Jiren Hall (Part 2)

  At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and the blushing painted screen girl reappeared in front of everyone.

  Shen Si had been staring over there all along. As soon as the painting screen came out, he hurriedly closed his mouth, sat up straight and proper, and put on a modest gentleman's demeanor.

  But his efforts were destined to be in vain, for the screen girl walked with lotus steps, her eyes not slanting, and also pretended to be a virtuous woman.

  He saw her walk past him and stand in front of Shen Mo, saying: "So it's Young Master Shen Xia."

  He stood up silently and returned the courtesy: "It's actually Huaping girl, what a coincidence."

  "Yes, what a coincidence." Huaping nodded and said softly: "Why are you here again?"

  "My father was injured." Shen Mo said in a low voice: "I'm afraid I have to trouble you again, Doctor."

  "Hurt......" The screen raised its head in surprise and opened its small mouth: "How did you get hurt again?"

  "It doesn't matter, just a minor fall." Shen Mo said in a low voice.

  "Ah, your face, and what's with your clothes?" Hua Ping only then noticed that Shen Mo's shirt was tattered, his face had a dark bruise, and there were bloodstains at the corner of his mouth. It seemed he had just been in a fight. Hua Ping's ladylike demeanor was instantly thrown to the winds as she took two steps closer to him, anxiously asking: "Are you hurt? Is it serious?" She stretched out her hand to touch his bruise, but immediately realized her impropriety and hastily retreated a step, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

  He couldn't bear to see her embarrassed and moved his hands and feet, saying: "I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

  "It's possible that he has internal injuries." Hua Ping lightly bit her lower lip, thinking for a moment before turning around and raising her voice to say: "Hu San, please help me invite Dr. Ma over to take a look at Young Master Shen?"

  Old Three was busy behind the counter and smiled in response: "I've already taken a look just now, it's nothing serious."

  "It won't do, let's examine it carefully again!" The screen-painting maiden raised an eyebrow and said: "Quickly invite Dr. Ma to come."

  She was the personal attendant of the young mistress, who would dare to offend her? Hu San shrunk his neck and said: "I'll go ask now." He went to the side hall and invited Dr. Ma again, who came over to examine Shen Mo in detail.

  "Uncle Ma," the old doctor asked after finishing his examination, and then he turned to Shen Mo and several others to apologize. He supported the old doctor back to the side room. As soon as they entered the house, he anxiously asked: "He... is alright, isn't he?"

  The old horse shook his head helplessly and said, "If there's no illness, then there's no illness. Can one look for an illness when they're not ill?"

  "Old horse..." Hearing the urgency in Old Horse's tone, Hua Ping didn't let go of his sleeve and said: "Are you really all right? He was bitten by a poisonous snake just the other day."

  "Oh." Dr. Ma finally understood, sat down and smiled: "The young man's body is indeed a bit weak, should be the last time not fully recovered, I'll prescribe some more tonics for you?"

  Hua Ping smiled and said: "What you said is absolutely right." He then poured tea and handed over the pen, coaxing the doctor into writing a long prescription.

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  Shen Jing looked at the two people whispering in the house and leaned over to Shen Mo's ear, saying: "I'm telling you, brother, does this little girl have a grudge against you?"

  "No." Shen Mo said strangely: "What makes you say that?"

  "Isn't it just a prescription, why do they have to avoid us?" Shen Jing said with a full stomach and a mind full of thoughts: "I think they probably want to prescribe some ginseng, antler, and cordyceps, and cheat us out of a fortune."

  "Unbelievable......" Shen's face turned green, he couldn't believe that the doctor was already prescribing expensive medicine. In this era, there was no social security or anything like that, besides paying out of his own pocket, where else could he go to get reimbursed? The more he thought about it, the more shocked he became, and just as he saw Hua Ping holding a piece of paper coming out from the side hall, he stood up and was just about to speak.

  But she saw her throw a glance at herself, and Shen was so sensible that he swallowed the sentence "Just apply some dog skin plaster." back into his stomach, and sat down again. He thought to himself that no matter what, he owed her a favor this time, and he would just let it go for the sake of giving Miss's family a chance to vent their anger.

  Miss Yin treated his grandfather's illness, not only did she not charge any money, but also had to apologize and compensate, and from time to time send warmth to their home. Although if it were him, he would have done the same to restore business reputation, but judging others by his own heart, Shen Mo thought Miss Yin must be very uncomfortable.

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  "Get the medicine according to the prescription." Hua Ping placed the prescription on the counter, Hu San picked up the abacus and calculated for a while, then clicked his tongue and said: "This will be two taels and seven mace of silver."

  "Just catch it and that's all." Huaping glared at him with a hint of warning in her voice, "This is the young lady's order to waive the bill for an old illness."

  Hu Sanxin said, isn't this a case of the elbow going out of its way? But the shop wasn't his family's, and since there was a discount to be had, he was happy to curry favor with Miss Hongren Hua Pingjie.

  The doctor who was inside came out and said to Shen Mo and the others, "Alright, the bones are all set properly now. Go back and rest for a month or so, and it'll be fine."

  "Silent Way thanked and asked: 'Sir, how much is the diagnosis fee?'"

  The doctor scolded: "Go settle the bill at the counter, don't you even know this much etiquette?"

  Shen Mo had no money on him and could only turn to Shen Jing for help.

  Shen Jing smiled and said: "I'll go settle the bill." Then he patted his butt and got up to head to the front desk.

  Shen Mo and Zhangzi went into the inner room, carried Shen He out who was already asleep, and placed him on a flatcart outside the door.

  Two people waited outside for a while, and Shen Jing didn't come out yet. Shen Mo let his eldest son push the old man to a shaded area, and he went back to see what was going on.

  However, he ran into Shen Si who was carrying big and small bags on his way out. Shen Mo immediately felt embarrassed and said: "It's already kind of you to help me pay the bill, but buying so many things is really too extravagant."

  "Go and say it." Shen Jing squeezed his eyes and went out of the pharmacy first.

  Silently and vaguely following him out, the two of them arrived at the tree shade on the opposite side of the road.

  "This is the list that little girl gave you." Shen Si took out a paper note from his pocket and handed it to Shen Mo, chuckling: "As I said, there are seven or eight kinds of medicinal materials, including ginseng, deer antler, and cordyceps, none of which are cheap."

  "Isn't it expensive?" Shen Mo thought, although he didn't know the market price, but just by looking at the name of the medicine, he felt that its value was not low.

  "It's worth at least two taels of silver." Shen Si clicked his tongue and said, "You can book a table for the most high-end banquet in Shaoxing City."

  "It's better to give up." Shen Mo said in a low voice: "I don't have that much money for the time being, I still can't afford it."

  "Hey." Shen Si smiled and said, "Blame me for not making it clear, this was given by that girl for free, saying it's for you and Uncle to nourish your bodies." As he patted Shen Mo's shoulder, he said with a flirtatious tone, "Scholars really have it good, brother, you're only in your teens and already someone is paying attention to you."

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