The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

"My lord, not everyone can take this pill; it depends on fate..."

Listening from the side, Zhong Xiuyao was worried for Zhong Xiuxiu. Her fifth sister was getting more and more outrageous. What if she couldn't cover it up later?

"The master said that medicinal herbs are very precious. It is necessary to gather ginseng, cordyceps, deer antler, lingzhi, snow lotus, etc., and the prescription must be prepared according to each person's physical condition. Too much of anything is as bad as too little. Otherwise, it may even kill you if you don't take it properly..."

Zhong Xiuxiu is no longer the innocent and kind-hearted Zhong Xiuxiu of the past. Having witnessed too much of the dark side, she has also learned to deceive.

Kind people don't live long, especially when you swindle some money from such a wicked person; consider it an act of good deeds for him.

"Can I eat it?"

Lord Lin wanted to get treatment, but even more so, he wanted to save his life.

It wouldn't be worth it if they actually ate it to death.

"I have examined Lord Lin's pulse. He can take the medicine, but the dosage must be carefully controlled. Only a doctor can prepare this kind of medicine; I am not qualified."

"I hope that Miss Fifth can introduce Mr. Xiao to me."

The world is going to the dogs! His old life has been taken by a woman, yet Lord Lin has no choice but to accept his fate.

“The master is very busy, so I can only talk to him about this,” Zhong Xiuxiu said. “Besides, the master definitely can’t see you.”

When I see you, our act just falls apart.

“I can tell you about your medical history, and if fate allows, you will agree to give me the pills.”

"Thank you so much, Miss Fifth. How much is one pill?"

"This medicine needs to be taken for three days, one pill a day. It's hard to say exactly how many pills there are."

How much silver could the man surnamed Lin possibly have?
Zhong Xiuxiu made a mental estimate.

"As long as Miss Fifth can cure my illness, you may make any request."

It's as if he's omnipotent.

"I treat the sick and save lives, and I only ask for money to avoid trouble. I really have no demands," Zhong Xiuxiu said. "If it weren't for my third sister's earnest pleas, saying that Lord Lin promised her something, I would never have come to see you. Our Chunshan Women's Medical College only sees women..."

What Zhong Xiuxiu meant by saying this was: I only came because of my sister, so you have to keep your promise.

Zhong Xiuxiu left.

Lord Lin looked at Zhong Xiuyao with a complicated expression.

I really didn't want to see her face.

"If Miss Zhong is so skilled, how come she couldn't cure your face?"

“My lord, my fifth sister has already said that my face is like this because I was poisoned when I was pregnant with the boy, and I encountered a certain drug in the labor-inducing medicine, which caused this irreversible damage.” Zhong Xiuyao said aggrievedly, “My lord, you must do justice for me.”

As he spoke, he leaned against Lord Bian Lin.

"I will certainly stand up for you, so you should rest now."

Now, when Lord Lin sees her, he's like a mouse seeing a cat, trying to hide as fast as he can.

If it weren't for his son, he truly wouldn't want to see Zhong Xiuyao even once.

Of course, he also needs Zhong Xiuyao's help now.

"I have other important business to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

"Respectfully seeing off Master. Master, please remember to come often. Your servant will miss you."

After seeing the old man off, Zhong Xiuyao was exhausted and covered in sweat.

"Being an actor isn't easy."

While Xing'er was helping her wash up, Zhong Xiuyao said resentfully, "Let the old man know about Madam Lin's loan sharking."

"Yes, ma'am."

At the Lin residence, Steward Sun, his forehead dripping with cold sweat, ran to the backyard and demanded to see the master.

Just as Mr. Lin was about to try to see if he had improved, he was interrupted by the butler, and he was furious.

"Butler Sun, you'd better have something important to say."

"Master, something terrible has happened."

He leaned forward and whispered a few words in Master Lin's ear.

"Really?" "Yes, sir. The news has spread. Otherwise, this old servant wouldn't have heard about it. Sir, this matter has been exploited by someone with ulterior motives. Our Lin family..."

"This idiot is dragging the entire Lin family down to hell!"

Lord Lin, who always schemes against others, never expected that one day he would be schemed against by his own wife.

He panicked.

He hurried toward the main courtyard.

"master……"

Mrs. Lin was overjoyed when her husband, who had been staying overnight for a month, arrived.

She went up to him and helped him undress.

"You shameless woman, you really have a lot of nerve, you'll do anything!"

A slap landed on his face.

"master?"

Madam Lin looked at Lord Lin in disbelief. It was true that this man loved women, but he had never been so disrespectful to her. He had never said a word about the women she kept in her harem. What was going on today?
Could it be because I punished the Qiao family?
It seems that this Qiao family member is the apple of his eye.

"Look what you've done! You're dragging over a hundred people from the Lin family to their deaths!"

"My lord, I don't understand. What did I do?"

"What did you do?" Lord Lin gritted his teeth in anger: "It's all over the place, you're lending money at exorbitant interest rates, you and your brother are lending money at exorbitant interest rates, you idiot, how could you be so stupid?"

"No, I don't have any."

"You still dare to say you didn't."

Lord Lin grew angrier the more he thought about it, and then he thought of his several formidable rivals in the court. Oh no, this calamity was not going to be easy for him.

He needs to figure out his escape route.

The two legitimate sons... well, let them be. Even if it was their biological mother's foolish act, they can't escape it.

A son born out of wedlock... Yes, there are still some with the Zhong family.

Before Madam Lin could argue further, Lord Lin turned and went back to his study.

"Someone is coming."

A man dressed in black jumped down from the beam of the study.

"master."

"Quickly send someone to the estate to take Zhong and the child away, to... to settle them in the Jiangnan area." As he spoke, he packed up a bag of gold, silver and valuables that he had hidden away many years ago: "Go to Jiangnan to buy a house, protect the child and let him grow up well. If there are any changes in my Lin family, he can stay in Jiangnan to marry and have children; if there are no changes, I will make other arrangements."

"Yes, master."

"Remember, be sure to send someone you trust."

"Yes, master."

Just as dawn broke, an old woman and a young man came to the village.

“Aunt, we are here on the master’s orders to take you and the boy away.”

"Who is your master?"

Zhong Xiuyao had actually guessed it long ago, but she still had to pretend.

She took a very strong approach: since you're making my life difficult, then none of us should have a good life anymore.

Madam Lin's loan sharking will be discovered sooner or later, so I'll just take advantage of it for now and get out of there as soon as possible.

Sure enough, in an emergency, he still wanted to preserve his roots.

This son is her blessing.

"Auntie, the master is naturally an adult. Let's go quickly, or it will be too late."

"Ah, oh, okay."

Zhong Xiuying appeared panicked, but followed their instructions, hurriedly packing her belongings and getting into the carriage with her son. (End of Chapter)