Chapter 2481 - 2455: Out of the Cage

Under the young ladies’ psychological suggestion, five or six days later, the pox marks really faded a little, and they became even happier after comparing them.

As more people recovered, more people blocked Manbao for the ointment, even little Tang Run from the backyard came to stop her, "Aunt Man, we also want to buy the cream to remove pox marks."

Manbao said: "What’s wrong with being a man and having a couple of pox marks?"

Tang Run said: "Everyone has a love for beauty, and we are all handsome young masters. Aunt Man, how can you deprive us of our love for beauty?"

Manbao actually felt that he made sense, so she asked: "Do you have money?"

"Yes!" Tang Run said: "But not here, wait for me to go home and get it for you."

Manbao was surprised, "Your mother actually doesn’t take your New Year’s money?"

In their family, except for her, everyone’s New Year’s money was taken by their respective parents.

Little Tang Run pouted and said: "It’s not New Year’s money, it’s my monthly allowance. My New Year’s money is kept with my mother."

It seems mothers are similar everywhere, Manbao was satisfied, thinking that the scholarly sister-in-law Tang she knew was still the same, so she nodded: "Okay, I’ll lend you first."

Tang Run immediately said: "My friends also want to buy."

He didn’t say who his friends were, just stated the quantity directly, "There are twelve bottles in total, Aunt Man, none of us have money on us now, you lend them to us first, all on my tab, I’ll pay you after I go out."

Manbao said it’s no problem.

Zhou Liru knew the prescription, and knew how to make the cream, even Bai Shan knew.

Making ointment wasn’t difficult for Liu Sanniang either. If one bottle could be sold for eight hundred coins, ten bottles would be eight thousand coins, which was quite a considerable income. So Ms. Lu and the others worked hard to learn, and after two days of effort and using up quite a bit of herbs, they finally learned how, then the speed of making ointment increased.

In two days, splendid porcelain bottles labeled "Zhou Clan Pox Fading Cream" were sent in by Liu Sanniang, all filled with slightly reddish ointment that didn’t look very appealing but had a medicinal fragrance. Manbao took a bottle, opened it to smell, rubbed it on her hand, even tasted it with her tongue, and then spit it out, rinsed her mouth afterwards: "It’s definitely correct, did Liru make all of these?"

"No, it’s Fourth Aunt and the others who made them together."

Manbao exclaimed "Wow", praised: "Fourth Sister-in-law and the others are getting more and more amazing."

Liu Sanniang just laughed and asked: "Should I take these to them now?"

Manbao nodded: "Take them over, everyone’s pox has crusted and fallen off, you can also let them know that we’ll bring in people for them to be in contact with tomorrow, after which we’ll wait seven days, if no pox appears, they can leave."

Liu Sanniang nodded in response, curious: "Master, will every batch of vaccinated people have to be tested with human pox once?"

"No," Manbao said: "The Imperial Hospital has set a rule, once there’s a group of ten thousand vaccinated, if none have shown any adverse effects, it would confirm the complete immunity provided by cowpox, and moving forward vaccination wouldn’t need to be tested again, and once the pox crusts fall off, they can leave."

This would greatly reduce the time.

Liu Sanniang was shocked, tongue-tied: "When will it reach ten thousand?"

Manbao thought about it and said: "At the current vaccination speed, it shouldn’t be slow, His Majesty intends to have the Imperial Guard vaccinated in batches."

Liu Sanniang hadn’t thought of this at all, "But they have older ones."

"So they have to be carefully checked, if their bodies permit it, it’s better to vaccinate, didn’t I experiment with older soldiers at the frontier before? Though the risk does indeed increase."

But with an order from the Emperor, they must go through fire and water, more or less with this, it’s not fire and water.

However, before vaccinating the Imperial Guard, Manbao wanted to vaccinate Bai Shan and the others first.

Seven days later, the gates of the Imperial Manor reopened, many Old Madams and Madams came personally to pick up their people.

They had been worried to death over the past half month, even though the news coming from inside was always good, it was still smallpox, they were really anxious.

Even some Elder Lords couldn’t resist coming themselves to pick up sons, daughters, grandchildren, and granddaughters.

Thus, when the door of the Imperial Manor opened, they saw the little young masters and young ladies who had become quite round.

The young masters and young ladies chatting away didn’t realize anything, until they saw their elders at home, they finally felt a bit wistful, then ran towards their respective families.

Little Tang Run also charged at his parents like a cannonball, but instead of hugging his mother, he leapt into his father’s arms, hugging him tight and crying: "Dad—"

Lord Tang hugged him as well, shouting loudly: "Son—"

Madam Tang’s face turned black, once the father and son had been hugging for quite a while and seemed endless, she reached out to separate them, tugging on Tang Run’s ear in exasperation, "What are you shouting about, look how round you’ve become? Were you just eating inside? Didn’t I tell you to practice martial arts daily and exercise your body?"

Lord Tang carefully held her hand, gently moving it away from his son’s ear, hastily said: "Being a bit round isn’t bad at all, you see Manbao, isn’t she round? And still very healthy?"

Manbao walked over and heard this, she widened her eyes in disbelief, immediately coming forward, "I’m fat?"

Lord Tang was startled, looking around for something else to say, "Hey, didn’t Bai Shan come to pick you up today?"

Manbao was melancholy, "Why should he come to pick me up?"

"It’s a rest day today."

Manbao just remembered, it was indeed a rest day today, but that didn’t matter, what mattered was, "Scholarly Sister-in-law, am I fat?"

Madam Tang smiled slightly, "Not fat, you are round and cute, just the right size, where’s the fat?"

Lord Tang also nodded, "Right, right, it’s a face thing, not a question of being fat or thin."

Madam Tang’s expression slightly faded, casually stepped on his foot, and pressed hard once.

Lord Tang hissed, Madam Tang whispered sternly: "If you can’t speak properly, don’t speak."

Manbao hadn’t had time to probe further when she heard her name being called, she turned her head towards the voice, and saw Bai Shan far, far away standing on a carriage waving at her, shouting: "We can’t get in, come out quickly."

Manbao decided not to bother with Lord Tang, so she said to little Tang Run: "Just bring the money to my house, I’ll leave first!"

She then took off running.

Madam Tang waited until she ran far away and then asked her son, "What money?"

Little Tang Run said earnestly, "I bought a bottle of ointment from Aunt Man to remove the pox marks."

He held up two fingers to show: "Eight hundred coins per bottle."

That was quite expensive, but Madam Tang wasn’t very heartbroken, she rolled up his sleeves to check the area where his pox developed, then nodded: "This money, mother will cover it for you."

Little Tang Run was overjoyed, his eyes even gleamed with excitement.

Lord Tang lowered his head, thoughtfully eyeing his son.