Shen Huai was happy about the successful signing of the contract today, but when he came back he found that his little niece had caused trouble again.

He glanced at the three women, both young and old, and the several straw hats embellished with gauze on the table, not knowing what to say. When the waiter over there looked over at him instead of concentrating on wiping the table, he said, "Have someone prepare it."

"Dad, I'm worried about Mom and the others. Why don't we find someone else to replace me?" The people in the yamen also reminded them that the deadline of the 15th was already 12 days away, and told them not to stay in the provincial capital for any longer, and it would be better for them to leave on their own before noon.

In fact, no inn would let them stay even if they wanted to, and my father would never visit the two relatives who had married into the provincial capital.

Shen Xianzhu thought his sisters' idea was a good one. If their father took a few substitutes to drive the carriage out of the city, they would have most of the day to find a good doctor for their mother.

"I'm afraid not. Look." Senior Sister Shen Miaozhuo motioned everyone to look outside the door. There were two yamen runners who were obviously targeting the uncle.

Shen Huai frowned. Since he met Shi Wulang, has he been hurriedly driven away every time he arrived in a city?

He said, "I'll go meet them. First, take your mother and sister out the front door and have the waiter help take the car to the alley entrance."

"I'll go talk to the waiter." The uncle agreed. Shen Lingzhu ran to find the waiter and talked to him before coming back.

Several people deliberately wore hats in the store, with the gauze covering their shoulders. When they walked out of the alley, one of the two yamen runners wanted to follow, but was stopped by Shen Huai and asked: "Pregnant women have difficulty moving. Do we have to watch them even if they take a car in the alley?"

The two looked at each other, but didn't insist on following. After a while, the young master of the Shen family came out leading a donkey cart with three people sitting in it.

A quarter of an hour after they left, Shen Lingzhu paid ninety coins to the waiter in the back alley of the teahouse, but the waiter said, "You didn't tell me that there was an official with you. You have to pay more."

"Here." She reluctantly gave him the rope and ten copper coins.

The waiter took it and said, "Double. My mother and nephew are responsible."

"Little Brother, if you give me the money for three hats and three sets of clothes, I will double your money.

And now we are partners, understand?" Shen Lingzhu wanted to reason with him again, but the man already understood that they didn't want the clothes anymore and that he would get nothing if he exposed the matter, so he turned around and ran away.

"Xiao Zhuzi, why are you scaring him?" Mrs. Hu beckoned her over. "From now on, you are not allowed to stay more than three steps away from me."

"But I still need to call a car." Shen Lingzhu had just finished speaking when her senior sister pressed down on her shoulder. "I'll go get one."

When Mrs. Hu opened her mouth to say she was leaving, she had already quickly turned out of the back alley.

It was more than a quarter of an hour later when the mother and her two sons arrived at Renhetang, and there was a long line outside the door.

Shen Lingzhu helped her aunt get out of the car and wrinkled her nose. "Are you all looking for money? Are there any scalpers who can transfer a seat?"

Hu was puzzled: "What does this have to do with cattle?"

"Aunt, she's talking nonsense. You two find a cool place, I'll go in and ask around." Senior Sister Shen Miaozhu is very active now. It feels great to have a good body to jump around. She walked into Renhe Hall at full speed.

Shen Lingzhu looked around and found that there was nowhere good to go nearby. He opened an oil-paper umbrella and prepared to cover Hu Shi. "Three medical clinics are next to each other?"

The other two hospitals obviously do not have as many patients as Renhetang.

Mrs. Hu was amused and distressed to see her standing on tiptoe. She snatched the umbrella away from her and told her that each family had different specialties. The one on the left mainly treated sores and bone setting.

The right side is good at treating internal diseases, and Renhetang mainly treats women and children.

Shen Lingzhu thought that since the internal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology departments all had their own business, it would be convenient for ordinary people to find them. But when she saw that her senior sister hadn't come out for a while, she said, "Shall we go to the cloth shop across the street and take a look?"

"Don't disturb the business of the store, I'm just taking a walk." Mrs. Hu refused to leave.

Shen Lingzhu didn't force them, but just looked into Renhe Hall, wondering why her senior sister didn't let them go in together.

Then I saw an old man at the counter leading my senior sister to the back.

Mrs. Hu had naturally been watching, and when she saw that she was gone, she immediately grabbed her hand and said, "Go quickly and follow your sister to see where she goes."

"Aunt, it'll be okay. You also said that Renhetang is a big medical clinic in the city. There must be many pharmacists and waiters in the backyard." Shen Lingzhu was not worried. There was a reason why her senior sister asked her to wait outside with her aunt.

Mrs. Hu did not dare to be careless. She put away her umbrella, lifted up her skirt and left. Shen Lingzhu could not stop her and could only quickly follow her.

Many patients and their families were lined up outside several small cubicles in the lobby of the clinic. Even though the door and the windows on the back wall were open, the stuffy air mixed with the smell of sweat and medicine made people feel uncomfortable.

Shen Lingzhu guessed that her senior sister must have thought of this, which was why she asked them to wait outside.

When she followed her aunt to the porch leading to the backyard, she was stopped by someone. After asking who they were looking for, they were asked to wait.

In less than a moment, the old man from before hurried out and introduced himself as the shopkeeper surnamed Tang. He politely invited the two to the backyard and said as he walked in, "Madam, please wait a moment. When Doctor Qian is done, he will take your pulse before lunch."

"Thank you." Mrs. Hu held Shen Lingzhu's hand tighter. She didn't know what Miaozhu had done to make her so polite.

The three of them walked through the porch and the patio, then turned left from the corridor, and the aroma of various medicines hit them in the face.

Shen Lingzhu saw that the left wing was filled with rows of stoves inside and outside, with a medicine boy watching over the cooking of medicine, while the right wing was filled with cabinet after cabinet of medicine.

Moreover, there are no partitions between these rooms, so you can see the end at a glance.

His senior sister was standing in front of the long counter in the middle of the right wing, constantly instructing the waiter to weigh several kinds of herbs.

Mrs. Hu was very surprised. When did Miaozhu learn medicine? Who taught her? She didn't know it when her mother-in-law was alive.

No, no, no, it seems that after the child recovered from his illness during those days in the ruined temple, he no longer maintained the cautious and careful attitude he had shown after arriving in Beijing.

And whenever they pick wild vegetables, they would say that eating this can relieve heat, eating that can regulate qi, etc.

"Second sister." Shen Lingzhu called softly, deliberately interrupting the stunned Hu. She winked at her senior sister. How could she explain this?

The senior sister raised her head and smiled, "Auntie, Xiao Zhuzi, I smell strongly of medicine, please wait for a while.

"Shopkeeper Tang, thank you for your help." She made a gesture with her right hand to Shen Lingzhu that only the two of them understood.

"It's not a bother. Please, Madam and Miss Shen, come to the cross-yard to rest." Shopkeeper Tang glanced at the medicine stove in the yard.

Mrs. Hu knew that this was for her own good, so she followed him to the cross-courtyard.

"Renhetang covers such a large area!" Not only does it have a two-story facade with three entrances and exits, but there are also several cross courtyards on one side.

After Shopkeeper Tang and his men left, Shen Lingzhu couldn't wait to offer a piece of the snack the waiter had brought to Hu first, then took a bite and said, "The mung bean cake is also sweet but not greasy."

Before, when they were in the teahouse, they only ordered a pot of loose tea and didn’t hesitate to order some snacks.

Mrs. Hu took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "When did your second sister learn medicine from whom?"

"In books." Shen Lingzhu sipped her tea and continued, "After she finished reading all the books at home, she also found other ways to make up for it."

"Any other solution?" Mrs. Hu asked with a smile.

Shen Lingzhu shook her head, "Second sister won't let me say it."

She hadn't rehearsed the lines with her senior sister yet, so she couldn't just improvise and dig a hole for herself.

My senior sister said that my aunt is a thoughtful person, and it turned out to be true.

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