The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 194 - 193: Find Doctor Zhou

Chapter 194: Chapter 193: Find Doctor Zhou

Dawn had just broken when Gu Youyou left the house, for she feared the strange visitor from last night would block her path early this morning.

According to Qin Changlin, Doctor Zhou should have returned last night. Although she had never met Doctor Zhou, Qin Changlin had already arranged for Gu Youyou to be placed under Doctor Zhou as a female disciple, which would provide her with an official status when she would eventually consult at Jisheng Hall.

Gu Youyou’s medical skills may not have been inferior to Doctor Zhou’s, yet she was very willing to become his disciple because Doctor Zhou was a true man of medical ethics.

With his medical skills, he could have opened his own clinic in a much larger city by now, but he chose to stay in the small Qingshui Town to ensure that the local people had access to medical care.

With time to spare, Gu Youyou first went to a breakfast shop selling wontons and had a bowl before heading over.

Qin Changlin had mentioned the day before that Doctor Zhou might return very late after several exhausting days and might not get up early, so she could come a bit later.

But Gu Youyou still arrived too early.

The attendant in the clinic had just opened the doors, and was wiping the clinic’s signboard at the entrance. The boy was merely in his early teens - employing child labor was indeed something only people from the ancient times would undertake.

Seeing Gu Youyou, the boy hurried over, "Sister Youyou is here early. Qin Shixiong is currently washing up in the back hall, and will come out in a moment."

As she followed him in through the main door, Gu Youyou laughed, "Early to bed and early to rise makes for a healthy life. Besides, I’m not that early. If I were in a farming household, I’d have to start working on the fields much earlier."

The attendant repeatedly agreed, then added, "Indeed, indeed, it’s the busiest time of the year for farmers with the autumn harvest. With the scorching sun during the day, they can only work from dawn to dusk. Otherwise, they might suffer from heatstroke, fall ill, and have to spend money on medical treatment."

Gu Youyou took a seat on a chair, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "You seem to understand quite a bit about the life of a farmer; are you from a village?"

Upon hearing this, the attendant froze, then started to fidget uncomfortably, prompting Gu Youyou to frown in wonder.

There’s nothing shameful about being from a village, yet his mannerisms suggested that he felt his background was something to be hidden.

Just then, Qin Changlin emerged from the backyard. Upon hearing the conversation, he shook his head with a smile, "Yuancheng, go back outside to wipe the signboard."

Relieved as if a huge burden were lifted, Yuancheng hurriedly scuttled away in a flurry.

Gu Youyou was puzzled, and Qin Changlin offered an explanation with a smile, "This Yuancheng, originally a farmer from Shishu Village. His family was poor and, unfortunately, they had many children. Just his parents alone had ten. Together with the other four houses, it’s said they had over thirty children. Even a well-off household would struggle to support such a large number of children, let alone one as poor as his.

Later on, the daughters who were too young to work in the fields, those around three to five years old, were sold by the family. They sold several, but there were still too many children. Eventually, his parents began contacting human traffickers to sell their sons. That year Yuancheng was only five. He couldn’t do much work in the fields, and when a human trafficker came by, his parents sold him. Do you know what for?"

Lowering his voice on his last words, Qin Changlin teased with a suspenseful tone.

Gu Youyou rolled her eyes, "What else can a five-year-old boy be sold for? To the palace to become a eunuch."

Qin Changlin gasped with pretended surprise, staring at Gu Youyou, "How did you know?"

Gu Youyou: "..." How did I know? Isn’t that how it’s always portrayed in TV dramas? Such an old cliché.

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