Number One Scholar's Spicy Wife

  "I'll take ten." Xie Wenyin didn't bother to haggle, and directly picked them up. This big man looked intimidating, but the previous life's Xie Wenyin had dealt with him before, knowing that he was a retired soldier from the battlefield, whose ears were also not very useful, and followed people to do business selling fake ginseng.

  I don't even know what formula he used, but he made radish look just like real ginseng, and the price was really expensive too.

  However, compared to fake ginseng, it's extremely expensive, but compared to real ginseng, it's very cheap.

  In a pharmacy, genuine ginseng that is several decades old costs at least several hundred taels, and if it's over a century old, it costs at least several thousand. Even ginseng that's only ten or more years old costs several dozen silver coins.

  The fake ginseng sold by this big Han Chinese has some that look like they're over a hundred years old, and some that look like they're several decades old. They are exactly what Xie Wenjing needs to replace the ones her father had.

  Du's mother and others did not dare to make a sound, they watched with wide eyes as the young lady spent thirty taels of silver to buy these ginseng.

  Although they look like ginseng, all three of them are out of the ordinary. Having seen the real price of ginseng before, these ginseng might be fake. I don't know why you want to buy it, miss?

  After buying good ginseng, Xie Wenjing also bought fake Cordyceps sinensis and Lingzhi mushrooms. Just by looking at their appearance, it's really hard to tell them apart.

  Out of the Qing Shi Lane, Xie Wenjing wanted to buy some fine thread and silk for herself, preparing to deal with that old woman. Meanwhile, she took Du Ma and Mei Lan to a small alley to find Gu Jia and see what kind of medicine her father was taking, and what its drawbacks were.

  This family's surname is Gu, and they came from afar after falling on hard times. Originally, they practiced medicine at Hui Chun Tang in Yangzhou, but were squeezed out by the other doctors there. Later, they opened their own traditional medical clinic, but only saw patients and wrote prescriptions, without running a pharmacy. This was how they finally settled down in a small alleyway in Yangzhou. Xie Wenjing was someone from a past life.

  "This is a purging medicine, used for high fever and excess syndrome. The medicinal power of this drug is quite strong, it's not suitable for long-term use, otherwise once the internal organs are damaged, even a healthy person can be drained to weakness, and may even die from weakness."

  The old man of the Gu family, who was receiving Xie Wenjing, initially refused when Xie Wenjing took out a cloth full of medicinal liquid. He had already figured out that this was a battle for power and didn't want his own family to get involved.

  His father was involved in a family feud a few years ago and was framed, eventually being expelled from the Chun Tang and reduced to staying at home to practice medicine and earn a living.

  Xie Wenjing handed over twenty taels of silver at once and stated that she was only there for consultation, did not want them to write a prescription, and did not want them to show up.

  The old man of the Gu family came out from behind and nodded, indicating that Xie Wenjing should follow him inside.

  "Old doctor, I'd like to ask, if a grown man has been bedridden for over two years, with his whole body emaciated, face without luster, palms dry and rough, breathing shallow and rapid, and taking such medicine all year round, what will happen?"

  Xie Wenjing stared at the old man and asked.

  The old doctor's face suddenly changed to one of incredulity, and then his expression changed again: "You can go! Let's just pretend you never came. I'm powerless now. I'm not alone; I still have a family to support. Please leave!"

  At this time, Xie Wenjing not only clearly understood that her father's illness was caused by the old woman, but also knew that in order to cure her father, it would take at least a year or two. The damage to his body over the past two years would not be easily reversed.

  "Miss?" Du's mother was shocked and turned pale at this time. The gauze with the medicine brought out by the young lady was clearly the medicine that Master had taken!

  Miss entered the bamboo garden in the morning and when she returned to the pomegranate garden to change her clothes, she asked herself a question. She said it was spilled while giving medicine to Master this morning.

  Would the old lady dare to commit a heinous crime and poison her stepson?

  Xie Wenjing suddenly waved her hand to stop Du's mother from panicking, while Mei Lan was already stunned and had not expected it to be so serious.

  "Thank you for telling me, rest assured, I have never been here today and will not come again in the future!"

  Xie Wenjing bowed to the old doctor of the Gu family and thanked him, no longer making things difficult for this wise and self-preserving old doctor.

  When Xie Wenjing was about to leave with Du Mamao Lan, an old man's voice suddenly came from behind: "Medicine is not as good as food, and food is not as good as air. A bowl of rice porridge every day, miscellaneous grain soup is also possible, and breathing exercises twice a day. Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth, and when exhaling, make the sounds of xu, he, hu, xi, chui, and xi in succession. It can be done sitting, lying down or standing."

  Xie Wenjing was overjoyed. This trip wasn't in vain after all. To be able to receive guidance from the old doctor was much better than her original plan of stopping medication and switching to rice porridge.

  "Can radish be eaten?" Suddenly, Xie Wenjing thought of her own plan to replace ginseng with radish, even if it was lingzhi or cordyceps, they were all made from various types of radishes.

  "Radish helps to relieve qi and assists in quickly clearing out the medicinal properties of ginseng and lingzhi from the body."

  Xie Wenjing took Du's mother and Mei Lan away with a satisfied heart. Zhihua also bought the items entrusted by Xie Wenjing, and the four of them changed back into their original clothes and restored their original decorations before silently returning to the Xie family.

  Xie Wenjing told her grandmother that she planned to embroider two handkerchiefs as a return gift for Mrs. Zhao.

  The grandmother got such a return and laughed even more happily.

  "Look at that, I knew this kid was sensible. She embroidered two handkerchiefs for Mrs. Zhao? Haha! I wonder if Mrs. Zhao will be so touched by the handkerchiefs embroidered by her future daughter-in-law that she'll be moved to death?"

  "Old Madam Mingjian, this is truly too much! She deserves to be disliked by Madame Zhao." The nurse beside her also shared in the joy of her master.

  "Miss, I thought the old lady just pitied her granddaughter and wanted to break off your engagement to make way for her own flesh and blood. I never expected her to be so ruthless and poison the master. Miss, the master's condition can't hold on any longer, we must expose her true face as soon as possible. Shall we go to the government office to report her crime of poisoning her stepson?"

  Du's mother was so angry that her eyes turned red and she cried as she spoke.

  "Yes, we told her, and she was completely discredited!" Mei Lan's face also turned purple with anger.

  "We told Master and Madam to go!" Zhi Hua also knew about Xie Wenjing's father's medicine, and was even more furious.

  "Calm down, everyone. We can make a big deal out of this and that woman will definitely be cleared of any blame. She might say that the bamboo garden has always been taken care of by her mother-in-law and she's never interfered."

  She would frame my mother for having an affair with the doctor at Hui Chun Tang, which is why she's framing my father, or else she'd shift the blame and say Liu Lingling had an affair with the doctor at Hui Chun Tang, also framing my father.

  In short, she won't come to any harm, but will make our family forever bear the guilt of being unfilial, prevent my younger brother from taking part in the imperial examination for his whole life, and even drag down Third Uncle's branch.

  In this world, the crime of unfilial piety is too great. Once you are labeled as unfilial, your whole life will be ruined.

  Dad already knew that his medicine had problems, but he still ate it without a word, just afraid that the old woman would be even more reckless and harm us.

  Also, don't forget that my maternal uncle, the second uncle, is now a holder of jinshi degree and also serves as an aide to the governor of Yangzhou. If you file a complaint, it won't work, and even if you manage to file one, it will alert that old woman prematurely.

  Once she tears off her hypocritical disguise, we will be even more at a loss.

  I'm going to take two steps now, one is to replace the expensive medicine my dad takes with the fake carrot medicine I bought today, and let him gradually get better.

  One more step is to ruin the woman's reputation and make her unable to stand in the Xie family.

  "Of course, as for that Jia Dafu, I will also entertain him well, and let him dare to use medicine to kill people with a clear conscience?"

  Xie Wenjing's cold voice.

  "Miss, why don't you just tell Mr. Jia that he's a quack who harms people! That way, we can also rescue the old master from the fire pit earlier!"

  Mei Lan said fiercely.