Chapter 37 Staring at the Silver in Her Hand
Gao knew that some things would not make sense to Old Lady Cen, so she simply involved Old Man Cen, who had been silent all the time.
After all, in this family, although Old Lady Cen usually howls louder, if something really happens, isn’t it Old Man Cen who is in charge?
Old Man Cen cares about his reputation as a scholar, and he cares even more about the impact on the imperial examination performance of Cen Han, who is studying in the county!
As soon as she said this, Old Man Cen would definitely express his opinion immediately!
Sure enough, Old Man Cen, who had been pretending not to exist and letting Old Lady Cen yell for a long time, just knocked the ash in his water pipe, coughed heavily, and said seriously: "It is still the eldest son's wife who thinks of it. Old woman, go get five taels of silver and give it to Cen Yan, and ask her to ask Doctor Zhou from the neighboring village to come and treat the second son's injury!"
"What? Five taels of silver! Two taels should be enough!" Old Mrs. Cen immediately wailed in pain.
"If you invite Yu Banxian to your home to perform a ritual, it will probably cost more than five taels of silver, right?" Old Man Cen said, glancing at her coldly.
Just this one sentence left Old Lady Cen speechless.
If you ask Yu Banxian for help, you won’t be able to do it without ten taels of silver!
But she would rather spend ten taels of silver to make Cen Dahai's soul fly away and never be reincarnated, than spend five taels of silver to save his worthless life!
However, since Old Man Cen had spoken, she didn't dare to disobey. She could only glare at Cen Yan and turned to go into the inner room.
After a while, she came out with five taels of silver and handed it to Cen Yan reluctantly.
Cen Yan stepped forward, took the silver, and held it tightly in his hand.
"Grandpa, I'm afraid we have to ask my eldest uncle or my third uncle to come with me to pick up Doctor Zhou in a ox cart. It rained yesterday and the roads are muddy. If we just walk, it will probably take a lot of time." She continued.
Upon hearing this, Old Man Cen did not speak immediately, but looked at Gao and Yu.
Yu lowered her head and pretended to know nothing.
Gao's eyes moved and she took the initiative to say, "Let Dajiang go."
"Well, go tell Dajiang."
"Okay, I'll go call him out right away." Gao said respectfully and left the main room.
"Then grandpa, grandma, I'll leave first." Cen Yan received the money to hire a doctor for Cen Dahai. His goal had been achieved and he didn't want to say anything more to them.
"Hey Cen Yan, I'm telling you, you didn't come back yesterday, but I have already bought some fruits at the market. Don't try to deny your debt! The matter of you stealing the fruits from our third room is not over yet! You have to pay compensation!" At this time, Yu's eyes were fixed on the silver in Cen Yan's hand, and she remembered to make the matter clear. By saying this, she was convinced that Cen Yan did not bring back any fruits at all.
In this way, Cen Yan would have to compensate their third room with the money she got from Old Lady Cen!
"Really? But the thing is, I also picked fruits in the forbidden forest. As for what's right and wrong, let's wait until my father gets better before we talk about it!" Cen Yan looked at her sarcastically, turned around and left the main room.
"Hey! This damn girl! Look at her, mother, this damn girl is really infuriating!" Since Yu couldn't get any good from Cen Yan, she wanted to find Old Lady Cen to reason with her.
"Shut up! If you have anything to say, wait until the second son wakes up!" Old Mrs. Cen was worried about her five taels of silver. After listening to Yu's reasoning, she felt a headache and did not give her a good look.
Seeing that Old Lady Cen was unwilling to stand up for her, Yu had no choice but to shut up in disappointment.
Outside, Cen Dajiang quickly harnessed the ox cart. He took Cen Yan to the neighboring Liuwan Village and found Doctor Zhou.
Doctor Zhou is a traveling doctor in the mountains. Among the dozen or so villages large and small near Wuyao Mountain, he is the only one who knows medical skills.
Fortunately, because of the heavy rain yesterday, he did not go out to practice medicine today, but stayed at home.
When he saw Cen Yan coming to find him and heard about Cen Dahai's condition, he hurriedly took the medicine, put on his medicine box, and went to Old Cen's house in Guhe Village with Cen Yan.
As soon as Doctor Zhou arrived, Cen Yan took him to the inner room of the second house to check on Cen Dahai's condition.
"How could the injury be so serious?" Doctor Zhou first took his pulse and then looked at the injury on the back of his head, and couldn't help but ask.
"My father came to look for me..." While the other members of the Cen family had not yet come to the second room, Cen Yan lowered her voice and told the story of Cen Dahai being knocked unconscious by Cen Dajiang with a stick.
Liuwan Village and Guhe Village are right next to each other.
Although they are not from the same village, if there is something interesting happening in someone's family, the news will spread quickly.
Especially in the old Cen family, there is an old scholar like Mr. Cen who is quite "respected", and the trivial matters of their family are regarded as the topic of conversation after dinner by many people.
Therefore, although Doctor Zhou was not often at home, he knew that the two old people in the Cen family were notoriously partial and mistreat the second wife.
Hearing this, he sighed and treated Cen Dahai's injuries seriously.
"Your father has a blood clot behind his head. I can only apply some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing herbs to bandage it externally, and then ask him to take a few doses of decoction internally to see if he can wake up. As for whether he can wake up, it all depends on his luck... He shouldn't have gotten this injury, and it has been delayed for too long!" Doctor Zhou said helplessly as he crushed the herbs in a small mortar he brought with him.
"Thank you very much." Cen Yan's heart sank when he heard this, but he could only say thank you.
I hope the spiritual spring water is useful.
When no one is around tonight, she will go and learn the medical skills from the book in the space, hoping that it won't be too late...
Doctor Zhou left Cen Yan with herbal medicine for external application and medicine for internal use, and told her to change the medicine for him every morning and evening, and to boil two prescriptions of medicine a day. If there is no effect after taking these medicines... then there is nothing he can do to save him.
Cen Yan could fully understand this.
How good can the medical skills of a traveling doctor who travels through the mountains be?
Besides, Cen Dahai did not receive immediate medical treatment when he was first injured, and the treatment was delayed for too long.
"Doctor, how much silver?" Cen Yan said as he was about to take the silver.
"No, no..." Doctor Zhou took into consideration the plight of the second wife and couldn't bring himself to accept money from a young lady who might lose her father.
"How can that be possible?" However, Cen Yan immediately said, "Before I went to see you, my grandmother gave me five taels of silver. Your herbs are not for nothing. I must give you the money for the medicine."
"Well, then give me one or two taels of silver." Doctor Zhou estimated the value of the herbs. "This is just for the medicine. As for the treatment and bandages for your father, I will waive this fee. But don't worry, when your family asks me later, I will quote a higher price."
The last sentence was spoken by Doctor Zhou in a low voice to Cen Yan.
He could understand Cen Yan's difficulties.
I'm afraid these five taels of silver were not easy to come by.
I don’t know how this little girl got it from that stingy, mean and unreasonable old woman!
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