Chapter 939 Auntie is not a stepmother (14)
"I'm sorry, but I don't go to patients' homes. Anyone who is sick must come to me in person, no exceptions." Cao Shichu said to the arrogant old woman expressionlessly.
When the old woman heard her words, she immediately showed a face full of sarcasm and tartness, and screamed: "Do you know who my master is? How dare you let my master come to your place to see a doctor? Even I don't want to come to your shabby place, and you still want my master to come? You are so arrogant! I warn you, don't refuse a toast, it is an honor for you that my master sent someone to pick you up, and you dare to refuse?"
Cao Shichu rubbed his irritated ears, looked up at her nonchalantly, and said, "Of course I dare to refuse. No matter whether your master is the king of heaven or the devil of hell, if you want to seek medical treatment from me, you have to come to my house in person. Otherwise, don't talk about it. Please go back."
The old woman was so angry that her chest kept rising and falling. She stared at her viciously with her triangular eyes and said, "You really want to be shameless? Good! Chen Da, drag this ungrateful thing away!"
So the tall coachman who had been quietly guarding the carriage came forward without saying a word and tried to grab Cao Shichu and force her into the carriage.
"Master!" Upon seeing this, Zhichun and Zhixia hurriedly took something as a weapon and rushed over to help.
However, Cao Shichu did not ask for their help at all and asked them to stay away.
Although the driver was quite capable, he could not last more than ten moves against Cao Shichu. After a while, she used her skillful force to press on the painful points, and he fell to the ground and screamed in pain. There was no trace of his ferocious look at all.
The old woman was stunned when she saw this. She never thought that Cao Shichu, a weak-looking woman, could actually knock down a tall and strong man! She didn't know what terrible means she used to make the driver fall to the ground in pain and unable to stand up.
"What do you want to do? I, I tell you, my master is the wife of a high-ranking official in the capital, you can't hit me!" The old woman shouted in panic, fearing that Cao Shichu would not get enough of beating her and would hit her too.
Cao Shichu sneered and said, "I won't hit you. After all, I'm afraid that you will die at my doorstep if I hit you. Go back and tell your master that I don't accept threats. If you want to see a doctor, come to my house in person. Otherwise, don't look for me!"
"I, I understand!" The old woman was frightened by the coachman's screams, her face turned pale, and she hurriedly agreed.
After a while, Cao Shichu untied the acupoints on the driver's body, and the pain was gone instantly. However, he was sweating all over, as if he had just emerged from the water. As soon as he regained his strength, he drove the carriage away without even looking back.
"Master, will their master take revenge on us?" Zhixia was worried. "That old woman also said that their master was the wife of some high-ranking official..."
"Don't worry. If they really retaliate against us, I will naturally find a way to deal with them. Don't worry." Cao Shichu patted her head and said. If that high-ranking official's wife really dared to retaliate, the worst that could happen was that she would secretly go to their house in the capital to spy on them and find some evidence, and then give it to their enemies. Wouldn't that be like cutting off the source of the problem?
Cao Shichu was not worried at all about not being able to find any evidence against them. Among those who became high-ranking officials in the capital, how many dared to say that they were clean and had never done anything wrong?
Even if there really is such a person, he would not be the kind of person who would allow his servants to act arrogantly and unreasonably and force a doctor to treat him.
However, having said that, Cao Shichu was still a little more careful in the next few days. As a midwife and female doctor, she had neither family nor land or shops. Even if the midwife's master wanted to take revenge on her, there was nothing she could do.
But if the person behind the scenes is cruel enough, then they might start with her patients, for example, kill a few patients and falsely claim that she was the one who killed them, then have people cause trouble and let the government arrest her and put her in jail...
However, Cao Shichu waited for more than ten days, but she never received such treatment. Her life was peaceful and she even thought that the incident had never happened.
Just when Cao Shichu thought that the matter was over and there would be no follow-up, she didn't expect that one night when everyone was asleep, someone knocked on her gate.
Because there had been cases in the past where women came to Cao Shichu to give birth in the middle of the night, Cao Shichu thought it was about delivering a baby this time.
Unexpectedly, when Zhichun opened the door, several strangers rushed in, both men and women. The first two were dressed well, like masters, but the man was wearing a hat and didn't want anyone to see his face.
"Who are you?!" Zhichun was frightened and thought they were bad guys, so he asked in panic.
"People seeking medical treatment! Don't you require people seeking medical treatment to come to your door in person before you will admit them? Aren't we here now?!" The richly dressed young woman in front of her said gritting her teeth.
Zhichun heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that he had misunderstood, and quickly said, "Then come in quickly!"
By this time, Cao Shichu had changed his clothes and came out with a medicine box. Just as he was about to ask Zhichun and Zhixia if they were ready, he saw Zhichun coming in with several people.
"What's going on?" Cao Shichu frowned and looked at these people who were dressed strangely.
"Master, they said they came here to seek medical treatment." Zhichun replied quickly.
"Seeking medical treatment? Why don't you come during the day? You're disturbing people's sleep in the middle of the night!" Cao Shichu said unhappily.
"We would like to come during the day. Isn't your business so busy that many people come to see you during the day?" The richly dressed woman said sarcastically, "Madam Shi is quiet only at night, so don't we have to come at night to see you?"
Cao Shichu was woken up just as he was falling asleep. He was in a bad mood. He was mocked by her and said impatiently, "If you have any illness, just tell me now. Don't waste my time. If you waste it again, I will kick you out."
The woman choked up immediately. After all, she knew that the patient was seeking medical treatment, so she had to ask a few people behind her to go out and guard outside the courtyard gate. Then she said to Cao Shichu, "Tell your two maids to go down as well. The illness we are going to talk about later cannot be known to anyone."
Cao Shichu rolled his eyes and asked Zhichun and Zhixia to go out and avoid it.
The woman then said to the man wearing a cap beside her, "Husband, please let her take a look. You have seen so many doctors and none of them have cured her. We can only try our best and let her try."
When the man opened his mouth, he did not talk about his own illness, but asked: "Madam..., have I seen you somewhere before?"
Cao Shichu's face suddenly turned cold. He was about to say something sarcastic, but his wife suddenly lost her temper and scolded the man, "Xun Xiu! You can't even get up, and you still have the mind to think about beauty and sex? I think you'd better not treat your disease, otherwise you will harm so many women if you are cured!"
(End of this chapter)
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