The men instinctively took a few steps back, exchanged glances, and were somewhat wary of each other, so they threw out a few harsh words.
"Consider yourselves lucky today, someone's meddling in your affairs! But remember, as long as you bear the surname Su, you'll never escape my grasp!"
After saying that, they turned and ran away.
The onlookers cheered loudly, "Hey, they're finally gone! These people are so wicked! They've finally been saved!"
Li Lao Er breathed a sigh of relief, but looking down, he quickly called out to everyone, "Everyone, please help us get them to the clinic."
It turned out that the siblings had probably felt safe and had already passed out.
A kind shopkeeper removed a door panel, and two passersby helped carry the woman. Li Lao Er carried the child on his back and rushed into a random clinic.
The doctor at the clinic was quite attentive, taking the pulses of the brother and sister, applying medicine, and bandaging their wounds, working up a sweat.
Finally, the doctor gave Li Lao Er several packets of medicine and powder, saying, "We don't have any female doctors here, so it's not appropriate for us to examine this girl's injuries. You should go back and examine her carefully."
"Also, this girl's internal injuries are severe. She needs medication and two months of bed rest. It would be best to see a doctor again in a few days to check her pulse!"
Li Lao Er hesitated for a moment, then took the medicine packet and paid.
The two passersby who helped carry the person had already left, and he couldn't just ignore it.
After thinking for a moment, he slipped a few coins to the young medicine boy and asked him to go to Xianke and tell him what had happened.
The young apprentice was quick and efficient, bringing Li Zhensheng over in no time.
Li Zhensheng probably didn't understand and thought his younger brother was injured, so he ran around in a sweat.
Upon seeing that it was his younger brother who had saved the two, he breathed a long sigh of relief and didn't say much. He quickly helped put the injured siblings into his own carriage.
Soon, the carriage left the city and headed towards Broken Gold Beach.
This wasn't the time for questions, so Li Zhensheng changed the subject, "Second brother, you're a count now, and you occasionally have to attend court. Shouldn't you find a personal attendant or servant to accompany you? Otherwise, if there's an emergency, you won't even have anyone to run errands for you."
Li Lao Er also noticed the problem and replied, "Okay, let me discuss it with Mother, Uncle Village Chief, and me. We'll find two reliable young men in the village."
Li Zhensheng shook his head, "I think we should borrow one from the Marquis's mansion. Our village is full of ordinary farmers who don't understand those etiquette rules. They might just be a hindrance to you if they follow you."
“Borrow one person from the Marquis’s mansion, and find two clever young men from the village. Train them for a few years, and the boy will be ready to be used.”
Li Lao Er laughed and said, "Big Brother is so thoughtful. Fourth Brother said the Marquis will be back in a couple of days. I'll ask him then."
As the two were talking, they arrived at Broken Gold Beach. Someone in the valley saw them and ran up to talk to them. Li Lao Er asked a couple of questions and, upon hearing that Doctor Zhang was not there, hurried into the village.
A few days ago, Madam Cui sent over a dozen soft rabbit skins. The old lady wanted to sew a little jacket for her granddaughter. She was laying them out on the kang (a heated brick bed) and doing a simple stitching together with Granny He.
Shuiyun and Shuiling picked out red beans, preparing to steam red bean buns for dinner.
Jiayin sat by the window, secretly counting her pearl pouch.
These were all brought back from the south by my uncle and brother; they've saved up quite a bit over the past year.
In the twelfth lunar month, when Sister-in-law Wenjuan came to visit, she wanted to give her a small gift, since Wenjuan had sewed a quilt cover for her when she injured her hand.
But she couldn't bear to part with any of the pearls she touched...
Oh dear, these are all her little darlings!
Hearing the young master sigh from time to time, but not seeing what the young master was busy with, Granny He looked at the old lady.
The old lady laughed and said, "Don't mind her. That girl is greedy and probably just messes with her good stuff again."
Everyone laughed, and just then, a commotion broke out outside the courtyard gate.
The old lady was startled and got up to go out and see what was going on.
Jiayin hurriedly packed her things and jumped onto Shuiyun's back.
Shui Ling pulled on a big coat and wrapped the young master up tightly.
When the old and young arrived at the door, they were even more surprised to see two people lying in the carriage, both quite badly injured.
"Who is this? What happened?" The old lady saw blood on her second son and quickly went over to examine him. "Are you hurt too?"
Li Lao Er replied, "Mother, don't worry, I'm not injured. It's those two. It's a long story. Let's take them to... to Madam Cui's courtyard for a while, and then we can talk about it in detail."
Granny He was very perceptive and immediately stepped forward to carry the girl on her back.
Looking at the child, Li Zhensheng was reminded of his own son and felt compassion. He personally carried the child into the Cui family home.
The Cui family's courtyard was empty for most of the year. Madam Cui had long ago instructed that if the Li family couldn't accommodate them, they could come and stay there.
So, without any hesitation, everyone settled the siblings in the south room of the west wing.
Shuiling quickly went to heat the kang (a traditional heated bed), and the old lady personally fed the two siblings water. Seeing that the two were only half alive, she couldn't help but sigh.
"What a tragedy! How could such a healthy child be so badly injured?"
At this time, Dr. Zhang was also invited.
He was initially a little unhappy, but his eyes lit up when he saw that the siblings had external injuries.
He removed all the medicine and bandages applied by the city doctor, muttering complaints under his breath.
"Oh dear, such a big wound, why did you only apply ointment? It needs stitches! What an incompetent doctor!"
As he spoke, he took out a newly developed, semi-finished medicine, applied it to the child, and then sewed up the two-inch-long cut on the child's forehead.
Perhaps the medicine had limited effect, because the unconscious child began to groan in pain.
The old lady's heart softened. She took his uninjured hand and whispered comfortingly, "Child, don't be afraid. Just bear with it, the doctor is treating you, you'll be fine soon!"
The boy paused for a moment, then softly called out two words, "Grandma?"
The old lady guessed that she was thinking of her own grandmother, but the child was going to suffer, and she couldn't bear to disappoint him, so she mumbled, "Oh, my good child, it'll be over soon."
Sure enough, the child relaxed a lot, a tear rolled down his cheek, but he didn't utter another sound.
When it came time to treat the child's injured leg, Doctor Zhang was truly angry. He yelled, "Who is this?! This leg has been broken for at least two days, why did it take so long to treat it? If it had been any later, the bone would have healed, and the child would have one leg shorter than the other for the rest of their life!"
As he spoke, he called to Li Lao Er and the others, "Help me hold him down a bit, don't let the child move around. The child's leg bone needs to be realigned, that quack doctor didn't set the bone properly!"
Everyone rushed forward to help, and sure enough, as soon as Doctor Zhang moved, the child woke up screaming and struggled desperately.
The old lady quickly held his head in her arms, very carefully, as if afraid of touching his wound. "Child, we're setting your leg bone. It'll be over soon. Just bear with it, please bear with it!"
Fortunately, Dr. Zhang acted quickly, but after the bandage was completely finished, the child was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely and his face was pale.
Jiayin stood a few steps away, covering her eyes and not daring to look. Just hearing the sound made her legs ache.
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