"Brother Tang, what's wrong?" Seeing Tang Lei's alert expression, Li Youran felt a chill run down her spine.
"It's nothing." Although he didn't see any strange people, Tang Lei sensed a dangerous aura.
"It's good that you're alright. Hurry up and eat, it's getting cold."
Tang Lei nodded, took the mutton soup that Li Youran brought him, and drank it in big gulps.
Business was even better today than yesterday. By mid-afternoon, we were out of stock and had to pack up early.
It was precisely because Li Youran closed her stall early that Wang Xiangyu's business began to improve.
"This road is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!"
Six men wielding large knives suddenly rushed from both sides of the road and blocked the way.
"Lead everyone and go first, I'll hold them off!" Tang Lei jumped down from the carriage and said to everyone.
"I'll stay with you!"
"The women don't know how to drive a carriage," Tang Lei said, patting the horse's rump and shouting, "Let's go!"
Li Dazhu and Li Tairan were worried about the women, so they drove away quickly in their carriage.
Some of the robbers fought with Tang Lei, while others chased closely behind the carriage.
Li Dazhu's carriage was running extremely fast, and the robbers couldn't catch up. However, Li Tairan's carriage was running very slowly, and it was quickly surrounded by the robbers.
"Little sister, don't be afraid with me here!"
Before Li Tairan could finish speaking, the robber swung his broadsword at him. Li Tairan tightly protected Li Youran and closed his eyes.
Ah~
Li Youran kicked the robber in the chest, and the robber screamed and fell to the ground, curling up in pain.
Li Youran, a taekwondo instructor, never expected that her destructive power would be so strong. This robber was far too unprofessional.
"Little sister, when did you learn these skills?"
"When we were at my in-laws' house," Li Youran said evasively, "Second brother, these robbers aren't professionals. We can definitely beat them if we work together!"
Li Youran was responsible for kicking the robbers to the ground, while Li Tairan was responsible for fighting with the fallen robbers and taking the knives from their hands.
"Ignore them, go find Tang Lei." Although she knew Tang Lei was a martial arts expert, Li Youran was still worried.
By the time Li Youran arrived, Tang Lei had already subdued the three robbers.
When Tang Lei heard Li Tairan say that Li Youran was able to kick the robber down with one kick, he was slightly surprised, but he did not show it.
Although these robbers weren't very skilled in martial arts, they were still burly men. It would take years of training to kick them down with one kick.
She looked delicate and frail, not like someone who knew kung fu. Tang Lei observed Li Youran without making a sound.
"careful!"
One of the robbers threw a stone at Li Youran, and Tang Lei pulled Li Youran away.
Because of his leg injury, he was a step too slow, and the stone hit Tang Lei's injured leg.
"I'll fight you to the death!" Since the robber didn't have a large knife, Li Youran was no longer so afraid. She leaped into the air and kicked the robber in the chest.
Normally, Li Youran could easily kick through a wooden board a finger's width thick, let alone when she was angry.
Several sharp cracking sounds were heard, indicating that Li Youran had broken the robber's ribs.
"Second brother, leave quickly!"
Tang Lei was injured and needed immediate medical treatment. His second brother didn't know kung fu, and although Li Youran had some skills, she wasn't confident that she could handle six big men by herself while also protecting the two people around her.
Li Youran broke a carrying pole on the carriage, tore a long strip of cloth from her skirt, and used it to fix Tang Lei's injured leg with a wooden board.
"Hang in there, we'll be at the clinic soon." Seeing the large drops of sweat dripping from Tang Lei's forehead, one could only imagine how much pain he was in.
"Hmm." Tang Lei didn't speak, he just nodded.
Based on his own judgment, it was likely that the injured part of his leg had been fractured again.
"Fortunately, it was handled properly, and the bone wasn't dislocated." The white-bearded old man said, while slowly stroking Tang Lei's leg bone with his fingers: "Young man, your leg has been injured before, hasn't it?"
"I had a fracture before, but because a piece of bone was missing, I've never been able to move around properly."
“Your leg bone isn’t missing a piece,” the old man said solemnly. “Normally, fractures are either broken in the top, bottom, left, or right. But your fracture is broken in the inside and outside.”
“This situation is very rare and very complicated, so it’s normal to make a mistake,” the old man said, then laughed. “You’ve actually turned misfortune into blessing.”
"You mean your leg can fully recover?" Tang Lei's tone was calm, but his heart was in turmoil.
"It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone or tendon. Rest well. After a hundred days, your leg will be fully recovered."
While they were talking, the old man put a cast on Yang Lei's leg. "Although I don't have much confidence, I have great confidence in the plaster cast bone setting technique passed down by my master."
"Thank you very much, sir." Li Youran said, and took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the old man.
"You don't need this much. Take the rest and use it to buy more bones for your husband to make soup." The old man returned half of the silver.
"We don't..." Tang Lei started to say, but suddenly didn't want to explain anymore.
After placing Li Youran and Tang Lei at the clinic, Li Tairan hurried to find his parents and indeed encountered Li Dazhu at the yamen.
“Although we reported it to the authorities, the chances of them catching the robbers are slim, and we’ve become increasingly uneasy over the past few years,” Li Dazhu continued. “Fortunately, Young Master Tang was there this time, otherwise who knows what might have happened.”
"Many people are envious of those who are openly making money. I don't plan to continue the ring toss business." Making money is important, but personal safety is the most important thing.
Fortunately, the robbers they encountered this time weren't professionals. If they had faced ruthless robbers, Li Youran wouldn't have been so confident.
"When a country is about to perish, it will be in turmoil and instability."
"Young Master Tang, be careful not to talk nonsense and let others hear you." Li Dazhu hurriedly looked around and lowered his voice to say to Tang Lei, "Young Master Tang, don't say such things casually in the future."
"Uncle Li is right."
What Tang Lei was thinking was that once his leg recovered, he would definitely avenge the Great General and support a wise ruler!
After escorting Tang Lei home, Li Youran insisted on leaving some silver before departing.
Perhaps feeling that Tang Lei was injured because of her, she bought more than ten kilograms of large bones and had her second brother, Li Tairan, deliver them to him.
While the family was gathered around counting the money, Li Youran was somewhat absent-minded, her mind constantly wandering to Tang Lei's leg.
The next morning, before dawn, someone from the Zhou family came to deliver a message, saying that Zhou Ying had agreed to divide the family property.
"Eldest brother, hurry up and pack your things, go to the Zhou family and bring your wife back." Your wife held Niu Niu and said, "I haven't seen her for so long, the child misses her too."
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