Chapter 14 Are all the doctors who treat animals this fierce?
Jiang Nuanzhi wiped the sweat from her forehead: "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
"Oh, oh, oh, my lady, please, please."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Where's the money?"
"Oh, silver, yes, silver!"
Qian Da slapped his thigh as if he had just realized something, and hurriedly pulled out two taels of silver and half a string of coins from his pocket, presenting them to Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi only picked up one tael: "I'll take one tael first, and after two days when I confirm that the pig is fine, I'll come back to collect the rest of the silver."
"No, no, no, my lady, please accept it. We trust you completely."
With her technique, how could you not believe it?
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow, but didn't hesitate: "Okay."
"The smaller pigs, and some that don't look too healthy, can come to me after they've recovered in a while."
Qian Da nodded hurriedly, then carefully asked for Jiang Nuanzhi's address before respectfully seeing her off.
Only after the person had walked away did the two Qian brothers finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Brother, are there really women who castrate pigs in this world?"
"We've traveled all over the country for so many years, and this is truly the first time we've encountered this. But regardless, this lady has done us a great favor."
"Yes, we've gotten through this hurdle, but I wonder if Master Wang will come looking for new trouble tomorrow."
Qian Da frowned: "We'll deal with whatever comes our way. If that doesn't work, then we'll have no choice but to..."
After saying that, he made a throat-slitting gesture.
Qian Er nodded solemnly: "It would be best if we didn't take that step."
Jiang Nuanzhi was drowsy in the Lü family's carriage.
Lu Shizhu kept glancing at Jiang Nuanzhi. Finally, he couldn't resist any longer and poked Jiang Nuanzhi with his finger: "Hey, is your family a family that castrates pigs? Do your parents really want you to do it? Won't you have nightmares at night?"
Seeing Jiang Nuanzhi slowly open her eyes, the boy was no longer as arrogant as before. He couldn't help but shrink his neck and move his buttocks away from her. He cleared his throat and said, "Um, are all the doctors who treat animals this fierce?"
Jiang Nuanzhi managed to hold back from rolling her eyes and patiently replied, "My ancestors didn't castrate pigs. I don't have a father; my mother abandoned me when I was little. As for whether I have nightmares? I can tell you definitively, no, because I'm so tired that I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, and I don't have time to dream at all. Even if I do dream, it's only about the day my mother abandoned me."
"And what you call fierceness, I don't think so. Being quick and efficient is better for Pig, for the Qian brothers, and even for you and for me. Isn't that right?"
Young Master Lü's eyes widened in disbelief, and he stared speechlessly for a long while before saying shamefully, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know."
“There’s nothing to apologize for, young master. You are a good person with a good personality. If possible, I hope my child will look like you.”
Young Master Lü: "Huh? Me? Who would want to raise a son like me?"
The young master couldn't help but stare at Jiang Nuanzhi when he heard such words for the first time.
His father was utterly fed up with him. His father preferred someone like his older cousin who was good at studying, or someone like his younger cousin who was talented in medicine; he definitely didn't want someone like him.
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled noncommittally: "You naturally have your merits."
The young master was stunned for a moment before saying, "Why don't you come work for my family? I'll have my father teach you medicine. I think you're even better than my cousin."
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head: "I still have three children at home who need to be taken care of."
"You and me..." The young master stammered, unsure of what to say for a long while.
When they got off the car, the young master took out some wound medicine from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Nuanzhi without saying a word.
"Here, take this. Didn't you still want that needle? After some time, when my father stops beating me, I'll steal it for you. This bag of silver is also for you."
Jiang Nuanzhi was both amused and exasperated, and quickly returned the items.
"No, really no need."
It turns out there really is a landlord's foolish son, and she actually ran into one.
This bag of silver looks to be about seven or eight taels. It's clear that Doctor Lü isn't a father who spoils his children. I wonder how long this young master has been saving it.
"Oh, right, and this too." With that, he took off his shoes, pulled out a crumpled silver note, hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, handing it to Jiang Nuanzhi: "Here you go!"
Ah Yong's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "Um, I've been rushing all the way here, and I really don't know what happened? You guys... have become friends? And, young master, wasn't that the money you saved up for half a year?"
"No, no, no, really, it's not necessary."
Jiang Nuanzhi stuffed the food back into his hands: "I have skills, I'm not afraid of starving to death, it's really not like that."
Seeing the young master's furrowed brows, Jiang Nuanzhi took the wound medicine from his hand and said, "I'll take this. You've already done me a great favor."
Seeing that she really wouldn't accept it, the young master reluctantly took back the silver, then looked around suspiciously: "By the way, don't tell my father that I have so much silver!"
Jiang Nuanzhi chuckled and agreed, "Okay."
I didn't want to make an enemy of this young master and was afraid of causing trouble, so I talked to him a bit more. But I didn't expect that this young man was exactly as Ah Yong had described, and that he was a sincere person.
Her smile unconsciously carried a hint of sincerity: "It's getting late, I still need to buy food. It's been a pleasure meeting you all, so farewell."
After seeing the two off, Jiang Nuanzhi went to buy some things.
There is a main street called Liujiang South Street in Liujiang County, lined with shops.
Jiang Nuanzhi wandered around but didn't buy anything. It wasn't that she didn't want to buy anything, but rather that with so little money on her, people wouldn't bother with her anyway.
In the end, they went to the North Street Grocery Market that Aunt Liu had taken her to before.
Compared to the wide South Street, which offers everything from food and drinks to entertainment, North Street is much more down-to-earth. Both ends of the long street are lined with small stalls set up by vendors.
There were vendors selling chicks, pork, all kinds of hair accessories and handkerchiefs, shoes—you name it, they had it. Most of them simply laid out a mat on the ground and displayed their goods to customers.
Jiang Nuanzhi stopped in front of the grain shop. The grain shop was very large, with various grains arranged in categories and prices posted on them.
The other necessities at home could last for another two days, but the food was truly gone. Jiang Nuanzhi had experienced the feeling of not having food when she was little. At times like this, food was probably the greatest source of security for children; we should buy more.
The Great Wilderness has always been a major producer of millet. It's the same millet we eat every day.
According to the original owner's memories, millet usually cost eight copper coins per liter, but now the price of millet in this grain shop is fifteen copper coins per liter. It is likely due to the drought over the years, which has caused the price of most grains to rise.
Jiang Nuanzhi weighed out three dou of millet, which was about forty jin, and it felt heavy in her arms.
They then set their sights on the rice next to them, taking a smaller portion. At this time, the rice was called Bigeng rice, which had a very low yield and was only affordable for wealthy families.
She bought nearly forty catties of millet for four hundred and fifty coins, but these two catties of rice cost two hundred coins. Moreover, the quality of the rice was not very good.
Jiang Nuanzhi sighed inwardly, almost forgetting that this was a world without Grandpa Yuan.
Young Master Lü slapped himself twice in the middle of the night: I deserve to die!
(End of this chapter)
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