The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 216 Chinese New Year

"Since mother said that she would leave the clinic to you, she must have thought of this. You don't have to think too much, just do it."

Changping said with a smile.

Sure enough, Chen Cui did not impose too many restrictions on Qin Ruzhi. From the site selection to the construction of the clinic, she let her daughter-in-law make the decisions. At most, she just gave some reference opinions.

In fact, it is not difficult to open a clinic normally. The difficult part is how to find a reliable female doctor who is willing to see patients.

This again required the Qin family's connections. Many of Mrs. Qin's family members practiced medicine in Jiangnan, so they naturally knew many doctors, including a female doctor who was willing to come to the capital.

The female doctor's surname was Qian. Both her parents' and her husband's families were in the medical field. She was influenced by them since she was a child, and after marriage, she followed her husband around, which enabled her to learn medical skills.

Unfortunately, her husband died in an accident, and she had no children but an only daughter. Her husband's family wanted to adopt a boy into her family, but after being rejected, they did not give up and did bad things to ruin her reputation in order to force her to submit.

Doctor Qian was just having a hard time with this, and happened to come across a job recruiting a female doctor in the capital, so he could stay away from his clansmen, and so he agreed.

Doctor Qian is only in her early thirties this year, and her daughter Sumu is only ten years old. Chen Cui rented a small courtyard close to her home for them, which can ensure their safety and facilitate care.

Their clinic was named "Jirentang". Two male doctors were already in place, and a boy who dispensed the medicine had also been found. Once Doctor Qian arrived, the staff was basically complete.

Although doctors are like caring parents, Chen Cui was cautious and still separated the area where women were treated from the other side, maintaining a certain degree of privacy and making the women who came to see the doctor have fewer concerns.

Qin Ruozhi was so busy with the affairs of Jirentang every day that she even realized she was pregnant only later.

When she diagnosed that she was pregnant, she was even a little at a loss.

She remembered her mother's teachings that she shouldn't rush into pregnancy when she first gets married, but should spend some time with her husband so that they can get to know each other well and it won't be too late to get pregnant after they have a strong relationship.

She had always remembered to calculate the date before, but she forgot recently because she was busy with the clinic. Now she is pregnant!

However, they have been married for more than half a year, and the couple have been getting along well with each other. Although they are not inseparable, they are very loving. It would be a good idea for them to have a child at this time.

Chen Cui was naturally happy that her daughter-in-law was pregnant. Both of them were in their prime and in good health. It was normal for them to have children after getting married.

Not only did she rewrite the pregnancy manual that she had copied for Zhang Ruomei for Qin Ruozhi's reference, she also said a lot of words to comfort Qin Ruozhi.

"Although you know more about medicine than I do, I have given birth to four children, so I have some experience in this area. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Also, my family is from the countryside, and we don't have concubines. If Bo Kang dares to have any improper thoughts, I, as his mother, will not forgive him!"

After hearing these words, Qin Ruozhi was so moved that her eyes were filled with tears.

Her parents had such a good relationship, and her two siblings were all legitimate children, but her father also had a concubine, who had no children and rarely appeared in public.

This is not because her father is so self-aware, but because her mother is knowledgeable in medicine and has great skills. Otherwise, if someone else had tried, they might have produced a bunch of illegitimate children.

Now that her mother-in-law had said this in advance, no matter what her purpose was, it made her feel a lot more at ease.

Although she knew that her parents' family had a higher status than her husband's family, and even for the sake of her husband's future, her in-laws would not make her unhappy, but it was commendable that her mother-in-law could be so understanding.

The New Year was coming to an end soon. Since Qin Ruozhi was less than three months pregnant, Chen Cui asked her to temporarily put down her job as housekeeper and she took care of the New Year's affairs herself.

In fact, the Chinese New Year is nothing more than preparing New Year's goods and sending New Year's gifts to the families with whom you have dealings. All of these can be checked in the account books and there are precedents to follow. If some people have official dealings with the Changping official and are not sure how to prepare gifts, they can just come back and ask him.

Unlike most official gifts, what Chen Cui really put her heart into were the gifts she prepared for her hometown, including her two sons, her mother's family, and her relatives in her hometown.

For the two sons, there were books that Changping had carefully selected, as well as some dried seafood and supplements that were not easy to buy in his hometown. The instructions for eating were written on them, and he asked Mai to cook them for them.

In addition to the necessary ready-made medicines, the gifts given to the two elders of the Chen family also included some good clothing materials, and jewelry for the sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and niece.

Now that I have opened my own clinic, it is easier to get those medicinal materials and more convenient to make them.

Part of the food for the old family members was purchased by Chang'an in his hometown, with two kilograms of meat and two kilograms of flour for each family, so that everyone could have a good meal during the New Year.

The other part was given to Liu Youcai and several elders of the clan, which consisted of clothing materials and supplements, and each family received one.

The only thing that bothered her was the New Year gift for Liu Wende's family, so she went to ask Changping for her opinion.

"Just give the same gift as I gave to the clan elders. I can't let people say that I, the nephew, don't care about my uncle after I became rich."

Changping was silent for a while before chuckling.

In the letters from my hometown in the past two years, it was mentioned that Liu Wende wanted to take Liu Changsheng to Beijing to seek refuge in Changping, but he was stopped by the clan leader and elders.

Without a certificate issued by the clan leader, Muramasa, the father and son could not get a pass and could not even leave the county.

Everyone is not blind. Changping is so kind to ordinary villagers in the village. He always thinks about everyone with all his heart, but he treats his uncle and cousins ​​mediocrely, even worse than ordinary villagers. There must be something they don't know.

Older people all knew how Liu Wende treated Eryong and his nephews in the past. Some people also said that Changping was in power now and should not be so cruel, and should treat his uncle and cousins ​​well, but they were quickly criticized.

"Go, go, go, I'll treat you well. Send your meat and noodles to that kid Dawen!"

someone shouted.

Liu Wende was called Liu Dawen when he was a child, and he changed his name to Liu Wende when he was a teenager. Everyone used to call him Liu Wende, but in recent years, as the Changping brothers became more and more successful, everyone saw that the two families were not getting along, so some people started to call him Dawen again.

The man who asked Liu Changping to treat his uncle well was immediately speechless and said awkwardly: "I was just talking, just talking..."

Later, when Chang'an learned about this, he found someone to communicate with the clerks in the county government and told them not to issue travel passes to Liu Wende and his son, preventing them from traveling far to Beijing.

It's easy to imagine that these two father and son would not do anything good. If they were allowed to enter Beijing, it might cause trouble for my eldest brother!