Chapter 10 - supercondensed

The bully’s mother admonishes him, while the bullying affair has made Qinshi ill. A doctor arrives and prescribes a medicine for her.

Chapter 10

金寡妇贪利权受辱 
张太医论病细穷源

Jokey Jin apologises, but broods. His mother admonishes him – it was hard to get him into the school, and they’re saving a lot of money as a result – including receiving some from Pan. His aunt, Jia Huang 贾璜 of Ningguo’s wife, who also is not wealthy, visits and is told the story. She heads to Ningguo to talk to Qinshi, but her anger subsides and she hears the other side of the story from Youshi, and learns that brooding over it had made Qinshi ill.

Cousin Zhen and wife Youshi discuss the illness, and Zhen reveals that he’s arranged for an esteemed doctor, Zhang Youshi 张友士, to call the next day, and asks Jia Rong to tell him the symptoms. They discuss arrangements for his father’s birthday too. Zhang examines Qinshi, and is able to determine quickly what is wrong with her, unlike other doctors who had given conflicting views, leading the condition to deteriorate. He writes a prescription, and predicts a full recovery if she makes it to the spring equinox.