After Yao Rengui was splinted, he started to have a fever that night. Lihua lived in a wooden house on Yicheng Mountain for three days. Every day, he got up early in the dark and dug some potatoes and wild goods on the mountain with Xiaotong Zhuzhu, walking around the streets.
I finally saved a little bit of copper coins by hawking.
Lihua took this small amount of money and went to Yicheng to find a doctor for Yao Rengui. There were really not many doctors in Yicheng. She was usually too busy sitting in court to see doctors, so she didn't care about the few copper coins in Lihua's hand.
Some doctors who are sarcastic will say that Lihua is sick, and the small amount of money required to go to the mountains of Yicheng is not even enough to hire a car. Some doctors are more gentle and just laugh it off and never bother with Lihua. There is only one doctor in front of her.
With a look of embarrassment, Lihua almost knelt down in front of the doctor before agreeing to visit...
When the doctor saw Yao Rengui, he was already unconscious with a high fever, and one of his legs was swollen. He shook his head repeatedly. He turned back to Lihua and said, "You are really confused. If you get timely diagnosis and treatment and reconnect the bones, you will be fine."
Not only did I use a splint to block the blood vessels, but I also attached the wrong bones. It’s already been three days. Resetting the wrong bones is a trivial matter. The key is to unblock meridians and activate blood circulation, which is troublesome.”
When Lihua heard what the doctor said, her face turned pale with fright and she could only say: "I originally wanted to take him to Huizhou for treatment, but I didn't expect that the carriage sprained his foot in the mountains. Fortunately, there is this girl Zhuzhu's old house.
Only then can we have a place to stay. Sir, can Brother Rengui's leg still be cured?"
The doctor looked at the dilapidated furniture around the wooden house, then looked at Lihua and the two little girls. He sighed and said, "It's not that I'm being harsh with words, it's just the little copper in the girl's hand... uh... don't say it.
He needs to treat his leg, and even going to the pharmacy to get some supplementary medicine won’t work.”
Lihua shed tears and said: "Sir, please show mercy and save Brother Rengui. We are all poor people whose families were ruined by the Li brothers. The little girl was abandoned by her biological parents since she was a child. She belongs to Brother Rengui.
My father raised me, and I owe them a lot to the Yao family. Sir, please connect my legs to Brother Rengui. Lihua kowtows to you here. Sir, he will live a long life and have many children...
..." Lihua cried and kowtowed heavily, and the blood on her forehead suddenly dripped down.
The doctor hurriedly helped Lihua up and said: "Girl, what are you doing? I am a doctor with a parental heart. If I didn't want to save him, I wouldn't have come with you. But it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. I can make a diagnosis for a penny."
I won’t accept any money, but your brother’s injury is too serious. If you don’t get treatment in time, this leg will be considered useless, but there is nothing I can do about you, girl, in your current situation.”
Lihua wiped away her tears and said, "Sir, I wonder how much money it will cost to save my brother? I'll find a way and I must save his legs!"
The doctor wondered: "Let's do this. I'll give him acupuncture first to reduce the fever, and then I'll give you a prescription to help reduce the swelling. Then I'll re-set his bones, but you must hurry up. It's been a long time."
Even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated and Bian Que is reincarnated, he won't be able to heal his legs." The doctor took out the silver needle from the medicine box, applied the needle, wrote the prescription and left. Lihua took the prescription and her heart went cold when she saw it.
Don’t even think about grabbing medicine for a few taels of money...
Lihua sat on the edge of Yao Rengui's broken wooden bed. After much hesitation, she called Zhuzhu and Xiaotong and said, "Two sisters, Brother Rengui is unconscious at the moment. I want to stay here to take care of him. Why don't you run away first?"
When we get to Huizhou, I’ll wait for Brother Rengui’s leg to heal before I meet you to join him.”
Zhuzhu bit her lower lip and thought for a while and said: "Since we escaped from the Li family together, there is absolutely no reason to leave sister behind. I am now the same as Xiaotong. It turns out that I still miss my parents here.
, but when we arrived, we found out that our parents had already moved away. Xiaotong and I went to Huizhou without any friends. If we meet bad people again, we don’t know what to do! It’s better to wait until the eldest brother can walk away, and we can go together.
Huizhou.”
Xiaotong said anxiously: "I heard what the doctor said just now. It costs a lot of money to treat my elder brother. It just depends on the three of us digging potatoes and selling them. How long will it take to save enough?"
Lihua raised her head and looked at the two little girls and said: "This is exactly what I am worried about. The husband said that Brother Rengui's leg will not be saved if it is not treated..." Lihua stood up suddenly when she said this, with a determined look on her face.
Then he said: "I'm going to Yicheng to raise money for brother Rengui's treatment. Brother Rengui's leg was injured because of me. I must save his leg..."
The humid and sultry rainy season had just passed, and businessmen in the market began to open their doors again and start doing business. At the street corner of the market, pear blossoms spread out a stage made of linen with beads, and started singing from early in the morning.
Although she didn't have any clothes, her straight singing skills of Li Hua Opera and her precise steps won waves of applause. Zhuzhu held a broken gong in both hands and kept bowing to beg for it in the crowd. At noon, people were buying and selling people and listening to the opera.
Everyone went back to eat and have a rest. Lihua and Zhuzhu ate the potatoes they had brought, and after counting the broken gong, there were almost four or five taels of broken silver and copper plates. Lihua finally felt hopeful and drank herbal tea.
Moisten your throat and take a short rest before continuing to sing...
After three days of exhaustion, Lihua had saved more than ten taels of silver. She immediately went to the pharmacy to grab some medicine and was already short of money. She hurriedly took Zhuzhu to the mountains of Yicheng. After these days, Lihua was afraid of meeting Li Hua.
After Yao Rengui drank the medicine, the swelling that lasted for several days finally subsided. In the middle of the night, Yao Rengui could tell that he was hungry and woke up Lihua who was guarding Yao Rengui's bedside. He fed him half a bowl.
Mashed potato juice, when Lihua saw Yao Rengui sleeping peacefully after eating, the big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. She got up and put some clothes on the two little girls sleeping on the other bed.
Early the next morning, Lihua and Zhuzhu went out to earn money again. Xiaotong stayed in the wooden house to take care of Yao Rengui. When it got dark, Lihua and Zhuzhu came back with the doctor, bringing some wine and cooked food. The doctor looked at Yao Rengui's injuries.
, he took out the wooden hammer from the medicine box and suddenly smashed it down...
"Ah..." Yao Rengui screamed heartbreakingly, cold sweat streaming down his face. But the doctor smiled and said: "Okay, okay. Let me straighten your bones and lie down for three months."
I can go to the ground now.”
Lihua felt distressed and helpless. The doctor had been busy for more than half an hour before he wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves, took a breath and said, "Miss, I have already healed your brother's injury."
, Fortunately, the girl helped your brother reduce the swelling in time and saved his leg."
Lihua expressed her gratitude and wanted to stay with the doctor for dinner, but the doctor said solemnly: "Girl, you don't have to eat for free. You should keep the money. Give your brother more to replenish his body while he recovers. It will cost hundreds of dollars to break his muscles and bones."
It will take at least half a year or more than a year for Ricaixing to fully recover. Aren’t you still going to Huizhou? Money is very important to you."
Lihua was moved by what the doctor said and her eyes filled with tears and she said: "Sir, I can't repay Lihua for your high righteousness. I hope you can accept this jar of wine as a little girl's modest kindness." The doctor accepted the wine and said something about taking care of Yao Rengui.
I leave the things I need to pay attention to...
Lihua said to Zhuzhu and Xiaotong: "These days, it's all because of you sisters. Come over and eat."
Xiaotong had already smelled the aroma of meat in the lotus leaf buns on the table. After eating potatoes for a few days, she became extremely greedy. Just as she was about to reach out for the quilt, Zhuzhu opened her hand.
Lihua smiled and said: "Brother Rengui fell asleep again. I have already eaten. You guys should eat the food on the table quickly. Don't waste it." Lihua took the wooden basin from the ground and went out to fetch water. Xiaotong
They threw themselves on the table, unwrapped the lotus leaf buns, and began to eat. Zhuzhu also started eating with her. Little did they know that Lihua was secretly drinking potato soup while they were feasting...
Three months passed in a flash. Under the care of Lihua and the two little girls, Yao Rengui was finally able to go to the ground with a wooden stick. Lihua went out to sing every day and was always worried that the Li family would come to the market to cause trouble for her.
But what makes Lihua happy is that the Li family has never appeared in the market even once. As long as Yao Rengui's legs get better, he can fly far away and never be free from the power of the Li family.
The pear trees in and outside the mountains of Yicheng have begun to bear fruit, and the branches are bent under the weight of the heavy yellow pears. Lihua picked a few mature big pears and went back, with a long-lost smile on her face...
Yao Rengui stayed in the house for a few months, and became really bored and panicked. Once his legs and feet could reach the ground, he started walking around the house on crutches. Xiaotong told Lihua. But Lihua said that he should be left alone.
Walking more is good for strengthening the legs and feet. Since Lihua all agrees that Yao Rengui should walk more, Xiaotong will no longer care about him...
On this day, Yao Rengui was walking in the pear forest and saw three men carrying bamboo baskets who had gone up the mountain to pick pears. They were sitting under the shade of the pear tree, enjoying the cool and playing dice. Yao Rengui had nothing to do anyway, so he came over. Dice
The men took turns throwing the dice into the bowl, and whoever threw the higher number won all the money. After watching it for a while, Yao Rengui felt that one of the thin men was particularly unlucky, and he had already lost more than ten dollars after a few dice.
Two silver coins. It was the thin man's turn to throw the dice again. He put the dice in the palms of his hands, blew into his mouth and shouted: "Leopard, kill all..."
After the dice fell into the bowl and stopped, it turned out to be two or three, causing the other two people to laugh and say: "Brother Chen Wu, did you have an affair with your sister-in-law last night? Why are you so unlucky today!"
"Bah, I don't believe this evil yet. Ma Zong, Wen Da, you two guys have the ability to win all the money in my pocket." The thin man took out a silver ingot weighing fifty taels from his arms.
Yuan Bao was slapped on the ground.
The thin man stared and grabbed the dice. He shook it in his hand for a long time but refused to put it down. The thin man suddenly looked up and saw Yao Rengui and laughed loudly: "This brother is very cool. He also comes here to collect pears in the mountains."
? My luck is really bad today, please lend me your brother's hand to help me roll the dice."
Yao Rengui said in embarrassment: "I don't know how. I can't afford to compensate you for losing money."
"Haha, brother, if we want to invite each other, we might as well meet by chance. You have also seen how weak my hands are, and you have already thought that these coins have been lost. Brother, you can be confident and bold in throwing. If you win, you will get red, if you lose, it is mine."
Yao Rengui put the dice into his hand without waiting for his consent. Yao Rengui thought that he wouldn't have to pay for the money anyway if he lost, so he casually put the dice into the bowl.
"Three, five, six." The thin man shouted, and the dice rolled by the two men were smaller than Yao Rengui's. The thin man said happily: "Brother, I am really the God of Wealth. He helped me turn the dice in no time.
I’m sorry, this is a thank you for you.”
Yao Rengui took the ten taels of silver from the thin man in a daze. Yao Rengui thought that this thing could bring in money faster than Sister Lihua's singing. After singing for three months, she only had dozens of more taels of silver after she hid the expenses.
Under the bedside, if he could win some money, wouldn't he be able to buy land and buy a house in Huizhou, so that Sister Lihua could live a good life... Yao Rengui thought very well, so he used these ten taels of money to gamble a few times.
If you lose, go back and pretend that you didn't pick up the money in vain.
"Shall I bet a line or two too?"
"Haha, brother, of course you can bet on it, let's play together."
Yao Rengui kept playing until it got dark. Unexpectedly, he won fifty or sixty taels of silver whether he lost or lost. Yao Rengui was worried that Lihua would blame him for gambling when he came back, so he collected the money and made an appointment to play again tomorrow, and hurried to
The wooden house limped away, leaving the three men looking at each other and laughing...