Chapter 441 The Queen Mother Queues Up to Receive

When it was his turn, he registered and received a bottle of medicine.

After taking a closer look, I found the small glass bottle to be very delicate, as thick as a finger, with a soft stopper on top. I don't know what it is made of, but it feels very comfortable in my hand.

When I pulled out the soft stopper, the medicine inside exuded a fresh fragrance, unlike the ordinary pear paste candy. It was thinner than pear paste candy, not so sticky, and it was not an exaggeration to call it medicine.

It's just a little thicker than medicine.

Seeing that everyone had finished drinking and left, he felt embarrassed to stay too long, so he tilted his head back and drank.

Suddenly, a sweet taste went down my throat and into my stomach. Not long after, a comfortable warmth slowly rose up and spread to my limbs.

There is an indescribable comfort in my whole body and mind.

What kind of medicine is this? Why is it so miraculous?

Cheng Jie returned the medicine bottle, walked to Du Wanwan, and bowed to her.

This woman is the wife of the General Zhenbei, a legendary figure who transformed the entire west side of the city.

"Doctor Du! My mother is also coughing. The weather is cold, so I don't dare take her out. Can you buy four bottles of pear paste candy to take back?"

Du Wanwan looked up at Cheng Jie and said without any embarrassment: "You can buy it. I'll help you prepare it."

Of course, you can't sell it in oral liquid bottles, you have to use bamboo tubes. Small glass bottles are too expensive and have holes in them, so you can't just take them out.

He took out four bamboo tubes and handed them to Cheng Jie: "The medicine in here is the same as the free one over there. No matter what kind of cough you have, drinking this medicine will cure it."

Cheng Jie clasped his fists in thanks, and then asked, "How much silver?"

"It's free, take it!" Du Wanwan felt that it was inappropriate afterwards, so she warned, "Don't use it to do evil. Otherwise, even if you run away to the ends of the earth, I will find you."

After a sudden shock, Cheng Jie smiled: "Doctor Du is worrying too much, it will never happen."

When I got home, I felt that my cough had improved a lot. I gave a bottle of medicine to my mother to take. When I asked her how she felt afterwards, it turned out to be exactly the same as mine.

Looking at the three remaining potions in his hand, Cheng Jie didn't know whether he could give them to the Queen Mother.

The next day, he went to the palace to examine the empress dowager again, and her pulse was not much different from the last time.

Cheng Jie thought about it for a long time and decided that he should give it a try. He took out the prepared potion, poured it into a jade bowl, and knelt down to present it to the empress dowager.

"This is the free cough medicine I got from the People's Clinic. My mother and I have both tried it and it works very well."

When the Queen Mother heard about the People's Clinic, she ordered the nanny to bring it over without saying a word and drank it directly.

Cheng Jie was a little confused. He had organized a lot of words to persuade the Queen Mother, but before he could finish his words, he finished the medicine.

"Hmm! The medicine at the People's Clinic is really special." The Queen Mother drank the medicine and smacked her lips. "This cough medicine is not bitter at all, it's sweet. Doctor Cheng! What did you just say? The People's Clinic is giving away cough medicine for free?"

"yes!"

Cheng Jie recounted everything he had seen and heard in the west of the city yesterday, and the queen mother's eyes lit up after hearing what she had heard.

"Is Chengxi really as good as you say?"

"I dare not speak nonsense."

Cheng Jie thought to himself, he is such an honest person, he always says what he means and never tells lies.

"Leave all your potions here! I think they work pretty well."

After giving the two remaining potions in the medicine box to the empress dowager's personal nanny, Cheng Jie knelt down to greet her, then stood up and left.

As soon as he left, the Queen Mother stood up, walked around the hall, and then turned to ask the maid: "Should we sneak out and take a look?"

The maid was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, this is absolutely impossible. You are so precious, how can you leave the palace?"

"Look at your cowardly look." The Queen Mother was dissatisfied. "The Emperor has sneaked out several times. Do you think I don't know? Every time I go to the People's Hospital, I want to see what Doctor Du looks like.

Not only is she a good doctor, she is also very scheming, and most importantly, she is kindhearted and willing to help the poor. This kind of woman is better than anyone I know. Go and get ready, and tomorrow morning we will sneak out."

The nanny wanted to persuade her, but the empress dowager glared at her, so she didn't dare to do it anymore and agreed to get up and make preparations.

Just as he was about to leave, the Queen Mother stopped him and said, "Don't prepare too fancy clothes. Bring two sets of fine cotton clothes. I don't think many people in the west of the city will wear silk and satin."

The nanny agreed, took a few steps back, and turned to leave.

The next morning, the empress dowager took off her complicated clothes, removed her hairpins and rings, and changed into ordinary fine cotton clothes. She looked no different from the vegetable washer in the imperial kitchen.

The nanny beside her also changed her clothes, and the two of them bribed the guards and left the palace. Behind them followed two short-sleeved young men with sharp eyes.

All the way to the west of the city.

I went to the People's Clinic first and saw that there were indeed many people queuing up to drink free medicine. The Queen Mother, the Madam, and the two guards all queued up.

The Queen Mother was so happy to be out of the palace and hang out with the people for the first time that she pricked up her ears to listen to everyone's conversation.

"Mr. Zhang, was your business good yesterday? How were the fried dough cakes? I heard that it was Doctor Du who gave you the idea? And the fried dough sticks? Is that true?"

The Zhang family replied: "Of course it's true. We didn't know what to do with the shop after we got it, so we wanted to rent it out. But then we thought, what would we do with the whole family?

I heard that Doctor Du is willing to help people with solutions. You know the shop selling colorful wontons and multicolored dumplings? It was Doctor Du who came up with the idea.

I couldn't hold it in any longer that day, so I went to see Doctor Du. She asked her brother who owned a restaurant to teach me how to fry fried dough cakes and dough sticks, which sold really well.

The Queen Mother was puzzled and asked the old Zhang family: "Doctor Du is a doctor, how can he cook?"

The old Zhang family scratched their heads and said, "It wasn't her who did it, it was her brother. His brother opened a restaurant called Fuyunlai Restaurant, and the business is very good.

Originally, fried dough cakes and fried dough sticks were snacks sold in restaurants. But since I started making them, other restaurants have stopped doing that and started buying from me. Since then, I have gained a stable sales channel.”

"The Du family is really a kind family." Someone sighed, "Look at the People's Clinic this time. I wonder how much pear paste candy for cough treatment will be given away. That's all money.

Free medicine is not only available to the west of the city, but also to all the people in the city who have a cough. If you don’t feel well after taking it once, you can come back for more.”

"I'm not going to give it away for free." Old Zhang smiled and took out a tael of silver. "Doctor Du taught our family how to make money, so how can I ask her to give me medicine for free?

I will quietly put this money into the basket for daily medical consultations. Doctor Du has done enough for us in Chengxi, and we can't let her pay the bills alone. We can't let her down, otherwise we will become what kind of people we are."

"Yes, I don't want it for free either. I will give money too. It doesn't matter if others give or not. I will give. I will feel at ease when I give. Doctor Du is such a good person. I can't just watch her drain the family's wealth."

Several women queuing up in front and behind expressed their desire to give silver. The empress dowager came for the first time, so she asked questions because she didn't understand.

“Why should the People’s Hospital distribute cough syrups for free to all cough patients in the city?”

(End of this chapter)