Chapter 304 Engagement

After all that fuss, it was lunchtime, so Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang found a crowded restaurant on the street and sat down.

"Third Sister, why is it so difficult for women to live in this world?"

It wasn't her fault at all, but in the end, she had to bear the blame alone.

Li San Niang knew that Qiu Xiang was talking about Ying Ge.

"Oh, how can I explain this?"

That's how fate has arranged things; there's nothing anyone can do about it.

"If we happen to encounter this, we can only lend a hand; that would be a good thing."

Speaking of good things, it really is true that whatever you say comes true. When Li San Niang was on duty in the afternoon, she actually received a wedding invitation.

Li San Niang looked at the old woman who had come to deliver the wedding invitation with a puzzled expression. The old woman smiled and said to Li San Niang, "Doctor Li, my fifth daughter is engaged. Because the other family has elders waiting to bring good luck, the wedding date has been set for the 28th of this month."

My fifth wife specifically asked me to deliver the wedding invitation to Dr. Li, inviting him to her wedding banquet that day.

After exchanging a few words and seeing the old woman off, Li San Niang opened the gold-embossed vermilion wedding invitation. As soon as she opened it, Li San Niang thought that the handwriting was truly excellent!

"This Guo Wu Niangzi is quick to act; in just two months, the marriage has been arranged."

Hopefully, this time Guo Wu Niangzi will get her wish.

"Third Sister, are you going then?"

Looking at the date on the invitation, Li San Niang looked up at Qiu Xiang and said, "Go ahead, they even sent someone to deliver the wedding invitation to me. It wouldn't be right not to go."

If I can't make it to my ten-day break, I'll take a day off. After all, he's a patient I've treated, and I'll go to his wedding to celebrate; that will be a way of saying goodbye to this connection."

In the afternoon, another familiar face arrived – Yin Liu Niang.

Li San Niang took the number plate from Yin Liu Niang's hand and looked at Yin Liu Niang, who was beaming with joy, with a smile: "Yin Liu Niangzi, what happy event makes you so happy?"

"So obvious? Dr. Li noticed it?"

Li San Niang smiled at Yin Liu Niangzi's words but did not reply.

"Haha, I'm not joking with Doctor Li," Yin Liu Niang took the wedding invitation from the little maid behind her and handed it to Li San Niang.

"On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, I'm getting married. Doctor Li, you must come for a drink!"

Li San Niang was stunned. She really didn't expect to receive two invitations in one day, both for weddings.

Seeing the expression on Li Sanniang's face, Yin Liuniang followed Li Sanniang's gaze to the corner of the table, and naturally saw the vermilion invitation card that Guo Wuniang's family had sent earlier, which Li Sanniang had put down earlier.

"This is……"

"What a coincidence! I just received a wedding invitation. It was sent by someone I treated a while ago."

Li San Niang accepted the wedding invitation handed over by Yin Liu Niang. It was also a vermilion invitation with gold lettering, but the difference lay in the thickness of the paper, the shade of vermilion, and the font of the gold lettering.

"Congratulations, Miss Yin! I'll accept this invitation. If I have the time on the day of your wedding, I'll definitely come to have a drink with you."

Upon hearing this, Yin Liu Niang no longer cared whose invitation was on the table, and simply nodded with a smile in agreement.

After taking Yin Liuniang's pulse, Li Sanniang meticulously recorded the daily routine that Yin Liuniang had mentioned earlier in her medical record. She then took out another piece of paper and wrote down a health-preserving drink recipe.

"This drink was brewed by Sixth Sister with hot water. It's best to drink it when it's still slightly steaming."

It's for replenishing qi and blood. My wife's health is already quite good, but this method of maintaining health is always right.

"Thank you, Dr. Li. So... can I have a child now?"

Li San Niang nodded: "Of course it can be done, my wife is much better now."

However, while the matter of having offspring is important, there's no need to rush it. My lady, please rest assured, it will come naturally when the time is right.

After politely seeing Yin Liu Niang off, Li San Niang looked at the two wedding invitations on the table and couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, Qiu Xiang, I never thought I would receive wedding invitations after becoming a doctor, let alone two of them."

"Third Miss is laughing too soon. The more female patients you see in the future, the more wedding invitations you'll receive."

Li San Niang shook her head and looked at Qiu Xiang, saying, "Qiu Xiang, that won't do."

Have you forgotten what I do?

I am a doctor, and doctors rarely attend other people's happy occasions; it's generally considered taboo.

As for these two invitations today, Guo Wu Niangzi is a noblewoman from a high-ranking family, and she is a second-time bride. Her family is very powerful, and I can be considered a meritorious person who helped her uncover the secrets of Yang Erlang's family. That's why she sent me the wedding invitation.

Although Yin Liu Niangzi was content with a modest life, she was able to run a fabric shop and also become a tailor, demonstrating that she was in control of her own affairs.

She sent me a wedding invitation, probably because I treated her, but I never said much to her or offered her any advice.

I guess it's because they find me pleasing to the eye?

There are countless women, but how can all of them be like these two, able to control themselves?

Qiu Xiang thought for a moment and said to Li San Niang, "Just like the Jin family's Lü Yi, Hong Xiu, and Ying Ge? They are women who rely on others, so naturally they can't make their own decisions."

When Qiu Xiang mentioned the three young ladies of the Jin family, Li San Niang couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, I wonder what the Jin family's master will do?"

Should Yingge keep the child?

Or, just to be on the safe side, should we simply give in to Yingge's wish and not have the child?

...

As night fell, it was time for Li San Niang to finish her shift.

"It's getting dark earlier and earlier these days. From now on, Dr. Li will finish his shift 25 minutes earlier, since there aren't many people coming to see him after dark anyway."

Manager Gao's considerate words warmed Li San Niang's heart, and she quickly bowed.

"Thank you, sir. I will respectfully accept your offer."

Manager Gao nodded, very pleased that Li San Niang did not refuse him. He was pleased that Li San Niang was not like other women who were coy and timid. She was straightforward, capable, and obedient. She was really quite good.

When Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang came out of the clinic, they saw a carriage parked not far away, and Nineteen was standing next to the carriage.

Seeing that lanterns were hanging on both sides of the carriage canopy, Li San Niang asked Nineteen curiously, "Did Sister-in-law hang these up because she thought it was too dark?"

"Haha, I knew that Third Sister would definitely spot this lamp at a glance."

Yes, it's because my sister-in-law thinks it gets dark early these days. A few days ago, when we entered Changshoufang, it was already completely dark. However, the lights of the shops on both sides of the street didn't seem to be a problem.

But when I went out today, my sister-in-law brought out these two lanterns, saying it was time to hang them up, and it would be easier for me to catch the carriage here.

Li San Niang admired Li Da Sao once again. She truly had the air of a matriarch. It was only because the Li family was of humble origin that Li Da Sao's abilities could not be fully displayed.

Li San Niang thought that this was probably the same level of status as the mistresses of officials of the fourth or fifth rank.

Brother Li really benefited by marrying such a capable sister-in-law; the Li family is the one who benefits the most.