their legs. Over the years, with the rapid growth of the capital's population, the business of these stable women is getting better and better, and they are almost too busy every day.

From high-ranking officials and dignitaries down to ordinary people, when they give birth to their own children, they all ask these stable women to serve them with delicious food and drink, and finally wrap a big red envelope.

So much so that these stable women are all illiterate women, but they are all tempered masters.

This time the imperial court issued a decree, requiring local governments to gather local stable women to conduct intensive training and learning, improve reproductive technology, learn some promotion measures, reduce reproductive risks, improve reproductive quality, and reduce infant mortality rates.

As the closest place to the emperor, the Beijing-Tianjin area is naturally the latest to start training and learning, and the location is in the Daming Medical College.

"That's right, that's right~"

"I'm so busy every day, and there's no benefit in coming here to study. I won't give you any subsidies for wasting time and labor."

Youwen Po is also dissatisfied and doesn't say anything.

You must know that the income of these stable women is quite acceptable.

There are so many noble people in the Beijing and Tianjin area, and when they meet someone who is generous, they will give a dozen or hundreds of taels casually. Even for ordinary families, as long as the mother and child are safe, at least they will give a red envelope of one tael of silver.

Calculated from this, these stable women can deliver about eleven or twelve babies a month, and their income generally exceeds 20 taels of silver, which is definitely a high-income group.

The average salary of the workers working in the factory in the capital is about five taels of silver, and the income of Mrs. Wen is four or five times that of them.

"No way, this is an order from the government, if you don't listen, you have to listen!"

"The Empress also said, we women, we need to learn more, so that we can make progress and become Ming women in the new era!"

"It's just that it's really embarrassing to talk about the matter of having a child."

"Isn't that right? Daming Medical College still says it wants to do research. What's the point of doing research? Besides, it is said that there are still many male students in Daming Medical College."

"Didn't the newspapers say that men and women are different, but it also depends on the time. When you have a child or get sick, doctors and doctors have nothing to do to treat the disease."

"Having said that, in the end, there is a difference between men and women. The big family attaches great importance to these things, and they will definitely find us stable women to deliver the baby."

"That must be it. The last time I delivered a baby to Master Li's family, did you give this amount in the red envelope?"

A stable woman gestured triumphantly.

"My dear~"

"Give me five hundred taels?"

All the women next to her saw it, and couldn't help but exclaimed immediately.

"Yes, it's five hundred taels of silver~"

"Five red bills of one hundred taels of silver each~"

"This is the biggest red envelope I have ever received since I became a steady wife."

The stable woman nodded with some pride.

"Hey, you're so lucky~"

"Isn't that right, five hundred taels of silver, if you put it all together, it's enough to buy half a house."

"Don't mention it, I'm so regretful, my guts are green. Last year, Happiness opened. A 120-square-meter house only cost 1800 taels of silver. I thought it was too expensive, so I didn't buy it at that time."

"As soon as the house is handed over this year, I heard that it has now risen to 2500 taels of silver per set."

"I also regret it to death. Just here in the new town of the South District. The ink mansion opened the year before last. It only cost 1500 for a set. At that time, I thought that the house price in this capital would not rise, so I didn't buy it. Now it has doubled. It costs three thousand taels of silver."

"Ouch~"

"When it comes to houses, I'm pissed off. A few years ago, a flat was only two or three hundred taels of silver, but now it costs at least more than one thousand. This new city in the southern district is even more expensive. The starting price is two thousand, and the good ones are three thousand, four thousand. There are thousands of them."

"If you can meet more such noble people, it will be much easier to buy a house."

"It's not that easy. That time, I gave birth to twins, and I said a lot of good things. The nobleman was happy, and he sealed a big red envelope of five hundred taels of silver."

"Let me tell you, this training and learning is also necessary. For example, learn how to say nice things from you, big sister. If you say something nice, the red envelope will be big."

"That's right, that's right~"

"..."

In the entire classroom, many Wen women chatted vigorously, chirping like thousands of ducks.

"Cough cough~"

At this time, accompanied by a coughing sound, Zhang Zhigang and Li Anyuan brought some professors and students to the classroom, and the whole classroom fell silent immediately. Many steady women looked at Zhang Zhigang and Li Anyuan, and some of them couldn't help laughing .

A young man who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old stepped onto the podium, looking very shy.

"Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend this learning and exchange conference."

"This obstetrics study and exchange conference is held in response to the imperial court's order, to improve the fertility level of our Ming Dynasty, to research and innovate fertility technologies, and to reduce the risk of fertility."

Standing on the podium, Duan Qi's face was slightly red. As a young man, he naturally felt very ashamed to talk about these things, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Next, we invite Professor Zhu Qiongzhu, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Daming Medical College, to teach you relevant knowledge and experience."

Duan Qi stood aside, and then started to applaud. The many steady women who had never seen such a scene watched curiously and applauded.

Soon, a middle-aged man in his forties stood on the podium.

Professor Zhu Qiongzhu used to see mainly gynecological diseases, but later he couldn't find anyone to take care of the obstetrics and gynecology department, so Zhang Zhigang transferred him here.

"Thank you for coming to participate in the exchange and study sessions~"

"I don't know much about midwifery, and I learned something about it by asking a lot of stable women, plus summarizing and experimenting, and came up with some useful things to share with you. .”

"If there is something wrong, please point it out, after all, you are the real experts."

Zhu Qiong's skin is much thicker, after all, she is old, and she used to see gynecology, so what if she is not thick-skinned.

"What can a man know?"

Dong Zhang looked at Zhu Qiong, and then whispered to Wen Po beside her.

"That is, he has never delivered a baby before, so what he can understand, what he said must be nonsense. If I want to talk, even if I want to talk, let us people go on stage and talk about it, and share what happened during the delivery. problems and problems and the like.”

"It's not easy to deliver a baby. There are many things to pay attention to."

"It's not that I look down on him, but that he's a big man, how can he understand this?"

The woman next to her also nodded in support.

On the podium, Zhu Qiong started to write on the blackboard.

"We divide the things that need to be done in childbirth into three parts, which are prenatal preparations, problems and solutions encountered during childbirth, and postpartum care for babies and mothers. We will tell the story from these three aspects .”

"The first thing we want to talk about is prenatal preparations~"

"Many pregnant women are very careful because they are pregnant, and often do not carry out any activities, which is very detrimental to childbirth."

"According to the research and statistics of our Daming Medical College, it is easier to do some activities before delivery, such as walking around every day, to move around, to dredge the muscles and bones, and it will be easier during delivery."

"So before we deliver the baby, we can properly ask the pregnant woman to walk around every year, move around, and move the body bones, which is conducive to childbirth."

"Secondly, when preparing delivery items, we have to sterilize the items used in delivery."

"It's related to the existence of bacteria and germs. I think everyone should know. If you don't know, we have a microscope here at Daming Medical College, which can let you see bacteria and germs."

"The items needed for childbirth, such as puerperium mats, bed sheets, quilt covers, baby clothes, quilts, scissors, etc., must be disinfected. The method of disinfection is very simple, that is, put all these things Cook it in boiling water, and then put it in the sun to expose it to the sun, this way can eliminate most of the bacteria and viruses, achieve disinfection and make a living.”

"In addition, pregnant women need to expend a lot of physical strength and energy during childbirth, so they need to prepare high-energy things to replenish energy for pregnant women in time. You can prepare some brown sugar or honey and mix it with boiled warm water. to replenish energy."

"The water you drink should be boiled and warm in advance, and it should not be mixed with cold water or raw water, because women's bodies are the weakest during childbirth, and they are easily infected with diseases, so all-round protection must be done."

".When the baby is born smoothly, we must pay special attention to whether amniotic fluid enters the baby's mouth. This is a very important detail. The way to deal with it is also very simple. We only need to grab the baby's feet and turn the baby upside down , and then slap the baby's butt and back."

"This effectively spits out the amniotic fluid and everything else until the baby cries out."

"There are too many newborns because this step is not handled properly. The amniotic fluid enters the mouth or stomach, which can easily lead to premature death. This must be especially remembered."

"Don't worry about saying that the baby is small or something, just mention it upside down, it's nothing serious."

On the podium, Professor Zhu Qiongzhu was holding a doll made of cloth to demonstrate the operation while speaking. Below the podium, those steady women thought that he, a big man, couldn't say anything useful.

But when he heard that he spoke in a coherent and orderly way, he really possessed a lot of things and small methods, and these steady women immediately listened carefully and carefully one by one.

It is not an easy task to deliver a baby. There are often dead people. As for the death of children, there are even more. Once such a thing happens, it will have a great impact on the business of these stable women.

(End of this chapter)