Chapter 60 Xu Miaomiao is ill
"Sixth Lady, is the antidote ready?"
As soon as she walked into the kitchen, the aroma of herbs almost overwhelmed her.
Gu Yuanniang and Xuguo were seen each guarding several medicine jars and concentrating on making medicine. They only raised their heads when they saw Xu Miaomiao.
"Alright, alright."
As she spoke, Gu Yuanniang took the white cloth beside her and poured out the medicine jar.
The bitter taste instantly spread in the space. Xu Miaomiao did not dare to stop and went to find the mother and daughter with the medicine.
The woman huddled in the corner, shivering. The child in her arms had red cheeks and was dying.
"Wake up, wake up."
Xu Miaomiao shook the woman's body, but couldn't wake her up. A bad premonition began to develop in her heart, and Xu Miaomiao's hands moved more violently: "Wake up."
“Ahem.”
The woman coughed twice and opened her hazy eyes. Her expression was dazed and misty. Perhaps because her coughing was a little intense, the child in her arms began to cry again.
"Doctor Xu, am I still alive?"
The woman spoke in a hoarse voice, unable to believe it.
"Of course I'm still alive." Xu Miaomiao responded and handed the medicine in her hand forward: "The antidote is ready, drink it first."
The woman looked at the steaming antidote, tears welling up in her eyes. She took the bowl, blew it cool, and fed it to the child in her arms: "Good boy, drink the medicine."
Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao felt distressed and wanted to get another bowl of antidote but was stopped by a voice.
"Who allowed you to sell drugs privately?"
Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw the man with a big belly, and many soldiers were following behind him. The man pouted in dissatisfaction and covered his mouth and nose.
"What's this smell?" He said with disdain, looking at everyone with dissatisfaction: "Who is in charge?"
Xu Miaomiao thought about it and thought that this must be the official from above that County Magistrate Bai mentioned. She did not dare to neglect him and hurried forward: "My Lord, it's me, Xu Miaomiao."
"Oh?" The man looked at Xu Miaomiao curiously and said with disdain: "I thought it was a male doctor, but I didn't expect it to be a woman."
Xu Miaomiao frowned. Why did everyone mock her like this every time they saw her?
"Forget it, I won't bother with you." The man waved his hand and looked at Xu Miaomiao: "The plague is rampant now. Who allowed you to help them? What if the disease gets worse and worse?"
"Your Excellency." Xu Miaomiao bowed respectfully and responded, "Miaomiao, as a doctor, cannot bear to see the people get sick without anyone treating them, so I took the initiative to make the decision. Please forgive me, Your Excellency."
"Your action is a good one." The man nodded, but said in a serious tone: "But what if you do this and the virus spreads even faster?"
"Your Excellency, I have found an antidote to the plague that is effective in curing the symptoms and preventing its spread."
"You can find a cure for something that even I can't solve?" The man looked at Xu Miaomiao suspiciously: "Who knows if there is any problem with your medicine."
The patients around her were still waiting for her. Xu Miaomiao didn't have the heart to worry about what was happening in front of her: "Sir, many patients have been cured. This medicine is definitely effective."
"Why should I trust you!" The man pushed Xu Miaomiao and said dissatisfiedly, "Starting tomorrow, quickly evacuate the patients here. Go do what you should do. Who knows what this medicine is?"
Xu Miaomiao's eyes were bloodshot. She took off the gauze on her face and exposed herself to the air.
The man opposite was startled and took a step back: "What are you doing! If you want to die, don't drag me down with you."
Xu Miaomiao looked at the man and said in a firm tone: "Sir, it is only a matter of time before I get infected with the plague. If this antidote can really cure it, I hope you will agree to let us give it to them."
Xu Miaomiao took a step further and looked at the man with determination on her face.
"Okay, okay." The man covered his mouth and nose, and as he looked at Xu Miaomiao approaching step by step, he had to agree: "I want to see if you can survive!"
Having said that, he left angrily, muttering to himself as he left, cursing Xu Miaomiao as a crazy woman who was not afraid of her own life.
The virus spread very quickly in the air, and Xu Miaomiao was overworked in recent days, so her immunity was not as strong as before, and her legs went weak and she fainted.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Yuanniang looking at her with a pouty face: "You are too impulsive. There is no way to make him believe. You want to humiliate your own body."
"Ahem." Xu Miaomiao coughed twice, and with great effort she propped herself up and looked at Gu Yuanniang: "If you want him to believe, this is the easiest way."
"Oh." Gu Yuanniang waved her hands helplessly: "I really can't control you anymore."
"Sixth Lady, how are those patients?"
"You still have time to care about others when things are like this." Gu Yuanniang said as she picked up the antidote on the table and fed it to Xu Miaomiao: "Don't worry, Xuguo is still making the medicine. The number of patients in the lobby is decreasing, but there are probably still many outside."
Xu Miaomiao hummed, pinched her nose and drank all the medicine. At this moment, she had to get better quickly so that she could promote the antidote.
"It's already the fifth day, where's that woman?" The man pinched his nose and swept the dust from under his skirt, but he didn't see the woman in the house: "Why, did that young lady die of illness?"
"I'm afraid I've disappointed you, my Lord."
Xu Miaomiao walked out slowly with the herbs in her hand, her voice was even louder and louder: "Sir, you have seen that this Muxu grass can indeed cure the plague. I hope you will allow me to promote it."
The man was still a little bit incredulous when he saw the woman standing in front of him in perfect condition. But when he looked around, he found that there were fewer and fewer people in the lobby, and even the coughing sounds became less frequent.
The man picked up the bowl handed to him by the woman with suspicion, put it to his nose and asked, indeed there was only the fragrance and bitterness of herbs: "Can this medicine really cure the disease? Such a big plague, and a breakthrough was discovered by a little woman like you?"
"I dare not." Xu Miaomiao said slowly: "I found the antidote by accident. This is all thanks to you, my Lord. It was only after you came that the plague gradually got better."
Xu Miaomiao didn't want to compete for credit with the person in front of her. She just wanted to popularize this herb as soon as possible so that the people would not suffer from illness.
“Hahahaha.” The man pointed at Xu Miaomiao, touched his belly, and said with a smile, “This child is teachable, this child is teachable.”
He stopped laughing and said in a pretentious tone, "Of course, this kind of herbal medicine must be popularized to cure this plague as soon as possible. Madam Xu, just go ahead and do it. I will take care of everything."
Haha, Xu Miaomiao sneered in her heart, but still responded quickly: "Thank you, sir."
As long as she can cure everyone, she doesn't care about any credit.
(End of this chapter)
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