Chapter 255: Chapter 251: Malicious Heart_1

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Yingbao didn’t find the situation odd at all.

Because in the story books, the coincidental encounters between various female characters and the male lead were quite diverse and odd.

And the two daughters of Lady Wen were also among those many female characters.

But all of these had nothing to do with her.

It’s true that she was good friends with Sister Wen Shu, but that doesn’t necessitate having dealings with the entire family of Lady Wen.

After freshening up, Chunniang used a small charcoal stove and a pot that her daughter brought, to heat up water and cook dragon beard noodles.

Once the noodles were cooked, she drained some of the water and mixed in crab roe sauce. The three of them sat on the deck, each with a bowl of noodles starting to eat.

Yingbao also took out several sesame seed cakes to share with Chunniang and Chen Zhao.

“Oh my, madam, you’ve brought your own charcoal stove.” The boat lady came over to look and exclaimed with a beaming smile, “You’ve really prepared well!”

No wonder they didn’t eat the food on the boat.

When Xiao Chengjun hired the boat to go to Luzhou, it was a spontaneous decision, and he didn’t bring enough food supplies for the journey. Therefore, they had to pay extra for the food prepared by the boat lady.

Chunniang didn’t want Xiao Chengjun to pay extra for them, so she decided to cook their meals herself.

“It’s my daughter who’s meticulous, I hope the lady boat owner can forgive us,” said Chunniang.

The boat lady laughed, “What’s there to forgive? We’re all travelling, being meticulous spares us from suffering.”

The two chatted leisurely for a while, and a fishy aroma gradually wafted over from the rear of the boat. The boat lady promptly had to lift the lid off her pot to prepare the meals.

Today’s dish was still boiled fish, accompanied by a large plate of blackened pickled vegetable shreds, and a big bucket of steamed rice.

The fish had been caught from the river just that morning and after descaling, was placed directly into the pot to boil. It was slightly flavored with salt, which is why it had a bit of a fishy smell.

The boat crew and guards didn’t seem to mind, and continued to savor their food. However, the mother and daughters of the Wen family seemed to have trouble swallowing their food.

Wen Tian and Wen Jiao had soaked in the water for quite some time yesterday. Even though they drank ginger date soup after being rescued, they still caught a chill.

Added to the fact that they were already somewhat seasick, the smell of the fish soup made them feel even worse now.

“Mom, I’m feeling dizzy and want to vomit.” Wen Jiao weakly nestled into the bedding, her face as white as a sheet.

Wen Tian directly vomited, and started crying as she did so. “I don’t want to eat these meals, woohoo… Mom, I feel so uncomfortable.”

Lady Wen of the Lin family was terrified, and immediately ordered the maid to find help.

Knowing that among everyone on the boat only the child of the Jiang family knew medical skills, the maid ran to beseech Chunniang, “Please help my mistress! They are all ill and have been vomiting a lot.”

After giving it some thought, Yingbao asked her mother to help her carry her medicine box and they went together to the cabin where Lady Wen and her family were staying to examine them.

Indeed, Wen Tian and Wen Jiao didn’t look well. Besides vomiting, they were also a bit feverish and coughing.

After checking their pulses, Yingbao said, “They have wind-cold invasion. I’ll use acupuncture to reduce their fever first, then I’ll write a prescription. You can buy the medicine at the next dock and decoct it for them to drink.”

In fact, she had stored some pills that could treat wind-cold diseases in her stash, but those were made with Five Tripod Mushroom and in limited quantity, so she didn’t want to give them to Lady Wen and her family to take.

Furthermore, the conditions of these two sisters were not severe, they were just suffering from the chill, as long as they get some rest and drink some herbal decoction, they should be able to recover soon.”

Upon hearing that they needed to use needles, Wen Tian immediately objected, “No! Get away from me!”

She then turned toward Lin to complain, “Mom, I don’t want to use needles. What can a child know about medical skills? I want to get off this boat, it’s so uncomfortable.”

Lin hugged her daughter to console her, then turned to Yingbao and asked, “Isn’t there any other way?”

Yingbao spoke without emotion, “Yes, you can take them off the ship to see other doctors.”

She was speaking the truth, the Wen sisters get seasick, staying on the ship would only worsen their condition.

Upon hearing this, Lin Family’s matriarch thought Yingbao was being sarcastic and became angry, “What are you saying? My son is so ill and you’re so heartless, you’re even making fun of him.”

Seeing the situation, Chunniang frowned, grabbed her daughter’s hand and led her out of the cabin.

Behind them, Lin’s angry roar resounded, “Where’s your compassion as a doctor, Yingbao? You’re unfit to be a doctor! The Wen Family truly is blind to have trained a disciple like you.”

Listening to this, Yingbao became enraged. She released Chunniang’s hand, returned to the cabin and said to Lin, “Madam Wen, whether I’m fit to be a doctor is not for you to decide. You know a bit about medicine, you should know that your daughter being seasick constantly is not conducive to her recovery. Where did I go wrong?”

Lin paused, but then yelled out, “You’re doing this on purpose. Here you have medicine, yet you don’t allow my son to use it. You insist that we must go ashore to find another doctor, you’re deliberately making things difficult.”

Yingbao was surprised, looking at Mrs. Wen, she asked: “How do you know I have medicine? Do you know that the medicine I carry isn’t right for your daughter’s illness?”

Lin was at a loss for words.

Yingbao continued, “Madam Wen, if you are short of silver taels, you can borrow from me. I can lend you some for the sake of the old Mr.Wen. But I, Yingbao, owe your Wen Family nothing, so don’t try to manipulate me with your previous arguments.”

Having said that, she turned and left the cabin.

On the deck, Xiao Chengjun was looking at her with a stern face, his eyes filled with scorn.

This girl was truly detestable. Despite her young age, she lacked any sympathy and was disrespectful to her elders.

Such a character could win the appreciation of the Prince, she was truly cunning and deceitful.

When he arrived at Luzhou, he would write a letter to inform Murong Xian about everything that happened during the journey. He would let him know that this girl was a vile villain.

Yingbao, unaware of Xiao Chengjun’s thoughts, returned to her cabin with her mother and began reading books, studying Zu Yuke’s works.

After a while, the ship reached a pier. Xiao Chengjun sent someone ashore to invite a doctor to treat the Wen sisters.

The doctor also suggested allowing the patients off the boat for treatment, but Lin refused.

Because she did not wish to be separated from the young master of Beijing’s top noble family.

Seeing Lin’s refusal to disembark, Xiao Chengjun could only promise, “You all go ashore for treatment first, I’ll have the ship wait here. When your daughters feel better, we can continue our journey.”

Upon hearing this, Lin was overjoyed and quickly thanked him, “Thank you, young master, for your consideration. I will take them off the ship.”

Xiao Chengjun nodded and had his personal servant Nan Zhu escort the three ladies off the ship and settle them in an inn in the county town.

Chen Zhao returned to the cabin from the deck and informed Chunniang about the news, “Young Master Xiao has allowed Lady Lin’s family to disembark and recuperate. He said he’d wait for them to recover before they continue their journey. Auntie, there’s a county town not far from here, shall we visit?”

Chunniang was undecided, she turned to her daughter, “Baobao, can we go?”

Yingbao nodded, “We should ask Xiao Chengjun first. If he is willing to stay here for three to five days, we can go to the town.”

So, Chunniang went to ask Xiao Chengjun, “Young Master Xiao, how long are we planning to stay here? I’d like to take the child into the county town.”

Chengjun replied indifferently, “No more than three days. If you want to go to town, go as soon as possible and make sure to come back before midday the day after tomorrow.”

Seeing his agreement, Chunniang immediately returned to tell her daughter.

“Young Master Xiao said we must return before midday the day after tomorrow. He will stay here for three days, so we can go and return early.”

Chen Zhao, overjoyed, jumped up, “Let’s get off the ship quickly!”

Staying on the ship these few days was unbearable. Apart from eating and sleeping, the only pastime was watching Yingbao’s discussions about the pulse, which got really boring.

Now they finally had a chance to get off the ship and move around, she couldn’t wait.