A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 388 Not worth it

In the Bai residence at the farm, Si Yao had been treating the Bai family's master and servant for syphilis for seven days without them noticing.

Miss Bai's illness was less severe and her condition improved significantly. Now the sores on her body were healing and the bone pain throughout her body was alleviated a lot. She could even walk slowly in the yard without anyone's support.

On this day, Si Yao was performing moxibustion on Miss Bai in the room. The moxa smoke was curling up, and a faint and warming moxa fragrance emanated from the moxa wool.

Mugwort is pure yang, so it can take the true fire of the sun, return the lost primordial yang, and pass through the twelve meridians. It is especially good at warming the middle and regulating qi, expelling cold and removing dampness, turning the austere qi into harmony, and promoting the qi in the blood and removing stagnation in the qi.

"It was only last night that I learned from the wet nurse that you had already known the secret of the Bai Mansion seven days ago... Thank you, Doctor Si Yao, for staying and continuing to treat me." Miss Bai secretly glanced at Si Yao in front of her, then turned her head to look out the window with a guilty conscience and sighed unhappily.

"What do you mean you're still willing?" Si Yao placed a ball of burning moxa on the ginger slices applied to the Guanyuan acupoint below Miss Bai's navel, then raised her cold eyes and asked in confusion.

"Ahem, I heard from the nanny that your companions were very scared when they learned about this..." Miss Bai swallowed the words back, then coughed twice before changing her words.

"Since I promised to treat you, I must keep my word. Only by curing your illness as soon as possible, perhaps the resentment in your heart can be calmed down." Si Yao hesitated for a moment and said truthfully.

Si Yao naturally didn't sympathize with the son-in-law of the Bai family, but she also didn't quite agree with the Bai family's young lady's use of such cruel means of revenge. However, having never experienced her pain, and when she was suffering from illness, Si Yao was not in a position to talk about it, and she knew that she was not qualified to say such frivolous words, not to mention that a person who had been betrayed, hurt, and tortured by despair could not be relieved by a few words.

Now that he saw that Miss Bai had already come out of the shadow of her illness, and after spending the past few days with her, he knew that she was not a bad person. Since she took the initiative to bring up this matter, Si Yao couldn't help but want to speak out what was in her heart.

"What? Even Doctor Si Yao thinks that I shouldn't treat that ungrateful thing like this?" Miss Bai's face immediately turned cold when she heard it, and resentment appeared in her eyes again, but it was no longer as hideous as before.

"I am not qualified to judge this matter too much, but as a doctor, I don't want my patients to lose their nature by being trapped deeper and deeper in the vortex of hatred because of some unworthy people." Si Yao still said calmly.

She had just heard from Xiaolu a few days ago that there was a law in Jingsong Kingdom that allowed the wife's family to privately deal with ungrateful sons-in-law who did things that harmed the mistress. Because of this law, the status of sons-in-law in Jingsong Kingdom was extremely low, almost the same as that of women who strictly observed the three obediences and four virtues in their husband's family.

This law was established by the founding emperor of the Jingsong Kingdom himself. Although it seemed to be a challenge to the patriarchal system, it was simply the founding emperor's contempt for the son-in-law. The purpose of establishing this law was also to advocate that men should be self-reliant.

Si Yao's words made Miss Bai's eyes widen instantly. She looked at the other party with a confused look. She was already full of anger in her heart and was waiting for Si Yao to criticize her with the morality of good and evil, but she didn't expect the other party to say this unexpectedly, like a basin of warm and cool water that slowly drowned the fire in her heart.

"I've heard that Mr. Bai was a kind-hearted man who loved to do good and give generously when he was alive. After interacting with Miss Bai for these days, I also know that you are kind and generous by nature. Although the Bai family is the owner of this farm, they must be highly respected by the tenant farmers outside, which makes the entire farm full of vitality and looks prosperous." Without waiting for Miss Bai to speak, Si Yao continued.

Of course, Xiaolu had heard about the respect the tenants had for the Bai family. Not only was Mr. Bai a kind man, but Miss Bai was also very generous in the eyes of the tenants. She would personally distribute generous gifts to every household during festivals, and even after she got sick, she still asked Su Ma to do it for her.

Miss Bai's generosity is not only to the tenants outside, but also to the servants in the house. Therefore, even though Miss Bai is now the only woman in charge of the Bai family, the servants have never looked down on her or slacked off. The scandal caused by the son-in-law of the Bai family has affected their own young lady, and the servants of the Bai family are also very angry, but for the sake of the reputation of the Bai family, they can keep their mouths shut.

Although Si Yao didn't say these words directly, Miss Bai could understand the underlying meaning. She still didn't say anything, but just lowered her eyes, looking at her own pair of slender white jade hands thoughtfully.

Half a month passed in a flash. Si Yao not only cured Miss Bai's syphilis, but also regulated her body and eliminated the coldness in her uterus.

After the Bai family's maid Chunyun's condition had almost recovered, Si Yao left a prescription for follow-up to the young lady of the Bai family, and taught the two maids in the house how to use moxibustion before resigning and leaving.

Miss Bai was grateful for Si Yao's life-saving grace and wanted to keep her for a while. But then she changed her mind and realized that the mess at home had not been cleaned up yet, so she should not offend her benefactor. So she did not ask to keep her and only asked Su Ma to prepare the reward. She personally sent Si Yao out of the farm.

After half a year, Miss Bai was finally seen walking out of the Bai residence. The tenant farmers around once again put down their farm work and watched from afar. They were relieved that Miss Bai was fine.

Miss Bai had not been seen for a long time, and the Bai family often asked for a doctor when they saw her. The tenant farmers were talking about it in private. Some thought that Miss Bai was pregnant and that was why she was unable to move around, but others were worried that Miss Bai had some incurable disease.

Before leaving, Su Ma took out a small wooden box containing reward and handed it to Xiaolu who was beside Si Yao. Xiaolu knew that Si Yao would not accept valuables, so he hurriedly opened it to check, and was shocked to see ten glittering gold ingots. The three of them were shocked.

Si Yao naturally refused to accept it, but with Miss Bai's constant crying and thanks, she had no choice but to agree to accept a gold ingot.

"Dr. Si Yao's life-saving grace cannot be offset by these gold ingots, but if you are unwilling to accept them all, I will not force you. Anyway, I, Bai Hexiang, will remember this kindness for the rest of my life. If Dr. Si Yao needs anything in the future, you can come to me at the farm and I will do my best to help you." Seeing that Si Yao was unwilling to accept all the gold ingots in the box, Miss Bai admired him secretly but had to give up. She bowed solemnly and expressed her gratitude.

"Miss Bai, you must take good care of yourself. You should rest more after recovering from a serious illness and not worry too much." Si Yao nodded in response and returned the salute before continuing to give instructions.

"I've taken note of what Doctor Si Yao said." Miss Bai also nodded and smiled.

Afterwards, the three of them bowed and said goodbye again and continued on their way to Jing'an City.

"Nanny, the person is not dead yet, right?"

After returning to the Bai residence, Miss Bai suddenly stopped when she reached the outer hall of the west courtyard, looked towards the north and asked indifferently.

"She's still hanging on. Even though she's been soaked in medicinal wine, I'm afraid she won't live long." Su Ma stepped forward and whispered to her young lady.

"Nurse, I have lived for twenty-five years, and I have never dared to kill a chicken with these hands..." Miss Bai sighed softly, and suddenly raised her beautiful hands, speaking thoughtfully.

"Miss, you can use me, an old woman, to do whatever you want. It's not worth getting your hands dirty for such a person!" Before Miss Bai could finish her words, Aunt Su seemed to have guessed something and eagerly held her hand.

"It's not worth it, nurse. Doctor Si Yao once said the same thing to me." Miss Bai smiled slightly, raised her eyes that were already filled with tears and continued, "Nurse, I suddenly felt that I was totally wrong. Just as Miss Si Yao said, I shouldn't sink deeper and deeper into the vortex of hatred for someone who is not worth it and lose my nature. I am the upright master of the Bai family. The family business of the Bai family still depends on me to protect it. How can I make myself look so hideous for a man? It's not worth it!"

"The young lady's illness has been cured now. It would be best if she could let go of her hatred and return to peace." Seeing her young lady relieved, Su Ma couldn't help wiping away her tears. No matter what, she just hoped that the young lady could be as happy as before.

"Just give him a quick death and let him be free." Miss Bai looked towards the north again. After she finished speaking, two pearl-like tears fell resolutely. Then she turned around and continued to enter the west courtyard.

That night, a fire broke out in the utility room on the north side of the Bai residence, and most of the house was burned before the fire was put out by the servants. The frightened tenants outside the yard only returned to their homes with peace of mind when they saw the fire was put out.

The next day, the servants of the Bai family came out to announce the death, crying that the son-in-law who had just returned from outside the night had unfortunately died in the sea of ​​fire. Since the death of Master Bai, the son-in-law of the Bai family often went out, so when the tenants outside heard the news, naturally no one doubted it.