You are unlucky and I am tough

The doctor from Baicaotang, son of Mr. Lu, checked again and found that there was nothing serious except some scratches on the throat. After taking the medicine, the couple thanked Cheng Shuang profusely and then went back as a family.

Cheng Shuang leaned against the counter and looked at the old man inside with a smile. From the chaos just now, she could tell that this old man was the owner of the clinic. His surname was Tao, and everyone called him Doctor Tao.

She leaned over and whispered, "Does Doctor Tao believe that I have medical skills now?"

Doctor Tao's attitude softened. He smiled and said, "You just saved a person and took away my business and made ten taels of silver, but you didn't show any medical skills, did you?"

Cheng Shuang pouted and said, "Then test me now."

Doctor Tao stroked his beard. He was very interested in the way Cheng Shuang had just saved people. After thinking for a while, he took the bag of herbs and handed it over.

Cheng Shuang took it, lowered her head and smelled it while speaking, "Ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus, Curcuma zedoaria, Areca nut, Chicken's gizzard lining, for treating anorexia in children."

Doctor Tao looked at her in surprise and quickly handed her another packet.

Cheng Shuang continued to smell, "Taiwu, cumin, magnolia officinalis, cubeb, turmeric, tangerine peel, green peel, bergamot, and burdock. It's for stomachache."

Doctor Tao's face was full of disbelief. He quickly squatted down and took out another package of herbs from the cabinet below. This time the herbs were wrapped in different paper, and Doctor Tao looked solemn when he handed it over.

"Centilla spatholobi, Angelica sinensis, Paeonia lactiflora, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Earthworm, Astragalus membranaceus, Red Ridge Flos, Honeysuckle..." Cheng Shuang suddenly stopped talking and looked at Doctor Tao. "Is this for treating the aftereffects of snake bites and poisoning?"

Doctor Tao looked at Cheng Shuang as if he had been acupunctured and frozen. He suddenly snatched the herbs from her hand and grabbed her, saying, "Little girl, come with me."

Cheng Shuang was taken by the somewhat excited Doctor Tao to a room in the backyard of the clinic. There was a sleeping young man lying in the room. Judging from his appearance, he was from a wealthy family.

A doctor was giving acupuncture to his leg by the bed. When he suddenly saw someone come in, he looked at him in confusion.

Doctor Tao asked him to pause and give up his seat, then made a gesture of invitation to Cheng Shuang.

Cheng Shuang was not nervous either. She sat down, put her hand on the man's pulse and began to feel his pulse.

After a while, she withdrew her hand and stood up, looking at Doctor Tao and the others and said, "It's the aftereffects of snake venom. Qi and blood are stagnant, and the meridians are blocked. I often have limb weakness and numbness in my hands and feet. At night, I also have unbearable calf pain that makes it impossible to stand."

"That's absolutely right." Doctor Tao nodded repeatedly and then asked, "What about the prescription I just gave you?"

"The prescription is correct, but after ten doses of the medicine to strengthen the body and detoxify, once the heat and toxins have been cleared, the dosage of honeysuckle should be reduced, and the dosage of astragalus, red peony root, and codonopsis should be increased. Later, depending on the recovery, the dosage of chicken blood vine should be added to dispel blood stasis and promote new blood, and cinnamon twig should be added to warm the meridians and promote yang. The main purpose is to invigorate qi, activate blood circulation, and warm the meridians and dredge the collaterals."

Cheng Shuang finished speaking in one breath, and then added, "By the way, acupuncture can also be used to warm the meridians and promote yang."

Doctor Tao and his apprentice looked at the girl in front of them as if they had seen a ghost. No matter how they looked at her, she looked like a teenager. They had been practicing medicine and researching medical skills for decades, and they had read a lot of medical books before deciding on the treatment plan. But this girl could tell the whole story just by taking his pulse.

Cheng Shuang looked at their reactions, feeling a sense of success in pretending to be awesome. She spread her hands calmly and said, "I've already told you that I can really treat illnesses."

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Wei Qinglang sold the wild boar to Taibai Tower. Wild boar was a little more expensive than pork on the market, at thirty coins per catty. He earned three thousand seven hundred coins from Taibai Tower for one hundred and twenty-five catties of wild boar.

After getting the money, he went to the market to buy some things. The first thing he bought was 100 kilograms of new rice and 50 kilograms of coarse flour, spending 1,150 coins.

Then I bought oil, salt, soy sauce, various seasonings and vegetable seeds, two oil lamps for lighting, toothbrushes, tooth powder, a new pot for cooking, two wooden barrels, a hoe, etc. I bought everything I could think of that was needed at home.

When he passed by a cloth shop, he thought of the tattered clothes on the Cheng siblings, so he bought enough cloth for each person in the family to make two sets of clothes.

Finally, he went to the butcher's shop and bought two pounds of meat and a big bone. He spent all the money he had today and it was still not enough. He also used some of his savings and filled the donkey cart to the brim before heading to the city gate.

Halfway through the journey, I heard people on the street talking about a great female doctor who had come to Baicaotang and would be seeing patients on the first and tenth day of every month, mainly treating women.

Wei Qinglang was surprised to hear this. In this dynasty, female doctors should be a rare species like giant pandas in flower-growing countries.

April 10th was in three days, and he also wanted to come and see something new. Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly stopped. In front of him was Taibai Tower, where he sold game at noon. At this moment, a young girl was standing at the door of the restaurant, looking up at the plaque.

The sun was not too strong today, and the sunlight shining on the small face made the profile look overly delicate. The girl narrowed her eyes slightly with a curious look, like a cat observing something new.

"Cheng Shuang."

Wei Qinglang couldn't help but call out to her.

Cheng Shuang, who was staring at the restaurant sign, slowly turned her head. The street was crowded with people, but Wei Qinglang's outstanding height and appearance made him stand out in the crowd.

Cheng Shuang saw him at a glance, a smile immediately appeared on her face, and she waved at him vigorously.

Wei Qinglang pulled the cart forward and asked, "What are you doing here? Are you looking for me?"

"I was just passing by."

Cheng Shuang glanced at the three characters "Taibai Tower" on the door plaque again, and her eyes rolled around. "Hey, what's the relationship between this restaurant and the immortal poet?"

"Huh? What?"

There were a lot of people on the street and it was a bit noisy. The other party was speaking too fast. Wei Qinglang thought he had misheard and tilted his head calmly with a puzzled expression, but he was shocked in his heart. Was she just talking about the Immortal Poet?

The first time he hunted game, he came to the county town to sell it. He chose this restaurant because of its name. Everyone knows the poet Li Bai.

"Nothing." Cheng Shuang was too nervous. She tried a little and then retreated. "I saw that this restaurant is so grand, and I thought the food must be delicious."

"It's delicious, for sure, but we can't afford it right now." Wei Qinglang looked at the person in front of him with suspicion, "Are you done shopping? It's time to go back."

"Oh, okay." Cheng Shuang nodded and looked back. She was shocked when she saw, "You bought so many things."

Wei Qinglang said, "We are short of everything at home. We have spent all the money from selling game."

Cheng Shuang went over to see what was bought. After seeing it, she gave Wei Qinglang a thumbs up with sincere admiration, "You are really capable."

Apart from being able to cook, her life skills are actually average. In the past, her family had a washing machine for laundry, a robot for sweeping the floor, and a part-time maid for cleaning the room. She was praised for her ability just because she could clean herself up at home, let alone taking care of a whole family. If she were to take care of it, she would definitely not think of it so thoroughly.

For example, she didn't think of buying cloth to make clothes for her younger siblings, nor did she think that a hoe and a wooden barrel at home would not be enough to grow vegetables and turn the soil.

On the way out of the city, Wei Qinglang stopped at a bun shop to buy buns, saying that it was lunchtime and he would eat them before going back. He also bought some to take back for his younger brother and sister-in-law.

The donkey cart was piled with things, so Cheng Shuang could only sit in the front where the driver was. She ate two buns and glanced at the driver next to her from time to time. He bent one leg, eating a bun with one hand and pulling the rope with the other, looking quite leisurely.

The donkey cart was swaying along the road. After eating the buns, Cheng Shuang thought that she would have to rely on this person to take care of the family in the future. In that case, she would just pay for it. Anyway, she had already agreed with Baicaotang that she would come to see patients for two days every month. All the money earned from the consultation would be hers, and the clinic would only make money from the money the patients paid for the medicine.

Thinking of this, she took out the fifteen copper coins and five taels of silver that Wei Qinglang had given her before from the space and stuffed them directly into his hands.

"Here, go buy whatever you need at home."

Wei Qinglang looked down at the five-liang silver ingot in his hand and was shocked. "Where did you get so much money?"

"I did a good deed while strolling around today, and that family insisted on thanking me. I couldn't refuse, so I reluctantly accepted it."

Wei Qinglang chuckled and asked, "What good news?"

"A child was choking on a date pit and couldn't breathe. I helped get it out."

Cheng Shuang said seriously, "He almost choked to death. Luckily I found it and helped him."

After hearing the explanation, Wei Qinglang held the silver thoughtfully. Seeing Cheng Shuang looking at him nervously, he suddenly smiled, said "oh" and put the silver away.

"So that's how it is. That family is pretty nice."

"Yeah, that's what they call good things happening to good people." Cheng Shuang nodded repeatedly.