Upon hearing this, Niu Dadan angrily said, "How could your older sister do this? No matter what, you are her own sister. How could she hit you!"
The more Zhou Yan listened, the more tears streamed down her face: "It's all because of Ning Huan. My sister has been siding with her lately. She was just scolding me at first, but today she even hit me!"
Seeing the beautiful young woman in front of him crying with tears streaming down her face, Niu Dadan felt extremely sorry for her.
"Yan Niang, please don't cry. Seeing you cry like this, I wish I could rip my heart out and give it to you!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yan knew that Niu Dadan had taken the bait, and she could only sob, "What would I do with your heart and soul? If you give me your heart and soul, how will you marry me!"
Niu Dadan laughed happily: "Good sister, with your words, I would give you my heart and soul, even my life."
Zhou Yan gently wiped away her tears: "I don't want your life, I just want you to teach that bitch Ning Huan a lesson and stop her from being so arrogant!"
She then whispered something to Niu Dadan, who burst into laughter upon hearing it: "Yan Niang, that's a really wicked idea of yours!"
Looking at Zhou Jing'an, Si Yan examined him for a while before slowly saying, "The most serious problem for Mr. Zhou right now is that his leg bones are broken in several places. If he doesn't get treatment soon, I'm afraid he will have difficulty walking in the future."
Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed in surprise.
They thought Zhou Jing'an was just sick, but they never expected that he had suffered such serious injuries, including a broken bone.
"Secondly, you are overworking yourself, which has led to physical weakness. If this continues, it will endanger your life."
The village chief said anxiously, "Oh dear, Doctor Si, is there any hope for Jing'an? You must save him! He's the only scholar in our village; we can't let him go like this!"
Si Yan said, "Village Chief, don't worry, I will do my best to treat him."
Then he looked at Zhou Jing'an and said, "Mr. Zhou, I will prescribe some medicine for you to get your body in good condition first. As for the bones in your legs, I will fix them in place for now. It would be best if they healed on their own during the growth period."
Zhou Jing'an frowned slightly: "Dr. Si, what should we do if it doesn't heal on its own?"
Si Yan shook his head helplessly and said, "Then we'll have to break your leg again and reattach it."
Everyone gasped upon hearing this; what kind of treatment was this?
Ning Huan suddenly stepped forward, handed the water cups to Zhou Jing'an and the village chief, and then winked at Si Yan, saying, "Manager Si, I picked some herbs for my husband to drink a few days ago. Go and check if these herbs conflict with the prescription you're going to give my husband."
Si Yan responded and then went to the backyard with Ning Huan.
"Madam Ning Huan, is there something you want to tell me?"
Ning Huan nodded and said, "I'll write you a prescription later to treat my husband's leg. I'll use that prescription. I'll help him recover later."
Zhou Jing'an's leg was broken, and Ning Huan knew how to help him treat it.
Si Yan was somewhat surprised. He had expected Ning Huan to be highly skilled in medicine, but he hadn't imagined that she could even treat such a difficult condition.
"My lady, is what you're saying true?"
Ning Huan nodded: "Of course I have no reason to lie to you, but I still need to trouble you to tell my husband. And I'll need you to cover for me during my treatment."
Si Yan smiled slightly and said, "Since I promised you, my wife, I certainly won't go back on my word."
Ning Huan shook her head: "I don't mean I'm afraid you'll go back on your word, Manager Si, but you must be careful with my husband. He's not easy to fool; he'll become suspicious if anything seems amiss."
After the two finished speaking, they returned to the room. Si Yan said to Zhou Jing'an, "Don't worry, sir. What I just mentioned was only the treatment method used in ordinary clinics. But our Renjitang can cure your leg."
The young apprentice standing nearby was puzzled, but he didn't ask a question, assuming that the shopkeeper had come up with a new treatment method.
After writing several prescriptions, Si Yan still couldn't let go of one thing. He walked over to Zhou Jing'an and pressed an acupoint on his body.
Zhou Jing'an cried out in pain. Si Yan frowned and asked, "Mr. Zhou, are you in a lot of pain?"
Seeing Zhou Jing'an nod, his expression instantly turned sour.
Before leaving, he said to Ning Huan, "My lady Ning Huan, I'd like to discuss with you again some things about cooperating with Renjitang that you mentioned today. Could you please give me a ride?"
Although Ning Huan had only met Si Yan today, she could sense from his words that he wanted to tell her something.
She nodded: "Of course, I must thank Manager Si for treating my husband's illness. I can certainly give you a ride."
But as Zhou Jing'an looked at the two figures, he felt something was off.
The village chief and others laughed and exclaimed, "Great! Jing'an is saved now!"
But some people grimaced and went home dissatisfied.
Although Zhou Jing'an was the only scholar in the village, not everyone thought highly of him.
His failure to pass the exam this time, in particular, prompted some people to ridicule him: "I told you long ago that he wasn't that capable, maybe he was just faking illness!"
Zhou Jing'an's injury led some to say, "He died young, and those who die are all like him."
Now that a doctor has come to treat him, they have nothing more to say, and naturally they feel uncomfortable.
As soon as Ning Huan came out, she saw that Si Yan's face looked very bad: "Manager Si, what's wrong with you?"
Si Yan looked around to make sure no one was around, and then said, "Madam Ning Huan, let's talk as we walk."
Ning Huan nodded. After they had walked a little further away, Si Yan said with a serious expression, "Ning Huan, your husband's weakness may not be due to his own condition, but rather because he has been poisoned!"
"Poisoning?!"
Hearing this, Ning Huan was very surprised: "Manager Si, you can't say things like that. Are you sure my husband has been poisoned?"
Si Yan nodded and said, "When I first took his pulse, I felt that something was wrong with his body, but I didn't think much of it. Until I was about to leave, I still felt that something was wrong, so I pressed an acupoint on Mr. Zhou's body."
Ning Huan asked, "Is it when my husband felt a little pain just now?"
"That's right. If a person is not poisoned, pressing the acupoints won't feel like anything. But if a person is severely poisoned, pressing the acupoints will feel like someone is stabbing them hard with a needle."
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