The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 935 - 914 Mutual Acquaintance

Chapter 935: Chapter 914 Mutual Acquaintance

Shopkeeper Zheng led Manbao out, and in the hall, he clapped his hands, prompting everyone to pause their work while the doctor behind the curtain appeased his patient and joined them.

Young Manager Zheng, leading the herb-fetching assistants, also stepped forward. Once everyone gathered, Shopkeeper Zheng, with a smile, introduced Manbao, who still carried her small basket, "This is Doctor Zhou Junior from Yizhou City. From tomorrow, she will start working at our pharmacy. Going forward, everyone will work together. Please look after one another."

Manbao stepped forward and bowed to everyone with a brilliant smile, "You can call me Manbao or Doctor Zhou. Please take good care of me in the future."

Doctor Gu looked at her with a smile, "Is this young lady the one who created the Chinese ginseng hemostatic powder?"

Standing nearby, Shopkeeper Zheng cleared his throat lightly. Doctor Gu paused before skipping this topic, bowing to Manbao and saying with a smile, "I have heard from Ji about you. You have exceptional talent and possess rare texts. It’s only your young age and lack of experience that limit you. With time, your achievements will surely exceed ours. I dare not ask to be taught by you, rather, let’s exchange ideas going forward."

Doctor Gu set the example, and Doctor Tao and Doctor Yu hastily followed suit, with even Young Manager Zheng coming over with a smile to bow to Manbao.

Seeing everyone getting along so harmoniously, Shopkeeper Zheng was very pleased and said with a smile, "Well, now that you have all met, go back to your respective tasks; let’s not keep the patients waiting."

The three doctors returned to their consultation rooms, and Young Manager Zheng went back behind his counter.

Curiosity filled the eyes of the patients waiting in the hall as they observed Manbao; it was their first time seeing a female doctor, and such a young one at that.

But, from the conversations between Shopkeeper Zheng and the other doctors, it seemed this female doctor was quite skilled.

An elderly lady, who had just gotten her medicine but hadn’t yet left, hesitated before approaching and asking, "Young lady, you are a doctor too?"

Manbao smiled and nodded.

"Then, can you treat a rash?"

"A rash? What kind of rash is it? Is it patchy or spotted?"

"It has both patches and spots. Ah, how about I bring her to you tomorrow to check?"

Manbao nodded, "Yes, please bring her tomorrow."

The elderly lady clapped her hands in joy, "Then I will come early tomorrow, you must wait for me."

Manbao nodded, indicating she definitely would.

After the joyful departure of the lady, Manbao turned curiously to Shopkeeper Zheng. Moving away from the patients at the front, he chuckled, "That elderly lady has a granddaughter, just thirteen this year, and nearly of marriageable age. However, she developed many inexplicable rashes on her body. Unfortunately, the rashes are on her chest and abdomen, so the doctors could only diagnose based on descriptions without actually seeing them."

He continued, "The doctors think it’s due to damp-poison in her body. They’ve been prescribing her medicine, but after half a month, her condition fluctuates and hasn’t improved; it has even caused some skin erosion. According to the elderly lady, the clustered rashes stick together, causing unbearable stinging pain with just a light brush of the clothes, and there’s even yellowish fluid oozing out."

"Have the doctors not seen the affected area?"

Shopkeeper Zheng shook his head, "Her age makes it inappropriate; whether a few years younger or older by twenty or thirty wouldn’t matter. But being just at the age of puberty, even if the doctors were willing, her family wouldn’t permit it."

Manbao nodded, indicating she understood, "Then I’ll come a bit earlier tomorrow to wait."

Shopkeeper Zheng smiled and nodded, leading her to tour the backyard, "This back area is the pharmacy, and there is also a place for the doctors to eat and rest. I’ll have someone clean up this small room for you and put a small bed inside for you to rest."

The backyard was quite large, containing two fairly large rooms for resting, one used by the Zheng father and son, and the other shared by the three doctors.

According to Shopkeeper Zheng, the pharmacy also had to have one doctor on night duty every day to treat emergency cases that came knocking at night and sometimes even had to make house calls.

Thus, besides the doctors, an assistant also needed to be reserved, and even Shopkeeper Zheng and Young Manager Zheng had to take night shifts.

Of course, Manbao, being on consultation duty, did not need to, since she was here to learn and exchange knowledge, just like she did in Yizhou City. She only came to Jishi Hall for half a day each day unless there was an emergency; otherwise, she would not stay long.

After all, Mr. Zhuang’s lessons were also plentiful.

Shopkeeper Zheng took Manbao around the important parts of the pharmacy and then explained the rules and customs of the Jishi Hall in the capital city, which took up the whole morning.

Shopkeeper Zheng then treated Manbao to a sumptuous lunch before finally escorting her to the door.

Manbao got into the carriage, smiling broadly and waving goodbye to Shopkeeper Zheng. Daji saw them finish their conversation and then drove the carriage away.

Midway, Daji couldn’t help but ask, "Miss Man, how come we’ve never heard you mention the Chinese ginseng hemostatic powder?"

Manbao replied, "The recipe for the Chinese ginseng hemostatic powder was provided by me, but after studying with Doctor Ji and Shopkeeper Zheng, we found that the ointment was much more effective than the powder, so we changed the recipe to make an ointment. Actually, the largest credit goes to Doctor Ji and then Shopkeeper Zheng. I merely provided the Chinese ginseng and the idea."

Manbao knew what Daji was getting at, and said, "I also have the recipe for the ointment, and even the Ji Family has a copy. If I want to do business with this ointment in the future, I can directly use it. But it’s impossible for me to bypass Jishi Hall and sell this ointment to other pharmacies."

In Manbao’s view, this was a basic moral and professional ethical standard. For example, although the Ji Family possessed the recipe, they wouldn’t engage in that business or reveal the recipe to other pharmacies but would use it themselves or make finished products to give to friends and relatives.

Or record the recipe in a book to pass it down.

Why do great families keep many books and countless secret recipes?

Isn’t it precisely for this reason?

But they also didn’t publicize it to the extent that everyone knew about them, nor did they use every single one, for a secret recipe must first remain hidden.

Actually, Manbao herself didn’t really like this approach; she preferred, as Jishi Hall did, to promote good products and let everyone benefit from them.

It was only because of Jishi Hall’s interest involved that Manbao wouldn’t mind publicizing the recipes for the Chinese ginseng hemostatic powder and ointment.

After all, they were meant to save lives, not harm them.

Daji was speechless for a while; sometimes, he really couldn’t understand Miss Man. Sometimes she seemed very stingy like Old Master Zhou, but other times she spent money lavishly. She gave money and bought things without batting an eyelash; some profits, substantial as they might be, she could let go of without even blinking, like knowing that this recipe could bring great profit but still choosing to freely let go.

Who knew how much profit the business of Jishi Hall’s hemostatic powder and ointment could bring?

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