Volume 1 Chapter 127 Infection

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  The words of encouragement were swallowed back in an instant.

  Zhen Shining thought for a moment and blinked her eyes to ask Jian Wu, "...... Don't all men want to be generals?"

  Jian Wu stood up straight and tall, looking like a majestic and awe-inspiring great general.

  Zhen Shining's face turned gloomy, "...all the big men have gone to take the imperial examination, become generals, and don't farm or trade. What will our great general eat and wear in the future?" Seeing Jian Wu frowning, she took the opportunity to persuade him, "Merchants transport lotus seeds that we can't eat out of Wutong Town for more people to eat, and bring in rice, flour, silk, and satin that we don't have, for us to use. They earn money with their intelligence and physical strength, without stealing or robbing. Why does Brother Wu look down on them?"

  "Uh..." Jian Wu scratched his head, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

  Jianwen burst out laughing.

  Jian Wenhua smiled and let out a sigh of relief, Zhen Shining's eyes fell on the little dog in Jian Wenhua's arms, "......how did Little Hei become uglier?"

  It was as if inflated by air, but in just half a month, Xiao Hei grew up a whole circle, only to look even uglier than when she first saw him. His strange and ugly head already showed a hint of ferocity, making Zhen Shiniang very curious. In her impression, little dogs were like children, not cute at first, all wrinkled and ugly, but would become more and more lovely later on.

  Unexpectedly, this little black was entirely different.

  Jian Wu snapped out of his confusion, looked down at the little black thing in his arms and argued discontentedly, "Xiao Hei is not ugly!" He lowered his head and rubbed his small face against Xiao Hei's smooth fine hair.

  It seemed that Xiao Hei also felt dissatisfied with Zhen Shiniang, so he bared his teeth at her and let out a tender roar, causing all the hair on his body to stand up instantly.

  "Xiao Hei, she is my mother, you are not allowed to be like this!" Jian Wu shouted angrily.

  Xiao Hei immediately collapsed and obediently lay in Jian Wu's arms.

  This dog is actually psychic!

  Zhen Shiniang was greatly surprised and leaned forward, just about to tease him. The horse carriage shook violently and came to a stop with a creaking sound.

  Before Zhen Shining could speak, Jian Wu lifted the curtain and asked, "What's wrong?" He caught sight of Ji Huai Feng and exclaimed, "Brother Ji!" Turning to look at Zhen Shining, he said, "Mother, Brother Ji is here!"

  Zhen Shining stuck her head out, the horse carriage had already entered Wutong Town. Ji Huaifeng and Guo Xiuzheng were standing by the road waiting for them. Seeing Jian Wu sticking his head out, he immediately hugged him and then bowed to Zhen Shining saying: "Madam, where have you been these past two days? You've made everyone search all over for you."

  Adding the four people given by Wan Sui, they were seven or eight senior eunuchs. They actually lost a woman, which made Ji Huai Feng very ashamed and somewhat embarrassed. If he hadn't seen Xi Que's nonchalant expression, he would have gone to report to Shen Zhong Shuo in the capital city.

  "...How dare you wait for me here?" Zhen Shining's tone was tinged with dissatisfaction. She had hired a bodyguard, not a mother-in-law, and it wasn't his place to question her whereabouts.

  Since returning from Beijing, she had a faint feeling that Ji Huai was always monitoring her, following her secretly wherever she went.

  This time when she went to Linggu Valley to receive the medicine factory, she had to use a lot of effort to shake them off.

  They have a connection with He and Shen Zhongjie. Let's keep a low profile, it's best if they don't know about the pharmaceutical factory.

  "His daughter has gone to see a doctor." Seeing Ji Huai Feng's face turn bright red, Jian Wu answered on behalf of Zhen Shi Niang. "Li Da Bo has opened a pharmacy in Linzhen and hired a divine doctor." With Zhen Shi Niang's prior instructions, his expression was extremely natural.

  It's also said that Li Qi and his wife have been looking for a house to open a pharmacy for half a month, and Ji Huifeng didn't suspect much. He looked at Zhen Shimai with respect, "The general has arrived, Xi Que asked me to wait here for your return and take the young master back to the rear residence." Unlike Xi Que and Qiu Jing, Ji Huifeng and his three companions always respectfully addressed Jian Wu as Young Master.

  General?

  Zhen Shining jumped in fright, "How did he come again?"

  Last time he was so angry, according to Zhen Shiniang's prediction, this guy is too arrogant. Since he suspected that I had given him a green hat, he probably won't come back to the ancestral mansion for the rest of his life.

  Ji Huai Feng couldn't help but laugh inwardly.

  This is Shen Zhong's home, he can come if he wants to, what's strange about that?

  "Sister!" Jian Wu's face was filled with longing.

  He really wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the great general, how majestic would that be?

  Zhen Shining's face sank, "......and go to Ji Da Ge and Xi Que Gu Gu's house, remember to practice the newly learned characters with your brother fifty times."

  Jian Wu's mother frowned, Jian Wu withdrew his extravagant hopes and obediently responded with a "yes".

  Shen Zhong stood at the entrance of his ancestral home with a solemn face.

  "The general has arrived." Zhen Shi Niang helped Qiu Ju down from the carriage, and gave him a slight bow, showing a stiff face, but couldn't help thinking of his disheveled appearance last time, and burst out laughing. Shen Zhong Ge glared at her fiercely, remembering her angry expression that day, and his mouth corners also rose up involuntarily.

  "......where did you go in the afternoon?" Shen Zhongge took the lead and stepped into the yard.

  "Go see the doctor." Zhen Shining followed him with her feet.

  Shen Zhong's footsteps suddenly stopped, "...what's wrong again?" He turned back and went to touch Zhan Shiniang's forehead.

  Zhen Shining's body shook slightly, and she subconsciously wanted to hide, but another thought stopped her.

  "No... nothing..." She shook her head, "Just going to take a look at the old illness." The remaining light saw that the guards brought by Shen Zhongge were all covering their smiles and lowering their heads, a red flush instantly flew up on Zhen Shiniang's face, suddenly like three months of peach blossoms in full bloom.

  Shen Zhong's eyes were fixed on him in a daze.

  "What's wrong with General Shen's hand?" Zhen Shi saw that Shen Zhongge's hand was wrapped in gauze, and she was shocked.

  The doctor's occupational habit, she reached out and pulled it off.

  "It's nothing!" Shen Zhongjie hastily withdrew his hand, "What did the doctor say?" With a hint of worry in his eyes that even he himself didn't notice.

  "The doctor said it's a bit stronger." Zhen Shi Niang looked at Shen Zhong Ge's injured hand with a thoughtful expression, "These days I've been drinking bird's nest every day and my spirit has improved a lot." This was the truth, in previous years during this season she would always have to stop taking medicine due to financial difficulties, but this year she had enough, she herself felt that her energy had increased a lot, at least she wouldn't get out of breath after walking just a few steps.

  She was confident that she could live a few more years like this.

  "Swallow's nest is the most nourishing, I just let someone go to the south to buy a batch of blood swallow's nest, it will arrive in two days, you remember to take two liang every day without interruption, if it's gone early tell me." Shen Zhongge turned around and continued walking forward.

  Is he worried about her?

  Zhen Shining raised her head and looked at Shen Zhongge, still with an icy face that had not changed for a thousand years, unable to discern any joy or anger. Zhen Shining shook her head.

  She's overreacting.

  The General's mansion is full of silver, and Chu Xinyi probably eats bird's nest every day too.

  Xī yuè led a dozen or so maids to stand at the door, seeing that Shen Zhongge didn't blame Zhen Shiniang for going out. Xī yuè let out a sigh of relief and led the group forward to pay their respects to the two.

  "There are so many maids around, you can just rest in the house from now on." Zhen Shiniang glanced at Jixiao's high and prominent belly.

  "They are all new purchases, I'm afraid of being cheated." Ji Kuai winked at Zhen Shiniang.

  "Have all the maids been bought?" Shen Zhongke only then discovered that there were many more maids in the courtyard.

  "Four senior maids, eight secondary maids and rough serving women have all arrived, but the young menservants haven't been sent over yet." All eight of the young menservants had been taken by her to Daren Hall.

  "Ah......" Shen Zhongke saw that there were suddenly so many people. He thought of the tenant in the backyard, "......send them away in a few days."

  The tenant in the backyard is actually Jian Wenjianwu, where can they be sent?

  Zhen Shi Niang suddenly stopped and saw Shen Zhongge turn his head, then nodded calmly. "I'll go talk to him in the next two days."

  Back in the house, Xu Fenglan had already prepared dinner.

  After dinner, Rong Sheng brought in some medicinal gauze. Zhen Shi Niang took it from him, "I'll do it." Seeing Shen Zhong Jie hesitate, she simply pulled his hand over, "...I've read quite a few medical books, I'm familiar with these things."

  The ten fingers touched, Shen Zhong's body shook slightly, and he didn't hear any illness in Zhen Shining's words. He waved his hand at Rong Sheng. "You can go down now."

  Rong Sheng retreated with a loud voice.

  As soon as the silk was opened, Zhen Shiniang took a deep breath.

  "How did you manage this, General?"

  Only saw Shen Zhong's right palm lying horizontally and vertically with several ugly mouths, the wound had scabbed. But the entire palm was swollen, the skin turned white, like a steamed bun that had risen.

  Zhen Shiniang nodded vigorously.

  Shen Zhong's eyes widened as he took a deep breath. Cold sweat poured down, and he reflexively withdrew his hand, "What are you doing!" His tone was extremely impatient.

  "...The wound inside hasn't been cleaned, it's infected!" Contrary to her usual gentle tone, Zhen Shiniang's voice was crisp and sharp, like a seasoned warrior. "If we don't open it up and clean it in time, and drain the swelling, General Shen's hand will be ruined." She leaned forward again to grab Shen Zhongjie's hand.

  Never had Shen Zhongge seen such a Zhen Shiniang, and before he knew it, his hand was already pulled in front of him. This time, Zhen Shiniang didn't dare to use force, she gently pressed the edge of the scabbed wound for Shen Zhongge to see, "Look, the outside has scabbed over, but inside it's festering, the abscess can't be discharged, if we continue like this, General's palm will rot away bit by bit from the inside."

  This is no exaggeration; once infected, Shen Zhongjie's wound could have become so severe that he might have lost his life.

  While speaking, Zhen Shi Niang turned around and instructed Qiu Ju, "Prepare saline solution, medicine, gauze, surgical knife..." After a string of orders, she asked again, "How did the general do this?"

  No one responded after asking for half a day, Zhen Shining raised her head, and Shen Zhongge was looking at her with confusion.

  Zhen Shiniang broke out in a cold sweat.

  Professional habit, as soon as she saw this deep wound, she forgot that she shouldn't show off her medical skills in front of Shen Zhongjie!

  "How did these things get prepared at home?" Shen Zhongge was very curious about what kind of surgical knife Zhen Shiniang had in her mouth.

  Zhen Shining's expression was calm and indifferent, saying, "...... Qiu Ju often gets injured while running in the mountains, I'm the one who takes care of her. After a long time, I've become quite skilled." She raised her head and smiled slightly at Shen Zhongge, teasingly saying, "Don't look down on me, after being ill for so long, I've also become a skilled doctor."

  Shen Zhong's heart was aching. He thought of her hardships over the years.

  The air fell silent.

  Just as Zhen Shiniang was at a loss for words, she thought of getting up to see how Qiuju had prepared things, when Shen Zhongshu said, “...it was cut by a porcelain shard. At the time, I didn’t pay much attention to it, but unexpectedly it swelled up yesterday.” It changed like this in just one night.

  As it was a family affair, Shen Zhongge didn't dare ask for a doctor after injuring his hand and just let Rong Sheng apply some medicine and bandage him up.

  They all came from the bloody battlefield of Shura, and Rongsheng was not unfamiliar with wound treatment. However, he didn't know that the wounds cut by porcelain were different from those cut by knives. At that time, Shen Zhongjie was too excited, and his hand was tightly clenched, so the blue and white porcelain fragments had penetrated into the texture of the wound. Rongsheng only cleaned the surface of the wound but didn't flip it over to clean out the blue and white porcelain fragments that had seeped into the texture, which is why it became like this...