Chapter 225: Chapter 164_2

“Ai…”

With a sigh, the old lady took the prescription slip handed over by Chun Nuan and asked suspiciously.

“Can my illness really be cured?”

“It can truly be cured,” Chun Nuan said, “Only, you need to pay attention to your diet, avoid eating raw, cold, or spicy foods, and also smoked meats. Wait until you’re no longer coughing and have regained strength before consuming them.”

“Where would I have smoked meat? No, I’ve just raised one chicken, saved up half a month’s worth of eggs, ten in total. Miss Xiao, please don’t despise this, consider it as my consultation fee.”

“Granny, you don’t have to…”

“You mustn’t refuse to accept them,” the old lady said, “Every trade has its rules; the rule here is not to take silver but some daily items, so take my eggs, don’t make this old woman feel uncomfortable. I’ve been poor all my life, but I’ve never owed anyone a favor.”

“Alright, I’ll accept them,” Chun Nuan understood that accepting these things was a sign of respect for the elderly and would also put her mind at ease, “Granny, you shouldn’t eat eggs while taking medicine, wait until you’re better before eating eggs.”

“Alright, alright, I know, thank you, Miss Xiao, you are truly a good girl, you’ll surely have a bright future, destined for wealth and prosperity.”

“Thank you for your kind words.”

Such words, Chun Nuan heard daily, and she merely smiled.

Ever since her grandfather’s incident, she felt that good people do not necessarily get rewarded.

Of course, the villagers’ words were also blessings for her, so she naturally accepted them.

However, the Demi Immortal sitting at the entrance glanced at the old lady: it seemed she should be the one doing his job.

This Miss Xiao has medical skills, won’t she indeed have a bright future and be destined for wealth and prosperity?

Demi Immortal, no, to be precise, his name is Qian Yuanli, outwardly a demi immortal, in truth, a spy sent under the Marquis’s secret decree to Changzhou to investigate the Xiao family’s women.

He was cautious and lived rough on the journey, managing to blend in as a demi immortal.

His skills in divination and fortune-telling became more and more refined.

Just like now, a quick calculation, and it seemed that Miss Xiao wouldn’t finish seeing patients until the hour of the Shen.

Indeed, at the hour of the Shen, Chun Nuan sent off the last patient.

Nanny Wu was organizing the miscellaneous “thank you gifts” received today.

“Miss, today we collected fifty eggs, three smoked meats, five smoked fish, more than twenty catties of green vegetables and radishes, a few catties of soybeans, and a few catties of peanuts, mung beans…”

The variety was truly rich.

However, Wu Shi was also capable.

The surplus eggs were salted to make salted eggs, tasty after a month or two;

The smoked meat was hung above the stove on the wall to be smoked, so no need to worry if it’s not eaten immediately.

“I’ll dry the greens to make pickles, which will be delicious and go well with rice when steamed together with bacon; as for radishes, I’ll cut them into strips and hang them under the eaves to dry to make dried radishes, great with a bit of lard steamed for a meal, soybeans to be ground into soy milk and make tofu; mung beans to sprout, peanuts can be roasted for snacks…”

“Nanny Wu, you handle them as you see fit.” So much was collected every day that they simply couldn’t eat it all.

“Alright, I’ll go take care of it then.”

Wu Shi thought the second young lady of the Xiao family was indeed capable, being able to feel pulses, diagnose, and prescribe medicine, and those who were treated said her medical skills were remarkable.

This really overturned her imagination of what a woman could be.

If a woman could marry a man and lead a stable life, that was considered capable.

Unexpectedly, women could do things too, and not poorly compared to men.

If only her daughter could learn even a little bit, how wonderful that would be.

Yes, indeed, she saw Mei’er often learning to make herbal pills and reading behind the young ladies, yes, her daughter would surely be more fortunate and capable than herself in the future.

Thinking of this, Wu Shi, feeling more hopeful about the future after her divorce, went to handle those ingredients.

Chun Nuan, seeing the person sitting at the door, still went out.

“Sir, you’re not here to see a doctor.”

“I am, I am here to see a doctor; it’s just that earlier, it was all women, and I felt embarrassed, so…”

Although the person was making every effort to cover it up, Chun Nuan still heard his hidden Capital accent.

A person from the Capital!

Chun Nuan’s heart skipped a beat.

Judging by his looks, he didn’t seem like a bad guy.

Of course, no words were written on a bad person’s forehead.

So, whether he’s a friend or foe is yet unknown, and Chun Nuan naturally pretended not to have noticed his identity.

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