Glory in Troubled Times: The Empress' Growth Path

Chapter 40 Fang Xiu Niang

Hua Qiong was a little touched, but she didn't expect that Mr. Zhao had made some friends.

So he became concerned about Wu Biao's business.

"What does Uncle Wu plan to sell this time?"

"I have more things, but they are just household items."

Seeing that Wu Biao didn't want to say anything, Hua Qiong didn't ask any more questions, and wisely said some auspicious words to wish a prosperous business.

"Why haven't you put the table with the goods in place yet?"

Seeing the two of them looking at each other, Wu Biao laughed loudly, shouted to the back, waved his hand, and a boy ran over. Wu Biao gave a few instructions, and soon someone came over carrying a few boards. A simple sales place was built.

"If you need help, just find me at the store in front of the intersection. I'll stay there."

Hua Qiong didn't expect that she just came to take a look at the place. She didn't expect that someone would even help set up the place where the goods are sold.

After thanking Wu Biao, the two wandered around the town for a long time. After looking around, in the end, only shopkeeper Li's shop had cheaper cloth.

Then he returned to his shop.

"Two customers are here again, but I really don't have any suitable rags to sell here."

"Would you like to see other pieces of cloth?"

The purpose of Hua Qiong's visit this time was clear. She only selected some basic cotton cloths and rags. The quantity was not large, but shopkeeper Li did not mean to be impatient.

It is said that harmony brings wealth, and it seems to be true.

"I have one last little thing to ask the shopkeeper."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Where does the Fang Xiu Niang we met today live?"

Shopkeeper Li touched his goatee and shook his head.

"She has no fixed abode. You saw it today. She asked people to borrow money for medical treatment more than once or twice. She owed a lot of money. She moved to several places here just because she was hiding from debts. You can find her here. What's wrong with her?"

"I am familiar with the doctors at the medical center and can treat her child."

Shopkeeper Li walked slowly, looked at Hua Qiong, stopped and asked, "Does Fang Xiu Niang ever owe you money?"

Hua Qiong smiled and said, "We are not here to collect debts. We can really help her."

Shopkeeper Li sighed: "Even if you want to treat her child, the medicine her child needs is not within the reach of ordinary people."

"The shopkeeper seems to know her well."

"That's natural. When I work in my shop, how can I let someone who is innocent come in?"

"Fortunately, you were kind-hearted and helped her through the temporary difficulty. What kind of medicine does her child need?"

"I don't know about this. I just heard her talk about it. It seems very expensive."

"Please also ask the shopkeeper to tell us where she lives."

After getting Fang Xiu Niang's address, the two of them immediately set off, fearing that she would change her address again.

Deep in a certain alley, a few crooked scoundrels gathered around a small shed that was leaking from all directions.One of the scoundrels spat and kicked the only tattered cabinet in the shed to the ground.

Fang Xiu Niang was holding the weakly responsive child in her arms with her head lowered and silently.

"Hey, you are quite stubborn. I want to ask you, when will you change the money? Huh?"

"It's been three days since this damn thing. If your short-lived son can't be cured, we can't let us pay the compensation."

"Gentlemen, please grant me some more time."

"I bother!"

A scoundrel squatted in front of Fang Xiu Niang, suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Fang Xiu Niang's hair, forcing her to look at him.

Fang Xiu Niang had no choice but to look away, avoiding the scoundrel's gaze.

"Bitch! You want to send us away just because you have no money?! You think we are vegetarians!"

After saying that, she raised her hand and gave Fang Xiu Niang a firm slap on her face, forcing her to put down the child in her arms.

Immediately afterwards, fists as big as raindrops fell.

"Hey, hey, OK, OK, what are you doing? If she dies, will you pay back the money?"

The rogue who made the move spat at her side. Fang Xiu Niang shivered, but despite this, she remained silent as before.

"Like him X number of dead people."

Pretend to fight again.

But he was stopped by another gangster.

I saw him helping Fang Xiu Niang up in the surprised but meaningful eyes of the two gangsters around him.

Fang Xiu Niang couldn't help but raise her head and glance at him, then quickly lowered her head.

"Don't be afraid, embroiderer. It's just a small matter like money."

Fang Xiu Niang heard this and begged in a voice as loud as words: "Please, sir, please give me a few days of grace."

"Of course there must be some tolerance."

Fang Xiu Niang quickly knelt on the ground to thank the rogue, but was helped up by him.

"The embroiderer also wants to change money, right?"

She nodded slightly in fear.

"Since you sincerely want to pay back the money, you still want us to give you a few days of grace, which really puts us in a difficult position."

"Masters, I'm so sorry! Please show your respect!!"

Assume to kneel down again.

The rogue men used some force to stop Fang Xiu Niang again.

"I know a good way, but for the sake of your child, maybe it can be improved a lot."

Fang Xiu Niang suddenly raised her head, with earnest eyes, and asked quickly: "What method is it?"

The rogue's eyes began to wander on Fang Xiu Niang, who felt uncomfortable all over.

"Your Majesty, there are many people around me who have not even touched the Lord's hand."

Only then did Fang Xiu Niang realize what he was talking about. She immediately felt that the rogue's hand holding her was extremely disgusting. She threw it away with all her strength, but she couldn't get rid of it.

"You, what do you want to do?!" "Don't be nervous, embroiderer. You can really consider the method I mentioned. Do you expect that being an embroiderer can pay for your child's medicine?"

The rogue squinted his eyes, his mouth suddenly felt dry and his body stiffened.

"The embroiderer is young and beautiful, so she will definitely get a lot of remuneration."

"If so, the embroiderer is short of money now, I can give the embroiderer a lot."

"Hahahaha!" The scoundrels around laughed wildly.

"Xiu Niang, we can do it too! Hahaha!"

Fang Xiu Niang suddenly felt a thunderbolt from the blue, her mouth trembled, "You, you, I want to go to the government office to sue you!"

Then he pushed the gangster in front of him hard.

He turned around and ran out, but within a few steps, he froze in place and turned around to look at his sick, unconscious child.

"Hey, Xiu Niang, have you figured it out?"

Fang Xiu Niang could no longer bear the grievance she felt, so she threw herself on her child and cried bitterly.

"Get out of here, get out of here!"

"Leave far away!"

A scoundrel grabbed Fang Xiu Niang's clothes, dragged her to the ground and punched her.

"Bitch, you are so shameless! If I hadn't seen that you are still a lord, after dragging on for so many days, I should have chopped you up and fed you to the dogs!"

"Don't think that the existing Daxing laws protect you, but if you die unexpectedly, no one will care about you!"

"Why doesn't anyone care?"

At one end of the alley, Hua Qiong shouted loudly, and several gangsters heard the sound and looked over.

I saw Hua Qiong pointing in their direction and shouting in another direction: "Brother, officer, come quickly! It's just them!"

Hearing the sound, the gangsters hurriedly let go of Fang Xiuniang, and ran away without a trace.

Fang Xiu Niang didn't look at who she was looking at, she just lay on the ground crying bitterly.

Hua Qiong ran over, patted the dust on her body, and gently helped her up.

"Are you OK?"

Fang Xiuniang wept, shook her head, turned around and slowly helped up the only small cabinet, then touched her son's head, and then her face changed in shock.

"Why do you have such a fever? Didn't you just take medicine?"

He started sobbing as he spoke.

Hua Qiong sympathized with her experience and didn't say much. He just said that he had invited a doctor and would be here soon.

"Lord, who are you?"

"My surname is Hua, and I am not anyone else."

"You are Fang Xiu Niang, right?"

The woman with tired eyes in front of her nodded and continued: "I don't have the money to pay back now, so I ask Lord Hua to show your kindness and give me a few days of grace."

Hua Qiong comforted her, "You don't owe me money, I just want to ask you for a small favor."

"How can a person like me help you? My child can't live without me now. I, there's no way I can do that kind of thing."

"When the doctor comes, let's check on the child first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Tingan rushed here with Yan Qing.

I saw Yan Qing trotting all the way, looking nervous. Seeing Hua Qiong standing in front of him, he smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Ting'an: "Are you sure she has something wrong?"

Zhao Ting'an came to the hospital out of breath just now, saying that Hua Qiong had something to do. Yan Qing hurriedly packed the medicine box and followed Ting'an.

"I have something to do, but the patient is not me."

Yan Qing calmed down and put down the medicine box without saying anything to take the pulse of Fang Xiu Niang's son.

It was quiet all around.

Everyone's attention is on Yan Qing.

When Hua Qiong first discovered that this boy was treating patients, he looked like a good doctor in the world.

Then he put down his pulse-beating hand and sighed.

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and nervously waited for his diagnosis.

Fang Xiu Niang cried frequently.

"I have gone to the doctor before and said that my son can only survive with extremely expensive medicine. Now it seems that he really does not have much time to live."

"Well, he doesn't have much time left to live."

Fang Xiu Niang burst into tears after hearing this.

Zhao Ting'an grabbed Yan Qing's collar and cursed angrily: "Why do you say that so directly?!"

Yanqing shook off Zhao Ting'an's hand and patted his collar: "I haven't finished speaking yet."

"you!"

Yanqing took a step forward and shook his head: "Fortunately, he met me."

Fang Xiu Niang almost lost her breath, but she was still extremely discouraged, "May I ask the doctor if the medicine to treat my son is very expensive?"

"I told you, luckily it was me you met." Yan Qing cleared his throat and opened the silver needle for acupuncture from the medicine box: "His congenital deficiencies, coupled with his irregular diet, caused his disease to break out. I Give him an injection first, then prescribe a few doses of anti-fever medicine, and after his fever subsides, give him a few doses of warming and tonic prescriptions, and then give him something good to eat to replenish his body, and then it will be no big deal."

"You guys, your treatment methods sound no different from those of ordinary healers. Don't come here to scare us on purpose."

"Discourteous! Every step I just said is based on the experience of my teacher and me, and I personally control the details. How can I be like an ordinary healer? You are so sure, why don't you come?"

Zhao Ting'an held it in for a long time but didn't say a word. He just waited quietly beside him.

"Ting'an, don't be impatient."

"Yanqing, how much do these medicines cost?"

Yan Qing smiled and said, "Ordinary doctors estimate that the cost of medicine for your child would be dozens of taels, but here I am..."

He looked at Hua Qiong and asked, "I left behind a lot of things in the medical clinic just to cure your patients. What good can it do?"

(End of this chapter)