Chapter 231 He Died
Within two days, Zhou Mujiao arrived at Wuqi Village and also received letters from Xiao Wu and Chu Liu. Both of them were asking why they left without waiting for them to return. Their words were filled with grievance and worry.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, Yu Huaizhi was mentioned in the letter. Looking at the description of Yu Huaizhi in the letter, Zhou Mujiao thought of the boy she had seen on the roadside a couple of days ago. The boy was a bit thin, but at a glance, you could still see some muscles under his clothes.
She took some time to write back to her two children, reminding Chu Liu to be sincere in his interactions with others, but also to have his own principles and not forget himself. Of course, she didn't forget Chu Jiu and Xiao Jiu either, writing a letter to each of the four children. She also wrote a letter to the Zhao couple and Jiang Wuyu to let them know she was safe.
Just as the letter was being handed to the guard, Jinling entered.
"Master, I've brought Aunt Fang and Sister Ling here. Please go and see them."
"What's wrong?"
“The two of them showed great progress in the initial stage and their recovery was good, but it seems to have stalled in the last few days. Aunt Fang and Sister Ling are quite anxious, and I am also wondering if I am using the wrong dosage of medication.”
Zhou Mujiao stood up: "The treatment of any illness will have a gradual process. Of course, the more serious the injury or illness, the greater the initial changes. Compared with the early stage, the later repair will be less obvious. This is not stagnation. Generally speaking, this is a very normal phenomenon, but there are always exceptions."
After examining the two patients, Zhou Mujiao said that everything was developing in a positive direction. She advised them to be patient and not to expect the disease to progress as rapidly as it had initially, comparing it to a snake bite where the last bit of venom is the hardest to remove.
Sister Ling is younger. These days, she has watched her face gradually reveal its own skin, which was covered with nails. Although it was covered with blood vessels and red spots, she was already very excited compared to before. However, she still wanted it to be faster, so she seemed a little impatient.
Sister Ling asked if the dosage could be increased to help her recover sooner. After Zhou Mujiao said no, she suddenly burst into tears.
This looks like it has a story behind it.
Sister Ling said, "That man broke his leg a while ago. His family didn't have the money for treatment, so he just stayed home waiting to die. All these years, I've always thought that once I recover and my life is better, I'll go out and show him that even though I've been abandoned, I can still live a good life. But my face hasn't healed yet, and he's about to die..."
"This is easy," Zhou Mujiao said. "You don't need to wait until your face heals before you can make him angry. You can go back now and make him furious."
"Now? But my face..."
Zhou Mujiao called someone in, then took a finely crafted face mask and stuck it on Sister Ling's face.
A middle-aged woman with delicate features appeared before everyone.
Sister Ling couldn't believe it. She stared at her face in the mirror repeatedly, pinching and tapping it, almost dumbfounded. Even Aunt Fang exclaimed, "It's so lifelike! This is exactly what Ling'er looked like before she got sick! Dr. Zhou, how did you do that? Could you make me a piece of this too? I want one too—"
“No.” Zhou Mujiao refused directly. “Sister Ling, you only have three hours. You have to give me back my face before sunset.”
Ling reluctantly looked away from the mirror and followed a guard away.
Previously, Zhao Yunjing went missing, and Zhou Mujiao suddenly went to Nanjiang City. Wuqi Village was immediately short-handed. So Magistrate Liang recruited many doctors who were willing to go to Wuqi Village. After using them for a while, they felt that they were quite good. However, since it was the first time they had come into contact with these diseases, they were still a little scared and afraid that they would not be able to handle it.
Zhou Mujiao then gathered everyone together for a training and sharing session. The sharing mainly focused on the difficult problems that everyone had encountered in recent years, while the training aimed to strengthen everyone's psychological resilience and help them maintain a positive mindset.
The training course was originally scheduled to last an hour and a half, but the doctors were so enthusiastic and kept asking questions that they lined up to ask Zhou Mujiao for advice after the event ended. As a result, the training lasted for a full three hours. If the villagers hadn't come to deliver food and found that they hadn't even eaten lunch, and forcibly ended the training session, it would probably have dragged on for even longer.
It was getting dark when Zhou Mujiao took a sip of soup and casually asked about Sister Ling. Sister Ling came in with a smile on her face, but also a hint of confusion.
Sister Ling respectfully returned the face mask to Zhou Mujiao, and said gratefully, "Dr. Zhou, thank you for fulfilling my wish."
"The man is dead?"
"Dead."
"Feeling better now?"
"That felt great."
What are your plans next?
Sister Ling hesitated for a moment, then said, "Over the years, I've survived on my hatred for that man and that family. Now that he's dead, I suddenly don't know what I can do anymore. So, I want to learn medicine from you, Dr. Zhou. Please accept me as your student!"
“I’m always running around, you can’t keep up with me. You don’t have to follow me to learn medicine. These doctors in Qili County can teach you.”
"Dr. Zhou, I'm not afraid of the hassle, I really want to study medicine!"
Zhou Mujiao smiled and said, "If you run away with me, what will happen to Wuqi Village? Without the protection of you all, once everyone recovers, Wuqi Village will become a tempting piece of meat in other people's eyes, and everyone will want to come in and grab the territory."
"Besides, there are about a dozen young girls in the village. If a man comes, the girls will be easily deceived because they have no experience. If they entrust themselves to the wrong person, the girls will suffer, and Wuqi Village will not be any better off. You and Aunt Fang have protected them for so many years. I think you don't want to see this situation, right?"
That's natural. These women turned Wuqi Village into a paradise, using infectious diseases to scare people and leaving the roads connecting it to the outside world deserted, all to avoid being disturbed by outsiders. But everyone knows that once everyone recovers, the girls of Wuqi Village will definitely want to go out and see the world.
The girls have no experience in dealing with the world, so they will definitely be deceived. I have taken care of these girls myself. If something happens to them, wouldn't that be like cutting off their flesh?
Sister Ling has figured it out. She wants to stay in Wuqi Village and wait for the next person who is capable of protecting Wuqi Village to appear before deciding where to go next. However, by the time that person appears, it will probably be decades later. Where else can she go besides living in Wuqi Village in her old age?
Why not take advantage of the fact that you're still young and able to get around, and go out more often?
The thought flashed through her mind, but she suppressed it.
Zhou Mujiao saw her struggling expression, and after a while, she saw that the excitement on her face had disappeared. She sighed in her heart with some regret.
See? Women are soft-hearted. With just a little pressure, she won't be able to leave.
Zhou Mujiao left Wuqi Village early the next morning. When she passed through Qili County, she met Magistrate Liang and asked him to do something for her. Magistrate Liang looked troubled upon hearing this.
"Dr. Zhou, your intentions are certainly good, but it will be very difficult to implement!"
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