General, Madam Called You To Farm

Chapter 75 – Business (3)

Su Xiaoxiao ignored him.

She and Su Ergou went to the academy.

This time, they still went through the back door.

The gatekeeper was still the same old man.

But today, he didn’t let them go easily. Instead, he glanced at the half-eaten cake in Su Ergou’s hand and said slowly, “Give me one.”

Su Ergou: “……”

——

Su Ergou didn’t know that his older sister was coming here to treat people, he thought that they were coming to run some business in the academy.

“But jie1, our cakes are already sold out! It’s just…… there is only this much left in the bowl.”

1Jie (姐) : Older sister. 

He even ate half of it, and he also gave two pieces to the old grandpa just now.

Obviously he said to the old man that he can only take one, but he took two pieces!

He is so unreasonable!

“We’re not selling cakes here today. We’ll find Shen Chuan to get the order list, then we will return home to make the exact quantity of cakes as ordered, and send them over tomorrow.” Su Xiaoxiao didn’t explain it in detail, because Su Ergou won’t understand complicated stuff. 

“So that’s how it is!” Su Ergou came to a sudden realization.

“In that case, we don’t have to wait here to sell things. Jie! How did you come up with that?”

Su Xiaoxiao said awkwardly, “I just came up with that. Maybe… because I’m smart?”

Su Ergou: “……”

They went to Dean Shen’s courtyard, and the servants had already been ordered to let the little fat village girl come.

“He is……” The servant looked at Su Ergou.

“My younger brother.” Su Xiaoxiao said.

“Ah, please come in.” The servant politely invited them to a nice room.

Actually, the Shen family was not considered wealthy and noble. But after all, they ran an academy, so the Shen were also considered a well-known family in the town. 

The room looks meticulous and well designed.

For ordinary villagers who came here for the first time, they would usually be somewhat uncomfortable.

Su Xiaoxiao intended to let her younger brother relax, make himself at ease. But when she turned her head, she saw that Su Ergou had already fallen asleep on the chair without any care. 

Su Xiaoxiao: “……”

Su Xiaoxiao went to the patient’s room, which was next door.

Jing Yi was also there.

He just wiped his older cousin’s sweat.

Sweating indicated that the high fever was subsiding.

“You are here,” he said. “My older cousin’s high fever keeps coming back over and over again. Why is he like this?” 

Su Xiaoxiao said, “It is normal to have repeated high fever for three to five days. Did he eat something last night and this morning?”

Jing Yi nodded: “He ate a little amount of porridge.”

Looking at his condition, then it meant that he was getting better. At least he could eat something. 

The doctor from Rong En Tang had treated him for a few days, but without any improvement. But as soon as she came— 

Jing Yi took a deep look at her and remembered Bai Ze’s report last night: “She is a little girl from Xinghua Village, surnamed Su. She has a father, a younger brother, and three children at home. The three children called her father yeye2 and called her brother uncle. So they should be her sons.”

2Yeye (爷爷) : paternal grandfather, a honorific title for a man of the same generation and age as one’s grandfather. 

She already had three children, just how old was she?!

“Her husband—“

“Didn’t come out from their house.”

Anyhow, he was just a fellow villager, so Bai Ze didn’t investigate further. 

“Where is your master?” Jing Yi asked.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed, “My master is very low-key, and usually he won’t let me say anything about him. But if you insist on knowing, I can reluctantly tell you. My master’s surname is Fu, and he lives in Chunliu Lane. “

Bai Ze did say that after she left the academy yesterday, she went to the house of a doctor surnamed Fu in Chunliu Lane. 

Fu. 

Could it be the same Imperial Physician Fu from back then?

No, Imperial Physician Fu had already passed away many years ago, and the age also didn’t match with that doctor. 

“Why? You don’t believe it?” Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Jing Yi said lightly, “No, I just think that there are few doctors who are willing to accept female disciples.”

Su Xiaoxiao spread out her hands: “Isn’t that because of my extraordinary talent and exceptional body? After all, I’m a once-in-a-century rare genius!” 

Exceptional body…? Jingyi looked at her little chubby figure, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Su Xiaoxiao said, “I’m going to start treating the patient. Would you please wait outside of the room?”

Jing Yi turned around and left the room, then he closed the door for her.