Chapter 60 - A Nice Surprise

After Lu Jiao explained the types of poisons, she explained how to detoxify each type. After Qi Lei wrote everything, she continued, “If the snake poison is mild and common, then use the recipe for neurotoxic snakes minus the centipedes and the scorpions.”

Qi Lei nodded. The recipes she’s shared could help him cure basically all snake bites. This was remarkable.

Qi Lei was overwhelmed with happiness and generously took out a bandars note worth 300 taels of silver.

Lu Jiao was happy to see that and kissed the bandars note.

More money. Not bad at all.

In front of the door, the quadruplets peeked into the room. Lu Jiao gestured for them to come inside and patted their heads.

“I have money now. Whatever you want to eat, whatever you want to play with, just tell me.”

The four little ones smiled. Ah, their mommy has made money! How amazing!

Qi Lei watched this peaceful image of a mother with her children. He felt somewhat envious.

Behind them, Xie Yunjin wanted to hide his face behind his hands. How stupid looking. This was embarrassing.

Now that Qi Lei had gotten what he came for, he had no plans to stay. He gave Lu Jiao another look and said, “Ms. Lu, I will get back to it then.”

“I’ll walk you out.”

After giving Xie Yunjin a nod, Qi Lei walked out of the house with Lu Jiao behind him. Xie Yunjin watched the two leave and for some reason, found the image of them irritating. His face turned cold.

2

Lu Jiao had no idea what he was thinking and walked Qi Lei all the way to the gate.

In front of the trellis, several people rushed over and knelt before Qi Lei.

“Are you Doctor Qi from Baohe Tang? Please help me save my Erdan.”

“Doctor Qi, my Erdan has had a high fever for days. We brought him to Huichun Clinic and they gave him some medicine. However, he got better only for a few hours before heating up again. My child is dying. Doctor Qi, please save my child.”

“Please.”

Qi Lei listened to them and gently responded, “Please get up. I will go take a look with you.”

He then glanced at Lu Jiao, “Do you want to come with?”

Lu Jiao shook her head. Xie Yunjin hasn’t even had his medicine yet. She needed to take care of him.

Plus, a child with fever was not an illness Qi Lei couldn’t handle.

Lu Jiao walked back to the kitchen. Inside, Lady Tian and Lu Gui gaped at her in awe.

“Jiaojiao, you know how to cure snake bites?”

“Sister, when did you learn all this?”

Lu Jiao’s eyes darkened a little, but she was quick to answer, “Mom, do you remember Grandma Huang, who lived behind us?”

Lady Tian nodded, “You used to go over to her house frequently.”

Back then, her daughter was often sick and she didn’t want her to help with farming. So, whenever Lu Jiao got bored at home, she would go visit Grandma Huang.

Lady Tian didn’t want her to go. Grandma Huang was very weird and isolated. She was also a refugee from somewhere far away. Lady Tian was scared that her daughter would get badly influenced or even get hurt.

Who knew that her daughter would end up hanging out with that Grandmother for several years.

Inside the kitchen, Lu Jiao continued calmly, “Grandma Huang knew medicine. All those years I went to hang out with her back then was so I could learn medicine.”

Lady Tian was shocked, “How come you never told us that?”

Lu Jiao grabbed Lady Tian’s arm, “Grandma Huang asked me not to tell anyone. She didn’t want to spend time seeing patients.”

Grandma Huang was no longer around so there was no way for anyone to fact check.

It was true that Grandma Huang enjoyed gathering and picking strange and unknown flowers. She would make tea or cook with them. That part of her lifestyle fit the story Lu Jiao told.

Lady Tian was shocked for a while but that quickly turned into happiness, “That means, Jiaojiao, you can treat patients?”

Lu Jiao nodded, “Yes, mom.”

Lady Tian was ecstatic, “That’s great! Once Yunjin can start sitting up and teaching, you can earn money by helping the sick. Ah, your lives will get so much easier.”

Inside the kitchen, Lu Gui looked over to Lady Tian and then back to Lu Jiao. Something felt wrong. If this sister of his that such a skill, how come she never showed it off before?

Lu Jiao gave Lu Gui no chance to speak, “Ah, right, you should go back after lunch. Mom can stay with me.”

Lu Gui tried to butter her up, “My dear sister, I can stay and help you out. I’m in no rush to go back.”

It was better for him to stay and help convince mother to go home than going back home alone. His father may just beat him up if he went back alone.

Lu Jiao found this odd, “Aren’t you working in town? How can you just not show up? Does your boss know you aren’t going to be there?”

Lu Gui’s face darkened and he said, depressed, “That job was over for me a while ago. The boss replaced me with one of his relatives.”

Lu Jiao stared at him. She remembered her plan of teaching the Lu family how to make tofu. If she could make that happen, Lu Gui could just help out at home rather than work for someone else.

However, Lu Jiao had no plans on sharing that just yet. Let this little guy be depressed for a while.

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Lu Jiao took the heated-up medicine and went outside, “Mom, I’ll go feed Yunjin his medicine.”

Inside the east bedroom, the four little ones crowded around Xie Yunjin and happily chatted.

“Daddy, mommy made money. We have money now. Now she can afford you a doctor.”

“Daddy, you’re going to heal soon. Once you’re healthy, you can go back to studying and eventually get a good job.”

“You can then play with us again and take us into town.”

The four littles were over the moon as they chitchatted, oblivious to the fact that having money didn’t mean their dad’s legs would heal.

Xie Yunjin’s face was a little dark but he faked a smile, “Okay.”

Lu Jiao came in with the medicine. The four little ones ran to her happily and raised their heads towards her, “Now that we have money, daddy will get better?”

Lu Jiao nodded, “Yes, so you should happy! Go outside and play with Soot and Marble. I’m going to feed your daddy medicine.”

The four little ones aggressively nodded. Their delicate soft faces were full of joy and the fear they used to carry evaporated.

Once they left the room, Lu Jiao went up to Xie Yunjin.

“After another two to three days of taking medicine, you’ll likely be able to sit up. Then, you can do some light exercises in bed instead of doing nothing like now.”

These days, Xie Yunjin’s been taking high-quality medicine. She’s also added some red sage, ganoderma, and spiritual stream water in there. That was why he healed faster than usual.

After the medicine was downed, Lu Jiao suddenly remembered the deer blood she kept in her space. She chuckled, “Wait for me, I have a nice surprise to give you.”

She then left with the empty bowl. Behind her, Xie Yunjin raised an eyebrow and pondered what the nice surprise Lu Jiao referred to could be?

He pondered until Lu Jiao returned with a giant bowl of blood.