Gu Yunjiao nodded, "Mother, don't you remember? My father is a doctor, and I learned from him when I was young."
These words were just to fool Mrs. Chen.
Her father indeed was a doctor now, and she truly did learn some literacy and basic medical knowledge from him.
But this basic knowledge was far from enough to treat and save people.
Her medical skills came from her previous life, where she was born into a medical family with hundreds of years of heritage.
Mrs. Chen didn't have any doubts, and nodded, "Then for your neck and throat, get some medicine and treat it yourself."
She paused, "If you need to get medicine, I have a few Copper Coins here."
Gu Yunjiao was truly surprised; the family was not wealthy. She remembered hearing Mrs. Chen mumble about borrowing ten Silver from the neighbor for her son, Jiang Sanlang, to go to Prefecture City for the autumn exam.
Her eyes flickered, "Thanks, Mother, no need to get medicine. Tomorrow I'll go to the back mountain to gather some herbs myself."
Mrs. Chen didn't say more, picked up the kitchen knife, and continued chopping vegetables, while Gu Yunjiao helped with the prep work.
They fried some cowpeas and mixed some cucumbers, and that was lunch done.
During mealtime, the three families, over ten people, sat divided at two tables in the living room, with the men at one table and the women at another.
Mrs. Zhou, the old lady of the Jiang Family, asked, "Where's Erlang, and where did the others go? Why aren't they eating?"
Mrs. Chen remained silent, and Gu Yunjiao kept her head down, pretending not to hear.
Jiang Rong, the second uncle of the Jiang Family, glanced sidelong at Gu Yunjiao, "Erlang's arm got broken by Da Lang's wife, and they both went to the town to see Doctor Xu."
Jiang Family's Da Lang was not around anymore, and currently, Erlang was the eldest grandson, who held significant status in Mrs. Zhou's heart.
Upon hearing the eldest grandson was injured, Mrs. Zhou was extremely distressed, and fiercely turned to Gu Yunjiao, "You jinx, wasn't killing my Da Lang enough? Now you're harming my Erlang."
Mrs. Chen frowned, "Mother, this isn't Yunjiao's fault, it was that beast Jiang Erlang who was being improper with Yunjiao, that's why—"
Mrs. Zhou clanged her chopsticks against the bowl, "Shameless hussy, you must have seduced Erlang!"
"You jinx—"
Gu Yunjiao only saw Mrs. Zhou as a mad barking dog, and turned a deaf ear, head down eating her meal.
At this moment, Old Master Jiang, sitting at the head, suddenly looked towards the door, "Stop talking, there's a carriage outside."
He looked at Jiang Rong, "Go see who's come."
Jiang Rong put down his chopsticks and got up, seeing the carriage stop in the yard, the curtain lifted, revealing a handsome young boy like a jade tree in spring.
Jiang Rong exclaimed joyfully, "Sanlang is back!"
Everyone at the table instantly dropped their bowls and chopsticks and ran outside.
Only Old Master Jiang and Mrs. Zhou maintained their demeanor and didn't go to greet, but even Mrs. Zhou stood up, eagerly looking out.
Seeing no one was watching her, Gu Yunjiao took the chance to pick a lot of food into her bowl.
Usually, when she picked a bit of food, Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Yang would strike her on the back of her hand with chopsticks.
At this moment, she heard Old Master Jiang ask Mrs. Zhou, "Wife, what date is today?"
Mrs. Zhou thought for a moment, "Today is the twelfth."
Old Master Jiang's face changed drastically, "The twelfth?"
"Isn't the twelfth the second round of the autumn exam? Why is Sanlang back?"
Gu Yunjiao listened to their conversation while quickly gobbling down her meal.
Jiang Youzhi, the third son of the Jiang Family, passed the Scholar exam last year, and went to Prefecture City a few days ago to take the autumn exam. The whole family eagerly awaits his success, hoping for the rise in status.
But now, the person who should be in Prefecture City for the exam was home, the atmosphere here wouldn't be very pleasant soon, she better finish eating and leave quickly.
While she was eating, she saw Jiang Youzhi entering, surrounded by the crowd.