"Manager Shen, I didn't bring any silver needles with me today," Jiang Hua said, looking at Manager Shen.
"Yes, we have it in our pharmacy." Manager Shen quickly instructed the apprentice to fetch it.
It wasn't convenient for so many people to come into the room, so Jiang Jingyi waited outside while Bai Heng, Manager Shen, and Li Xu came in.
“Take off your master’s shirt and expose his chest,” Jiang Hua said to Li Xu.
"Don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other?" Li Xu blurted out in rebuttal.
The next second he met Jiang Hua's gaze, which looked at him like he was an idiot. At this moment, Manager Shen hurriedly pushed Li Xu away and started taking off his clothes himself.
Why are you still worrying about this at a time like this!
After taking off her clothes, Jiang Hua solemnly administered acupuncture to the old hospital director on the bed. Manager Shen watched her skillful acupuncture technique from the side and truly believed that Jiang Hua was a doctor.
This acupuncture technique takes at least ten years to master.
Fifteen minutes later, the old dean's pale face gradually improved, and his previously bloodless lips gradually regained color.
Half an hour later, Jiang Hua removed the silver needles and gave a prescription suitable for the old director's illness, instructing Manager Shen to prepare a dose of the medicine according to the prescription and give it to the old director.
"Yes, Miss Jiang." Manager Shen personally went out to get the medicine after writing down the prescription.
"Miss Jiang, I apologize for my tone just now, I offended you."
Li Xu was also a man of flexibility; seeing that his master's complexion had improved, he immediately apologized to Jiang Hua.
"Miss Jiang knows medicine?" Bai Heng looked at Jiang Hua and asked with a faint smile.
“I previously took a wandering physician as my master, that’s what he called me,” Jiang Hua blurted out.
"Really?" Bai Heng's tone clearly showed disbelief.
However, she didn't press him further. Even if he wanted to, Jiang Hua wouldn't pay him any attention.
Half an hour later, Manager Shen personally brought in the decocted medicine. Li Xu quickly thanked him, took it, and fed it to the old dean little by little.
Is the old dean who can make Manager Shen and Bai Heng nervous really just an ordinary old dean?
As she pondered, Jiang Hua remembered that Aunt Liu and the others had mentioned that the headmaster of Shifang Academy came from the capital and was said to be the current emperor's tutor, Grand Tutor Li.
Not long after Li Xu administered the medicine, Dean Li also woke up. Before Li Xu could even speak, a well-dressed woman rushed in from outside the door.
"Master!" The old woman immediately rushed to the bed to see Dean Li.
"Master's wife, don't worry, Master has just woken up and is still not fully recovered." Li Xu hurriedly stopped his master's wife, whose eyes were red with worry.
"Alright, I'm fine, I'm fine," Dean Li reassured her, patting his wife's hand as he did so.
"Master, it's all my fault. I knew you weren't well, but I still brought you out." Li Xu lifted his robe and knelt in front of Dean Li's bed.
"It's nothing." Dean Li waved his hand, knowing his own body well.
"Dean Li, you're finally awake! We were so worried! Luckily we met Miss Jiang today, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!" Manager Shen hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Miss Jiang?" Dean Li's gaze finally shifted from Manager Shen to Jiang Hua.
With just one glance, Dean Li jumped off the bed in excitement. Li Xu looked bewildered. Why did his master suddenly become so excited?
"You are! His child!" Dean Li walked quickly to Jiang Jingyi, who was standing next to Jiang Hua, and examined him carefully.
It's exactly the same, exactly the same, just like his father looked when he was a child.
Jiang Jingyi noticed that Dean Li was staring intently at his face, as if trying to see through it to someone else.
"Stepmother." Jiang Jingyi was somewhat at a loss for how to deal with the old dean's intense gaze.
"Dean Li, what's wrong?" Manager Shen hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"Yes, Master, are you alright?" Li Xu stepped forward and asked, his wife unable to hide her worry.
Upon hearing their words, Dean Li realized that he had just lost his composure, and quickly bowed to Jiang Hua and Jiang Jingyi to apologize.
"Perhaps Dean Li mistook someone for someone else, which is why he acted this way," Bai Heng offered, trying to ease the tension.
"Miss Jiang, thank you so much for today. Please tell me how much you want for the consultation," Dean Li asked.
“Let’s follow Mingdetang’s rules. Whatever amount Mingdetang takes, Dean Li will give.” Jiang Hua didn’t hesitate.
After all, he really needed money right now, as he was building a house, and the money he got from selling ginseng last time was definitely not enough.
“Alright, but Miss Jiang, the debt of saving my life is beyond repayment; it cannot be settled with a mere amount of silver.” Dean Li said again, his eyes occasionally glancing at Jiang Jingyi.
"Dean Li, is it something you want to do?" Jiang Hua raised an eyebrow and looked at him, waiting for his next words.
“Miss Jiang, is your stepson attending school? Our Shifang Academy is currently recruiting students. I wonder if your stepson is interested in studying at Shifang Academy?” Dean Li asked.
"Didn't Shifang Academy go to the villages to select students before? Didn't they go to Xujia Village?"
"Miss Jiang, are you from Xujia Village?" Dean Li asked impatiently, then looked at Li Xu: "I remember two students from Xujia Village were admitted."
“Yes, Master, there is someone you said you decided to take as your last student,” Li Xu replied.
After saying those three words, Li Xu belatedly looked at Jiang Hua and Jiang Jingyi.
"Miss Jiang, is your young master Jiang Jingyi?"
“That’s right.” Jiang Hua nodded in response, and then asked Jiang Jingyi to step forward and pay his respects to Dean Li and Madam Li.
"That's quite a coincidence," Manager Shen exclaimed.
"Has the admission notice been sent out yet?" Dean Li asked Li Xu again.
"Master, it has been delivered, and the village chief accepted it."
The group talked for a while longer inside. Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Hua left Mingde Hall with Jiang Jingyi, carrying with her the consultation fee of three hundred taels of silver given to her by Dean Li.
"Stepmother, did the dean just mean to select her as the last student?" Jiang Jingyi was still not over the fact that Jiang Hua knew medicine.
"Okay, I'll check the admission notice and see the dates for going to the academy, then I'll go back and prepare in advance," Jiang Hua said.
"Stepmother, the school admission card is with the village chief. What if he doesn't give it to me and saves it for Xu Yaozu?" Jiang Jingyi was a little worried.
"What's the use of giving it to him? Your name is on the admission roster, not Xu Yaozu's. Besides, didn't Dean Li and the others just say that?"
“There are two students from Xujia Village, and the other one should be him,” Jiang Hua said, telling him not to think too much, that what’s meant to be his will be his.
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