"Alright, we'll do as Manager Shen says. I don't want a whole 10,000 tael silver note. Can you exchange it for me in smaller 1,000 tael notes?" Jiang Hua had no objection to this and sold it at the price Manager Shen offered.
Jiang Jingyi, standing to the side, was filled with shock. How could it be that the stepmother made money so easily?
After selling the ginseng, Jiang Hua was about to leave when a young apprentice walked in, looking hesitant and wanting to say something.
"What's wrong?" Manager Shen told him to speak his mind.
"Manager Shen, Master Meng's daughter is here again, causing a scene in the main hall. She's saying our pharmacy is useless, that the doctors there are all quacks, and that her illness hasn't improved despite taking so much medicine," the apprentice said with a troubled expression.
"Let's go out and take a look," Manager Shen said, standing up, then glancing apologetically at Jiang Hua.
"Miss Jiang, you know medicine. Could I trouble you with something?"
"What is it, Manager Shen?"
"It's like this, the eldest daughter of the Meng family has a rather troublesome illness, and she's unwilling to have her examined by me, the doctor. Although there are differences between men and women, in a doctor's eyes there is only the patient, and we at Mingdetang don't have any female doctors," Manager Shen said tentatively.
“Sure, if you can convince that girl to come back with me, I’ll give it a try. My first-aid kit is at home,” Jiang Hua said.
"Alright, thank you, Miss Jiang. I'll go out and tell Miss Meng." Manager Shen nodded quickly and went out.
"Manager Shen, you've come at just the right time! My Xin Xin's illness is getting worse and worse!"
The speaker was a dignified woman, but because of her daughter's illness, she disregarded her usual etiquette and rules.
“Madam Meng, our doctor examined Miss Meng before, but Miss Meng was unwilling.”
Just as Madam Meng was about to speak again, Manager Shen quickly said, "Madam Meng, this is our new female doctor at Mingde Hall, Doctor Jiang."
"Her?" Madam Meng put away her anxious expression and looked at Xiang Jianghua with suspicion.
"Yes, Madam Meng, Dr. Jiang also saved Dean Li from his illness yesterday," Manager Shen added.
"I see. Then please have Dr. Jiang examine my daughter." Madam Meng immediately agreed.
"Mother." Meng Xin, whose face was covered by a veil, took Madam Meng's arm with some displeasure.
"Alright, we finally have a female doctor, what more do you want?" Madam Meng said, giving Meng Xin a stern look.
Manager Shen relayed Jiang Hua's request to Madam Meng. Madam Meng frowned upon hearing it, but then remembered what her husband had said when he returned last night.
Dean Li and Magistrate Bai both visited Doctor Jiang; they went to the village, so there shouldn't be any problems.
However, Meng Xin was unwilling to go to the remote and impoverished village.
“If Miss Meng is unwilling, then we can wait until tomorrow. I will bring the medicine box to Mingdetang tomorrow and show it to Miss Meng,” Jiang Hua said calmly.
"Mother, I don't want to, I can't stand it for even one more day," Meng Xin said, unable to bear it any longer.
"Dr. Jiang, let's go." Madam Meng was heartbroken to see her daughter looking so unwell.
"Miss Jiang, I'll prepare a carriage to take you back right away," said Manager Shen.
"No need for that. Just take our Meng family's carriage; it's already outside," Madam Meng suggested.
“Okay.” Jiang Hua nodded and led Jiang Jingyi into the carriage. Only after seeing Jiang Jingyi get into the carriage did Madam Meng notice him.
"Dr. Jiang, is this your younger brother?" Madam Meng asked.
“This is my stepson,” Jiang Hua replied without changing her expression.
Madam Meng was taken aback upon hearing this. Stepson?
"Is Miss Jiang married?" Madam Meng asked again.
"Mmm," Jiang Hua replied softly, without saying another word.
Seeing that Jiang Hua was not interested in responding, Jiang Hua did not continue to ask.
More than half an hour later, they arrived at their destination. Jiang Hua and Jiang Jing got off the carriage, and Madam Meng also led Meng Xin off the carriage. They saw the scene before them.
Meng Xin couldn't hide the disgust and contempt in her eyes. What kind of doctor could live in such a place? Someone about her age could practice medicine?
"Mother, could this be a fraudster that Mingdetang hired to fool us?" Meng Xin whispered in Madam Meng's ear.
However, the sound of their voices was heard by Jiang Hua and Jiang Jingyi, who were standing nearby.
"Ah Yi, you take care of Madam Meng first, I'll go inside to prepare the medicine box," Jiang Hua said to Jiang Jingyi, as if she hadn't heard Meng Xin's words.
"Yes, stepmother." Jiang Jingyi didn't suspect anything and obediently went into the kitchen.
"Xin Xin, is this how I've always taught you to speak?" Madam Meng glanced at Meng Xin with displeasure.
"I don't know when it started, but she's become less and less like a proper young lady," Madam Meng thought to herself, looking at the familiar face beneath the veil.
Jiang Hua went into the inner room, took out a medicine box from her spatial storage, and looked at the medicine in the box. She already knew what Meng Xin's illness was.
"Miss Meng, please come in," Jiang Hua said as she came out from the inner room.
"Mother, come in with me, I'm scared." Meng Xin looked at Jiang Hua, who was also wearing a veil, and hesitated to go in.
"Dr. Jiang, is it alright?" Madam Meng asked Jiang Hua.
"Then come in together." Jiang Hua glanced at the two of them, then turned and walked back into the house.
After Madam Meng and Meng Xin entered the inner room, Jiang Hua closed the door and windows. The room was lit by candles, so it was still bright even with the doors and windows closed.
"Take off your veils." Jiang Hua led them behind a curtain made of cloth and sat them down, then looked at Meng Xin and said.
Jiang Xingzhou made this curtain; she usually changes her clothes in it.
After Meng Xin removed her veil, Jiang Hua took her outstretched hand and began to take her pulse.
"Madam Meng, may you go outside first?"
Although Madam Meng was surprised, she still went outside the curtain to wait.
"Miss Meng, please take off your skirt so I can check your private parts," Jiang Hua said directly.
Meng Xin's face flushed red instantly: "Do I really have to take off my skirt?"
"Take it off. How am I supposed to know how serious your condition is if you don't take it off?" Jiang Hua said calmly.
"I'm sure you've noticed that there's a foul stench emanating from down there. No matter how much incense you use, it won't mask the smell," Jiang Hua pointed out incisively.
Just now, in the carriage, in the enclosed carriage compartment, she smelled that fishy stench, a stench mixed with the scent of spices, which is difficult for ordinary people to detect.
"You're talking nonsense!" Meng Xin didn't want to admit it, but when she met Jiang Hua's all-knowing eyes, she couldn't help but take a few steps back in fear.
"Are you feeling unbearably itchy right now, and do you have a lot of red bumps down there?" Jiang Hua said again.
"How did you know!" Meng Xin blurted out.
"Xin Xin, how could you do this!" Madam Meng, who was behind the curtain, couldn't stand it any longer and came in to question her.
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