Chapter 38 My Own Little Plot
In Mr. Lü's view, she only saw her hand nimbly wave a few times before the dozen or so needles were used up.
Old Master Lü was anxious and realized that he clearly didn't have enough needles, so he immediately took out a new pack of silver needles from his pocket.
Who knew that the next second Jiang Nuanzhi would start to remove the needles, and then insert them again from a different position, moving the silver needles and acupoints little by little.
She only managed to stop after a quarter of an hour, occasionally moving three of the needles.
Jiang Nuanzhi wiped the sweat from her forehead and said while holding the needle, "Repeat this for half an hour, then perform the same needling technique again, and we'll be done for today."
Old Mr. Lü nodded and began to write furiously, taking notes continuously.
The young apprentice following him was sweating profusely, clearly because Jiang Nuanzhi's technique was too fast and he couldn't remember it at all. He was so anxious that he was almost crying.
Lu Laoqing dared not disturb Jiang Nuanzhi at all, and waited patiently for her to finish the last round and put away the needles before exclaiming in amazement, "Incredible skill!"
Dark blood was flowing from Li Rong's nostrils, and Jiang Nuanzhi took a handkerchief to wipe it for him.
After wiping his body and taking his pulse, he looked at Old Master Lü and said, "Thinking about it, I'll give him one last acupuncture treatment tomorrow, and the remaining toxins in his body will be almost completely cleared."
"Who exactly is your teacher, Madam? How could you possess such exquisite needlework skills?"
Did you have a teacher?
A face involuntarily flashed through Jiang Nuanzhi's mind. Her nose tingled slightly.
If she knew she was now a veterinarian, she would be incredibly disappointed.
He shook his head: "I only learned a little bit from a master, not even a fraction of what she has."
Old Master Lü exclaimed in amazement, "Where is this master? I wonder if Doctor Jiang could introduce me to him?"
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head: "She's not here. I don't know where she is."
Upon hearing this, Old Master Lü felt disappointed. He looked at his own hands and sighed inwardly, "I'm afraid I'll never be able to learn your needlework skills at my age."
He knew that such acupuncture technique required extremely high skill from the practitioner. At his age, it was far beyond his capabilities.
"Elder Lü, there's no need to worry. The reason I rotated them so quickly is that I really don't have enough needles. I only have twelve available. If I had more needles, it would be easier to operate, and I think Elder Lü could manage it too."
"Really? I'll bring two more sets of needles as a gift for you, my wife, tomorrow."
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "Okay, that will make things easier for me. Thank you, Elder Lü."
Old Master Lü waved his hand repeatedly, grabbing Jiang Nuanzhi and asking about the order in which several major acupoints on her body should be needled.
Jiang Nuanzhi simply took out paper and pen and drew a clear picture for him.
Old Master Lü was overjoyed and, holding the paper, sat down in the courtyard with the young apprentice he had brought to study it.
Jiang Nuanzhi started a fire herself and cooked millet porridge on the stove.
Yesterday I also bought some pumpkin, washed it, cut it into small pieces, and cooked it with millet.
The dried green beans Aunt Niu gave me earlier have been soaked for a while now. I chopped them into small pieces, stir-fried them with scallions and garlic, seasoned them, and they're ready to serve. The stir-fried dried green beans are incredibly fragrant, making them perfect for porridge.
There were six or seven wild eggs left from the ones I found yesterday, so I decided to cook them all.
After finishing her busy work, she filled a ladle with millet, added some to the chickens at her farm, and gave the rest to Xiaoli.
They added another spoonful of salt to Xiaoli, chopped some hay, and filled a whole bucket.
Watching Xiaoli happily circle around the bucket eating, Jiang Nuanzhi patted its bottom.
Then he took the medicine that Young Master Lü had prepared for Li Junping and fed it to him.
After a flurry of activity, Jiang Nuanzhi sat down next to Dahei. Seeing Dahei looking at her expectantly, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but smile and pat its head: "Silly Dahei, wait a minute, I'll give you some porridge later."
While chatting with Dahei, she took a closer look at the window.
"How can you remember so many things?"
While preparing the medicine, Young Master Lü looked at Jiang Nuanzhi with a puzzled expression.
Jiang Nuanzhi went inside to get two nails, and when she came out, she said, "Hmm? A lot of things to do?"
"So many things! How can a family have so many things going on? Just looking at you makes me tired. How do you have so much energy? Have you really mastered some kind of magic skill?"
Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Where did you hear all this from? 'Divine skill' indeed!"
That's how it's written in storybooks.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "I didn't even realize how much work there was until you mentioned it. I'm quite happy being busy in my own little corner of the world. Look, I've been busy for so long, and it seems like it's only been a quarter of an hour."
Young Master Lü added firewood to the bottom of the medicine pot: "It's true. I feel like I've done a lot of things today, but the sun hasn't even risen yet."
While chatting, Jiang Nuanzhi found some white paper, made some paste with flour, and sealed the window.
He secretly thought that he should buy some more curtains tomorrow.
A short while later, the youngest daughter in the family woke up.
As soon as she woke up, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and came out to look for her, hugging her legs and calling out "Mama, Mama!"
Her two older brothers followed suit, and even Li Junping, who had a high fever, quickly got up.
"I'm sorry, Nuan, my brother and I overslept."
Li Xiaoer, still half asleep, quickly stepped forward to apologize.
Jiang Nuanzhi patted his head: "No need to apologize, you can sleep until you naturally wake up from now on. Go wash your hands and face, and let's eat."
Then, they went to call Doctor Lü and his son.
After having breakfast together, Doctor Lü reluctantly drove off in his carriage, promising to return the next day.
Jiang Nuanzhi wasn't in a hurry to go out. Yesterday, thanks to two unfortunate souls, she had earned a full seven taels of silver. After buying miscellaneous items, she spent one tael, leaving her with six taels.
The family has enough food for the time being, and she bought so much flour, thinking of making some instant noodles to sell at the market tomorrow.
These past two days, she went to the county town and noticed that there were a lot of peddlers and laborers in Liujiang County. Because Liujiang County is located between Gukui City and Canglin City, travelers on tall horses often passed through to resupply their provisions. Making some instant noodles seemed like the perfect solution. Jiang Nuanzhi had made instant noodles before, so she was relatively confident in her skills.
Yesterday's water supply was all used up, and Li Junping insisted on helping to fetch more. Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't refuse him, so she went along. They even borrowed a small cart from Aunt Niu next door.
The pushcart wasn't as smooth as it is now, but it was still much easier than carrying water back by myself.
Aunt Niu is so kind that she's lending Jiang Nuanzhi four buckets from her own house, plus her own two, so she won't have to make a second trip.
They had just finished digging the well and filled it with water, and were pushing the cart back home.
They bumped right into Liu Ma, who was driving a donkey cart out the door.
"Oh my, big sister, where are you taking your grandson?"
The auntie who was fetching water with me asked with a smile.
Aunt Liu also noticed Jiang Nuanzhi, and naturally also caught a glimpse of Li Junping beside her.
She proudly raised her head and said, "Of course I will send my eldest grandson to school. He is old enough now and can no longer spend his days with these peasants in the countryside."
"Oh my, so all that stuff in this car is for the gentleman?"
Aunt Liu laughed heartily: "Of course, I've prepared all six gifts for the child's upbringing. I've also prepared five taels of silver for it. Mr. Zhou previously said that my little tiger is clever, so naturally I have to prepare a generous gift. I can't let my child suffer because I'm not good at earning money. Jiang Pangya, don't you think so?"
As she finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Jiang Nuanzhi with a half-smile, her eyes filled with mockery.
Big Black: Why am I the only one without food? Is it because I can't lay eggs, or because I can't ride? Huh?
(End of this chapter)
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