Chapter 1176 Offended
Manbao asked curiously, "Does she have so much milk?"
"I don't know when the child is a little older, but it's enough for now."
Manbao didn't understand this either, so he pointed at Chuncao and said, "Then Madam, go with Chuncao, and then ask Madam Fu and you to go check it out."
She smiled and said, "The one who gave birth to me is my sister, who I have been very close to since childhood. I hope Aunt Dou will take good care of her."
"Of course, of course. By the way, Doctor Zhou, my nephew from my mother's family hasn't had his medicine changed recently. His illness..."
"Keep eating. I'll come to the pharmacy tomorrow morning. If he's worried, he can come early and ask me to take a look. Oh, and bring his wife along."
"Yes, yes, I'll tell him when I get back."
Manbao gave Chuncao a few more instructions and then let Aunt Dou and Chuncao go together.
She looked up at the sun and thought that it would be useless to go back home to read books, so she simply decided not to go back. She rolled up her sleeves and started to boil the medicine pills with the shopkeeper Zheng.
Bai Shan also washed his hands and helped.
Shopkeeper Zheng was delighted to have two more people at his disposal. Seeing them clean the herbs and boil them, he asked with a smile, "Why did I hear you were planning to give this medicine to a female prisoner?"
"Hear what Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng said, right?" Man Bao didn't deny it. "I felt her pulse today and saw that she was very dirty, so I wanted to give her some medicine. Autumn Slash's time is almost up anyway, so she should feel better before she dies."
Manager Zheng frowned and asked, "What crime did she commit? Why was she sentenced to death?"
"Master Tao said her husband beat her, and she couldn't stand it, so she killed him."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zheng sighed. Doctors are more understanding than the average person in this regard. He sighed and said, "It's a sin."
Manbao nodded. She had seen two bad marriages in a row today, and she was in a bad mood. So, while watching the fire, she supported her chin and asked the shopkeeper Zheng, "Shopkeeper, are you good to your wife?"
Bai Shan couldn't help but look up at the shopkeeper Zheng.
Shopkeeper Zheng's heart trembled a little. He swallowed hard under the gazes of the two men and said, "Doctor Zhou, don't think too much. My wife and I are fine. You are still young. Don't think all men in the world are bad just because you see them for a little while. You should know that men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough..."
Seeing that Manbao seemed unable to listen, he pointed at Bai Shan and said, "Look at Mr. Bai, isn't he a good person? Will he treat you like those men in the future?"
Manbao raised an eyebrow and looked at Bai Shan, asking, "Do you dare?"
Bai Shan first thought of the scene when they first met, when she pinned him to the ground and beat him, and bit his hand when she couldn't beat him. He coughed lightly, suppressed the smile in his throat, and shook his head: "I dare not."
These were obviously two ordinary words, but for some reason, Manager Zheng suddenly felt a pang of pain in his teeth.
But Manbao's mood did improve.
Seeing that she was happy again, Manager Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head, told her the precautions for making the pills later, patted his butt and left.
Manbao wanted to deliver medicine to the female prisoners in jail because she felt sympathy for them. When their eyes met, she didn't know why, but she suddenly felt a little soft-hearted.
So when Manbao went to the prison again the next morning, he brought two sets of very casual old clothes, both of which belonged to Zheng.
Perhaps because they were afraid of being plotted against by the people on the side of King Yizhou, now Madam Liu and Zheng also lived with them, and all the servants were gathered in the yard. When Manbao and the others went out these two days, it seemed that only Daji was driving the carriage, but there were actually people following quietly behind.
I’m just afraid that they might be killed while walking on the street.
Of course, Manbao and the others knew this, so they didn't run around.
Basically, I just went around the Tianlao, the pharmacy, and the Yue family.
Bai Shan and Man Bao gave a food box to Ba Pu. Bai Shan squatted down and chatted with Ba Pu, mainly to find out what was happening with the Xiang brothers next door. If the Xiang brothers were still in jail, they would know something about their movements; if not, they would cover it up for Lord Wei and let outsiders think that the Xiang brothers were still there.
Bai Shan could do this kind of thing alone. He even found a better spot on the ground and sat there watching him eat and chatting with him.
Manbao stuffed a bundle and a paper bag of buns into the female prisoner's hand.
The female prisoner held the things without moving, raised her head and looked at her with wide eyes, and asked expressionlessly: "What do you want from me, young lady?"
Manbao asked curiously, "What can you give me?"
The prisoner shook her head and said, "I'm dying soon. I have nothing and can't give you anything."
Manbao smiled and said, "I don't expect to get anything from you."
After a pause, she took out a bottle of medicine from her sleeve and gave it to her, saying, "This is a contraceptive pill. It can delay your period."
The female prisoner was slightly stunned, and looked at Manbao with puzzled eyes, "Why are you helping me, young lady?"
Manbao shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I'll help if I want to."
Seeing her body covered in scars and her fingers deformed from torture, she sighed and said, "I think I understand now. Life in this world is much harder for women than for men."
The female prisoner had already hugged the bundle, but when she heard this, she suddenly looked up at Manbao. Seeing that her clothes, although not luxurious, were made of fine cotton and were well-dressed, with a jade pendant hanging around her waist, she curled her lips and said, "The young lady is obviously born well, how could she have such troubles?"
Manbao looked back and saw Bai Shanbabu and the other man who were talking about the noise next door and the customs of Jiannan Road. He was not very interested in their topic, so he simply sat on the ground and talked to the female prisoner.
"I used to think I wouldn't have such troubles. My parents love me very much, I have six older brothers, and I'm very capable. I'm sure I won't be bullied in the future. But you know, there's a sister I know who's even more capable than me and comes from a better family. And yet, she was almost bullied to death yesterday..."
Manbao chattered to the female prisoner, feeling deeply how difficult it was for women to survive in this era.
The female prisoner remained silent. She silently took out the buns from the paper bag and ate them. She poured out one of the pills she had given her and swallowed it. When Bai Shan called Man Bao to leave, she grabbed her and whispered, "Don't trust that bastard across the street. The master came to see him the night before last and told him to be careful with his words and not to say anything he shouldn't."
Manbao looked down at her deformed fingers, gave her a sly smile, and whispered, "Don't worry, we all know."
The female prisoner withdrew her hand.
Manbao and Baishan went out together. Bapu waited until they were far away before he retracted his gaze and glared at the female prisoner fiercely, as if he wanted to eat her.
The female prisoner didn't care at all. She carried her bundle to the kang, opened it, took out a set of clean old clothes, changed her clothes, and then leaned against the wall without saying a word.
The execution date was just a few days away, and she had nothing to ask for, so she was not afraid of offending anyone.
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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