The waiter brought some snacks over and saw the child in Qin Zhou's arms. He smiled and said, "Tiger, why did you run out again? Where's your mother?"
Hu Tou stood up from Qin Zhou's shoulders and blinked his big eyes, "Mother doesn't know."
"Mom has gone to collect herbs. You can't run around. Be careful or she will spank you when she comes back." The second brother said with a smile.
Hearing this, Rouyao asked in surprise, "Does he always run around like this?"
"Sir, are you from out of town?" The waiter said with a smile, "Look at how honest he is. He is so cunning that no one can keep an eye on him. He will run away if you are not careful."
Rouyao said unhappily, "What kind of mother is this? She can't even take care of her own son. If someone takes him away, she will cry."
The waiter shook his head and said, "That won't happen. Who in Fengzhou doesn't know him?"
"People in Fengzhou know him, but there are also many outsiders here, and there are so many merchants coming and going every day. As a mother, you are too broad-minded." Rouyao said.
"No, it won't happen. To enter or leave Fengzhou, one has to pass through the official checkpoint. He was checked when he came in, and he will be checked when he leaves. Besides, who would dare to touch this child?" The waiter said with a smile.
Rouyao recalled that they were strictly checked when they entered the city.
Qin Zhou asked curiously, "Why don't you dare touch this child?"
"Hutou is very capable. Even though he is only two years old, do you think he can have any bad thoughts?" The second brother said with great pride.
This pride was something Qin Zhou and the others did not understand.
"Who is this child's mother? Is she a powerful person?" Rouyao asked.
"He is the child of Doctor Ayu." The second brother's pride became even more obvious, as if this Doctor Ayu was a specialty of their Fengzhou.
Rouyao stood up suddenly, "It's Doctor Ayu again, I really need to talk to him, the mother is ignorant, and the father is also ignorant?"
"Father?" The second brother smiled and shook his head, "Doctor Ayu is Hutou's mother."
Rouyao exclaimed, "Is it a girl?"
"Don't underestimate women. Doctor Ayu is very skilled in medicine." The second brother said quickly.
Rouyao admired female doctors very much, especially those who opened clinics. She felt it was very difficult. Although she was considered a well-connected person in Beijing, it was not easy to open a clinic.
However, Rouyao was very unhappy with her carelessness in taking care of the child, and coupled with the fact that she changed the prescription last night, her admiration for her was reduced a lot. But she still wanted to pay her a visit.
Qin Zhou also wanted to pay a visit. Fengzhou actually had such an outstanding female doctor? He had to pay her a proper visit.
"Second brother, where does Doctor Ayu live?" Qin Zhou asked.
The second brother replied, "She lives in the yard behind the clinic. She usually doesn't see patients during the day, but only at night."
"She only starts seeing patients in the evening, so she probably hasn't gotten up yet," Qin Zhou said.
Rouyao said, "But the child has to be sent back. She sees patients at night, so someone should take care of the child during the day, right?"
"Yes, we hired a wet nurse, but how can this wet nurse be a match for Hu Tou? He goes out to play every few days."
"No, he just said he was going to look for my mother."
"Then maybe Doctor Ayu is out." The second brother looked outside. "Maybe she hasn't gone to bed yet. She closes the clinic at noon. If she encounters a seriously ill patient, she usually goes to bed at noon."
After hearing this, several people hurriedly ate something and left.
When Qin Zhou carried the child in, some patients saw Hu Tou and came up to touch his face. Hu Tou lay on Qin Zhou's shoulder, looking a little bored.
"Just put it down." A pharmacist came over and said to Qin Zhou. He was not at all surprised why a stranger would come in holding his boss's child. Or maybe, this was something he was used to.
Qin Zhou frowned, "Just put it down? Aren't you afraid that he will run away again?"
"It's okay. Even if it's taken away, someone will bring it back." The medicine boy said with a smile.
Rouyao asked angrily, "Where is your doctor Ayu?"
"The Arabic doctor is available at night."
"We have something important to discuss with her," Qin Zhou said.
I thought it would take some time, but after Qin Zhou said this, the medicine boy actually said, "Is it an emergency? Okay, I'll take you in to see Doctor Ayu. She should be able to see patients now."
Qin Zhou and Rouyao looked at each other. It seemed that this Arabic doctor was not a very arrogant person.
Qin Zhou asked Ajing and others to wait outside, while he and Rouyao followed the medicine boy to the backyard.
The backyard was very large. As soon as he lifted the curtain, he could smell the aroma of medicine. Qin Zhou looked around and saw that the backyard was actually a quadrangle with a main house and two side rooms. There was a patio in the middle, and herbs were drying in the yard.
Qin Zhou doesn't understand pharmacology, but Rouyao does.
She walked over and took a look at the herbs that were drying in the sun. These herbs had not been processed much and it seemed that they were picked from the mountains rather than purchased from a pharmacist.
Baoyuantang is so big, but they actually collect their own herbs
The medicine boy knocked on the door of the ear room and saw that it was open.
"What's up?"
A gentle female voice came.
Qin Zhou and Rouyao raised their heads almost at the same time and looked at the person in the ear room.
The morning sunlight shone softly on her face. She must have been someone who had not slept all night, as there were faint bruises under her eyes. Her bare face had a healthy color. Those eyes, those lips, that face, and that voice seemed like they were from another world to the two of them.
"Zi'an?" Rouyao murmured, almost unable to believe her eyes, and rubbed them hard.
Doctor Ayu looked up at Rouyao, then at Qin Zhou, with a suspicious look on his face, "Are you two here to see a doctor?"
Rouyao rushed over, pushed the medicine boy aside, and grabbed Doctor Ayu's hand. She was so excited that she could hardly speak, "Don't you know me?"
Doctor Ayu looked at her with a look of surprise in his eyes, "Do you know me?"
"Zi'an, Xia Zi'an, Qin Zhou, come here, come here." Rouyao suddenly turned around and looked at Qin Zhou who was already frozen in place. Qin Zhou stared at Zi'an with his eyes, hardly blinking. Her career as a military general gave her a strong ability to control herself, but now she couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Do you really know me?" Doctor Ayu looked at Rouyao and then at Zi'an.
"I'm Rouyao, how could you not recognize me?" Rouyao was anxious, tears falling down her cheeks, "How could you not recognize me? Don't you remember me? I'm Rouyao, look at me, look carefully."
"You called me Zi'an just now?" Doctor Ayu seemed a little dazed.
"You are Zi'an, Xia Zi'an." Rouyao shook her hands vigorously, wishing she could pry her eyes open a little so that she could look carefully.
Doctor Ayu shook his head, his eyes dim, "You got the wrong person, my name is Ayu."
"I'm not mistaken!" Qin Zhou said in a deep voice, taking a step forward and approaching Zi'an, "It's you, I know it's you, you are Xia Zi'an."
Suddenly, there was a clanging sound in the house, as if someone had knocked over a bowl.
(End of this chapter)