Chapter 59: Three Wives and Four Concubines (I)
+++++++++++++++++++ the dividing line of three wives and four concubines (I).
Since the attack on Tangzhuang, Lian'er has been busy taking care of the wounded in Zhuangzi and has never left Zhuangzi. Today, seeing that most of the people are almost recovered, she went to the medical center in Baicaotang for a consultation. Baicaotang is still as busy and calm as ever. The Yixiang uprising only affected the officials and Tangzhuang, and had no impact on the lives of ordinary people. The people still have to eat and dress as usual, and when they are sick, they still have to go to the doctor and get medicine.
The people who come to see the doctor are generally poor, and they usually have some family resources, and in order to make the patients comfortable, they all invite doctors to visit them. And Lian'er only sees a doctor to practice what she has learned in medical books, and to do something for the poor who can't afford to see a doctor. So she never came to the door, just sat in the hospital. And in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she wore a veil to cover her green hair and face on the first day of her life, revealing only her eyes and wearing fishskin gloves on her hands. If the patient is male, a thin silk will be placed on the patient's hand when taking the pulse. Her many disguises seemed a bit mysterious, and not many patients wanted to see her at first, after all, she didn't believe that a woman could diagnose a disease, and she refused to show her face so much. However, some female patients really don't want to see a doctor in the hall, and would rather go to a woman, and some symptoms are more convenient to talk about. Therefore, Lian'er's first patients were mostly women. As time went on, more people began to trust the doctor, and the patient was no longer just a shy woman.
For example, today, since she sat down in the morning, there have been more than a dozen patients, old and young, women and children, and even young and strong, and there is no rest for a moment. She looked up at the people in line, and there were five or six of them, and one of them was a young girl who looked very special. This girl is not very old, eleven or twelve years old, she looks very clever, and she is not dressed in ordinary fabrics, she is a good material for fine yarn, and she looks like a girl from a big family. This is strange, it stands to reason that if the young lady of a large family is sick, she is here to ask for a doctor, she should ask other doctors to come to the doctor, and the doorman of the medical center should tell the other party that she is not going to see a doctor. If she is sick herself, if the girl from a big family is decent, the master will also ask the doctor to see her, if it is shameless, just give some medicine to eat, and get through it. This girl looks in good spirits, there is no sign of illness, she should be helping the master to line up.
Lian'er didn't want to spend more energy on this boring speculation, focusing on the patient in front of her. Half an hour later, the little girl finally arrived, and as she expected, it was not the girl who sat down with a gust of fragrant wind, but a melon-seed-faced beauty wrapped in a fine pink feather gauze dress, and the other party was looking at her with serious eyebrows, as if examining a monster.
"This young lady is seeing a doctor?" Lian'er didn't remember seeing this person, and she didn't want to waste time. Women sitting in the hospital are not recognized by many people, and there are always some strange people and things appearing, or inexplicable accusations. She's seen so much in the past two years, and she doesn't want to waste her energy. Now no matter what the other party wants to do, as long as it has nothing to do with the consultation, she wants to send her away quickly. But to her surprise, the other lady raised her eyebrows, and glanced at her girl, who hastened to put a small cushion on the table, and the young lady put her hand on it, and the little girl covered it with a handkerchief that they had brought. Although it was a little unexpected, since the other party really wanted to see a doctor, she naturally took it seriously. After pranayama, she began to check the pulse skillfully.
"Miss has been sleeping unsteadily at night lately, sleeping less, not falling asleep easily, and sleeping shallowly, very easy to wake up. A mild cough is common at night, but it is not severe. ”
"You really know how to check the pulse." The other party didn't seem to ask about the illness because Lian'er, but he could find his own problem by diagnosing the pulse, obviously this doctor was not here to pretend, "But a woman showing her head like this all day long will hurt the face of the boudoir too much, and it will damage the reputation of the boudoir, so don't do it from now on." ”
The world is full of strange things, there are no surprises, Lian'er is not completely unable to guess the identity and intention of the other party, but she doesn't want to waste time, so she doesn't take the other party's topic: "If Miss wants to recuperate, I can prescribe a prescription for you, if you like it, take two doses, if you don't like it, it doesn't matter, let go of your worries, and it'll be fine after a while." Or if you feel that the prescription is troublesome, there are ready-made pills on the counter that can be used to soothe the liver and nourish the blood. ”
"My young lady is not here to see a doctor, she is here to talk to you, you don't answer what young lady says, what kind of prescription do you have. ”
Lian'er didn't take care of the girl, and quickly prescribed the medicine: "This prescription is for you, you can eat it if you want." If you have no other questions about your illness, please give up your seat to the old man in the back, who has a bad face and should not stand there for a long time. ”
Seeing that it was almost noon, the patients behind were not willing to wait, and when they heard Lian'er say this, they all agreed. The young lady had to get up and get out of the way and walk towards the carriage at the entrance of the infirmary. After getting into the car, the carriage did not leave, apparently waiting to speak to her. Lian'er was unmoved, and concentrated on dealing with these patients, before giving up her place to the doctor who came to take over from the infirmary, went into the inner room of the infirmary to wash and change into a clean coat, and handed over the ones that had just been worn to the miscellaneous servants in the infirmary to deal with. She doesn't mind seeing people, but that's not to say she doesn't mind possible infections. She prepared several sets of covered dresses, veils and fishskin gloves in the infirmary. Every time they run out, they will give it to them to soak it in salt water and mugwort leaf water, and then dry it well, and use it again the next time they come to the hospital.
After packing up, she was about to get into the car through the back door and leave, when she heard a commotion in the front hall. It stands to reason that the doctors and men of Baicaotang are all martial arts, and she doesn't have to worry about someone looking for trouble. Listening to that voice, it should be that the previous pair of master and servant saw that she had not gone out for a long time and wanted to come in for her. She now lives in the Tang Gate, and the Tang family is kind to her, and she doesn't want to cause trouble to them, so she has to let someone take them to the small living room.
She didn't wear a veil at this time, and her plain white was like a quietly open white camellia, which was very different from the indifferent and strange image that only showed her eyes in front of the hall just now. Seeing that the other party's master and servant were all looking at her a little dumbfounded, Lian'er frowned a little helplessly, but she didn't want to speak first.
"You are Miss Tang Family's cousin? Just now outside, I thought you weren't good-looking, and I was afraid that people would look at you and laugh so tightly. You're so beautiful, if people outside knew about it, there would be a long line of men coming to see you. It's not hard for them to find beautiful women, but it's hard to find beautiful doctors. You said that if people outside knew, the business of this Baicaotang would not know how to do well. ”
Lian'er had to frown at this seemingly innocent words, this lord didn't look like a really innocent person, but he deliberately pretended to speak without thinking, this kind of person is the most clever and tricky, playing people around, and especially pretending to be weak in front of men or elders. She has seen a lot of such people in the palace, and she really disdains to deal with them, and she doesn't want to be involved in endless trouble. Just these few words, which seem to be praise, have already dug countless pits for her to jump.
"I don't know what this young lady is called? Why do you have to talk to me? ”
"Oh, I've only been here from the capital for a few days, and they said that Brother Jie has a beautiful cousin, and I really want to meet him. But I feel presumptuous to visit Tangzhuang directly, Yesterday I heard that you will come into the city today to sit in the hospital, so I wanted to come and have a look. I didn't expect you to be so beautiful. ”