During dinner in the evening, Song Pan'er told Gu Yanzhen vividly about Gu Jinzhi's performance today.

"... The words came out clearly. The eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law and the maids and women in the house were all stunned!" Song Pan'er was in high spirits, "When the eldest sister-in-law is cured of her illness, I am going to collect a big red envelope for medical expenses!"

Gu Yanzhen laughed.

He didn't believe that Gu Jinzhi could cure Mrs. Song.

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As for the Song family, just as Gu Jinzhi expected, Mrs. Song did not let the maid take the prescription prescribed by Gu Jinzhi to get the medicine at all.

The old doctor specially invited by the Song family from Xicheng is called Lai Qingkun, who is well-known in Xicheng. He just arrived yesterday. Although he did not cure Mrs. Song immediately, he relieved her illness for a moment. Now, Lai Qingkun

I'm still at the house, and I'm going to give Mrs. Song a prescription again today.

Mrs. Song still takes the medicine prescribed by Lai Qingkun.

At noon, Mrs. Song's stomach pain was gone, but her dizziness was severe. When she spoke, golden flowers appeared in front of her eyes. She lay down and rested for an hour before she felt better.

In the evening, my stomach hurt, but I couldn't defecate, and the suffix was very heavy.

Mrs. Song groaned and asked her maid to boil some medicine.

After one dose, I felt slightly better.

Mother Sun, the steward next to Mrs. Song, said: "Madam, why don't you take out the prescription that your cousin prescribed today and pick up the medicine to take?"

Mrs. Song smiled weakly: "It's no use! She is a child, what does she know? You are just coaxing her to play, but you still take it seriously..."

"But I always heard from my aunt that my cousin always treats people at home and never fails." Mother Sun said again.

Mrs. Song laughed: "You don't understand this! Our aunt has been fighting for the top since she was a child. If her daughter is 10% better, she dares to praise her 10%! Besides, even if the maids and servants at home are treated by Sister Jin,

If it’s broken, why do you dare to shout about it? You must have secretly found another doctor to take the medicine, and if it’s cured, the credit will go to Sister Jin!”

When Mama Sun thought about it, she was right.

Song Pan'er is the head of the Gu family, and Song Pan'er loves her daughter. Those maids and servants asked Gu Jinzhi to treat illnesses, just to please his wife and young lady.

If it's cured, you'll naturally praise it; if it's cured, you won't say anything about it.

That's why my aunt Song Pan'er said that her sister Jin never failed to see a doctor.

Mother Sun sighed.

"I see, Doctor Lai is not good either, why don't we try another one?" Mother Sun said, looking at Mrs. Song's painful look.

How could Mrs. Song not know?

But, where can I go to find a doctor?

"Forget it, how can a disease be cured in one day? Let's wait for the master to come back for a few more days." Mrs. Song gently closed her eyes.

The eldest man, Song Yu, is doing salt training in Suzhou. He has received a letter that his wife is seriously ill and is rushing back these days.

But for a moment, her peaceful sleeping appearance changed, her brows furrowed tightly, and her stomach began to hurt again.

Song Yanfan, the third daughter of the Song family, came to greet her mother and asked, "Mom, are you feeling better today?"

"...It's better." Mrs. Song comforted her daughter and smiled despite the stomachache.

Ever since she fell ill, Song Yanfan had become worried. She also lost weight and her face became smaller.

Mrs. Song was heartbroken.

Therefore, she did not allow her daughter to be with her all the time, and only allowed her to sit there when she was calming down in the morning and dusk, so as not to cause her to worry.

"Did you take my cousin's medicine?" Song Yanfan asked his mother, "I heard what my cousin said was very clear and knowledgeable!"

There was a bit of admiration in her words.

Song Yanfan was a premature baby, born with congenital deficiencies. She was in good health, but her memory was poor and she couldn't learn anything. She was only two months older than Gu Jinzhi, and she still hadn't memorized the female precepts, so Gu Jinzhi said

Song Yanfan was extremely envious of his rhetoric.

"Eat." Mrs. Song said with a smile.

But my stomach hurts even more.

Sun's mother and the maid helped her go to the toilet, and Song Yanfan also helped her.

After half a stick of incense, Mrs. Song came back, her face turned pale, she felt dizzy again, and she fell down on the bed.

Song Yanfan was so frightened that he cried and called his mother.

Mrs. Song reluctantly opened her eyes and asked someone to send Song Yanfan back.

After Song Yanfan left, Mrs. Song began to groan. She was worse off than dead now.

The maids hurriedly invited Lai Qingkun to come and have a look.

Lai Qingkun was in his fifties. When the maids went to invite him, he had already fallen asleep and followed him in a daze. He took Mrs. Song's pulse and spoke slowly and conventionally.

The same words were used during the day, asking Mrs. Song to take a few more medicines to try.

Mrs. Song knows that those medicines treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

When people feel uncomfortable, they are not so rational. She took out the prescription written by Gu Jinzhi during the day from under the pillow, showed it to Lai Qingkun, and asked him if such a prescription could be taken.

Lai Qingkun squinted his eyes by the candlelight, and then said angrily: "That's ridiculous! Is it child's play to see a doctor? One medicine only has three herbs, he thinks he is Hua Tuo alive? Atractylodes, cohosh, lotus leaf? This

What is all this mess?”

What child wrote and played with such a simple recipe?

When Lai Qingkun saw Mrs. Song showing it to him, he became angry: Are you doubting his ability and deliberately testing him?

Mrs. Song's eyes dimmed: Sure enough, Gu Jinzhi was not good at academics.

Is her illness hopeless?

For a moment, Mrs. Song was despairing. She didn't want to die, her eldest son had not yet gotten married, and her daughter was simple and stupid. What would the children do without her?

The pain was so severe that she stopped caring and started sobbing in front of the doctor.

The maids and women in the house all tried to persuade her.

Lai Qingkun was also at a loss.

After crying for a while, she felt dizzy again. Mrs. Song rested for a while, and then the maid came in with a medicine bowl.

After taking the medicine, whether because she was tired from crying or because the medicine had taken effect, Mrs. Song actually fell asleep. Although she did not sleep deeply, she closed her eyes and rested her mind for a while.

In the Gu family, Song Pan'er asked Gu Jinzhi: "How many days will it take for my eldest aunt to feel better after taking the medicine you gave her?"

"If you take three doses a day, you'll be fine in one day." Gu Jinzhi said, "I just don't know if my aunt has taken it."

Song Paner also felt that her sister-in-law might not eat it.

She originally wanted to see if her illness was cured, but after hearing what Gu Jinzhi said, she lost interest.

Two days later, Song Pan'er sent her mother-in-law to inquire about the illness again, only to learn that her sister-in-law's illness had become more serious.

She felt sad in her heart, and couldn't help but think: Is my sister-in-law useless? Thinking of this, her heart became a little tight. All the previous dissatisfaction with her sister-in-law also disappeared, and she was only worried about her.

I don’t know if Gu Jinzhi’s medicine didn’t work, or if my sister-in-law didn’t take it at all?

No matter what it is, it's hard to tell Gu Jinzhi.

Song Pan'er didn't mention it to Gu Jinzhi, fearing that her daughter would be sad.

On April 15th, the eldest son of the Song family, Song Yu, finally came back from Suzhou, bringing with him a famous Suzhou doctor.

When Song Pan'er heard that Song Yu was back, she wanted to go back to her parents' home. She had been close to her eldest brother since she was a child.

She also asked Gu Jinzhi if she was going.

Gu Jinzhi was lazy and didn't want to go, so he said, "Grandpa has given me a lot of homework recently and I haven't finished it yet, so I won't go."

Song Pan'er frowned.

She hired an embroiderer for Gu Jinzhi last year to teach her needlework. But after the New Year, Gu Jinzhi resisted and never learned it again.

Xiu Niang complained to Song Paner several times.

"Aren't you still going to learn acupuncture from Master Cheng?" Song Pan'er asked, "How are you doing recently?"

"We'll study again in a few days?" Gu Jinzhi smiled flatteringly, "Grandpa recently told me about Confucius..."

Song Pan'er straightened her face and said, "You're not going to take the No. 1 exam, so what are you going to do with that? I promised you to study medicine with your grandfather, but I promised you that you would also learn needlework and embroidery. Not to mention as good as an embroiderer, at least as good as one.

You can do it. Do you have any work that you can do now?"

Gu Jinzhi gently stroked his forehead.

Song Pan'er was furious and wanted to talk about her. Song's mother came in and said that the carriage was ready.

Only then did she let Gu Jinzhi go.

When Gu Jinzhi returned to his room, he originally wanted to review the "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber". However, he remembered that he had started work on a handkerchief last winter and had only just embroidered a winter plum on it, so he asked the maid to take out her needlework and dustpan.
Chapter completed!