Chapter 258: Chapter 254: The Ship Has Left_1

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An hour later, the innkeeper hurriedly returned to the inn on a donkey cart.

A thin and frail young woman got off the donkey cart.

Though she was referred to as a married woman, she was actually just 18 or 19 years old and simply wore her hair in a bun, as married women do.

When she saw the young divine doctor her father had mentioned, she was taken aback.

How can such a young child diagnose people?

The innkeeper whispered, “My girl, don’t judge her by her age, her medical skills are truly formidable. Scholar Li, who stayed in our home for several months, ate a bottle of medicine she gave yesterday and was able to get out of bed this morning.”

Although the young woman was skeptical, she followed Yingbao into a guest room.

Yingbao took her pulse and asked her a few questions before saying, “Your pulse is slippery, you have insufficient qi and blood, and symptoms of a cold womb.”

The young woman nodded, “That’s what the other doctors have said too. Do you have a solution, young doctor?”

“If you want to conceive, you need to replenish your qi and blood. I will give you a prescription, use this prescription to make porridge.”

Yingbao dipped her brush in ink and wrote down the prescription, then handed it to the woman.

The young woman took a look and saw Jujube, Goji berry, Donkey-hide gelatin, and Lotus seeds written on it, and was somewhat startled.

Is this it? It doesn’t look like a medical prescription.

Yingbao explained, “You’re still young, you only need to replenish your qi and blood through a nutritious diet, there’s no need for additional medication. All medicines have some toxicity, you can stop taking all the other medications. Eat more chicken, fish, greens, citrus, and others daily. When your body is nourished well, you will naturally conceive.”

The woman often had irregular periods, or her periods lasted too long because her diet was too poor and monotonous. Most of her meals were taken up by drinking medicinal soup, which led to her body becoming more deficient.

Upon hearing Yingbao’s words, the woman wept into her hands.

Since she married into her husband’s family, her mother-in-law started questioning why she hadn’t gotten pregnant even before half a year had passed.

She was anxious and fearful, unable to eat or sleep well.

A year later, she was still not pregnant, so her mother-in-law started inviting doctors and divine witches over. Despite all the fuss, there was no improvement.

This young woman was tormented daily, having to drink a large bowl of bitter medicine three times a day.

That was bearable, but her mother-in-law often made her drink talisman water and ash water, which would make her stomach hurt for a long time after each drink.

Another year passed like this, and when she still wasn’t pregnant, her mother-in-law began to berate her, saying that if she didn’t have a child in three years, she would divorce her.

Now even her husband doesn’t care much for her, causing her parents to worry greatly.

If she really was sent back to her maiden home, how would her parents and brothers ever raise their heads in front of others?

“Wi-Will I really be able to conceive?” the young woman asked tearfully.

Yingbao: “As long as you nourish your body well, there won’t be a problem.”

The woman was so thin she was practically bones, her face was waxen yellow and her hair was dry and brittle. If she continued on like this, forget about having children, she would probably wither away in a few years.

The young woman wiped her eyes, “I will heed the young doctor’s advice and take good care of myself.”

The innkeeper, who had been eavesdropping at the door, suddenly barged in and said to Yingbao, “Young doctor, could you sell me some of your medicine?”

If the medicine could cure Scholar Li, who was on the verge of death, it could surely cure others too. If he didn’t buy a few bottles, he would surely regret it for the rest of his life.

Yingbao: “Sure, Uncle Innkeeper, how many bottles do you want to buy?”

The innkeeper hesitated, asking, “Can my daughter take this medicine?”

“She should be able to.” Yingbao herself could take it even though she wasn’t sick. It doesn’t make sense that this young woman couldn’t.

With that, the innkeeper clenched his teeth and said, “I’ll buy five bottles! No! Ten bottles!”

Ten bottles amounted to a hundred taels of silver. He could barely afford that.

Moreover, compared to a life, a hundred taels was nothing.

Yingbao blinked, “It will be one hundred taels, I will start preparing the medicine immediately.”

With that, she took ten small porcelain bottles out of her bag, placed them neatly on the table.

“Alright! I will go get the money now!” The innkeeper hurried out of the room to get the money.

One hundred taels is not a small sum, he had to go to the bank to withdraw it.

Half an hour later, the innkeeper returned with ten silver ingots and handed them one by one to Yingbao.

Yingbao secured the silver ingot and then pretended to cast a spell on the medicine bottles.

“Heaven is clear, the earth is at peace, armor in the body, secret laws of the Purple capital, piercing directly into the gateless, great saints show great compassion, nine turns drive out the diseases, make it as swift as an imperial decree! All right, these medicines have been endowed with divine power, Uncle Shopkeeper, please take good care of them.”

Yingbao stood up, “It’s getting late, we should go.”

She still had to go to the market with her mother and they had been delayed for quite a while.

The shopkeeper asked hurriedly, “Are you checking out now, young doctor?”

“Yes.” After she and her mother had finished at the market, they would definitely have to hurry back to the big boat. It would be better to return early, lest Xiao Chengjun cause trouble again.

“Then, I will start processing it now.”

The shopkeeper pocketed the eight small porcelain bottles and gave the remaining two to his daughter, whispering, “Drink one bottle a day and eat more rice as the young doctor suggested. Stop the medicine prescribed by your mother-in-law. Medicine is a three-part toxin, we must not be careless.”

“Yes.” The woman nodded.

After that, the shopkeeper joyfully checked Yingbao out, then asked her where she lived.

Without concealing it, Yingbao told him truthfully.

When they left the inn, the three of them visited the market and then took a mule cart to the pier.

However, after looking around the pier, they couldn’t find the boat that Xiao Chengjun had chartered.

“What’s going on?” Chun’niang was beginning to panic.

It was only the second day. She arrived one day earlier than Xiao Chengjun had said and the boat had already left.

Not only had it left, but it had also taken her several boxes.

Yingbao went to the place where the boat was docked and asked a tea vendor nearby, “Excuse me, sir, do you know where the boat that was previously docked here went?”

The vendor answered, “That boat left this morning.”

It left?

Yingbao’s heart sank.

Was Xiao Chengjun out of his mind?

Not only did he leave them behind, but he also took her boxes. Why?

“Excuse me, sir, did a lady with two daughters also board the ship?”

She wanted to know if Lady Wen and her family had also been left behind.

The vendor thought for a moment, then said, “Yes, there was a lady with twin girls who boarded the ship this morning, along with a maid. Not long afterward, the ship sailed.”

Bastard!

Yingbao felt like pounding the ground in anger.

That damned Xiao Chengjun! Did he do this intentionally?

“Baobao, what should we do now?” Chun’niang, clutching her daughter’s hand in anxiety, asked, “Did Xiao Chengjun really leave? But why?”

They had agreed clearly. He had also agreed and said that they could return by the day after tomorrow in the afternoon.

But they came back one day earlier, so why did the boat still leave?

Yingbao tightly held her mother’s hand and comforted, “Don’t worry, let’s stay here for the night, and we will see what happens tomorrow.”

If Xiao Chengjun’s boat didn’t appear the next day, it would mean they really left the three of them behind.

“Alright,” Chun’niang agreed, gripping the terrified Chen Zhao’s hand, “let’s find an inn to stay at for now.”

There was a market town near the pier which seemed a lot larger than Chuanhe Town. Not only were there inns, but there were also many shops.

Chun’niang booked a room first, then sat down not far from the pier, gazing towards the river.

Very few large boats were docked here. Most of the boats were small fishing boats.

The fishermen stood at the front of the boats, flinging out the fishing nets and then slowly pulling back a net full of lively fish.

Seeing her mother’s worried expression, Yingbao comforted, “Don’t worry, we can hire a few escorts and travel by road if we must. We will get home.”

Chun’niang nodded her head.

Her concern wasn’t about not being able to return home, but rather about the boxes left on the boat.