Chapter 252: Madness

Old Mrs. Chen came to her senses. There was no other way now. She could only try her best. Maybe that dead girl could really cure her precious son's strange disease!

She looked at Chen Qingqing with a pleading look on her face, "Qing girl, please save my son!"

"Aren't you afraid that I will kill your precious son?" Chen Qingqing sneered.

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Chen gnashed her teeth in hatred.

Shameless girl, please give her some face, she is still an old man sitting in the cradle, pretending to be a grandson,

If I didn't need her, I really wanted to kick her out...

Forget it, as long as my son is fine, there will be plenty of opportunities to settle the score with her in the future.

Old Mrs. Chen took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and cried, "Qing girl, I was confused just now because of my anxiety. Please have mercy on me and save my son!"

Chen Qingqing shook her head and sighed, "Okay, who made me soft-hearted? Since you are the scholar's mother, I will show it to the scholar."

As she spoke, she came before Chen Zhancai and Ruhua, pretended to check, and then started making up stories.

"Looking at their dazed expressions, their lifeless eyes, sometimes dull and inert, sometimes manic and restless, combined with their strange behavior just now, it can be judged that they are suffering from 'insanity'."

"Crazy, what is crazy?" asked Old Mrs. Chen with her eyes wide open.

Chen Qingqing coughed lightly, pretending to be serious. "Insanity is caused by some kind of stimulation, and excessive excitement leads to mental disorder."

"Oh~~ So that's what's going on. Is this disease serious?"

"As you saw just now, they behave strangely, talk nonsense, and attack people without warning, causing harm without warning. If they are not treated promptly, their lives are in danger at any time."

"What? Someone's going to die!" Old Mrs. Chen trembled violently, her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground. She shouted anxiously, "Then what are you waiting for? Save them!"

"That's right, stop talking nonsense here and get treatment." Old man Chen was so anxious that he jumped on the spot as if his butt was on fire.

Chen Qingqing smiled disapprovingly, "You can come to see a doctor, but I have a rule. You must pay the consultation fee first before I can treat you."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, her eyes widened. "You still want money?"

"Nonsense! That doctor doesn't charge for his treatment?" Chen Qingqing retorted without any hesitation.

She already had a plan in mind. Chen Zhancai's arrogant and conceited behavior made him unfit to be a human being.

He felt like he was losing out if he gave him a penny. He had to get back the two strings of cash he had brought with him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep well.

Old Mrs. Chen's face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth and asked, "How much money do you want?"

"Others need twenty taels of silver, but since you're the wife of a scholar, I'll give you two taels!"

"Two taels of silver? Why don't you just rob it?" Old Mrs. Chen screamed.

Old Man Chen's eyes almost fell to the ground. "Asking for two taels of silver, isn't this just taking advantage of the situation to rob people?"

Chen Qingqing smiled and shook her head. "Since you're so willing to sacrifice your lives but not your wealth, then we should seek help from someone else!"

"You're not the only doctor in the world. I really don't believe it." Old Lady Chen shouted at Chen Zhanliang, "Second brother, stop standing there like an idiot. Go get another doctor."

"Mom, can you please stop making such a fuss? Zhancai's illness cannot be delayed. If something really happens, it will be too late to regret." Chen Zhanliang stood there without moving.

Old Mrs. Chen stamped her feet in anger. "I'm so mad, old man. If he doesn't go, you go."

"Don't worry, old lady. I'll go right away." Old man Chen raised his leg and walked out.

Chen Qingqing sneered, "I'm kindly reminding you, at most half an hour is left. If you don't get medical treatment in time, Mr. Xiucai's life will be in danger."

Hearing this, Old Man Chen hurriedly stopped, came close to Old Lady Chen, and said in a low voice,

"Old woman, your son's life is more important. Don't worry about the money. Just treat it as sending away a beggar. Let this dead girl take a look. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to cry."

Old Mrs. Chen was heartbroken and reluctant to give up the two taels of silver, but she was also worried about Chen Zhancai's safety.

Her son had finally passed the imperial examination and if he died, all her efforts for most of her life would be in vain.

As the saying goes, as long as there is green mountains, there will be no shortage of firewood. It’s just two taels of silver!

If my son can pass the imperial examination and become an official, he will be extremely rich.

By then, let alone two taels of silver, she could even take out two hundred or two thousand taels.

We must not do the absurd thing of throwing away watermelons to pick up sesame seeds...

After some careful consideration, Mrs. Chen looked up at Chen Qingqing beside her and softened her tone.

"Qing girl, I was too impatient just now, but two taels of silver is indeed too much. Considering that we are neighbors, can you please reduce it a little? How about five hundred coins?"

Chen Qingqing said in a tone that brooked no argument, "No room for negotiation. Just two taels of silver. It's up to you whether to treat him or not."

"Okay, okay, two taels is two taels."

Old Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and stamped her feet, and asked Old Man Chen behind her to take the two taels of silver she had just brought with her, and handed it to Chen Qingqing, saying with reluctance,

"This is the gift you just gave me. I didn't expect to give it back to you before it was even warm. Hurry and keep it. Please treat my son's illness as soon as possible!"

Chen Qingqing didn't want to waste time talking to her anymore. She walked straight up to Chen Zhancai and ordered Xiaoyu and Dabao beside him, "You two, hold on to the scholar and don't let him move. I'm going to start treating him."

After saying that, she took out a silver needle from the needle bag in her bag.

Old Mrs. Chen looked confused and asked hurriedly, "What are you doing?"

"Yes, you are here to treat the disease, so why did you take out a needle?" Old man Chen was so scared that he trembled all over.

"Of course it's to cure the disease. I will use this silver needle to prick the patient's finger to expel the evil wind and evil spirits in his body so that he can return to normal."

Chen Qingqing glanced at the two of them impatiently, waved her hand and said seriously,

"Alright, you guys don't understand even if I tell you, just stay away now, or I might hurt you."

"No, no, no, wait a moment." Old Mrs. Chen quickly raised her hand to stop him and asked, "Let me ask, does it hurt to prick someone with such a long needle?"

"Ten fingers are connected to the heart, do you think it hurts?"

"Oh~~ What should I do? My son has been afraid of things with sharp points and thorns since he was a child."

"Yes, such a long needle makes me dizzy just looking at it. If I get pricked by it it would be so painful that I would die!" Old man Chen also grinned.

Chen Qingqing sneered in her heart, aren't you partial to this son and love him the most? Today, I will let you watch him suffer with your own eyes.

"Are you going to let me get treated or not? If you delay too long, I won't be responsible if something unexpected happens."

"Okay, okay, go ahead!" Old Mrs. Chen felt sorry for her son, but was also worried about something unexpected happening, so she had no choice but to nod and agree...