Chapter 480 Revenge
Finally, Qingniang put on a veil to cover her flushed face and neck, took the ointment prescribed by Li Sanniang, and hurriedly left the clinic. From behind, it looked as if someone was chasing her, and Qingniang ran away in a flash.
After Qingniang left, Li Sanniang smiled at Qiuxiang and said, "Alas, this situation is caused by a lack of knowledge."
Fortunately, it wasn't contagious to the child; it would be truly distressing for the little one to suffer like that.
Although Qiu Xiang was young, she had seen countless things involving men and women on rooftops when she was on missions for the Bad Guys in the past, so she wasn't surprised by this.
"I didn't know that you could get sick from that. I used to think that you could only get sick from sexual intercourse between men and women."
Li San Niang winked at Qiu Xiang and said, "You're still young. The things between men and women are more outrageous than you can imagine."
After Li San Niang finished speaking, she glanced at Qiu Xiang, raised her eyebrows, smiled, and said nothing more.
Li San Niang also thought to herself that this disease wasn't just between men and women, but also between men.
After seeing three more patients, with only half an hour left before her shift was about to end, Li Sanniang, who was sitting at the very back of the clinic, heard a loud commotion outside, though she couldn't quite make it out.
Tang Mingyue is someone who can't sit still. At this moment, there are few patients in the clinic; it's mostly her own people.
Tang Mingyue stood up and walked to the entrance of the clinic, looking out.
After watching for a while, Tang Mingyue turned around and said to Doctor Cui and Li Sanniang, who had also come out of their consultation booth to stretch their legs, "It looks like a marriage arranged by a matchmaker has gone wrong. They're crying and wailing, so it's probably not going to be easy to resolve."
As for why it was possible to tell that it was a matchmaker's marriage, it was thanks to the fact that matchmakers at this time dressed in a particular way; you could tell from their attire that they were matchmakers even from a distance.
Turning her head, Tang Mingyue said to Nanxing, "Good Nanxing, you know a lot of people, go out and find out what's going on."
There aren't many people around now, so I'll keep watch for you. You go out and ask around for us, and I'll bring you some fruit from home tomorrow.
Nanxing was easy to talk to, and he could tell that besides Manager Gao inside the room, Tang Mingyue wasn't the only one in the medical hall who was curious; Li Sanniang, Doctor Cui, and Doctor Lao Li were all extremely curious as well.
Although Dr. Li is sitting at his consultation table with a dignified air, Nanxing could tell from his posture that he was also listening attentively.
Nanxing bowed and then darted out the door.
About fifteen minutes later, Nanxing was seen jogging into the clinic.
As soon as Nanxing came in, Tang Mingyue took a cup and went over to her. Qili also moved a stool for Nanxing to sit on.
"Drink some water first, quench your thirst, and then we can talk slowly."
Nanxing didn't stand on ceremony. After sitting down, he grabbed his cup and chugged it down. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve, dried the water stains around his lips, and caught his breath. Then, Nanxing started learning about things outside.
"The troublemakers do indeed have something to do with our clinic."
When Li San Niang saw Nan Xing's gaze, she was stunned for a moment before realizing, "Is this a patient who came to see me before?"
Nanxing nodded, "It is indeed Dr. Li's patient."
There were people from four directions outside. One side was the Zhou family, another side was Doctor Li's patients—the family who came to see him that day when the army was setting off outside the city, and it was raining.
"Now that you mention it, I do remember. That day, a family did come to see a doctor for their daughter."
(Plot summary of chapters 427-431)
Having received Li San Niang's confirmation, before Nan Xing could continue, Tang Mingyue impatiently asked, "Who are the other two families?"
"The third party was a matchmaker surnamed Wang from the neighborhood, and the fourth party was the family of a woman surnamed Qian."
The matter was simple: Matchmaker Wang had taken on the job from the Zhou family to find a wife for their eldest son, Zhou Dalang.
Then the matchmaker, Wang, went to the Qian family's home. The Zhou family had two fairly large storefronts and lived a decent life. The Qian family thought it was a good match and agreed to the marriage.
After meeting once, and then having the Qian family's daughter and Zhou family's eldest son meet privately in front of their families, the Qian family felt that Zhou family's eldest son was suitable and were interested in taking things further.
But at this moment, the Sun family made their move.
That's the Sun family who came to see Dr. Li for treatment.
Sun's daughter (Cuilan) approached Qian's daughter and, after discussing something in secret, Qian's family immediately contacted a matchmaker to say that the marriage was off.
Matchmaker Wang would definitely ask why, but the Qian family was righteous and didn't mention that the Sun family had come to their door.
They simply said their family was incompetent and unworthy of Zhou's eldest son.
Nanxing paused here, giving everyone time to react.
Li San Niang, however, now understood everything and realized the cause and effect.
Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with excitement. "This is Cui Lan's family informing the other young ladies that the Zhou family is not a good family!"
However, Li San Niang could only exchange glances with Qiu Xiang, and she would never speak of the matter of Sun Cuilan being drugged and forcibly taken by Zhou Jia Da Lang.
"Presumably, this Miss Sun must have been on good terms with this Young Master Zhou back then, right?"
There must be something wrong with Zhou's eldest son, that made Sun's daughter risk gossip to go to the Qian family and tell them.
Dr. Cui stroked his beard as he spoke.
Dr. Cui thought the Sun family had done a good job, after all, he put himself in the Qian family's shoes, and Dr. Cui had a youngest daughter at the age of fifteen or sixteen who was of marriageable age at home.
If someone kindly points out any problems with the family he's considering marrying, Dr. Cui feels it's only right that he bows and scrapes before them.
This is, after all, a meritorious deed that will save the woman's future.
Tang Mingyue's emotions were more outwardly expressed. He clapped his hands together and said, "I think this Zhou family's eldest son is not just inappropriate, but rather extremely inappropriate."
Otherwise, where would anyone break up a marriage proposal just because the match didn't go well?
Nanxing then chimed in, "I haven't found out the inside story."
All that is known is that, currently, because the Qian family is unwilling to take the next step, and the Zhou family disagrees, it means that the previous two visits cost a lot of money, and now that the Qian family has gone back on their word, they will have to pay compensation.
The Qian family disagreed with paying compensation and even argued that the Zhou family should compensate them.
Thus, today on the street, the women from the Zhou and Qian families went from arguing to fighting, and then someone called the street patrol.
That's why there was such a big commotion just now.
After listening to Nanxing's explanation, Tang Mingyue felt a strong urge to know what the hidden story was, so she looked at Li Sanniang.
Tang Mingyue guessed that Li San Niang must know what happened to the Sun family's daughter, which was why the Sun family's daughter went to warn the Qian family's daughter.
Li San Niang naturally received Tang Mingyue's curious gaze, but she turned her eyes away, pretending not to see it.
If a woman encounters a similar situation as Sun Cuilan, although she is a victim, that's just how the world is. Women are often harshly criticized. Regardless of whether it's your fault or not, once you've had such an experience, it's all your fault in people's mouths.
Therefore, Li San Niang would definitely not tell everyone about Sun Cuilan's ordeal.
Seeing that Li San Niang was not responding, Tang Mingyue had no other choice but to turn to Nan Xing and say, "Good Nan Xing, thank you for your hard work. Wait for me tomorrow, I will bring you some fruit from home."
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