The shoes were still on someone's feet, and a woman lay in the dry grass.

Song Dahai stepped forward and checked his breathing: "Still alive."

The two men moved the person out of the hay and then they could see what he looked like.

He was dressed very thinly, his body was stiff from the cold, and his head fell right into a mud puddle. His face was covered in mud, but you could still see that he had large burns on his face, which disfigured him.

They look more like refugees.

"Dad, let's get him into the car first."

They were on their way to Jiangning County, where they would be taken to the hospital.

Song Ning lifted the woman's clothes in the car and took a look. The skin under the clothes had frostbite and some old wounds, which was shocking. He didn't know how much suffering she had endured.

Upon arriving in Jiangning County, we first went to a medical clinic, where the staff helped carry the person down.

The doctor came over, took one look, and frowned.

"How did this injury happen?"

“We don’t know either. We rescued them on the road. They were still alive, so we rushed them here.”

The doctor instructed the young apprentice beside him, "Go and fetch Hui Niang."

The young apprentice left, and a moment later, a well-dressed woman with a headscarf wrapped around her head walked in.

"You can take a look at this patient."

The doctor lifted the curtain and went out with the apprentice, leaving only three people in the room, including Song Ning.

The doctor named Huiniang stepped forward and took the pulse. Like the doctor before her, she frowned.

Hui Niang took a pair of scissors from her medicine box and cut open the woman's clothes, revealing her wounds.

Song Ning then noticed that the woman's injuries were far more severe than she had seen before.

Hui Niang gently cleaned the wound, and the injury on her skin gradually became clearer.

"Besides burns, she also has whip marks and other wounds on her body, all of which were probably from being beaten."

"Her injuries are probably difficult to treat. Some of the pitted and uneven areas must have festered and become infected, and they probably won't heal."

While examining the woman, Hui Niang described her condition.

"I still have quite a few frostbite injuries, but I shouldn't be in any danger to my life."

After saying that, he looked at Song Ning and asked, "Are you sure you want treatment? If so, I'll use medicine."

This person was picked up by Song Ning after all, and his injuries couldn't be treated without a lot of money.

"Doctor, please administer the medicine."

Hearing Song Ning call me "doctor," Hui Niang paused for a moment, then smiled: "In all these years, you're the first person to call me 'doctor.'"

In this world, women who practice medicine are not called doctors; they are all called female doctors.

Fortunately, there are not so many rules for women practicing medicine nowadays. In order to make it easier for women to see doctors, each clinic will have one or two female doctors.

Although everyone knows that female doctors also treat illnesses and save lives, and do the work of doctors, they are not as respected as doctors in terms of their titles.

Song Ning's clear voice rang out: "Anyone who treats illnesses and saves lives is a doctor."

Hui Niang lowered her head and smiled, then said nothing more.

Seeing Hui Niang skillfully treating the woman's wounds on the bed, Song Ning quietly left.

The young apprentice who had been guarding outside was still there when Song Ning stepped forward and said, "I have to go out for a bit, I'll be back in a little while."

Song Dahai saw the mule cart waiting outside, and when his daughter came out, he quickly asked, "How did it go?"

Song Ning sighed: "The injury is serious, but it won't kill him. The doctor is applying medicine."

"Dad, you go and deliver the things first. I'll stay here and watch over things. Come find me when you're done."

"Hey, be careful on your own."

Don't worry.

When Song Ning returned to the clinic, Hui Niang was still applying medicine. Seeing her come in, she instructed, "She can't move yet after the medicine is applied. I'll write a prescription in a bit, decoct the medicine first, and see if she can swallow it."

"If it's inconvenient for you to take care of them, you can go back first. The clinic has people who take care of patients, but it will cost money."

Song Ning couldn't stay, so it was fine to let someone in charge take care of him: "No problem, just make sure he's well taken care of."

Seeing how readily the young girl answered, Hui Niang realized that she must be quite well-off.

He covered the woman with a thin blanket and said with a smile, "Come with me."

The doctor wrote out a prescription, and Song Ning paid five taels of silver. She didn't need to worry about the rest.

Aside from the clinic, I have to say once again, it's good to be rich.

Song Ning went to Yunxiufang. As soon as she entered, she saw Xie Linzhou standing in the shop. Startled, Song Ning quickly retreated and went around to the back door.

She had forgotten that Xie Linzhou now lived in Jiangning County.

After entering through the back door, Song Ning waited for a while before the proprietress came in.

"What was that person doing?"

"That's the young master who bought cotton. He's a big customer, and he's here to buy cotton again."

"Buying again?"

The proprietress nodded: "Yes, this time I want a thousand catties."

Song Ning frowned. They had already taken quite a lot before the New Year, and now they wanted more? Besides, the weather was about to warm up, what did they need cotton for?

However, since there was money to be made, she didn't ask any further questions.

What Song Ning didn't know was that her cotton had already become a hot commodity in the capital.

The cotton that Xie Linzhou brought back last time was discovered by the nanny in the mansion, and she immediately reported it to Princess Jianing.

Upon hearing that there were such fine items, Princess Jianing immediately had them presented.

The Rongguo Duke's Mansion could certainly afford cotton, but like elsewhere, they had to buy cotton from neighboring countries. However, how could neighboring countries so easily sell them good cotton?

Therefore, the Jin Dynasty would exchange more other resources for it every year.

Even the best cotton from neighboring countries has impurities, and it can't compare to the pure cotton in front of us.

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