Gu Sinian kissed Su Ying on the forehead. "Wife, you're amazing. Thank you, Mother-in-law, for giving you so many treasures. You can buy whatever you want."
The eldest sister needs penicillin, but even if it's available on the black market, the Gu family can't afford to buy it. Yu Chuan is probably in grave danger.
"Luckily, I didn't hesitate at all when I bought it. Otherwise, when your sister came to us asking for medicine, we didn't have any. I had to beg the boss to sell me both of the penicillin. There wasn't a single one available. It was a case of high price but no market. I was lucky to get two."
"Would you really be willing to share one of these precious items with my sister?"
Su Ying nodded without hesitation, "Of course, Yu Chuan is your sister's child, your little nephew, and of course he's mine too. Medicine is meant to be used. We can't hide it away like a treasure just because it's in short supply. That would defeat the purpose of the medicine. Besides, it's for saving a five-year-old child. He's the future flower of our country, and he's very precious."
"I will give this life-saving medicine to anyone who needs it..."
The original intention of buying penicillin was for Bai Yuchuan. In the previous life, because Bai Yuchuan didn't have penicillin, she lost her child and just watched him die in Gu Siqing's arms.
Gu Siqing couldn't take the blow and went insane, constantly calling out Bai Yuchuan's name.
She was able to remember Bai Yuchuan's name because when her soul was with Gu Sinian, he visited Gu Siqing a few times and learned it from her.
Deeply moved, Gu Sinian put his arm around Su Ying's shoulder and looked at her with affection.
Her young wife is truly kind.
If someone else had this medicine, they would definitely pay with their life. His young wife didn't take a single penny. No wonder she's the woman he chose; she has such a broad mind.
Just as he was about to tell Gu Siqing that his wife had penicillin, Gu Siqing climbed up to Gu Huadong before he could.
Gu Siqing moved her knees and knelt down in front of Gu Huadong, pleading while tugging at his trouser leg.
“Grandpa, Grandpa, I know this is a difficult situation for you. I have no other choice but to come and beg you. The doctor in the county said that only the military has access to penicillin. Could you call your old comrades and ask them to spare a dose of penicillin for me?”
"Just one, I don't want any more. Yu Chuan really can't hold on much longer. He was delirious this morning and started talking nonsense. Please, Grandpa, please save him."
Gu Huadong helped his eldest granddaughter up with great heartache, his face showing a helpless and pained expression.
"To be honest, ever since Grandpa was sent to the countryside, all his old friends who had been friends with him for a lifetime have lost contact with him, for fear that Grandpa would implicate them. I haven't received a single phone call or letter since I came to Willow Village."
“Even if I call now, they’ll avoid me like the plague. Why humiliate myself? How am I supposed to find someone for you? Who am I supposed to turn to?”
Gu Siqing knew this would happen. She came to Willow Village with a sliver of hope, but her hope was shattered, and her heart died.
“Even my grandfather, an old revolutionary, couldn’t get it. My Yuchuan is truly beyond saving. My child, my poor child.”
Gu Siqing almost lost her balance and staggered back several steps. Gu Sinian wanted to help her, but Gu Yuanhong beat him to it.
"Daughter, you must take good care of your health so that you can take better care of Yuchuan. If you fall ill, what will happen to the child? Who can he rely on?"
Gu Siqing grabbed Gu Yuanhong's collar tightly. "Dad! You're the former commander of Beijing, you have a way to get penicillin, right?"
"The doctor said that only the military has this medicine, but the quantity is limited and it is reserved for seriously wounded soldiers. You were the commander of Beijing back then, so you could get it, right?"
Gu Yuanhong lowered his head in shame. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall collapses, everyone pushes it down. He was no longer the high and mighty Commander Gu who held power. Now even a small battalion commander could choke him. What ability did he have left to get penicillin?
"I'm sorry. I don't know what to do. Let's go to the hospital to see the child and see if there's any other way to bring down the fever more effectively."
Gu Siqing said expressionlessly, "Don't waste your time. Bai Jiyuan and I have tried all the methods. If they worked, I wouldn't have had to beg you for penicillin."
Gu Sinian stood anxiously to the side, wondering why no one seemed to hear him and ignored him completely. He looked helplessly at his wife standing to the side.
"Are you really willing to give this medicine to my eldest sister?"
“I’m willing. But I only have two vials of penicillin here. I can’t tell anyone that I have penicillin. So many people are asking about penicillin these days. I’m afraid of being targeted. Tell my older sister that there’s only one vial. I’m afraid that if word gets out, our Gu family will never have a peaceful day.”
Su Ying beckoned Gu Sinian to come closer, and the man obediently did so. "Just say it like this: Penicillin was given to me by a black market boss who borrowed money from my grandfather and couldn't pay it back."
Gu Sinian agreed with his wife's caution; indeed, they couldn't let anyone know that she could get her hands on penicillin, otherwise things would get out of control.
"That's a good explanation. Now that penicillin has a source, if anyone asks about it in the future, the family will keep their mouths shut. Since it's related to a black market boss, anyone who dares to utter a word about it is just asking for death."
“My daughter-in-law is so smart. We’ll do it your way. Our Gu family has to keep a low profile now, otherwise my father-in-law won’t help us get our case overturned.”
“He overturned the Gu family’s case out of love for his daughter. Our Gu family is not the kind of people who repay kindness with enmity. We have to let General Qin off the hook.”
"You're really considerate of my dad, thank you."
He stepped forward and pulled the nearly distraught Gu Siqing in front of him. "Stop! Stop crying! I have penicillin! Now calm down!"
When Gu Sinian said he had penicillin, everyone in the living room turned to look at him.
Li Yaxian disregarded the fact that her relationship with Gu Sinian had already reached a freezing point and that they weren't very familiar with each other, and grabbed his arm to ask.
"Do you really have penicillin?"
Gu Siqing thought she had misheard. Her brother said he had penicillin. It must be a hallucination, it must be a hallucination. She slapped herself across the face, immediately revealing five finger marks.
It was clear that Gu Siqing had hit herself hard; even Su Ying felt pain watching her. Gu Siqing had gone to great lengths, and the pain made her feel like she wasn't dreaming. With the scene so chaotic, Su Ying didn't dare to step forward and try to stop her.
The mother and daughter clung tightly to Gu Sinian's arm, trying to confirm if what he said was true.
Gu Sinian said helplessly, "Let go of me first. How am I supposed to get you penicillin if you're holding me so tightly?"
The mother and daughter let go of each other's hands, and Gu Sinian looked at everyone, pouring out his cold words.
"However, let me make this clear from the start: this penicillin is of dubious origin. I advise you to keep your mouths shut and not utter a single word, or we'll be the ones who suffer."
Gu Siqing didn't care whether it came from legitimate sources or not, as long as it could save her son, she would completely forget where the penicillin came from.
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