"I've never heard of it before," the woman said, with a bit of curiosity, "Is it new?"
The maid nodded.
"It's newly opened, but it's already very famous," she said.
Hearing this, a woman didn't react at all. Instead, she picked up her chopsticks and plucked the food in her bowl, saying "Oh" with no interest.
"She has been wandering around the city for many days. It is true that she runs a medical clinic, but she doesn't sit in the hall. She talks about being a bell doctor and walks around the city. It is very annoying." The servant woman said enthusiastically.
.
These kind of rumors on the streets are their favorite.
"It's newly opened, and it's young. It's hard to do business, so it will inevitably disturb the people." The woman picked up a bite of vegetables and said while eating.
"No." The servant girl waited for her words and clapped her hands, "It's not that no one asked her for medical treatment. When they did, she didn't even see her."
Don't want to read?
The woman bit her chopsticks, then put them down and picked up the soup bowl.
"You can't see it," she said casually, taking a small spoon and scooping up a small mouthful.
"I don't know whether I saw it or not, but she didn't look at it." The servant woman said, her eyebrows flying, "You know, Mrs. Wang Cao from Huaihua Hutong, she stopped this person, but he actually said Wang Cao's
The disease is not worth her care."
I couldn't help laughing when I said this.
"Wang Cao's face was so angry that she turned upside down."
The woman did not smile, and stopped holding the spoon.
"Why isn't it worth her while?" she asked.
"I don't know, that doesn't mean she doesn't know how to read, but that Mrs. Wang Cao's illness is insignificant, and she even directed Mrs. Wang Cao to go see a doctor on the street." The servant said, covering her mouth and smiling again, "It's funny or not.
, she is a doctor herself, but when a patient asks her to see a doctor, she sends someone to find a doctor."
The woman still didn't laugh and put down the spoon.
She refused to see Wang Cao's doctor, saying it was not worth her to see, but she stopped her when she passed by on the street. Did she mean that her illness was worthy of her treatment?
Although it is said that all living beings are equal, Buddha saves those who are predestined.
Did she really see something, so she took the initiative to stop her?
"lady?"
The servant's voice said.
The woman came to her senses and pushed the bowl and chopsticks away.
"Has Suzhai been booked?" she asked, "Have the Yan Niangs and the others notified them as well?"
The servant woman suddenly realized that it turned out that Madam was thinking about this, and that Dr. Bell, Dr. Wang Cao, and Mrs. Wang Cao were all other people's business and had nothing to do with them.
"Yes, it's all booked. The people in the temple said that there are still people who are willing to sing in the opera today, and we can watch a show after dinner." She said with a smile.
The woman smiled and nodded.
"Then get ready to go out," she said.
The servant girl responded and turned to leave, but was stopped by the woman again.
"Take these away," she said.
The food was almost untouched, and the maid glanced at it without daring to ask more questions.
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When dusk fell, Zhang Baotang stopped outside Jiuling Hall, looked at the plaque, and then walked in with some hesitation.
The two clerks who were napping behind the counter quickly stood up.
The person outside the door walked in. He was a sturdy young man.
This man looks fierce.
Is it Miss Jun who caused trouble because of her role as a bell doctor?
The two guys looked at the visitor with some uneasiness.
Zhang Baotang also looked a little uneasy.
It stands to reason that you should greet guests when they arrive. Although a medical clinic is different from other businesses and cannot welcome guests warmly, you must at least say a few words.
The two sides inside and outside looked at each other in a strange stalemate.
"Excuse me, is Doctor Jun here?" Zhang Baotang had no choice but to ask first.
The two guys were still a little uneasy.
"No, not here," they said.
"You haven't come back yet, have you?" Zhang Baotang said. He simply took care of himself and sat down on the bench in the hall reserved for people seeking medical treatment. "Doctor Jun asked me to come. I'll wait for a while."
Miss Jun asked me to come here?
Finally deceived the guests?
The two guys looked at each other and saw the meaning in each other's eyes.
"Yes, yes, please wait a moment."
"Miss Jun will be back soon."
They just came back to their senses and hurriedly greeted each other. As they were talking, the sound of bells came from outside, and at the same time Liu'er walked in carrying a banner.
"Back." The two guys said hurriedly.
Zhang Baotang also stood up and looked at Miss Jun who walked in. Miss Jun also saw him.
"You're here." She said with a smile.
Zhang Baotang was busy saluting and didn't know what to say.
"Miss Jun." He said innocently.
"Sit down, I'll wash my hands and then I'll give you the needle." Miss Jun said.
There were no excessive politeness, let alone small talk, it was so simple and relaxed, and it seemed that we were already familiar and didn’t need to say much.
Zhang Baotang breathed a sigh of relief, because the restraint of not being accompanied by Zhu Zan faded away.
When Zhu Zan told him to come to see a doctor in the morning, he originally thought that Zhu Zan would come with him, but Zhu Zan ignored him at all. Although he felt that this matter was unnecessary, since Zhu Zan said it, he did not dare not to ignore it.
Listen, come here obediently.
Miss Jun washed her hands and took out the golden needle from the medicine box.
"Take off your clothes." She said with a smile.
Logically speaking, if a girl told him to take off her clothes, he would have been scared away, but Zhang Baotang didn't feel too uncomfortable when the girl told him.
Probably because of her demeanor and tone, she really made people feel like she was a trustworthy doctor.
Zhang Baotang took off his coat as instructed and exposed his shoulders.
Miss Jun put her hand on his shoulder and massaged it for a moment before slowly injecting the needle.
Liu'er lit the lamp and stood aside.
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"A man is here." The boy standing on the street corner whispered to Shopkeeper Liu.
Shopkeeper Liu carefully looked inside Jiulingtang. Through the door, he could see Miss Jun using a needle on the young man. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"I just said it was for medical treatment." He glared at the boy, "I let you talk nonsense."
The boy shrank his head and looked at Jiulingtang again.
"But, shopkeeper, this man is not the same as the one from the morning." He muttered.
Shopkeeper Liu sighed.
"Don't be a man all day long, and pay more attention to see if any women are coming." He said.
That woman with a bad omen will never come.
This is simply ridiculous.
The night was dark, and the woman looked tired after playing for a long day. The girls and servants put down the tent, left a night light, and left one by one.
There was silence inside and outside, but the woman sitting in the tent got up again. She looked at the door with a little fear on her face. At the same time, she took out a small jar from under the pillow and opened the lid to reveal a lot of pine needles.
She looked at these pine needles with a complicated expression.
"Madam, it's okay if you don't want to cure this disease. But if you want to have a quieter night and live a better life for a few days, just scatter a handful of pine needles by the door so that it doesn't dare to come in."
The girl's voice echoed in my ears.
She actually scattered pine needles by the door last night, and she slept really well.
It was the first time in a long time that she slept so well.
Is this a coincidence? Or is it psychological?
This matter was so confidential that no one except her knew about it. How could Dr. Ling from the newly opened Jiulingtang know about it?
The woman looked at the pine needles for a moment, then stuffed the lid next to the pillow, lay down and closed her eyes.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and it is getting quieter and quieter, but in this quietness, it seems a little noisy.
It seemed that the sleeping woman suddenly opened her eyes and her whole body tensed up. She slowly looked towards the door, and saw that the windless indoor tent suddenly swayed open, and a person appeared in her sight, walking in from the door.
The woman screamed, grabbed the pine needle jar next to the pillow and smashed it.
This sound made the quiet courtyard become commotion, the lights were turned on one by one, and the sound of footsteps came.
"Madam, madam."
With shouts, the servants and girls rushed in.
The woman also climbed down from the bed and threw herself into the arms of the night servant.
"Quickly, go get that doctor." She shouted in a frightened voice.