Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 163 Medical Hall (for pink)

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Xiao Heng pondered for a moment, frowned tightly, and said euphemistically, "Sister, you have such a heart to repay, and my elder brother admires you very much. To be honest, my elder brother has been operating in this city for many years and has earned a lot of money. Give birth to a little heart of repayment, from the point of righteousness, benevolence and kindness, the elder brother is far inferior to you. However, sister, the elder brother is a merchant, and it is inevitable that you will get a bad smell when thinking about everything. Have you ever considered clearly, the future expenditure and income of this medical center? You know, in the early days of the opening of the medical clinic, not many people may know about it, and the amount of medicinal materials needed is not large. But if after two months, the reputation of free medical consultation and half-delivery of medicinal materials spreads, our Kao City People from the surrounding counties and even from Chunlai City will surely rush over. At that time, the monthly expenditure may be quite a large amount. Although you have a small savings in the past two years, I am afraid that it will not last for a few months. ...Brother knows that you are out of benevolence, but it is a bit too much for this benevolence to become a burden, besides, you still have a few children to take care of..."

When Mu Ai opened his mouth, he guessed that Xiao Heng would object, so he had already thought out his words, so he smiled, "Brother, I know that you said these things for my own good, and it stands to reason that girls should not insist on their own plans. But Brother, I have carefully considered it. First of all, after the autumn harvest, you and the Wei family must return to Huadu, but I want to stay here. Although you will definitely bother me and the future rulers However, they are all outsiders to me after all, and of course it is impossible to put me first in everything. There is no unbreakable covenant in the world. If something happens, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not climb another branch. Therefore, I still have My own power. This medical center is my return to Kao City, and it is also used by me to win the hearts of the people. Although it cannot be my weapon, anyone who wants to touch me must have scruples."

Mu Ai took a sip of tea, sorted out the thoughts in her head, and continued, "Furthermore, in terms of income, first, I have a house and a field, and the new vegetables grown in the field every year are enough for my entire house to live on. I have been worrying about decades, so I don’t have to worry about my livelihood. Second, when the clinic is open, there is no need for subsidy for diagnosis and treatment. Only medicinal materials are available. I plan to only charge half price. You can ask them to repay in installments. For example, the firewood cutter pays back a few loads of firewood every month, and the farmer pays back dozens of eggs or vegetables, or pays back grain in autumn. These sundries have cyclamen and food, and you can do it Turn it into cash. Let’s take a step back and say that if you don’t even have these, then you can simply pay for the money. It just so happens that I want to repair the mountain road from my village to the official road, and save hiring people. These measures, Although it takes a long time to recover the cost, it is not completely without return. Of course, even so, I still need to add some money every month, but the profits that Shiweitian now makes from the dim sum sold every month It’s impressive, two achievements should be enough.”

Mu Ai looked up at Xiao Heng's slightly loosened brows, and continued with a smile, "If elder brother is still worried, then I'll explain to elder brother. During the Chinese New Year, I will send you the hundred-year-old ginseng and Xiao's mansion. Do you know where the 50-year-old Sichuan pockmark came from? Those seedlings that were originally one or two years old were spawned within a month by my secret technique. The medical center will also sell them to those rich and powerful families in the future Precious medicinal materials, as long as the monthly shortage of medicinal materials is not too bizarre, selling a ginseng can almost make up for it. And those wealthy and powerful families don’t have to worry about having nowhere to find good medicinal materials as gifts, and the common people also have cheap medicinal materials available , not killing two birds with one stone."

Xiao Heng's eyes became brighter the more he listened, and after Mu Ai finished speaking, he laughed out loud, "I just said that my sister is not a person who is willing to suffer, how could she allow the medical center to lose money, so she said a lot of countermeasures, The most important thing is the last sentence. Using the money earned from selling precious medicinal materials to the rich to subsidize the poor people, this idea is only a girl can come up with, it is really brilliant. Well, since you have thought about it so clearly, the eldest brother will not Stop you. You don't have to worry about medicinal materials, I will definitely find you the best quality and lowest price."

Mu Ai refilled Xiao Heng's tea with a smile, "Well, I'll thank you first. I don't plan to search for the location of the medical center in the city. Since it is a place for poor people to treat diseases, it should be opened as soon as they are away. Therefore, I plan to go to the east of the city for a walk in the next few days to find a spacious and clean yard. My sister-in-law is pregnant, so my elder brother doesn't have to worry about me here, and stay at home with my sister-in-law for a few more days."

Xiao Heng nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "You still need to bring a few more guards with you when you go out. Although Ouyang is very skilled in martial arts, but after all, he is weak alone. The few people sent by the Wei Mansion look good to me. The eyes are very straight, and if you show more favors on weekdays, they will definitely protect each other with their lives. In addition, after the dangerous incident happened a few days ago, the Hou Mansion sent ten guards over, and I sent them all to you. You don't have to worry about it, they are best at hiding, and they won't appear until they are in danger."

Mu Ai nodded and smiled faintly, "Don't worry, brother, I will take care of the children."

The two chatted for a while, and there was a servant girl outside the door who reported that people had brought congratulatory gifts one after another. Mu Ai smiled and said, "Brother, it's double happiness now, and even the congratulatory gifts are received twice in a row. I'm afraid the family is in pain now. I'm not familiar with these etiquettes, so I can't help you, so I'd better go and get some food. I'll cook some light dishes for my sister-in-law, how about it?"

Xiao Heng drank the tea in his hand and said with a smile, "Then it will make my sister suffer." After speaking, he got up and went to the front yard.

Mu Ai asked Chunfen, knowing that some children were playing in the east wing of her yard, so she took Chunfen and Xiaoan there. The children's homework has been delayed for three days, and the medical center should be done as soon as possible. some go back home.

The wing room was heated by floor heat, which made it very warm. The incense burner with the crane's long neck in the corner was emitting the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus. Dayu was sitting on a chair by the window, holding a book, fascinated by reading.Cheng'er and Simba, two naughty boys, wore only socks, and held each other's toy car in their hands. In the race, whose car could run the farthest, Xing'er smiled and cheered for the little brothers.

As soon as Mu Ai entered the door, she felt a hot fragrance blowing her face, she frowned slightly, several children ran over and called "Mom", she answered with a smile, touched the inside of their clothes one by one, felt a little damp, and ordered On the vernal equinox, open the window slightly to allow some cool and fresh air to come in, and then turn off the incense burner.

Sure enough, within a moment, the temperature in the room dropped.Xia Zhi came in with a tray, hurriedly greeted his wife, and said, "Ma'am, I just cooked a pot of mung bean soup for the young masters and ladies to remove the fire. The house is too hot."

"Perhaps the servants are worried that the mistress is pregnant, and they are afraid of getting cold, so they burn more. It's not a problem, just open the windows often to ventilate." Mu Ai said, taking the soup from the spring equinox He picked up Xing'er and fed her a drink, but the little girl pursed her mouth after only one sip, and then Simba and Cheng'er looked at her pitifully and refused to take another sip.

Seeing the expressions of the children, Mu Ai thought that Xia Zhi stew was too unpalatable. She lowered her head and tasted it. The taste was good, but it was a little astringent without adding sugar, so she scolded the children, "You guys are all being fed as little ones now. Greedy cat, mung bean soup doesn’t add sugar, so I don’t want to drink more. If you like sweet food so much, be careful that one day your teeth will be full of holes if bitten by bugs.”

Simba and Cheng'er grinned fearfully at the thought of insects biting their teeth, glanced at each other, picked up the soup bowl, gulped it down, and wrinkled their two chubby little faces together, looking very It was pain, which made Xing'er giggle.

Mu Ai looked at the soup bowl that Dayu had also finished, and said, "My mother's Dayu is the most sensible, and he set a good example for the two greedy cat brothers."

Dayu blushed slightly after being praised, and said in a low voice, "My brother is still young."

Mu Ai patted his head, motioned for Chun Equinox to put away the empty bowl, then took out a plate of fruit from the space, picked the biggest Fuji and put it in his hand, "They just had such a good life. What sufferings have you suffered. Come, mother will reward you with a big apple."

Dayu thanked him and took it in his hand but didn't eat it. It wasn't until the two younger brothers and sisters were given peaches and bananas that they ate them together.

Simba is not honest when he gnaws on his favorite peach, he acts coquettishly and rubs it in his mother's arms while eating, which makes Cheng'er come to squeeze along, and Mu Ai knocks a chestnut by himself before he calms down.The mother and son ate some fruit while talking about some interesting things, and then received them into the space together with the peach core and apple core.

Mu Ai ordered Xiaoan Xiazhi to help the children pack their clothes and prepare to go back to Suiyuan in the afternoon. Then she got up and went to the small kitchen in the corner of the yard. The spring equinox helped them to do the work. The two carefully selected some refreshing and non-greasy side dishes, Stewed a pot of winter melon ribs soup and steamed fragrant white rice.

When Xiao An went to invite Xiao Heng and Liniang and his wife over, the dinner table had just been set, and the children washed their hands, and sat at the table with a smile on their faces, waiting for the meal to start.

Both Xiao Heng and Liniang are shrewd and careful people. They know that there are many things in Mu Ai that they don't like to let outsiders know. In her yard, except for the maids who come in to clean in the morning, there are only a few maids in the spring equinox. , their husband and wife occasionally come here to eat, and maidservants are not allowed to follow them in. Therefore, adults and children have no scruples. Each person has a bowl of white rice, appetizers and refreshing side dishes, accompanied by hot soup, and they are all very full.

After a few girls took away the leftovers, Mu Ai proposed to go back to Suiyuan, Liniang was a bit reluctant, but Xiao Heng knew that she had something to do, so he didn't force her to stay, and ordered the outer courtyard to prepare a carriage.

After drinking two cups of tea, Mu Ai got into the carriage with three children, Cheng'er, Xiao Fang and Xiao Yuan, bid farewell to Xiao Heng and his wife and went back to Suiyuan.Kong Xi and the others had already rushed back in the morning. At this time, Ouyang was driving the car, and they followed behind to reunite with their families for two days. They looked very good, but last night they unified their opinions and decided After leaving the rest of his life, he devoted himself even more to the role of guard.

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