Chapter 62 Jinjiang First Release Chapter 62 The hot potato is thrown away...
Li Zheng took the medicine bag in, and the short bandit Li Pang asked him to open it and take a look.
Fat Li didn't know the medicine, but he was just pretending to know. After Li Zheng opened the package, he fiddled with the herbs. Seeing no unusual reaction from Li Zheng, he kept looking at the child nervously. He then told Li Zheng, "Hurry up and cook it. Then give it to my brother. I'm telling you, be careful! If he doesn't get better after taking it, I'll kill your child!"
Li Zheng asked, "Then which one should I cook first? One is for treating typhoid fever, and the other is for prevention."
Seeing his brother, who was lying on the kang, as hot as a piece of charcoal, slowly open his eyes and glance at him after hearing this, Fatty Li could only say, "Prepare his medicine first. Cook it inside the house, and don't go outside!"
Li Zheng had no choice but to bring the small stove into the house.
Luckily, his family already had this small stove. He built it to cook. He didn't have to burn too much firewood to make porridge or something, which saved a lot of firewood.
He doesn't have much time to collect firewood as he is taking care of the children alone, so he has to save as much as possible.
Li Zheng put the medicine into a clay pot and added water, then boiled it according to Fang Shu's instructions. After boiling it, he strained it out and brought it to the kang.
Fatty Li said again: "Drink a sip first and then feed him!"
Li Zheng had no choice but to drink some himself first, and then feed the medicine to the person with high fever.
People still have a strong will to survive. The tall man had such a high fever that he couldn't speak clearly, but he knew to drink the medicine he was given.
After Li Zheng finished feeding, Gao He began to sweat slightly and looked more energetic.
Seeing that it was indeed effective and his brother's body didn't seem so hot anymore, Fat Li asked Li Zheng to boil another packet of medicine that was said to have preventive effect.
"I've asked around," Fatty Li whispered to Gao He. "That guy named 'Yu Qinglong' is in this village. We didn't see him before, maybe because he was busy and didn't leave the house. When you're better, we'll go and stop him. Why hasn't he been arrested yet?"
"Okay, I can't go back empty-handed." After going through so much trouble this time, I can't just go away empty-handed. "By the way, do you think this kid looks like a human?"
"Like someone?" Fatty Li was confused for a moment. "Like who?"
"Have you forgotten? Last year at this time, we robbed a man carrying furs back from the north woods. Look at this kid's ears, aren't they exactly the same as his?"
"You know what, it looks exactly like it was copied from a model. Could that man be the kid's father? Didn't he fall off a cliff?"
"So I guess this kid's father is probably a widower. He was totally lying when he said his husband wasn't back. Let's take this kid with us when we leave."
"How do I bring it?"
"Take his child away, and you're afraid he won't follow?"
"Yes, yes, you're smart. Let's do it!"
Gao He had broken a sweat and felt more alert. Thinking about bringing his brother, who had saved him, back to the village, his mood brightened. However, he soon began to doze off. He thought about how he hadn't gotten enough rest due to the high fever, so a little fatigue was normal, so he said he needed to sleep for a while.
Fat Li didn't think much of it, thinking that it was normal for him to feel weak and sleepy due to illness.
Not long after, Li Zheng came back with the medicine.
This time, Li Zheng drank it first. When Fatty Li saw that the medicine was poured out from the same earthenware jar, Li Zheng took the initiative to drink it, thinking that the medicine must be fine, so he drank it happily.
He wondered if his brother's condition would infect others. He remembered the doctor outside had mentioned the word "plague," and thought it would be wise to drink something to be on the safe side.
Li Zheng drank a little at a time, blew on it, and kept holding the bowl. Fatty Li thought he was afraid of the heat and said nothing.
But after a while, he began to feel sleepy.
The sleepiness came on suddenly and violently. As soon as he realized he was in trouble, he fainted backwards and knew nothing.
Seeing this, Li Zheng quickly put down the bowl and bit his hand hard, leaving a bloody mark. After he regained consciousness, he went to hold his child in his arms.
The child would fall asleep when he was tired of crying, and would cry again when he woke up. He would not eat well when he was hungry. However, after a day and a night, the color of his face became a little darker, and he would cry in grievance when his father held him in his arms.
Li Zheng was so distressed that he couldn't help crying, but he didn't dare to make a sound for fear of waking up the two people. He gently coaxed the child and quickly went outside.
Yu Qinglong was building a sack in the courtyard to store the goods. When he saw him come out, he immediately stood up and called back the master and Fang Shu.
The master looked at the child and said, "It's nothing, he's just a little frightened. I'll calm him down later. Yan Sijia, go get him some food. Let the child eat."
After they entered the house, the master immediately gave acupuncture to the two fallen people. After that, he said, "This time they won't wake up even if there's thunder. But what should we do next?"
Yu Qinglong asked, "Master, how long can they sleep like this?"
Doctor Mo said, "If I don't remove the needle, I can sleep until tomorrow morning."
Yu Qinglong said, "Then let them sleep. At night, tie them up, cover their mouths, and take them to the government office."
Although Guard Guo and Master Ji had left, most of the officers who had been there were still there, just not at the city gates anymore. They were all locals and wouldn't follow Guard Guo. If they weren't at important posts, they were somewhere else.
He could talk to these people before, so he can do it now.
It's a good opportunity to find out what the new garrison commander is like.
Yu Qinglong and Li Zheng went to get some ropes, but they didn't rush to tie him up. He said to Li Zheng, "Brother Zheng, get the kid some food. After he finishes eating, you can sleep with him. You must not have gotten enough rest these past few days."
A boy with a young child at home during a downpour must have been terrified. The flood had finally receded, and now a hostile force had invaded the house. The emotional pressure was not easy to handle.
Yu Qinglong noticed that the house was also severely flooded, but perhaps because of the arrival of the two villains, he didn't have time to clean it up properly.
Li Zheng nodded with tears in his eyes, and knelt down with the child in his arms: "Thank you for coming to help me. Thank you."
He didn't even dare to think about how he would have waited until those two people left if Yu Qinglong hadn't discovered this.
If someone discovered that there were two men in his house before those two men left, he would die with a stigma on his face.
Doctor Mo and Yu Qinglong quickly helped Li Zheng up.
Yu Qinglong said, "If anyone ever asks if your house was robbed, just say yes. These people came to inquire about the Fang family, and after they finished their inquiry, they disappeared. You must tell this to anyone who asks. If anyone asks when they came, just say it was early this morning. Remember? You looked uneasy this morning, and so many villagers saw it. They'll believe it if you say so. I'll cover up the rest myself."
Li Zheng nodded.
"Go get the kids something to eat."
"I, I'm out of rice at home." Li Zheng said embarrassedly, "I need to go buy some. Long Ge'er, can you help me look after Pan'er?"
"That's easy," Yu Qinglong said. "My dear, go home and serve him two bowls. He just drank some medicine, so he doesn't want to fall asleep again on the way."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Fang Shu said and hurried out.
As soon as he walked out the door, someone said, "Hey, isn't this Mr. Fang? How did you come out of a widower's house?"
Yu Qinglong recognized it immediately. The annoying guy at the well that morning was Yan Ermao, Li Zheng’s husband’s cousin!
So he came out without thinking and said, "Why else? My husband has read the books of sages and knows the principle of being kind to others. My husband and I saw that Zheng Ge'er's child was sick, so we came to help. He is not like some people who have a bad heart and think everything they see is dirty."
"You!" Yan Ermao swung his sleeves heavily. "You are such a rude boy. Your husband will have a hard time just by looking at him!"
"My family doesn't have a good life? What a joke! My family doesn't have a good life, but we don't have to pay land taxes or serve in the military. Can you do that? If not, then stay away and stop embarrassing yourself here."
"Fang Shu! You don't even care about this?"
"What do I care? I'm very interested." Fang Shu smiled at Yu Qinglong, "I'll be back soon."
"Yeah." Yu Qinglong leaned against the gate and stared at Yan Ermao, with no fear in his eyes at all.
Yan Ermao thought that he couldn't win the argument any further, but it seemed he couldn't win if a real fight broke out either, so he just snorted and left.
With such little fighting power, Yu Qinglong was too lazy to chase and scold him. He went back to the house to check on Li Zheng and Yan Pan.
Pan Ge'er is over eight months old and very well-behaved. He used to cry a lot, but he calmed down in his father's arms. Perhaps he's not eating well, so he's growing up very weak.
Yu Qinglong looked at him and asked, "Can I hug him?"
Li Zheng said, "Of course. Brother Pan, let Uncle Qinglong hold you."
Yu Qinglong reached out and took the child. He saw that his mouth was pouting, and he was about to cry, but he couldn't. This look of wanting to cry but not wanting to cry was particularly distressing, so he quickly returned the child to Li Zheng's arms: "Don't make him cry again."
Li Zheng said: "As long as I'm around, he usually doesn't cry too much. He already recognizes me."
Yu Qinglong said, "If I come here often, he'll recognize me, right?"
Li Zheng said: "Of course it is. We are looking forward to it."
His place had become extremely deserted since the death of the head of the family. His husband's relatives had smeared his place, and those who used to be close to his husband no longer dared to come. He had to handle everything alone.
Doctor Mo then handed Li Zheng a small porcelain jar and said, "There's some tranquilizer inside, but to prevent the child from grabbing it, you have to apply it to him at night after he falls asleep. Apply it here."
Doctor Mo tapped Yan Pan's brow lightly and said, "Wipe it off after one night."
Li Zhengdao: "I'll order it tonight. Thank you, Doctor Mo. How much does this medicine cost?"
Doctor Mo had been to their village before, but since they were not from the same village, he had to walk a little further, and I heard that the consultation fee alone was fifty coins.
But all his money now amounted to less than a hundred coins. He still had to pay the Fang family for the rice, so he didn't know if it would be enough.
Doctor Mo looked at the situation in the room, sighed and said, "No need to give it to me, just think of it as a gift to the child."
Li Zheng was about to kneel down again when he heard this, but Doctor Mo quickly stopped him. Fang Shu had just returned with rice and two eggs.
He called Yu Qinglong outside, and Yu Qinglong came out to take the things and gave them to Li Zheng to cook.
At this time, Doctor Mo said, "Brother Long, come here."
"What's wrong, Master?"
"I think these two aren't ordinary thieves. Look at their hands," Doctor Mo said worriedly, turning over Fatty Li's palm. "The calluses are clearly from people who wield swords and clubs. A habitual thief wouldn't be like this. And their skin doesn't look like they often walk in the sun."
"You suspect they are bandits."
"You guessed it?" Doctor Mo was surprised by his apprentice's sharpness. "If that's the case, then we're in real trouble. If we get involved with these people, we'll be in trouble at the very least. What should we do?"
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Author's words: Fang Shu: Long Ge'er, what should we do with these bad guys [Please]
Qinglong: If you don’t know what to do, just ask someone else to do it [roll eyes]
Fang Shu: ???
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