The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 1000 Going their separate ways
(Thanks to Sisi for the 300 support points.)
The passing of Li's father and mother seemed to have removed the last core force holding this large family together.

After the funeral, an invisible sense of alienation began to spread among the Li family.

Not to mention Brother Li and Brother Li Er, even the Li family's grandchildren of the same generation as Lu Zhu'er have long since started their own families and careers, each with their own future plans. They can no longer gather under the eaves of Li's parents as they used to.

After Li Sanniang completed her twenty-seven-month mourning period, two years had passed.

Little Crescent Moon has already started attending elementary school, and Li San Niang has been reinstated to her original position, preparing to leave Chang'an for the maternity ward in Jiangnan.

Before leaving Chang'an, Li Sanniang specially booked a table at Junyoulai Restaurant.

This was to have the last reunion dinner with the Li family members who were still in Chang'an.

Brother Li had long since retired from the Imperial Guard, partly because he was getting on in years;
Secondly, now that Li's parents have passed away, Li's eldest brother and sister-in-law's eldest son, Li Dalang, has long since established himself on the border.

Brother Li had already discussed it with Sister-in-law Li long ago. After taking care of Li's parents in their old age and seeing them off in their final days, they would go to the border town of Shule to live with Li Dalang and Jiang Shengnan's family.

He plans to spend his remaining years in that remote place, enjoying the pleasures of being with his grandchildren.

As for Li Liulang, who has joined the Bad People, there's no need for Brother Li and Sister-in-law Li to worry about him.

After all, given Li San Niang's relationship with Mr. Bu Ke, the leader of the Bad People, Li Liu Lang's future is not a concern.

But once Brother Li and Sister-in-law Li set off, the mountains were high and the roads were long, and it was unknown when they would return to Chang'an.

The more likely scenario is that the two of them will not return to Chang'an.

As for Li Erlang?
He had already moved to Jiangnan with his family a year ago.

Li Erlang was quite capable, with excellent performance in the Ministry of Personnel. He was also promoted by Xu Jingzhen, and had Li Sanniang, a third-rank official, as his aunt. Being sent to the prosperous Jiangnan region to serve as an official was a very good thing.

He took his family with him and went to take up his post with great ambition, hoping to make his mark in the local area.

The Jiangnan region was prosperous, and although Li Erlang was promoted, it also meant that his entire family had to move south.

At that time, on the banks of the Wei River, Li San Niang and the rest of the Li family personally watched the boat carrying Li Erlang's family disappear into the vast expanse of the Wei River.

And what about Li Erxiong's family?
Li Erxiong's situation is the most heartbreaking.

Before Li's parents passed away, Li's second brother was already having a very difficult time.

Now that he has finished observing the mourning period for Li's parents, he looks much older, with an unyielding sorrow between his brows.

He continued to run the Li family's clinic and medicine cabinet in Changshoufang. Thanks to the reputation left by Li's father and the protection of Li San Niang, a high-ranking official, he was able to make a decent living.

But in reality, most of the work in the clinic and medicine cabinet is now done by Li Wulang.

As for Brother Li, he devoted most of his energy to taking care of Sister-in-law Li.

Why does Li Ersao still need someone to look after her?

This story begins in the year that Li Sanniang was appointed a third-rank official by Emperor Wu.

The first woman in this dynasty to hold the position of wearing purple robes as an official, who wouldn't envy her?

Only Li Ersao was unable to accept this outcome, even to the point of being unable to comprehend it. She seemed to have suffered a great shock, and in public, she shouted, "How can a woman become an official? How can a woman not marry?" These words were utterly absurd.

You know, the emperor was a woman, so why couldn't women hold official positions or become high-ranking officials?
Besides, it's not like Li San Niang hasn't been married before; she just got divorced and never remarried.

Even if a woman doesn't get married, so what?
So what if a man doesn't marry?

As long as you can afford to pay your taxes, as long as you don't care about what others think, as long as you have the ability to live well and don't regret it, then that's all that matters.

But no one knows what happened to Li Ersao. After that day, she completely immersed herself in her own world, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing.
When she's in a good mood, she's just like any other person; when she's in a bad mood, she cries and makes a scene incessantly.

In more severe cases, she was unable to take care of herself, needing assistance with eating, drinking, and toileting.

Li Erxiong couldn't bear to lock her up for long, so he could only keep her by his side every day, personally preparing medicine, feeding her, and wiping her body.

Brother Li was originally a skilled physician, but now he is trapped in this world, spending his remaining years with a mentally unstable wife.

This prolonged torment eroded his spirit and gradually alienated him from the outside world.

But in the end, it still came down to Li's mother's words—since you chose her, you have to treat her well.

Li Wulang's son was filial. He didn't have much talent in the imperial examinations, but he did have some talent in pharmacology. So he gave up the idea of ​​taking the imperial examinations early on and stayed by his second brother Li's side to learn medicine.
After that, he naturally took over the daily operation of the Li family's medical clinic and medicine cabinet, and became an ordinary but stable and down-to-earth doctor in Chang'an, thus continuing the Li family's most fundamental medical tradition in Chang'an.

Li Er's eldest son, Li Sanlang, and his family are the only ones who are certain to stay in Chang'an for a long time.

After years of operation, the medicinal cuisine business he and Sun Yanxia ran had become well-known in Chang'an City, attracting many high-ranking officials and nobles, and was very profitable.

Sun Yanxia is also shrewd and capable, managing everything at home in an orderly manner.

As for Li Silang, he took a different path.

He was ultimately not cut out for studying and taking the imperial examinations; instead, he developed a strong interest in the trade of medicinal herbs.

Through Li San Niang's connections, he went to Xing Yu's increasingly large business to learn in his early years.

After several years of experience, he broadened his horizons and became more resourceful, and actually made a name for himself in this industry.

Later, he left the Xing family business and, relying on his accumulated connections and capital, started his own medicinal herb business, traveling all over the country to purchase local specialty medicinal herbs and transport them to areas with high demand.

He rarely returned to Chang'an, and each time he did, he was always in a hurry, bringing local gifts for his elders and siblings, telling them about his experiences outside, and then flying away again like a migratory bird.

Today, the only people who can come to this Junyoulai Restaurant for a banquet are Brother Li and Sister-in-law Li, who are about to set off for the border town, and Brother Li Er, Li Wulang, and Li Sanlang's family who are staying in Chang'an.

Thus, the three siblings of the Li family, along with their seven children, were like dandelion seeds, blown by the wind to all corners of the Tang Dynasty.

They lived their own lives, some exciting, some mundane, some arduous, and some peaceful, in all directions of the Tang Dynasty.

Before leaving Chang'an, Li Sanniang had one more place to go.

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