Chapter 127 I want to live!
Tai Jijin's mother glared at him, but before she could say anything, Tai Sanye spoke first with a sullen face. "Okay, we won't allow anyone to tarnish the good reputation of our Tai Village! Whoever doesn't let you take this child away, let them pay for the treatment themselves!"
"In short, our village cannot have a child who is mistreated to death. Otherwise, if the news gets out, no widow with a child would dare to marry into the village! There are so many old bachelors in the village, not everyone can marry a young girl!"
I have to say that the old man took the matter of saving people to a higher level and immediately mobilized the entire village to support him.
The villagers inside and outside the yard were all talking about it, their eyes fixed on Tai Jijin's mother, looking down on her as much as possible.
Tai Jijin's mother couldn't bear it any longer and snorted coldly in response, "Break off the relationship if you want to. Who cares about a little girl?"
Mr. Tai Sanye immediately sent someone to call Tai Jijin back, and asked Tai Yongning to write a letter of severance of the relationship.
Soon, Tai Jijin and Duan Qinshu arrived.
When Tai Jijin saw the little girl in the pigpen, he wanted to bury his head in the ground.
He knew it wasn't right to treat someone else's child so harshly, but his mother was the head of the household, his wife didn't say anything, and he still had three other children to raise...
This rare bit of conscience made him put his fingerprints on the letter of severance without hesitation!
Yang Lihua was more thoughtful and forced Sun Meihua and Ji Jin's mother to press their fingerprints as well. The villagers who were narrating the incident served as witnesses.
After finishing all this, the little girl in the pigpen was quickly carried out and sent to Tai's house.
The Tai family was building a house. The front and back yards were a mess, and the main house was not tidied up either.
Fortunately, the east and west wing rooms were still available, and since Tai Jiye and Tai Yongan were both out, the remaining rooms were not too crowded for the family to live in.
Yang Lihua settled the little girl in the north room of the west wing. Tai Jizong harnessed his carriage to call a doctor, while Liu Dongniang quickly found some strong liquor and rubbed the little girl's forehead, chest and back to cool her down.
Yang Lihua came in from outside, closed the door tightly, and asked quietly, "How is it? Did it work?"
Liu Dongniang panted tiredly and replied, "No, maybe the fever was too severe and no one cared about it. Rubbing with wine is useless!"
Yang Lihua brought some cooled rice soup, picked up the little girl and fed her little by little.
Perhaps it was because she had regained some strength, or because she had a strong desire to survive, that the little girl actually grabbed Yang Li's hand and said, "I... I want to live!"
Her voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible. Yang Lihua leaned over to her mouth, and her eyes turned red when she heard it clearly.
"This child is so pitiful!"
Liu Dongniang couldn't help but curse, "How could such a good child end up with such a heartless family!"
Yang Lihua also felt uncomfortable. Everything Tai Jijin and his mother said made sense, and it seemed like nothing they said was wrong.
But living in this world does not rely solely on reason, there is also the more important "emotion"!
Otherwise, wouldn’t you be the same as a beast?
The most hateful person is the child’s biological mother. She may be a good mother to the three children she gave birth to, but to this little girl, she is more cruel than an executioner with a knife!
"They say good times come after bad times. I hope this child survives. Don't hold out any hope for that family anymore. Otherwise, you'll still be exploited!"
Liu Dongniang sighed and kept working. Even if it was useless, she was afraid that if she delayed, she would not be able to save the child.
Fortunately, Tai Jizong quickly called the doctor back.
The doctor is not very old and is a doctor in a newly opened pharmacy in the south of the city. People around him say that his medical skills are very good.
Tai Jizong was anxious, so he invited him back from nearby.
The doctor had good medical ethics and did not mind the dirt on the little girl's body. After observing, smelling, asking and feeling the girl, he first inserted a few silver needles, then took out the medicine bag and made soup for the little girl to drink.
When the medicinal soup was ready, the little girl was already sweating all over. After the silver needle was removed and the medicinal soup was poured into her mouth, the little girl was still drowsy, but the flush on her face had faded.
Liu Dongniang was delighted and asked in a low voice, "Is it healed? Has the child's life been saved?"
The doctor smiled and nodded, replying, "Yes, that will reduce the fever. I'll leave you two more packets of medicine. Boil one packet three times and drink it morning, noon, and night. You'll be fine in two days. But I'm afraid the girl has suffered from years of cold and hunger, and her body has been severely damaged. She needs to be well nourished. Otherwise, when she grows up and gets married, I'm afraid she'll have trouble conceiving."
Yang Lihua frowned and scolded Tai Jijin's family again.
If a woman cannot get pregnant, who would marry her?
It can be said that this girl's life is ruined.
Perhaps being a maid for my own daughter would be a good outcome. At least I wouldn't have to worry about getting married, or being left alone in old age...
Sometimes, it seems that everything is arranged for the best.
Seeing that the Tai family members were silent, the doctor thought they were questioning his medical skills, so he couldn't help but say a few more words, "Don't look at my young age, but my master is the best bone doctor in the whole north..."
Halfway through his speech, he suddenly remembered that he was treating patients with colds and fevers today, not bone setting, so he quickly changed his words, "But my master taught me very strictly, so I am confident in treating colds and fevers."
This explanation... seems like it would be better not to say it!
The apprentice trained by the orthopedic doctor is good at treating colds and fevers?
It doesn't sound reliable no matter how you listen to it!
The young doctor was a little embarrassed and coughed twice before leaving.
Unexpectedly, the Tai family members became excited and stood up and started shouting.
"Is your master the best bone-setting doctor?"
"Where is your master? Can you come to see me?"
The young doctor was startled until Tai Yongning opened the door and limped out...
The young doctor finally understood what had happened and breathed a sigh of relief, but then his expression became strange again, seven parts nostalgia and three parts regret.
"I'm sorry, my master passed away two years ago and can't see patients anymore!"
The Tai family was stunned for a long time without saying anything. They were extremely disappointed.
When Tai Yongning first became lame, his family was so poor that they used their only hundred coins to hire a traveling doctor to straighten his bones, apply herbal medicine, and put a splint on him.
I originally thought that there would be no problem, but I didn't expect that two months later, the swelling of the broken leg was gone, but Tai Yongning walked with a limp.
The traveling doctor at that time ran so fast that no one could catch his shadow!
This has been a constant concern for Tai Yongning's family, and they have always wanted to find a good doctor to treat him again.
Unfortunately, after finally hearing news about the good doctor, he had already passed away.
His hopes were dashed once again, causing Tai Yongning to turn his head and silently return to the house.
Old Master Tai pulled himself together, asked his daughter-in-law to take the medical fee and medicine expenses, and then sent the doctor back as usual.
Yang Lihua wanted to go into the house to comfort her son, but she was afraid that her son would be even more sad.
Tai Jizu was also squatting under the eaves, with his head tilted and not saying a word.
The old man took out his pipe and puffed on it again and again, with guilt in his eyes.
Zhuzhu didn’t know what was wrong with her family, but she could feel that everyone was unhappy.
She ran to her grandfather with her chubby little legs, climbed into his arms skillfully, and asked in a baby voice, "Grandpa, are you sick like me? Why are you unhappy?"
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