The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 215 Medical Clinic

In this world, any profitable business must have a backer. As for the strength of the backer, it depends on the size of the profit of the business.

For example, their previous canned food and hot pot business would have been usurped by others if it had not been named after the Shu Palace.

But now, no one dares to covet the more lucrative perfume business, simply because the King of Shu has ascended the throne, and the status of Concubine Shu and her two sons is stable.

Moreover, they also involved the wife of Duke Cheng'en to curry favor with the Queen, which made the situation even more stable.

All businesses were running well, and the two new crops that were highly anticipated were also planted successfully. Chen Cui began to have time to think about other things.

"Open a clinic? Mom, are you serious?" Qin Ruozhi asked in surprise, unable to hide her excitement.

"Well, my family only has a small farm in the capital, and no other property. The annual dividend money can't be left unused, so I thought of opening a clinic, hiring two doctors to work in the clinic, and charging cheaper consultation fees and medicine fees for the poor who come to see the doctor, which can be considered as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

In fact, she wanted to see if she could recruit a female doctor who could specialize in gynecological diseases and popularize some physiological knowledge so that women could suffer less.

For example, the reason why Mrs. Mai had such a serious gynecological disease in the past was because she was too embarrassed to talk about it. In fact, it was not difficult to treat at the beginning. The main reason was that she did not dare to see a doctor, and was afraid that she would not have the money to treat it after seeing a doctor.

Due to poor living and sanitary conditions and limited knowledge, most of the women who suffer from gynecological diseases are from poor economic conditions.

The poorer the place, the lower the status of women. If they want to waste firewood to boil water for washing their bodies every day, they have to consider the moods of their husbands and mother-in-law, not to mention spending money to see a doctor.

Most of them would think that this is a dirty disease, caused by their own uncleanliness, and it is difficult to talk about it, so they can only endure it.

Medical clinics at that time were generally more profitable, just like in modern times, and no one would bargain with doctors.

It is not uncommon for people to owe medical bills on credit, but as long as they are able, they will eventually pay them back, because no one can guarantee that they will not get sick again in the future. If the clinic refuses to treat you because you have lost your credibility, it would be a waste of time.

Chen Cui wanted to treat the women at low prices or with reduced medical expenses, and use the money she earned from other patients to subsidize this.

However, once the clinic is really opened, she might not have enough energy to manage it, so it would be a good choice to leave it to her daughter-in-law.

Didn’t you see the surprise in Qin Ruozhi’s eyes that was about to overflow? She really didn’t expect her mother-in-law to be so “considerate” that she would actually open a clinic for her to manage.

The Qin family was not poor, but they were not rich either. Although they had two shops, the profits had to be kept for daily expenses and passed on to their sons in the future. Therefore, her dowry consisted of a small farm of more than 100 acres, which was purchased by the Qin family with all their efforts.

Qin Ruozhi knew her parents' difficulties and didn't want to compete with her brothers for things at home, but she felt a little regretful that she couldn't meet more doctors in the capital to further her studies.

But now her mother-in-law's decision was like timely help, making her extremely happy.

Qin Ruozhi's excitement continued until Changping came back. When she saw her husband, she walked up to him, grabbed his hand and excitedly told him how happy she was.

"Bokang, you know what? Mother said she wanted to open a clinic for me. I was so happy. How could mother be so kind?"

When Changping turned twenty last year, his father-in-law gave him the courtesy name Bokang, so now his name is Changping, with the courtesy name Bokang.

He looked at his wife with a smile on his face, and seeing her smiling face, he felt that the decision he had made was very correct.

Before he fell ill after the palace examination, he did not have any clear ideas about the choice of his life partner. He just wanted to have a powerful Yue family that could help his future and help him avoid detours.

However, after suffering a serious illness and almost dying, he began to change.

Especially after knowing that he was seriously ill, those who came to propose marriage reacted suddenly and came to their senses.

Life is short and we never know when we will say goodbye to this world. If in this limited life we ​​just strive for a so-called future, and even our closest partner is just the result of our management and our relationship is just for exploitation, then what is the point of living!

Before coming to Beijing, he had never thought about marriage and had no expectations for his future wife, but after meeting Miss Qin, everything changed.

She was so good, so good that he even felt ashamed of himself.

Fortunately, she did not despise him but treated him with a smile. The Qin family also did not find fault with his background. After investigating him, they hinted that they could find someone to propose marriage. Everything went smoothly beyond his imagination.

Even on the wedding day, Chang Ping still had a feeling of unreality. It was not until they had been together for more than half a year and their life was extremely harmonious in every aspect and getting better that he felt at ease.

No matter how tired he was at the yamen every day, when he returned home and saw his wife's smiling face, watching her help him take off his official uniform, prepare water for washing his hands and face, prepare towels for wiping his hands, and busy around him, he felt unusually at peace in his heart, and all the fatigue of the day was swept away.

At this moment, he looked at his wife's smiling face, and his mood couldn't help but improve. He smiled and said, "Really? Then your chance has come. You can go to the clinic more often to see how people really treat patients. If you don't understand something, you can ask the doctors in the clinic. You are the grandmother of the boss, and people who can speak will not hide anything."

Nowadays, medical skills are passed down either from father to son or from master to apprentice. Even when Qin Ruozhi was at her maternal grandfather's home in Jiangnan, she only learned some superficial knowledge of women's pathology. As for more, no one taught her, and she had to rely on self-study for the rest.

Medical skills are something that cannot be truly mastered by just reading books. Even if you have read all the medical books in the world, if you don't practice it yourself, you can't become a real doctor.

For Qin Ruozhi, who is dedicated to making progress in medicine, how can she not be ecstatic to have such a good opportunity now?

"But if I often go to the clinic and show up in public, will it be bad? Will mother be unhappy?"

Qin Ruozhi said with some concern.

Nowadays, even if women go out, they go to places like cloth shops, rouge and powder shops, and jewelry shops. Even if they go out too much, people will just say that they like to go out.

But if I go to the clinic frequently and come into contact with many different people over time, it will definitely attract criticism from others. Will my mother-in-law still support me like she does now?