Reborn: Revenge of the Concubine's Daughter

Chapter 169 Girls sold afrodyn

Meng Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked, “What are you laughing at? I want to give my fiancée a copy of family instructions. Is that funny?”

“Sorry,” Bai Yangbai grinned, “I just suddenly thought of a joke I heard yesterday.”

Meng Xuan just wanted to say something more, but He Danggui made a gesture to remind them to stop speaking. She pointed at the wormwood grass in the distance to let them listen. Just as Meng Xuan said, there were a lot of footsteps. This time even Bai Yangbai, who had the worst hearing, could hear them. Bai Yangbai said with a smile, “It turns out that there are a group of people observing like us. Who they are? Let’s go and check it out.” He Danggui said, “If you want to know who they are, you can go and see it.” Then Bai Yangbai ran away immediately. Meng Xuan paused and said, “It’s weird. I can only hear one living person there, and the rest who walk without gasping are strange. What if Bai Yangbai gets in danger?”

He Danggui couldn’t help shuddering and looked at Meng Xuan, “What are you talking about? What dangers can exist in the academy? Bai Yangbai can even fight with the tiger and the leopard. What’s the thing which walks without gasping, ghost? It sounds scared in the midnight.”

Meng Xuan seized the golden chance, quickly stretched out his arms and hugged He Danggui with smile, “It’s better if he doesn’t come back. Yi, come back to the suburban courtyard with me. I have something good to show you, and I’m sure you will like it.”

“What is it?” He Danggui asked without interest.

Meng Xuan took off the camellia from her bun and put it in his sleeve. Then he picked 2 or 3 unknown wildflowers from the ground and gave them to He Danggui. He kept He Danggui guessing and said, “You will know when you get there. You said that you only need to ask for leave to Madam Luo, saying you want to play with Liao Qing’er, so you can spend the night outside casually. I promise that you won’t feel the trip fruitless. No time like the present. Let’s do it tonight!”

“Is there a ghost in the academy tonight?” There were voices of dozens of male and female students in the distance, “Qian Mudan drowned and didn’t die, but she got a strange poison, which was terrible. Why did Guard Zhan’s sword suddenly change into a pile of scrap iron? Was it hit by lightning?”

Yi Tong was probably sure that his Childe did it. When he saw an unbroken bullet on the ground, he was almost completely sure. His Childe secretly stopped Qian Mudan from being cut. Although he didn’t know the reason, he quietly stepped the bullet into the mud and hid several large pieces of bullet wreckage in a similar way.

At this time, Qian Mudan no longer sat up and lay back suddenly like before, and no longer made a strange noise. She just lay on the ground with her eyes wide open. But her feet were pedaling unconsciously on the grass, as if she was in endless pain, but lost the vocal organs.

Her father, Qian Xi, was heartbroken and snapped, “Where is the doctor?! Who has a sword? Any sword is OK. let me cut it!”

Everyone looked at each other anxiously, but no one came out to offer a knife. Mr. Bao hurriedly asked Yi Tong, “Why did Childe Meng who went to the east toilet still not come back yet?” Yi Tong said, “I just forgot to say it. Childe Meng said that he had done everything he can. Now we need to cut her arm as soon as possible, and they... he had something else to do, so he left first.” Mr. Bao asked Doctor Li’s trace again, but Yi Tong couldn’t help Mr. Bao.

Guard Zhan, Han Fang, Guan Mo and others studied the broken pieces of iron on the ground and whispered to each other. Then, Guard Zhan suddenly lifted his body lightly, with his feet hanging less than half an inch from the ground. Then he stepped on the grass and ran away quickly. Seeing this, Yi Tong was very anxious. Where was his Childe? Why didn’t he show up? Why did he throw a hidden weapon to destroy the sword?

Meng Xuan who hid in the bamboo grove embraced the beauty, sniffed her fragrance and sighed, “The stone steps in the night are as cool as cold water, we sitting in the grove and gazing at the cowherd and the weaver. Girl, are you cold?”

He Danggui broke free from Meng Xuan’s arms and asked in surprise, “You don’t need to take flowers on my head and put them in your sleeves. There are so many camellias in this season. Listen, no matter where we are, you can’t hug me anymore. We are not children anymore, and we only hugged a few times for transmitting internal energy when we were young.”

“I just like to collect things related to you because you never give me gifts.” Meng Xuan found 4 dolls in He Danggui’s sleeves, “Duan Xiaolou, Gao Jue, Lu Jiangbei, and Liao Zhiyuan. They are like real people. Who made these? I also want to make two dolls in our images... In fact, there are so many postures to transmit internal energy. It is unnecessary to hug you to transmit internal energy to Dantian. When I took away your internal energy, I hugged you to make it easier for me to sort out internal energy; but when I transmitted it back to you, I could have used my palms on your belly. But I had different feelings to you at that time. I thought it was too far from you if I transmit internal energy like that, so I deliberately hugged you.” Then he kneaded the doll in Duan Xiaolou’s image, “By the way, I must clean up the smell that Duan Xiaolou left on you during the day. Why do you always let him hug you?”

He Danggui recaptured four dolls and said, “These belong to Qing. You saw her took them out of the purse for everyone to check, so you can’t take them away. At that time, I had a plan to marry Childe Duan. He proposed our marriage to my mother, and my mother also gave my date of birth and eight characters of a horoscope to him and asked him to wait two years before officially sending betrothal gifts. Therefore, I naturally have different attitude to him. However, we never hugged each other every day as you said. He only hugged me 3 times in total, which were all for decent reasons. He never had the intention to flirt with me. On the whole, Childe Duan is more respectful than you.”

Meng Xuan took the pouch from her waist and said, “We? It sounds so close. Three times? Good memory. I heard that he and Guan Yun had an engagement, but he didn’t marry Guan Yun. Guan Yun became a 20-year-old lady and lived in Liao’s Mansion in the capital to learn the tea art course over and over again. Are you still missing Duan Xiaolou?” Meng Xuan opened her pouch, found a small decoration for folding fans from a handful of silver, and hung it on his white jade silk belt with silver thread.

“What are you hanging? This is a decoration for folding fans, not a jade pendant!” He Danggui immediately grabbed it and said angrily, “This thing also doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to my Second Cousin. I broke it a little bit, so I’m going to repair it or buy a similar one. Look, it’s broken a little here. Childe Duan is righteous, and he will be kind to Miss Guan. It’s none of your business. Why are you robbing my things suddenly? You robber!”

Meng Xuan said unhappily, “You have never given me a love token. Now that you agree with my proposal, I am deeply afraid that you will regret in the future, so I...” Then he reached his hand to find “a token” on her head. But there was only a pale pink butterfly-shaped hair accessory on her head. She even didn’t have a little jade hairpin. The butterfly hair accessory was fixed so firmly that it would mess up her hair if he slammed it.

He Danggui covered her bun and avoided, frowning and whispering, “Get your hands off my hair! Stop searching. You can’t take it away. This is the new accessory in Qing’s hometown that she taught me to make. It took me 2 days to make it, and my eyes were sore. I didn’t wear it until today. You can’t put it on your head. What’s more, I don’t know my engagement and haven’t finished my words...”

“How absurd! Luo’s Family treats you so harshly. They don’t even buy hairpins for you, and you even have to make accessories by yourself,” Meng Xuan said indignantly, “The 3 daughters of the concubines in my family own many accessories which should be put in big wooden boxes. Since you live a hard life in Luo’s Family, you should think about our marriage at once!”

He Danggui solemnly shook her head and said, “No! To be honest, I have a big feud with Luo’s Family. Before it is finished, I can’t follow Buddhism now. And I’m doing business with Qing now. We opened Quan Ji Tang and Yi Hong Brothel. I am richer than you. I don’t wear hairpins because I feel too heavy.”

“What feud? After you marry me, I will deal with this for you. You don’t have to worry about those things. Just write down the name and handling way of the enemy.” Meng Xuan grabbed her hands, but she escaped. Meng Xuan frowned, “That Yi Hong Brothel is not fit for you. You should walk around it, let alone being the boss! I hear that there are prostitutes and even… pimps. You’d better be far away from it. I don’t want to repeat again. Besides, is the Quan Ji Tang a pharmacy that specializes in men’s sexual dysfunction? Have you diagnosed those men?”

He Danggui carefully looked at Meng Xuan in surprise, “How could you know this so clearly. Could you also be deeply troubled by this disease?” No wonder... Meng Xuan did not get married until he was 19 in his previous life.

Meng Xuan felt very angry and funny, “Don’t talk nonsense. I’m very well. I learn about it through other channels. Tell me that why you are doing this job? Do you lack money? Answer me! Have you diagnosed the men?”

He Danggui was greatly displeased, and refuted quickly, “What the difference whether I have diagnosed them or not? As long as there are diseases, doctors will naturally cure patients. When a patient is sick, he also has no right to choose what kind of disease he wants to or not to get. Can a doctor choose what disease he should diagnose or shouldn’t? You are really naive, Meng Xuan! Doctors who diagnose diseases can be divided into high and low classes. Some are imperial doctors and others are ordinary doctors. But there is no difference between cold and sexual dysfunction. I don’t think the latter is embarrassing. The way I make money is legal, including the income of Yi Hong Brothel. If you don’t believe me, I will have nothing to say. Anyway, I am with a clear conscience.” He Danggui was disappointed. At the end, her voice was as cold as broken ice. What was wrong with Meng Xuan? Why did he ask He Danggui with endless questions and haggle over every ounce? As if he wanted to ask the doubts that he had accumulated three years. Where was the calm youth who was like the wind 3 years ago?

At the beginning, there was a bad business in “Quan Ji Tang” for two months as “Ren Shu Tang” of Guan’s Family coincidentally opened a branch on the next street. Comparing Ren Shu Tang, a branch of a well-known pharmacy, and Quan Ji Tang, a newly opened pharmacy, most people naturally chose the former without hesitation. Although Ren Shu Tang was 30% more expensive than Quan Ji Tang for medicinal materials and medical treatment, the quality of Ren Shu Tang was obvious to all. Quan Ji Tang’s medicinal materials were of sufficient weight and their prices were lower than the market price. As a result, all people inevitably wondered and even suspected that the medicinal materials of Quan Ji Tang were adulterated.

After discussion with Liao Qing’er, He Danggui directly imitate Bai Yangbai and disguised herself as an old doctor. She used her superb medical skills to get rid of the diseases, attracting a group of ordinary people who came for cheap medicine. They gradually had the first batch of stable customers and some good reputation.

Later, there were several richer patients who could not be cured for a long time in Ren Shu Tang and couldn’t see two famous doctors Dr. Wu and Dr. Ma in San Qing Tang. Finally, they had a try to see the doctor in Quan Ji Tang.

They had been suffering from heat injury to the lungs, bloody saliva, and a weak face for many years. With itchy throat and dry cough, they would have bloody phlegm which was bright red. In addition, their abdomen was burning like fire, and the diarrhea made them difficult to move around. Under the magical treatment of He Danggui, all those symptoms such as the complicated dysentery had been cured. They felt refreshed and vigorous. Afterwards, they made a large and heavy plaque and sent it to Quan Ji Tang, praising the excellent medical skills of the old doctor Xue Zhibai, who was disguised by He Danggui.

Since then, Quan Ji Tang had also become a new and excellent pharmacy with a small fame (It was famous beyond four streets). However, it could only do business for ordinary people and a small number of rich people. High officials and noble people never went there because they all had settled doctors and could just let the doctor go to their homes. Who would line up to patronize a small Quan Ji Tang? If they lined up, they would go to San Qing Tang and Ren Shu Tang.

Therefore, Quan Ji Tang’s business was booming superficially, but the money actually earned was far less than the number that He Danggui and Liao Qing’er expected. In the leaflets of Quan Ji Tang, the medical fee was free for the poor; it could be paid in half; and if there were special circumstances, the medical fee could not be paid. It was also determined after the consultation between He Danggui and Liao Qing’er. After all, when the medicine pharmacy was named “Quan Ji (the meaning was treating all)”, it had already carried the initial wish of the two girls: allowing poor patients to take some lifesaving medicines. However, buying the store, decorating, purchasing medicinal materials, and the subsequent chain costs had made themselves in poor situation.

In this way, Quan Ji Tang which was prosperous but had meagre income operated for 4 months. Suddenly one day, a middle-aged man with an obscene and suspicious appearance came to see a doctor and insisted on going to the back hall alone.

At the beginning, Liao Qing’er, who disguised as an old woman, strongly opposed and felt that this man was not a good person. And she was afraid that he would behave badly against He Danggui who disguised as an old man. But at one glance, He Danggui recognized this person as the brother-in-law of Wu’s Family called Lan Siwen. He was rich in fur business and naturally was one of the “high officials and noble people” that she and Qing hoped for.

After appeasing the old woman, Xue Zhibai took the pulse for Lan Siwen in the back hall and diagnosed him as “sexual dysfunction”. In addition, he described that he had “excessive urination, pain in the waist and knees, cold and numb feet, and walking obstacle”. Xue Zhibai then used soup medicine and moxibustion together, which quickly let him go out of the shadow of this disease. This time, the medical fee was 152 liang silver. He Danggui and Liao Qing’er earned a lot.

After half a month, when Lan Siwen patronized again, he did not look obscene at all and even looked a little bit handsome.

This time, he brought 2 of his male friends who were bothered by the same disease. They said that they should seek medical treatment from Xue Zhibai. However, since Xue Zhibai was going to school, Granny Xue who skipped school greeted them enthusiastically for tea and snacks, making them eat until “excessive urination”. Xue Zhibai, who quickly changed her appearance after school, used the moxibustion to make Lan Siwen’s two friends feel better quickly. Then she recommended her newly developed steaming bath therapy to the three.

After the 2 patients recovered, the three people came to buy the afrodyn. According to their physical constitution and sexual habits, Xue Zhibai gave them three kinds of completely different afrodyn with the ultimate goal of strengthening the body. Everyone who had eaten it said great. After the 3 people left, Granny Xue checked the accounts and found that they earned a lot of money from the three nobles who had sexual dysfunction. The gross profit was as much as 800 liang sliver.

As for the so-called “gross profit”, Xue Zhibai once rushed to treat Lan Siwen for his disease but was spotted by Ms. Sun when she ran out of Luo’s Mansion. Although Ms. Sun failed to track and capture her, when she returned home, Ms. Sun had let Madam Luo to Tao Yao Yard and made Tao Yao Yard panic. Even Chan Yi and Bo He suffered minor injuries, and everyone in Tao Yao Yard learnt a great lesson.

Granny Xue ticked off beads on abacus, looked at Xue Zhibai with a smile, and proposed, “Dear, it is very difficult for us to compete with San Qing Tang and Ren Shu Tang in other aspects. Our Quan Ji Tang can mainly sell afrodyn. How do you like it?”