Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 531 Shackles

Song Ying raised her eyebrows. "Because families like this are too strict about rules, they probably won't allow me to work in the clinic after we get married."

Luo Yanxing was stunned. She had never expected this to be the reason, but she still didn't understand. Becoming a young lady with gorgeous clothes and everything provided for her was their dream when they were young.

Isn’t it nice to not have to do anything and just drink tea and chat every day?

Rich families pay attention to appearances. I heard that in some places, young ladies have to wear a hood when they go out. For the rest of their lives, no one except those close to them will know what they look like.

It is understandable that such a particular family would not allow their young mistress to work in the clinic and treat men's pulses.

"What's wrong with that? Look at how busy you are all day. Sometimes you even have to rush to eat lunch. When we come to you to talk, we have to calculate the time. Isn't it good to have some free time as a young lady?"

Song Ying shook her head, her face determined: "If I can't make money practicing medicine, then I will have to rely entirely on my husband and his family to make a living.

If she wants to live a happy life, she has to do everything she can for the rest of her life to ensure that her husband does not change his mind. Or if he does, how can she gain the upper hand in the battle with a bunch of concubines?

Spending the rest of my life revolving around one person, begging for his pity. How different is this from begging my grandma to love me more at home?

Is this kind of life good? I'm going crazy just thinking about it."

"Oh my God, I really haven't thought about this, but now that you mention it, they are indeed somewhat similar!" Luo Yanxing felt a little scared. Trying to please his blood relatives didn't make their lives smooth, let alone blood relatives.

But then she felt something was wrong: "You know medical skills, just because you don't work in a clinic doesn't mean you don't know those medical skills.

Speaking of which, if the Shen family agrees to let you in, it is likely that they value your medical skills and will not stop you from continuing to practice medicine. You should only treat the female family members in the inner house.

Rich people are very generous. Your current consultation fee is one tael of silver. Do you think you can earn one tael of silver in a month's consultation fee at the clinic?"

"Yes," Song Ying said with a proud look on his face. "I see about ten people a day, and I make three or four taels of silver a month."

Luo Yanxing was speechless. "You make at least one tael for each visit to see the ladies, and only three or four taels for a month of consultation. You're such a great calculator, don't tell me you don't know which is more cost-effective?"

The pride on Song Ying's face suddenly disappeared. She looked up at the eaves under the setting sun and said softly, "In the past few years at the clinic, I have come into contact with all kinds of patients. In fact, civilian women have a harder time and need me more.

Rich families have doctors who feed them well and provide them with good care, but poor women face real hardship. If they suffer from an unspeakable illness, they can only endure it, and some are even branded as sluts and whores. Even if others don't know, they are constantly worried.

We were also girls from poor families. If we had not learned to read and recognize herbs by chance, this might very well have been our future.

I know my personal power is limited, but I still hope that the patients I come into contact with can have hope of recovery and not be stigmatized without reason."

As a woman who had come from a poor family, Luo Yanxing felt uncontrollably heavy-hearted when she heard this.

She sighed and said, "Then open a clinic that only treats women. It will be profitable, your husband's family will agree, and you will have some peace of mind. More importantly, it won't tarnish your reputation."

This was something she was worried about. She opened a soap shop, and most of the customers who came to buy were female. If she wanted to expand her business in the future, she was also considering doing business with female customers only. Although she would still be in the spotlight, it would not have much impact on her reputation.

But Song Ying is different. She not only treats female patients in the clinic, but also male patients. It would have been fine if she was young before, but now that she is about to reach the age of marriage, it is the time when both men and women need to be more careful.

Because she was a miracle doctor, many patients were waiting for her to see them, and people could not guarantee that their men would not need her treatment one day, so they were very tolerant of her and never said anything.

But outsiders may not mind, but her future husband's family may not mind.

She had considered Yuan Qing suitable at the beginning because they were poor people who were forced by life to not be strict about sex. The Yuan family would be more accepting of Song Ying's consultation.

Song Ying shook his head. "A clinic like this that only sees female patients will easily be known as a place that treats women with special medical conditions over time. If female patients come to see me, they'll be branded as having those conditions. In that situation, who would dare to come?"

Luo Yanxing thought about it and couldn't refute it because this was very likely to happen.

She was still very worried. "But the Yuan family doesn't mind being poor now, but they will probably become more sophisticated in the future when they become an official family."

"Yuan Qing has a lot of say in the Yuan family. When he becomes an official in the future, his words will carry even more weight. As long as he doesn't mind, it doesn't matter even if his family members have their own opinions.

In short, Yuan Qing is fine now except for the fact that her family is poor. Poverty is only temporary."

Seeing this cheerful look, Luo Yanxing was a little worried: "What if Yuan Qing minds?"

Song Ying smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescents. "He said that I would open a clinic in the future. He would go to the government office and I would go to the clinic to see patients, and then we would go home together in the evening."

"People will change. He may say something good now, but who knows what he will be like in the future. Especially since he is surrounded by scholars who value etiquette the most." Luo Yanxing became more and more worried. He felt that Yuan Qing was not a good choice either. There were many Chen Shimei in the world.

"If he changes, then we'll break up. Anyway, I won't give up my medical practice and break my wings just to get married.

Besides, I do envy the life of a rich lady. We are also working hard to make money so that we can live that kind of life, but there are some shackles that we cannot put on ourselves. "

Luo Yanxing was relieved, thinking that Song Ying thought everything about Yuan Qing was good and was bewildered by love.

I hope she can wake up.

Then, she thought carefully, "So, even if I get married in the future, I will definitely open a shop to make money, and I can't go home to take care of my husband and children.

Well, it seems I can’t be an official’s wife anymore, I can only be a rich wife!”

Song Ying praised: "Very good!"

After a pause, he continued, "Actually, this was also Master's arrangement. She was confined to the inner chamber her entire life, unable to open a clinic and practice medicine outside. This was her lifelong regret."