Chapter 1146: Climbing the ladder of fame and wealth (2)

"Miss Ao, do you have any medicine for your wounds?" A middle-aged man with blood on his body walked up to Ao Shichu with a sad face and asked anxiously.

Ao Shichu nodded: "Yes, are you injured?"

The middle-aged man shook his head quickly: "It wasn't me, it was Chief Wang. He was chopped in the stomach and shoulder and bled a lot, but there is no medicine left."

Leader Wang was the leader of the caravan's guards, he was tall and strong, and looked like someone who was not easy to mess with, but he was very caring towards the siblings Ao Shichu and Ao Shiyan along the way. When Ao Shichu heard that he was injured, he naturally could not stand by and watch him die.

"Take me to see him. I know some medical skills. Hurry!" Ao Shichu said to the middle-aged man quickly.

When she got serious, she had a certain aura that made people believe her involuntarily. Therefore, the middle-aged man had no doubts at all and quickly led her to Chief Wang: "Then show yourself to Chief Wang."

Ao Shichu first looked at the wound on Leader Wang’s abdomen and found that his internal organs were not injured. He felt relieved. If his internal organs were injured, it would be very dangerous.

Without saying a word, she began to treat Chief Wang's wound. The middle-aged man occasionally helped her, but when he saw her holding a needle to sew Chief Wang's wound, he was stunned: "This...this...this is human skin and flesh on Chief Wang's body, not clothes and cloth. Miss Ao, you sew him like sewing clothes, won't it get hurt?"

Ao Shichu remained calm, sewing very quickly, and said without turning his head, "Of course nothing will happen. This is how I sewed my brother's wounds. Would I harm my brother?"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man felt relieved, but he hesitated to speak. He had never heard of such medical methods and was always a little worried.

Ao Shichu didn't care about his hesitation. After sewing up the wound on Leader Wang's abdomen, she began to quickly deal with the wound on his shoulder. The wound on his shoulder was easier to deal with than the one on his abdomen, so she finished it in about half a quarter of an hour.

"Okay, be careful not to let him move around, and don't let the wound get wet. Let him eat some nutritious food that is easy to digest. Tell me if he has a fever." Ao Shichu instructed the middle-aged man.

"Okay. Thank you, Miss Ao. Miss Ao, I will definitely repay you for your kindness in the future." The middle-aged man said to Ao Shichu gratefully.

"You're welcome." Ao Shichu waved to him and left with the medical box. But after a while, he was asked to go back to treat other wounded people.

After being busy for more than half an hour, Ao Shichu finally helped to treat the injured in the caravan, while others with less serious injuries dealt with the bodies of the robbers and helped to accommodate the wounded.

"Miss Ao, today is really thanks to you." Caravan leader Hou Chong bowed to Ao Shichu with a grateful look on his face and said, "You have dealt with the most robbers, and you have selflessly given your own medicine to others and helped with treatment. If it weren't for you, my caravan would have suffered a great loss, and I don't know how many people would have died."

"Captain Hou, you are too kind. I am only doing the best I can. After all, if we don't resist, my brother and I will be in danger. Moreover, we have all supported each other on the way from Mobei to the capital. It is my duty to help treat the wounded. Captain Hou, you don't have to be so polite." Ao Shichu spoke from the heart. She and her brother were not very old, and the people in this caravan usually took good care of them. It is only right for her to give something back now.

Captain Hou was immediately more grateful: "Miss Ao is really kind-hearted, chivalrous, brave and generous. From now on, you will be my benefactor. If you have any problems, come to me. I also have a fixed residence in the capital. As long as I can do it, I will do my best to help you!"

"Then thank you, Captain Hou." Ao Shichu did not refuse. She and her elder brother would be settling down in the capital in the future, and it would be much more convenient to have someone familiar to take care of them.

The wounded had been treated and the robbers had been dealt with. Captain Hou was afraid that the escaped robbers would come back to surround them, so he did not bother to stop and let everyone recuperate, and asked those who were not injured or only slightly injured to drive the car and leave the place as soon as possible.

An hour and a half later, the caravan finally arrived at a relatively prosperous town. Captain Hou immediately decided to let everyone rest here for a few days and recuperate.

Ao Shichu found an inn with a better environment, settled Ao Shiyan down, and then went downstairs to inquire about the robbers.

When she first entered the town, she observed that even though her caravan was covered in dust, the driver was covered in blood, and many people were injured, it was obvious that this was a miserable caravan that had encountered robbers, but everyone looked as if they were used to it and no one even looked at the caravan for a second time.

Therefore, Ao Shichu knew that the people in this town must have often seen passing caravans being robbed and harmed by bandits. Only after seeing it so often would they be so calm.

Ao Shichu didn't go anywhere else. She just went to the lobby of the inn to listen to other customers' conversations.

"Hey, Old Chen, did you see that caravan this evening? Tsk tsk, the smell of blood on that carriage was so strong that it was unbearable! And seven or eight out of ten of their people were injured. This caravan must have encountered those robbers. How unlucky they were." An old man with a goatee sighed to the person sitting at the same table.

"What do you mean by unlucky? If you ask me, they are extremely lucky. They were able to escape from the robbers. Although they were injured, the caravan didn't seem to suffer too much loss. They are really lucky!" The old man named Lao Chen disagreed with his companion.

The goatee-bearded old man thought that what Lao Chen said made sense. "You are right. They are lucky. Some unlucky ones disappeared with their goods. No trace of their bodies was left. They could not even reach our town. They are still alive. They are indeed lucky."

"Haha, the clinic next door can make a lot of money again." Another old man with thinning hair said with a smile.

"Lao Wang's Restaurant and Zhou's Cloth Shop can make a lot of money these days. I think the caravan must replenish its rations and clothes." The shrewd Old Chen echoed.

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Ao Shichu listened for a while, but he just felt that the caravan was lucky, and he didn't hear much other useful information.

Seeing that it was getting late, she asked the kitchen for some meat porridge and brought it to Ao Shiyan, who should have woken up.

Sure enough, when she returned to the room, she saw Ao Shiyan trying to open the door anxiously.

"Brother, don't move!" Ao Shichu quickly stopped him.

Ao Shiyan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw her, then he carefully looked at his sister's face and said, "I didn't see you after I woke up, so I rushed to find you, fearing that something had happened to you."

"I'm fine, I just went downstairs to eat. I brought you some meat porridge, please eat it quickly." Ao Shichu pushed him down on the chair.

(End of this chapter)