Chapter 103: The Duan Family Father and Son
"Haven't you prepared alcohol to reduce wound infection? Isn't that enough?" Doctor Hua has not yet realized Chu Ci's intention.
Chu Ci chuckled: "Alcohol can only reduce infection, but if the wound is large and deep, alcohol will not be very effective."
Doctor Hua's eyes suddenly lit up: "Aci, do you have a solution?"
Chu Ci nodded, then shook his head.
Doctor Hua became even more anxious: "Do you know or not?"
"It can be sutured with catgut, but..." Chu Ci said it frankly this time, but stopped halfway.
"But what?" At this moment, Doctor Hua wished he could pry Chu Ci's mouth open.
"I only have a general idea, and the equipment required for sewing wounds is quite demanding. But Uncle Tianji and Senior Gudu were sent out by me as soon as they arrived." Chu Ci felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
Doctor Hua, however, remained in high spirits. "It's not like they won't come back. First, you should sort out the method for suturing the wound. I'll see how confident you are."
This time Chu Ci answered very straightforwardly: "Okay, when I go back tonight, I will organize what I know for Master."
But his frankness made Doctor Hua realize something was amiss. "Did you intend to use suturing techniques to trick me, your master, from the very beginning?"
Could Chu Ci admit it? Of course not. "No, I was planning to study it secretly. I didn't expect..."
"I didn't expect that I, an old man, would target you because of a prescription?" Doctor Hua automatically added the rest of the words to help Chu Ci.
Chu Ci laughed dryly upon hearing this: "Master, you still have to be more careful about Niuniu's mother."
Doctor Hua knew Chu Ci was trying to change the subject, but he didn't expose him: "It's just one thing. You've taken a fancy to that little girl, right? You can just follow her when the time comes."
After hearing what Doctor Hua said, Chu Ci felt a little embarrassed.
The next day, he compiled some prescriptions for qi deficiency, blood deficiency, and both qi and blood deficiency and sent them over.
Doctor Hua was very happy and stayed in his yard for several days making medicine and researching prescriptions.
Chu Ci continued to work on her "pre-marriage training" and poor Fan Jingrui, who used to at least have a few conversations with him at night. Now, Chu Ci came home exhausted and fell asleep immediately.
So Fan Jingrui couldn't help but wonder, if this continued, Chu Ci would forget about her husband.
At this moment, Duan Tianji rushed back with his father Duan Weihe.
Duan's father was also impatient. As soon as he arrived, he dragged Duan Tianji to find Chu Ci and said, "Madam Fan, as long as the Fan family doesn't rebel, I, Duan Weihe, will protect the Fan family in the future. If you have any other conditions, please feel free to ask. As long as you can distribute some alcohol and potatoes to our Zhennan Army, it will be fine."
Seemingly reckless, but extremely measured.
He is worthy of being a military leader.
But he never expected it!
Chu Ci didn't even follow his suggestion. "Uncle Duan, what are you talking about? It's my honor to do something for heroes like you who defend our country. I don't need any conditions, just that you can guarantee to pay the money."
"So simple?" Duan Weihe didn't believe that Chu Ci would be so selfish.
"Not really." Chu Ci smiled a little embarrassedly, but did not hide it: "I plan to open a women's college, and all future cooperation with the Zhennan Army will be under the name of the women's college. I wonder if Uncle Duan is willing?"
"Girls' college? A place specifically for daughters to go to school?" Duan Weihe couldn't believe what he heard.
Chu Ci nodded and asked again: "That's understandable. Uncle Duan, are you willing?"
Duan Weihe thought for a moment, but couldn't figure out what the connection was between their Zhennan Army and the Women's College.
But he would never let go of the fat meat in his mouth: "I promise. Then how much alcohol can you provide us in a year?"
"Two hundred pounds." Chu Ci said, deliberately raising two fingers and shaking them in front of Duan Weihe.
Duan Weihe was nearly knocked unconscious. He had asked his son before coming here about alcohol being hard to come by, and he thought he'd be lucky to have 50 kilograms. He hadn't expected it to be four times that.
He turned to look at his silly son, who also had a look of surprise on his face. He knew that his son had also been fooled.
If it were someone else, Duan Wei and Gao Di would have taught her a lesson. But Chu Ci was not only a member of the Fan family, but more importantly, she not only helped her niece, but also saved her own stupid son's life.
"What about potatoes?" Duan Weihe simply skipped the alcohol and talked about potatoes.
"I can't give you much." Compared to his generosity with alcohol, Chu Ci can be described as stingy when it comes to potatoes.
But is Duan Weihe someone who gives up easily? "How much can I give?"
"Just enough seeds for ten acres of land." Although there were plenty of potatoes in Chu Ci's space, it wouldn't be difficult for her to come up with a few thousand if she wanted to. But being too conspicuous was not a good thing.
"Ten acres, isn't that too little? How about twenty acres at a flat price?" Duan Weihe doubled the price as soon as he opened his mouth.
Duan Tianji watched helplessly as Chu Ci and his father engaged in a back-and-forth exchange, neither willing to yield, neither wanting to suffer a loss. He simply wanted to stay as far away from them as possible.
"No." Chu Ci gathered without thinking.
Seeing that Chu Ci refused to give in at all, Duan Weihe simply risked his dignity and started to play the victim: "My niece, your uncle Duan is in such a difficult situation!"
The corners of Chu Ci's mouth twitched. Seeing that Chu Ci refused to give in, Duan Weihe simply opened his throat and howled:
"As soon as I was transferred here, there were a bunch of people waiting to see me make a fool of myself. I finally waited for the chance to turn things around, but I didn't expect that even my own relatives were unwilling to help!"
"Listen, the howling is really unpleasant. I can give you five more acres at most." Chu Ci promised half more as soon as he opened his mouth for the sake of his own ears.
Duan Weihe also stopped while he was ahead.
After finishing the business, Chu Ci thought of Chu Ling'er who had sneaked into the Duan family, and he rarely said anything, "Uncle Duan, how long has it been since you wrote home?"
Duan Weihe didn't think Chu Ci would ask this for no reason, so he asked, "What happened in the capital?"
Chu Ci did not answer, but asked: "Uncle Duan, do you know my background?"
Duan Weihe was too busy with his work every day, so how could he possibly listen to gossips from thousands of miles away? So he shook his head.
Seeing this, Duan Tianji finally found where he could show his ability, and quickly whispered the grudge between Chu Ci and Chu Ling'er to his father.
Duan Weihe had a general understanding of Chu Ling'er.
Chu Ci then casually dropped a bombshell on the Duan family father and son: "Chu Ling'er is now called Duan Ling'er. She is now Uncle Duan's daughter in name only, and Uncle Tianji's sister who is not related by blood."
"Are you telling the truth?" "Where did you get this news?" The father and son spoke at the same time, but their focus was completely different.
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