Chapter 120: Helping the Jiang Family
Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "This is called a syringe. The medicine I gave you before was always taken orally, which was slow to take effect and also significantly reduced its effectiveness. Use this to inject the medicine directly into the body. A small amount of medicine can achieve the effect of taking a large amount orally, and the effect will be faster."
Yuan Xu only half understood what was said, but he could probably guess that it was about inserting the needle-like tip into the flesh and then injecting the medicine, right?
He didn't delve into it and took out a dagger to help Chen Fenghe cut bamboo. After a while, he made three or four bamboo syringes.
Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu also made a fire. She boiled water and then threw the syringes into the water to boil.
After disinfection is completed, take it out again and wrap it with a clean cloth.
The pain caused by the effects of the medicine on Xiao Yunshuo had just passed, and the three of them quietly headed towards Jiangjia Village where they were staying.
After meeting Jiang Guizhou during the day, Xiao Yunshuo asked Yuan Xu to secretly follow Jiang Guizhou back and find out their location, so there was no need to look for them anymore.
Since the outbreak of typhoid fever, the people of Jiangjia Village have been stranded in a small village that was abandoned because the villagers fled famine.
When the three of them arrived, they saw Father Jiang and Jiang Guizhou being surrounded by angry Jiangjia villagers near the shack where they lived. Jiang Xueruo was being held captive by two women, accompanied by a young man dressed in silk and satin.
"Jiang Lao Er, come out here! Look at the wonderful girl you raised!"
Jiang Guizhou and Old Man Jiang looked at the people in front of them in astonishment.
"Fellow villagers, what does this mean?" Old Man Jiang asked with a trembling fist.
He had taken some medicine, so he could barely get out of bed and walk.
"What do you mean? You still dare to ask!"
"Second brother, we all trusted you, that's why we followed you to escape the famine. But when everyone else was infected with typhoid fever, you actually wanted to keep the medicine for yourself! Are you worthy of us?"
"That's right! If your daughter hadn't secretly given the medicine to someone else, we would still be kept in the dark!"
"There are so many uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters in the village, and she didn't think of any of them, but only thought of this kid from unknown origins! A traitor!"
After hearing this, Jiang Guizhou widened his eyes in shock, then rushed to Jiang Xueruo and slapped her in the face.
"Jiang Xueruo! I was wondering why the medicine was gone! It turns out you stole it! Do you know that medicine is our life-saving medicine? You stole it, are you planning to let Dad die?!"
Jiang Xueruo burst into tears after being beaten and defended herself, "Brother, I...I'm doing this for Dad and you, for the whole village, young and old. Master Zhu is the son of the Qizhou City prefect. I'll take this medicine back to Qizhou City with him. He has a doctor at home who can find out what herbs are used and how it was prepared. As long as we can find out how to prepare this medicine, I will definitely bring back lots of medicine to save Dad, brother, and the whole village!"
Chen Fenghe listened to Jiang Xueruo's words in secret, then glanced at the man dressed in silk and satin, and was speechless for a moment.
Doesn't Jiang Xueruo like Xiao Yunshuo? Her heart changes too quickly, doesn't it?
The villagers did not believe Jiang Xueruo's words.
"I think you want to follow this young master to Qizhou City to enjoy a good life! And come back with medicine to save us? Bah! By the time you come back, I'm afraid the whole village will be dead!"
"Everyone, stop talking nonsense with them! No matter what Jiang Xueruo thinks, the fact is that Jiang Laoer's family got the medicine for typhoid fever and kept it for themselves! They must have other medicine! Let's force them to call out the medicine first!"
"That's right! Jiang Lao Er, if you don't hand over the medicine today, don't blame us for being unfair! Come on, bring the pig cage over! If they don't hand over the medicine tonight, we'll drown his entire family of three in the pig cage!"
Father Jiang was still a little confused. His face was pale as he asked, "Gui Zhou, what...what on earth is going on? Is that water you gave me medicine?"
The other villagers were furious when they heard this: "Jiang Lao Er, you're still playing dumb! Yesterday you were lying in bed, barely breathing out, and now you can even get out of bed, and you still have the nerve to pretend you don't know!"
Old Man Jiang had been the village head for many years, always adhering to the principle of selfless dedication. Now being accused by the villagers was tantamount to an insult to his dignity. He clasped his fists and said, "Fellow villagers, I really don't know. Give me some time, and I will definitely find out... Hmm!"
Before he could finish his words, a mouthful of blood suddenly gushed out! The man suddenly fell forward!
Seeing this, Jiang Guizhou rushed over to support Old Man Jiang and shouted in fear, "Dad! Dad! Don't scare me! Dad!"
Someone in the nearby village sneered, "Still pretending! We'd like to see how long you and your family plan to put on this act!"
Jiang Guizhou was furious when he heard this: "Have you said enough? When my family contracted typhoid fever, you all avoided us as much as possible. I knelt down and begged you to find a doctor for us, or even to give us some herbs at home. But you all ignored us. I crawled to the official road to beg for some medicine and secretly gave it to my family. What's wrong with that? Why should I give it to you?"
When the villagers heard this, they all looked a little embarrassed.
They were indeed not infected with typhoid fever. After everyone arrived in this village, they heard that there was an outbreak of typhoid fever in Qizhou City, so they decided to take shelter in the village temporarily.
But they didn't have much food with them, so someone had to go out hunting for food, otherwise they would run out of food.
Old Man Jiang, Jiang Guizhou, and several other strong men were the first group to go out hunting. As a result, they contracted typhoid fever when they came back, and Jiang Xueruo was naturally infected as well.
Seeing this, the villagers were afraid of being infected, so they collectively ignored his family and several other families infected with typhoid fever, and even secretly planned to leave secretly and leave them behind.
"We...we were trying to protect the entire village! Would you only be happy if everyone else caught typhoid fever along with your family and the village was wiped out? Putting all that aside, you had the medicine but kept it all to yourself. That's just wrong! Your daughter ran off with a strange man, bringing disgrace to the village. If you don't hand over the medicine, I'll put your whole family in a pig cage!"
As he spoke, someone was already giving orders to put Jiang Xueruo into the pig cage!
Jiang Guizhou was so angry that he took a knife from the house and shouted, "Let's see who dares!"
At this moment, a clear and pleasant laugh like a silver bell suddenly came, followed by a cold sarcasm: "As expected, shameless people are invincible. Do your parents know that you are so shameless?"
Everyone in Jiangjia Village couldn't help but feel a chill in their spine. In the middle of the night, a female voice suddenly appeared. Could it be a female ghost?
“Who…who!”
Chen Fenghe, Xiao Yunshuo and others no longer hid, but walked out from behind the house.
When everyone saw that the three of them were wearing night clothes and their faces were covered with black cloth, they became even more terrified.
"You...are you bandits? We're all refugees, we don't have any money..."
Chen Fenghe sneered, "Robbers? I think you're the robbers, aren't you? When others are sick and desperate, they come to you for help, but you ignore them. When they fight tooth and nail to get medicine, you all show up one by one? Why should we share it with you? You don't have typhoid fever, are you planning to eat it and reincarnate?"
After hearing what Chen Fenghe said, Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu couldn't help but cheer in their hearts.
The villagers were even more embarrassed. The man who was in the lead, who had some prestige, saw the three people like this, one of whom was obviously a woman, and thought they were unlikely to be robbers, so he said sternly:
"No matter who you are, this is a private matter of our Jiangjia Village. It has nothing to do with you. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business!"
Chen Fenghe sneered, "A private matter in the village? They won't give it to you, and you're planning to set up a private execution hall and drown a family of three? Believe it or not, I'll go to the officials tomorrow and let the master conduct a thorough trial. For the crime of murder, will the sentence be immediate execution or execution later in the autumn?"
After hearing this, the villagers became even more frightened.
They haven't been infected with typhoid yet, and they are coming here to ask for medicine just in case. If they are charged with murder, it would be a waste of time.
A few timid ones immediately said, "Third Uncle, I... I suddenly remembered that we have something to do at home, so we should go back first..."
After a while, most of the people had left, leaving only a few villagers who had been friends with Uncle San.
Third Uncle couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. He had always coveted the position of village chief, but Old Man Jiang was too popular among the villagers, so he had never been able to get the position for decades. Therefore, he had been trying to find an opportunity to overthrow Old Man Jiang.
"Even if we put the matter of the medicine aside, Jiang Xueruo eloped with a man of unknown origin. That's a fact, right? It's only natural that such a fickle woman should be buried in the pond. Even if we report it to the authorities, the master won't say anything!"
Third uncle said with a gloomy face.
Even if he can't bring him down, he'll still make Old Man Jiang peel off a layer of skin! Seeing his daughter's reputation ruined, how can he still have the nerve to be the village head in the future!
Jiang Xueruo had been stuffed into the pig cage. She held onto the small holes in the cage with both hands and cried, "Dad, brother, I... I know I was wrong! Please save me! I don't want to die, I don't want to be drowned..."
Chen Fenghe glanced at her indifferently and said, "Oh... I don't care whether she lives or dies, but..."
"Only what?"
A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Fenghe's lips. She said, "But haven't you forgotten that the whole family is infected with typhoid fever? You dare to touch them. Aren't you afraid of being infected yourself?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the rest of the people, including Third Uncle himself, immediately and subconsciously took several steps back!
The women who had taken the lead in stuffing Jiang Xueruo into the pig cage were so frightened that their legs went weak and they sat down on the ground.
"Oh my god! I...I'm going to be infected! What should I do?"
The remaining villagers now felt uncomfortable all over, and said to their uncle in a trembling voice: "Uncle, I...I have something to do at home, I have to go back first!"
Third Uncle shouted anxiously, "Why are you running? There are only a few of them. How can we be afraid of them?"
Someone shouted, "It's not them I'm afraid of, it's the typhoid fever! Third Uncle, if you want to stay, then stay on your own!"
With that, everyone ran away, leaving only Third Uncle alone.
Chen Fenghe said calmly: "Why don't you leave? It seems like you really want to be infected?"
Third Uncle shuddered and left reluctantly.
On this side, Xiao Yunshuo hurried over to check on Old Man Jiang's condition.
"Dad! How are you? Wake up!"
Jiang Guizhou also dropped the kitchen knife and rushed over: "Dad!"
No one cared about Jiang Xueruo who was stuffed into the pig cage, so she had to crawl out on her own, feeling aggrieved.
Chen Fenghe hurried over, took Father Jiang's pulse, and said, "He must be suffering from anger. I will give him acupuncture immediately..."
As she spoke, she immediately took out a silver needle and gave Old Man Jiang acupuncture. Then, she secretly injected him with a shot of adrenaline.
After a while, Old Man Jiang slowly woke up.
He saw Jiang Guizhou, grabbed his hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Guizhou...where's your sister?"
Jiang Guizhou was still furious that Jiang Xueruo had secretly stolen the family's life-saving medicine. After giving Jiang Xueruo a cold look, he said, "Dad, they're fine. Thanks to these three heroes, they scared the villagers away!"
Although Old Man Jiang had just vomited blood and was in a daze, he still vaguely heard what the villagers said.
He never dreamed that the villagers whom he had tried so hard to protect would end up forcing his family like this.
Father Jiang seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. He looked at Xiao Yunshuo and the other two, struggling to stand up and kneel down to express his gratitude: "Thank you so much for your generosity..."
Xiao Yunshuo quickly grabbed him and said, "Dad, you can't do that."
When Old Man Jiang heard his voice, he was startled and looked into his eyes in surprise.
However, seeing that Xiao Yunshuo had a black cloth on his face, he didn't say anything in the end. He just sighed and said to Jiang Guizhou, "Guizhou, Xue Rou is still young and doesn't understand things. Don't blame her. You must teach her well and protect her, okay? Your mother died early, and when your father is gone, it will just be you two siblings..."
Hearing him say this, Jiang Guizhou couldn't help but said anxiously: "Dad! What are you talking about! We have medicine, we will be fine!"
As he said that, he suddenly stood up and walked to Jiang Xueruo, and asked coldly: "Where is the medicine?"
Jiang Xueruo was so frightened that she burst into tears. She pointed at Mr. Zhu who had been curled up beside her and said, "It's... it's with him..."
Jiang Guizhou went up and kicked him, yelling, "Where's the medicine?"
Mr. Zhu's face turned pale, and he said with a sad face, "I... I drank it all..."
Jiang Xueruo was also shocked when she heard this. She cried out, "What! You said you were going to take these medicines back to Qizhou City and ask the doctor to make more! Why did you drink them yourself?"
Mr. Zhu coughed several times and said, "I... I've also been infected with the plague. If I don't drink, I might not even make it to Qizhou City!"
Jiang Xueruo was so angry that she rushed over and wanted to hit Master Zhu: "You lied to me! Why did you lie to me!"
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