The Lucky Farmgirl

Chapter 2405: Chapter 2379: Day Off (April Monthly Ticket Bonus 24)

Teacher Mo looked at her and said, "What are you thinking? It’s impossible to use intelligent creatures for such uncertain experiments here; it’s the Star Beast."

Manbao thought for a moment and said, "But humans and beasts are different, otherwise we wouldn’t let cows catch smallpox first and then use cowpox on humans."

"But there are commonalities; otherwise, how could human pox be planted on cows, and why can cowpox be used on humans? The experimental data needs to be analyzed once it’s available."

Teacher Mo didn’t teach Zhou Man how to process and analyze the data. There was so much to learn that she hadn’t even analyzed the terminology of some data. He decided to give her the results when the time came.

He asked, "Did something go wrong with your experiment?"

Manbao nodded, "One person died, and two others are currently in danger. We suspect it’s related to the cows they got the pox from, but I feel it’s not just that."

As Manbao finished speaking, Keke reminded, "Someone’s coming."

Manbao quickly took the time to say to Teacher Mo, "Teacher Mo, besides the experiment, I’ve got a new patient. I’ll send you his pulse case later."

Teacher Mo agreed.

Manbao left the classroom and opened the door, only to see Director Xiao with his hands behind his back, circling her dining table. Upon hearing the sound, he turned around and asked, "Lost your appetite? How much have you eaten before going to examine the corpse?"

Manbao said, "I’m not full yet."

Director Xiao replied, "It’s already cold. Let the kitchen reheat it for you."

Manbao agreed.

Director Xiao decided to postpone the time for the second batch of patients to be vaccinated.

But the results for the first batch of patients came out quickly. The two people with high fever gradually stopped erupting, and they rapidly improved. Patient number ninety-eight now has some delayed reactions, but the person is not entirely foolish, which is still good.

The others who had fever also experienced relapses, but in the end, all survived. When they all recovered, the Imperial Hospital let them have contact with smallpox again and found that they were all immune, which brought a sigh of relief. At least this experiment’s result was good.

Then Director Xiao wrote a report and submitted it.

Emperor: "One hundred and eighty people, one dead, one foolish. How do you expect Us to get people to plant vaccine? Who knows if they will turn out to be one of these two people?"

Director Xiao could only kneel and express his commitment to keep working hard and experiment with better vaccines and treatment formulas as soon as possible.

The Emperor nodded and instructed, "There is no rush now, anyway, the land at the imperial estate is yours to use."

Director Xiao thought, the location is secondary; the most important thing is the money.

However, since they initially aimed for zero errors, and now an accident occurred, Director Xiao lacked confidence, so he didn’t bring up the issue of money.

The money issue could wait for now because he hasn’t yet decided whether to use the cowpox from those two cows for the second batch of vaccinations.

If the result was due to a second infection from the cows, then wouldn’t cowpox from those cows used on humans also produce such adverse results?

That would be even more severe than using human pox.

So Director Xiao decided to give it some thought.

During the time he was considering, Manbao and Imperial Doctor Lu were finally released and could go home.

Considering that they hadn’t had a break for three ten-day periods and had been overworked during this time, Director Xiao generously allowed them a four-day leave.

As Manbao walked out, she muttered, "Three ten-day periods, shouldn’t it be a six-day leave?"

Imperial Doctor Lu, holding nothing in his hands, stood beside her and said, "If you keep muttering, and Director Xiao hears, you won’t even get four days."

Manbao closed her mouth.

They couldn’t take anything from inside, only wearing the clothes on their backs out.

Eunuch Tong and Junior Neishi stood by the road with their hands folded, watching them. Manbao walked over to them and said, "My Fifth Brother comes over every day to deliver vegetables and meat and eggs. I’ll have them send medicinal herbs to you. You just follow the previous formula for bathing and soaking your feet and drinking the medicine. When I return, we’ll continue with acupuncture."

Eunuch Tong smiled and agreed. After thanking Zhou Man, he stood by the road, watching them until they were far away.

As soon as Manbao left the imperial estate, she saw Bai Shan standing by the carriage. Her eyes immediately lit up, and she left Imperial Doctor Lu to run over.

Bai Shan looked at her with a smile, and she stopped in front of him, her eyes a little red. Bai Shan saw this, wiped her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Get on the carriage. Your sister-in-law made meat pancakes this morning, stuffed with lots of meat, and they’re still warm."

Manbao nodded, took his hand to get on the carriage. Only then did Bai Shan look at Imperial Doctor Lu, salute him, and express his gratitude for taking care of Manbao during that time.

Imperial Doctor Lu nodded with a calm expression, got on his own carriage, and knocked on the car wall to let the driver go first.

Bai Shan got in the carriage, and Manbao had already taken out a meat pancake and started munching. As she ate, tears began to fall. Who knows why, but in front of him, she just felt incredibly aggrieved.

Bai Shan already knew what had happened inside. He reached out to wipe her tears and said in a low voice, "What’s happened today will serve as a lesson for tomorrow. We’ll pay more attention and find ways to solve it. The dead didn’t die in vain, nor was the foolishness in vain."

Manbao agreed, "But I still feel a little uncomfortable."

Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "After you finish the pancakes, I’ll take you to see Liu Huan."

Manbao asked, "What for?"

Bai Shan smiled, "He has his final exam today."

Manbao was taken aback and then remembered, "Oh right, he’s taking the Ming Classic exam."

Bai Shan lifted the curtain and told the guard outside, "Tell the car behind us to take Xi Bing and Jiu Lan home. We’re heading to the Examination Hall."

The guard acknowledged, and once within the city, Daji turned the corner towards the Examination Hall.

Not far from the Examination Hall, the carriage stopped. Bai Shan jumped down to help Manbao down and led her into the teahouse.

Bai Erlang was sitting in the main hall, with one leg over the other, listening to a storyteller with relish. Manbao listened in and found out it was about the biography of Xiang Mingxue. She blinked and walked over to pat Bai Erlang’s shoulder, "How many years has it been? Why are they still talking about this book?"

Bai Erlang was startled, almost dropping his dried fruits. He said, "No matter how many years, it’s still a classic. Isn’t it because there are many scholars here for the exams, so the teahouses have started telling it again?"

He said, "Good stories are rare, so naturally, you have to bring out the good ones and tell them repeatedly."

Bai Shan asked, "Why are you sitting down here? Where is Yin Huo?"

"Upstairs, with my eldest brother. I wanted to listen to storytelling here, so I came down."

"Can’t you hear from up there as well?"

"But it’s different; listening from above isn’t as enjoyable as here."

Bai Shan pulled him up, "Enough talk, let’s go upstairs quickly."

Bai Dalang and Yin Huo were in a private room upstairs having tea. His brother-in-law was also sitting for the Ming Classic exam this time, so he waited there to see how things went.