Chapter 100
After the situation in Su Prefecture was reported again, the civil and military officials of the entire court were shocked and praised it extensively. It had to be admitted that this guy was a genius in governing the country.
Emperor Xia Jing walked with floating steps, thinking to himself that it would be great if all the officials of Great Xia were as capable as Lord Jiang.
On the one hand, he felt regretful that this guy did not participate in the imperial civil service examinations earlier!
In the midst of being busy, Jiang Yuqing passed her 5th birthday. The little dumpling had become a big dumpling.
The 100,000 pairs of boots from Changlong Leather Goods Store and Dingtaifeng Ready-to-Wear had been completed and delivered to the military camp.
Jiang Yuqing promptly settled the payment with them.
On her last trip delivering goods to the barracks, she brought back a tiger on her return trip. People along the way were quite frightened upon seeing it. If not for the collar around the tiger's neck and someone riding it, they would have fled already.
To avoid scaring others, Jiang Yuqing gave up riding White Number Ten and rode White Number Nine all the way home instead.
Poor White Number Nine had been kept in the Spirit Realm for over a year without a suitable chance to let it out.
Fortunately, it did not mind at all, on the contrary, it enjoyed life in the Spirit Realm quite a bit.
The abundant spiritual energy increased its intelligence by a lot. Now, it could use actions and facial expressions to convey some complex emotions very intuitively.
For example, it learned how to roll its eyes.
No need to think too hard, this was definitely learned from White Number Ten. Among all tigers, it had the strongest eye-rolling skills.
Upon White Number Nine's arrival, both Jiang Wenyuan and Lu were badly startled, and rubbed its enormous head, "We haven't seen you for over a year, how did you grow so big? It seems that place really nourishes people."
White Number Nine also nudged them with its big head, using concrete actions to express its delight.
Externally, the family unanimously claimed that it was a tiger raised in their old home in Qingzhou that traveled a long way to find them.
In Su Prefecture, there were many stories circulating about wolf packs repaying kindness and traversing thousands of miles to find their benefactor.
Therefore, after the initial fright, people were amazed to discover that this big fellow was unbelievably clever.
Not only could it hunt for itself, it even knew how to open and close doors by itself. After closing the door, it would grab the door bolt in its mouth to lock it back up.
It could even pick up pens that the staff accidentally dropped with its mouth and return them.
If you praised it for being smart and majestic, you would see a very delighted expression on its furry tiger face. This was practically a demon that had gained awareness!
As time went by, everyone knew that the big white tiger raised in the prefectural magistrate's residence not only didn't eat people, it was also very humane.
Thus, Jiang Yuqing removed its collar.
By the time it went out to the streets again, people were not only unafraid of it, the bolder ones would even go up to touch it.
It was also very good-tempered in letting people touch it. However, after they finished touching, it would grab their clothes in its mouth and pull them to the meat stall, pushing them forwards. Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com
The meaning was, you've looked and touched, if you don't buy some tasty food, how can you just leave unashamedly?
When the incident spread, people were not only not repulsed by this behavior. Many who had spare money specially ran over to meet it, touching it and then deliberately standing there, waiting for it to pull them to the meat stalls to buy meat.
Because of White Number Nine, several streets near the government office had increased business at their meat stalls. Thus, the stall owners all treated White Number Nine as their wealth god, wishing that it would come out to the streets every day.
As for White Number Nine's almost shameless begging behavior, Jiang Yuqing did not have any good solutions either. After all, it earned that money fair and square, it would be unreasonable not to feed it.
When April was nearing its end, a steady and handsome young teen traveled on dusty roads and entered Su Prefecture's government office.
Only then did everyone relax and befriend him. Occasionally during festivals or breaks, they would also accept his invitations to visit the government residence as guests.
Every time they went, as long as he was not especially busy, Prefect Jiang would keep them company at meals.
He encouraged them to study diligently, taught them principles and experiences about being a person and handling affairs, and would even guide their schoolwork, lending them the notes and materials he wrote himself back then.
Jiang Yuchuan adapted extremely well in Su Prefecture.
Jiang Yuqing's medical clinic was also fully stocked with medicine. She recruited two sitting physicians and selected the auspicious date of the eighth day of the fifth lunar month to open for business.
On the opening day, not only did Jiang Wenyuan come in person, but General Wei Qing from the Yumen Pass Garrison Camp also sent someone to congratulate in person on behalf of Qin Yijian.
Thus, all the common people in the city came to know that this He An Hospital was opened by the daughter of the Prefect of Su Prefecture and the wife of the Magistrate of Linghui County.
Moreover, the Magistrate of Linghui County was the closed-door disciple of Master Bian Que, the inheritor of the Bian Que Valley Master and Bian Que Divine Medical Skills.
For a time, all the difficult and complicated cases in Su Prefecture flocked to Jiang Yuqing's He An Hospital, and the hospital was filled to capacity every day. Jiang Yuqing had no choice but to implement a ticket numbering system like the one at the He An Hospital in the capital.
After three months of Jiang Yuqing's hands-on devil-style training, the seventeen girls had all become qualified nurses.
They uniformly wore pink nurse outfits with nurse caps on their heads. They were enthusiastic, patient and polite.
Just standing there made them look very professional. Any visiting patients, even the most arrogant old scholar, did not dare to look down on them.
The attending physicians all wore white coats uniformly. At first, everyone felt that white was inauspicious, but after getting used to it, they felt that white looked quite good and gave a sense of cleanliness.
In addition to the two sitting physicians, Jiang Yuqing also brought military doctors from the garrison. They came in batches of five for month-long rotations.
Having seen too many bloody and gory scenes, these military doctors were not afraid at all to assist Jiang Yuqing in the operating room. On the contrary, they were very excited.
Jiang Yuqing also held nothing back in imparting knowledge to the military doctors. The more they could learn, the more soldiers’ lives could be safeguarded.
Just when Jiang Yuqing was dizzy from being overloaded with work, Doctor Qiu arrived with his three apprentices including Lu Yi.
When Jiang Yuqing saw her master and three senior apprentice brothers suddenly appear at the He An Hospital, the little dumpling froze in shock.
When she came to her senses, she was overjoyed, and shot into her master’s arms like a cannonball, ramming Doctor Qiu and making him stumble.
The little dumpling clung to her master’s neck, rubbing intensely while complaining about missing him: “Master, why did you only come to find me now? You said you would come in at most half a year. From last September until now, it’s already been more than half a year. You didn’t keep your word.”
As the little dumpling spoke, her eyes grew moist and her voice slightly choked up.
Doctor Qiu quickly patted his precious apprentice’s little back, apologizing repeatedly: “Alright alright, it was Master’s mistake. There there, my darling, don’t be upset anymore okay? From now on, wherever you are, Master will be there too, how about that?”
Only then did the little dumpling stop crying and smiled: “Okay, I’ll support you in your old age.”
Seeing the clinginess between master and apprentice, Lu Yi really could not stand it anymore. He coughed heavily, and only then did the little dumpling notice her third senior apprentice brother had come too.
She quickly let go of Doctor Qiu and sat on her third senior brother’s thigh, calling out sweetly, “Third senior brother! I missed you too!”
Lu Yi was very satisfied with the little thing’s tactfulness. He squatted down to see eye-to-eye with her, sizing her up for quite a while before speaking: “Hmm, not bad. Your hair has grown longer and you’re taller too!”
Just as the little dumpling was enjoying his praise, he mischievously extended a forefinger and poked her little belly: “It’s just that your tummy is still a bit protruding. You still need to lose some weight!”
The little dumpling’s smile instantly froze on her face.
Things like fraternal love between fellow apprentices did not exist. She took back what she said earlier about missing him.
No, she did not miss him one bit!
The little dumpling strove to suck in her still somewhat chubby little tummy, bowing her head sorrowfully and thinking that maybe she really should lose some weight.