Chapter 014 Madam Shen, not Widow Shen
Zhao Tong continued to have a high fever throughout the night and kept talking nonsense.
Chen Ning gave him acupuncture once, and then boiled some medicine and asked Lian'er to feed him water. The mattress under him was soaked with sweat, and he convulsed several times due to the fever. Lian'er was so scared that she kept sobbing.
After dawn, Zhao Tong's condition finally improved. His breathing became longer and he fell into a deep sleep.
Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and finally dared to comfort Lian'er: "Sister-in-law, Brother Zhao's life should be saved, but he still needs some time to recover."
With just one sentence, Lian'er's tears flowed out, and she knelt down in front of her. Shen Ning quickly helped her up: "Sister-in-law, you must not do this."
"Ningning, I really, really don't know how to thank you... Wuwu, I... Wuwu..."
After a day and night of fear, anxiety, despair and worry, Lian'er now cried bitterly when she knew the person could survive, as if she wanted to cry out all the despair and fear that had been weighing on her heart.
Shen Ning kept comforting her, and only when she heard the baby crying did Lian'er finally calm down.
During the day, Lian'er asked Shen Ning to go home and rest: "Ningning, go back and have a good sleep. You don't have to cook. When you wake up, go to your sister-in-law's house for dinner."
Shen Ning was not polite: “Okay, I’ll come over and do it with my sister-in-law later.”
When I got home and just entered the yard, I saw Xiao Nanchen holding a piece of pancake and eating it.
When she came in, she said aggrievedly: "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry."
When you are hungry, call sister-in-law. When you are not hungry, call Shen Ning. The little fool doesn’t seem to be stupid.
Shen Ning quickly made him some egg drop soup and heated up two pancakes, then went back to her room to sleep. She didn't dare to close her eyes all night last night, and she was indeed tired.
While Shen Ning was catching up on her sleep, the village head and several neighbors went to Zhao Tong's house. When they learned that Zhao Tong had survived, they were all amazed.
"She can survive even with a hole in her stomach. Does Widow Shen have this ability?"
Lian'er frowned when she heard this: "Ningning is still young, just call her Madam Shen. Why are you calling her a widow? She hasn't offended you."
The man touched his nose angrily and whispered, "She is a widow anyway."
The village head sighed deeply: "It is a blessing to be alive... I have heard Chen Ning mention that he learned some medical skills from his grandfather when he was young, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful."
Someone nearby echoed, "That's right, this is much better than Miss Li's medical skills."
Li Yushi happened to walk out of the door. When she heard what the villagers said, she pursed her lips and lowered her eyes with an indifferent expression.
Upon learning that Zhao Tong was rescued, Li Yushi did not enter the house. She turned around and went back. When she walked past Shen Ning's house, she subconsciously glanced over there and saw Shen Ning's aunt Dong Chunhua banging on the door.
"Chen Ning, you little bitch, open the door quickly."
"I gave you a red envelope yesterday and you didn't even offer me a meal. You're really shameless."
"Open the door, open the door!"
However, no matter how much she shouted, the gate remained locked tightly and did not move. The neighbors all came out to watch the fun, pointing and laughing at Dong Chunhua.
"There are also people who come to our house and yell and ask people to treat them to a meal."
"She said she was going to give Madam Shen a red envelope, but she's so stingy, so she might have done it with her mouth, right?"
"Hey, can you believe it? I saw her clearly yesterday. She brought a bag of snacks to Madam Shen's house. Guess what... those snacks were the ones her daughter asked me to bring back from the county town last month."
"No way, giving someone a gift with a snack that's been stored for over a month?"
"Tsk, you still have the nerve to ask for food, you're really the only one..."
Dong Chunhua kept pounding on the door, and finally someone couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Stop knocking. Madam Shen was seeing Zhao Tong yesterday and is having dinner at Zhao's house today. Why don't you go to Zhao Tong's house and beg for food?"
Dong Chunhua then remembered that Zhao Tong said something happened yesterday.
Bah, shameless little bitch, I owe her a meal... I'll make her pay it back someday!
Of course, Shen Ning locked the door on purpose. She didn't want to see Dong Chunhua at all. In addition, Lian'er insisted on inviting her to dinner, so she didn't hesitate and took Xiao Nanchen to Zhao Tong's house for a free meal.
Soon, the news about the amazing medical skills of Widow Shen from Qingyuan Village spread to several nearby villages. Of course, after the news spread, most people changed their name to call her Madam Shen, and few people called her Widow Shen anymore.
After all, these days, it is not easy for ordinary people to see a doctor and get medicine. Only a few people have the money to go to the county town to seek medical treatment and medicine. It is very important to have a good doctor in the countryside.
No one wants to offend a neighbor who is a skilled doctor.
At first, it was people from Qingyuan Village, and after a few days, people from neighboring villages began to seek medical treatment from Chen Ning.
That day, a man ran into the yard with sweat all over his forehead. When he saw Shen Ning, he knelt down and shouted for help. When he learned that his wife was having a difficult delivery, Shen Ning did not dare to delay. He took the medicine box and left with him.
Not long after Shen Ning left, Xiao Nanchen, who was sitting next to the chicken coop feeding chickens, suddenly looked up. At the same time, several figures flew in.
The moment they landed, they knelt down. The shadows spoke in low tones, but their excitement was unconcealed: "We are late, Master. Please punish us."
Xiao Nanchen said calmly: "Get up."
Those people immediately stood up respectfully.
"Chengying, Chixiao, Fengluo, Xingyun..."
Xiao Nanchen slowly called out the names of the four people, his tone cold and gloomy: "I only asked the Golden Eagle to notify you few people. Do you understand what I mean?"
The leader, Cheng Ying, suddenly looked up and asked, "Master, was injured this time? Is there a traitor in the Changning Guard?"
The other three were all shocked: "This..."
They couldn't believe that there would be traitors among the Changning Guards, but the master must have noticed something when he said this.
Chi Xiao's eyes flushed red. "The four of us personally selected the members of the Changning Guard, yet we chose those with ulterior motives and betrayal. This is a dereliction of duty on our part. Master, please forgive us."
Xiao Nanchen lowered his eyes and spoke slowly, "Go and investigate... Start from the direction of contact with the palace, and give the Changning Guard a thorough cleanup."
He then said, "Don't tell anyone that I'm still alive until I'm completely cleansed."
Chengying paused for a moment and asked hesitantly, "Then, where is the Queen?"
He explained in a low voice: "After the master's accident, the queen was so sad that she couldn't eat and became much more haggard. The master..."
Xiao Nanchen looked at him: "Do you need me to explain to you what anyone means?"
Chengying immediately shut up and kowtowed: "I have overstepped my bounds."
Feng Luo was a little worried: "Master, your injury cannot be delayed, why don't we return to Beijing first?"
Xiao Nanchen shook his head: "It's not time to go back yet... My injuries are being taken care of, you guys go do your work first."
These days, Xiao Nanchen has realized that Shen Ning's medical skills are no worse than those of the imperial physicians in the palace, and some of her methods are even something he has never heard of before.
Besides, if he went back now, he would alert the enemy and many things might not be found out.
Xiao Nanchen raised his hand, and the four confidants who had been with him through thick and thin disappeared in a flash.
What Chengying had just said echoed in his ears.
Are you heartbroken and haggard?
Was his mother so grief-stricken because she lost her son, or was she feeling guilty about what she had done?
The reason why he asked them to start investigating from the direction of the palace was because he wanted to confirm his speculation.
That guess that was about to come out, yet he still held on to a glimmer of hope...
Chen Ning didn't know that her yard was already bustling with people. After she delivered the baby of the woman who was having a difficult labor, the family thanked her profusely and sent her out of the house, and she walked back along the country road.
The two villages are close to each other, with a large field in the middle. In the middle of the field, a village road connects the two villages, and two rows of willow trees are planted on both sides of the road.
In the past, during the busy farming season, the willow trees were always filled with farmers taking a break and drinking water, fanning themselves with straw hats and chatting from a distance. The wild flowers and grass were lush, and everywhere was full of the vitality that Chen Ning loved.
Now that it is not the busy farming season, the idlers and rascals in the village also like to hang out on this road, climbing up the willow trees on the roadside to watch passers-by for fun, and some thieves find a big tree to build a fire and roast the stolen things to eat.
Shen Ning saw from afar Shen Qingsong and a few of his companions playing on a tree in front. In those days, apart from working in the fields, few people in the village could find other work, so these energetic young men had so much free time.
"Look, Shen Qingsong, isn't that your sister?"
"He went to see a patient with his medicine box... Hey, Shen Qingsong, your sister seems to be getting more and more beautiful."
"Grow up, hehe."
After these days, the scars on Shen Ning's face have all scabbed off. She took good care of herself and there are no scars left. The new skin is just slightly different in color, but it will heal later.
After applying the ointment regularly, my originally red and rough face has improved a lot. It is not white and tender, but it is white and smooth.
As her skin color brightened, her facial features that were originally concealed gradually began to show, but they were only slightly concealed by her coarse clothes and simple attire. But even so, if she had not threatened to mourn Zhao Mu for three years, matchmakers would have come to her door one after another.
Shen Qingsong didn't care about his friends gossiping about his cousin. He just lay on the tree, chewing on some straw and humming, "She's still a widow."
Originally, Shen Qingsong didn't like Shen Ning. Recently, he heard his mother say a lot of bad things about Shen Ning, such as bringing snacks to Shen Ning's house to hang red cards, but Shen Ning didn't care about the meal. Shen Qingsong became more and more disgusted with Shen Ning.
But at this moment, the person next to him who saw the bird's nest and was about to take the eggs lost his balance and fell to the ground with a scream. He immediately hugged his arms and screamed.
"Ah, blood... Zhao Shuan, Zhao Shuan's arm is broken!"
"Hurry up, call someone, no, carry him back."
"Wait, doesn't Shen Ning know medical skills?"
"Chen Ning, hurry up, Zhao Shuan's arm is broken..."
Looking at those energetic young men who were shouting and yelling, Shen Ning was helpless. She took a few quick steps forward and squatted down.
The arm of the energetic young man Zhao Shuan was cut by a tree branch, and his flesh and blood were rolling around. It was very scary. Blood kept gushing out, and the young man was scared out of his wits.
"My hand is going to be crippled. It's going to be crippled."
"Don't worry, you won't be disabled."
After making sure the bones were not broken, Shen Ning said something reassuring and then began to clean the wound.
She used tweezers to pick out the sawdust from the wound, then took out a bottle of homemade alcohol she had distilled from strong liquor, uncorked it and used it to rinse his wound.
The young man screamed in pain.
Shen Ning glanced at him and saw that Zhao Shuan's cheeks were shaking and he actually swallowed back the second half of his scream.
"It's safer and will heal faster if you sew up your wound, but it will hurt. Do you want it?"
Zhao Shuan nodded eagerly upon hearing this: "Yes, yes!"
He had heard that Zhao the Hunter was so seriously injured, but it was Chen Ning who saved his life after stitching him up. He was able to walk slowly and go out to bask in the sun these two days.
The autumn harvest is coming soon. If he gets injured, it will affect the harvest. His parents are old and they all depend on him.
Shen Ning hummed, took out the catgut and began to sew him up.
Of course it hurts to thread a needle through the skin, but perhaps because the pain had just reached its extreme and now it was numb, Zhao Shuan gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.
After suturing, Shen Ning sprinkled some hemostatic powder bought from the county town on him, and then bandaged it with gauze.
The process of making medicinal powder is too complicated, and she doesn't have the conditions now. Besides, the trauma medicinal powder at the county clinic is quite good, so it would be easier to buy it directly.
After finishing the treatment, Shen Ning put away the medicine box and said to Zhao Shuan: "My consultation fee is easy to negotiate, but this medicine powder is not cheap. It costs one penny per bottle. I will charge you twenty coins for these you use. You will need them again when you change the medicine next time... You can go back to the Tzu Chi Medical Clinic in the county to ask for the price."
Zhao Shuan folded his arms and said repeatedly, "No, no, I'll give you the money when I get home."
If such an injury happened somewhere else, not only would it cause suffering, but it would also cost a lot of money. The price of agarwood is already very low.
In fact, the villagers have all known about it over the past few days. Chen Ning's consultation fee is very cheap, basically just the cost of collecting medicinal materials.
In the words of the villagers, he has a "very kind heart."
As for Shen Ning, she had never thought of making money by treating the villagers. These people were the poorest people at the bottom of society, and she had no need to make money from them.
The reason she charges cost price is that she is worried that if it is really free, some people who love to get a bargain will come to her for help if they get a little scratched, and she will be too busy to handle it.
"Okay, go back and don't get wet."
Shen Ning took a clean piece of cloth and hung Zhao Shuan's arm up: "Don't move, it will hurt the wound."
After saying that, he looked up and saw the energetic young man with a red face.
Shen Ning frowned: "Did you hear it?"
Zhao Shuan hurriedly said, "I heard it."
When Shen Ning left with the medicine box, the young man's face was still red.
Someone laughed obscenely: "Tell me, when Chen Ning went to the Pei family, did she and Pei Yuanzhou... hehe..."
As the man spoke, he linked his two thumbs together with a lewd look on his face.
Zhao Shuan turned around and cursed: "What bullshit are you talking about? Madam Shen was with Madam Fan at that time, and Madam Shen was so deeply in love with Zhao Mu that she almost died for love. You are just talking bullshit!"
"Hey Zhao Shuan, you've grown up and now you dare to curse people."
“Madam Shen just saved me. If you keep saying dirty things in the future, I will not only scold you, but I will also beat you.”
"Come on, who's afraid of who, you broken-armed cripple!"
"When I am healed, I will break your legs."
"Come here..."
After bandaging Zhao Shuan's arm, Shen Ning continued forward and returned home, giving Xiao Nanchen the red eggs given by the family where she gave birth.
"Come, Anan, share in the joy."
The little fool has become a little foodie these days, and he immediately stepped forward to take it upon hearing this.
Looking at the way my king was peeling eggs seriously, Shen Ning secretly laughed.
Who would have thought that the ruthless and ruthless Emperor Jingyong in the book could actually be so cute.
At this time, the carpenter who had made toilet parts for Shen Ning before appeared outside the courtyard gate: "Madam Shen, are you home?"
Shen Ning walked to the gate of the courtyard: "Uncle Gao, is there anything wrong?"
The carpenter's name was Gao Shu. Seeing Shen Ning coming out, he lowered his voice and said, "Madam Shen, this is the case. I have been working for a wealthy family in the county town these past two days. I accidentally mentioned the water closet you built. The young master of that family said he wanted to buy the blueprints of the water closet and asked me to ask if you would sell it to me."
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