Chapter 113

After leaving the teahouse, Yu Ying recalled Rong Shu's words and actions and said slowly, "Miss Rong seems like a good girl."

Fu Wei did not show any emotion due to Rong Shu's sudden appearance, but he said meaningfully, "But his father may not be a good person."

Having said this, Fu Wei lowered his eyes and said calmly, "I've known her father since childhood. He's a double-faced man."

Yu Ying was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that since the Huo and Rong families were engaged, they must have a very close relationship.

Was the Rong family involved in the murder of the Fu family?

If she could suspect all these things, Fu Wei must have suspected them too.

Thinking of this, she turned her head to look at the tea shop, then looked back at Fu Wei in front of her, put her hand on his shoulder and patted him lightly.

Fu Wei tilted his head slightly, glanced at the hand on his shoulder, and smiled slightly: "Let's go back."

Yu Ying said "hmm" lightly and pushed Fu Wei back to the yamen. After separating from Fu Wei, she went to look for the county magistrate's wife.

When Madam Zhou saw her coming, she hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "Madam Yu, come and sit down."

After a few casual words, Yu Ying noticed that Madam Zhou was stiff-necked when she spoke to her, so she asked, "Madam, did you lose your pillow while sleeping?"

Madam Zhou moved her neck, a look of pain on her face. "Not only have I lost my pillow, but my shoulders and neck have also been very sore lately. The servants at the mansion have only given me a brief massage, but it's been so unbearable. I'd like to ask Madam Yu to come and take a look at me."

Yu Ying stood up and walked over to Madam Zhou, saying, "Could I massage your shoulders and neck?"

Madam Zhou leaned slightly aside and said, "Of course."

Yu Ying kneaded her neck and shoulders and noticed a slight stiffness in them. She asked, "Have you been bowing your head for a long time recently?"

Madam Zhou replied, "I was busy making clothes and shoes recently, sometimes it took me the whole morning."

Her husband and the yamen runners had been working day and night due to the epidemic some time ago, and their clothes and shoes had been worn out by going in and out all the time. Several servants in the mansion helped to mend them, so she naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.

Yu Ying thought for a moment and said, "My lady, your meridians are probably blocked due to overstrain, and your qi and blood are not flowing smoothly. You can choose acupuncture and massage."

Madam Zhou trusted Madam Yu's medical skills and did not doubt her. She only asked, "Which one works faster?"

"Acupuncture is more effective than massage, and the two can be done at different times for better results."

Madam Zhou had been in pain for several days. Originally, it was just soreness in her shoulders and neck, but when she woke up today, her neck was also aching, making it unbearable. She had wanted to send someone to invite Madam Yu to her house, but she heard that Madam Yu would bring food to the yamen for Fu Mu's staff at noon, so she waited until now.

The whole morning was very difficult. She had no appetite for breakfast and lunch and only ate a few bites. Now she naturally wanted to see quick results, but she was a little afraid.

"Does acupuncture hurt?"

Yu Ying smiled and said, "Acupuncture and moxibustion will be a little painful, and massage will also be a little painful, but the pain will also relieve it. Your symptoms are not very serious, and one acupuncture treatment will provide some relief. I will give you acupuncture every other day."

Hearing this, Madam Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let's do acupuncture."

Yu Ying said, "Then I'll go back and get the needles."

Before leaving the clinic, Director Ji specially gave her a set of needles.

It took half an hour to go back and forth, so Madam Zhou asked someone to prepare a carriage to send Madam Yu back. She returned about a moment later, and brought the little girl from the Ji family to help.

Madam Zhou was a little surprised when she saw Miss Ji.

While Miss Ji was boiling silver needles in the outer room, Madam Zhou asked Yu Ying in surprise, "You brought Miss Ji here, aren't you afraid that she might secretly learn your skills and go back and tell her father and brother?"

Yu Ying smiled and said, "The skills must be inherited by someone. If one more person knows how to do it, more people can be treated. Besides, Director Ji and Doctor Ji are both kind people. If they know how to do it, they can help more people."

Yu Ying would not teach others carelessly. She was most afraid that some people would come out to cheat and cause death after learning a little. Since she was going to teach, she could not teach carelessly, so she brought Miss Ji to the scene to teach her.

Upon hearing this, Madam Zhou sighed and said, "I am narrow-minded after all."

This Madam Yu is truly someone worth making friends with.

After laughing, she took off her outer shirt and lay down on the couch wearing only her inner clothes.

After the silver needles were boiled, Miss Ji brought them in and Yu Ying began to give acupuncture to Madam Zhou.

About half an hour later, the needles were removed. Madam Yu moved around a bit and said in surprise, "Although I still feel sore, it's actually relieved a bit."

Yu Ying smiled and continued, "My lady, before going to bed tonight, you can use a sheepskin water bag to warm your shoulders and neck. Do not use a wet handkerchief. The effect will be more noticeable when you wake up tomorrow morning."

Madam Zhou asked in surprise, "No need to drink the medicine? No need to apply the plaster?"

Yu Ying shook her head: "This doesn't require a decoction. Acupuncture has already replaced the plaster, and it's even more effective than the plaster."

Madam Zhou nodded suddenly, then told the maid to bring the medical fee to Madam Yu.

Yu Ying hurriedly said, "Madam, there's no need to be so polite."

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, I want it. How can I let Madam Yu do this work for nothing? If you don't accept it, I won't dare to seek medical treatment from you in the future."

After a while, the old woman brought back a string of money, which looked like it had a hundred coins. Yu Ying waved her hands repeatedly and said, "Madam, just give me twenty coins."

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "I know the price of acupuncture. This is definitely too little, but I was afraid that Madam Yu would be embarrassed to accept it, so I gave her a moderate price. Madam Yu, please accept it. If you really open a clinic in the future, you must not break the rules here."

Since Madam Zhou said so, Yu Yingzhi respectfully accepted it and then said goodbye and left.

*

At about 9:00 a.m. the next day, when Yu Ying was teaching several young disciples at home, someone knocked on the door. Luo went to open the door, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Not long after, she heard Luo's voice shouting "Come back". Yu Ying hurriedly put down the bamboo stick and walked out.

When they reached the yard, Luo closed the door with a package.

Yu Ying asked doubtfully, "Who came just now?"

Mrs. Luo turned around and replied, "As soon as I opened the door, a young man of about fifteen or sixteen stuffed this package into my hand, saying it was from Miss Rong. He then ran off, and I couldn't get him back even when I called out."

When Yu Ying heard the word "Rong", her eyelids twitched slightly, and she looked at the package that Luo was holding.

Mrs. Luo also looked at the package in her arms in confusion, then raised her head to look at her daughter-in-law: "Sixth Mother, do you know what Miss Rong is?"

Yu Ying feigned ignorance and shook her head: "I don't know either. Give it to me. When Erlang comes back in the evening, I'll have him take it to the government office and have them investigate."

Luo didn't suspect anything and gave her the package.

Yu Ying took the package back to her room and put it away, then continued to attend class as if nothing had happened.

The so-called classes took several days, and I relied on my memory to draw simple diagrams of the human body's acupuncture points and meridians on three wooden boards using half-burned twigs.

At night, when Fu Wei was off duty, Yu Ying placed the package on the table: "Miss Rong left this for you."

Fu Wei frowned slightly.

Yu Ying guessed, "Maybe they were afraid you would refuse, so they sent it after she left."

Then he asked, "How do we deal with this?"

Fu Wei glanced at the package and asked, "Do you know what's inside?"

Yu Ying shook her head. "Although I haven't seen it, I smell some medicinal herbs. I think they are quite precious. What are you going to do with them?"

Probably, it was sent to Fu Wei to treat his leg.

When Fu Wei heard about the precious medicinal materials, he looked at Yu Ying and said, "Whatever you say, I'll do with it."

Yu Ying thought for a moment and asked, "Can you send it back to Miss Rong?"

Send people to chase them and send them back, but we also need to know which path they took. If they are sent back to the Rong family in Lingnan, they will only become a thorn in the eyes of the head of the Rong family.

Fu Wei pondered for a moment, then said, "The imperial court has issued an edict to all the county capitals, and the prefect has also sent someone to summon you to the county capital for a meeting. I don't know how long your trip will take, so you should handle your county affairs and depart in three days. I will accompany you. When I arrive at the county capital, I will send someone to deliver it to Ming Cong and have him return it."

Yu Ying nodded: "Then I'll do as you say. I'll bring it with me when you go to the county seat."

After that, she put the package into the closet.

Not to mention that there is no need to be in danger, even receiving rewards without doing anything makes people feel uncomfortable.

She had just put the package into the cabinet when Fu Wei, who had walked up behind her at some point, suddenly hugged her from behind and buried his face in the crook of her neck.

Although Fu Wei doesn't do anything too intimate, he will still kiss and hug her when he feels overwhelmed, and he hugs her at least once a day.

Like the big golden retriever her family used to have, it was always clingy.

"Aying, do you really not mind?" Fu Wei's voice was low.

The hot breath fell on her neck, it was very hot.

Not only was his breath scorching, but even his embrace was burning hot.

Yu Ying had also thought that if Fu Wei really wanted it, she would agree, but he was very restrained.

Sometimes she would wonder whether it was Fu Wei's amazing self-control or she was not charming enough.

However, after doubting, she knew it was the former.

The more he acted like this, the more soft-hearted Yu Ying became, and the more she wanted to be nicer to him, even better.

"The past is gone, the future is promising, why bother holding on to the past?"

Her voice is soft and gentle, which makes people feel comfortable listening to it.

Fu Wei murmured, "If it were me, I would say I don't care, but I would definitely care in my heart."

After a pause, he continued, "I hope Ah Ying, all you have in your heart is me."

Fu Wei is very contradictory.

He was afraid that she would misunderstand him. He was also afraid that she didn't care that he had a fiancée because she didn't care about him.

I spent the whole afternoon today worrying about gains and losses.

Thinking of this, he hugged her tighter.

Yu Ying felt an itch on her neck and shrank it. She seemed to understand something and said truthfully, "If you had accepted Miss Rong's package, I might have cared, but you didn't. I knew in my heart that you had completely let it go, so I didn't care."

Hearing this, Fu Wei felt a little regretful and said in a deep breath, "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have said I would send it back so quickly."

Yu Ying smiled faintly but said nothing.

*

Fu Wei followed the magistrate to the county seat, and Yu Ying went to the county government office every other day to give acupuncture to the magistrate's wife.

After two times, I had almost recovered, with only a slight soreness left.

After the third acupuncture treatment, Yu Ying came to fumigate Zhou Niang with moxa the next day.

The moxa cone was made by Yu Ying herself, and it was very simple to make.

Rub the dried mugwort leaves into a fluffy shape, stuff them into a paper tube made of rice paper, and poke it firmly with a wooden stick.

Because the skin of her shoulders and neck had to be exposed, there was only her and a maid in the room.

There was a thin layer of smoke in the room, but it didn't seem to choke people.

Madam Zhou relaxed and praised lazily, "Madam Yu, your cooking skills are truly excellent. I mentioned this to others at the tea party yesterday, and some people also want to give it a try. I wonder if Madam Yu would be willing to do this business?"

After that, he added: "She is a lady from a noble family, so she will have a lot of money."

Yu Ying had visited a woman who lived in a remote area before, so she agreed.

"Then I'll send someone to talk to her and ask her to pick a time when she's free. I'll have someone talk to you and you can go back and carefully decide on a price."

After thinking for a moment, he warned, "Don't set the price too low. The ladies of the noble families won't be grateful to you for being cheap. A low price will only make them doubt your ability."

Yu Ying understood this truth perfectly.

People tend to believe that expensive things are better.

Of course, this is also true for most of the time, but if there are two products with the same effect, one costing twenty yuan and the other costing two hundred yuan, the difference is too big, so people will believe the one costing two hundred yuan more.

Yu Ying responded, "I'll think about it carefully when I get back."

Madam Zhou hummed softly, and she felt so relaxed that she felt drowsy and didn't want to talk anymore.

The next day, Madam Zhou sent someone to invite Yu Ying to the Chen Mansion.

Yu Ying brought her medicine box with her this time. As she entered the house and walked through the side door, she saw a servant holding a basket of crabs and the steward who led her into the house said, "Steward Li, the blue crabs sent by Song Shou County at full speed have arrived."

Steward Li said, "Just send it directly to the kitchen."

After giving the order, he said to Yu Ying, "Doctor Yu, please come this way."

Yu Ying nodded and followed him.

The one who invited Yu Ying this time was the mistress of the Chen Mansion. She was about thirty years old and was sitting on a seat with a soft pillow on her back and a hand warmer in her hand.

Yu Ying glanced at the hand warmer, a little surprised.

It's mid-March and the weather is already warm. How cold is it to use a hand warmer at this time?

Yu Ying glanced at the soft pillow behind her, and thinking of the blue crab just now, she roughly knew what the situation was with the mistress of the Chen Mansion.

Yu Ying calmly withdrew her gaze.

The mistress of the Chen Mansion said in a cold tone: "Madam Yu, right? Please sit down."

Yu Ying nodded politely and sat down.

After the tea was served, the Chen Mansion's mistress took a sip of the hot tea slowly. After putting it down, she said, "I heard the county magistrate's wife complain about neck and shoulder pain a while ago. Thanks to Madam Yu's method, it has been cured. I also want to give it a try."

Looking at Yu Ying, he curled his lips and smiled: "Madam Yu, please don't let me down."

His attitude is neither cold nor hot, even a little arrogant.

But this is also normal. Some people who are wealthy and powerful will show this kind of expression when facing those who are not as good as themselves.

Yu Ying asked without hesitation: "Madam Chen, are you feeling any discomfort in your back?"

Upon hearing this, the originally nonchalant Chen Madam was surprised: "How did Madam Yu know this?"

Yu Ying said slowly, "Madam Chen is leaning against a soft pillow, perhaps because of a sore waist. Furthermore, it's already mid-March, and she's still holding a hand warmer, so it's clear her hands and feet are cold. Just when I entered the mansion, someone just brought us some blue crabs. Blue crabs are a cold food, and I think they're something Madam Chen likes, right?"

Hearing these words, Madam Chen knew that the female doctor in front of her was truly capable, and she no longer dared to look down on her. She nodded quickly and said, "Indeed, my back and waist have been sore and painful lately, and I can't even sleep well at night."

Yu Ying took out the pulse pillow from the medical box, asked Madam Chen to put her hand on it, and then began to take her pulse.

After several examinations, Yu Ying said, "My wife has a cold body and eats a lot of cold food, so the cold has invaded her body, causing qi stagnation and blood stasis."

"How to treat it?" This is what Mrs. Chen is most concerned about.

Yu Ying put away the pulse pillow and said, "We can't eat this blue crab for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Madam Chen was startled. The maid beside her said, "Madam, you love eating crabs the most. How can you bear it if you don't eat them from now on?"

Madam Chen also frowned and nodded.

Yu Ying: "If Madam Chen really wants to cure her back pain, she must avoid certain foods. She should first treat it for a period of time, and then eat less. It is also best to add rice wine and ginger to her food. Rice wine and ginger can dispel some of the cold."

Hearing that she could still eat some later, Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought I could never touch it again."

Since blue crabs were shipped from far away, the patient must be extremely fond of crabs. With such a hobby, it would be difficult for him to follow the doctor's advice.

Yu Ying thought for a moment and then said something serious: "If my wife doesn't follow the dietary restrictions during treatment, this back pain will become a chronic condition. Whether it's windy or rainy, the pain will be so severe that you can't even straighten your back and need someone to help you walk."

Mrs. Chen was stunned and a little skeptical: "Is it really like this?"

Asking this question means you are hoping for luck.

Yu Ying asked back, "When it rained a few days ago, did your lower back hurt the most and you couldn't sleep at night?"

As Madam Chen was reminiscing carefully, the maid beside her reminded her, "Madam, you had trouble falling asleep. Even if you did fall asleep, you would be restless and cry out in discomfort."

Thinking of that period of time, Mrs. Chen's face turned pale.

The old woman continued, "My wife has also seen a doctor, and he always prescribed herbal medicine. After a few applications of the medicine, she did feel better, but it would come back soon. Now my wife wants to vomit when she sees the medicine. So when she heard that the county magistrate's wife could cure it without taking the medicine, she wanted to give it a try."

If the decoction works but the disease recurs repeatedly, it means that you do not control your diet and eat cold foods, which makes the recurrence very likely.

Yu Ying said, "You don't need to take herbal medicine. Physical therapy and medicinal food can cure it completely."

Hearing her words, Madam Chen's eyes lit up: "Is it really true that we don't need to take this bitter and smelly medicine?"

Yu Ying nodded, then said solemnly, "If my lady doesn't follow a diet plan, even if she's cured this time, it's very likely to relapse. If my lady lets me treat you, you must agree to a diet plan, otherwise I won't dare to treat you."

Madam Chen had been suffering from back pain for a long time, and she didn't need to drink those stinky medicines. She frowned and thought for a few breaths before nodding: "I will avoid eating, I will avoid eating!"

Yu Ying said, "Because some foods are cold in nature, I can't list them all, so I'll just write down the ones that are edible. Furthermore, medicinal food has a light flavor and won't be bitter. It will also add flavor to the meal, so please rest assured, my lady."

"How about physical therapy?"

Yu Ying: "Use the horn method for treatment. Cut a dozen bamboo tubes, boil the medicine in them for two to three hours, light them on fire and burn them for three breaths, then inhale and cover your waist and back for half a minute. Repeat every three or four days."

"The angle method is quite unusual, but are there any side effects?"

"It will leave a light purple or purple-black mark, which will disappear within half a month."

Everyone loves beauty. Upon hearing this, Madam Chen was not very willing to accept it. "Then the magistrate's wife's previous method can no longer be used?"

Yu Ying nodded. "It can be used, but Madam Chen and the Magistrate's wife have different symptoms. The angle method is more effective, while acupuncture and moxibustion are not as fast."

"The latter. If my back is covered in ugly marks, it's better to forget it."

Since the patient said so, Yu Ying naturally did not force him.

After telling her how long the treatment would take, the maid next to Chen asked, "How much will it cost to cure it?"

Yu Ying had already thought about it yesterday. If she said more, it would be too expensive, and if she said less, people would suspect that her skills were not good enough, so she simply converted it according to the RMB of later generations.

He said, "It's charged per session, 138 coins per session. I'll charge you more money after the acupuncture treatment."

The old woman asked again: "How many times do we have to do it?"

Don't do it every day for several months. If you dare to say so, you will definitely be cheating.

With so many needles, it will definitely become a hole, right?

Yu Ying replied, "My lady's symptoms are already serious. If you want to cure it completely, you need to do it in three stages. One stage is eight times, for a total of twenty-four times. After the first eight, you will need daily acupuncture. The last two stages will be adjusted according to the degree of recovery."

Three taels of silver is a little expensive, but still acceptable. It just takes too long.

But thinking that she would have to take the medicine for half a month each time, more than a month was not unacceptable. If there was no effect after a few times, she would just not want to be treated by Madam Yu anymore.

After thinking about it, he nodded: "Okay, when does it start?"

Yu Ying smiled: "We can start today."

*

Fu Wei had been in the county seat for seven or eight days, and even though Yu Ying did not work as a doctor in the clinic, he still earned 1,400 to 1,500 coins.

Mrs. Xu practiced acupuncture and moxibustion for several days and achieved obvious results.

After one period, Yu Ying planned to come for acupuncture every other day.

I was resting at home today when someone came to visit me.

Yu Ying happened to be in the yard, so she went to open the door.

After opening the door, I saw a little girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old. She looked at the young woman who opened the door.

"But what about Madam Yu, the female doctor who used to work at Ji's medical clinic?"

Yu Ying nodded: "That's right, I wonder what the lady wants to see me for?"

The girl said, "I am a servant of the Li family in the east of the city. My old lady heard that Madam Yu can cure shoulder, neck and waist pain, and she has leg pain, so she specially invited Madam Yu to come to her house for treatment."

Yu Ying was slightly doubtful, but the Chen family was introduced by the county magistrate's wife, so they were trustworthy.

But no one knew which family this Li family was, let alone what kind of family they were. If I rashly went to a stranger's house, I didn't know if there would be any danger.

Although Yu Ying was wary, she couldn't refuse directly, so she said politely, "This is sudden, so let me think about it. I'll have someone inform you tomorrow whether you want to go or not."

The little girl frowned slightly, but still responded, "Okay then."

After seeing the little girl off, Yu Ying closed the gate thoughtfully.

There were no female doctors in Yu County, and the women in the back house had concerns about some of their illnesses. When she was at Ji's Medical Clinic, many women came to see her for treatment.

She had originally planned to open a clinic. If that was the case, why not open a clinic specializing in treating women's diseases?

This kind of physical therapy is the fastest way to make money.

At that time, we will build a few luxurious small rooms, provide good snacks and tea, and entertain them politely. We will treat them as distinguished guests and charge a higher fee, which is suitable for the women of these aristocratic families.

The simple compartments are used to accommodate the female relatives of ordinary people, and the fees are cheap.

In this way, the nobles can feel a different sense of superiority, and can also charge reasonable fees and provide treatment to ordinary people.

Moreover, she can continue to do her old job instead of just making facial cream and lip balm.

With an idea in mind, Yu Ying immediately went back to the house to carefully consider the feasibility of this matter.

Since we wanted to do business with the nobility and their families, we had to rent a good shop, one with two floors. Furthermore, the decoration of the elegant rooms couldn't be simple, so that these nobles would feel that the price was worth it.

The rent for a shop like this is definitely not cheap, but I definitely have enough money. I just don't know if this clinic will be profitable...