After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 141 Everyone gets what they need
"Alright, since you're so confident, I won't interfere any further. As for this person's health, I can give you a prescription to strengthen his constitution and replenish his vital energy." After saying this, Master Luo left with his hands behind his back.

Bai Wanqing returned to the room and looked at Fengniang, who was looking at her with hopeful eyes. "I told you that Grandmaster could cure her! Fengniang, don't worry too much."

Feng Niang was extremely grateful and knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing to Bai Wanqing, "Thank you, Divine Doctor! Thank you, Madam."

Bai Wanqing immediately helped Fengniang up, saying, "If you want to thank me, you can't just thank me verbally."

Fengniang realized what was happening and exclaimed, "Madam, if you can save my son, I am willing to follow you for the rest of my life and serve you."

Bai Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Then I really got a great deal."

Feng Niang knew that Bai Wanqing was trying to comfort her, and she laughed out loud with tears in her eyes.

Pan Hu looked at the two people talking in front of him with a complicated expression. Could there really be people in this world who would go to such lengths for his life?

Isn't he an orphan, a useless person?

Isn't his only value to completing missions and killing people?

Hmph, those two are putting on an act in front of him; they must have something to gain, including giving him the antidote.

Fengniang wanted Pan Hu to thank Bai Wanqing as well, but when she turned around and saw that Pan Hu had already closed his eyes, she sighed deeply.

Bai Wanqing didn't care at all, "Fengniang, let's start preparing the antidote tonight!"

"I'm going to the clinic to get some medicine now."

"How could I trouble you, Madam?" Fengniang said. "Madam, why don't you just write down a prescription for the medicine you need? I'll go get it now."

Bai Wanqing glanced at Pan Hu lying on the bed behind her and smiled, "No need. You take good care of Pan Hu these next few days. I haven't been to the clinic for several days either, so I'll go and have a look at him while I'm at it."

Fengniang turned to look at her son, sighed softly, and did not insist any further.

When Bai Wanqing arrived at the clinic, it just so happened that Doctor Zheng had seen off the last batch of patients.

He said wearily, "I never imagined that these wealthy families are truly unafraid of the Fang family! They've actually come to our door to invite us without any hesitation."

"With their encouragement, even the local people have the courage to come to our clinic."

"Does this mean our clinic can be considered to have established itself in Huaizhou City?"

Dr. Zheng spoke with considerable emotion.

Seeing his expression, Bai Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Yes, we've established ourselves."

One second Doctor Zheng was happy, the next his face turned serious. He pulled Bai Wanqing to a corner of the backyard and said, "Master, I heard that our medicinal herbs were stolen when they were delivered!"

"Are you guys okay?"

Bai Wanqing thought to herself that after Lin Yunche released the news yesterday, the people of Huaizhou City probably already knew about it.

"It's okay! See, I'm perfectly fine."

Dr. Zheng looked Bai Wanqing up and down, and only felt relieved after confirming that she was not injured.

"Could this be the work of the Fang family?" Doctor Zheng lowered his voice so that only Bai Wanqing, who was standing next to him, could hear him.

Bai Wanqing didn't mince words, "It's highly likely."

Dr. Zheng became worried again, "As expected! As expected, the Fang family will not let us go."

Bai Wanqing smiled faintly and said, "So what? Our clinic still opened, didn't it?"

"Look, there are more patients now."

"What does this show? Evil will never prevail over good, and justice will prevail sooner or later."

Dr. Zheng was surprised that his employer would talk to him about fairness, and nodded blankly.

Seeing that Doctor Zheng was no longer speaking, Bai Wanqing asked, "Doctor Zheng, is there anything else? If not, I'll go to the prescription now."

Dr. Zheng pursed his lips; he did indeed have something to say.

"Master, I do have a request that I am not sure if I should make."

Bai Wanqing smiled faintly, "Dr. Zheng, please don't be so polite. Just say whatever you need to say."

Doctor Zheng took a deep breath. "Master, it's like this. You see, our clinic has now established itself in Huaizhou City, and we need more people. Right now, just Doctor Luo and I are already a bit too busy."

"I think."

Bai Wanqing glanced at the front hall. "We do need to hire more people. How's the notice we put up at the door? Has anyone applied?"

Dr. Zheng nodded, "Yes! At first, almost no one applied because of the Fang family's connections."

"But people have already come to register in the past two days, mainly the shopkeeper and the medicine boy."

"Master Luo has already selected two medicine apprentices. I'll give the shopkeeper's list to the owner in a bit, please take a look!"

"But this doctor..."

"No one has applied?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Dr. Zheng immediately shook his head, "No, on the contrary, quite a few people have come to apply."

"I had some dealings with these people before. They were skilled doctors, but because of the Fang family's domineering nature, they had no way out."

"They had basically given up on being doctors, but decades have passed! Some of them are from families that have been practicing medicine for generations. They were unwilling to give up, so they all came to me for help."

After Dr. Zheng finished speaking, his face flushed red. He was lucky to have found a good employer, but not everyone was so lucky.

"How many of them applied, and how many are actually available?"

Doctor Zheng was taken aback. He had only intended to offer a brief suggestion, and wouldn't force the employer if they were unwilling. However, Bai Wanqing showed no displeasure, only inquiring about the number of applicants. "Twelve people applied, and eight are suitable for employment."

Eight people was quite a lot in Dr. Zheng's mind. A clinic like theirs only needed four doctors, and besides him, they could take in three more at most.

But these people all had connections with the Zheng family! They were desperate, and he really couldn't bear to watch them waste the skills they had accumulated over the past few decades.

That's why he swallowed his pride and came to the employer's place. He knew he was asking a difficult question.

Bai Wanqing remained silent.

Doctor Zheng thought Bai Wanqing was unwilling, so he quickly explained, "Boss, if we can't recruit that many people, we won't. But we can hire one or two more doctors."

“Eight people! Let’s confess them all then,” Bai Wanqing said after thinking for a moment.

Dr. Zheng immediately agreed, "Alright! Then we'll hire two more people."

He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He became so excited that his voice unconsciously rose eight decibels. "Boss, you just said you'd hire a few more people?"

Bai Wanqing looked at him with her eyes crinkling and said, "Eight people!"

"Eight people? But our clinic doesn't actually need that many doctors." Even Dr. Zheng himself felt that he was contradicting himself.

Bai Wanqing smiled and said, "It's fine."

“I plan to open another branch!” Bai Wanqing said. “With five doctors on each side, our clinic can accommodate more patients.”

Dr. Zheng's eyes widened in surprise. "So... you're going to open another one?"

Bai Wanqing smiled and said, "Yes! So please let them all come."

For some reason, Dr. Zheng's eyes suddenly welled up with tears. You see, he was the one who was most moved yesterday when he listened to these people come to him to complain.

Their experiences are so similar, and now things are better.
We don't have to lose our decades-old skills anymore. We don't have to suffer this humiliation anymore.

They will definitely treat patients well and save lives, making a great name for the century-old medical clinic.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you so much, sir!" Doctor Zheng bowed deeply to Bai Wanqing.

"There's no need for that, Dr. Zheng. It's just a matter of mutual benefit," Bai Wanqing said, helping Dr. Zheng up.

Dr. Zheng was taken aback. Was it a mutually beneficial arrangement?
It wasn't a matter of mutual benefit; if his employer had said that before, he would have believed it.

But these days he understands that the Bai family has no shortage of doctors. If they wanted to, they could easily have a few doctors transferred from the shops in Huai'an County.

Those were all elderly members of the Bai family's medical clinic, and they enjoyed the trust of their owner.

But she agreed immediately.

Dr. Zheng looked up at the sky, feeling as if the dark clouds overhead were about to disperse. "The sun is about to shine down; it must be very warm."

After discussing the clinic with Dr. Zheng, Bai Wanqing went to the pharmacy to get the medicine. After giving Dr. Zheng some instructions, she immediately returned home.

Feng Niang, who was anxiously waiting at home, looked excited when she saw Bai Wanqing return.

"Madam, I have prepared the bath tub you asked me to prepare."

"There's hot water boiling in the kitchen too."

Bai Wanqing handed a packet of medicine to Fengniang, "Put this packet of medicine in the bathtub and let him soak in it. I'll go and brew him some oral medicine."

Feng Niang immediately took the medicine packet and then carried the hot water to the bathroom. However, after a short while, Bai Wanqing heard a commotion inside.

Just as she was wondering, Fengniang came out, her face flushed with anger.

"Madam, should my son take off all his clothes when he takes a medicinal bath?"

Bai Wanqing immediately understood what was going on! Although Fengniang believed that she was Pan Hu's mother, Pan Hu never believed that she was his mother.

It's understandable that someone would be furious and embarrassed if they were suddenly stripped naked by a strange woman.

"No need, it's fine to wear underwear."

Fengniang slapped her forehead. "Oh dear, I didn't expect that this was really my fault for not asking clearly."

“I understand now, madam. I’ll go and take that boy for a bath right away.”

Fengniang ran back to the washroom like the wind, and this time it was quiet inside.

But it only lasted a short while. "Madam... Madam, Tiger has fainted."

Bai Wanqing didn't expect the medicine to work so quickly; she had thought it would take half an hour.

“It’s alright, it’s normal for him to faint. Fengniang, you stay here and watch the medicine furnace. I’ll go in and give him acupuncture.”

"Bring the medicine back to him in an hour."

Fengniang kept it in mind and nodded emphatically.

Bai Wanqing then took the silver needles to the clean room. Pan Hu was in a terrible state, especially his forehead, where two large bumps had swelled up.

Bai Wanqing: Feng Niang was quite harsh on disobedient children.

Bai Wanqing tried her best to ignore the way the mother and son were interacting and started giving Pan Hu acupuncture.
Pan Hu had many wounds, and some of the healed areas had hardened skin, which greatly increased the difficulty for Bai Wanqing to administer acupuncture.

She soon started sweating profusely.

At this moment, Pan Hu woke up at some point. Looking at the woman in front of him, who was sweating profusely and trying her best to save him, he looked somewhat dazed.

(End of this chapter)