Recruiting doctors

Since knowing Xuanyijin's identity that day, Shi Yanqing found an opportunity to meet Xuanyijin again and asked him a question.

Why sell pills with rabbit worms to patients?

Many people said that this was a collaboration between Shi Qingqing and the Empress, and he was just doing what he was told.

Shi Yanqing's first reaction after hearing this was disbelief. She wanted to ask more, but many of them refused to be explained.

In the end, Pang Guan told her that she would know it when the time came.

Both the master and the disciple spoke in a mysterious manner, so Shi Yanqing stopped asking questions.

After she returned, she told Zhou Hanzhang about this incident. However, Zhou Hanzhang said that some things would be dangerous if known, and it would be better not to know anything until one has the ability to protect oneself.

When he said this, he didn't even look into Shi Yanqing's eyes, as if he was hiding something.

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A few days later, Zhou Hangui finally returned to Yunshui County from Shaoshan, but he didn't get much rest along the way. As soon as he returned home, he washed up and fell asleep.

After that, a letter was delivered to Tanye.

The letter paper was stained with a unique medicinal fragrance, and Dan Ye instantly knew who sent the letter.

She didn't dare to delay and handed the envelope to Shi Yanqing as soon as possible.

This is the reply letter from Uncle Liu Buxing, Shi Yanqing.

In the letter, the uncle said that he had met Zhou's grandfather several times when he was young and they had some friendship, so he agreed to treat the patient.

He hasn't figured out what the price will be yet, and he will write to me when he figures it out later.

"Since my uncle is willing to go to Qingshan to treat my grandfather, it means he is still somewhat confident." After reading the letter, Shi Yanqing folded the letter and put it in the envelope.

She placed her hand on the back of Zhou Hanzhang's hand, calmed down and stopped talking.

She could comfort many people, but at this moment she had no way to comfort the person in front of her.

Zhou Hanzhang could naturally feel Shi Yanqing's feelings. He should have been sad, but a warmth surged in his heart. This warmth dispelled the coldness in his limbs and prevented him from falling into negative emotions.

The next day.

Shi Yanqing and Zhou Hanzhang got up an hour earlier than usual. After washing up, they had breakfast with Zhou Hangui.

"Hangui, eat slowly. Why are you in such a hurry to eat?" Zhou Hanzhang looked at Zhou Hangui eating voraciously. He stopped eating with his chopsticks and showed a look of disapproval.

Zhou Hangui wanted to eat quickly so that he could set off back sooner.

After being told by his brother, he paused in scooping porridge, and then became a little slower than before.

But in Shi Yanqing's opinion, the eating speed was still very fast.

"Han Gui, don't be anxious. Eating like this will upset your stomach. We know you're upset and want to return to Qingshan to see your grandfather as soon as possible. But if you become unwell because of eating problems, won't that also waste time?"

Shi Yanqing's tone was gentle, and what he said made some sense.

Besides, she was a doctor and had saved his life, so Zhou Hangui took her advice to heart.

The movements of his hands quickly slowed down and returned to his normal eating speed.

Seeing that he was obedient, Shi Yanqing smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, I've already hired a highly skilled doctor to treat Grandpa. His medical skills are even better than my master's. So Grandpa's illness this time won't be serious."

"Really?" Zhou Hangui raised his head and stared at Shi Yanqing with shining eyes.

Shi Yanqing: "Of course it's true. I just received the letter last night. It was too late then. You had just come back from Shaoshan and it was a long journey. I wanted you to have a good night's rest, so I planned to tell you this morning."

"I could have known it earlier." Zhou Hangui muttered softly. The anxiety in his eyes mostly disappeared, and he felt much more relaxed.

After breakfast, Qingbai, Qingjiu and Qijin moved the gifts they had packed yesterday onto the carriage.

It was early November, and Nanhai County, due to its coastal location, wasn't particularly cold. But heading north, the temperature dropped steadily. By the time Zhou Hangui reached Qingshan, he'd probably be donning a fox fur cloak.

Compared with the south, the north is really cold.

The three of them moved two large wooden boxes of clothes, one wooden box of shoes, socks and hats, three quilts and a basket of dry food before they stopped.

Zhou Hangui had brought more things than these when he went to Shaoshan before, but he brought these now to shorten the journey time.

Once we get to Qingshan, we will definitely need to buy some more things.

"Be careful on the road, don't talk to strangers casually, and don't follow them." Shi Yanqing saw Zhou Hangui standing in front of him with a small bag on his back, and felt a little worried for a moment.

He was still a fourteen-year-old boy, and it was a bit worrying that he returned to Qingshan with only Qi Jin.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will take good care of myself." Zhou Hangui patted his chest and assured, but the baby fat on his cheeks showed his childishness.

Shi Yanqing: Alas...

Zhou Hangui, who was standing nearby, reached out and pinched his face, breaking the child's disguise as an adult. "Besides taking good care of yourself, you must write to me every seven days. Remember?"

"I remember, I remember," Zhou Hangui lowered his head and took a step back, raising his hands to cover his face, his eyes full of accusations.

He is so old now, why does his brother still pinch his face like he did when he was a child?

Zhou Hanzhang said, no matter how old you are, in my eyes you are just a little kid who has not grown up.

The three of them didn't talk for a few words before Zhou Hangui got on the carriage and left.

"This kid wants to be an adult before he even grows up. He really doesn't know how to cherish the time he has now." Zhou Hanzhang sighed as he looked in the direction where the carriage disappeared.

After hearing this, Shi Yanqing's lips curled up. She glanced at Zhou Hanzhang's face, but in her heart she remembered how he usually cried.

Afterwards, Zhou Hanzhang took Shi'an in a carriage to the county government office to work. He was not on vacation today and had not asked for leave, so he still had to go to the county government office to work.

Shi Yanqing didn't stay at the mansion for long and took Dan Ye to the clinic.

During this period, the number of patients coming to the clinic for treatment has gradually increased, sometimes there are more than 40 patients coming to see a doctor in a day.

There is only one doctor in the clinic now, Shi Yanqing, and she is often too busy to have time to eat.

After Tan Ye suggested it several times, she decided to recruit two doctors to the clinic.

As for He Sumu, he is still working as a medicine boy. He is only fourteen years old this year and is too young to treat patients.

After all, he was young, and patients didn't trust him. Unless his medical skills were unparalleled, no patient would be willing to let him treat them.

After arriving at the clinic, Shi Yanqing saw He Sumu and Yan Rong standing in front of the counter as soon as he entered. The expressions on their faces were not very good, and they seemed to be arguing about something.

There were no patients in the clinic at this time. Shi Yanqing gestured for Dan Ye to stand guard at the door. She walked up to the two of them with a serious expression, "What are you two arguing about? I heard them at the door."

Seeing her coming, He Sumu's expression immediately changed and he told her the truth about what happened.

"Doctor Shi, I came to the clinic this morning to open the door, and then I took a broom to clean the clinic and the backyard. When I finished sweeping and came out of the backyard, I saw Yan Rong chasing a patient away."

"I asked her why she did that, but she just hemmed and hawed and couldn't say anything. She even said I was framing her and deliberately accusing her of something."

"You were the one who framed me. Although that man was a doctor, he was asking me where Xinglintang was, not looking for Doctor Shi."

"I told him where Xinglin Hall was, and he went there naturally. What you saw was clearly incomplete, yet you still insisted on accusing me of deliberately driving away the patient."

Yan Rong's brows knitted together, a look of annoyance on her face. The order she'd received from the priest was to monitor Shi Yanqing, so why would they go to such lengths to deal with her? This medicine boy was truly blind.

It was really suffocating for her, a saint, to stay in this small clinic.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Shi Yanqing hurriedly stopped them.

"Alright, I'll investigate this myself. Sumu, go to the pharmacy and ask Shopkeeper Sun how many licorice tablets he has left. Grab me ten 40g packages and put the money in my account first."

He Sumu glanced at Yan Rong and saw that she turned her head away from him before replying, "Okay, I'll go now."

After he left, Shi Yanqing reached out and took Yan Rong's hand, leading her to the chair behind the screen and sat down.

"I believe you. But Su Mu didn't see what happened before. He only saw you asking that person to go to Xinglin Hall."

"He's young, his parents aren't around, and he always keeps to himself, so naturally he's a bit stubborn. But when he left just now, it seemed like he realized he was wrong."

"If he comes to apologize to you later, you can make a few more requests. Then you can forgive him, okay?"

Shi Yanqing said in a gentle voice. Although she had not yet figured out Yan Rong's purpose of coming here, after being together in the clinic for so long, she had more or less understood her personality, which was that she would give in to soft words and not to hard ones.

He Sumu's questioning and suspicion of her just now had certainly touched her temper and made her angry.

Now that the two of them are separated, they will figure it out after they calm down.

In fact, neither of them was wrong, they just knew different things, which led to the dispute.

"Hmph, you little brat." Yan Rong bit her lip, looking fierce. "You're the one who provoked me. I'll skin you alive."

After saying that, Yan Rong stood up and walked out. She was going to stand at the door and see when He Sumu would come to apologize to her.

When the time comes, she will make him suffer to relieve her anger!

After resolving the conflict between the two, Yan Qing no longer cared about what happened afterwards.

She wrote down her request to see a doctor on a piece of paper and had Dan Ye stick it on the door of the clinic.

After sticking it on for a few days, a man wearing a white gauze hat passed by and stopped. His eyes fell on the paper through the white gauze in front of him.

Then the man took off the notice and walked into the clinic. As he walked, he created a breeze, causing the white gauze to flutter, faintly revealing the scars on the man's face.

"Excuse me, do you still need a doctor here?"

The man's voice was hoarse, forming a sharp contrast with his extraordinary temperament.

He Sumu was slightly stunned when he heard the voice, but he quickly reacted and replied, "Yes, yes. Please wait here for a moment, I will go call Doctor Shi."