After the female doctor examined the patient, she left the ward. They needed to keep an eye on the patients in the back wards, so they couldn't stay there all the time.
Rong Hua wanted to go home to visit Rong Dong'an's rented house in the county town, but he didn't know where it was, so he could only stay with Little Carrot Head and his sister and chat with them.
"Young lady, could you tell me why you and your brother were bullied like this by your uncle?" Rong Hua scratched his head sheepishly, "Although I'm young and not very capable, I will definitely help you if you need it!"
It wasn't that Ronghua wanted to meddle, but the siblings seemed so harmonious, so close, so dependent on and protective of each other, which deeply moved Ronghua.
Little Carrot Head Sister's gaze fell on Rong Hua. For some reason, seeing Rong Hua made her heart beat particularly fast and out of control. Especially when she heard Rong Hua speak to her, her heart felt like it was about to jump out of her throat.
"Thank you for your kindness, Young Master Ronghua, but we siblings don't need to trouble you with our affairs. We know what we should do!" Little Radish Head Sister declined with a somber expression.
Little Carrot Head's face also fell, and he silently lowered his head, looking very helpless and pitiful.
Their sudden change in behavior piqued Ronghua's curiosity even more. "Girls, even if I can't help you, you can tell me what's on your mind. Maybe I can help you think of a solution?"
"Solve it? There's no way to solve this!" Little Carrot Head's sister said helplessly. "It's not that we haven't thought of a way, but no matter what we do, we'll end up being dragged back and severely beaten and scolded. They'll still..." Little Carrot Head's sister stopped talking here, but seeing her pained expression, Ronghua knew that something serious had happened to the siblings.
"As the saying goes, three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang. In any case, it's always better to speak out than to keep it to yourself. If you don't speak out, there will be no solution!" Rong Hua tried his best to persuade them, hoping that they would tell him what they had experienced so that he could find a way to help them.
Even if he couldn't do it himself, his father was here, and Shengbao was here too. If all else failed, he could ask the county magistrate for help. With the county magistrate's help, things would naturally be resolved perfectly.
But the siblings still refused to tell the truth, which left Ronghua feeling helpless. "Do you want to continue living in constant fear? You two care about each other and both want Fudong to have a better life. You only met me this time because you were lucky? What about next time? And the time after that? You managed to dodge it once, but can you keep doing it forever?"
If you siblings are willing to trust me, then tell me! I, Ronghua, will definitely help you if I can! If I can't help, I'll try to think of a way for you. If all else fails, you can go to the county government and ask the magistrate for help! If the magistrate still can't help, then think of a way to leave Wenhong County and come back when you've recovered and are more capable!
Hearing Rong Hua's words, the siblings almost lost their composure. They weren't worried about themselves, but about the other!
This time they were truly lucky to have met Rong Hua. If it weren't for Rong Hua, they, the siblings, would have been forcibly taken back long ago, and she would have been ruined! Her brother... might be gone too!
So Little Carrot Head's sister couldn't hold back her emotions and started crying. When Little Carrot Head saw his sister crying, he also felt sad and wished he could rush back immediately and teach his uncle's family and everyone in that village a lesson, beat them until they rolled on the ground and begged for mercy, making them wish they were dead!
Rong Hua: "..." Should he not have meddled in other people's business?
For a moment, Rong Hua was at a loss. He meant well, but his good intentions... led to a bad outcome.
Just as Ronghua was at a loss, Little Carrot Head's sister wiped away her tears, took Little Carrot Head's hand, and looked at Ronghua: "Young Master Ronghua, we are so sorry to have made you laugh! It's not that my brother and I don't want to talk about it, but... this matter is a bit difficult, not so easy to resolve. But if Young Master Ronghua doesn't mind what happened to us and is willing to listen to our story, we will tell you! If Young Master Ronghua can think of a way for us to escape this misery, that would be the best!"
Rong Hua said, "How could I possibly despise you? There are all kinds of people in this world, and everyone is different! Although I don't know how painful it was for you when it happened to you, I think that if you could, you wouldn't want to go through such a painful experience, right?"
“That’s right!” said Little Carrot Head Sister. “If we could, my brother and I would never accept such a thing happening to us! When Young Master Ronghua met us, we had just left the village, which was Xia Gui Village! We are grateful to Young Master Ronghua for driving away the bad guys and saving us from this disaster! But I, Han Chan, will never forgive my uncle’s family and all the bad guys in Xia Gui Village who bullied my brother and me!”
“Me too!” Little Radish Head said.
Han Chan? That's a beautiful name! Rong Hua thought to herself.
Han Chan continued, "My brother Han Tao and I are from the Han family of Xiagui Village. Our Han family is not native to Xiagui Village, but we migrated here twenty years ago! However, not long after we migrated here, my father fell ill. Because we didn't have money for treatment at the time, and we hadn't established ourselves in Xiagui Village, we didn't have the money for medical care!"
As Han Chan recalled the past, tears welled up in her eyes, but she remained incredibly strong and managed to hold them back. "Later, thanks to my parents' efforts, our family's circumstances improved slightly, and we were able to hire Dr. Rong Dong'an, a very famous doctor in Zhonggui Village. Dr. Rong Dong'an's medical skills were quite excellent, so my father's condition improved and gradually stabilized! However, our family wasn't wealthy, and after my father had taken the medicine a few times, we simply couldn't afford to hire Dr. Rong Dong'an to help him anymore."
So my father gave up on treatment, wanting to save the money for my mother to raise my siblings and me. He farmed while also working in the county town to earn money. Because there was no medicine, his health quickly deteriorated again. This time, however, he was very ill, but he kept it a secret from us siblings!
Ten years ago, my father finally succumbed to his illness and passed away! After he left, my mother had to raise my siblings and me alone, and also farm and raise pigs. She simply didn't have much energy left for us! My father had earned some money before he died, and my mother always hid it very carefully, saying it was for my brother and me to use when we grew up and got married. She was careful with every penny, never daring to spend a single cent recklessly. But…”
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