Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.
Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...
Song collected the dirty clothes that had been changed by the family members. Yu Jiao followed Song with a wooden basin in her arms, and went to the river at the entrance of the village to wash the clothes.
The river flows down from the mountain. The water is clear and clean, and you can even see schools of fish playing at the bottom of the river.
Song found a rock that was half exposed above the water, put down the dirty clothes in the backpack, squatted on the rock and started washing clothes.
Yu Jiao took the dirty clothes she had just changed, squatted beside Song, and rubbed the clothes.
Song looked at her well-behaved appearance and had a very contradictory feeling. The little girl was very peaceful when she was quiet and gentle, but from the time she was fighting with the third room for hot water, she could see that the little girl was actually very stubborn.
"Meng girl, how old were you when you returned to Qingzhou?" Song asked casually.
Yu Jiao thought about it and realized that her original self didn’t remember much about her childhood. Many of her memories were already vague. When she returned to Mengjia Village, Meng Yujiao seemed to be seven or eight years old.
"Only seven or eight years old? It's rare that you can still remember so many medical skills you learned when you were a child. You are such a smart child." Song praised with a smile.
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "Master is a very strict person. He forces me to memorize a lot of medical books and recognize a lot of herbs every day. If I can't memorize the books and recognize the herbs, I will be punished."
Yu Jiao's father died early, and she was trained by her grandfather as the heir of the Yu family since she was a child. Her grandfather has always been serious and strict about medical skills, and he has all kinds of ways to punish her. Every time, it is the eldest senior brother who rescues her.
Thinking of her grandfather, Yu Jiao's eyes became slightly hot.
Song said softly, "You suffered a lot when you were a child studying medicine, didn't you? Your master must have been strict for your own good, otherwise you wouldn't have learned so many skills at such a young age."
Yu Jiao nodded. Her grandfather was just a little strict with her in terms of medicine, but he loved her very much in other aspects.
Before they had finished washing their clothes, Yu Fuling came over.
"Meng Yujiao, grandpa is calling you to go back." Yu Fuling's tone was not very good, as if she felt that talking to Yu Jiao was a very cheap behavior.
Song was worried that Zhao and Yu Zhou would gossip about her in front of the old man. The old man called Yu Jiao back to give her a lesson, so he asked, "What does your grandfather want from Miss Meng?"
Yu Fuling said, "The person from Zhangzhuang came to see the doctor, so my master asked me to call her back."
When she heard that a patient had come to see the doctor, Mrs. Song hurriedly said, "Meng girl, you should go back quickly."
Yu Jiao washed her hands in the stream, stood up, and followed Yu Fuling back to the village.
Yu Fuling secretly glanced at Yu Jiao several times along the way. Yu Jiao was very quiet the whole time. Yu Fuling didn't speak, and she didn't think of taking the initiative to speak.
When they were about to enter the village, Yu Fuling couldn't help herself and said to Yu Jiao in a vicious tone, "Hey, Meng Yujiao, even though you have grandpa's favor, if you dare to bully my brother again and bring shame to him, you'll be dead!"
That day, Meng Yujiao made a fool of herself, and Yu Fuling, who had not yet married, was arranged by the Song family to return to her maternal grandparents' home. When she came back today, she saw that Yu Jiao was still staying at home well. Yu Fuling pestered Yu Mengshan for a long time and found out that it was because Meng Yujiao was a doctor and was highly regarded by the old man.
Yu Fuling has always felt sorry for her frail brother, and she is very upset about the ugly things Meng Yujiao did before.
Yu Jiao looked at her aggressive appearance and couldn't help laughing. She responded, "Okay, I won't bully him anymore."
Yu Fuling only felt like she had punched soft cotton. She didn't expect Yu Jiao to be so docile and obedient. Her tense face stiffened for a moment, and she turned away, ignoring Yu Jiao.
There were five or six people from Zhangzhuang standing in the main hall of the Yu family. The news of Zhou Huai's medical treatment spread throughout the village in the middle of the day, and then it spread to ten people, ten to a hundred people, and finally reached the ears of the people in Zhangzhuang.
Zhangzhuang is a country village owned by a wealthy family in the city. It has considerable influence and is notorious in the surrounding villages.
The person who came to see the doctor was the head of Zhangzhuang. He had a son who had suffered from epilepsy for many years and had frequent attacks. Zhou Huai's illness was spread around, and by the time it reached Zhangzhuang, it had turned into epilepsy. So when the head of Zhangzhuang, Zhang Laosan, heard about it, he brought people straight to Yu's house.
"Doctor Yu, my son has epilepsy. Since you can cure epilepsy, please try the medicine and prescribe the medicine quickly!" Seeing Yu Ruhai repeatedly taking his son's pulse, Zhang Laosan urged.
Yu Ruhai grabbed the hand of Zhang Laosan's son and pretended to be calm, saying, "Be patient."
In fact, he was already extremely anxious, and kept glancing outside the yard, hoping that Yu Jiao would come back soon.
Epilepsy is a recurring and intractable disease, and the cause is extremely complex and difficult to diagnose. He couldn't even prescribe medicine to control epilepsy, let alone cure it.
Yu Ruhai couldn't help but blame the Zhou family. If Zhou Huai's family hadn't talked nonsense outside, how could Zhang Laosan have found fault with him.
If Meng Yujiao couldn't treat him, how would it end? Yu Ruhai couldn't help but worry.
"Zhang Zhuangtou, actually the rumor is wrong. Zhou Huai in our village did not suffer from epilepsy. He suffered from sexual convulsions, which is very different from the symptoms of your son." Yu Ruhai tried to explain.
Zhang Laosan frowned, stared down at Yu Ruhai and said, "Are you saying that my child's epilepsy can't be cured?"
The several burly men behind him were also staring at Yu Ruhai ferociously. Yu Ruhai's heart trembled. He heard that Zhang Laosan had a lot of thugs under his command to help collect rent. Could these strong men be them?
He stammered, "It's not that it can't be cured, I...I still need to think about it before using the medicine."
Just at this moment, Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling came back. Yu Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief and quickly called Yu Jiao into the house.
"Meng girl, this child has epilepsy. Can you see if there is any way to cure it?" Yu Ruhai said.
Meng Yujiao looked at the well-behaved and quiet boy sitting on the chair, who was about eight or nine years old. She stretched out her hand and wanted to take the boy's pulse, but was stopped by a hand.
"Doctor Yu, are you kidding me? Are you trying to trick me with a little girl?" Zhang Laosan said with a cold face.
Yu Ruhai hurriedly explained, "Master Zhang, you don't know that my granddaughter-in-law studied under a famous doctor in the capital when she was young. Although she is young, her medical skills are very good. It was she who cured Zhou Huai's crotch pain in our village."
Yu Ruhai no longer cared about his face and just wanted to quickly push all the mess onto Yu Jiao.
"I've never heard of a woman practicing medicine. If you can't cure my son, be careful that your Yu family will be in turmoil in the future!" Zhang Laosan said arrogantly.
He had a son in his old age and loved him very much, but he didn't expect that the child would have epilepsy. He consulted all the doctors in Changkui County but none of them could cure him. Such a smart and sensible child had to be tortured by such a disease.
Yu Jiao didn't say anything. She avoided Zhang Laosan's hand and placed her hand on the boy's pulse. After checking the boy's pulse, Yu Jiao said to him, "Open your mouth."
The boy closed his lips tightly, looked at Zhang Laosan, and then slowly opened his mouth.
Yu Jiao raised her hands and pinched his cheeks, "Open your mouth wide."
The boy moved his throat with difficulty and started coughing. Yu Jiao asked, "Do you have a handkerchief? Let him spit on it."