Chapter 191: One Needle Will Get You There
Jin Congcong was so frightened when he heard what his master said that his soul almost flew out of his body. He was no longer sleepy, so he raised his legs, turned around and ran away.
"Master, listen to me, don't be impulsive. I know you've disliked me for a long time, but I'm your last disciple. I'm your only last disciple in this lifetime. Please think about it carefully."
Doctor Du chased Jin Congcong around the yard holding a golden needle: "I don't want to do anything! My door has been unable to close for a long time, so I don't want this broken door of yours!"
"You've been thinking about the little fortune I've worked so hard to save since you were little. Every time I have a minor illness or disaster, you're always happy and look forward to inheriting my little fortune..."
"You're still using my name and claiming to be the Little Divine Doctor Jin. You don't know anything at all. You're nothing but a shitty doctor! And now you're going to the underworld... Come on, aren't you going to the underworld? Come here, I'll take you down right now. I guarantee you'll get there in one shot!"
Jin Congcong was so scared that he ran away crying: "No, no, I won't go. I figured it out last night. It must be that I don't have enough spiritual power to go to the underworld yet!"
"Ah! Ah! Don't poke, ah... I won't go. It's not okay if I don't go. I'll go after I've cultivated my spiritual power. I just don't know if there will still be rich businessman ghosts in the underworld by then..."
"Oh...old man, please stop. How can you run so fast at your age? Old man, please stop running. You have to take good care of yourself now. Ruo'er's pregnancy depends on you. It's twins. You have to live until Ruo'er gives birth safely."
Doctor Du's beard twitched in anger. "From what you're saying, you mean that after Ruo'er gives birth, I'll be of no use to her and can just die?"
"Okay, I knew you were still thinking about my stuff, I'm going to stab you to death today..."
Watching the two people running farther and farther away, Bu Ruoxiao couldn't even straighten her back.
"These two really love and hate each other. When Jin Congcong was about seven years old, Grandpa Du fell ill with a high fever. He took a pill and went to sleep. He should have been almost well by the next morning."
"Then that idiot found out. Worried, he made a pot of medicinal food filled with all sorts of things. He took advantage of Grandpa Du's feverish stupor in the middle of the night and fed it to him. As a result... Grandpa Du was ill for over half a month."
"Jin Congcong has good intentions, but he can't say a single nice word. Seeing that Grandpa Du is better, he sighed with disappointment and said that he didn't inherit the treasure again, and he would try harder next time..."
"In fact, Grandpa Du knew that Jin Congcong had done him a disservice with good intentions. He also knew that he hadn't recovered in the past two weeks. Jin Congcong was so anxious that his mouth was full of blisters. Every night he would sneak into Grandpa Du's room to check on him, fearing that he would fall asleep and not wake up."
"Grandpa Du is really worried because he sees that Jin Congcong hasn't learned anything in all these years. He's afraid that after he passes away, that idiot won't even have any skills and will starve to death."
"I finally managed to teach him the art of acupuncture, but... he can only take a simple pulse. Acupuncture is completely useless. No wonder Grandpa Du always wants to push him further."
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After being well-behaved for a while, Jin Congcong came to Buruo's yard again. At this time, Buruo was already three months pregnant.
"Ruo'er, there's another invitation for you, do you want to go?"
"Whose invitation is this time?" Bu Ruo sighed as he looked at the invitation in Jin Congcong's hand. Ever since Xiao Jingrui was captured, all the ministers in Kyoto began to slowly test the waters, and even he himself had received many invitations.
"I think you should go this time. This is an invitation from the wife of the Marquis of Guangling. She's going to hold a full-moon banquet for her twins."
Bu Ruo blinked her eyes and said, "Yeah, it seems to be one of these few days, so let's go."
"Bi'er, go to the storeroom and find some goodies to bring back. They should be fun and suitable for children. Then go ask Grandpa Du for a recipe for nourishing foods and send them over later."
Seeing Bu Ruo agreed, Jin Congcong came over and said, "Ruo'er, can I go too? I'll just follow the prince. The old man has been asking me to memorize prescriptions like crazy these past few days. Now I dream about the names of the medicines every night."
"Ruo'er, please let the prince take me. I really want to go out and get some fresh air. Please, I promise to follow you obediently and not cause any trouble."
Bu Ruo glanced at him and said: "If you want to go, just tell the prince. Why tell me? You won't follow me."
Jin Congcong said aggrievedly: "I want you to tell that old man, otherwise he will definitely not let me go. These days he comes to my yard at dawn to make medicine, and teaches me while he makes it, but you know, I can't learn at all. I just like silver."
Bu Ruo narrowed her eyes and said, "Okay, I'll go tell Grandpa Du not to waste his time on you. Wouldn't it be better to take a rest instead?"
"Also, since you like money so much, after your mortal danger is over, I'll give you a shop to run and give you 20% of the money you earn."
Jin Congcong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he wanted to go up and hug Bu Ru and kiss her twice.
"Ruo'er, are you serious? You're really going to give me the shop to run and give me 20% of the profits. Who's going to pay for the losses?"
"Of course it's yours. If you lose money, it will be deducted from your monthly salary. It will be settled when the money is fully paid off."
Bu Ruo lowered her head and thought for a moment: "Let's go to... the clothing store on the next street. You can't make any money right now anyway, so make a plan before the death calamity and curse come. After the death calamity is over, you can go there and become the shopkeeper. I will let the original shopkeeper teach you for a few days and then transfer him somewhere else."
After hearing Bu Ruo's words, Jin Congcong jumped up with joy: "Ruo'er, you are so kind. I know that ready-made clothing store. I always go there to look at clothes. The fabrics and ready-made clothes there are extremely expensive, but the business is very good."
Bu Ruo: ...
"Alright, let's go, stop jumping around in front of me. I'm getting dizzy. Oh, and please stop stomping on the ground in the palace. If the servants don't know, they might think the palace is haunted."
Bi'er looked at Jin Congcong who was happily walking out and said worriedly, "Princess, is it really okay to give that clothing store to Master Jin? He won't run it bankrupt, will he?"
Bu Ruo picked up the flower and fruit tea and took a sip. This flower and fruit tea was the product of Jin Congcong's research for a long time. He tried it himself and had Doctor Du look at it before it was presented to Bu Ruo after going through layers of scrutiny.
"After all these years, haven't you figured it out? That idiot has never been interested in martial arts or medicine since he was little. He's good for nothing except studying medicinal food and money."
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