Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Seeing her come in, Chunhua's grandmother immediately stopped talking and was about to get out of bed with her hands. Another old woman and a middle-aged woman saw her movement, turned their heads to look at the door, and after seeing her, they also stood up with their hands.

Wang Yue hurried forward and persuaded this and that, urging them not to move.

Chan Yi also quickly passed Chen Shao and walked towards the three people. When Wang Yue didn't know who to persuade, he quickly said, "Hurry up and lie down. Do you think your illness is too mild, or do you think your life is too long!"

The three people who were about to kneel down were stunned by the cold look on her face. After looking at each other, they timidly lay back on the bed.

After Chanyi arranged their pillows one by one, she brought a stool and sat in front of Grandma Chunhua's bed. She took her arm, felt her pulse, and asked about her condition in recent days.

Grandma Chunhua said timidly: "I am almost well now. I can eat and sleep well. There is no big problem."

Chan Yi stretched out her hand and pressed on the upper left side of her abdomen. Looking at her face that instantly shrank into a ball and her uncontrollable coughing, she asked, "Is this what you mean by almost well?"

After Grandma Chunhua calmed down her cough, she wiped her tears and said, "I know my own body. I can't get better from this disease. It's not a good idea to stay here forever. If I go back earlier, I can still..."

"You can't do anything if you go back earlier." After asking Wang Yue to light a lamp, Chan Yi took off the silver hairpin on her hair, took out the silver needle inside, and disinfected it while saying, "I can't guarantee whether your illness can be cured, but you can always get better if you take care of it slowly. Going back in such a hurry is just looking for death. I told you last time that if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Chunhua. You are also an old man. I thought you chose to stay last time because you listened to me. I didn't expect that you forgot it after listening for two days. Tell me, is it because the food in the medicine shop doesn't suit your taste, or is there someone gossiping about you behind your back, so you found an excuse to go back to take care of those pieces of land and go back in a hurry?"

Grandma Chunhua quickly denied it: "No, they all treat me very well."

The customs of Datong are still very open, but no matter how open they are, they still have to avoid situations like this where they need to lift their clothes and roll up their trouser legs for acupuncture. When Chen Shao led Wang Yue and Qi Ye out of the ward, he heard Chan Yi ask, "Since you are fine, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

"Go back and look after those plots of land. If I lose this, I'll save some for Chunhua..." They had already walked far away, and Chunhua's grandmother's voice was vague and not very clear. Stopping under a tall sycamore tree, Chen Shao asked Wang Yue: "Have you been taking care of the ward these days?"

Wang Yue nodded: "Yes, Grandma Qiu and Aunt Lan were admitted to the ward yesterday afternoon. These days, I have been taking care of Grandma Chunhua."

Chen Shao continued to ask: "Did you encounter any inconveniences when taking care of Grandma Chunhua?"

Wang Yue answered without thinking: "With Chunhua's help, I haven't encountered any inconvenience for the time being."

Chen Shao looked at him in surprise and then asked, "What about Grandma Qiu and Aunt Lan? Is there anyone taking care of them?"

“At first, they did,” Wang Yue replied, “but then they all went back when they saw I was taking care of them.”

"Did you encounter any inconvenience when taking care of them?" Chen Shao asked.

Wang Yue originally wanted to say no, but then he thought about last night when Chunhua helped Aunt Lan to go to the toilet. Just as they walked outside the ward, Chunhua couldn't hold on and fell down. She cried and asked him to help Aunt Lan to the toilet. His face turned red and he stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.

Chen Shao did not force him any further. He turned his eyes to the direction of the ward and asked Master Qi, "Is this the only ward we have at the moment?"

"Yes." The Seventh Master replied, "The land is still too cramped. Now, apart from the wards, the living quarters are also a bit crowded. In a few days, Liang Zhu will bring back those people who learned to grow medicinal herbs..."

Frowning and sighing, Master Qi continued, "I have asked someone to look for a yard nearby. Let's see if there is any that is cheap and suitable."

Seeing the bitter look on his face, Chen Shao couldn't help but smile and told Fu Jiu, "Go and ask the owner of the cloth shop next door to come over. Tell him I have something to talk to him about."

After Fu Jiu left, the bitterness on Qi Ye's face instantly disappeared, and he was replaced with a smile again.

Seeing this, Chen Shao smiled and said, "Seventh Master, if you have anything to say in the future, just speak directly. There's no need to beat around the bush in front of me."

She had thought about merging the cloth shop next to Huimin Pharmacy with Huimin Pharmacy long before she dealt with the Zhu family. However, the matter of the former crown prince occupied most of her mind in recent days, so she temporarily ignored it.

The Seventh Master stroked his short beard and laughed, "I know that if I don't say anything, you will merge the cloth shop with Huimin Medicine Shop sooner or later. It's just that you came here today and happened to ask about it, so I said a few words."

"After the cloth shop is merged, we will have to add at least three more wards." Chen Shao did not dwell on this topic any more, but planned, "Two wards for women and two wards for men, and in addition..."

He glanced at Wang Yue and continued, "We need to ask if there are any women willing to come to the pharmacy to learn medicine, preferably women who know a little about pharmacology."

Wang Yue's face turned even redder when she blushed, but when he heard that they were looking for a girl, he mustered up the courage to ask, "My second sister knows a little about pharmacology, and she often follows my father to treat patients. I wonder, I wonder if she can come to the pharmacy?"

Chen Shao nodded: "Sure."

"Well, then I'll go back and tell her now!" Wang Yue said impatiently.

Chen Shao looked at the Seventh Master.

"Go ahead." The Seventh Master waved his hand. After he left in a hurry, he asked, "I wonder how many women you plan to find to study medicine?"

Qi Ye also understood her intention of looking for a woman to come and study medicine. The doctors and shop assistants in the pharmacy were all men, and it was indeed not very convenient for them to give injections, cleanse, etc. to the women.

"It depends on Master Qi to find a few people." Chen Shao said, "How big are the two women's wards? How many people can stay in them? Once they are all full, how many people are needed to take care of them?"

"Five or six people will be enough in one ward, and eleven or twelve people will be enough in two wards." Master Qi calculated, "Seven or eight women who study medicine will be enough."

After thinking about it, Chen Shao said, "Then let's have ten."

Since he had said that he would not interfere with his management of Huimin Pharmacy, Chen Shao immediately explained: "I believe there are many elderly people like Grandma Chunlan who have no money to see a doctor when they are sick and are unwilling to waste time coming to see a doctor. Since Huimin Pharmacy is for the people, it cannot just wait for the people to come to see a doctor in the county town. It must also organize one or two activities a year to go to towns and villages to provide free medical treatment to the people. The pharmacy needs female doctors, and those who go to towns and villages for free medical treatment also need female doctors. People will always encounter various diseases or miscellaneous things. Find a few more to learn so that you can flexibly allocate when encountering problems."

Master Qi nodded in agreement and was about to instruct his assistants to go outside and announce that Huimin Pharmacy was looking for female students to study medicine, when Fu Jiu arrived with the owner of the cloth shop next door.