Lin Wanqiu's heart tightened, but she remained outwardly calm: "My family is just an ordinary farming family, what good stuff do we have? This medicine was saved up by my grandmother before she passed away. It's just a small bottle, and she secretly gave it to me when I got married. I've never been willing to use it. If it weren't for Tiedan's emergency today, I wouldn't have taken it out." She spoke sincerely, and her eyes even deliberately reddened—to deal with someone like Old Lady Shen, you have to play the emotional card and act pitiful so she won't suspect anything.

Grandma Shen stared at her for a long time. Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, and remembering that her family was indeed ordinary, she pursed her lips and let go of her hand: "Alright, alright, hurry up and boil some water, don't delay her treatment." However, there was still a hint of suspicion in her eyes, as if she was pondering something.

Lin Wanqiu sneered inwardly and turned to go into the kitchen. Old Wang's kitchen was very simple, with only an earthen stove and an iron pot. She added water to the pot and was about to start a fire when she heard Zhang Lan's voice from outside: "Mother, do you think Lin Wanqiu's medicine is really that effective? I see she usually eats better than us; is she really hiding something good?"

"She definitely hid it!" Old Mrs. Shen's voice was low, but it could still be clearly heard in the kitchen. "Last time I went to her room, I saw her feeding Nian'an white steamed buns. Our family can't even afford white flour now, where did she get it? And a few days ago, I saw her secretly stuffing something into her mouth, maybe it was dried meat! That brat, she must have hidden all her family's things and is pretending to be poor!"

"Should we go to her room and look for her?" Zhang Lan's voice was full of greed.

"Search! Of course we'll search! We'll search her room tonight after she falls asleep! I refuse to believe we won't find the good stuff she's hidden!"

Lin Wanqiu's anger flared up—these two women, mother and daughter-in-law, were really pushing their luck! They failed to steal grain last time, and now they're trying to steal again? It seemed they wouldn't behave unless she taught them a lesson. She took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and started a fire. Watching the water in the pot slowly heat up, she already had a plan in mind.

Once the water boiled, she carried the hot water out. Wang Tiedan's leg had already been splinted with a wooden board, which was found by several young men in the team and bound tightly with strips of cloth. Lin Wanqiu handed the hot water to Wang Tiedan's mother: "Auntie, wipe Tiedan's face and give him some hot water to drink; it will make him feel better."

"Oh, okay, thank you, Wanqiu," Wang Tiedan's mother said gratefully as she took the hot water.

Just as Lin Wanqiu was about to say something more, she saw someone riding a bicycle quickly approaching from a distance, with a person carrying a medicine box sitting on the back seat—it was the barefoot doctor returning!

"The doctor is here! The doctor is here!" someone shouted, and the crowd immediately parted to make way.

The barefoot doctor, surnamed Li, was in his fifties with gray hair and was the only doctor in the team. After getting off the vehicle, he went straight to Wang Tiedan, squatted down to carefully examine the wound and leg bone, and asked about the situation. His brows slowly furrowed: "The wound was treated very promptly, and the bleeding was stopped well. If it had been any later, this leg might have been ruined." As he spoke, he looked up at Lin Wanqiu, "Did you give me this medicine?"

"It's me, doctor. I have a folk remedy here. Let's stop Tiedan's bleeding first," Lin Wanqiu said quickly.

Dr. Li nodded, his eyes filled with approval: "Your folk remedy is quite good, it works very well. However, the bone still needs to be properly immobilized. I'll prescribe some anti-inflammatory medication for him, and if he takes it on time, he should recover faster."

As he spoke, he took out some herbs from his medicine box and handed them to Wang Tiedan's mother, giving her a few more instructions. Old Wang and his mother were extremely grateful and insisted that Dr. Li and Lin Wanqiu stay for dinner, but they politely declined.

Lin Wanqiu finished packing and was about to leave when Dr. Li stopped her: "Wanqiu, could I take a look at your folk remedy? If it really works, it can be used to help in case someone in the team gets injured in the future."

Lin Wanqiu's heart skipped a beat—what should she do? Her "folk remedy" was actually hemostatic powder from her spatial storage. If she showed it to Dr. Li, she would definitely be exposed! She quickly smiled and said, "Doctor, I'm so sorry, there's only a little bit of that remedy left. I just used it all on Tiedan. My family doesn't have any more either. If I manage to get more later, I'll definitely bring it to you."

Dr. Li didn't think much of it and just nodded: "Okay, if you have the chance, keep an eye out for it. This folk remedy is really effective."

Lin Wanqiu quickly agreed, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief—thankfully she reacted quickly, otherwise it would have been troublesome. After saying goodbye to Old Wang's family, she headed home. Just as she reached the village entrance, she saw Nian'an standing by the roadside, holding a wild hawthorn in her hand, looking at her expectantly.

"Mom!" Upon seeing Lin Wanqiu, Nian'an immediately ran over, her little hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes. "Where have you been? I've been waiting for you for so long."

Lin Wanqiu squatted down and patted her son's head, her heart softening. "Mom went to help Grandma Wang's brother Tiedan with his injuries. I'm sorry to have kept An'an waiting." She took out a piece of fruit candy from her pocket—it was one she had taken from her spatial storage, wrapped in candy wrapper, and looked like a fruit candy from that era. "Here you go, An'an, be good, this is a reward for you."

Nian'an's eyes lit up. She took the candy, but instead of immediately unwrapping it, she carefully put it in her pocket: "Mom, I won't eat it. I'll save it for you."

Lin Wanqiu's nose tingled with emotion. She hugged and kissed her son, saying, "An'an, you're such a good boy. Mommy isn't hungry, you eat. Mommy has more." She then took a piece of candy from her pocket, unwrapped it, and put it in Nian'an's mouth. "Is it sweet?"

"Sweet!" Nian'an squinted her eyes, smiling like a little sun. "Mommy, is Brother Tiedan alright?"

"It's alright, don't worry." Lin Wanqiu held her son's hand and slowly walked home. The setting sun cast long shadows of them, creating a warm and peaceful scene.

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