A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

"Wenxuan, it's my own choice not to go to the academy, and it has nothing to do with Qianqian."

"why?"

After hearing Gu Xiao's answer, Nie Qianqian and Jiang Wenxuan asked at the same time.

Jiang Wenxuan gave Nie Qianqian a strange look. It was one thing for him not to know the reason, but Nie Qianqian was Gu's wife, and she didn't even know what her husband was thinking.

No wonder Brother Gu rarely mentions this wife; it seems the couple's relationship is not harmonious.

Gu Xiao lowered his eyes. "I have my reasons."

Seeing that he was unwilling to talk, Jiang Wenxuan and Nie Qianqian did not press him for details.

"What's with those two people? Do they always come here to cause trouble?" Nie Qianqian changed the subject.

Jiang Wenxuan scratched his head sheepishly, “Sister-in-law Qianqian, this is my fault. The fathers of these two and my father have always been business rivals, and we have had a long-standing feud at the academy. Once, they provoked me into a poetry contest, and they came up with a couplet for a seven-character quatrain that was extremely difficult to answer. Brother Gu helped me at the time, and those two petty people held a grudge against me.”

"Oh I got it."

Gu Xiao didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer and asked Qianqian, "Why did you come here?"

"Oh, I almost forgot about the important matter."

Nie Qianqian took the brand-new clothes and shoes she had bought for Gu Xiao from the bamboo basket on the ground and handed them to him. "I made a lot of money selling fish today. These are the new clothes and shoes I bought for you. Here you go."

Gu Xiao looked down at the new clothes and shoes and was taken aback. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he did not immediately reach out to take them.

Jiang Wenxuan watched from the sidelines, feeling uneasy. He had always known that Gu Xiao's family was poor, and he knew that his wife had such a hard life, having to sell fish at the market to buy new clothes for the family. He knew that the reason why his brother Gu was unwilling to talk about it was mostly related to money. He secretly pondered how to help his brother Gu in the future.

His father was a wealthy merchant in Fulin Town, who built his fortune from scratch. From a young age, he taught him not to judge a book by its cover, but to make friends with capable and talented people, for perhaps one of them would become a benefactor in the future. Jiang Wenxuan had known Gu Xiao for a long time and knew that his knowledge far surpassed that of the students at the academy. He firmly believed that Gu Xiao was no ordinary person, so he was always willing to humble himself and befriend him.

"What are you standing there for? Take it." Seeing him in a daze, Nie Qianqian casually pulled his hand and placed the clothes in his hand.

Beneath his clothes, Gu Xiao bent the fingers that Nie Qianqian had touched and said in a deep voice, "Thank you."

Nie Qianqian picked up three bamboo baskets. "We're family, no need to thank me. I'm leaving now, or I'll miss Grandpa Li's oxcart."

Seeing that she had so many things, Gu Xiao reached out his left hand to help her carry them, saying, "I'll take you there."

Nie Qianqian waved her hand, "No need, the basket is full of clothes, it's not heavy, I'm fast, I'll be there in no time."

After saying that, he ran off in a flash, and as if to prove that the basket wasn't heavy, he even bounced the bamboo basket on his back a couple of times as he walked.

Jiang Wenxuan nodded in approval, "Brother Gu, your wife is really straightforward, hahaha."

Gu Xiao nodded, glanced at the clothes and shoes in his arms, and a thought struck him. He handed the clothes to Jiang Wenxuan, "Brother Wenxuan, please keep these for me. I'm going to chase after them..."

"Go after my wife."

Gu Xiao was walking slowly because of his injured right leg. By the time he left the library, Nie Qianqian was nowhere to be seen.

Nie Qianqian, fearing that Gu Xiao would chase after her after leaving the academy, quickly left, only to discover to her dismay that she seemed to be lost.

In her past life, she was terrible with directions and needed to use navigation whenever she went out. Even if she had traveled the same route countless times, she would still feel at ease with the navigation on.

Nie Qianqian wandered into a small alley in a daze. She could clearly see the tallest building of Tiande Academy from afar, but where had she gone?

She sighed in exasperation. There was nothing she could do but turn back towards Tiande Academy and then go find the place outside town where Grandpa Li parked his oxcart.

She walked along in frustration when suddenly the back gate of a courtyard ahead opened. A middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes stumbled out of the gate, leaning against the door frame, and walked unsteadily toward Nie Qianqian.

After taking only a few steps, he clutched his forehead with both hands and collapsed at Nie Qianqian's feet.

What the heck? Is this some kind of staged accident scam?

Nie Qianqian's first reaction was to raise her hands, look around, and blurt out, "You all saw it, but I didn't touch him."

All around was silent, except for the two cawing calls of a bird flying by in response.

Cough cough, I've encountered so many staged accidents in my past life that I've developed a conditioned reflex to it.

The man opposite her was wearing high-end silk satin clothes. She looked down at her own patched, drab clothes and realized that even if someone wanted to stage an accident, they wouldn't choose her, Nie Qianqian, as their target.

Nie Qianqian put down the bamboo basket, checked on the man, and tried to call out to him, "Um, Uncle, no, Grandpa, are you alright?"

The middle-aged man, drowsy and with his eyes half-open and brows furrowed, groaned, "It's nothing, just a really dizzy head. I guess I've been working too hard lately. I'll be fine after a while."

Out of professional habit, Nie Qianqian lifted his arm to take his pulse. The pulse was weak and feeble, and his heart rate was slow. She then carefully examined the man's face. His skin was pale, and the corners of his mouth were red and blistered, which seemed to be anemia.

Anemia is more common in women, but men can also develop anemia if they have an unbalanced diet or work long hours.

Do you usually experience symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, or fatigue?

The middle-aged man saw Nie Qianqian before he fell. She was a young, dusty peasant woman, and he shouldn't have paid any attention to her questions.

However, the composure and calmness in Nie Qianqian's words, which were beyond her years, and the confident and mature temperament she exuded when taking his pulse, made him take notice.

"some."

"Hmm, do you usually have a picky diet, and do you dislike eating red meat, offal, or other similar foods?"

The middle-aged man's eyes showed surprise. "That's right. I've had this chronic dizziness for a long time. I came to Jishetang today to see a doctor, but halfway through the treatment, my servant reported that there was an emergency, so I slipped out halfway."

Nie Qianqian looked up at the back door where the man had just walked out. No wonder she had vaguely smelled the fragrance of medicine earlier; it turned out to be a medical clinic.

Nie Qianqian nodded, turned around and pretended to rummage through her bamboo basket, but actually took out the acupuncture bag she used in her previous life from her spatial storage.

She opened the plain-colored bag, revealing silver needles of varying lengths and thicknesses. Her hand gently caressed each needle as if she were caressing her lover, and she pulled out a sharp needle with her delicate hand.

Seeing her movements, the middle-aged man shifted his body slightly with some resistance, and asked in a somewhat stiff voice, "What are you trying to do?"

Nie Qianqian shrugged. Wasn't her action obvious enough? She was just asking a question she already knew the answer to.

She said matter-of-factly, "I'll give you a few acupuncture needles."