Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 380: Northern Bathhouse, Barefoot Doctor
My eldest sister and brother-in-law now believe in the dialect.

Anyway, Fangyan would definitely not harm them, and what he said made sense. Since they came to him and wanted to become his godparents, it was fate.

After confirming the godparents relationship, Fang Yan asked her elder brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao to go with her to get the Jinchuang medicine.

I got a new prescription from Tong Ren Tang today, but I haven't applied it to him yet.

After applying the golden wound medicine, Fang Yan took some food from home and went to the inpatient building of Union Hospital with his wife.

Gave the things to Le Miao who was keeping watch here.

Although they have relevant personnel to take care of them, after all, Fangyan’s family is close to here, so we should also express our gratitude.

After chatting for a while, Fangyan and Zhu Lin went home.

On the way back, Zhu Lin talked about what happened today with Chen Kaige and his wife, and felt that it was very strange for the two of them to be together.

Fangyan told Zhu Lin that this was entirely due to the fact that the two of them were acting when they were dating.

Chen Kaige pretended to be a very literary person, talking about Eastern art today and Western philosophy tomorrow. Sun Jialin was attracted to him. However, Sun Jialin was also pretending. She was a self-centered person, but she pretended to be a considerate and virtuous wife and mother. As a result, after they got married, they both found that the other had changed.

This is the hole you dug for yourself.

Not to mention the two of them, in fact, many couples pretend to like each other when they are in contact, and their feelings are only exposed after they get married.

It is the same now as it was when Fangyan and Zhu Lin first came into contact.

Being able to be yourself in front of each other may seem like an insignificant thing at first, but it becomes the most important thing for a couple to get along with each other later on.

After all, you can't keep acting in front of others forever.

The couple chatted all the way back home.

At this time Fang Yan discovered that his little apprentice, Zhao Zhengyi, was actually standing in the three-body posture in the yard.

His father was watching from the side, reminding and correcting his way of exerting force.

Fang Yan asked his brother-in-law curiously:
"Brother-in-law also knows Xingyiquan?"

My brother-in-law smiled and shook his head, saying:

"I saw you standing there."

"It is only then that we can see that the Justice Station is not right and needs to be adjusted."

Fangyan reacted and realized that her brother-in-law understood the force-generating technique of the three-body posture, which was why he could guide little Zhao Zhengyi here.

After all, my brother-in-law has practiced Bajiquan for many years, and the basics of force have been integrated into his bones.

Although I have never practiced Xingyiquan, I can understand some of the principles of it at a glance.

So next, it was Fang Yan, the master, and Zhao Yuanchao, the biological father, who worked together to correct Zhao Zhengyi's mistakes.

Although the weather has gradually cooled down, Zhao Zhengyi was still sweating profusely after doing the Trikonasana pose.

Seeing this, the eldest sister took little Zhao Zhengyi to take a bath.

As a result, both her brother-in-law and Fangyan told her not to rush to wash.

My eldest brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao said:

"My master taught us that we should not take a shower right after practicing. After practicing, the pores in the body are open. If we take a shower right away, it is likely to cause cold air to invade and even cause rheumatic symptoms, which is not good for our health."

"You need to wait between half an hour and an hour before you can take a shower."

"After practicing, you need to rest properly and not drink a lot of water. You need to drink in small sips. These are all experiences of practicing martial arts."

The dialect says:

"From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, you should not take a shower immediately after sweating. First, when sweating, the pores (textures of the skin and muscles) of the human body are open. If you take a shower at this time, especially a cold shower, the cold and dampness from the outside world can easily invade the human body through the open pores, which may cause the cold and dampness to accumulate in the body."

"Just like when the doors and windows of a house are open, cold and damp air can easily enter the house, which will hinder the flow of qi and blood in the human body, leading to problems such as joint pain and colds."

"Second, sweating will damage the body's yang energy and body fluids."

"When bathing, the body surface is stimulated by water and moisture, which may further damage the yang energy. Yang energy plays many important roles in the human body, such as warming and promoting. When the yang energy is damaged, the body may feel cold, weak and other discomforts. Moreover, body fluids are an important material basis for human life activities. Bathing may increase the loss of body fluids, thus affecting the normal physiological functions of the human body."

Hearing what both of them said, the eldest sister had no choice but to wipe the child's sweat and change his clothes.

Fangyan discovered that his brother-in-law's master taught him a lot. It is really admirable that such a capable person was willing to go to Baotou Commune to slaughter cattle after demobilization.

However, there are indeed many such people nowadays. In later generations, many of them were discovered by their children only after their death that their fathers had made such great contributions to the country.

The awareness is indeed much higher than that of dialects.

Fangyan's current awareness is still at the level of: "I can make contributions, but I can't suffer losses!"

Then the younger brother suggested that after dinner tomorrow, the men should just go to the bathhouse.

After hearing this, my mother suggested that the whole family go tomorrow.

There is a bathhouse not far from here, and the environment is pretty good.

Only my eldest brother-in-law raised his hand and said he couldn't go. Fangyan said it was okay, he could just tie it up with a plastic bag when the time came.

Now the bathing activity for tomorrow night is settled.

These days, work units still issue bath tickets. For example, Fangyan’s Tongrentang employees issue two tickets a month.

Concord Hospital issues slightly more, six per month.

The charging standard of public bathhouses in Beijing in the 70s was 2 yuan for an ordinary pond bath.

As the bathing area in the Pentang is located in a separate small room with an enamel bathtub and can only be used by one to two people at a time, the price is relatively high, about 5 cents per person.

In addition, after taking a bath, the bathhouse also provides scrubbing and pedicure services, which usually cost 1 yuan each.

People who have this kind of work unit bathhouse benefit go to the bathhouse relatively more often, while people who do not have this benefit generally do not go to the bathhouse very often.

On the one hand, the conditions for bathing at home were limited at that time. If you wanted to go to the bathhouse to take a bath, you needed a certain economic foundation. For some low-income families, this was also a considerable expense.

On the other hand, when the weather gets colder, some bathhouses have poor insulation conditions and it is easy to catch a cold while taking a bath, so the business of some bathhouses will decline in autumn and winter. Some people may not go once in the entire winter, and some people may not even take a bath from the beginning of autumn to the Dragon Boat Festival of the following year.

After talking about bathing, the family didn’t go to review, but watched TV together for a rare time.

The movie "Spring Seedlings" was playing on TV that night.

This film tells the story of barefoot doctors.

In September 1968, Red Flag, the most influential magazine in China at the time, published an article titled "The Direction of Medical Education from the Growth of Barefoot Doctors."

It was later published in People's Daily.

The name of barefoot doctors began to spread across the country.

The treating doctor is a product of the rural cooperative medical system and is an affectionate name given by rural members to health workers who are half farmer and half doctor.

They are generally rural medical personnel who have not received formal medical training, still hold agricultural household registration, and are half farmers and half doctors.

There are three main sources of barefoot doctors: one is from medical families, one is local people who have graduated from high school and have some knowledge of medicine and pathology, and the other is educated youth who went to the countryside to work.

The film gives a detailed description of the profession of barefoot doctors, perfectly demonstrating the quality of serving the people. With muddy feet and coarse clothes, they have the purest and most eager heart to serve the people, meeting the primary medical care needs of most people in rural areas at that time.

Fangyan still remembers that a previous survey report said that in 1977, 85% of the production brigades across the country implemented cooperative medical care, and the number of barefoot doctors once reached more than 150 million.

It was not until 1985 that an article titled "Stop using barefoot doctors, consolidate and develop the rural doctor team" was published in the newspaper, and barefoot doctors gradually disappeared.

The Regulations on the Practice of Rural Doctors were implemented in 2004. Doctors must pass the corresponding registration and training examinations before they can open a business with a formal license.

The history of barefoot doctors ended here.

This year, we should be able to see a group of very capable barefoot doctors who have been admitted to universities.

Most of them were born into medical families and have been practicing medicine with their family members since childhood, so they have quite rich medical experience.

I have to say, this movie is really well made.

After watching the movie, Zhao Zhengyi’s enthusiasm for studying medicine seemed to have increased a bit.

Time flies to the next day.

When Fangyan got up early in the morning, he felt the temperature had dropped again.

When he opened the door and went to the yard to exercise, Fang Yan found that his cat was curled up in a ball due to the cold, huddled together with the two puppies. It seemed that the temperature was very low last night, and only the puppies' thick fur could withstand it.

The little tabby had to huddle together to keep warm.

Seeing this, Fangyan quickly moved them to the utility room next to the kitchen.

There are some household items piled in here, and it is much warmer inside than under the eaves.

You know, it's still autumn now, not winter yet.

Today is the first day of November, September 20th in the lunar calendar.

The beginning of winter is on the 26th day of the ninth lunar month.

There is still one week left.

After Fangyan finished the things here, she started practicing martial arts in the yard. After standing in the three-body posture for a while, she opened the door and came out of the west wing, followed by Zhao Zhengyi.

Without saying anything, the little guy immediately came to his master and started practicing the three-body posture.

It turns out that the extra training last night was quite effective, and today's three-body posture finally suited me.

The external three combinations of hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips have been initially achieved.

Fangyan then began to explain to the little guy the three internal harmonies of the body, namely the harmony of mind and intention, intention and qi, and qi and strength.

Just when Fangyan finished speaking the main points, his brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao walked in from the front yard.

As soon as he entered the yard, he greeted in dialect:
"Brother, come over and take a look. Your sister said she seems to have a fever."

(End of this chapter)