Extra (3) The Beauty Has Her Own Ambition

"Ma'am, there is a letter for you."

Shen Yuan took the letter and found the handwriting familiar. He smiled and said, "It's a letter from Doctor Qiu."

When Qing Dai heard her daughter say that it was Doctor Qiu, she also smiled and said, "Yes, Doctor Qiu has been with my husband for more than half a year."

After Qiu Lingxin's husband passed the imperial examination, he had to wait for a long time before he received the news of his appointment as an official because he was only a fellow Jinshi. Moreover, the place he went to was a remote county in Yunzhou, and his official position was chief clerk.

The place was far away and it was cold in winter. Qiu Lingxin's husband was reluctant to let his wife suffer with him, so he thought about going alone and letting his wife stay in Beijing. However, Qiu Lingxin disagreed. The two even had a quarrel because of this. However, it was just a quarrel because they were both thinking about each other.

Of course, Qiu Lingxin "won" in the end. The two finally decided to go together. Qiu Lingxin said to Shen Yuan at the time: "I am not going just to follow A Yan. I know that the more remote the place is, the more doctors are needed. My parents have been to many places in recent years. They said that people in many places can only endure their illnesses, or find a village doctor who knows something about it, or go up the mountain to pick some herbs and eat them randomly. I can't help everyone, but if I see one more person, maybe one less person will be tortured by the disease."

So when Qiu Lingxin left, Shen Yuan prepared a lot of medicinal herbs for her to take with her, and asked her to write to her if she had any problems.

Shen Yuan opened the letter, and Qiu Lingxin told him about her days in Yinmatai County, Yunzhou. This county was almost on the border of Dazhao. During the reign of Taizu of Dazhao, it had been experiencing wars all the time. It was not until the time of the previous emperor that the county was recovered. Since then, it has been recuperating. However, due to its remote location and frequent blockades, the winters are long and cold, and not much can be grown from the land. Most of the people make a living by grazing.

"Qianmatai, what a good name. I was looking forward to it before I even arrived here. It is indeed desolate here, but the people here are very nice. As soon as we found a good place to stay, the neighbors sent us a big leg of lamb. At first we couldn't quite understand what the people here said, so we could only rely on gestures and guessing. But it doesn't matter if we don't understand. Just laugh when you don't understand. The people here love to laugh. Even when they come to see me because they are not feeling well, they come with a smile."

When Shen Yuan saw this, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

Qiu Lingxin also said that she can now understand the local dialect and can even speak a few words. However, when she was treating patients, she was afraid of saying the wrong thing and causing misunderstandings, so she specially hired a little girl to help. The little girl's father drove cattle and sheep to the capital every year, so she spoke Mandarin well, and after returning home, she also taught her daughter to speak it.

Qiu Lingxin hired her as her assistant and taught the girl medical skills, so that even if she passed away one day in the future, they would still have their own doctor here.

In addition to the letter to Shen Yuan, there was another letter in the envelope. Qiu Lingxin said it was for Xiaoxiao. When she was in the clinic, Qiu Lingxin took good care of Xiaoxiao and put a lot of effort into teaching her.

Shen Yuan put the letter away and planned to go to the clinic after finishing his shift tomorrow to deliver the letter to Xiao Xiao and check on the situation of the clinic.

In the capital city today, there is already more than one clinic that specializes in treating women. Even many families who originally believed that medical skills should be passed down to sons but not daughters have begun to change their minds. After all, if the throne can be passed down to daughters, why can't medical skills be passed down to daughters?

The owner of Baoshantang, one of the best hospitals in the capital, was the first to say that in the future their family medical skills would no longer be passed down only to men, but women in the family could also learn medicine together, and the hospital would be passed on to whoever learned well.

Shen Yuan was not afraid that her clinic would have fewer customers because of other clinics. She opened a clinic not just for business. Moreover, after such a long period of time, the female clinic had accumulated a lot of repeat customers. All the customers who used Fuling's prescriptions for hair growth, beauty and health had good reviews.

When Shen Yuan arrived at the clinic, he happened to see Taozi and Xiaoxiao being tested. Today was their first time trying to diagnose a patient. When Shen Yuan saw them, he found a place to sit down and did not go over to disturb them.

After the test was over, Shen Yuan asked Fuling how they performed.

Fuling smiled and said, "Both of them performed well. Taozi is better, but Xiaoxiao is not bad either. When she first came here, she was still learning to read. Now she is doing very well. They are both very hardworking."

After hearing what Fuling said, Shen Yuan called the two of them over and praised them, and gave Xiaoxiao the letter sent by Qiu Lingxin.

Xiao Xiao was very happy after receiving the letter. "Dr. Qiu wrote to me? That's great. Boss, can I also write a letter back to Dr. Qiu?"

"Of course you can. When you write the letter, tell Fuling and I'll deliver it to Doctor Qiu along with the letter."

"Thank you, Mr. Dong, thank you, Mr. Dong!"

Shen Yuan smiled and said to Taozi, "Just now Fuling said that you did a great job. I will praise you well when I meet your sister next time."

"Then Taozi would like to thank the boss first. Sister tells me every day to learn from Sister Fuling."

Now the clinic has four more doctors on duty. In addition to Taozi and Xiaoxiao, they have also accepted two new apprentices. So they don't have to worry about being too busy, and they can take turns to rest one day every ten days.

After saying this, Shen Yuan took Qingdai out.

"Qingdai, I suddenly want to eat pancakes. Let's go buy some pancakes before going home to pick up Li'er."

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Er Niang's shop is not big, but her business is very good. The sandwiches she makes are clean and delicious, and the meat is solid. If you eat them once, you will definitely come back for more.

Every time Shen Yuan went back, she would buy a few more to take home. Her father and Li'er loved them very much.

"Look, my dear, what did I buy for you?"

When Shen Yuan got home, Li'er was playing with Huang Jingao. The older Huang Jingao got, the less active she became. But when she saw Shen Yuan coming back, she would slowly walk over and rub her legs.

"Cake! Thank you, mom."

"You're welcome." Shen Yuan touched his daughter's head, "Where's your grandfather?"

"Grandfather went fishing with Grandfather, and Grandfather asked me to tell you that we will have dinner here in the evening. We will eat fish here."

"Okay, then let's wait and see how many fish your grandfather can bring back."

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