"Bang!"
A crisp sound came from the ground; the medicine bowl shattered into pieces, and brown medicine spilled all over the ground, revealing a bewildered face.
Li Changlong stared blankly at his reddened hands and empty hands.
Lu Qiqi rushed over upon hearing the noise and asked, "What happened?"
A short, thin-faced man said with a stiff neck, "This is not my fault. I said I didn't want to drink it, but you still forced it on me."
Three people from our village died in one night, and now you want to use us as scapegoats for drug trials? You want the lives of our entire village!
"What did you say? Say it again if you dare!"
Upon hearing the man's words, Li Changlong's cheeks hardened, and the anger that had been building up inside him surged.
He rushed forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and said, "What do you think we're doing here? If it weren't for you, would these doctors be stuck here?"
The man was, after all, a villager from Tianxin Village. When a villager was treated like this by an outsider, many villagers stood up to support him, which also served as a deterrent.
Lu Qiqi said urgently, "Second Brother! Don't be impulsive!"
Fortunately, Li Changlong was only angry and did not let his anger cloud his judgment, nor did he resort to physical violence against the man.
After being reminded by Lu Qiqi, Li Changlong gradually loosened the short man's collar.
The moment the short man was released, he lost his footing and landed hard on the broken pieces of the bowl.
"Ouch!" he cried out as he reached out to touch his palm and saw faint traces of blood.
Lu Da and Zhao Xiaodong came over at this time, helped the man up, and put him on the bedding to rest.
Looking at the steaming medicine, Lu Qiqi couldn't bring herself to give it to him. She said calmly, "If you don't want to drink this medicine, you can't force yourself. Let's just leave it at that for today."
After saying that, he put down the bowl in his hand and left the ancestral hall.
Lu Qiqi left the ancestral hall, followed closely by Li Changlong and Zhou Yi.
Li Changlong followed Lu Qiqi by a step, and didn't say another word until they returned to their courtyard. He kept his head down the whole time, like a child who had done something wrong.
Lu Qiqi returned to her room, while Li Changlong and Zhou Yi sat on chairs in the main room.
On Monday, I poured a bowl of water for Li Changlong and then poured one for myself.
Li Changlong had just picked up his teacup to drink some water.
At this moment, Lu Qiqi quickly walked out of the room and hurried towards him.
Seeing this, Li Changlong quickly put down the bowl and apologized hastily, "Qiqi, it's all my fault. He refused to drink the medicine, and I shouldn't have stopped him and stuffed it into his hand."
Lu Qiqi remained silent with a somber face. The atmosphere in the main room gradually became so tense that you could hear a pin drop.
Lu Qiqi stood in front of Li Changlong, extending her right hand with a small brown porcelain bottle in her palm.
"Wipe it yourself," Lu Qiqi said.
Li Changlong was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, reached out with both hands to take it, and said, "Hey."
"Let me help you," Li Changlong said, but before he could even warm his hands, Zhou Yi took the porcelain bottle away.
Lu Qiqi looked at Zhou Yi applying medicine to Li Changlong's red arm, her eyes unfathomable.
After applying the medicine, simply wrap it with a piece of cloth.
Lu Qiqi looked at it for a moment before saying, "Second Brother, we came here to get treatment. The purpose is to treat illnesses and save lives, but there is no need to achieve the entire purpose."
Li Changlong and Zhou Yi looked at each other, neither of them understanding what Lu Qiqi meant.
Lu Qiqi added, "I came here because the government forcibly conscripted me as a doctor, and I was not allowed to refuse. You two are not, so you should prioritize your own safety."
Second brother, from now on, you and Zhou Yi only need to take care of our meals, which is already a huge help. You don't need to get involved in these things anymore.
If it is because of her that Li Changlong and Zhou Yi are treated unfairly and harmed.
She would surely feel guilty, not to mention her family. If it weren't for her practicing medicine here, why would they have to suffer and be trapped here?
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At the same time, Dr. Luo was also quite angry.
"Quack doctors, they're all quacks!"
"You treat human life like dirt! We trusted you so much, and you've been using us to test your drugs!"
"Get out! Get out! We'll never drink your medicine again!"
After Lu Qiqi and the other two left, Doctor Luo still refused to give up. He knew that stopping the medication would have a significant impact on his subsequent treatment.
The deaths of several villagers mean that we cannot stop the medication now, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain.
But these villagers, having somehow heard rumors that they were being used as test subjects, refused to take the medication.
Now, when they started questioning them, several of the villagers almost started a fight if Lu Da and Zhao Xiaodong hadn't stopped them.
Dr. Luo, with a stern face, was driven away by the stubborn villagers.
The remaining doctors felt that staying there would turn it into a fight scene, so they all left.
"Drink it. If you don't drink it, who else will know how effective it is?"
Doctor Qin carried the medicine to the bedside and looked at Doctor Wu, whose face was full of worry.
Dr. Wu has been ill for several days, and not only has his condition not improved at all, but it has become more and more serious, and he has even developed symptoms that the villagers did not have before.
Doctor Wu sighed and said, "Brother Qin, I'm afraid I'm going to die here. If you can leave Tianxin Village safely and return to Heshun Prefecture, that will be the best outcome."
Please take my ashes back and give them to my family. I want to return to my roots.
"Brother Wu, don't talk nonsense. We'll definitely get out of Tianxin Village together," Doctor Qin said, unable to bear Doctor Wu's dejected words that sounded like he was giving his last will and testament. "You'd better drink your medicine quickly. I want to wait until you recover so I can help you. You'd better get better soon and don't try to slack off!"
Dr. Wu didn't say anything more. With Dr. Qin's help, he slowly sat up and drank the bitter medicine.
After drinking the medicine, all that remained in my mouth was bitterness, a bitterness that went straight to my heart.
He looked out the window and saw two swallows flying by together, seemingly entwined in affection.
But a chill ran through him; he wondered when this would ever end.
Dr. Qin offered a few more words of comfort before leaving the small courtyard where Dr. Wu lived.
Back in his courtyard, Dr. Gao and several other doctors came to greet him.
"How is Dr. Wu?" Dr. Gao asked anxiously, his eyes fixed on Dr. Qin.
Dr. Qin glanced at Dr. Gao and sighed, "The situation is not good. The modified prescription we made not only has no effect, but it has also caused great harm to Dr. Wu's body."
"How is that possible!" Doctor Gao exclaimed in disbelief. This medicine was a modified version of Lu Qiqi's prescription, and the villagers' symptoms had clearly improved after using it before.
Dr. Qin added, "Now is not the time to be stubborn. I will go and see Dr. Huang again later. As a fellow doctor, I am sure Dr. Huang will do everything in his power to help me."
They were all helpless with Dr. Wu's illness, and at that moment they could only turn to Dr. Huang for help.
When Dr. Gao heard that Dr. Qin was going to see Dr. Huang, wouldn't that be tantamount to agreeing to Lu Qiqi's prescription? He absolutely couldn't let that happen.
Therefore, Dr. Gao loudly objected, "Absolutely not!"
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