Chapter 125 Seeking a Doctor

Thinking of Yu Zheng lying next to her, Jiang Shu felt embarrassed and turned over gently with her back to Yu Zheng.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Shu reminded herself not to let

her imagination run wild. Perhaps because she was too tired, she fell asleep quickly after forcing herself to concentrate.

Listening to the gradually steady breathing beside her, Yu Zheng pursed his lips slightly and fell asleep.

Jiang Shu slept particularly deeply that night.

As for Yu Zheng, he was out of the house and there was no guard on duty beside him, so he always kept a little alert.

In the early morning, when Hu Zi's parents got up to work, Yu Zheng woke up when he heard the noise.

Jiang Shu was still sleeping soundly, so Yu Zheng closed his eyes to rest.

When the light in the room became brighter, Yu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and stared at Jiang Shu's sleeping face.

Under the smooth forehead are two curved eyebrows, and the thick eyelashes are long and slightly raised, covering the pair of bright apricot eyes.

Further down, there is an exquisite upturned nose and crimson cherry lips. The delicate, jade-like little face glowed with a bright red color, resembling a ripe peach, making people swallow their saliva.

Looking at it, Yu Zheng felt something was wrong.

So good, why is her face so red?

Yu Zheng raised his hand to cover Jiang Shu's forehead.

Why is it so hot? She has a fever!

Yu Zheng stood up in a hurry, put on his shoes and opened the door to look for Hu Ziniang.

"Doctor? There is no doctor in our village. We have to go to a pharmacy ten miles away in the town. There is a doctor on duty." Hu Zi's mother put down her work and went to the house to find a packet of medicine.

"This is what Hu Zi's father bought from the pharmacy when he had a fever last year. There is still one packet left. I boiled it for you brother to drink."

Last year's medicine?

Yu Zheng's eyelids twitched and he declined, "Don't bother, I'll take him to the town to see a doctor."

"It's a long way from here to the town." Hu Zi's mother clicked her tongue.

Yu Zheng said, "It's okay. We were going to leave anyway."

"May I ask if there are any vehicles in the village that can go to the town?"

Hu Zi's mother shook her head, "No one goes to the town very often. When they go there occasionally, they walk. Only the village chief has a bullock cart."

"But now is the busy farming season. I'm afraid the village chief's bullocks have to work in the fields and have no time to go to the town."

Yu Zheng's dark eyes tightened when he heard this, and he asked, "How long will it take to walk?"

"At least half an hour." Hu Zi's mother frowned.

More than half an hour, not bad.

Yu Zheng asked for the route, thanked Hu Zi's mother, and went into the house to call Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu had a fever and was groggy after being woken up.

Hearing Yu Zheng say that he would take her to the town to see a doctor, Jiang Shu nodded weakly.

Before leaving, she took off her hair crown and said, "Give this to Hu Zi's mother as a thank you gift for staying overnight."

Jiang Shu wore a silver crown yesterday, which was divided into two parts: the crown and the hairpin. She put away the silver crown to save for medical treatment and gave the silver hairpin as a thank you gift.

Yu Zheng squatted down and carried her on his back. After leaving, he gave the silver hairpin to Hu Zi's mother.

"No, no." Hu Zi's mother waved her hands and refused to accept it.

Jiang Shu leaned on Yu Zheng's back and said softly, "Sister-in-law, just accept it. You also said that we are from a wealthy family. We have a lot of these things in our family. It's nothing."

"If you don't accept it, we will feel guilty." Unable to refuse

, Hu Zi's mother had to accept it.

The silver hairpin felt heavy in his hand, and the workmanship was very exquisite. If he took it to the pawnshop, he could at least sell it for several taels of silver, which was equal to their family's annual income.

Hu Zi's mother felt bad, so she called Hu Zi and said, "Take them to the town, so that they won't get lost."

"Okay." Hu Zi agreed happily and walked in front to lead the way.

Yu Zheng carried Jiang Shu on his back and followed Hu Zi to the town.

Hu Zi was very familiar with the route, and he even took them to drink spring water on the way.

After drinking the water, Yu Zheng squatted down again and asked Jiang Shu to lie on top.

Jiang Shu was absent-minded, and his elbow accidentally hit Yu Zheng's back.

"Hmm!" Yu Zheng groaned.

The place where Jiang Shu hit was exactly where he was injured by a rock yesterday.

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Shu heard something wrong and asked anxiously.

Yu Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, just a minor injury."

When was he injured? How come she didn't know?

Jiang Shu was about to ask, but Yu Zheng said first, "Let's go to the town to find a doctor first."

Yes, find a doctor and let the doctor see his injury.

Jiang Shu did not delay any longer and gently lay on Yu Zheng's back.

If someone supported her, she could walk by herself, but she was dizzy and weak and walked too slowly.

Yu Zheng was a martial artist and was strong and healthy. He walked normally with the thin Jiang Shu on his back, not much behind Hu Zi.

After walking for about half an hour, they finally saw a town.

Hu Zi led them to the pharmacy and then prepared to go back.

"Wait." Jiang Shu called Hu Zi.

It was past breakfast time, but Hu Zi had not eaten breakfast yet.

Jiang Shu took out the silver crown and handed it to Yu Zheng, asking him to find a pawnshop to exchange it for silver, buy some food for Hu Zi, and buy a piece of meat for Hu Zi to take back.

Yu Zheng asked Hu Zi to stay in the pharmacy to accompany Jiang Shu to see the doctor, and he hurried to the pawnshop.

The pawnshop owner saw that Yu Zheng looked unfamiliar and did not look like a local. He must be here to pawn something. So he asked, "What do you want to pawn, sir?"

Yu Zheng took off the jade pendant from his waist and said, "Pawn it."

Yesterday, the incident happened suddenly, and neither he nor Jiang Shu brought any silver, only some personal belongings.

The jade pendant was emerald green and transparent, as smooth as water, and of excellent quality. You could tell it was valuable at a glance.

The owner looked at it for a long time and asked tentatively, "How much do you want to pawn, sir?"

"One thousand taels," said Yu Zheng.

That was his name pendant, engraved with his title. It was extremely valuable and could not be measured by money.

"I can't pawn it." The shopkeeper shook his head and returned the jade pendant to Yu Zheng.

Yu Zheng frowned: "Why?"

The shopkeeper said truthfully: "It's too expensive. I can't afford it with my small business. Do you have anything else to pawn?"

Yu Zheng was silent for a moment and took out the silver crown that Jiang Shu gave him.

He didn't want to pawn Jiang Shu's hair crown, but he only had a jade pendant on him, and the shopkeeper refused to accept it, so he had no choice.

"This thing can be pawned. It would have been better if you took it out earlier." The shopkeeper smiled happily as he looked at the silver crown.

Yu Zheng pursed his lips and said nothing.

After some discussion, the shopkeeper gave Yu Zheng ten taels of silver.

Yu Zheng left the pawnshop with the silver in his hand with a heavy heart, and went to buy food and meat as Jiang Shu said.

When they returned to the pharmacy, the doctor had finished examining Jiang Shu and was frying the medicine. Hu Zi stayed by Jiang Shu's side.

Seeing Yu Zheng coming back, Jiang Shu forced himself to be energetic and said, "What did you buy? It smells so good."

Yu Zheng put the thing on the table and opened it. It was a pack of meat cakes, which exuded an alluring aroma.

Hu Zi's eyes were wide open and he swallowed hard.

Jiang Shu said gently, "Eat it, it's enough."

Hearing this, Hu Zi grabbed the meat cakes and gobbled them up, eating five in one breath.

"Why don't you eat?" Yu Zheng asked Jiang Shu. Jiang

Shu frowned and said, "I don't want to eat fried bean curd. Is there any porridge for sale in the town?"

Yu Zheng stood up and said, "I'll go ask."

The town is very small and you can walk back and forth in a quarter of an hour.

Yu Zheng looked around and only found a tofu pudding shop. He bought a bowl and brought it back to Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu's eyes lit up when she saw it, and her index finger moved: "I haven't eaten tofu pudding for a long time."

"Eat it while it's hot. If it's not enough, I'll buy more." Seeing that she liked it, Yu Zheng was relieved.

"I want to go back. It's too late and my parents will be worried." Hu Zi stood up and said goodbye to them.

Yu Zheng gave him the remaining meat pie and the piece of meat, and asked him to take it back.

Hu Zi was so happy that he called them kind people.

Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng felt a little sad.