Xiao Tao nodded shakily. Han Luoxue straightened her clothes and, after confirming that she was alright, stepped out.
When she got to the yard, she didn't forget to take two sticks and throw them into her spatial storage. She did this when no one was looking. Although she was quite calm when she talked to Xiao Tao, there was bound to be trouble when there were more people, so she still had to be prepared.
Once inside the courtyard, as expected, there was a commotion outside, with all sorts of noises coming from outside, even more lively than a market.
Han Luoxue was speechless. She had been so well-behaved these past few days, not even going out, and she didn't know what these people were doing here.
However, it probably has nothing to do with those two fat guys. If those two had come, they probably wouldn't have been so polite.
Taking a deep breath, Han Luoxue opened the door.
As soon as the gate opened, it was as if the outside world had been paused. The bustling crowd instantly fell silent, and many people turned to look at the gate. Many people who were kneeling on the ground even raised their heads and stared longingly at the gate.
This time, it wasn't the young maid who came, but a lady. Some people recognized Han Luoxue and were the first to kowtow: "Madam, please save me! I have an eighty-year-old mother to support and a crying baby to feed. Please save me! My hand can't be ruined!"
As the man spoke, he raised his hands. Han Luoxue looked over and realized that his hands were in a rather pitiful state.
The wound above is black, which shows that it is quite serious.
Upon hearing that this was the owner they were looking for, the others chimed in, "Me too, me too! I have a whole family to support, and I can't let my hands be crippled. Madam, I know you mean well, please, please save me!"
"My wife just gave birth a few days ago, I can't die, please!"
"Madam, please save my husband! He's had a fever for two days. We've seen a doctor, but they don't know what's wrong! They've given him medicine, but the fever just won't go down!"
"Madam, please save my son! He's my only son. Look at me, I'm already seventy or eighty years old. If he's gone, what will become of this old woman like me..."
Han Luoxue was stunned. She thought they were coming to cause trouble, but they all came to beg her.
The art style is a bit off. Although she is the owner of Fu'an Hall, strictly speaking, it is her sister who is.
But she's not a doctor and doesn't go to pharmacies often, so why are these people so sure about her?
Han Luoxue frowned, unsure of what to do for a moment.
At that moment, Wang Yan from next door ran over.
"Sister Han, someone has spread the news about that day. At first, because of Liu Pangzi and his group's publicity, many people were still cursing you, saying that you were slandering Liu Pangzi in order to sell plasters."
"As a result, many people didn't believe what you said and continued to use Hongrentang's ointment, and the number of people experiencing problems increased day by day. Some of the problems appeared early, with persistent high fevers, and I've even heard of deaths!"
Han Luoxue was also shocked to hear that someone had died.
Logically, it shouldn't be this serious. Generally, if a wound on the body doesn't heal, it's possible for it to become infected. However, such a small wound is unlikely to be fatal unless it's left untreated for a long time.
But how much time has passed in total?
No, that's not right, there must be something wrong with that ointment!
"Later, many people realized that there might be a problem with the ointment, so they stopped using Hongrentang's medicine and started thinking about Fu'antang. Unfortunately, Fu'antang was closed down for rectification, so they couldn't buy the medicine even if they wanted to!"
"Everyone started asking around, and no one knows who leaked the information that you lived here, so they..."
The rest was left unsaid, and Han Luoxue already knew. But they didn't understand why these people, knowing it was about Hongrentang, didn't go after Hongrentang but instead came to her.
"How's Fatty Liu's shop doing?"
"The situation was quite serious a few days ago, and I heard that a fight even broke out. However, Fatty Liu has quite a few skilled fighters around him, plus the guards at his home, so the common people didn't benefit from it."
"Fatty Liu was also worried about things getting out of hand, so he closed his shop yesterday, saying he needed to clean up the mess too!"
Hearing this, Han Luoxue laughed in anger: "I told them that day that there was something wrong with the ointment over there, but they just wouldn't believe me. Now they've come to me, what can I do?"
She stepped forward and walked to the person at the front, looked at his hand, and saw that the wound was quite bad.
"You must have been applying it for at least ten days, right?"
The man nodded hurriedly, looking annoyed: "Madam, the ointment was quite effective at first. I also felt that their ointment was more effective, and my family's financial situation wasn't very good, so I switched to the cheaper one. By the seventh day, the wound wasn't healing very well anymore. But since the ointment wasn't finished, I thought it was better to use it than not. Besides, I couldn't just throw it away and waste it, could I?"
The next few people were the same; their families were all of average means, and they tried to save as much as they could.
Although this is Yancheng, backed by Yanshan Mountain, there are many job opportunities and everyone can earn some money, but every family has several children, with elderly parents to support and young children to raise, so life is not easy.
Those who can calculate will definitely do so. However, what Han Luoxue didn't understand was that her family's ointment was not expensive to begin with, and was even cheaper than the ointment from Hongrentang in the past.
As for the subsequent price reduction of the ointment over there, it was simply because they wanted to compete maliciously with her side.
But these people never thought about that. And rightly so, what can ordinary people think about? They just use whichever is cheapest.
"But I'm not a doctor. If you come to me, there's nothing I can do."
Han Luoxue shrugged, looking helpless.
The man's eyes were red, and he was extremely anxious, his face filled with panic: "Then, what should we do? I heard them say that your family's doctor is already trying to find a solution, isn't he?"
At this moment, they actually remembered what they had said back then.
"I haven't been in contact with our family doctor for a while, so I don't know what's going on!"
Han Luoxue also looked helpless. In fact, Doctor Xu and the others hadn't told her anything; they must have been angry.
What happened that day was truly infuriating. The ointment wasn't their problem, so why should they clean up after that fat guy?
"Then... Madam, could you please help us contact your doctor? Please, please save us!"
"Madam, please!"
The crowd began to kneel again. Han Luoxue didn't actually want to help them, but she thought that they were just ordinary people. The salt produced in Yanshan was supplied to the whole country.
If something goes wrong here, what will happen to the people in other places?
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