One of the old women pointed to her feet and said, "My feet hurt terribly, and my legs hurt terribly too. Please take a look and tell me what's wrong!"
The other man said directly, "My head is throbbing badly, please cure it for me quickly."
Ning Huan frowned. She didn't like being called to see a doctor like this in the first place, especially since these people's tone and attitude were unfriendly, as if she owed them something.
She said coldly, "I don't know what illness you have, nor do I know how to treat it. If you're really feeling unwell, go to the clinic in town to see what's wrong."
Upon hearing this, the woman beside her immediately became displeased and shouted in a shrill voice, "What do you mean you can't cure diseases? Everyone says you can bring a dead person back to life, how could you not know how to cure diseases!"
"And you didn't even look at my mother, so how can you say you don't know what disease she has? You're clearly doing this on purpose!"
Ning Huan didn't want to say anything more to these people. She just wanted to discuss with the village chief later that if any people from other villages came looking for her again, she should just say that she didn't know them.
“I really can’t cure this disease. If you’re in a hurry to get treatment, you’d better go to town.”
The woman and the man continued their argument, with the old woman crying out in pain, while the man stood outside the gate shouting, "Come quick! This woman is clearly a doctor, yet she won't treat my mother. She's a heartless scorpion!"
The woman sat on the ground, acting like a spoiled child: "Hurry up and treat my mother's illness, or no one will be allowed to enter or leave your house today!"
Ning Huan stared coldly at them. Hearing the noise, the four little ones rushed into the house to tell Zhou Jing'an, "Daddy, something bad has happened! Someone is causing trouble for Mommy!"
“A few people are causing trouble at the gate of our yard, and Mother doesn’t know what to do.”
"They're crying and making a scene, it's terrifying! Father, go check on them!"
Before, the four little ones wouldn't have looked for Zhou Jing'an, but ever since Zhou Jing'an started using a wheelchair, they've wanted their dad to get out and move around.
Moreover, since Mother was in trouble, Father naturally had to step in to protect her.
Four little bundles of joy pushed Zhou Jing'an out. When Zhou Jing'an saw the commotion in the yard, he frowned and asked in a cold voice, "What's all this noise about?"
In the courtyard, the woman and her old woman were arguing with several villagers who couldn't stand it anymore. Hearing this, the woman and her old woman lowered their voices a little. They had heard that Ning Huan's husband was a scholar and a very capable one, and they all said that he would definitely become a high-ranking official in the future.
Thinking of this, they dared not go too far. What if they offended this scholar and he remembered them, and then came to cause trouble for them in the future?
But the man ignored them and shouted, "Come quick, someone come and see! This woman is a vicious wretch! The patients are suffering terribly and have come to us for help, but she says she can't cure them!"
They had heard that the village's goddess doctor came from the same village as them, that she was skilled at treating illnesses, and that she didn't charge any money, even providing free medicine. How could they not take advantage of such a bargain?
Since Ning Huan says it can't be cured, they'll make a scene until she agrees to treat the illness.
When Zhou Jing'an heard the man repeatedly call Ning Huan a poisonous woman, his face darkened, and he looked at Ning Huan and asked, "What happened? How did things get like this?"
Ning Huan walked to his side and whispered, "More patients have come to see me, but their attitude is really bad, like I owe them something. I'm not running a charity, so of course I don't want to treat them."
"Besides, I told them I couldn't cure it, but I told them to go to the clinic in town, and that's how the whole thing started."
Zhou Jing'an said coldly to the group, "Are you trying to bully me by causing such a scene at my doorstep?"
"Since the doctor said he can't treat you, you should go somewhere else. What do you mean by shouting and making a scene here? Do you think our Zhou family is easy to bully? Do you think Zhou Jing'an is easy to bully?"
Then he said to Tusheng, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, "Tusheng, go and call the village chief and the others over. Then find two more people to report to the county magistrate and have him send his constables to arrest and imprison these troublemakers!"
Upon hearing that the authorities would be notified and soldiers would be sent to arrest them, the woman quickly got up from the ground, grabbed her husband and started running outside, almost falling over in the process.
As the woman walked away, she cursed, "They call themselves some kind of miracle doctor, but I think it's all nonsense. They can't even treat this minor illness and told people to go to some clinic in town. Bah!"
The man turned around and pointed at Ning Huan while cursing something.
Ning Huan's face was extremely ugly. She was so angry. She had come to ask Ning Huan to treat her illness, but Ning Huan had made it seem like she was the one who had done something wrong.
By this time, all the villagers who had come to learn about herbal medicine had arrived and heard what had happened. They all comforted Ning Huan, saying, "Jing'an's wife, don't be upset. We all know how amazing your medical skills are. Do you need them to say that?"
"Besides, looking at the way they're making a scene, who would want to treat their illness!"
Seeing that Ning Huan was still somewhat sullen, Zhou Jing'an called her to his side: "I have something to tell you."
Ning Huan was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to Zhou Jing'an, but seeing that he was in such a bad mood and still came out to help her out, she leaned closer and asked, "What is it? Tell me."
All they could hear was Zhou Jing'an speaking softly, in a voice only the two of them could hear: "You can tell everyone in a little while that this matter has saddened you, so you will never treat anyone again."
Upon hearing this, Ning Huan immediately smiled. Zhou Jing'an had really given her a great idea.
She was originally worried about how to tell everyone about this, but today someone made such a fuss in front of them, so she took this opportunity to say it.
Seeing Ning Huan smile, many villagers breathed a sigh of relief. After getting to know her for a while, they all knew that Ning Huan was completely different from what they had said before. She was a very good woman, so they cared about her a lot.
"Jing'an really knows how to please his wife."
"We're husband and wife, so if your wife is angry, it's definitely the husband who has to appease her."
“My husband is the same way. If I get angry outside, nothing anyone says will work. He has to coax me.”
"It seems that Jing'an and his wife have a good relationship. Who said before that Jing'an dislikes his wife?"
"It's all just rumors circulating in the village. They can't stand seeing other people doing well!"
Zhou Jing'an listened to the villagers' discussions, shook his head with a smile, and then went back into the house to start teaching the four little ones to read. Before, when Yao Shi came to make trouble, they hadn't been able to go to school for several days.
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