The woman was thoughtful, and then said with an angry look on her face, “This Doctor Qin is really not good at medical skills. He prescribed the wrong prescription and treated the wrong disease!”

“You can’t say that.”

Su Yujin said, “Diagnosing requires observation, listening, questioning, and pulse examination. Among them, questioning involves asking the patient about their symptoms. Similarly, with high fever, some may have symptoms of a cold, some may have a cough, and some may have external injuries. If these are concealed and not disclosed, the doctor cannot be aware of them.”

“When my Aunt came to see the doctor, aunt didn’t tell Doctor Qin about the pimples on the child.”

The woman suddenly felt ashamed, “I originally thought, It’s just a poisonous pimple, it’s already healed. And if I talk about that, the doctor will definitely want to see it, a male doctor, looking at the girl’s thighs…”

How could she say that?

“That’s it,” Su Yujin said, “So, the main issue doesn’t lie with Dr. Qin. Doctors usually assume that patients who come for a consultation won’t hide anything, and they won’t think much about it. Additionally, with the sudden cold weather and your daughter having a runny nose, when she developed a high fever, it was natural for the treatment to focus on cold and wind. Hence, Dr. Qin prescribed a formula for treating cold and wind.”

“Regarding the prescription matter, if it were to reach the County Magistrate, and after understanding the situation, I’m afraid the responsibility for both the aunt and Dr. Qin would be equally shared, each receiving a punishment of fifty strokes,” Su Yujin said.

“That’s the truth.” The woman nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Liánqiáo quickly brought the cooked soup and medicine over.

After drinking the medicine that expelled the cold and induced sweating given to Zhao Baozhu, her excessive sweating subsided a bit. She no longer sweated profusely, and her spirits slightly improved. The woman hurriedly brought the medicine to her mouth, urging her to drink it all.

After drinking the decoction, applying the plaster, and resting for a long time in the medicine store, Zhao Baozhu’s energy recovered a little, “Mom, I want to go home, I’m hungry.”

“Okay, Mom will go back and cook for you.” The woman nodded repeatedly.

Then she thanked Su Yujin, “Thank you very much, Miss Su, for today. Otherwise, if we had delayed it any longer, as Miss Su said, it may lead to a catastrophic disaster.”

“It’s such a small effort, you don’t need to thank me too much,” Su Yujin said with a smile.

“I’m really sorry for causing trouble to Madam Zhou.” The woman apologized to Li Shi with an embarrassed look on her face.

“The love for one’s daughter is a sentiment everyone shares. As a mother myself, I can understand your thoughts at that time. If it were me, speaking frankly, if things got really urgent, I might even consider breaking the store.”

Li Shi stretched out her hand to help the woman, “This matter was a misunderstanding, and it can be said that it happened for a reason. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, you don’t have to take it too seriously.”

“This matter is indeed related to Zhou Ji. We cannot simply stand by and do nothing. For the ointments and decoctions your daughter needs these days, Zhou Ji Medicinal Herbs Shop has them all covered. You can rest assured.”

“It’s just that this matter is a misunderstanding. Many people outside still have misunderstandings. I have to trouble you to come forward and explain it to everyone. It can be regarded as giving our Zhou Ji Zhengyi a good reputation…”

“As it should be, as it should be.”

This matter was originally a misunderstanding. Now that the reasons behind it were clear, the woman also realized that she wrongly accused Zhou Ji Herbal Medicine Store. She understood that her earlier crying and disturbance caused a lot of trouble for Zhou Ji.

And this time Madam Zhou didn’t care about her misunderstanding, but repaid her with kindness. The woman felt more and more ashamed, and she agreed to the matter repeatedly, helped Zhao Baozhu out, and explained the whole story to those who stayed in Zhou Ji to watch the fun.

“It turns out it’s not Zhou Ji’s fault, it’s just because the woman’s child didn’t suffer from cold.”

“Yes, didn’t she say that she thought the pimple was fine, so she didn’t mention it to Dr. Qin when she went to see the doctor? Even Doctor Qin didn’t know about it, so he only treated it as an ordinary cold.”

“So when you go to see the doctor, you can’t hide anything, otherwise something will happen easily…”

“What’s wrong with this? Wasn’t it about Zhouji Herbal Medicine Store?”

“What’s there to say? It’s just a misunderstanding. The woman just explained it.”

“That is to say, Zhouji Herbal Medicine Store has always been very good. Okay…”

“…”

Listening to the words of those outside, Li Shi’s heart returned to her stomach, and the breath she had been holding finally came out.

After letting Liánqiáo arrange to send the mother and daughter away, Li Shi thanked Su Yujin repeatedly, “What happened today is thanks to Miss Su’s presence, otherwise…”

She really didn’t know what to do.

“To be honest with you, Madam, this matter…”

Su Yujin was a little embarrassed, “At first, I really didn’t come here to help Madam. I was just curious about what made the little girl’s condition worse, and to verify my guess. That’s all.”

“But Miss Su finally helped Zhou Ji clear its name and saved Zhou Ji from a disaster. As far as Zhou Ji is concerned, it is a favor.”

Originally, because Su Yujin saved Zhou Ruoyi, Li Shi was extremely grateful to Su Yujin, but now that she had added help to Zhou Ji, Li Shi was even more grateful.

“Expressing gratitude really embarrasses me. You can only consider it as doing a favor for Zhou Ji.”

Su Yujin smiled and said, “Madam, there’s no need to think about expressing gratitude. People always find themselves in need of help from others. Who knows, in the future, I might also have something to ask for from Madam.”

“If Miss Su truly needs help, I will do my utmost and spare no effort,” Li Shi said earnestly. “However, such matters are for the future. For now, we should focus on what needs to be done at the moment.”

“Since Miss Su knows medical skills, I wonder if she can use needles. Do you need any handy tools?”

“Needles?” Su Yujin suddenly became interested, “Madam, do you have any high-quality ones here?”

After Su Yujin arrived here, because she wanted to save money as soon as possible to improve her life, and also planned to have money to support her plan after leaving her identity as an outside room, she focused on her cooking skills.

But in fact, traditional Chinese medicine was her speciality. When she heard about the needle, the DNA in her bones was ready to move.

“Zhou Ji sells medicinal materials, and we also have these things, but what we usually sell are all ordinary things. I have a set in my hand, which was used by my great-grandfather before. Since no one inherited the mantle, it was just passed down as a family heirloom. After it came into my father’s hands, he gave them to me as my dowry, so it is now in my possession.”

Li Shi said, “These needles are made of pure silver. They are of excellent quality and have all nine needles. Someone previously learned that I have such a set of nine silver needles in my hand and wanted to get it. They were ready to spend a lot of money to buy it, but because it was passed down from my family, I didn’t agree. But now I am happy to give it to Miss Su.”

“This needle set is stored in my warehouse at home. I will go back to look for it later and it will be delivered tomorrow. I will personally go to Miss Su’s house to deliver it.”

“If Madam is willing to part with it, though it’s somewhat impolite, I will gratefully accept,” Su Yujin expressed her thanks repeatedly. She also understood that even though today’s matter seemed resolved, there was still a commotion at Zhou Ji, and many things needed to be dealt with. Thus, she took her leave.

Li Shi sent Su Yujin out, and after she walked away, the smile on her face immediately dissipated.

Author’s Note: In traditional Chinese medicine, there are nine types of needles, namely the Chan (2nd tone) needle, Round needle, Chi (2nd tone) needle, Feng needle, Pi (1st tone) needle, Round-Sharp needle, Fine needle, Long needle, and Large needle. Each type of needle is used for different medical conditions. There is also a distinction between ancient and modern nine needles. Of course, in novels, it’s not necessary to depict things with such realism.

(End of this chapter)

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