As Shuiqing opened her eyes, she saw the dilapidated room, half a piece of darkened bread, and five children with malnutrition, their faces full of concern. Eldest sister-in-law sneered, “It’s ...
When Li Changlin returned, especially with his injuries and stumbling all the way back, it was like a raging storm in Shanshui Village!
He was the eldest grandson of the old village chief. After Fan Jin began to teach him, he said that Fan Jin was a promising student. After discussing the matter, the old village chief decided to use all the family's resources to support his studies at the official school in the prefectural city.
The official school was next to the prefectural city. Because of the long distance, Li Changlin could only come back once a year during his holidays. After the flood, the old village chief felt it was not safe to travel back and forth, so he told Li Changlin to study at the official school with peace of mind. He could ask his family to send him money and food when they went to the prefectural city.
I originally thought that the sons of wealthy and powerful families lived in their own houses, while only poor students lived in the official school. They didn't have much food or money, so it must be very safe. I never expected that even a poor official school would be targeted by bandits!
Shui Qing led a group of people and hurried over.
Da Ni, Er Ni, Feng Da, Feng Er, Man Cang, Man Ku, and others had a good relationship with the old village chief's family. In addition, they were grateful for the old village chief's care for them. Although they were not familiar with Li Changlin, they still brought more than ten eggs to visit him.
The old village chief's courtyard was packed with people. When the villagers saw Shui Qing coming, they unconsciously took a few steps back to make way for her.
Aunt Zhang said anxiously, "Shuiqing, hurry in and see what's going on. Changlin said that the King of Yan has rebelled. What happened? Why did he suddenly rebel all of a sudden?"
Shui Qing thought to herself, "This is no good at all. Last year, they started to reduce the power of the princes. In just one month, they dismissed three princes. Some were exiled, some were imprisoned, and one prince even committed suicide by burning his entire household to prove his innocence! It's only a matter of time before the Prince of Yan rebels."
The other princes had been waiting for Prince Yan and taking a wait-and-see approach, but now that Prince Yan has rebelled, things will get even more chaotic.
"We've finally had over thirty years of peace, how can things be in chaos again?" Grandma Xu trembled with fear.
The younger generation doesn't know the suffering of a chaotic world, but she has truly experienced it firsthand.
It's true that it's better to be a dog in a prosperous era than a human in a chaotic one. All the food you work hard for a whole year is taken away by others. Even without natural disasters, you still have to dig for wild vegetables and eat tree bark. You can't even beg for food!
The world must not be in chaos.
The villagers in the courtyard looked at Shuiqing expectantly, as if she would bring out good news once she went in.
Shui Qing sighed. Although she had been mentally prepared, the day still felt heavy when it arrived.
She stepped inside.
Da Ni and the others quickly followed.
Inside the room, Qin Yilin had already finished applying medicine and bandaging Li Changlin's wound.
The boy had a long wound on his left arm, with flesh turned outwards!
After cleaning and applying the medicine, Qin Yilin finally breathed a sigh of relief. While skillfully bandaging the wound, she gave instructions: "Fortunately, I bought a lot of hemostatic powder and muscle-regenerating ointment when I went to the city last time. Now that it's winter, the wound is less likely to fester. You can apply it to him and re-bandage it every day."
If you really can't do it, forget it, I'll do it for the next few days. If I'm really busy, you can ask my husband or Jiajia.
Changlin is only twelve or thirteen years old. Children that age in the village don't have many rules.
Wang Guifen's tears fell in a stream as she bowed deeply to Qin Yilin, thanking her profusely.
Li Wen paced back and forth, and upon hearing the words, he quickly responded with a few "eh"s.
The old village chief, Li Wu, and Li Qiang all looked grave.