If she were to marry into the Qin Family, and have no ties left with her maiden family, who would dare to marry their daughters into the Qin Family afterwards?
Bad things co uninvited, don’t they?
The Clan Leader’s face darkened. "What do you an by that? When did I ever say I didn’t want Pan’er to have ties with her maiden family? You’re trying to fra , understand? But do you rember how you married Pan’er into my Qin Family? You must have so idea, right? You actually dare to ntion this today? Humph!"
Su Hai didn’t back down one bit.
"Uncle, your words are strange! Initially, your Qin Family needed a wedding to avert bad luck, and we married our Su Family girl into your family. Now, your Qin son is healthy, are you disowning us or what ..."
Seeing old feuds being dredged up and her own grandfather and the Clan Leader starting an argunt, Su Pan’er felt a headache coming on.
A hand reached out from the side, quietly pulling her away.
"Were you scared?"
Qin Yi gently smiled, whispering in her ear, "Don’t mind them - they all just want a share of the success. But, this matter probably doesn’t concern them at all!"
Su Pan’er was stunned, "What do you an? Is there sothing more to this?"
Qin Yi looked confident, "Just wait! There’ll be a resolution soon. Co on, let’s go inside and rest. You’ve been busy since last night and haven’t eaten anything yet. Don’t starve yourself."
And the ’soon’ he spoke of ca surprisingly fast!
Su Pan’er had just finished eating when a report ca. The County Magistrate himself had co to visit! Even before her grandfather and the Clan Leader could reach a conclusion.
"Just as I expected!"
The sigh in Qin Yi’s words was hard to place, whether it was mostly disappointnt or lant.
He stood up, taking Su Pan’er’s hand. "Let’s go out and greet him."
"Alright."
As Su Pan’er and Qin left the house, they saw Jun Ruochen dressed in official attire leading a group of people towards the courtyard, casually speaking to Su Sikong.
As soon as they appeared, Jun Ruochen’s eyes brightened, he walked right up to them, dismissing the others.
"Mr. Qin, Doctor Su, I heard that you had a great cure for the epidemic yesterday. This is wonderful news for both the people and the country. If you are still hiding it, Doctor Su, that wouldn’t be quite right!"
Jun Ruochen kept bowing to her.
Uncontrollably, the corners of Su Pan’er’s mouth twitched slightly.
Watching Jun Ruochen bow to her, she couldn’t help seeing Jun Ruochen’s face in her mind.
Inwardly, she sighed.
Ironically, the vaccination was just realized last night, even she didn’t know about it yet. But now there are so many people coming to her door, behaving as if they saw it with their own eyes. This situation felt extrely strange.
"County Magistrate, you’re too kind. Yesterday Pan’er was just trying a few things. I was planning to report to the County Magistrate once I had the results. I didn’t an to keep it to myself."
Jun Ruochen seed to realize his eagerness and his face turned a bit awkward.
"Ah, once an epidemic outbreak starts spreading, it’s not just about one or two people. It’s indeed a major public issue. I’m quite agitated and that may have made seem abrupt. My apologies if I’ve made you uncomfortable, Doctor Su."
"County Magistrate is being too serious. Your love for your people and your eagerness for a cure, Su Pan’er, of course, understands."
Su Pan’er’s gaze scanned the crowd.
Seeing their determined faces, she couldn’t help but frown
"However, the results are not yet out, and I really have no idea whether they are positive or negative. If all of you want to see, we can go together. Please wait a mont, County Magistrate, I need to prepare." After saying this, she bowed to Jun Ruochen.
Imdiately, Jun Ruochen was elated.
"That’s great! Thank you, Doctor Su, for understanding my feelings."
He sighed inwardly that doctors, skilled workers, and even many literati were usually possessive of their crafts, reluctant to teach others for fear of the apprentice surpassing the master.
This Doctor Su is indeed extraordinary!
"No problem."
Su Pan’er gave a smile and entered the house. She didn’t harbor the sa concerns.
Before entering, she deliberately glanced at Su Sikong.
Su Sikong was also looking at her in return, his face impassive and his gaze deep as the ocean, betraying nothing.
Truly deserving of the title ’old fox’.
"Pan’er, do you really plan on administering the smallpox vaccination to them?"
Qin Yi slowly approached.
"Otherwise what? If I don’t administer the vaccination today, do you think they will leave?"
Su Pan’er continued her tasks without pause.
This vaccination seed simple, but it actually carried a certain risk.
But even if she explained the risks to them, they probably wouldn’t believe her, and might even think that she was willingly keeping secrets and refused to help out.
"But didn’t you say that regardless, a certain percentage of smallpox-infected patients will still die? If that’s the case, it’s equivalent to committing murder!"
His words made Su Pan’er pause.
"Do you have a solution?"
Qin Yi hesitated for a mont, then slowly nodded: "Yes, under the circumstances, this is the only way."
The two of them prepared and were about to return to the courtyard when they saw County Magistrate Jun Ruochen sitting in the main seat. To the left of him was his grandfather and Su Sikong, and to the right were the Hua County Official and the old clan leader, along with others, all laughing and chatting amiably, with none of the previous tension in the air.
When Qin Yi and Su Pan’er appeared, all eyes turned towards them simultaneously.
"Doctor Su is here, we were just discussing how delicious the bean sprouts your family grows are. We were hoping to sample so."
Su Pan’er noticed that though people here had a habit of consuming tofu, she did not see any green or yellow soya bean sprouts being used. Therefore, she experinted and successfully sprouted yellow soya beans.
This was an ergency solution she was forced to resort to.
Currently, in the old Qin residence, there were about twenty to thirty governnt workers and bailiffs in her ho under the guise of providing "protection", her clan’s mbers and Zhou Ning and his family, and twenty or thirty carpenters. With so many mouths to feed, copious amounts of vegetables were needed daily.
How would it suffice to solely rely on foraging for wild vegetables every day?
Aunt Zhou loved using yellow beans to stew wild ga, but who could eat that day after day without getting tired of it?
Seeing no other solution, Su Pan’er started sprouting her own yellow soybeans to stir fry and eat, solving the issue of having no available vegetables.
Upon hearing the County Magistrate Jun bring it up, she gave a light smile: "I’m delighted to hear of your liking, Your Honor. At lunch today, I’ll have Aunt Zhou stir-fry so beansprouts for everyone to enjoy. I’m sure we won’t disappoint."
She had hidden her deeper anings within these words, instantly lighting up everyone’s eyes!
Jun Ruochen clapped his hands hard: "Great! For today’s noonti al, we’ll trouble Doctor Su."
Soon after, everyone started chatting and laughing once again, as if the previous argunt had never occured, and the topic was dropped.
Aunt Zhou, like Su Pan’er ntioned, prepared a table full of dishes: stir-fried green bean sprouts, yellow bean sprouts with chili fish head, wild ga with yellow beans... all dishes were prepared in large quantities and were actually not particularly tasty.
However, everyone at the table was beaming with satisfaction.
After everyone had eaten and drank their fill, their eyes werelocked onto Su Pan’er once more.
Su Pan’er did not hesitate and directly took out the items she had already prepared and gave a bow to Jun Ruochen.
"County Magistrate, before I start, I have sothing to say and I hope I am given your grace to speak!"
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