Shi Sheng invited a doctor to see him. The doctor took a few glances and checked his pulse, then said he was suffering from cold and prescribed medicine. However, after taking it for two days, not only did he not get better, but his fever became even higher, and his whole body felt alarmingly hot.
With only a few taels of silver, Shi Sheng hired another doctor to see him. This time the doctor looked more carefully and asked about the course and symptoms of the disease. Finally, he diagnosed that he was not suffering from wind cold but a more serious typhoid fever.
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The course of typhoid fever is long, usually lasting 20 to 30 days. During this period, medicine must be taken on time every day, so that there is a possibility of recovery. If care is not taken properly or medicine is interrupted, the patient is likely to suffer from typhoid fever.
Other illnesses may occur outside the home, which may be life-threatening in severe cases.
Xuan'er followed the doctor's prescription and went to the drug store to get some medicine. This medicine was much more expensive than the medicine for treating colds last time. One pack cost one silver. Five days of medicine cost five silver. After deducting the doctor's consultation fee,
, they only had two taels of money left with them, and they were staying in an inn, eating, and taking medicine, so they couldn't last more than a few days.
Silver... where can they find so much silver...
The more Xuan'er thought about it, the more upset she became. It was that woman's idea to travel all the way to Shanxi, and she was the one who was sick now. It was really troublesome. Why bother to travel so far if she couldn't bear it.
In such sorrow, Xuan'er returned to the inn where she lived. In order to save money, they only rented one room. Usually she and Ling Ruo slept in it, and Shi Sheng slept at the door.
Just as she was about to open the door and go in, she suddenly heard voices inside. She listened curiously for a while, but what she heard made her expression change drastically, because those words were not about anything else, but about the fire in the long alley.
Shi Sheng didn't know that Xuan'er was outside, but he still wiped Ling Ruo's hot palms and said, "Miss Ling, you must get better and nothing will happen to you. You were injured so badly last time and you managed to survive it.
And that time in the long alley, those people viciously set fire to you, but you were still alive, right?
?You must hold on. The doctor said that as long as you hold on for a period of high fever, the disease will slowly get better. You said you want to go to Mount Wutai. When you recover, I will go with you and then look for you.
How about living in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters? No one can find you, and no one can hurt you again."
As he was talking nonchalantly, he suddenly heard the door open, and it was Xuan'er who walked in with a medicine bag in her hand. Shi Sheng felt happy and hurriedly went up to greet him: "Did you get the medicine?"
Xuan'er took a deep look at him and said softly: "Yes, I've got him, five packets of medicine and five silver coins."
Shi Sheng frowned when he heard this. The price of these medicines exceeded his expectation. The doctor said that according to the current situation, it would take at least twenty days to take them. If the price of each package was such a high price, what they had on hand would be
I absolutely can't afford the money. It seems I have to find a way to make money quickly.
Thinking like this, Shi Sheng went to take the medicine in Xuan'er's hand, but Xuan'er held it tightly and had no intention of letting go. "Xuan'er, here's the medicine for you. I'll fry it. You've been tired all day. Sit down."
Have a drink of water and take a break.”
Xuan'er lowered her head, slowly loosened her fingers, and said as if she was talking in a dream: "Okay, remember that the medicine must be cooked thoroughly, and don't be impatient, otherwise the medicine will not be effective."
"I understand, please help take care of Miss Ling." Shi Sheng took the medicine and walked out without noticing anything unusual about Xuan'er.
Just after Shi Sheng went out, Xuan'er closed the door tightly, then turned around and walked to the bed, staring down at Ling Ruo who was lying unconscious on the bed, her eyes changed from indifferent to sharp, with endless hatred in her eyes.
Shot out.
It turns out...it turns out that the fire in the long alley was not an accident, but a disaster caused by this woman. It was she who killed her parents, and she made herself a helpless orphan.
Everything is thanks to this woman!
So hateful! So hateful! Why, why did she come to Qingjiang Town, why did she break into her own world, first snatched away Shi Sheng, and then killed her parents. Was it because she owed this woman in her previous life, so in this life?
To harm her like this!
She didn't know what happened in her previous life. She only knew that she would end up in such misery in this life, all because of this woman. She wanted to kill this woman to avenge her parents!
At this moment, hatred overwhelmed her reason, and with her face full of madness, Xuan'er pulled out the long gilt-silver hollow hairpin on her head. The sharp tip of the hairpin shone with a cold and penetrating luster in this midsummer.
She held the hairpin tightly with both hands and pointed the tip of the hairpin at Ling Ruo's exposed neck. As long as...as long as she inserted the hairpin hard, this hateful woman would disappear completely, and when the time came, Brother Shi Sheng would also return.
By her side! Go down! Kill this hateful woman!
A voice kept echoing in Xuan'er's ears, with the ultimate temptation to lead people to hell. It was the devil in Xuan'er's heart, full of jealousy and hatred.
Xuan'er's hand held the hairpin tightly, and her palms were covered with sticky cold sweat. Although she hated Ling Ruo in her heart, she had never killed anyone before, so it was still difficult to actually take a life.
Just when Xuan'er was having an endless battle between heaven and man, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Shi Sheng came in holding an unpacked package of medicine. He just forgot to ask how many bowls of water the medicine was boiled in, so he went back to ask.
, I didn’t expect to see Xuan’er holding the hairpin and about to stab Ling Ruo as soon as I came in.
This scene made him inexplicably horrified, and he quickly stepped forward to protect the unconscious Ling Ruo, and said sternly: "What do you want to do?"
Xuan'er had already lowered her hand holding the hairpin, but now that she saw Shi Sheng's protective behavior, she couldn't help but feel jealous, and her hatred for Ling Ruo deepened even more. She raised the hairpin in her hand again and said in a hateful voice:
"I'm going to kill her, kill this woman!"
"Why are you so crazy? Give me the hairpin quickly!" Shi Sheng wanted to snatch the hairpin from Xuan'er's hand, but instead she made a cut on the back of his hand.
The bright red color at the tip of the hairpin made Xuan'er feel even more crazy in pain. She waved the hairpin vigorously and shouted: "Get out of the way, this woman deserves to die, she deserves to die!"
Shi Sheng only thought that she was jealous, and said: "Xuan'er, I promised in front of my mother's grave that I would marry you, and I will never break my promise. As for Miss Ling, I sent her here because she was alone with no relatives or friends.
Here, after she settles down, I will go back to Qingjiang Town with you."
"Now you are still unwilling to tell the truth to me!" Xuan'er's eyes shed tears, and she repeated hoarsely, "Shi Sheng, now you are still unwilling to tell the truth to me, what happened to the fire in the long alley?
,explain!"
Shi Sheng was quite shocked when he heard this. After thinking about it, he understood the situation just now. She must have listened to what he said before.