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By the way, I just noticed someone posted his/her own version of the translation for this novel too. Blame myself for not putting on the NU any sooner. Hahaha~ Well, just gonna continue until something happened I guess?

Chapter 7 Medical Practice to Help People

The first Chinese New Year I spent since I came to this world could be considered as safely and plainly passed.

Due to the fact that I just ate and slept, I grown some meat, Xie Zhao Hua's small face became slightly chubby, her skin became much whiter, the whole person radiating with great health and life.

Xie Zhao Ying delightedly rubbed my head as he exaggerated, "Little Hua is growing taller now."

I also pat his arm, "Second Elder Brother also is growing more robust now."

A draw.

There was another nice thing which was snowing.

The place I grew up was more to the south, during winter even though it snowed, upon landing on the ground, it would melt quickly into liquid. However, the Eastern Qi was more to the north, during the twelfth month of the lunar calendar would had large amount of big snowflakes, the whole world at that time was as if it was coloured in white, too beautiful and spectacular that it was soul-stirring.

While the other females stayed inside their houses, all warmed up and playing mah-jong, Xie Ling Juan and several little friends as well as me were at the courtyard cheerfully making snowman.

Xie Ling Juan this child although her body was small, her mind was sharp, had a lot of ideas, was a commander of those Ma siblings like houseflies rotating in disorder.

I alone opened a site, relying on a previously crafted flower made of radish handicraft, with fine grinding, a Snoopy-alike outline gradually revealed. It was probably because I didn't tamp it, a dog ear crashed as it dropped to the ground.

I crouched down to scoop some snows, suddenly a pair of slender long hand extended toward here while holding some snow too. I raised my head and smiled towards that person, "Teacher Song, happy new year."

Song Zi Jing blandly returned a smile at me, "Fourth Young Lady, happy new year."

Because we were having a new year, he was wearing a new dark reddish purple clothes, composed, plain and serious but the person was mild, calm and genial, thin like the spring willow, always with a smile, just like the ground filled with snow. I stared at his delicate face, smitten to it for a moment.

Song Zi Jing saw my work of art, using his hand carefully to size it up. He obviously unable to recognise what sort of weird creature was it and couldn't associate it with anything from superstitious religious artworks. After guessing for half a day, then only said, "Is it a duck?"

I laughed until my tears came out, "Teacher is very smart."

Suddenly, a snowball flew from the air and smashed straight at Song Zi Jing's splendid back of head. Just as I opened my mouth to warn, my voice had yet to come out, I saw Song Zi Jing as if he was installed with a car-reversing radar, precisely leaned his head a bit. After that, that snowball barely scratched his cheek and headed toward me instead.

I produced a brief and faint "Hey?" and got hit squarely in my face, stiffly fell down onto the ground.

In my mind it was a blank, already heard Song Zi Jing anxious voice calling out to me, "Fourth Young Lady!"

After that was the laughter of Xie Ling Juan and her friends as they gloated over my misfortune.

I was furious, violently stood up, my head was as if it got hit by something, thumped, in front of my eyes were only flash of light and I fell back again. Teacher Song Zi Jing was pulled by me to be straddled on the ground.

Poor Teacher Song, successful to avoid hidden weapon but unable to avoid surprise attack.

At this time I heard Xie Zhao Ke's panic-stricken voice asked, "What is this all about?"

And then, she hurriedly ran over here, supported Song Zi Jing, with quivering voice asked, "Teacher Song, what happen to you? Is your head hurts? Is there anywhere injured?"

I did not blame her to forget loyalty when in love at all, climbed up by myself.

At this moment, Xie Zhao Ying who heard some movements too ran here, upon seeing me, he smiled extremely wickedly and savagely while pointing at me with his finger.

I ruthlessly said, "An island of cherry blossoms…"

Xie Zhao Ying's face quickly changed, considerately threw himself over, "Fourth Younger Sister oh my good little sister, where did you fell? Is it painful? Let this big brother see!"

I relentless pinched him, reminding him to stop before going too far.

Song Zi Jing stood up, first went to ask me, "Fourth Young Miss didn't fall though?"

Xie Zhao Ying suddenly brought out a fragrant handkerchief from unknown young lady to wipe my face, my words were cut off repeatedly by him. "There is no problem…. It just…. Later bump against that…. Pain….. Pain, pain, pain, pain! Second Elder Brother, you're wiping at the place I fell!"

Xie Ling Juan that chief culprit not only did not run away, she was standing at the side secretly laughing.

I just decided to teach her some words when suddenly an old female servant made a big fuss as she ran into the courtyard, "A great joyous occasion! A great joyous occasion! First Young Madam is pregnant again!"

Everyone was stupefied. I even thought that Eldest Sister-in-Law was just ate too much food during New Year that her digestive system went wrong. I didn't expect that actually was secretly yielded positive result.

Xie Zhao Ying pulled me, "Let's go and congratulate Eldest Sister-in-Law."

I gave a demonic smile, "Wait for a second."

Xie Zhao Ying got so surprised that he got cold sweat from my smile.

I bounced with joy to the little friend Xie Ling Juan who had yet to come back, laughed until my clean white and arranged teeth were visible, "Your mother is going to give birth to a younger brother! Later no one will love you! Everyone don't want you anymore! Selling you to a bear as a child bride…."

Until Xie Zhao Ying with dark face pulled me away, leaving behind the Xie Ling Juan who was crying without tears while standing at the same place.

Eldest Sister-in-Law indeed was pregnant, two months, the foetus was very stable. Xie Madam was so happy that old tears flowed nonstop, said last year the honest promise she made in front of Buddha was achieved and then said after the New Year would go enter the mountain to fulfil the promise.

The moment I heard that one could go out, instantly gained vigour, obsequiously threw myself over, hugged Xie Madam's arm like a spoiled child and said that I wanted to go too.

Xie Zhao Ying coldly smiled, "You're going to join in what excitement?"

I smiled like a happy beautiful girl, "I ask for Bodhisattva for blessing and protection so I can enter the Eastern Palace earlier."

Xie Madam was very moved, "Little Hua, you have this awareness is very good."

After the New Year, I sat in the horse carriage, swaying around as we set out to the Ten Thousands Buddha Mountain. Yun Xiang sat beside me, helped me peeled off the sunflower seeds while I threw them into my mouth.

Having a maidservant was very good, previously when I wanted to eat something would only had myself working for it.

Actually transmigrating was not really too bad. It was just that not much freedom. How good would it be if I transmigrated as a male, I could freely travel around the world. However, how should I solve the physiological problems, of course I would not be marrying any wife, it couldn't be that I would be taking a gigolo? Was this not the currently popular broken sleeves….

While I was thinking nonsense, the horse carriage stopped, the driver said, "Fourth Young Lady, the refugees had blocked the road up ahead, we have to change the route."

I pushed aside the curtain to look outside, shocked to see ground where the freezing snow had thawed had numerous people wearing ragged farmer clothes crowded on the grass under trees, each of them were sallow and emaciated, all looked extremely worried.

I asked, "What happened here? Why are there so many refugees?"

The driver replied, "Fourth Young Miss doesn't know. The northern area suffered from snow disasters, there are still many of them trapped in the snowfield. These few people here were those that ran away, cannot enter the capital so crowded outside."

"Isn't the weather warmer now?"

"But the cows and goats in their family frozen to death, even if they return there is nothing to eat."

I suddenly saw a mother hugging a child while wiping tears, that child's whole face was green, his limbs jerked frequently.

I hurriedly stopped the carriage and jumped down from it.

"That child has a terrible sickness."

That mother anxiously said, "Yes, suddenly got sick, I have not even one way to heal it!"

I reached out my hand to touch that child's forehead. Yun Xiang anxiously called, "Young Miss!"

I already touched that child. The body temperature was ice-cold. I checked all over the body and asked, "The child has what sort of discomfort?"

"None, just since early morning threw up and loose bowels."

"What food eaten?"

That mother bitterly smiled, "Grass roots and tree barks. During this season, what can be eaten?"

Food poisoning? That was still good. The spring season in Eastern Qi came quickly, ten thousand creatures would recover life quickly, bacteria started to multiple to the limit to produce next generation. I was afraid that an unknown infectious disease started to spread.

I took out a few coins that I had on my body and said, "Auntie, your child is just eaten wrong food. It's not a great illness, let him drink lots of water. Take this money to let him see doctor."

An old person at the side said, "Young Miss, you may not be aware. All of us who barely managed to escape here are not allowed to enter the capital. The moment those guards at the capital entrance saw us, they would chase us away."

I exclaimed, "The, even if you had the money, you still cannot see the doctor?"

This sentence of mine, started the original anger. A large number of impoverished and suffering people who had no other choice described with deep anger and pain in succession, the sound of enmity seethed with excitement simply made me drowned. What a chance in ten years snow disaster, what rotten government officials, what racial discrimination.

I listened until my heart grieved, then used paper and pen to write down the medical prescription. I called the driver, "Go and ride the horse into the capital and bring back these medicines."

The driver was moved, "Fourth Young Miss has a great heart." After saying that, he hit the horse and went away.

That mother called, "A living Buddha! Good person will have good reward!" and threw herself onto my feet.

I hurriedly pulled her up, "Auntie, don't be like this. It is just as easy as lifting my fingers, I cannot accept it."

Working people were just honest and unsophisticated, a bit of kindness would be remembered by heart. I thought of the others who during winter short of clothes and food while I on the other hand stayed in warm quilt, living in luxury. After all even of different family background, my heart felt heavy, and my desire to play around disappeared.

That day after giving incense returned home, I couldn't stay calm.

Yun Xiang was sharp as she asked, "Are Young Miss still worried about those refugees?"

I said, "Although it's spring now but the weather is still cold. How can they not find a better suitable settlement?"

Yun Xiang said, "I don't know. I heard that the neighbouring towns didn't let them enter too. They are herdsmen, many of them came from the Liao Country. Our Qi countrymen said that they are barbarians, always giving cold shoulders to them. If a child doesn't listen to their parents, the parents will threaten to send the child to the Liao barbarians to become sacrifice."

Indeed, today met many of those with quite deep facial features.

I taught Yun Xiang, "Just like that leaving them roaming is not a solution. Eating is human most basic need, when commoner cannot eat to his fill, this will result in giving birth to resentment toward the institution in power. Leaving this resentment to ferment, in the end will result in a break out. The people will stand up to overthrow this institution, overthrow the properties of the wealthy class, when solving one's basic need will build a new society beneficial to oneself. Using your terms, it is a rebellion."

Yun Xiang shook in shock, "Rebellion?"

I patted her shoulders, "That is just the worst outcome, I'm just saying." Suddenly got an idea and pulled Yun Xiang, "Good sister, why don't we do some good deeds?"

Yun Xiang didn't understand, "What good deeds?"

I patted my chests (if there were) and said, "Of course is practising medic to help the public! My average score is 70 during the three years undergraduate course, I don't dare if about miscellaneous difficult and complicated cases, but ordinary cold, fever and stomach ache, can still be deal more than sufficient."

Yun Xiang touched my forehead, "Young Miss, you're not having fever right?"

I said, "What sick? I'm trying to do good deeds to accumulate merits here."

"But during daytime you still need to learn calligraphy and music, where you have time to go outside?"

I smiled sinisterly, "In the past or maybe in the future, there is a saying from great literati and educator: Time is just like water inside a swab, with cautious squeeze, there will always be more."

However, executing the plan was harder than planning.

My timetable currently was even more packed than those taking the college entrance examination.

Early in the morning upon waking up would need to train my voice, furiously cultivated my voice from a broken gong into a natural one. My personal thought was even if the Eastern Qi already entered the Four Modernisations, I still may not be able to become an immortal. After breakfast was going to the study courtyard, Song Zi Jing abided to Xie Madam's order to give me special attention, purposely made me diligently study all types of history, poetry and lyrics. I didn't have an extensive memory, learning was just like water passing through the back of a duck, leaving no marks behind. Thankfully Song Zi Jing was very understanding and not forcing me. Instead he always discuss with me about medical knowledge.

Upon reaching afternoon, it would be the four arts. Both my hands were like chicken claws, upon playing a note, the strings would snap, the qin teacher would admit defeat and flee, as if I'm cultivating some peerless demonic skill. The chess teacher was Song Zi Jing, after I used the pieces to form a 囧, he would change those same pieces to play by himself. I could be considered as still good in learning characters, when I was a child, I was forced by my father to enter youth academy for two years hard-point calligraphy. However for drawing, I'm out, every time would flood the golden mountains in ink.

Song Zi Jing had no other choice but to admit his teaching failed, "Already tried the best to a bitter end, why don’t make a sigh."

I said, "It is not success or failure that change a void, on several occasions it is the elderly instead."

The attractive Song, "Good poem! Good poem!"

I got modest, "Not worth mentioning! Not worth mentioning!"

Song Zi Jing asked me, "Do you want to enter the palace?"

While I held up my head rectifying a poetic mood, I laughed, "I oneself smiled with an unrestrained sword facing the sky, the remaining few courage remained in Kunlun Mountains."

Song Zi Jing frown, "Unlikely."

I sheathed my sword a little, "Already said the Shen palace was like a sea, I'm going to be thrown into the sea, of course need to have heroic, lofty sentiments and understanding."

"In the temple, you had an intense reaction instead."

I said, "If I don't go, Third Elder Sister will have to go instead. Anyway, our Xie family cannot win against Zhao family, so have to send a girl to trick a wolf."

Song Zi Jing said, "Third Young Miss also cannot go."

I smiled sinisterly, "If you don't want her to go, then you just have to marry her then."

Song Zi Jing dumbfounded, "What did you say?"

I said, "Little Song comrade, if you keep acting any longer it will be very not honest and kind. The maiden's heart had been longing for you secretly so long, giving soups during the three hottest periods and giving clothes during the three coldest periods. You dare to say that you are unaware? Please don’t disappoint my elder sister's kindness."

Song Zi Jing's handsome face blushed, really was a feast to the eyes, I looked with fixed gaze.

Actually, he and Xie Zhao Ke didn't actually have no hope, at worst feigned death to elope, straight to the point, roaming around the world, quite free and unfettered. Eighteen years after the storm passed, bringing along children to recognise ancestry, all relatives of different generations lived under the same roof cried in chorus.

While I was daydreaming, I heard Song Zi Jing said, "Third Young Miss and me, we are not like what you think it is."

I smiled, "But she likes you. If father finds out, absolutely will transfer you to other place. At that time, you will not be able to see the loft of books in here."

Song Zi Jing's pair of clear eyes stared at me, "You will tell Grand Tutor Xie?"

I audaciously smiled, "I don't know. I had the heavy responsibility to study daily, the overwhelming pressure exceeded my limit so will be hard to avoid talking nonsense."

Song Zi Jing was not stupid, he lightly smiled, "Say it then."

I was ecstatic at once, "Teacher, this one's condition is not too high. Just cancel my chess and drawing classes in the afternoon? Anyway, I'm a potato that cannot make a jade carving, with your teaching I cannot learn it and without your teaching I still cannot learn it. Why don't we step back, let everyone relax?"

He asked, "You want to use the period to do what?"

I grinned, "This I cannot tell you. Girl's trivial matters, you don't have to guess. I assure you just don't let my parents know is enough!"

Song Zi Jing frowned as he pondered. He as the genius with wide knowledge that shocked the people under the heaven, was wronged when needed to teach me who was far worse than the mud on the walls, it was already wrong enough. I volunteered to ask for a leave, much of the large invested time was just right to continue his literature study, why not do it?

Hence, Song Zi Jing smiled as he nodded, "Alright. However, you cannot abandon the other homework. Afraid that Madam Xie will test you."

I cheered.

Song Zi Jing added, "Also, don’t stir up troubles."

I grinned cheekily, "How can I make teacher worry?"

As the result, on the second day I changed to a commoner's clothes, bringing along Yun Xiang to climb over the wall and sneaked out.

We ran until the outskirt of the city, met the auntie from yesterday, I greeted, "Auntie, is your son getting better now?"

The auntie was stupefied for a moment before recognising me, overjoyed as she said, "Is that young miss! My son is fine now! You're here again to see us?"

I said, "I come here to see the patients. All of you cannot afford to buy medicines, let me buy them instead."

That auntie was excited as if the liberation army hoped by the toiling masses arrived, wanted to pull my hands but at the same time didn’t dare to, could only enthusiastically said, "Young miss, you really has the heart of a Bodhisattva! Really has the heart of a Bodhisattva!"

With her propaganda, numerous sick and injured refugees came over. I set up a booth inside a dilapidated temple, borrowed the Land God's altar to see the patients.

I called myself as Xiao Min, assuming my original name's homophones. They conveniently called me Min Young Miss.

Most of the old countryside people has gastric issues, some comparatively more complicated, and I just had scanty knowledge. At this time, only started to regret usually didn’t study hard enough. If I slept less during classes, if I usually watched less dramas, if….

Under the faith of first time doing good deeds, of course there would be missed inconsiderate aspects. The money on my body was not much, after seeing around twenty, Yun Xiang said, "Young Miss, the money is not enough."

I had to return in disappointment. Those old countryside people were generous, they couldn’t bear to part with me, sending me off at the entrance of the city.

Yun Xiang asked, "Are we coming again tomorrow?"

I asked, "Do you know where we get money?"

"The monthly allowance is given by great madam, had clear figures. However when Young Miss is sick previously, those shares are saved up."

But I didn’t have the ability to thicken my face and asked back those money from Xie Madam.

However, without money, nothing could be done. Only at this moment that I felt my decision was impulsive and ridiculously childish.

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