"Don't worry, Auntie. You're much better now. Just keep taking your medicine and you'll get better soon."
Lu Qiqi has said this countless times in the past two days. Every time she delivers medicine to a villager who is too sick to move, she has to say a few words of comfort and advice.
It was as if only by hearing that they would soon recover could the villagers have any hope of continuing to live.
"Look, what's outside the door?"
One sentence quickly caused a stir in the ancestral hall.
"It's a wolf!"
"Quickly grab a hoe and chase this beast out!"
When the healers saw the wolf outside the door, their eyes all turned to Lu Qiqi, since it wasn't the first time they had seen this wolf.
Lu Qiqi saw Wangcai standing at the door and said as she walked out of the ancestral hall, "Don't worry, everyone, it won't hurt anyone."
The villagers' hearts clenched as they watched Lu Qiqi walk toward the door, fearing that the beast would rush up and bite her.
"Girl, don't go!"
"Girl, come back quickly!"
"That beast is inhuman; you'll get hurt!"
Ignoring the villagers' attempts to stop her, Lu Qiqi walked straight to Wangcai's side.
Wangcai let out a soft howl, turned around and walked away, then looked back every few steps to see if Lu Qiqi was following.
Lu Qiqi knew that Wangcai would never easily show up outside the ancestral hall to look for her unless it was something important.
So she quickened her pace and caught up.
Upon arriving at the village entrance, Lu Qiqi saw several people standing inside the fence; they were all government soldiers in uniform.
Among them, Lu Qiqi also saw a familiar face.
That tall soldier, He Jun.
But why did these six soldiers enter the village?
Before long, Lu Qiqi noticed that they walked in a very strange way, as if their legs and feet were seriously injured, and they could only move around in small steps.
It was extremely slow, like having bound feet.
Lu Qiqi patted Wangcai's round head and said, "Wangcai, go and find my second brother."
Upon hearing the command, Wangcai flicked its tail and ran away.
Lu Qiqi stepped forward to greet He Jun and the others.
He Jun and his group of six were somewhat surprised to see Lu Qiqi.
Lu Qiqi asked, "Brother He, are you injured? Why did you come to Tianxin Village?"
Tianxin Village is an epidemic area; once you get in, it's not easy to get out.
He Jun took a step forward, which may have aggravated his wound, causing him to hiss in pain and his eyes and nose to wrinkle together.
A soldier standing next to He Jun said indignantly, "It's all because you wrote a letter asking our leader for a favor that we were all flogged twenty times and herded into Tianxin Village."
Lu Qiqi was surprised by this. She looked He Jun up and down, until her gaze settled on his hip bone.
The officers and soldiers continued, "We've been ordered to come and assist you. If you don't recover within half a month, we'll burn the village to the ground."
When Lu Qiqi heard that the village was to be burned down, she cursed the corrupt official in her heart.
As for why he didn't scold the six soldiers in front of them, firstly, these six soldiers were punished for saving the villagers, and they deserved both credit and hard work, so he couldn't scold their superiors in front of them.
Secondly, she wanted to keep her head so she could eat a few more bowls of rice.
He Jun felt a little uneasy under Lu Qiqi's gaze. He endured the pain and took a small step to the side, placing one hand on a soldier's shoulder for support.
He asked, "I heard you have a new prescription. Can this prescription cure the villagers?"
Lu Qiqi always speaks with 70% certainty, leaving 30% room for maneuver.
At this moment, she couldn't bring herself to say it, because the villagers of Tianxin Village were suffering from such severe illnesses that she herself dared not say whether they would recover in another half month.
Seeing that Lu Qiqi remained silent, He Jun stopped asking and said, "The villagers of Tianmiao, Tianping, and Tianlong nearby have all benefited from the new prescription, which shows that your medical skills are truly superb."
So many villages around are afflicted with the plague, and Tianxin Village is just one of them. So if the villagers don't recover within half a month, the government will give up on treatment and simply burn the village down.
The villagers must not know about this, otherwise it will cause panic and the consequences will be incalculable.
Just then, Wangcai ran back.
Then, Li Changlong was seen running wildly towards the village entrance, along with a group of villagers who were desperately running towards the village entrance with hoes in their hands.
Lu Qiqi, "..."
After the explanation was made to the villagers, the way they looked at Lu Qiqi changed.
There were all sorts of people: some scrutinized her, some avoided her, and some even admired her.
I admire her. This little girl not only has medical skills, but she can even train wolves to be as obedient as dogs.
"Don't just stand there, everyone quickly help us get the official into the village."
Zhao Xiaodong called out, and several villagers stepped forward to help the soldiers.
What intrigued Lu Qiqi was that these villagers showed none of the fear that ordinary people felt when they saw soldiers.
However, these are minor matters; the most important thing right now is to cure the plague.
She didn't want to be burned to ashes.
Zhao Xiaodong had someone find a house for He Jun and the others. The house had three rooms, with two people sharing each room, which was just enough for the six of them.
After Zhao Xiaodong and the villagers left, Lu Qiqi took out two small vermilion porcelain bottles and placed them on He Jun's bedside table.
"This is wound medicine, and it's quite effective. You can share it and apply it," Lu Qiqi said.
He Jun was helped onto the bed by Zhao Xiaodong. His injury was on his buttock, so he could only lie face down.
From this position, he could only see the hem of Lu Qiqi's skirt. Even so, he still felt uncomfortable being stared at by a gaze.
He said, "Thank you."
Lu Qiqi said, "I should be thanking you. If it weren't for your risking your life to save us, those seventeen villagers would have lost their lives."
He Jun stopped talking, and Lu Qiqi didn't want to stay any longer. She told him to get some rest and then left.
After Lu Qiqi left, He Jun picked up the wound medicine she had left behind, opened it, and smelled it.
The best medicine for wounds, I don't know where this little female doctor came from.
After all, this bottle of medicine is worth a lot of money; it's no exaggeration to say it's a huge expense, and it's not easy to buy.
Lu Qiqi was surprisingly generous, giving away two bottles of top-quality wound medicine without batting an eye.
This made He Jun curious about Lu Qiqi's identity.
"Boss, I'm in so much pain. Can I use the medicine you have? The wound medicine I used before didn't seem to work at all. It still hurts."
Tian Gaofei clutched his buttocks, groaning and moaning on the bed.
He Jun handed out one of the porcelain bottles in his hand. Tian Gaofei took the bottle and said with a grin, "Thank you, boss."
Lu Qiqi left the courtyard where He Jun lived, unaware of what the people inside were thinking. Now she had to hurry back to the small courtyard to tell Doctor Luo about the final order issued by the government.
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