Chapter 16 — Her Road Is Still Long

I tightened the reins in my hand. This flower... He must have looked it up very carefully. He has never done anything meaningless before. He stuffed a dried flower into the envelope. Then you must have looked up the medicinal properties of that flower. Osmanthus flower. Li Qi relieves stress. He's not talking about the weather. He's saying... I understand you. Tiet To Man rode her low-legged horse next to her. He started humming the folk song he had just finished singing a moment ago.

"Sister is in the south garden picking persimmon beans... the wind blows her silk dress, revealing half of the peach blossom..."

Her singing mixed with the jingle of bells on the mule's neck. Follow along all the way. I took out the letter from my chest. Look at the last line again.

“Peace, don't forget.”

Then carefully fold the letter. Press close to chest. Store it carefully. Then gently kicked the mule in the stomach. 10 (Great ending) Five years later. In an alley in the south of Doan Chau citadel, there is a medical shop called "Thanh Chi Duong". This name is Tiet To Van's devilish idea.

“‘Only’ is angelica.”

“‘Thanh’ is your word Thanh.”

“‘Sugar’ is just sugar.”

“The pairing is both elegant and not too ostentatious.”

One day later, I turned to the page about angelica in the book 《Manuscript》. Seeing the medicinal properties of that medicine neatly written on the book:

“Angelica chili has a spicy taste and warm properties. It regulates the vagus meridian and has the effect of dispelling cold.”

I suddenly remembered her lazy smile when she casually gave this name. Only then did I understand. Why didn't she use the two words Dang Quy? Also do not use the two words Far Chi. But we must definitely use the two words Bach Chi. She once said:

“Angelica treats stuffy nose and headaches.”

“Also treats lower vaginal discharge.”

“A medicine that specializes in treating women's illnesses.”

“Very suitable as a name for a woman's medical shop.”

The day Thanh Chi Duong opened. Only light half the fireworks. Tiet To Van criticized little. I ran back to the kitchen to get another string and burn it.

“It's really noisy.”

“But luck.”

The clinic is not big. The three front rooms are connected together to serve as a medical examination room. The two rooms at the back are used for living. The examination table is an old elm wood table bought from someone else. The four legs of the table are not equal. I took two broken pieces of tile and put them down. Also considered sturdy. The medicine cabinet requires a carpenter to build a new one. Each drawer has a tag with the name of the medicinal herbs. The words above were written by my own hand. First year of opening the shop. There are not many patients. In Doan Chau city, there have been two long-standing medical shops. A doctor named Tien. A gentleman named Ve. They are all old men with white hair and beard. The family practices medicine for three generations. People who are sick will naturally not run to a small alley in the south of the city to find a young female doctor to examine them. Most of the people who come here are princes and ladies living around the area. The women did not come for medical examination. But come to play. Hand holding shoe soles. Sitting in the hall, sewing and chatting. By the way, let me check your pulse a bit. After checking his pulse, he smiled and said:

“Doctor Ha's hands are really soft.”

Then he asked if we were married yet. I said no. The women immediately sighed:

"Such a good girl, why don't you find a nice family and marry her?"

Then the next day. And brought a matchmaker to the door. The matchmaker sat opposite the examination table. Rate us from top to bottom. Ask for date of birth month of birth. Again asked how much the dowry was. Finally, lower your voice:

"The girl opened a medical shop and appeared every day."

“Some families will pay attention to this.”

“Should we close the medical shop first?”

“Then just find me a family that doesn't care about that.”

The matchmaker is gone. From then on there was no turning back. Into the second year. In Thanh Chi Duong, there was a child with a high fever in the middle of the night. Fever to the point of convulsions. His mother held her child and ran across half of the citadel. Knocked on the doors of pharmacies but none were open. Finally knocked on my door. We use mortar combined with plaster. Again, use alcohol to rub the child's palms and soles of his feet. Keep watch until morning. Until the fever completely subsides. Now that baby is as healthy as a calf. Everyone you meet says:

“Doctor Ha saved my life.”