Chapter 497 I Want to Marry a Wife
Chapter 496
At first, she could only walk to the door and stand there by holding on to the wall, but later she could walk into the yard.
After Manbao had been on the needle for a month, she was able to walk to the front door and sit on the threshold to enjoy the cool air.
Not to mention the people in the village, even Zhou Hu was extremely surprised. When Manbao came to his house again, Zhou Hu specially left a fat rabbit he caught from the mountain for her.
Rabbit meat is something Manbao finds very difficult to eat. Her brothers don't have the ability to catch it, and her father is reluctant to buy it.
So she was very happy to receive this gift. She ran home with the cloth bag on her back and the rabbit in her hand.
When Qian saw the rabbit, she felt very sorry for Zhou Hu's family. It was bad enough that Manbao used the rabbit to practice his skills and treat illnesses, but he also took such a fat rabbit from their family.
So when Manbao went again, Qian asked her to bring a few eggs with her.
By the time Chen was able to sweep the yard with a broom, the acupuncture cycle was increased from three days to five days.
The villagers of Qili Village were all shocked and went to Zhou Hu's house to see Chen. They saw that although she still looked sick, she was able to cook and do simple housework without getting out of breath or dizzy.
Chen personally promoted Manbao, "Not only me, but also my son Sanshou. His last cough was cured by taking the prescription prescribed by Manbao."
"I haven't seen the Zhou family's daughter learn medicine from anyone, how come she suddenly knows it?"
"What do you mean he suddenly learned it? He's been asking us to take people's pulses since the beginning of the year. He also enjoyed taking people's pulses in the past two years. It's been years, so it's nothing surprising that he learned it."
"It's nothing special. Why don't you try to learn it for me?"
"I would like to learn, but I need to be able to read."
"It's not enough to be able to read. You have to be smart. There are many children in the village who studied with Mr. Zhuang, but I haven't seen them learn medicine on their own."
The villagers were talking about it, but it was always a good thing that there was a young doctor in the village. In the future, there would be no need to go to the big market to get medicine for minor illnesses and pains. As for serious illnesses and pains, it would be safer to go to the old doctor.
So Manbao started to have other patients, although they were all minor illnesses, such as coughs, runny noses, or sprained feet or hands.
Manbao wrote a prescription and asked people to get the medicine. Most people took the prescription and asked Manbao if he had any folk remedies.
Who would spend money to buy medicine for such minor illnesses and pains?
If they go to buy medicine, they might as well go to the old doctor for treatment.
So they received the prescription, but they had no intention of getting the medicine. They would wait for a while to see if the disease could be cured. If not, they would wait until the disease became more serious before taking the prescription to get the medicine. This would save them the money for seeing a doctor and getting the prescription.
Of course Manbao knows about this bad habit of everyone because her father has this bad habit.
As long as her mother and children weren't sick, the adults' minor illnesses and pains were basically treated through hardship. In the words of Old Zhou, if you have a cough, just drink more hot water to moisten your throat, and it will be fine in a few days.
If you have a runny nose, just drink more hot water and it will be gone in a few days;
If you sprain your hand or foot, you don't even need to drink more hot water. Just rest more and it will be fine in a few days.
So Manbao prescribed medicine for them and told them to buy the medicine.
Of course, most of the villagers responded well in person and went about their business.
Manbao sighed and could only watch them leave.
However, there are always people who take her prescriptions to get medicine. At this time, she will pay special attention to the effect, and thus has accumulated a lot of experience in prescribing medicine.
If Manbao wasn't still young, Old Zhou would have wanted to set up a flag at home and open a small clinic.
But this matter is not urgent, after all, the daughter is still young. Old Zhou thinks that the most urgent thing now is Zhou Wulang's marriage.
He has been looking for someone for a year, starting with blind dates after last year's autumn harvest, but they haven't decided on a marriage yet.
Seeing that Liutou was able to run to the kitchen with his short legs to find food by himself, but he still didn't move at all, Old Zhou was almost getting anxious to death.
Qian was also anxious, but she insisted on not marrying randomly. "If there is no suitable one, then there is no suitable one. How can you ask him to marry?"
Old Zhou started complaining, "Matchmaker Wang is becoming increasingly unreliable. Why are the girls she introduces always so inferior? The fifth child isn't as capable as the fourth child. He's saved so much money, why doesn't he introduce me to some good ones?"
"Who says there's no good in it?" Qian glared at him and whispered, "Don't say that kind of thing to anyone else, or you might make enemies."
She explained, "There are several good girls, but they just don't get along with Goro."
Old Zhou glared, "Why can't they get along? Your son wants to marry a fairy?"
"Go ask him about this. If the child doesn't look right to you, will you live with her after you marry her?"
"Pfft, what are you talking about?"
Outside the house, Manbao slid over to Zhou Wulang, squatted beside him and said, "Fifth brother, Dad and Mom are arguing about your marriage again."
Zhou Wulang sighed sadly.
Manbao was very surprised. "Haven't you been clamoring to get married for a long time? Mother also said that the girls she introduced to you were good. Why didn't you like any of them?"
"Nonsense, who said I didn't like her?" Zhou Wulang said aggrievedly, "It's less about who I didn't like, it's obviously more about other people not liking me and my mother not liking other people, you can't put all the blame on me."
Manbao asked curiously, "So, Fifth Brother, what kind do you like?"
Zhou Wulang thought for a moment, his face flushed slightly, "At least he has to be more handsome. Well, not too handsome, just more handsome than me."
Manbao nodded, she also liked good-looking people.
"And people can't be too lazy. I do the work outside, and she has to be able to do the housework, so she has to be able to cook, wash clothes, and clean."
Manbao nodded. Her fifth brother also knew all these, so there was nothing wrong in asking her fifth sister-in-law to learn them too.
"Then what?"
"That's all," Zhou Wulang said. "But if she likes me, that would be even better."
"You haven't found such a simple condition?"
Zhou Wulang sighed sadly, "Yes, either my mother thinks their family is not good, or she thinks the girl is not good; or the girl thinks our family is not good, or the girl thinks I am not good."
"Actually, there are only three people I dislike, because one is a little lazy, one is a little ugly, and one has a bad temper."
"But this year, you've already slept with nearly all the girls of marriageable age in the nearby villages, right? You still can't find a wife, Fifth Brother. Are you going to be unable to find a wife?"
The resentful aura around Zhou Wulang is almost tangible. He started saving money to marry a wife at the age of fourteen, and it has been five years now. As a result, he has money and a house, but he still can't get married!
Zhou Wulang felt wronged, "Manbao, I will be twenty next year, and it will be even harder to find a wife after I turn twenty."
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