Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 701 Buying a House

Song Ying touched the tip of her nose. Acupuncture was not that difficult. She had just memorized the acupoints and practiced the techniques before giving acupuncture to people.

However, it took her more than a month to learn how to give people acupuncture. The deceased was really bold. The maid only learned for a few days, but she dared to let her give her acupuncture!

However, the deceased died due to the poison of borax, which caused blood coagulation in the blood vessels, and it was not a mistake made by acupuncture.

These had to be investigated by the Dongling County government office itself. At this point in the case, the child coroner's job was done, and Song Ying had seen the structure of the human brain as he wished. The two decided to set off early the next morning to return to Qingshui County.

That night, Cheng the coroner specially prepared a table of wine and food and went to the post station to give them a farewell party.

Before he had even touched a few chopsticks, he raised his glass and said, "Brother Tong, thank you for all the hard work! If it weren't for your help, this case would have dragged on for ages!"

The child coroner also clinked his glass and shook his head: "What's there to thank? It's all about the job..."

After three rounds of drinks, the two started talking about this case and gradually talked about the hardships of being a coroner over the years.

"When there is a murder, we are urged to do it as if our lives are being demanded, but on ordinary days, everyone avoids us like the plague." Cheng the coroner smiled bitterly, tilted his head back and drank a glass of wine. His throat rolled, as if he swallowed not only the wine, but also the fullness of depression in his stomach.

As he got drunker, he started talking more and more, rambling on about the trivialities of his family: "My wife, whenever she gets looked down upon by others outside, comes home and first scolds me for being useless, then laments her own miserable fate of marrying a coroner who deals with the dead all day long. Then she drags our son over and tells him that he has a miserable fate and was reborn as a coroner.

I wanted to invite you to my house for a drink this time, but when she heard that you were also a coroner, she refused to go and almost blew the roof off the house..."

Perhaps because he had no one to talk to for too long, Cheng the coroner became more and more excited as he spoke, and he drank more and more, and soon he was drunk with a red face.

Suddenly, he clapped the child coroner on the shoulder and said with a stammer, "Brother, you are so lucky!

If she gave birth to a daughter, she would have a chance to escape the fate of being a coroner...hiccup...

I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're just a girl, why do you want her to learn to be a coroner and suffer the hardship and humiliation?

"I think my niece has a talent for studying medicine. Why don't you send her there? Who knows... hiccups... she might become a miracle doctor like Doctor Xiao Song in the future! You'll be blessed!"

Song Ying, who was concentrating on pouring wine for them, was stunned and then touched the tip of his nose guiltily.

The child coroner remained calm. He raised his glass and clinked it lightly with Cheng's before placing it on the table. "To be honest, brother, my daughter has been working as a medicine boy at Huichun Hall, studying medicine with several doctors."

The candlelight flickered in his eyes, reflecting a barely perceptible softness: "I don't dare to expect her to become a miracle doctor, I just hope she can learn a proper skill so that she won't have to rely on others for her living in the future.

But someone has to continue doing this coroner's job.

Seeing that I am getting older and older, and I have no apprentice, I thought I would teach her the art of coroner first. Whether she does it or not is secondary. If I die one day, at least this skill will be passed down. If there is someone willing to learn coroner, she can also pass on the art on her father's behalf.

At this time, Cheng the coroner was so drunk that he didn't know what was going on. He didn't hear his explanation at all. He just kept muttering about how difficult it was to be a coroner and how hard life was.

Song Ying sighed softly, stood up and went out to ask the postmaster to help him cook some hangover soup.

She knew that being a coroner was not an easy job, but it was not until tonight, when she heard the two coroners pour out their hearts under the influence of alcohol, that she realized that what she had known before was just the surface.

They had a good sleep that night and set off at noon the next day. When they returned to Qingshui County, it was already 3 p.m.

Song Ying was worried about Luo Yanxing's marriage. After saying goodbye to the coroner in a hurry, he went straight to the Shu brocade shop, but did not see Luo Yanxing.

Mei Yue poked her head out from behind the counter, her eyes brightening. "Hey, Sister Song Ying, you're back! What illness did you treat this time? Why did you take so long? Is it another difficult and complicated case?"

"Where is Yan Xing?" Song Ying asked anxiously.

"I went to the workshop with Master Chen." Mei Yue knew what she wanted to know, and said with a smile, "The marriage that Aunt Wang and the others arranged for Sister Yan Xing is with Master Chen.

Yuanbao said that Master Chen often praised Sister Yanxing for her ability in front of his master and mistress.

I guess the Chen family elders originally wanted to wait for their son to speak up, but Young Master Chen was a blockhead and kept delaying the proposal. They couldn't wait any longer, so they simply went straight to Aunt Wang and Uncle Luo to discuss the marriage and finalize it first."

Yuanbao is Chen Yunze's personal servant. He is very smart and eloquent.

Song Ying was stunned for a moment, his heart finally settling down after days of worry. A smile unconsciously crossed his lips. "It's really something with these two. They're both straightforward and decisive, but they're dilly-dallying on this matter. It makes me anxious just watching them."

Thinking back to the winter solstice of that year, the two of them were already very close as soon as they got off the carriage at the door. I didn’t expect that after a few years, they were still the same, and they hadn’t even broken that layer of window paper!

Mei Yue nodded with a smile, "That's right, I was very anxious every day looking at it, but fortunately it's finally settled!"

Song Ying pinched her sore shoulders and said, "Tell her when she comes back. I need to go home and have a good rest. The Lunar New Year will be over in a few days, and I have to start working again!"

Mei Yue pursed her lips and smiled, with a cunning light in her eyes: "It's time to rest, so we can go look at houses, right?"

Although it was a question, her tone was firm.

Song Ying blushed slightly: "How did you know?"

After getting married and living in the city, the couple naturally could not live separately like before.

Initially, they planned to rent a small courtyard in the city, which would not take long. The provincial examination was scheduled for August, so they would probably have to set off for Chengdu in July. If Yuan Qing passed the examination, they would prepare to go to Beijing for the spring examination. If he failed, they would consider buying a house in the city.

Unexpectedly, the reason I originally set out to find a cooperative shop was to escort the account books to Beijing, but in the end I actually found one in Beijing.

Their Shu brocade was then sold to the capital, and their business doubled compared to previous years, so the dividends were naturally very generous.

Yuan Qing thought about it and decided to buy a house directly, in one go, so that Yuan Shan wouldn’t have to live behind the shop all the time.

I was busy with my wedding before the New Year, so the matter of the house has been delayed until now.

Mei Yue's eyes flickered, and she smiled like a cat that had stolen some fish: "Brother Yuan Qing has been very busy these past few days, following Fang Yazi through the streets and alleys all day long. I heard from Yuan Shan that he has already picked out a few good houses."

She deliberately dragged out her tone, "I'm just waiting for you to come back and review it in person."

Song Ying's ears burned at her mischievous gaze. She coughed twice and feigned composure, teasingly replying, "Then you must cherish this time. From now on, you and your good friend won't be able to chat until late at night every day."