On the way out of the village, they were constantly being watched, but none of them paid much attention.
After arriving at Yunlai Restaurant, Uncle Xu parked the ox cart aside and took them inside.
The person who came out to greet them was not the shopkeeper Qiu from that day, but his son, Qiu Yang.
There was no sign of joy on Qiu Yang's face today as the business was reopened. It was only when he saw Uncle Xu and his companions that he hurried forward to greet them.
He bowed to Gu Lingze first, stood up and said some words of thanks, then Uncle Xu asked, "Where is the boss? Why is he gone?"
With such a big event as opening a business, it is impossible for Manager Qiu to be busy with other things.
Hearing Uncle Xu's question, Qiu Yang's face showed a little more worry, and he replied: "I don't know if my father's legs hurt because he has been busy with the restaurant these days and can't get out of bed."
This dynasty was rather strange: the living standards of people were pretty good, but the medical conditions were poor.
For a fracture like this, you can only take Chinese medicine. Whether the bone can heal depends entirely on your luck. Many people become lame after a fracture.
When Gu Lingze heard this, he remembered the bone-setting technique, so he said to Qiu Yang: "Take me to see your father."
As soon as Qiu Yang and Gu Lingze entered the yard, they smelled the scent of Chinese medicine. Qiu Yang pushed open the door to the inner room and said, "Dad, Master Gu is here to see you."
Shopkeeper Qiu was originally lying face down, but upon hearing this, he quickly struggled to get up.
"Shopkeeper Qiu, if you are not feeling well, just lie down first. I am not so particular." Shopkeeper Qiu was then helped by Qiu Yang to lie down again.
"I'm sorry, Brother Gu, I can't entertain you in person. My legs hurt so much that I can't get up." Shopkeeper Qiu said apologetically.
Gu Lingze nodded to show his understanding, and then said, "Manager Qiu, can I see your legs?"
"This..." Shopkeeper Qiu was a little hesitant. After all, Gu Lingze was just a young man. It was fine for him, but he was afraid that it would get out and affect his reputation.
"To be honest, my master taught me a set of bone-setting techniques. I see your leg is in a more serious condition now. Would you mind letting me try it?"
After hearing what he said, Shopkeeper Qiu nodded in agreement.
On the one hand, he believed in Gu Lingze's ability, and on the other hand, the pain in his legs was unbearable, so he still had some hope for the bone-setting technique he mentioned.
Gu Lingze first asked Qiu Yang to bring a pair of scissors, and then told him to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine.
Three grams of Achyranthes bidentata, one gram of jasmine root, 15 grams of angelica, and half a gram of calamus. Boil three bowls of water on high heat until it becomes one bowl of soup. Serve immediately after it is ready.
Qiu Yang quickly wrote it down and asked the clerk to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. He took the scissors and handed them to Gu Lingze.
Gu Lingze first cut open the layers of cloth wrapped around Manager Qiu's legs, and then asked Qiu Yang to cut the cloth into strips three fingers wide. He then found two wooden boards and told them to grind off the splinters and bring them over.
"Please bear with the pain for a while. I will use my technique to determine whether your bones have grown crooked." Shopkeeper Qiu gritted his teeth and nodded.
Gu Lingze used his fingertips to feel it a little. Fortunately, it was not long and the bone had not been completely deformed, but was just slightly twisted.
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Qiu, your leg doesn't seem to be a big problem now." After saying this, he asked Shopkeeper Qiu to relax a little.
After hearing what he said, Shopkeeper Qiu really let out a long sigh of relief, and Qiu Yang also looked much happier.
After a while, the medicine was brought over. Gu Lingze asked Qiu Yang to cool the medicine down a little. When it reached a dabble temperature, he let Shopkeeper Qiu drink it.
After drinking it, Gu Lingze repeatedly pressed on Shopkeeper Qiu's Hegu, Xiaguan and Taixi acupoints.
After a while, Shopkeeper Qiu felt a little drowsy. Just as Qiu Yang was about to speak, Gu Lingze gestured for him to be quiet.
He felt along Shopkeeper Qiu's leg bones and then applied force quickly and accurately to the crooked part. Shopkeeper Qiu groaned in his sleep and there was no other reaction.
Then he asked Qiu Yang to fix the wooden board and cloth strips.
Gu Lingze and Qiu Yang walked out of the inner room and told him, "Pay attention to the wooden board on your father's leg. Do not move it except when going to the toilet."
Qiu Yang wrote down everything carefully, then sent Gu Lingze back to the restaurant lobby and quickly arranged for the group of six to have dinner in the private room upstairs.
A large table of dishes was prepared, all of which were Yunlai Restaurant’s signature dishes.
Jinzi and Lingzi enjoyed the meal very much, not because the dishes Aunt Tao usually cooked were not tasty, but because the kids all wanted something new.
It was their first time in the county town, and they had come to such a big restaurant. They were happy even to have porridge.
When they were almost done eating, Uncle Xu put down his chopsticks and asked, "Lingze, our boss's leg..."
Gu Lingze smiled and said, "It's not a big problem. I used the bone-setting technique my master taught me to cure him. As long as he doesn't move around, his legs will be the same as before in a month."
Western medicine uses plaster to correct the injury slowly. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone.
But they returned to Taoist bone-setting techniques and were able to walk again in a month.
Even Xu Mingyan wanted to gasp when he heard what he said. Many people would become disabled after breaking their bones.
Especially in military operations, if this method can be popularized...
If Gu Lingze could hear Xu Mingyan's inner voice at this time, he would sigh that Xu Mingyan was born to be a good official and was able to see the big picture from the small details.
After everyone finished eating, they said goodbye to Qiu Yang. Gu Lingze told him to tell Uncle Xu if he had anything to say, or he could go directly to Donglin Village to find him.
Qiu Yang quickly agreed.
After the group left Yunlai Restaurant, Gu Lingze thought that they were moving soon and should buy some pots and pans, as well as go to the fabric shop to pick up the ready-made clothes he had ordered.
So they wandered around and filled the ox cart to its limit.
Gu Lingze, who was shopping, had no idea that he could see through Shopkeeper Qiu's marriage prospects just by looking at his legs.
These past two days, the Xu family and Gu Lingze's three siblings have been busy moving, and the village has been talking about it for a long time.
That dog is not stupid now!
More than stupid! I heard that he was the one who sued the head of the village and his family to the county government! Sun Gui was even killed by the county magistrate!
It is said that he sold out all the people who had lived in his village, including the village head, and the Xu family got a lot of benefits from it...
Nowadays, people in the village discuss these topics before and after meals.
Others just gossiped, but Shen Si's family was ready to take action.
"Mom! Those two little brats are now well-fed and well-dressed, and they have moved to the farm with that idiot!" This is Shen Si's second brother Shen Liang.
"Mom, my second brother is right. That guy is no longer stupid now. The things on the farm are his." said the wife of Shen Rong, the eldest son of the Shen family.
"After all, those two kids of Shen Si are our family members, why did he let them take away?"
"Yes, what the eldest brother's wife said is right. Why should he take the two kids away without paying a penny?"
"Even if we were sold to someone else as a servant, we could still get some money, but now we have nothing." Shen Si's father didn't say anything, but Shen Si's mother had already lost her patience.
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