Chapter 54 Lijia Village
Xu Qing ran out of the cubicle. He was sweating all over due to the high fever and red spots on his face. His lips were pale and dull. "What did you say?"
Xu Rong cried, "Village Chief Li said this was an infectious disease that couldn't be cured. He was afraid it would infect more people, so he locked my brother-in-law and his family in a cowshed and left them to die."
"I want to see him, I want to see him!" Xu Qing ran out crying.
Aunt Su stopped her: "What's the point of you going!"
"Look at the spots on your face! The people of Li Village won't let you go if you show up!"
Xu Qing cried and shook her head: "It's me who implicated Daniu. If it weren't for me, Mom, I couldn't watch him die."
"You're not allowed to go!" Aunt Su cried. "The head of Lijia Village is tyrannical. He's not Head of Jiang. He doesn't care whether you live or die. I can't watch you die."
She hugged Xu Qing and cried: "The Li family sent you out and was so cruel, and you still went to save them, are you stupid?"
Xu Qing choked up and said, "It's not that they're cruel, they're just afraid they can't protect me, Mom. They're trying to save me."
After she fell ill, she had a high fever for several days. Da Niu and her mother-in-law took care of her day and night. Doctor Li from the clinic said her disease was contagious. When Village Chief Li found out, he wanted to lock her up in the cowshed and let her die.
Da Niu and his mother-in-law sent her back to her parents' home overnight to protect her.
"Mom, Daniu is good to me, and my mother-in-law treats me like her own daughter. I can't just watch them die!"
Xu Qing suddenly pushed Aunt Su away and ran out. After only two steps, his head became dizzy, his vision went black, and he passed out.
"Sister." Xu Rong hugged Xu Qing.
Aunt Su sat down on the ground, clutching her chest, and wailed, "My poor daughter, why did she have to encounter such a thing?"
The clinic was in chaos, with people watching and talking at once. Ye Rou said coldly, "Shut up."
She pulled Aunt Su up and said to Xu Rong, "Send her to the cubicle."
Xu Rong stared at Ye Rou's face blankly, and when he came to his senses, he immediately did as he was told.
Ye Rou injected Xu Qing with antibiotics and told Aunt Su who was standing by: "When this bottle is finished, switch to the next one."
Aunt Su nodded quickly. Seeing Ye Rou about to leave, she hurriedly called out to her, "Doctor Ye, where are you going?"
"Save him." Ye Rou said these two words and pulled up Xu Rong, who was sitting outside with a sad face. "Take me to Lijia Village."
Xu Rong's eyes widened: "What are you doing in Lijia Village?"
Ye Rou carried the flowered bag and said, "Save people."
Xu Rong was stunned for a moment, then after realizing what was happening, he immediately said, "I'll take you there."
His brother-in-law was good to him, and he couldn't just watch him die.
Ye Rou ran out following Xu Rong.
Doctor Liu chased her out of the clinic: "Stinky girl, it's getting dark, go tomorrow!"
"Master, I'm not afraid." Ye Rou ran away and shouted again, "Tell Jiang Chen."
Doctor Liu jumped up and down and scolded Ye Rou: "You have a bad temper, you little bitch."
Seeing that it was getting dark, Doctor Liu drove away all the onlookers in the clinic and asked Aunt Su to help watch the door. After doing all this, he hurried to the house at the foot of the mountain.
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In the evening, the setting sun illuminated the courtyard, and Jiang Chen was wielding a hoe to turn over the vegetable patch.
"Brother Jiang, Li Liangang has been found. He is hiding in Lijia Village. The village chief there is his second uncle. He has been hiding there for the past few days."
"Um."
Zhou Liang continued, "Our shipment was intercepted because Li Liangang leaked it."
Fang Tian snorted coldly: "Brother Jiang, I'll take a few brothers to teach that brat a lesson."
Jiang Chen put down his hoe, looked up and suddenly asked, "What time is it?"
Zhou Liang stretched out his wrist ostentatiously and looked at his watch in an exaggerated manner.
Neither of them paid any attention to him, and he felt bored, so he said honestly, "It's six o'clock."
Jiang Chen threw away the hoe, his face suddenly darkening: "You're so naughty."
Zhou Liang was at a loss. Doctor Liu rushed in from the doorway and said, "Jiang boy, Ye Rou went to Lijia Village."
Jiang Chen smiled.
No one who saw him smile would think that he was happy.
There was a layer of coldness on his face, and the people present felt as if they were in the freezing winter in the summer evening.
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It was completely dark. Ye Rou and Xu Rong hid in the dark, while every house in Lijia Village was lit.
Ye Rou thought Dahe Village was remote enough, but only when she actually walked to Lijia Village did she understand what remoteness meant.
Dahe Village is flat, surrounded by a large river, with mountains behind the village.
Lijia Village is located deep in the mountains with rugged terrain. There are no main roads, only narrow paths.
Xu Rong often came to Lijia Village to visit his sister and was very familiar with the village. He took Ye Rou along a small path, avoiding people and heading straight to the cowshed.
The cowshed that Ye Rou went to was cleaned up by Jiang Chen and his men. In addition, Village Chief Jiang did not allow anyone to
Go to the cowshed to bully people. The cowshed in Dahe Village looks shabby, but it is very clean inside.
The cowshed in Lijia Village was completely different. It was extremely dilapidated inside and out. There was a tattered earthen wall under the shed. It was dark inside, and a foul smell hit your nose before you even got close.
The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, desolate and dilapidated, and the path was bumpy and Ye Rou almost sprained her ankle.
As I approached the cowshed, I heard coughing sounds coming from inside, one after another. There were voices from both men and women, and it seemed like there were quite a few people.
Xu Rong took out a metal flashlight from the big green backpack he was carrying, and walked into the cowshed with Ye Rou using the flashlight.
As soon as Ye Rou entered, her brows furrowed.
It was a small cowshed, with no place for the people lying inside to step.
People were lying all over the place, there was no air circulation, and the stench was so strong that it made my eyes sore.
Xu Rong searched for someone inside with a flashlight, calling out, "Brother-in-law, Li Niu."
From the innermost part of the bullpen, an extremely weak voice came, tinged with disbelief: "Xiao Rong?"
Xu Rong was delighted and waved to Ye Rou: "Doctor Ye, this way."
Ye Rou followed behind Xu Rong, taking every step carefully for fear of stepping on anyone.
Xu Rong flashed the flashlight in the corner. His brother-in-law was lying there, raising his hands to shield his eyes, as if he was blinded by the flashlight's light.
He hurried over and shone the flashlight over his brother-in-law. Xu Rong's eyes immediately turned red.
His brother-in-law had lost a lot of weight and had many red spots on his face, just like his sister. What was even worse was that his body was covered with wounds.
"Brother-in-law, what's wrong with your injuries?"
Li Daniu smiled bitterly. After their family sent Xu Qing away, the next day their whole family started to develop red spots.
On the third day, the neighbors next door also started to develop red spots. Knowing that the source was their house, they rushed to their house and smashed things. Xu Qing was his wife, and he was beaten the worst.
Seeing that his brother-in-law didn't say anything, Xu Rong didn't ask any more questions. He pointed to Ye Rou behind him and said, "Brother-in-law, this is Doctor Ye from our village. She can cure this disease."
Li Daniu thought Xu Rong was trying to trick him: "Li Si said our disease is incurable."
"Listen to his bullshit. He's nothing but a piece of paper, good-looking but useless. He's just trying to fool people."
Xu Rong's voice became a little louder, disturbing the people beside Li Daniu. The old lady turned over and said in a dry and dull voice: "Daniu, who are you talking to?"
"Mom, it's Xu Rong."
Aunt Li looked at the person squatting in front of her with the flashlight in her eyes and asked in disbelief, "Xiao Rong?"
Xu Rong quickly helped Aunt Li up: "It's me, Aunt."
Aunt Li's eyes were pierced by the flashlight and tears came to her eyes: "How is your sister?"
Xu Rong choked up and said, "My sister is fine."
Ye Rou stood behind them and saw that the three of them kept talking and her patience ran out.
Now is not the time for them to chat.
As she came in, she scanned the area with the dim light of her flashlight. Many people were coughing, had high fevers, and had large red rashes. The patients were desperate and couldn't wait. She called out, "Xu Rong."
When Xu Rong heard Ye Rou calling him, he remembered his business and quickly stepped aside: "Doctor Ye, go check on them."
Ye Rou took the flashlight, motioned them to close their eyes, and shone it carefully on their faces. Li Daniu was strong and in good health and his condition was not very bad, but Aunt Li had a high fever and her condition was very serious.
She took out some adrenal cortex hormone from the medicines she brought and gave Aunt Li an injection.
Xu Rong asked anxiously, "Will this work?"
Ye Rou shook her head: "I don't have enough medicine, and this place is too dirty."
She hadn't expected there to be so many patients before she came, and the medicine she brought was only enough for five people.
Xu Rong was puzzled: "What's wrong with being dirty?"
Ye Rou continued, "This disease is also called louse-borne typhus. It's an acute infectious disease spread by lice. It's so dirty..."
Before she could finish her words, a hand suddenly grabbed her ankle.
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