Chapter 96 – Showing Off Her Skills
Military doctors in the military district were all graduates of military medical colleges, and everyone was skilled.
As the ace military doctor of the 183rd division, Yan Xiaosi’s medical skills were even more remarkable.
A mild stroke was not a difficult thing for her at all. As long as she was in a good mood, and as long as the Yan family didn’t obstruct and were willing to pay, she could make Old Madam Yan stand up again and even be lively and active.
“Mom, I can treat it,” she answered Ms. Zhong, her gaze shifting to Old Master Yan.
“As long as the people of the Yan family cooperate, I can cure Old Madam Yan’s disease.”
Old Master Yan snorted coldly from his nose.
“As long as your medical skills are good and you can cure my wife’s illness, the Yan family will definitely cooperate.”
Ms. Li and Yan Shujing originally wanted to say something, but when Old Master Yan spoke, the mother and daughter promptly closed their mouths. One of them glared at Yan Xiaosi with an unhappy face, and the other stared at Yan Xiaosi nervously.
What Yan Xiaosi was waiting for was this sentence from Old Master Yan. She knew that the people of the first and second sons of the Yan family would never allow her to show her talent in front of Old Master Yan and cure Old Madam Yan’s disease. These people would definitely try to stop her. But now, with this sentence from Old Master Yan, even if the people of the two sons were unhappy, they wouldn’t dare to act.
Her gaze swept over the faces of Ms. Li and Yan Shujing.
The expressions of this mother and daughter were very good evidence.
“I hope Old Master Yan keeps his word.”
“The thing I value most is credibility, you just focus on treating the old lady.”
Old Master Yan’s face turned dark as he was being doubted by his own grandson.
Yan Xiaosi squinted her eyes and smiled, reaching out her hand to Old Master Yan in front of everyone.
Old Master Yan, as the patriarch, had been proud and majestic for many years, and for a moment, he couldn’t understand the meaning of Yan Xiaosi’s action.
“What are you reaching out to me for?”
“Reaching out, of course, means asking for the medical fee. I, Yan Xiaosi, never save people for free. As I said earlier, if the Yan family pays ten taels of silver for the medical fee, I will cure Old Madam Yan’s disease. Since the disease has not been cured, I don’t want ten taels of silver, just give me five taels of silver as a deposit, and the remaining five taels of silver will be given to me after Old Madam Yan’s disease is cured.”
Everyone present couldn’t help but gasp at Yan Xiaosi’s bold move, especially Ms. Li and Yan Shujing.
None of them dared to be so presumptuous in front of the Old Master. Yan Xiaosi was crazy, daring to ask the Old Master for money.
Given the Old Master Yan’s dominating personality at home, he was bound to get angry. Both Li’s and Yan Shujing were waiting to watch the drama unfold.
However, it turned out to be a surprise to the mother and daughter.
Although Old Master Yan was angry, he was not yet furious.
The Old Master coldly stared at Yan Xiaosi, his tone colder than his expression: “I can pay a deposit of five taels of silver first, if you can’t cure the old lady’s illness…”
Yan Xiaosi interrupted the Old Master, saying, “Old Master Yan, didn’t I say it at the broken grass temple? If I can’t cure Old Madam Yan’s illness, I won’t take a penny, and I’ll even compensate your Yan family with ten taels of silver.”
“Yan Xiaosi, remember your words.”
Old Master Yan snorted coldly, turned his head and ordered Ms. Li, “As the eldest in the house, go to your mother’s jewelry box, take the key to the storeroom, and fetch five taels of silver immediately.”
The Yan family’s assets are managed by the old lady, Ms. Jiang, and most of them were stored in the Yan family’s storeroom. Ms. Li has been wanting to go into the storeroom to see how much silver there is inside. She finally got the opportunity.
She was delighted and hurriedly agreed, “Father, I’ll go right now.”
Ms. Jiang was lying on the bed, watching Ms. Li leave her bedside and walk towards her jewelry storage cabinet, making worried noises.
Damn Ms. Li, taking advantage of her illness, wanted to rummage through the storeroom.
At this moment, Ms. Jiang was extremely anxious in her heart. If she could curse, she would definitely curse Ms. Li.
Ms. Li opened the wardrobe, rummaged for a while, and finally found Ms. Jiang’s jewelry box. When she opened the box, she saw that it was full of respectable jewelry, which made her heart angry.
The damned old woman, hiding these respectable jewelry that were supposed to be given to them, the daughters-in-law.
She was extremely upset in her heart but dared not say it out loud. She quickly took the key to the storeroom.
Shortly after, Ms. Li returned with five taels of silver. She glanced at Old Master Yan, who said nothing, and reluctantly handed the five taels of silver to Yan Xiaosi.
“Here are five taels of silver.”
Yan Xiaosi didn’t understand the silver money of the Great Chu Dynasty, but she felt that it was quite heavy in her hand.
After receiving the silver from Ms. Li, she immediately handed it to Ms. Zhong. “Mother, take a look, is this five taels of silver?”
Although Ms. Zhong was afraid of Old Master Yan, she chose to stand firm and support her daughter.
She took the silver, weighed it carefully, and answered Yan Xiaosi: “Xiaosi, this is around five taels of silver.”
“Since it’s the correct amount, mom, you keep the silver.”
In front of the Yan family and a group of villagers, Yan Xiaosi had Ms. Zhong keep the silver.
Ms. Zhong was stunned for a moment before carefully tucking the silver into her bosom.
“Ah ah ah ah ah…”
Seeing Ms. Zhong tuck the five taels of silver into her bosom, Ms. Jiang, who was lying on the bed, became excited again. She stared at Ms. Zhong with wide eyes and kept moaning.
Ms. Jiang’s outcry made Ms. Zhong somewhat scared, her face involuntarily changing color.
Seeing Ms. Zhong scared and changing color, Yan Xiaosi stepped forward, instantly blocking Ms. Jiang’s view.
Unable to glare at Ms. Zhong, Ms. Jiang could only stare fiercely at Yan Xiaosi. Unable to speak, she cursed in her heart, “Little brat, if I had known earlier that this little brat could be so troublesome, I should have had the third one smother him to death.”
Yan Xiaosi’s skin was not as thin as Ms. Zhong’s. Adding to her lack of concern, she did not take the old woman seriously.
As Ms. Jiang stared at her fiercely, Yan Xiaosi raised the corners of her lips and smiled at Ms. Jiang, which made Ms. Jiang convulse even more fiercely.
“Master Yan, does your Yan family have silver needles? I need to use silver needles to treat the old lady.”
Ms. Jiang was suffering from a stroke, and acupuncture was significantly effective for stroke patients.
However, she only turned to ask Master Yan for the silver needles when Ms. Jiang’s convulsions became so severe that she couldn’t even moan.
No matter what, Master Yan had once been the county magistrate of Xize County, so he could certainly produce such a small item as a silver needle.
He immediately ordered Old Woman Li to fetch it.
Yan Xiaosi first sterilized the silver needles with alcohol, then in front of everyone, she started to treat Ms. Jiang.
People who were not proficient in medical skills usually needed to be left alone, but her medical skills did not require that.
Three needles in the shoulder, in the crook in the arm, three inches down the arm, the inner gate, the valley junction, and the eight evils.
The silver needles danced in Yan Xiaosi’s hands.
After needling these six acupoints and letting out some of Ms. Jiang’s stagnant blood, she pulled out the needles. In front of the Yan family and the crowd, she massaged Ms. Jiang for about half an hour.
“Ah!” Ms. Jiang let out a heavy sigh and then spat out a mouthful of foul air. She was no longer convulsing and her complexion was much better than before.
