Chapter 57 The Drama Queen
Although there were no paper records, the two of them still wandered around the village.
Going from house to house chatting.
And he said all the words that Diao had never said in half her life.
Later on, she basically knocked on the door, was pulled in, and listened to people talking about their daily lives with her ears perked up.
Chen Chunxing made jokes and added some humorous elements. When he came out, he had a pretty good idea of the family's situation.
"Can you really remember so many households?" Diao expressed doubt.
"It's okay. It's just a matter of noting down how many people there are, whether they are men or women, old or young. It's not that complicated... Actually, Zhixia should do this job."
The child was born with a photographic memory. He was a genius whether in memorizing medical books or family matters.
It’s a pity that God is blind.
Good people must suffer more.
Thinking of the children at home, Diao stopped for a few steps, looked around, and lowered her voice.
"Tell me, now that we're here, can we really let loose? I heard that the general guarding Chiling Pass is a relative of the emperor..."
Seeing Doctor Chang appear at the corner, Chen Chunxing interrupted Diao in time and said lightly.
"How could such a big shot have anything to do with our family? Don't worry, grandma. I don't want to do big things. I just do my job. Farming... is also a science."
When Doctor Chang saw the two, he shouted in surprise, "I finally found you! Go back and take a look! Your third child looks sick too!"
Chen Chunxing blinked and grinned, "That's why I say you have good taste. My family doesn't have much, but it has the most rare and complicated diseases."
Doctor Chang: “…”
The old man tugged at his goatee, feeling as if he had fallen into a trap.
From asking Zhixia to help him collect herbs, step by step showing his talent in medicine, to finally using an unheard-of disease to completely frame him...
But when he looked at the eldest daughter of the Shen family, a hint of admiration slowly appeared in his eyes.
Smart and cunning but not materialistic.
It's hard to feel disgusted.
——
When the three of them returned to the Shen family's house, Shen Mingqiu was lying on the cart in the yard, his frail body shivering with cold, and no one helped him into the house.
Facing Diao's surprised look, Yang pointed at Doctor Chang.
"He said not to move."
Diao was speechless: "At least cover me with a blanket..."
Shen Zhixia, who was standing by the cart, gestured.
Chen Yandong immediately rushed over, hugged Diao's thighs, and poked her waist with his fingers.
"Needle!"
"tie!"
“Woo woo!”
"Old hag!"
Diao smiled awkwardly at Doctor Chang and covered the mouth of the fourth child with her hand.
In the silly child's mind, bad guys are mostly old hags.
"I just gave him a few injections," Doctor Chang didn't care. He walked over and took out the silver needles from Shen Mingqiu's body, and his movements froze instantly.
It is actually gray-green.
"The poison has penetrated your five internal organs, and your illness is terminal. I'm curious how you managed to survive until now."
The old man almost exclaimed in amazement.
Earlier, when Shen Mingqiu was on the road of exile, he had fallen ill once. Fortunately, he came across that mountain village and was able to catch his breath. Later, Diao Shi made up her mind and boiled all the remaining ginseng slices into a pot for him to drink, so that he could survive until here.
If it happens again now, there is no medicine to save his life.
Shen Mingqiu's whole body was stiff, only his eyeballs and lips could move. He looked at Shen Zhixia with difficulty, blinked, then looked at Shen Chunxing, and stammered.
"May my fate end here, don't force it... But now I still have something that worries me..."
Shen Zhixia slapped him a little, as if unwilling to hear him finish his words.
Shen Yandong rushed over, hugged Shen Mingqiu's head tightly, and sobbed with his head down.
The three children were huddled together.
Anyone who sees this scene will cry.
But when Doctor Chang stole a glance at Diao, he found that she was indifferent and even had the mood to go into the house to drink some water. He couldn't help but wonder and help her finish her words.
"If you have anything that worries you, just tell me."
Chen Mingqiu spat a few times before sending Xiao Lao Si away, still barely breathing.
"The Shen family is small, with only me as a male..."
When he said this, Yang Yi gave him a sidelong glance.
"After I leave, there will be no one left to support the Shen family's foundation..."
He was slapped hard by Shen Zhixia again.
"But as long as my elder sister is at home, I can leave with peace of mind..."
Shen Mingqiu gritted his teeth and growled out his final instructions.
"I have no other requests when I leave... I just hope that Big Sister will open her eyes and not be deceived by some incompetent, talentless, moneyless, powerless, and frivolous scoundrel with nothing but a pretty face!"
Doctor Chang opened his mouth and thought for a while before he realized who he was referring to. He looked at Diao blankly.
Diao rolled her eyes, pointed at Shen Mingqiu's nose and cursed: "Are you okay? If not, get out of here right now! Our family's only inheritance is six acres of land. If you want to inherit it, I'll give it all to you tomorrow!"
Shen Mingqiu instantly wilted and said weakly, "Something really happened..."
"I see that you are not very educated, and your skills are not well practiced, but you are very addicted to acting. If you really have no food to eat tomorrow, I will let you go to the city to perform, and I will take Xiao Lao Si to collect money with the gong." Chen Chunxing sneered and ridiculed him.
She guessed that after sending Xue Yongan away in the morning, these words had been on the boy's mind for a long time.
Now the illness is real, and so is the need to be on guard.
In Shen Mingqiu's eyes, apart from himself, he could only trust the rest of the Shen family to a 60% or 70% degree.
What's more, they are outsiders.
But he wanted to put an end to it all, but Chen Chunxing refused.
"If this was your fate, I wouldn't have chosen to save you two years ago."
After leaving a faint message, Chen Chun invited Doctor Chang to the main hall and brought Chen Zhixia with him.
"The old man is wondering why the third brother didn't die despite being poisoned several times."
Doctor Chang understood the key point and his mind moved.
"Do you know what poison he was poisoned with?"
Shen Chunxing nodded and shook his head, looking at Shen Zhixia who was standing timidly behind him. After receiving her eye signal, he slowly explained.
"Actually, saying it's poisoning isn't quite right... The old man has been practicing medicine for many years, so he must know one thing: as the saying goes, every medicine is three parts poison."
"The third child is in poor health. He was born with it and was spoiled by his upbringing... Anyway, he won't live long."
"The Shen family is too poor, and it's really hard to find a famous doctor in Lin'an City. Rather than watching him die, why not...give him a try..."
"My sister knows a little bit about the properties of medicines. Don't worry if you laugh at me. I can't say I have any medical skills, but I know which herbs are safe to eat and which are not... Over time, I've taken more and more..."
“People are barely surviving, but they are not living well.”
Doctor Chang's heart was pounding as Shen Chunxing described her story. Without waiting for her to speak, he slammed the table in annoyance.
"Aren't you guys kidding me?"
"Can you take medicine casually?"
Chen Chunxing helplessly spread his hands and asked, "Then tell me, in that situation, what should our family do?"
Doctor Chang was speechless and looked at the short, thin little girl.
The eldest daughter of the Shen family turned the words over and over in his mind.
His eyes gradually brightened.
It seems he really needs a disciple like this, destined to amaze the world...
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