Chapter 235 Exposure
Before leaving work, Li San Niang had already written down the condition of each patient she had seen that day, along with the prescriptions and treatment methods, in the medical record book that Tang Mingyue had given her that morning.
It's all written down, and I've placed it on Tang Mingyue's desk next door. I'm sure Tang Mingyue will see it as soon as she arrives at the clinic tomorrow morning.
This can be considered a tacit handover between the two.
On her way home, Li San Niang even bought about twenty strings of sugar-coated red berries on the street outside the gate of Yongpingfang.
The basket of red berries that Li Kui and Wang Gui insisted on giving to Li San Niang had already been washed and dried by Li Da Sao. Li's father said that these red berries were similar to hawthorns and could be used as a medicine.
So, Sister-in-law Li cut half of the slices into dried pieces to keep for future brewing.
The other half, Li Da Sao and Li Er Sao, removed the pits and mashed them into a paste in a mortar and pestle. While making red bean cake, they also made hawthorn cake.
I must say, even without added sugar, it has a unique flavor.
At least Dewdrop and Li San Niang both love to eat it.
The ones sold on the street are rolled in sugar syrup, which makes them taste different. I can make them at home, but it's a bit more troublesome.
But the last time the whole family ate this, Li San Niang noticed that everyone from top to bottom liked it.
So this time, when Li San Niang saw the vendor selling this at the street corner, she bought quite a lot. The vendor was good at attracting customers, and seeing that Li San Niang bought a lot, he gave her two extra strings of this.
This made Li San Niang feel that she had made a profit.
When they returned to the Li family, Li San Niang, who was holding red fruit, received a loving kiss from Lu Zhu'er.
"Mother, Mother, is this for Zhu'er?"
"Of course it's for Mother's Dewdrop. Mother loves Dewdrop the most, so it's for Dewdrop."
Hearing this undisguised love, Dewdrop smiled and kissed Li San Niang on the cheek as she squatted down to look at her eye level.
"Zhu'er loves her mother the most too."
Li's mother, who hadn't left the house for the past few days, accepted the red berries handed to her by Qiu Xiang, who was holding a large bunch of them. She left a bunch in Qiu Xiang's hand and took the rest.
"Alright, Xiao Si and Lu Zhu'er, you can only eat two each. You can eat the rest after dinner."
"Grandma, I'm much older than Dewdrop, why do I have to be the same age as Dewdrop?"
Li San Niang picked up on this, saying, "Little Si, have you forgotten that you're still drinking your medicine?"
Xiao Shilang then remembered that he had to drink another bowl of bitter medicine soup before going to bed, so he quickly took a bite of the red fruit, which was sweet on the outside and sour on the inside.
When they were having dinner, Li San Niang learned from Li Da Sao that Xing Yu's family had come to pick up Xing Xiao Lang to take him home that day.
"You certainly can't guess how much silver was in that box left behind by the Xing family?"
Li San Niang thought that there must be quite a lot.
After all, Xing Yu, a fellow time traveler, must have had quite a bit of capital to open two supermarkets each in the East and West Markets of Chang'an.
Not to mention, according to Li's mother, who had visited the supermarket in Xishi last time, Xing Yu's shop had a lot of foot traffic, so it must be profitable.
Moreover, the Xing family certainly doesn't just do supermarket business; there must be many other businesses we're unaware of.
Therefore, the Xing family's gratitude money must be quite substantial.
People who run large businesses are not the kind of people who are stingy.
"What? Ten thousand taels?"
Li San Niang received a glare from Li Da Sao: "You really dare to say that."
Li San Niang raised an eyebrow, looked at Li Da Sao, and asked with her eyes, "How much exactly was given?"
Seeing that Lu Zhu'er and Xiao Si Lang didn't seem to care about what was happening here and were still focused on eating the stewed meat and bones they had prepared that day, Li Dasou whispered, "It's a thousand taels! A whole ingot of official silver."
Li's mother ate little for dinner and had already put down her chopsticks. She then picked up where Li's sister-in-law left off and continued, "Your father and I think this money belongs to our family. After all, we all took the risk back then. Let's put this money in the public account."
Li San Niang had no objection to whatever decision Li's mother made.
Even Li San Niang felt that she had dragged the Li family down, causing them to face such great risks on the night of the Emperor's birthday.
If the Bad Guys and soldiers hadn't arrived in time, Li San Niang really didn't know what would have happened to her if any member of the Li family had been injured that night.
After finishing their dinner, the Li family sat in the main hall chatting.
"Sister-in-law, did my elder brother come back last night? Come to think of it, it's been two days since I last saw him."
"He didn't come back last night, but he sent someone to deliver a message today, saying that he'll probably have to stay in Wuhoupu for another two days, and it would be good if he could return home the day after tomorrow."
Li Sanniang thought about the recent events in Chang'an City, and it was normal for the Imperial Guards to be so busy.
Just as Li San Niang was about to say something, she noticed that Xiao Huang in the yard had grown quite a bit. Unlike a while ago when it was still round and chubby, it was now a fully grown dog and no longer looked like a puppy.
Before Li San Niang could finish speaking, Li Er Xiong took out a gold-embossed invitation and handed it to her.
Li San Niang put down the string of red fruits she was holding and accepted the invitation from Li Er Xiong.
This post looks incredibly luxurious, and the texture is excellent to the touch.
When Li San Niang saw the small character "Liang" at the bottom of the cover, she wondered which of the people she knew had the surname Liang.
When she opened it and saw the few lines of powerful calligraphy and the signature "Liang Jian," Li San Niang thought carefully for a moment, but still couldn't recall anyone she knew with the surname Liang who could afford such a luxurious invitation.
Looking at Li San Niang's furrowed brows, Li Erxiong knew that Li San Niang didn't remember who this person was.
"Have you forgotten the doctor who treated Fang Langjun before us?"
Li San Niang suddenly realized, "The former head physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau, Physician Liang? The Physician Liang who used acupuncture techniques so skillfully that he could keep a dying person alive?"
If Brother Li Er knew what "complaining" meant, he would probably mentally complain about Sister Li San Niang's description, which was filled with a long string of prepositional modifiers.
"Second brother, why is this? Why do you insist on coming to our house?"
Brother Li said calmly, "It's not our Li family. The invitation clearly states that they want to see you, Doctor Li."
Li Erxiong turned his head and looked at Li Sanniang, who was stunned and didn't know what to do. He said to her word by word, "I don't want to see Father, the old doctor Li, nor do I want to see you, the female doctor Li."
Li Erxiong first pointed to Li's father, then to himself, and finally to Li Sanniang.
"Second brother, have I been exposed? Fang Chengxian betrayed us?"
Brother Li Er took out a piece of paper: "This was delivered by Fang Langjun's servant less than a quarter of an hour after this invitation was sent."
Li San Niang quickly took it; it was only half a sheet of paper, about the size of a regular book page, on which was written in tiny characters the reason why Doctor Liang had sent her an invitation to visit.
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