amaotonovel Chapter 1242: Only Women Can Defeat Women
Chapter 1242: Only Women Can Defeat Women
Chapter 1242: Only Women Can Defeat Women
Before the morning dew had dispersed, Qin Hao had already led dozens of regiment warriors to the wasteland west of the village. This area was relatively high, the soil was not fertile, and there was no water source underground. At first, some people had reclaimed the wasteland, but unfortunately the yield was pitifully low, and over time it became an ownerless wasteland.
"Brother Hao, do you really want to build a hospital here?" Heiwa carried a shovel, his dark face full of doubts: "This place is full of negative energy, and the villagers don't like to come here."
Qin Hao rolled up his sleeves, picked up the hoe and pounded it into the soil: "We chose this place because no one comes. Those women just came out of the bandit's den, and we have to give them a quiet place."
Seeing this, the regiment warriors no longer hesitated and began to clear the weeds. The sound of hoes and shovels striking each other startled the sparrows on the trees, and their fluttering wings flew through the morning mist.
They were all strong men and worked very efficiently. After half a month, the "Bailu Clinic" took shape.
"Heiwa, you continue to watch over here and have them build according to my drawings. Don't cut corners. If the brothers get injured in the future, they will have to heal here."
Heiwa patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Hao'er, this is a place where everyone can save their lives. If anyone dares to play tricks, everyone will spit on him and drown him."
Qin Hao patted Heiwa's shoulder. Even though Heiwa didn't receive much education, he was definitely trustworthy when it came to doing things.
Of course, Qin Hao handed the clinic over to Heiwa not because he was lazy, but because he wanted to find time to teach women's care knowledge. Otherwise, the clinic would be an empty shell even if it was built.
However, the next day when Qin Hao was teaching those women, Bai Jiaxuan came to the door and kept winking at Qin Hao.
Qin Hao had no choice but to let them digest the contents on the whiteboard first.
"Da, what's going on? You look so urgent. I'm in class here."
Bai Jiaxuan scratched his head and said, "It's all spread like wildfire in the village now. People say that you saved these women in order to take them as your concubines..."
Qin Hao frowned: "Who spread this?"
"Who else could it be? They are just those old women who have nothing to do after eating." Bai Jiaxuan said, and then reminded: "Kid, this matter can be big or small. A person can be killed by a tongue. You stay with them all day long, and there is no one else in the room. Even if there are several mouths, they can't explain it clearly."
Qin Hao didn't care about these things, but he couldn't ignore the reputation of these women. In this era, reputation was more important than life.
Bai Jiaxuan suggested: "How about we invite a female doctor to teach us?"
Qin Hao shook his head subconsciously. He taught Western medicine nursing. Not to mention Bailuyuan, even in Zishui County it might not be possible to hire a female doctor who was proficient in Western medicine. Only in Xi'an City could it be possible. But why would someone follow him to this remote place?
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Qin Hao's mind, and a figure emerged.
Leng Qiuyue, she has been studying medicine with her father since she was a child and is familiar with pharmacology. I can teach her first and then let her teach these women.
Returning to the classroom, Qin Hao explained what had happened to the women, promised to find them a female teacher as soon as possible, and then announced the end of the get out of class.
"Hey, Hao'er, what are you doing?"
"Let's go to Mr. Leng's house."
Bai Jiaxuan reminded: "Don't go empty-handed, bring some gifts home."
"Know it."
……
The Leng family's courtyard was quiet, with only the sound of the medicine grinder coming from the side room. Qin Hao straightened his clothes, picked up two bags of the best Longjing tea and a piece of silk, and knocked gently on the courtyard door.
It was Mr. Leng who opened the door. Seeing the gift in Qin Hao's hand, Mr. Leng smiled and said, "You came here just for the sake of it. Why did you bring anything with you? Don't do that next time."
"You are my elder, and I come here to ask for something. I can't come empty-handed." Qin Hao said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Leng hurriedly welcomed Qin Hao into the inner room. He was very satisfied with this son-in-law. Not only was he born into a wealthy family, but he was also humble and polite. He had more than a hundred people under his command who obeyed his orders. In the Qing Dynasty, he would have been at least a thousand-man commander.
In the inner room, Leng Qiuyue was grinding medicine. When she heard Qin Hao's voice, she paused and her ears turned red. She peeked through the window and saw her father let Qin Hao into the main room, and the two of them sat down as host and guest.
".Those women are really pitiful. I would like to ask Miss Leng to teach them some nursing knowledge so that they can have a way to make a living in the future."
Hearing Qin Hao talking about himself, Leng Qiuyue's heart skipped a beat and the medicine grinder in her hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Mr. Leng frowned and called out from behind the curtain: "Qiuyue, you heard everything, come out."
Leng Qiuyue hurriedly tidied her dress and walked into the hall with her head down. She was wearing a light blue shirt today, and her hair was simply tied up, revealing a section of her snow-white neck.
"Bai... Young Master Bai." Her voice was as soft as a mosquito, her eyes fixed on the tip of her shoes.
"Miss Leng." Qin Hao repeated in a gentle voice: "I would like to ask you to help teach the women rescued from the village to learn nursing. What do you think?"
Leng Qiuyue clenched the corner of her clothes, her nails almost digging into her palms. She thought of the gossip in the village and her father's daily teachings, and finally raised her head and mustered up the courage to say, "I won't go."
"Why?" Qin Hao was slightly stunned.
"My medical skills are limited and I'm afraid of misleading the students. Master Bai, please seek help from someone else." After Leng Qiuyue finished speaking, she bowed hastily and retreated, her back as stiff as a piece of wood.
Qin Hao wanted to say something, but when he saw Mr. Leng's expression, he understood and stopped pursuing him. He said goodbye and left.
The next day, Qin Hao waited for Mr. Leng to see his patients and came to Leng's house again.
Leng Qiuyue was drying herbs when she heard a knock on the door and asked, "Who is it?"
"it's me."
Hearing Qin Hao's voice, Leng Qiuyue didn't know how to answer for a moment. After a long while, her tense voice came out: "My father is not here..."
"I know. I came here specially to see you today."
Leng Qiuyue became even more nervous: "What... do you want me to do?"
"Is it convenient to go in and talk?"
Leng Qiuyue struggled for a long time, and finally opened the gate a crack. Qin Hao gently pushed the gate open and walked in.
"Master Bai... my father is not here, let's talk here if you have anything to say." Leng Qiuyue always kept a distance of ten feet from Qin Hao.
Qin Hao strode forward and looked straight into her eyes: "Why do you refuse?"
Leng Qiuyue clutched her clothes tightly with both hands: "No reason."
"You have been learning pharmacology from Mr. Leng since you were young. You should know that doctors have a kind heart."
Qin Hao's voice was deep and powerful: "We rescued those women from the bandit stronghold. They are homeless now. If Bailu Village cannot accept them, they will have no choice but to die in this chaotic world."
Then he took a step closer and said, "I don't believe you are such a heartless person."
Leng Qiuyue's hands loosened and clenched again, her nails leaving deep crescent-shaped marks on her palms. She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a shadow on her face, and after a long while she said weakly, "But I don't know how to teach people."
Qin Hao smiled, the sun casting mottled shadows on his face: "It doesn't matter, I'll teach you first, you just follow my instructions."
"Men and women should not touch each other." Leng Qiuyue's ears were red as blood dripped, and her voice became smaller and smaller. "Isn't this not good?"
Qin Hao suddenly felt like teasing her, and a sly smile appeared on his face: "We are engaged, are you still afraid of gossip?"
Leng Qiuyue trembled all over, like a frightened rabbit, and quickly lowered her head to avoid his scorching gaze.
Seeing this, Qin Hao couldn't tease her anymore. He took a step back and said seriously, "I will come when your father is around in the future."
Leng Qiuyue felt relieved and nodded slightly.
As for Mr. Leng, they had no choice but to ask Bai Jiaxuan for help. That night, Bai Jiaxuan invited Mr. Leng to his home for a drink.
Qin Hao didn't know what Bai Jiaxuan had said to Mr. Leng. After that, whenever he came to the Leng family, the other party would always look at him with a smiling look.
From then on, Qin Hao would show up at the Leng family courtyard on time every day to teach Leng Qiuyue some knowledge of Western medicine nursing. At first, Mr. Leng didn't take it seriously until he heard Qin Hao explain the concept of "virus".
"Ridiculous!" Mr. Leng slammed the table and stood up. "The origin of human illness is the six external evils, the seven internal emotions, and the lack of balance between work and rest. Where does this 'virus' come from?"
Qin Hao calmly explained, "Uncle Leng, this virus is what Westerners call 'external evil'. They have an instrument called a 'microscope' that can magnify things thousands of times, so that you can see a lot of 'evil spirits' that are invisible to the naked eye. For example, in water that looks clear, there are actually a lot of 'evil spirits'. This is why drinking raw water can easily cause diarrhea."
"Did you learn all this in the new-style school in Xi'an?"
"Exactly."
Mr. Leng was amazed when he heard this, and said frankly that if he had the chance in the future he would definitely go and see the "microscope".
Leng Qiuyue listened quietly at the side, occasionally stealing a glance at Qin Hao's profile as he focused on explaining, and her heartbeat would inexplicably speed up.
Seven days later, Leng Qiuyue finally mustered up the courage and followed Qin Hao to the hospital in the west of the village. The women had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw her coming, they all saluted: "Mr. Leng."
Leng Qiuyue was so nervous that her palms were sweating and her voice was trembling: "Today we will first learn how to disinfect and bandage."
To her surprise, these older women studied very hard and were very respectful to her. One woman, Chuntao, could not read or write, but she was very smart and learned very quickly.
A month later, the women in the hospital had mastered basic nursing skills. Qin Hao began to arrange for the injured soldiers to come here for treatment, which not only solved the pain of the soldiers, but also gave the women a chance to practice.
However, the good times did not last long, as the wives of the regiment's soldiers soon came to visit.
"Why should my man be touched by those vixens?" A burly woman blocked the hospital entrance, followed by a dozen equally indignant women.
"That's right! Who knows what they are up to?"
"My wife came back yesterday looking like she was lost. She must have been bewitched by some vixen!"
The noise attracted many villagers to watch. When Qin Hao rushed over after hearing the news, the front of the hospital was already in chaos. He was about to step forward to stop it, but the crowd suddenly quieted down - Mr. Zhu walked over with a cane.
"Everyone," Mr. Zhu's voice was not loud, but it made everyone hold their breath, "Doctors are like parents. These women are learning medicine to help the world, which is a good deed. When you were sick, did you ever dislike the doctor's feeling your pulse and asking questions?"
The women looked at each other, and their momentum suddenly weakened.
Mr. Zhu continued, "Don't forget that the duty of the security group is to protect the country and the people. If one day bandits attack and your men are injured fighting the bandits, would you rather watch them die than let them receive medical treatment?"
"This……"
These words left the women speechless, but they still stubbornly refused to leave.
At this moment, a group of women in white clothes walked out of the "Bailu Clinic". Before anyone present could react, Chun Tao, the leader, took the lead and knelt down.
"My dear sisters, we were abducted by bandits and have long lost our reputation. It was Master Bai and the villagers who took us in and gave us a chance to survive. I studied nursing to repay the kindness and to live an upright life... If you sisters are really worried..."
Chuntao and a few others suddenly took out broken tiles from their sleeves and were about to scratch their faces with them.
"stop!"
Leng Qiuyue didn't know where she got the courage to shout so loudly. She broke free from her sister Leng Qiushui's hand, stepped forward and knocked the tile out of Chuntao's hand, then turned around and yelled at the women in the village.
"Do you still have any conscience? If they really had no other way to survive, why would they leave their homes and come to Bailu Village? Was it their fault that they were kidnapped by bandits? This world is harsh on women. You are also women. How can you have the heart to extinguish their only hope of survival?"
Mr. Zhu turned to look at Qin Hao and said with a smile: "You are lucky."
Qin Hao looked at Leng Qiuyue, who was standing in front of Chuntao and the others like a lioness protecting her cubs, and couldn't help but smile and nod.
Leng Qiuyue's words touched the empathy of the women present, and they no longer made things difficult for Chuntao and the others.
Chun Tao took the lead and said that they would make a mask to avoid direct contact with Tuan Yong during treatment.
After the clinic was up and running, Qin Hao led the regiment to attack again. First, they annihilated the bandit gang headed by Wang Sanchun who was entrenched in the Lijia Village area, and then they defeated the Liu Xiazi bandit gang who dominated the Sanzhouzhuang area.
After these two great victories, the reputation of the security corps was completely established. The bandits within a hundred miles were terrified, and some even fled out of the jurisdiction of Zishui County overnight.
When the people of Zishui County heard that the security team was passing by, they all came forward spontaneously to express their condolences. The people were not stupid and knew who was good to them.
Previously, due to the rampant bandits in Zishui County, many merchants would rather take a detour than go through Zishui County. After hearing that the security team had achieved great results in suppressing bandits, many merchants returned, and commercial activities in Zishui County also became much more active.
Once when Bai Jiaxuan went to the city to sell grain, he heard a storyteller in a teahouse telling the story of the security corps' fight against bandits. Bai Jiaxuan was so delighted that he couldn't stop smiling when he came back.
Three months later, Qin Hao led the security team to wipe out the last Black Wind Village gang active in Zishui County. Upon hearing the news, the people of Zishui County spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate, and the firecrackers sold out that day.
After Qin Hao temporarily handed over the position of head of the security team to Heiwa, he ended his six-month leave and returned to Xi'an.