Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 594 Consultation Fee

Zhou Dafu turned around and took a banner embroidered with "Holy Hands and Kind Heart" from the steward. He straightened his clothes and took three steps towards Song Ying, taking each step solemnly.

After standing still, he held the banner high in both hands and bowed deeply.

Song Ying quickly moved aside and said, "Master Zhou, this is unacceptable. I am just a junior, how can I accept such a generous gift from you?"

Chow Tai Fook bowed deeply, and the tassels of the banner in his hand almost swept the ground.

Seeing this, Song Ying had no choice but to reach out and lift his arm upwards, "Hurry up and get up. This can't happen."

Zhou Dafu stood up with her strength and said sincerely: "You can bear it!"

He took a breath and said, "Not to mention how much business I've lost because of this disease over the years, my family has become distant, and I've almost died several times myself.

If it weren't for you, I don't know how much more torture I would have endured. It wouldn't be surprising if I died in an accident one day. You saved my life!"

"Mr. Zhou loves to joke around. We are only trying to do our bit, and we really don't deserve your kindness."

Zhou Dafu shook his head. "That's not an exaggeration at all. I once encountered a playboy riding a horse in the street. I tried to dodge, but my left leg wouldn't cooperate. If someone hadn't pulled me over in time, I would have bribed the King of Hell and been reborn."

The people were amused by his words, and some who didn't understand his condition murmured to those around them, "What's wrong with this Mr. Zhou? What does it mean that his left leg isn't cooperating? I don't understand."

Aunt Chen was very enthusiastic and immediately explained the mystery to the man, "Mr. Zhou's illness is very strange. He was once attacked by robbers and his head was chopped off, and his soul was cut in half."

Everyone who heard it for the first time was shocked. How could the soul be split in half?

Isn’t the soul invisible and intangible?

Aunt Chen's next words terrified them even more. They fought with their hands, trying to strangle themselves, and their legs kept moving...

Isn't this a ghost?

After hearing the explanation, they still couldn't understand and still felt that Chow Tai Fook was possessed by a ghost.

However, Doctor Song can even cure possession by ghosts, how amazing!

Could it be that she is really the reincarnation of the jade girl beside Guanyin Bodhisattva?

In front of Zhou Dafu, they naturally couldn't say that he was possessed by a ghost, so they kept praising Song Ying's medical skills, and brought up the story of how Song Ying rescued a pregnant woman and a baby from a coffin, praising Song Ying as a miracle doctor.

Zhou Dafu responded enthusiastically, "Doctor Xiao Song truly deserves the title of miracle doctor. Such a subtle thing, I myself hadn't noticed it for all these years, but she noticed it right away and even came to my house to verify it. It's rare to find a doctor who is so dedicated to his patients..."

Song Ying felt really embarrassed by his flattery, so he quickly took the banner. Seeing his master coming out from the backyard, he hurriedly shouted, "Master!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dafu turned around and went out to greet him with a smile, "Doctor Lin is always busy! It's true, the family business cannot do without you. Now that my condition has stabilized, it's time for me to go back. This time, thanks to you..."

As he spoke, he took a banner embroidered with "Hua Bian Reborn" from the steward.

Doctor Lin was stunned by the banner that was handed to him respectfully.

Her medical skills were praised by countless people and she had received imperial edicts praising her more than once, but this was the first time she had been presented with a banner of honor.

When she picked up the banner, the smoothness and softness of the brocade made her fingertips tremble slightly, and the four words "Hua Bian Zai Shi" embroidered with gold thread sparkled in the sunlight.

Doctor Lin raised her eyes and glanced at the people in the room and the crowded streets outside. Everyone looked at her with pure admiration and respect.

At this moment, she truly felt that she had broken free from the constraints of the boudoir and finally realized the wish she had wanted to realize in her girlhood.

She smiled, took the banner calmly, and said, "You can try to coordinate the two sides of your body more often, such as drawing a circle with your left hand and a square with your right hand."

"Yes, yes, I will practice every day." Zhou Dafu agreed repeatedly. Although he did not understand the medical principles, he just followed the doctor's advice.

After presenting the banner, he clapped his hands again, and eight guards in indigo uniforms followed him in a line, each holding a red lacquer and gold-painted gift box. The peony pattern on the box shone brightly in the sun, and the gold powder was as fine as stars, dazzling people.

"Thank you for your trouble these days. This is a small gift from me. I hope you will accept it." With a wave of his hand, the guards lined up in a row opened the lid of the box in unison.

In the first box were ten ingots of snowflake silver, each weighing ten taels. In the second box lay a red coral over a foot long, its entire body crimson like frost, its branches twisting like a dragon. In the third box were a set of official kiln celadon medicine jars, their bodies as thin as paper and their sounds like chimes. In the fourth box was an old ginseng plant...

The onlookers gasped. They didn't know how valuable the coral was, nor how much the exquisite celadon medicine jar was worth, but they knew the silver was worth a full 100 taels!

Such magistrate and prefectural governor's family rarely sees such generous gestures!

Song Ying was also shocked by Zhou Dafu's generosity. The man who came from the capital at that time, Mr. Xu, was probably a relative of the prime minister of the time. For the sake of his dignity as a man and the continuation of his family line, he only paid her 100 taels of medical fees.

It is said that salt merchants are extremely wealthy, and she finally saw it!

Even after Chow Tai Fook left, people were still talking about it excitedly.

"My God, that box of silver is enough for our entire village to eat white rice for several years!"

"That's right! Everyone says Song Ying is great at making money, and today I finally got to see it for myself..."

Song Ying caught a familiar voice. She looked over and saw several familiar faces on the outskirts of the crowd.

Aunt Liu San carried a basket, stretched her neck, and stared straight at the Huichuntang pharmacy. She wished she could put her eyeballs directly into the pharmacy and take a closer look at those silver corals.

Xiaoxiang's father Zhao Hu's eyes were gleaming with greed, but when he met Song Ying's gaze, that greed instantly turned into timidity...

In addition to the people from Xinghua Village, there were also many people from nearby villages, including Yuan Shan. She was carrying a backpack, her mouth slightly open, and she was so shocked that she couldn't close it.

Noticing that Song Ying was looking over here, Aunt Liu San hurriedly waved and called out, then squeezed over there.

When the onlookers saw that they knew them, they made way for them to pass.

When she got closer, Aunt Liu exclaimed, "I didn't expect you doctors to make money so easily. Tsk tsk, I guess you must have made quite a bit of money over the years."

"Of course not! As long as you have good medical skills, making a fortune is easy." Song Ying smiled. "Speaking of which, Sister Xiaohua is smart and meticulous. If she were still here, and had learned about herbs with us, she might have become a doctor now and made a fortune."

PS: I want to emphasize that this is not a fantasy story. The Chow Tai Fook disease is real.