Chapter 477 Sealing the Mouth
As soon as Fu entered the courtyard, the first person to greet Li San Niang was the now-grown-up Little Yellow. "Little Yellow, if you keep wagging your tail, it might just fall off."
"You've got a good chance! Come in and read the letter right now."
Since Li's mother had spoken, Li San Niang naturally dared not cause any trouble and quickly took two steps forward.
But Lu Zhu'er, who was already standing next to Xiao Huang, asked with some concern, "Mother, will Xiao Huang's tail wag off?"
Then let's stop Little Yellow from wagging its tail.
"Haha, haha," Sister-in-law Li picked up Dewdrop, "Dewdrop, your mother is just teasing you. Little Yellow's tail won't wag off."
Its wagging tail means the happy dewdrop has come home.
Inside the main hall, Li San Niang took the letter handed to her by her mother, opened it, and found it was a letter from the Jin family's wife.
(Plot of Chapters 271, 349, and 354)
After reading it, Li San Niang looked up at her mother and said, "It's a letter from the Jin family's wife. I examined her husband and concubine earlier."
Li San Niang waved the envelope at her mother, "It says that the young master of the Jin family has fallen seriously ill and passed away, and the Jin family is going back to their hometown."
Before they left, they told me this, and also said that if I had time, I could go to the city gate to meet them when they left the city.
After Li San Niang lowered her head and unfolded the letter again to confirm the date, she continued to say to Li's mother, "It will be in three days."
Li's mother didn't know whose family Li San Niang was referring to, but since she had been Li San Niang's patient before, she figured Li San Niang should just handle it herself.
"So what do you want?"
Li San Niang thought of Ying Ge, Lü Yi, and Hong Xiu, and sighed, "When the time comes, I will ask the doctor for half a day off and go to the city gate to see them off."
After all, they wrote a letter to inform me.
"It's good that you know what's going on."
Three days later, Li San Niang asked Manager Gao for half a day's leave in advance and, according to the schedule, went to Anhua Gate with Qiu Xiang and Lao Shi.
I had already left half an hour early, but I didn't expect that a row of more than a dozen carriages belonging to the Jin family were already parked by the roadside at the entrance of Anhua.
As Li San Niang got out of the carriage and walked over, the old woman who was close to Jin's wife came to greet her. "Doctor Li, thank you for coming to see me off. My wife is just ahead."
Li San Niang followed the old woman past four or five carriages and saw Jin Niangzi with Lü Yi, Hong Xiu Ying Ge, and others by the carriage, with a young man standing next to them.
When Li San Niang arrived, there was naturally a round of pleasantries and greetings.
It turned out that the young man was Jin Niangzi's eldest son. After exchanging greetings, Jin Niangzi left to check on the carriages and servants.
Instead, it was Lady Jin who invited Lady Li San Niang into the carriage to talk. Lady Li San Niang realized that Lady Jin must have something to say, otherwise she wouldn't have sent a message to her to see her off. So she agreed and left Qiu Xiang and Lao Shi to wait outside.
Sure enough, Jin's wife's personal maid didn't get on the carriage either, but waited under the carriage shaft.
The carriages of wealthy families are quite spacious, and there's even a small table in the middle of the interior.
After Li San Niang sat down, she saw Jin Niangzi take out two small plates of snacks and a teapot with a cover from a hidden drawer.
Jin Niangzi poured Li San Niang a cup of tea that was still warm, then pushed the plate of snacks toward Li San Niang before smiling apologetically and saying, "It's kind of you, Doctor Li, to take the time to see us off. Try these snacks; my eldest son brought them from our hometown."
Li San Niang naturally picked up a pastry and ate it, then politely praised it and waited for Jin Niangzi to explain her intentions.
Jin Niangzi probably felt that she had laid enough groundwork, so she first sighed, and then smiled apologetically at Li San Niang and said, "Don't laugh at me, Doctor Li, but I'm actually a little happy that my husband caught a cold on his way back to our hometown and didn't make it through."
Li San Niang was not surprised that Jin Niangzi would confide such things to her, after all, there were only the two of them in this enclosed space.
If Li San Niang insists on telling outsiders that Jin Niangzi is happy about the passing of Jin's master, then outsiders must believe it, and Li San Niang must also have evidence to prove that these words were spoken by Jin Niangzi herself.
However, as for why Jin Niangzi dared to speak her mind like this, her own considerations were based on her interactions with Li San Niang, from which she could clearly sense Li San Niang's tolerance and kindness towards the young women.
After saying this, Jin Niangzi glanced at Li San Niang, and sure enough, Li San Niang's expression remained unchanged.
“He was really a good person when he was young. He was simple, hardworking, and honest. So I didn’t feel any hardship taking care of my parents-in-law and raising children in my hometown.”
But this man ultimately couldn't resist the erosion of desire, and after earning some money, he changed.
"The young ladies came to our house one after another,"
Recalling the days of forbearance in the past, Lady Jin couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in her heart. However, when she thought that Master Jin had already passed away, she felt relieved and her anger dissipated.
"Later, as you know, Dr. Li, he was promiscuous outside, which led to his young wife at home contracting venereal disease."
When Jin Niangzi looked over, Li San Niang simply nodded without commenting. After all, it was someone else's business, and Li San Niang felt that she really didn't need to comment.
Jin Niangzi was quite satisfied with Li San Niang's performance; a doctor who keeps his mouth shut is a good doctor.
"Although we went straight back to our hometown this time, we still left a house in Chang'an so that our descendants will have a place to stay when they come to Chang'an in the future."
"Is Lady Jin going back to her hometown and never coming to Chang'an again?"
Jin Niangzi nodded, "If there's no need, I probably won't come again. My eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby boy last month, and I'm going back to my hometown to reunite with my eldest son and the others, so I can enjoy family life."
Upon hearing this, Li San Niang vaguely understood why Jin Niangzi insisted on seeing her today.
"Dr. Li, we are both women, and we should know how harsh people are on women."
Men always look down on the women in brothels, yet they themselves always want to go to brothels to find these women—it's truly laughable.
Green Ripple, Red Sleeve, and Nightingale are just young girls of fifteen or sixteen years old. I plan to give each of them some money when I get to the South, so they can go and live their own lives.
And my sons will also need to get married someday, not to mention that the Emperor has now opened the imperial examinations; who knows, they might be able to take one someday too.”
Jin Niangzi had already said so much; if Li San Niang still didn't understand, she would truly be a fool.
"Don't worry, Lady Jin."
As a doctor, one naturally understands what should and shouldn't be said.
Unless it violates the law, each patient's condition is kept secret from third parties.
"The illnesses of Master Jinlang and Lüyi are known only to you, me, and themselves; no one else will learn anything from me."
Jin Niangzi was very satisfied with Li San Niang's attitude, and her brows relaxed upon hearing this.
After listening to Li San Niang's words, Jin Niangzi took out a small box from the side, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Li San Niang: "In that case, I'm sorry to have troubled Doctor Li to come all this way. Doctor Li must accept this small token of gratitude. If you accept it, I will feel at ease."
They were all intelligent people. Li San Niang got off the carriage with the heavy box in her hand. After bowing to Jin Niangzi, who had also gotten off the carriage, she was invited over by Lü Yi and the other two who had been waiting on the side.
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