Jinyi Spring

Chapter 40 Father-in-law
The weather is getting colder and the autumn is getting deeper.

Two months have passed since he came to this strange world. Although he thinks of his grandfather from his previous life from time to time, his love for his younger brother Feng Buji is completely engraved in his bones.

Feng Chuchen actually felt a sense of belonging to a home.

What also made her feel relieved was that the road ahead was gradually becoming clearer.

On September 19, Carpenter Liu finished making the simple stethoscope.

It was polished smooth and varnished.

Feng Chuchen liked it very much and named it "Stethoscope."

She held it to Feng Buji's neck and listened, and could hear the pulse clearly.

She gave Carpenter Liu another four hundred coins and asked him to make five more.

Feng Buji asked curiously, "Sister, can this little tube really hear the heartbeat and pulse?"

"Of course." Feng Chuchen put the stethoscope on his wrist, "Brother, listen."

Then press it on your chest.

"Listen again, brother."

Feng Buji listened carefully for a while and said with a smile, "I heard it, boom, boom, boom."

Feng Chuchen placed the stethoscope on Feng Buji's chest again and asked Aunt Wang, Banxia and Shaoyao to listen.

They also laughed and said, “I heard it, I heard it.”

Feng Chuchen briefly explained the principle, "The heartbeat should be noiseless, and sixty to one hundred beats in eighteen breaths is normal. You can also hear the fetal heartbeat, which is the heartbeat of the fetus in the mother's belly..."

The next morning, Feng Chuchen tied Datou at home to watch over the house and hired a donkey cart with his family to go to the capital.

Feng Buji and Shaoyao were left at Xuji Baozi Shop, not far from the Wuyi Marquis's residence, and had lunch there.

Xuji Baozi Shop is a famous snack shop in Beijing. It has thin skin, rich meat, and is cheap and good quality.

Several others went to the residence of Marquis Wu Yi.

When we arrived at the east corner gate, we were led directly to Grandma Tang's yard.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw a man in brocade clothes walking out.

He should be the son of the Marquis of Wuyi, and it is said that he is a fifth-rank general in the Beijing camp.

Feng Chuchen bent his knees for him.

Wen Kai nodded to her. He was suspicious. How could such a young girl have such good medical skills?
Grandma Wen and her daughter Tang Ying were sitting on the couch in the side room.

Grandma Wen smiled and said, "Miss Feng is here. She was expecting you."

Feng Chuchen sat down, and Aunt Wang and Banxia stood behind her.

Wen Ying said to Feng Chuchen, "Aunt, when you pick up your brother, tell him to be obedient and don't worry about not coming out. It hurts mother, and I feel bad."

The little girl is five years old this year. She is cute and eloquent.

Feng Chuchen smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely try for it."

After the nurse took Tang Ying away, Grandma Wen said, "I heard from my second brother's wife that the Sophora flavescens repair cream that Miss Feng gave her is very useful, with a good smell and a nice color. How much is a box?"

Feng Chuchen smiled and said, "That kind of ointment contains a lot of good medicine. It is difficult to make and a bit expensive. It costs five cents of silver per box."

Grandma Wen smiled and said, "As long as it works, it doesn't matter if it's a little expensive. Bring twenty boxes over next time. My second brother and his wife will use them, and we can give some away as gifts."

Feng Chuchen said, "It takes a lot of time to make that kind of ointment, and I'm busy, so I don't make that much."

"As many as you want. A few days ago, I followed what Miss Feng said, resting on the left side and doing exercises every day. I asked the doctor to check my pulse two days ago, and he still said that the fetus was moving frequently..."

Feng Chuchen took the pulse and found that the fetus was indeed moving frequently.

Then he asked her to lie down and used a stethoscope to monitor the fetal heart rate.

Grandma Wen was reluctant at first, "What is this? I have never seen it before."

Feng Chuchen smiled and said, "This is the stethoscope designed by my aunt and I. It can hear the heartbeat of the fetus. Through the heartbeat of the fetus, we can more accurately determine whether the fetus is healthy..."

Hearing that it was Doctor Feng who had planned it before her death, Grandma Tang lay down very cooperatively. I put the stethoscope on her big belly and moved it several times before I could hear it.

The fetal heart rate is very fast.

Moreover, it was found that she had frequent uterine contractions.

Hearing that the fetus' heartbeat was abnormal and the uterine contractions were frequent, Grandma Tang asked anxiously, "What should we do?"

The Shui family had a set of acupuncture techniques that were specifically designed to regulate uterine contractions. With the help of Doctor Feng's letters, Feng Chuchen had figured out a set of acupuncture techniques.

Feng Chuchen gave her acupuncture. "Grandma has frequent uterine contractions, which can easily cause fetal movement and abnormal fetal heart rate. You should continue to do the knee-chest lying exercise you were asked to do before, once in the morning and once in the evening, each time for a quarter of an hour. I will come back to see you and give you acupuncture in ten days."

Grandma Wen invited Feng Chuchen to have lunch.

Feng Chuchen declined, "My brother is still in the bun shop."

Grandma Wen smiled and said, "Bring him home to play next time. He won't stay outside when we're at the door."

He asked the maid to pay one or two taels of silver for the consultation and also gave her four packages of osmanthus cakes made by the kitchen in the mansion.

Feng Chuchen and his companions came to the steamed bun shop.

I saw Feng Buji chatting and laughing with an old man at another table.

The old man was in his sixties, wearing cloth clothes and a wooden hairpin on his head. He was tall and strong, and always smiling.

Feng Buji also saw Feng Chuchen and smiled at the old man, "Grandpa, she is my sister. She is a skilled doctor, pretty, can cure many diseases, and is also good at acupuncture."

The little guy is always showing off his sister. But he is quite thoughtful, and no one dares to mention the Yin Shen needle to those who don't know him.

Feng Chuchen glared at his brother and said to his father-in-law with a smile, "I'm sorry to make you laugh."

The old man laughed and said, "The little kid is very cute and smart."

Feng Buji asked again, "Sister, did you hear the fetal heartbeat?"

"I heard you. I'll check again in ten days."

Feng Chuchen ordered a few bowls of rice porridge, a few baskets of bamboo shoots and mushrooms buns, and some vegetarian dishes.

While eating, I heard the whispers of several men at the next table again.

"Have you heard that as soon as Young Master Ming left the capital a few days ago, Duke Dingguo's Mansion called off his marriage with Third Miss Xue. Isn't it strange that Third Miss Xue, who was unable to get out of bed, suddenly got better and is no longer sick?"

Everyone who could hear his words looked up, including Feng Chuchen and others.

Another person said, "Hey, this matter has spread all over the capital, everyone knows about it. It is even more confirmed that Young Master Ming is doomed to be alone. He will never get a wife in this life."

"Tsk tsk, what a pity! A man of integrity, handsomeness and noble birth is destined to be a bachelor for life."

The man at another table said slowly, "It's not just Master Ming. Master Ming II is in his thirties and still hasn't married. Master Ming III is twenty-six or twenty-seven and still hasn't married. Tell me, why are they willing to remain single?"

The others shook their heads.

"I don't know."

"I don't know."

The man smiled and continued, "Both of them were injured in the battlefield, and their vital organs were injured. There are three men in the same family who can't find wives. It's no wonder that Madam Ming is sick in bed. It's really annoying."

Not to mention that everyone's eyes lit up when they heard it, even Feng Chuchen was enjoying it.

The ancient people had a very strong ability to gossip.

She used the men of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion for entertainment and had no manners.

The fact that common people could speak their minds freely and dared to make fun of important officials also shows the degree of openness of this dynasty.

They didn't notice that the two young men at the father-in-law's table were so angry that their faces turned red. They wanted to stand up and beat someone up, but were stopped by the father-in-law with a look.

"Listen for fun and eat."

The old man felt that they were right, it was his own children and grandchildren's fault for not living up to their expectations.

(End of this chapter)