Chapter 2980: Like a fish in water

When we arrived in the garden, everyone felt more at ease, and everyone gathered around the princess to talk.

Mingda had always been surrounded by people when she was in the capital, but this was the first time she was surrounded by people talking so close together. She couldn't help but look at Manbao.

Man Bao was very happy, because this gave her the feeling of chatting. It happened that she still had a lot to say to everyone. Being surrounded by everyone like this made her feel like chatting under the big banyan tree at the entrance of Qili Village.

What topics can a group of women talk about when they get together?

Of course, besides men and children, there are also things like marriage.

Mrs. Song asked the princess, "Does the princess have children? How many children does she have?"

In fact, she wanted to ask, wouldn't it feel bad if she and her consort traveled to such a far place and left their children at home?

Mingda: "...I haven't given birth yet."

Mrs. Song glanced at Zhou Man subconsciously.

Zhou Man met her gaze, blinked, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Song smiled awkwardly and said hurriedly: "It's nothing, I just think it's a coincidence that Master Zhou, like the princess, has no children yet."

Zhou Man perked up, and she was thinking about how to bring up this topic. Mrs. Song handed over the pillow, and she immediately took it, "The princess and I are interested."

"Ah?" This was a development that Mrs. Song and others had not expected at all, and they were stunned for a moment.

Zhou Man said: "We are still young. If a woman gets pregnant too early, it will not only harm her own body, but also the child's health, so we deliberately are not in a hurry to have a child."

Mingda glanced at Zhou Man and nodded to everyone.

Mrs. Song looked confused, "Shouldn't we have an heir earlier?"

"Children born to young parents will be weaker and more likely to die than children born as adults," Zhou Man said, "You can tell by looking at the births of couples around you."

She and the Imperial Medical Office have done relevant statistics. Although they only used data from the capital city, combined with medical knowledge, it is definitely applicable to Qingzhou.

"Comparing the children born to the same couple at the age of 14 or 15 with the children born at the age of 18 or 19, of course, it is impossible to make accurate data for just one couple. After all, there are always exceptions, so we will count many couples.

," Zhou Man said: "The statistical data is that the mortality rate and the probability of illness of children born at the age of fourteen or fifteen are much higher than those of children born after the age of eighteen or nineteen."

The ladies were dumbfounded and couldn't help but say: "You don't have children until you are eighteen, how many fewer children will you have to have?"

Zhou Man: "...Is your family in short supply of children?"

"lack!"

"How many children have you had in your family now?"

"Master Zhou, I have three sons." The other party looked proud.

Zhou Man looked her up and down and asked with a smile: "How old are you this year?"

"I am already twenty-three years old."

Zhou Man: "How old were you when you got married?"

"Fourteen."

Zhou Man then asked, "How many children have you given birth to in total?"

The other party smiled and said, "Why have you forgotten, sir? I just told you that I have three sons."

Zhou Man shook his head, "It's impossible for you to have only given birth to three sons. What I'm asking is how many have you been pregnant with and how many have you given birth to?"

The other party was stunned for a while, and it took a while before he said, "I must have been pregnant seven times. One of them had a miscarriage before she was born, and three others died in infancy."

Zhou Man sighed and said: "The premature death rate has been broken by half. This is not just a problem of early childbearing. If you don't mind, you can come to the medical department to see me tomorrow."

Then she raised her head and said to everyone: "If you get married and have children too early, the children will be weaker and more likely to die young."

Some people questioned, "Isn't it because you don't eat and drink enough? If you protect your pregnancy well..."

Zhou Man shook his head, "Proper care of the fetus can naturally increase the fertility rate and survival rate, but the root cause of this problem still lies in early marriage and early childbearing."

She said: "It is written in the Huangdi Neijing that both men and women should be adults before giving birth to children."

Mrs. Song immediately said: "The girl is fifteen and has hairpins..."

Zhou Man shook his head directly, "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic does not recognize this. He believes that both men and women reach adulthood after twenty. Men's kidney energy is full at the age of twenty-four, while women's kidney energy is full at the age of twenty-one.

The development of kidney qi is balanced, and the children conceived at this time are also the best."

"Of course, we can't all follow the "Huangdi Neijing" now. After all, there are too many things in the world, but even if we have to advance, we shouldn't advance too much," Zhou Man said: "The kidney qi begins when a man is sixteen years old.

It is vigorous and has the ability to give birth, but a woman does not start until she is around fourteen years old, which is equivalent to the pedicle falling and just bearing fruit. If you want the fruit to give birth to seeds, why don't you wait a little longer?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't understand what the kidney qi was or not, but they understood farming.

"I want to pick the fruit just after it bears fruit, cut it open and dig out the seeds. Can the seeds dug out be good seeds?"

Everyone shook their heads together, and someone who was good at farming even said: "I'm afraid that kind of seeds can't be reproduced, right?"

Zhou Man immediately clapped his hands and said happily: "That's right. Otherwise, why would future generations have all kinds of problems? Our ancestors could give birth to ten or eight children, but by their time they could only give birth to two or three, and some even couldn't.

"

Someone's heart tightened and a chill ran down their spine. They were afraid of hearing it but couldn't help but listen, "Why?"

"It's because their parents were picked before they were ripe, and they were born when they were not particularly healthy." Zhou Man said: "This person's fertility is the same as planting melons and beans. When they bear green fruits,

Leave it for a while, even if you can't wait until it's fully mature, you should wait until it's almost ripe before picking it."

"The same applies to people, so men should get married after the age of sixteen and before twenty-four, even if the middle value is taken, they should be around twenty years old; the same goes for women, they must get married after the age of fourteen and before the age of two.

Before the age of eleven, if you take the middle value, it should be between the ages of seventeen and eighteen. If we are late rather than early, we will be considered eighteen years old. Children born at this time are healthier, which is better for men and women.

My body is also the best.”

Everyone was dumbfounded, and it took a while for someone to react, "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true," Zhou Man said, "I got married after I was eighteen."

Mingda immediately said: "I am the same."

Zhou Man then boasted again, "Princess Changyu is even later. That's because Your Majesty and Your Majesty feel sorry for the princess and want them to be healthy and safe, so they stayed until so late."

She continued the topic, "Do you know how a person's lifespan is determined?"

Everyone shook their heads together and said hesitantly: "Destined by God?"

Zhou Man: "...the qi and blood are fixed."

"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon says that when a person is ten years old, the five internal organs begin to settle down, the blood and Qi are connected, and the Qi is at the bottom, so it is easy to move. That is to say, the root of human growth is all in the essence of the kidneys, and the essence goes from bottom to top.

That's why ten-year-old children can run easily. Aging is also due to the decline of Qi and blood. If we can ensure that the Qi and Qi are sufficient, we can live a long life without showing signs of aging." Man Bao said to the lady: "Sister, you are better than me.

Only two years older."
Chapter completed!