Grandma Ma was muttering to herself when the door was suddenly pushed open, and Big Ma and Little Ma rushed in with red eyes.

Little Horse is young and has a quick temper; he gets red-eyed at the drop of a hat. Big Horse is much more composed, but now his eyes are also glistening with tears.

Da Ma's voice choked with emotion, "Grandma, how can we not get treatment? Xiao Ma and I are both strong enough to treat you! You're sick, and I'm saving money to get married. I can't do that!"

Both children lost their parents early and were raised by their grandmother. When they were young, the two brothers didn't have much earning power, so Grandma Ma did all sorts of jobs, from farming and weaving bamboo houses to working in the countryside, which is how she raised the two children.

The two brothers were well-educated and are filial and sensible children.

Grandma Ma was very emotional and tried to sit up. However, people with high blood pressure are afraid of large emotional fluctuations. Grandma Ma had only sat up halfway when she felt dizzy and her eyes blurred. She closed her eyes and fell back onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Grandma!" Big Horse and Little Horse rushed over.

Grandma had fainted before, and each time it would take her a long time to wake up. After waking up, her condition would be even worse, with her seeing stars and feeling dizzy for several days.

Nie Qianqian commanded, "Go pour me a glass of water!"

Nie Qianqian took out blood pressure medication from her spatial storage, removed the outer packaging, helped Grandma Ma up, and gave her the medication with water.

Da Ma and Xiao Ma had never seen Nie Qianqian take out a small white round piece before. It looked very different from the herbal pills they usually saw, so they guessed that it might be a rare medicine developed by a large medical institution like Jishetang.

After taking her medicine, Grandma Ma woke up shortly afterward. Upon waking, she immediately felt less unwell than usual, and her head was no longer severely dizzy.

Little Ma asked with concern, "Grandma, are you feeling better?"

Grandma Ma nodded, quite surprised, "She's not as dizzy as usual."

Amazing!

She wouldn't wake up for at least half a day after she fainted, and when she did, she wouldn't dare open her eyes, because the world would spin around her.

My blood pressure has come down, and I feel much more comfortable and lighter, not just dizzy.

Da Ma's face lit up with joy, "It was Sister Qianqian who gave you the medicine!"

Xiao Ma: "Sister Qianqian, you're amazing! You're much better than the doctors we found. The medicine worked after just one dose."

The two of them never expected that Nie Qianqian's treatment would be effective; they only decided to give it a try because they trusted Qianqian's character.

Nie Qianqian: "I just mentioned that Grandma Ma needs to take medication continuously, and that's the medication."

Da Ma, fearing that Grandma Ma would become emotional, softened his voice and said slowly, "Grandma, I know you care about us two brothers and about the money, but money can be earned back slowly. If you're gone, this family will fall apart, and earning more money won't make a difference. What's the point of talking about being a burden to a family? If we're really a burden, we were the ones who were truly a burden to you when our parents passed away, when we were still young. Please agree to take the medicine. We two brothers are capable enough to provide for your medicine."

Grandma Ma felt a mix of emotions after hearing her eldest grandson's words—a bittersweet feeling—and tears finally streamed down her face.

She refused treatment earlier because she thought the disease was difficult to cure and that spending money on medicine would be a waste of time and effort.

But Nie Qianqian's medicine was very effective; she could get better with just one pill.

If she could still live, who would want to die? She hadn't even seen her two children get married yet.

Little Ma patted his chest and said, "Grandma, we've all grown up. You have to believe in us brothers."

Da Ma winked at Xiao Ma, "Grandma, let's take Qianqian home. You should get some sleep first."

Xiao Ma received the signal from his brother, helped Grandma Ma lie down, and covered her with a blanket. "Yes, it's getting late, let's take Sister Qianqian home."

Grandma Ma didn't stop them anymore. How could she not know what her two grandsons were up to? She just held Qianqian's hand and kept thanking her.

As soon as the three of them left the house, Da Ma couldn't wait to ask, "Sister Qianqian, how much silver do these pills cost?"

How much silver?

This blood pressure medication is something that doesn't exist in the modern world; from that perspective, it's worth a fortune.

She had an inexhaustible supply of blood pressure medication in her space, but she couldn't just give it away to the two brothers for nothing.

First, the source of the medicine cannot be explained. Second, Nie Qianqian's values ​​are that you have to give to get something. Nie Qianqian is giving away the medicine that Grandma Ma needs for the rest of her life for free, allowing them to get something for nothing, which will only harm them.

Nie Qianqian silently calculated in her mind, "I need to take one pill a day, and one pill costs 2 coins."

According to Da Ma, he earned 2 coins a day, which would amount to 60 coins a month. Considering the two brothers' ability to earn money through work, this was not much.

The two brothers built a house for Nie Qianqian, and each of them could earn 15 coins a day, which would amount to 300 coins in 20 days. They could also work in the county and easily earn 600 coins a month. Giving 60 coins to their grandmother for medicine was not a burden for them.

In the past, the cost of hiring a doctor and getting medicine would amount to more than half an ounce of silver per month, but it didn't work for Grandma Ma. Now, the medicine is effective, but the price is much lower.

Both Da Ma and Xiao Ma breathed a sigh of relief. They knew they had to get treatment, but they couldn't think of a good solution if the medicine was too expensive. Fortunately, they could afford it.

Da Ma finally smiled and sincerely thanked Nie Qianqian again, "Sister Qianqian, you are really capable. It's fortunate that you came today, otherwise, Grandma's illness would have been delayed for who knows how long."

What's wrong with a girl? Today, even Grandma Sun and the two brothers, Yi Jin and Yi Yin, looked down on Nie Qianqian, a woman. But Nie Qianqian is principled, handles things methodically, and works as a pharmacy apprentice at a large medical clinic like Jishetang. She's an apprentice now, but she might become a doctor in the future, and she's more capable than most of the men they know.

With a doctor's heart full of compassion, Nie Qianqian was very happy to be able to heal Grandma Ma.

Nie Qianqian: "We're all from the same village, don't be so polite. Here's half a month's worth of medicine. Take it first, and the cost of the medicine can be deducted from your wages for the next few days."

Nie Qianqian had already placed the pills in a small cloth bag and handed them to Da Ma and Xiao Ma. Xiao Ma carefully took them. Don't underestimate these small, unseen pills; each one could save his grandmother's life, so how could he not be careful?

The two escorted Nie Qianqian home, tiptoeing back so as not to wake Grandma Ma. But Grandma Ma couldn't sleep at all; as soon as the two returned, she propped herself up and called them into the house.

"You two, tell this old woman the truth, how much money does this medicine cost?"

Dama confessed truthfully, "One piece a day costs 2 coins a day, and only 60 coins a month. Grandma, you can rest assured, my brother and I can afford this money."

Grandma Ma looked at Da Ma suspiciously, "You're not lying to me?"

Dama nodded emphatically, "Grandma, I really didn't lie to you. This medicine is so effective, I never expected it to cost this much."

Da Ma and Xiao Ma believed the price Nie Qianqian quoted, but Grandma Ma, who had lived many years longer than them, was unwilling to believe it easily.

The "excessive yang" syndrome that Nie Qianqian mentioned was something she had heard of before. There was an old man in the next village who had suffered from it. That family was much better off than the Ma family, and they had consulted many doctors in the county, but none of them could cure him. Once, the old man got into an argument with a neighbor, and before he knew it, he was dead. The two families even took the matter to the government.

If it were really that easy to cure, how could a family with good financial resources not be able to cure it?

Grandma Ma trusted her intuition; she believed that Nie Qianqian had lowered the price to help them.

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