In the garden, everyone was more at ease, and everyone talked directly around the princess.
Mingda was often surrounded by people when she was in the capital, but it was the first time that she was surrounded by people talking so closely, she couldn't help looking at Man Bao.
Man Bao was very happy, so she felt like chatting. It just so happened that she still had a lot to say to everyone, and everyone gathered together like this, which made her feel like chatting under the big banyan tree at the entrance of Qili Village.
What can a group of women talk about together
Of course, apart from men being children, there are also things like marriage.
Mrs. Song asked the princess, "Does the princess have any children? How many children do you have?"
In fact, she wanted to ask, if she and her son-in-law traveled to such a far place, wouldn't it feel bad to leave the child at home
Mingda: "...I haven't given birth yet."
Mrs. Song subconsciously glanced at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man met her gaze, blinked, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mrs. Song smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly said: "It's nothing, it's just a coincidence that Master Zhou, like the princess, has no children yet."
Zhou Man was refreshed, and she was thinking about how to bring up this topic. Mrs. Song handed over the pillow, and she immediately caught it, "The princess and I are interested."
"Ah?" This was a development that Mrs. Song and the others had never expected, and they were stunned for a moment.
Zhou Man said: "We are still young. If a woman conceives too early, it will not only hinder her own health, but also the child's health, so we are not in a hurry to have a child."
Ming Da glanced at Zhou Man, then nodded to everyone.
Mrs. Song looked confused, "Shouldn't it be better to have an heir sooner?"
"When the parents are young, the children born will be weaker than those born in adulthood, and they are more likely to die young," Zhou Man said: "You can see the births of the couples around you."
She and the Imperial Medical Office have done relevant statistics. Although they only used the data of the capital city, combined with medical knowledge, it is definitely applicable to Qingzhou.
"For the same couple, the children born at the age of 14 or 15 are compared with the children born at the age of 18 or 19. Of course, if there is only one couple, the data cannot be accurate. After all, there are always exceptions, so we will count many couples. "Zhou Man said: "The statistical data is that the child born at the age of 14 or 15 has a much higher chance of dying and getting sick than a child born after the age of 18 or 19."
The ladies were stunned and couldn't help but said: "Only on the eighteenth day do you have children, so how many fewer children will you have?"
Zhou Man: "... Is your family short of children?"
"lack!"
"Then how many babies are there 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'm twenty-three years old."
Zhou Man: "How old were you when you got married?"
"Fourteen."
Zhou Man asked, "Then how many children have you had?"
The other party smiled, "Why did you forget, I just said that I have three sons."
Zhou Man shook his head, "It's impossible for you to have only three sons, what I'm asking is how many have you conceived and how many have you had?"
The other party was taken aback, and it took a while to arrive: "I'm pregnant with seven, one of them had a miscarriage before it was born, and the other three died in infancy."
Zhou Man sighed and said, "The premature mortality rate is over half. It's not just a matter of early childbearing. If you don't mind, you can visit me at the medical office tomorrow."
Only then did she raise her head and said to the crowd: "If you get married and have a child too early, the child will be weaker and more likely to die young."
Someone questioned, "Isn't it because the food and drink are not good enough? If the pregnancy is good..."
Zhou Man shook his head, "Good pregnancy protection can naturally increase the fertility rate and survival rate, but the root cause of this is still early marriage and early childbearing."
She said: "It is written in the "Huangdi Neijing" that no matter whether it is a man or a woman, they should conceive children after they reach adulthood."
Mrs. Song immediately said: "Girl fifteen and Ji..."
Zhou Man shook his head directly, "The "Huangdi Neijing" does not recognize this. He believes that whether it is a man or a woman, adulthood is after the age of twenty. Men are full of kidney energy at the age of twenty-four, while women are at the age of twenty-one. Kidney qi develops in balance, and the offspring conceived at this time are also the best."
"Of course, we can't just follow the "Huangdi Neijing" at the moment. 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: "A man's kidney energy starts when he is sixteen years old. It is vigorous and has the ability to give birth, and when a girl starts around fourteen years old, it is equivalent to the flower stalks falling, and the fruit has just borne, if you want the fruit to breed seeds, don’t you have to wait for a while?”
Everyone was dumbfounded. They don't understand what kidney qi is not, but they understand farming.
"The melons and fruits have just produced fruit, so I want to pick them, cut them open and dig out the seeds. Can the seeds dug out be good seeds?"
Everyone shook their heads together, and some who were good at farming even said: "I'm afraid that kind of seed can't breed?"
Zhou Man immediately clapped his hands and said happily: "That's right, otherwise, why would future generations have all kinds of problems, the ancestors could have ten or eight children, but when they arrive, they can only have two or three, and some of them can't even be born? "
Someone's heart tightened, and their spine felt cold. 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 it bears green fruits, Leave it for a while, even if you can't wait for it to be fully ripe, you should wait until it is almost ripe before picking it."
"It's the same for people, so a man should get married after the age of sixteen and before the age of twenty-four, which is the middle value, and it should be around the age of twenty; the same is true for women, the marriage must be after the age of fourteen, two Before the age of eleven, if the median value is taken, it should be between the ages of seventeen and eighteen. If we don’t hurry up early, we can count it as eighteen years old. Children born at this time are healthier, and it is better for men and women The body is also the best."
Everyone was dumbfounded, and it took a while for someone to realize, "Is it true?"
"Of course it's true," Zhou Man said, "I only got married after I was eighteen."
Mingda immediately said: "So does this palace."
Zhou Man then blew nonsense again, "Princess Changyu is even later, it's because His Majesty and Empress love the princess so much, and they stayed so late because they wanted them to be healthy and safe."
She continued the topic, "Do you know what determines a person's lifespan?"
Everyone shook their heads together, hesitantly said: "God's decision?"
Zhou Man: "... the blood is fixed."
"The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine says that when a person is ten years old, the five viscera begin to settle, the blood and qi are connected, and the qi is down, so it is easy to walk. That is to say, the root of human growth is all in the essence of the kidney, and the essence is from the bottom to the top. That's why ten-year-old children are good at running. Aging is also due to the decline of qi and blood. If we can ensure that our energy is full, we can live a long life without showing aging." Man Bao said to the lady: "Sister, you are better than me Only two years older."