Chapter 22: Ruan Lao's Acupuncture

"Okay, the riverbank at the edge of town is just ahead. I can just stop there."

The fourth constable responded and spoke with his back to Qiao Qiqi.

He called out to the old cow to slowly stop, "How about this, you go and deal with the pig offal first, and I'll take Mr. Ruan to the carpenter to make the wooden frame, how about that?"

Qiao Qiqi got out of the car carrying two bags of pig offal and said, "Okay, then I'll give you the silver according to the wooden rack."

Old Ruan waved his hand casually. "No need. I'll be riding this ox cart more often in the future anyway. I'll pay for it. Let's go!"

So, before she could free her hands to take the silver, the other party had already driven away the ox cart.

Qiao Qiqi: ...

"Ma'am, wait here when you're done. I'll pick you up later."

From a distance, the voice of the fourth constable's instructions could be heard.

The river bank of Taiping Town is paved with bluestone slabs.

Qiao Qiqi carried the pig offal, got some flour from the supermarket and began to wash it skillfully.

She used to do these things often when she was doing live broadcasts, and she didn't think it was a big deal.

She planned to use the heart and lungs to make soup, and as for the rest, she planned to braise them and eat them on the way.

After she cleaned up, the fourth constable appeared at the bank of the creek with Mr. Ruan driving an ox cart.

Qiao Qiqi hurriedly carried the processed pig into the water and stepped into the oilcloth compartment of the ox cart.

Old Ruan frowned as he looked at the cleaned pig offal. "Hey, little girl, are you planning to feed this to me?"

"Old man, if you don't like it, I'll make you something else later. I've made this for you to eat on the way."

Qiao Qiqi didn't care and said with a smile.

Her supermarket doesn't sell things like pig offal, which are quite rare to find.

"That's good."

Mr. Ruan also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, not long after, he was slapped in the face by his own words.

When the fourth constable drove the ox cart to the town entrance, the leading constables were already waiting there with others.

I was slightly surprised to see that their ox cart had an oilcloth cover.

"Old Four, where did you build this oxcart shed? It's pretty good!"

The chief constable walked around the ox cart and found Mr. Ruan sitting in the shed of the ox cart.

He asked loudly, "Who is this old man, and why did you bring him back?"

Qiao Qiqi quickly smiled and said, "Sir, this is a doctor. I asked him to treat my husband."

"doctor?"

The chief officer nodded, holding his sword in hand, and shouted, "Now that everyone is here, let's go back!"

He immediately sat in the front of the carriage, side by side with the fourth constable.

The others could only follow the ox cart carrying the supplies they had just purchased in Taiping Town.

He looked at the pile of pork at Qiao Qiqi's feet, and then at the small bag of mixed flour steamed buns he was carrying on his back.

Uncle San of the Pei family was dumbfounded.

I didn’t expect that the eldest wife actually secretly hid a lot of silver!

No, he has to go back and talk to his mother.

The food in this big room should have been shared with them!

Yes, that's it.

At that time, I will ask the eldest wife to hand over all the food to my mother for distribution, so that I can also have a bite of meat.

Thinking of this, Uncle Pei swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and his steps became much lighter.

In the east wing of Taiping Town Post Station.

Pei Shaoan was wiping Pei Shaoling's back. "Brother, your wound is almost healed, why is your lower body numb?"

"When I was practicing my luck, I found that my waist wasn't functioning properly. Maybe it's just like your sister-in-law said, the blood vessels are blocked by blood stasis."

Pei Shaoling said softly while lying on the bunk with his upper body half naked.

"My sister-in-law said she'd go get a doctor for you, but I don't know if she can find one. I'm afraid the cost of a visit is not cheap!"

Pei Shaoming kept looking outside, "Brother, are you hungry? I'll go find something to eat."

"How could this post station prepare food for prisoners like us? If you want to go out for a walk, go ahead."

Pei Shaoan continued to wipe his elder brother's body, "I hope my sister-in-law can bring a doctor back so that my brother's injury can heal sooner."

"Well, I think she should be able to bring it back."

Pei Shaoling's narrow peach blossom eyes held a hint of certainty.

However, Pei Shaoan didn't notice and continued to wipe his brother's body.

Seeing this, Pei Shaoming slowly walked out of the east wing.

A few minutes later, he actually brought in a pot of wild vegetable porridge, "Mom, big brother, second brother, come and eat!"

Pei Shaoan, who was helping Pei Shaoling wipe his body, was slightly surprised, "Third brother, where did you get this porridge?"

"It was given to me by the officials. They had leftovers from their meal, and I happened to ask for some, so they gave it to me."

Pei Shaoming lowered his head guiltily and spoke in a low voice.

Pei Shaoan looked at him strangely and didn't ask any more questions.

Pei's mother, who was sitting next to her, let go of Pei Shu'er in her arms, took out a few broken bowls from her bag and started to scoop porridge.

"Mom, don't scoop it all out, leave some for Qiqi."

Pei Shaoling, half leaning on the quilt, spoke quickly.

"Well, mother knows."

Mother Pei placed a bowl of thick wild vegetable porridge in front of him and said, "Eat quickly!"

Just as the Pei family and their five children finished the porridge in their bowls, Qiao Qiqi returned with Old Ruan.

"Qiqi, come here, there's a bowl of wild vegetable porridge here, drink it while it's hot!"

Mother Pei quickly greeted Qiao Qiqi.

Qiao Qiqi shook her head, "I'm not hungry yet, you guys drink!"

She stepped aside and let Old Ruan behind her out. "This is the doctor who treated my husband. I'll go and set up the ox cart first."

Then she said to Mr. Ruan, "Doctor Ruan, thank you for your help!"

Ruan Lao quickly came forward with the medicine box in his arms, "A doctor should be like a parent to his parents. This is what I should do!"

Seeing this, Qiao Qiqi hurried to put the ox cart away. Seeing that there was no one around, she put the pork and two bags of rice in the ox cart into the space.

Then he carried Ruan's family's pots, pans, and utensils back to the east wing.

In order to conceal her own supermarket, she went out again and moved rice, hundreds of kilograms of pork and pig offal into the east wing.

After moving twice, she sat aside and watched Mr. Ruan give acupuncture to Pei Shaoling.

"Doctor Ruan, how is my husband?"

Qiao Qiqi asked Mr. Ruan softly.

Hearing Qiao Qiqi calling her husband in front of others, Pei Shaoling, who was lying on the couch, had a smile in his eyes.

"It's not a serious problem. Fortunately, he received timely treatment. This injury must have been deliberately inflicted. The blood accumulated in the Mingmen acupoint at the tailbone, which caused Lou, uh, the young master to lose consciousness."

Elder Ruan explained to Qiao Qiqi, "I have already applied acupuncture to his Yaoyang, Xuanshu, and several other acupoints in his spine. If I continue this treatment for seven days, he will be able to walk again."

"Really? That's great. Sorry to bother you, Mr. Ruan!"

Qiao Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief.