Chapter 164 Seeking Medicine
Paradise City.
Lin Jiang found that the bottle of medicine he had taken before did not work, so he took another bottle before returning to the city. He only had two bottles in total. He had seen many people who were sick and found that one bottle was ineffective.
I thought that after drinking the second bottle, I would go home, sleep and definitely feel better the next day.
Lin Jiang's mother noticed that her eldest son looked unwell. "Xiao Jiang, are you feeling unwell? Why is your face so pale?"
Lin Jiang's two younger brothers and sisters also came over and asked, "Brother, are you hungry? I look pale when I'm hungry."
He nodded in agreement, "Yes, I'm very hungry. Mom, I want to eat noodle soup."
They have been eating rice for nearly half a year, and when they eat too much, they will want to eat noodles.
Lin Jiang's mother patted her son's head and said, "Okay, you are all tired today, Dad, let's eat something outside."
Lin Jiang's father had no objection and nodded. "Well, the food in winter is only refreshed once a month. It's hard for the children to come out in such cold weather."
There is a lot of food outside, but there are also many people collecting it. Now there is not a single grain left in the fields. If you want to collect more, you have to wait a month.
The family sat on the seats behind the stall. The children hadn't experienced eating out like this for a long time.
The stall owner quickly brought out several bowls of hot shredded chicken noodles, and added fat and tender chicken legs to the children's bowls.
Lin Jiang's younger brother exclaimed, "Wow, a chicken leg!" He picked it up and put it to his mother's mouth, "Mom, have some too."
They also had meat stored at home, but they never dared to eat it freely.
The whole family ate chicken legs, and Lin Jiang only wanted to get better soon.
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The next morning, the children at home stayed in bed because they didn't need to go out to collect food.
Lin Jiang wanted to wake up but couldn't. His eyelids felt heavy. He wanted to call his mother, but found that he couldn't make a sound. He fell asleep again in a daze.
At around 10 o'clock in the morning, Lin Jiang's mother found that her eldest son had not yet gotten up, so she went to check.
Their family of five was large, so they rented two houses. She took care of the two children, while the children's father took care of Lin Jiang.
After opening the door, she found that her eldest son seemed to be sleeping soundly. She called out softly, "Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang, get up and eat."
But there was no response. She walked to the bed and lifted the quilt to find her son's face flushed red. She touched him and found that the child was burning hot all over. "Xiao Jiang! Xiao Jiang!"
Lin Jiang did not respond and his typhoid fever worsened.
Lin Jiang's mother quickly called the child's father over, only to find that the child had fainted. She burst into tears, as if she had returned to the time before the end of the world when her son was in poor health.
Lin Jiang's mother began to blame herself: "It's all my fault. I had to let him leave the city with me. The child was already in poor health, and now he's sick again."
Lin Jiang's father quickly wrapped his son in a small blanket, picked him up and went out, "Let's go to the pharmacy together and ask for better medicine."
Lin Jiang's mother hurried to catch up and told her two children to stay at home before leaving.
The residents of Paradise City saw the couple rushing to the pharmacy with their child in their arms, while the child's mother was still wiping away tears.
As soon as he entered the store, Lin Jiang's father started calling the store manager: "Manager, manager, my son is very sick. Is there any medicine here that can cure him?"
Although the intermediate-level NPC wasn't as completely human as the advanced ones, it was still quite intelligent. He walked out of the counter, glanced at Lin Jiang, and told Lin Jiang's parents, "His typhoid fever has worsened and turned into pneumonia. I'm sorry, but I haven't made a cure for pneumonia yet."
Lin Jiang's mother collapsed on the ground. Without medicine, her son would be doomed.
Lin Jiang's father held his son in his arms. He didn't want to give up. "How long can my son hold on? We can go to other city-states to seek medicine. Oh, right, Xuantian City. Let's go to Xuantian City!"
The NPC's expression remained unchanged, seemingly devoid of emotion. "His condition must have worsened last night. I suggest we get him some medicine within two hours."
Lin Jiang's mother cried, "Xuantian City is not close to here. Is it too late for us to buy a bicycle and go there now?"
They had never been to other city-states and had no idea how long it would take to get to Xuantian City.
Someone saw the couple running to the pharmacy with their child in their arms, and everyone came over to check what was going on. Unexpectedly, the child's condition had worsened, and they had to buy medicine immediately.
One enthusiastic resident said, "I'll ask people over there on the local channel if there's any medicine to treat pneumonia."
Some residents of Xuantian City would check the conversation channel when they had nothing to do. Unexpectedly, they saw many people claiming to be residents of Jile City, asking them if there was any medicine to treat pneumonia. They said that a child's condition had worsened and he had to take medicine from this person within two hours, otherwise he would not be saved.
Since it concerns human life, someone immediately replied that there is such medicine, but it is relatively rare.
When Lin Jiang's father saw the medicine, he immediately picked up the child and was ready to go. The child's mother had already gone to buy a bicycle.
Ke Qun, who happened to be staying in the city, saw the commotion at the pharmacy and went over to take a look.
"The city lord is here!" Someone shouted.
It has always been public knowledge that Ke Qun is the mayor of Paradise City.
"What's going on?" Ke Qun asked.
A resident stepped forward to explain, "There's a sick child in the city. His condition is getting worse and he needs medicine within two hours to be saved. His parents are buying bicycles to go to Xuantian City right now."
Upon hearing that a child was so seriously ill, Ke Qun hurried to find Lin Jiang's parents.
Lin Jiang's mother bought a bicycle and came out, and saw the city lord coming over. She seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and said, "City lord, do you have a faster car? My son is very ill, and I have to hurry to Xuantian City to buy medicine."
Ke Qun frowned, "Don't worry, I know someone in Xuantian City, I'll ask them if they have any."
If there was medicine, he could just buy it without having to run back and forth.
After asking a few people, I found that none of them could buy the medicine. Everyone consciously gave the medicine to those with children to buy first. Moreover, these people were still clearing the wilderness and were not in the city.
This way, they couldn't find someone who had the medicine to buy it from, and they couldn't trade with Ke Qun through email.
Realizing the situation was not good, he took the child from Lin Jiang's father and said, "It will be faster if I take him there."
In this way, Ke Qun used his mount, rose into the air and urged the mount to fly, which was much faster than a bicycle.
Lin Jiang's parents hurriedly pushed their bicycles out of the city, as they also had to rush to Xuantian City.
Seeing that a child was so seriously ill, the parents were also frightened. It seems that they need to buy better medicine as soon as possible.
Lu Jiu had just seen the message on the conversation channel in the city, and now Ke Qun sent another one.
[Ke Qun] (Same City Channel): I'm on my way to Xuantian City now. Do you have any medicine to treat pneumonia? Can you sell me one? Price is not an issue.
Lu Jiu immediately sent him a private message: [I have the medicine, receive the medicine in the email immediately.]
She is the mayor of Xuantian City, so she naturally has stocks of this kind of elixir.
Ke Qun received the email and found that it was sent by someone named Lu Jiu, the same person who had just chatted with him privately.
After getting the pill, he immediately fed it to Lin Jiang. The pill melted in his mouth. Ke Qun had no way of seeing the other party's personal information, so he could only carry the child and continue to rush to Xuantian City.
You have to go there anyway.
(End of this chapter)
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