Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 174 Borrowing Books (Update No. 4)

"What bad luck, it happens again."

Muttering to himself, Song Ying shrank his neck and, taking advantage of the cover of passers-by, quickly slipped to the backyard of the clinic.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw two familiar faces, Erni and her mother Yu.

"Song Ying?" Erni was a little dazed. She hadn't seen Song Ying since that day at Songlinpo. If Song Ying hadn't been wearing her old clothes, and if this wasn't the backyard of the clinic, she wouldn't have recognized her if she had met her on the street.

The skin is not so dark anymore, and the face looks plumper. The most important thing is the complexion and the temperament that emanates from the inside out have changed completely!

When Yu saw Song Ying, she was also stunned for a moment, "You've been eating well recently, you've gained weight!"

Song Ying grinned, "Of course not. I spend all the money I earn on myself, so I don't have to hand over a large portion to my family. I can buy whatever I want to eat, and I eat my fill every meal, so I naturally gain weight."

She emphasized the word "hand in".

Yu's expression was a little unnatural. She glanced at Erni and said, "Of course you are. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. It's not like us. We have to feed a whole family and make sure everyone is well fed every meal. How can we afford it?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Erni again and continued, "You are young and don't know. As the old saying goes, there is bitterness before sweetness. Now you are free and easy, but when you are old, you will die alone at home and no one will know."

Song Ying curled her lips and said, "You can't have a full meal every day. There must be one full meal a day, right? It can't be that some people are full every day and others are hungry every day. The hungry person has to make some money and use it to support the person who is full every day."

Yu's face darkened: "You woman, is your mouth poisoned? You said such harsh words!

Song Ying shrugged and didn't continue talking. Anyway, her words were not spoken to Yu, but to Erni.

As long as Erni listens and is not easily deceived by the superficial warmth given by her family, her goal will be achieved.

After a while, Lin Wenxuan came in carrying a scale. When he saw Song Ying, his eyes lit up. "You're here. Wait for a moment."

Song Ying nodded and watched him weigh the herbs for Erni and the others. The prices of various herbs were much lower than what they had bought before, and Yu and the others had no objection. It was obvious that they had come to the clinic to sell herbs more than once.

Perhaps Yu wanted to show the harmony of the neighbors in Xinghua Village in front of Lin Wenxuan, an outsider; perhaps Song Ying's previous hint that she had a close relationship with the clinic played a role.

As soon as Lin Wenxuan arrived, Yu's attitude towards Song Ying suddenly became very good, and even her tone became kind. Before leaving, she asked kindly: "Song Ying, do you want us to wait for you to leave together? It's not safe for you to be a girl."

Not to mention that Song Ying didn't want to go back to Xinghua Village, even if he wanted to go back, he didn't want someone to lecture him all the way, so he immediately said sarcastically: "No, I'm afraid that Sister Er Ni will do something that you don't like and say that I instigated it."

"You woman, you just can't say a single nice word, can you?" Yu was so angry that she pulled Erni and turned away, muttering to herself that Song Ying spoke harshly and was ungrateful.

In short, I want to let the people in the clinic know that it’s not that they are bad to Song Ying, but that Song Ying is mean and not worthy of being treated well.

After Erni and her daughter left, Lin Wenxuan said, "You are not related to me, why do you want to ruin your reputation to help them? A girl's reputation is very important."

"We all grew up in the same village, and we've been working together since we were young, so I'll help out whenever I can. Besides, if I usually follow the adults, I'll get nothing in return if I don't do something that meets their liking, so why bother?"

"But when you get married in the future, their opinions are still quite important. It's common for one sentence to ruin a good marriage."

Song Ying didn't want to argue with him about this topic, so he smiled and quickly changed the subject: "I came here to ask, do you have any medical books that you don't need anymore? I want to buy a medical book to study, or if you have one that you don't need for the time being, I want to borrow one to copy."

She changed the subject too directly. Lin Wenxuan was stunned for a moment before he asked, "You want to study medicine?"

Song Ying nodded.

Lin Wenxuan blurted out: "How can a girl study medicine? She can't see patients."

"Isn't your aunt a doctor?" Song Ying was a little surprised. It was normal for others to think so, but Lin Wenxuan shouldn't.

Lin Wenxuan was speechless for a moment, "It's different, my aunt is a special case."

He obviously didn't want to talk about the specific special circumstances, and sighed, "Actually, if you really want to learn medicine, you can find my aunt, she has a lot of medical books, more than my master.

Also, medical skills cannot be learned by reading books, you need someone to teach you, and some things are not in books.”

After a pause, he whispered, "If there is one person in this world who is willing to teach girls to study medicine, it would probably be my great aunt."

More medical books than Dr. Ma!

Song Ying was very surprised. Doctor Ma was a famous doctor in Qingshui County, but he didn't have as many medical books as Doctor Lin!

Doctor Lin is so amazing!

That’s right, she is the personal doctor of Princess Shun’an.

Only then did Song Ying realize that he had subconsciously looked down on Dr. Lin.

If Dr. Lin were a man, would I still do this?

The answer is, no.

If Doctor Lin was a man, his first reaction would be that he was a doctor specially invited by the Shen Mansion, not a doctor who cooked medicinal food.

In the Shen Mansion, Doctor Lin's official position was to be a medical doctor specially hired to take care of Princess Shun'an. The maids and servants called her Doctor Lin out of respect.

In fact, she is not only responsible for preparing medicinal food, but also for taking pulses and prescribing medicine. She is a doctor and should be called a doctor, not just out of respect.

After bidding farewell to Lin Wenxuan, Song Ying returned to the Shen residence. Doctor Lin was sitting under the loquat tree in the corner of the yard, bending over to grind medicine.

Her movements were neither hurried nor slow, and the medicine grinder made a rustling sound, which brought a special kind of peace to the quiet noon.

Song Ying walked forward and gently called out "Doctor Lin".

Doctor Lin raised his head and glanced at her. This time, Song Ying saw the vicissitudes of life and relief that had come from years of experience in those calm eyes.

Soon, Doctor Lin nodded and continued to grind the medicine with his head down.

Song Ying considered his words and said, "Doctor Lin, do you have any simpler medical books? Can I borrow them to read?"

Doctor Lin looked up and looked at her with a little surprise.

Worried that she would refuse, Song Ying quickly said, "I want to learn more about medicine so that I won't make mistakes easily when making medicinal food. If..."

"Medical knowledge cannot be learned just by reading books." Doctor Lin interrupted her chattering.

Song Ying lowered her eyes in disappointment, hiding the emotions in her eyes. She also knew that it would be difficult to learn just by reading books, but she couldn't ask Dr. Lin to teach her medicine right away, as she couldn't afford the tuition.