Chapter 40 Believe Her
Mrs. Cui looked at her son, who looked as if he was out of touch with the world, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Are you thinking about things in the capital?"
Cui Hejin didn't say anything, but there was a hazy look in his eyes.
Madam Cui said sadly, "It's no use thinking about it anymore. We can't go back to the capital."
"The current emperor was already wary of the Su family. The reason he didn't kill us all was because he wanted to preserve his reputation."
"It's better to forget about the capital. If you and Zhiluo live a good life, then mother will be relieved."
Cui Hejin said quietly, "Mom, I'm fine."
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Jiang Zhiluo washed her face with well water, tidied herself up, and felt immediately refreshed.
Cui Hejin is feeling much better now and can get out of bed to wash.
After the family had breakfast, Jiang Zhiluo helped Cui Hejin prepare the medicine and gave it to him.
She took the set of silver needles to the town clinic.
The clinic had already opened, but it was still early in the morning and there were not many people seeing the doctor.
After Jiang Zhiluo entered, the medicine boy immediately saw her and said, "Miss, you're here."
"Miss, please wait a moment. I'll go call our young master," the medicine boy said, and ran towards the second floor without waiting for Jiang Zhiluo to react.
Soon, Zhuang Xingan came down from the second floor.
Jiang Zhiluo seemed to hear some noise, raised her head, and just in time saw the young man coming down the stairs from the second floor.
The boy looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slender figure like a bamboo, wearing bamboo-green clothes, with delicate features, giving him a sense of beauty, but his face was too pale, with a sickly white color.
When he walked down, Jiang Zhiluo seemed to be able to smell the faint scent of medicine on him.
The young man bowed and said, "Miss!"
Jiang Zhiluo looked at his eyebrows, restrained her expression and said, "Thank you for last night."
Zhuang Xingan said elegantly, "Miss, you don't have to be polite. I'm also trying to cure illnesses and save lives."
"Miss, you saved someone that day, which was equivalent to saving the reputation of our clinic. I haven't expressed my gratitude yet."
Jiang Zhiluo knew that the medicine boy was talking about the incident when she happened to save someone that day.
"Just passing by, it's just a small favor. This is the acupuncture tools I borrowed last night. I'm here to return them."
Since we saw it at that time, there was no reason to stand by and watch him die.
Zhuang Xingan said, "This is a new set of silver needle tools that I just made. I haven't used it yet. If you find it useful, you can keep it."
"No merit, no reward!"
Jiang Zhiluo finds this set of acupuncture silver needles really useful.
"Miss, you saved a life and also saved the reputation of our clinic. We wanted to thank you in the first place, and now this set of silver needles is just a small token of our gratitude."
Jiang Zhiluo looked carefully at the young man in front of her and felt that his eyes were clear and he looked very kind.
Moreover, Xinglinguan has a good reputation among the people.
However, Jiang Zhiluo didn't want to take advantage of others for nothing.
She scratched her hair irritably.
Zhuang Xingan said, "To be honest, young lady, I witnessed your medical skills the other day, and I would like to ask you to examine me."
The medicine boy next to him heard this and his face changed, "Young Master!"
The medicine boy wondered how the young master could allow anyone to check his health. If he couldn't cure the disease, the young master would die.
So many famous doctors from the folk have examined the young master, and even the imperial physician was unable to help. Can this female doctor really do the job?
To be honest, he had never seen a female doctor.
Zhuang Xing'an waved his hand to stop the medicine boy from saying the next words.
Jiang Zhiluo touched her chin and said, "Of course I can, but the consultation fee is very expensive."
"fine."
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Do you trust me so much?"
Jiang Zhiluo actually wanted to open a clinic and work as a doctor at first, but people might not believe in a woman being a doctor.
Besides, she didn't have the money to open a clinic yet, and it would cost a lot of money just to get the medicinal materials.
Zhuang Xing'an nodded and said, "Miss, please follow me."
Zhuang Xingan took Jiang Zhiluo to the second floor.
The private room on the second floor is relatively quiet. This should be where Zhuang Xingan works.
Jiang Zhiluo felt Zhuang Xing'an's pulse and said, "You've been poisoned. It's a poison you were born with. It's latent and only showed up when you were ten. The symptoms are that you're afraid of cold and allergic to pollen. When the weather gets cold, you need to wear thicker clothes..."
Jiang Zhiluo told Zhuang Xingan about some of the symptoms, and his expression changed.
She is indeed right.
He saw so many doctors when he was young, but everyone just said that he was born prematurely and was weak.
It was only later that a doctor said he had been poisoned, but there was no antidote.
But he was unwilling to die like this.
"But...is there any way?"
Zhuang Xing'an almost didn't dare to ask this question.
Because he asked many doctors.
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "It can be cured, but some of the herbs are very precious and hard to find. You need to find them yourself."
"Once I find the herbs, I can help you solve it."
Zhuang Xing'an looked at the calm and confident expression of the girl in front of him, as if what she said was the simplest thing.
But for Zhuang Xing'an, it is a matter of life and death.
Even if he wanted to believe it, there was nothing he could do.
To believe is to live, to disbelieve is to die.
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When Jiang Zhiluo came out of the clinic, she had ten taels of silver in her hands as consultation fees and some medicinal herbs she needed.
Ten taels of silver was just the consultation fee. Once Zhuang Xing'an found the herbs she had written on the paper and gathered them all, she would be able to help him detoxify.
Only after she truly cures him can she get a sum of money as compensation for his treatment.
The consultation fee of ten taels of silver is already extremely high.
With these ten taels of silver, the family can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After deducting the expenses for buying food and eating in the past few days, she still had more than two taels of silver in her hand, making a total of twelve taels of silver.
She actually wanted to use part of it to buy land, and buy the cheapest land before, at two taels of silver per mu.
However, both Old Madam Cui and Cui Hejin were not in good health, so Jiang Zhiluo still wanted to cure them first.
With these medicinal herbs in her hands, she can help Old Madam Cui and Cui Hejin recuperate.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Zhiluo went to the butcher's counter first.
When Lin Zhuzhu saw Jiang Zhiluo coming, she was very happy and said, "Sister Jiang, you are here. I left two pieces of pig offal for you, and here is the pig liver. You can take it back and eat it."
"My mother drank the brown sugar you gave her last time and she said she felt much better after a few days. And the chive dumplings you made were so delicious."
The first time Jiang Zhiluo and Old Madam Cui came to buy a pound of meat, Lin Zhuzhu gave them a discount and a hanging of pork offal.
When Jiang Zhiluo came to town again, she also brought some brown sugar for Lin Zhuzhu.
After a few interactions, Lin Zhuzhu became familiar with Jiang Zhiluo.
I made chive dumplings before and brought a few for her.
Lin Zhuzhu was full of praise.
"As long as it tastes good, weigh me a pound of ribs."
Jiang Zhiluo felt that Cui Hejin was weak and not suitable for eating greasy food, so she planned to make some light pork rib soup, which was both nutritious and light.
Lin Zhuzhu weighed a pound of ribs for Jiang Zhiluo, and added one extra piece.
"Sister Jiang, I've never seen or eaten the chive dumplings you made. Even the food here at the dock isn't as delicious as them. You can also set up a snack stand here. I think business will be very good."
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