Chapter 1174: Not Sad (To the Book Friend "Xuehua's Reward Plus 2")
Dr. Tao understood immediately that there was no need to give them a discount on the medicine.
That's not cheap. Apart from anything else, that life-saving pill alone is worth a lot of money.
Doctor Tao smiled and nodded, then helped the medicine boy get into the car.
Manbao said to Xiaoshao, "You should go back too. I'll go home directly in a moment."
Xiao Shao bowed and asked, "Doctor Zhou, are the pills you wanted to buy at the pharmacy today still being made?"
"Yes, yes. Go back and tell the shopkeeper Zheng to finish it for me today. I'll pick it up tomorrow morning."
Manbao felt around but couldn't find her wallet, so Baishan took out a dime from her own purse and gave it to her.
Manbao then gave the silver to Xiaoshao, "Here, this is the money for the pills. Thank you, Manager Zheng."
Xiao Shao took it with a smile on her face. As a medicine boy, his value can only be reflected if he is constantly ordered around.
After Doctor Tao left, Mrs. Yue's confidant who had sent them out turned around to go back, but when she saw Nanny Fu still standing there, she couldn't help but stop.
Nanny Fu saw it, but she didn't move. Instead, she held Manbao's hand and kept chatting, "It's been so many years since I last saw Miss Man. If you count carefully, it's been almost five years, right?"
"Yes, it's been almost five years. There was a flood in May of the tenth year of Dazhen. Just before the New Year, County Magistrate Fu was promoted and took Second Sister Fu with him."
Nanny Fu held her hand and sighed, "Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Miss Man has grown into a big girl. I remember how much you loved playing with our Second Miss. Every time you came to the county town, the Second Miss would bring Qiuyue to see you. The two of them could just sit on a rock and talk for half a day..."
When Mrs. Yue's confidant heard that she was talking about old things, she became a little impatient and turned back to the house.
When Madam Fu saw that they had all gone in, she raised her hand and wiped her tears with her handkerchief, choking slightly and saying, "Miss Man, our young lady is suffering."
Manbao asked in a low voice, "Madam Fu, if there's anything I can do, just call me. By the way, do you want me to write a letter to Magistrate Fu?"
"Don't," Nanny Fu whispered, "I frightened Miss Man today, but it's not that bad. Our young lady can still contact the master and the mistress. It's just that Jianzhou is too far away from the capital. Even if the master and the mistress wanted to, they can't reach her."
Nanny Fu glanced back quietly to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then whispered, "Miss Man, you know, we've just arrived in the capital and we're unfamiliar with the place. Miss is in this state now, and we really don't trust other doctors. I wonder if Miss Man could come to our house from time to time to see us."
Manbao smiled and nodded, "Of course, I'm also in some trouble. I hope you don't mind me."
"Miss Man, you're joking. You're our young lady's savior, and ours as well." Nanny Fu wiped her eyes, then thought of something and asked in a low voice, "Miss Man, was the medicine used to treat our young lady very expensive today?"
Manbao said: "Everything else is fine, but there is a life-saving pill made with the best medicinal materials."
Madam Fu asked, "How much is it?"
Manbao coughed lightly and lowered his voice, "One hundred taels each."
Nanny Fu opened her mouth wide and spat, "It's her fault! Just ask Jishitang to come to the Yue family to collect the money. Master Yue is the Imperial Censor, he wouldn't dare to default on the merchants. Our young lady is still unable to move, so let's use this to cut the old lady's flesh first."
Manbao couldn't help but ask, "Is the Yue family short of money?"
Nanny Fu whispered, "It's not that they're short of money. After all, they're officials. How much can they be short of? It's just that Master Yue is honest and the old lady is very frugal and doesn't know how to run a business. So they don't live as well as our Fu family."
Nanny Fu looked down on the Yue family and said disdainfully, "That would be fine, but they still like to puff themselves up. When we came to Beijing, our young lady said that she might be sent out to live elsewhere in the future, so she wanted to rent a nicer courtyard so that everyone could live more spaciously and they could make ends meet. But they refused and insisted on buying a house. Houses in good locations are expensive, but poor ones are cheap. But the neighbors are all kinds of people, and the master and the eldest master are disgusted..."
"After a lot of trouble and even getting a lot of money from our young lady, we finally bought this small courtyard with two entrances. But how can the parents-in-law and daughter-in-law live in peace in the same courtyard? Since coming to the capital, our young lady hasn't slept well. Her stomach was fine when we arrived, but the baby's position has shifted since we got here. We're not familiar with the city, and we've found several midwives, but they can't feel the baby accurately. We want to ask a doctor to come and diagnose it, but the old lady dislikes that all doctors are men and won't let us do anything..."
Nanny Fu was filled with resentment when she talked about these things. She kept talking non-stop. Halfway through, she couldn't help crying and took Manbao's hand and said, "Miss Man, tell me, is our Mianzhou a place of courtesy?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly.
"Mianzhou and Yizhou aren't far away. Yizhou is a famous place for its culture. Are we any worse than Taizhou? We also have strict separation of sexes there, but no one would watch their daughter-in-law die and still stick to such a bullshit rule. We're so lucky to have you here today. If only Doctor Tao came, we'd probably have to fight them..."
Manbao: ...
"As soon as the young lady let out a sigh of relief, they rushed to cut open her belly and get the baby. I've only heard of this kind of thing, but never thought it would happen to our young lady. If our wife knew, I don't know how sad she would be."
Manbao asked, "Where is your uncle?"
Nanny Fu was silent for a moment before she said, "What use can a man like him be at home?"
Chuncao, who had been standing silently in the back, couldn't help but spit and whispered, "Son-in-law is so heartless. The young lady said she was going to give birth last night, and this morning the old lady asked him to go to school, but he went. Sister Qiuyue tried to stop him and told him to stay home. If they needed to call a doctor or something, there would be someone in the family who would make the decision, but he still left."
"Shut up now! You are not allowed to say these things in front of the young lady, okay?"
But what Nanny Fu didn't know was that at this moment in the room, Fu Wenyun was asking Qiuyue about this matter.
Qiuyue's eyes were red, and she covered it up by saying, "I was busy all day today and didn't pay attention. I don't know where the master went. Maybe he was worried about the young lady."
Fu Wenyun chuckled and said, "Don't hide it from me. If you do, I'll be the one who'll be embarrassed later. It's better to tell me the truth so I can have a plan."
Upon hearing this, Qiuyue finally couldn't help but covered her face and burst into tears.
Fu Wenyun sighed when she saw me crying, "Why are you crying? I don't feel any pain at all, but you're trying to make me live and die."
Qiuyue cried, "I just feel sorry for you, young lady. You are such a good person, why did the master marry you to him?"
Fu Wenyun chuckled and said, "Okay, stop crying. It was me who gave birth to the child, but in the end I still have to comfort you."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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