"You're so self-righteous." The doctor looked at Qiu Yan with disdain. He didn't believe that Qiu Yan could actually set the girl's broken leg.
Immediately following Langzhong's snort, a crisp cracking sound was heard as the two bones collided.
The girl froze, cried out in pain, and tears instantly filled her eyes.
It really hurts so much.
The girl's cries of pain attracted many people to come and look.
The couple looked tense, while the doctor still watched with amusement, making sarcastic remarks, "Now that's it, the girl's leg is completely broken."
The woman asked with concern, "Juan'er, are you alright?"
The girl paused for a moment, wiped away her tears, and the intense stinging pain lessened considerably, replaced by a dull ache.
She moved her ankle slightly. "Mom, it doesn't hurt as much anymore, and I can move it now."
Gu Xiaoran cheered and hugged Qiu Yan, kissing her on the cheek. "That's great!"
The people around gasped in surprise, pointing and whispering among themselves as they looked at the doctor.
"This girl is something else."
"That's right, the doctor at Renaitang is a complete quack."
"Incompetent doctors are misleading people. I don't know where Renaitang found this doctor."
"..."
The waiter glanced at Qiu Yan in shock, then at the doctor, and shook his head.
Seeing Qiu Yan made him miss the old doctor Hu.
The doctor glared at Qiu Yan angrily, then returned to the pharmacy with a dark face. He thought Qiu Yan was meddling in other people's business.
"Thank you for saving us, young lady." The couple were about to kneel down when Qiu Yan helped them up with both hands.
"It's nothing, no need to kneel before me."
Then she said to the girl, "You shouldn't do too much activity right now. The pain in the fractured area will last for a while, but it will gradually subside. It's best not to move around too much and go home to rest for a while."
The girl nodded, but when she thought of the drought that had struck their border region, her already wet eyes suddenly welled up with tears, which she couldn't shake off.
"Where do we still have a home?"
The couple looked somewhat ashamed; the other person had just helped them, and they really couldn't afford to repay the favor.
Seeing that the three were on the verge of starvation, Qiu Yan gave them some copper coins. "Take these and buy some food."
"Thank you, thank you." The family thanked them repeatedly, their faces showing increasing shame.
"Mother, let's go." Seeing that the passersby were still staring at them, Gu Xiaoran couldn't stay any longer.
He sees everyone as a bad person now.
Qiu Yan pulled Gu Xiaoran to find the front-end pharmacy.
Of course, it wasn't the one she had visited before.
The broker was a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties, with broad shoulders and a thick waist, a prosperous face, and shrewd eyes.
After seeing Qiu Yan and Gu Xiao, he looked them up and down.
"Young lady, what kind of person are you looking to buy? We have people ranging from seven or eight years old to over forty, both men and women."
"Find a personal maid for the child, someone honest, reliable, and clever, and most importantly, someone who can take care of the child."
After Qiu Yan finished speaking, the matchmaker immediately brought people over for Qiu Yan to choose from.
"Miss, do you find any of these maids or servants pleasing to the eye?"
Gu Xiaoran's eyes were filled with rejection when she saw these people.
Before Qiu Yan could even start choosing, Gu Xiaoran kept pulling her outside. "Mother, let's go, I don't like it here."
"Xiao Ran, we'll find someone to take care of you."
"No..." Gu Xiaoran burst into tears.
The matchmaker's expression changed, and she quickly showered her with praise. However, the more she talked, the harder Gu Xiaoran cried.
Qiu Yan knew that Gu Xiaoran was thinking about the past, so she hugged him, wiped away his tears, and walked out of the pharmacy.
Now, she suddenly felt uneasy about entrusting Gu Xiaoran to a stranger.
When I came out, I ran into a family of three again.
When the girl saw Qiu Yan again, her eyes lit up.
"Can I do it? I can work, I'm not afraid of hardship, as long as I can support my parents." The girl said this after hearing that Qiu Yan wanted to buy a personal maid for Gu Xiaoran.
The couple had high hopes, but they didn't want to be separated from their daughter.
"Juan'er, you've suffered so much."
Qiu Yan looked at Gu Xiaoran, who sniffed and wrapped her arms around Qiu Yan's neck.
Seeing that Qiu Yan remained silent, the girl ignored the pain in her feet and knelt down on the ground with a thud. "I am willing to be your slave, please take me in. My family is really desperate."
The woman also said, "To be honest, my family and I were just about to go to the brokerage to inquire about selling ourselves to a wealthy family as servants."
Seeing Gu Xiaoran's strong rejection, Qiu Yan also became somewhat wary.
"How about this, my wonton shop happens to need workers, so the three of you can work at my shop for now."
It just so happens that her shop also needs manpower.
Upon hearing this, the family felt that this happiness had come too suddenly.
They huddled together and wept bitterly.
Qiu Yan led the three of them to a wonton shop.
"Xiao Yan, who are they..." Qiu Yumei thought to herself, wondering why Xiao Yan had brought beggars here.
The others were equally puzzled, looking at Qiu Yan and waiting for her to explain.
"The helpers we found," Qiu Yan explained simply. Qiu Yumei and the others roughly understood the three people's situation and felt some sympathy for their plight.
Of the three, the man was named Zhu Silang, his wife was Cao, and their daughter was Zhu Juan.
The two parties drafted a contract of servitude, and from then on, they were Qiu Yan's people.
After eating, washing up, and changing their clothes, the family of three looked refreshed and thanked Qiu Yan profusely. In their hearts, Qiu Yan was their benefactor.
Qiu Yan told Zhu Juan to rest first, and the couple would start working tomorrow.
When she wasn't busy, Qiu Yan wanted to cook a few dishes. She originally planned to have Gu Xiaoran stay with her aunt, but the child only recognized her today.
"Xiao Ran, why don't you play by yourself for a while, okay?"
Gu Xiaoran shook her head and obediently sat on the small stool. "I won't run around."
Tian Xiu ran over with a smile, "Boss, you're busy, I'll help take care of the child."
Gu Xiaoran shook her head again and obediently sat on the small stool.
Qiu Yumei knew that Qiu Yan wanted to run the shop all day, so she worked with her.
Qiu Yan first went to Chef Chen at Xingyuelou Restaurant to get some cooking recipes.
For her small shop, apart from rice porridge, many recipes are not suitable, but porridge is.
So, Qiu Yan prepared some food herself.
She first fried dough sticks and fried pancakes, then made tea eggs, shumai, and egg pancakes.
Qiu Yumei found it delicious and then let the others in the shop try it. They all praised Qiu Yan's cooking skills.
Afterwards, she made mixed vegetable and lean meat porridge, mushroom and shredded chicken porridge, red bean porridge, and lily bulb porridge according to the recipe, and let the workers in the shop learn to make them together.
Now, the wonton shop is open all day.
At the same time, a carriage coming from the direction of Shangjin City slowly entered Baiyang. The person sitting inside the carriage was the new manager of Xingyuelou, with two waiters beside him.
These three are all veterans of Xingyue Tower, with extensive experience.
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