Seeing her clenched teeth, Li Dazui was stunned for a moment, then took two steps back.
"You brat, you're barely out of your teens and you dare to threaten me? I'm not going to waste my breath on you today. Just give me a refund for all these medicines, and double the amount."
"Refund? Double the price? Li Dazui, you've got a big mouth. Besides, you forced me to buy this medicine, so a refund is out of the question. If you know what's good for you, take these herbs and leave this place now, or I'll make my move."
At that moment, Jiawang rolled up his sleeves and rushed over.
"Yes, you always bully my older sister and my mother. If you dare to cause trouble here today, we three siblings will scratch your face to pieces."
"Oh dear!"
Li Dazui immediately glared at Jiawang, "You brat, you really learn bad things quickly and don't learn good ones. Let me tell you, if you two continue like this, I guarantee you won't be able to get a wife, and your second sister won't be able to get married..."
Jiawang clenched his fists, took two steps forward, and glared at her through gritted teeth.
"Our family matters are none of your business. Get out of here."
Li Dazui had never been treated like this before, especially since her medicine hadn't been returned yet.
She raised her hand without any hesitation.
"You want me to leave? Fine, give me a refund for this medicine, double the price, hurry up, I'll leave as soon as you've refunded it."
"Double the price? I wouldn't give you a refund even if it was half price."
As she spoke, Zhiwan, carrying the bag of medicinal herbs in one hand and grabbing Li Dazui by the collar with the other, dragged her out of the Luo family pharmacy amidst her shouts.
You know, normally it's difficult for her man to even hug her.
She didn't know where Luo Zhiwan got the strength to lift her out the door with one hand.
Luo Zhiwan stood at the entrance of the pharmacy, looking at Li Dazui, and loudly reminded him.
"Let me tell you, I'm now a doctor specially approved by the city lord to treat the plague. If you're not afraid that I carry germs or that your whole family will get infected, then just stay here. Later, the city lord will charge you with deliberately obstructing me from treating patients. Let's see if you can bear that responsibility."
These words indeed frightened Li Dazui, who was always afraid of death.
She glared angrily at Luo Zhiwan, picked up the bag of medicine beside her, and nodded repeatedly.
"Fine, fine, you're not going to give me a refund, huh! You won't give me a refund, huh? You'll regret it."
After leaving those words, she turned around and, carrying her excess weight and a bag of medicinal herbs, fled as if her life depended on it.
Watching her plump back, Zhiruo pouted and muttered:
"We told her not to buy it, but she went to great lengths to buy it, and now she wants a refund and double the price? Does she think this is her home?"
"This time, we'll teach her a lesson. Who told her to always try to take advantage of others?"
After saying this, she turned to look at Zhiruo and Jiawang.
"Has dinner been made? I'm so hungry."
Zhiruo nodded hurriedly.
"It's ready. I'll heat it up for you now. Go wash your hands first."
Hearing that there was food, Zhiwan's stomach began to rumble loudly. Just then, her mother called from the backyard:
"Jiawang, Zhiruo, Zhiwan, did anyone hear that? Someone come over here."
It turned out that, in order to prevent her parents from coming to the front yard, Zhiwan had locked the back door.
Upon hearing his mother's voice, Jiawang quickly ran over.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Jiawang, this is salted meat sauce that your mother made. Take it and eat it with your dry rations."
"Mother, my eldest sister said you weren't allowed to come here, why aren't you listening?"
"I was just worried about you guys."
"Mother, don't worry about us. Just make sure the people in your backyard don't get infected with the plague. Now, slip the meat sauce through the crack in the door and go back. Don't come back."
Jiawang's mother nodded reluctantly, then raised the handkerchief in her hand to wipe the corner of her eyes.
"Tell your older sister that Yiming is fine and that she doesn't need to worry."
"I understand, you should go back now!"
Urged by Jiawang, Jiawang's mother reluctantly left the connection between the two courtyards and headed towards the backyard.
When Jiawang returned with a bowl of meat sauce, Zhiruo had already set the table. Although life was tough, none of the three siblings complained...
Five days later
In the first three days of the outbreak, new infected people were constantly being sent to the isolation courtyard arranged by the government, so Luo Zhiwan was quite busy and often left early and returned late.
Today is the fifth day. From morning to noon, only one infected patient has been brought in, which makes Luo Zhiwan very happy. This means that fewer and fewer patients are being infected, which makes her and Zhang Xiaoquan feel much more relaxed.
Those doctors were probably exhausted, or they might not want to work anymore, so they all claimed to be sick and asked for leave to go home.
Fortunately, there were fewer patients these past few days, so Luo Zhiwan was able to keep up with the workload.
Zhang Xiaoquan is a responsible person. These past few days, he has been busy day and night. There are some things he doesn't trust others to do, so he does them himself. So now, he is so tired that he lies down in the corner of the yard and takes a nap.
Luo Zhiwan was alright; at least she could go home to sleep at night. So when she saw Zhang Xiaoquan's exhausted appearance, she called out softly with sympathy:
"Officer Zhang, you can't sleep here. It's windy here. Go back to your room!"
But Zhang Xiaoquan seemed not to understand what she was saying and was fast asleep.
Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she couldn't bear to wake him and thought of finding something to cover him up.
At that moment, Xie Jiaxun, wearing a mask made of handkerchief, suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Miss Luo..."
As she turned around, she asked curiously:
"Young Master Xie, what brings you here? You're still not well, you shouldn't be out. Go back home."
Although Xie Jiaxun looked somewhat energetic, his face was still very pale.
“Miss Luo, I heard that you are treating patients here. I told my father that I wanted to come and help you, and he agreed. You, a young lady, can make such a great sacrifice. As the young city lord of Phoenix City, if I keep hiding at home, I will look down on myself.”
What he said might have some merit, but he was in poor health and had just contracted the plague. If she asked him to come and help, she would end up having to take care of him instead.
Thinking of this, she still comforted him:
“I understand how you feel, but you’ve just recovered from your illness and need to rest for a few more days. Why don’t you go back first and come back to help me when you’re fully recovered?”
"I'm not going back. I'm fine, and I'm taking my medicine on time. Miss Luo, please don't send me away. Let me do something for you!"
"But……"
"No buts. Look how exhausted Officer Zhang is. If I were to take his place, he wouldn't be so tired that he just lies down and falls asleep."
Xie Jiaxun's words make some sense. Zhang Xiaoquan is not comfortable entrusting his work to others, but he should be more comfortable entrusting it to the young city lord!
"Alright then, you can take over for Officer Zhang for now!"
As she spoke, she waved her hand in acknowledgment.
"Take off your clothes."
Xie Jiaxun, confused, crossed his arms and stared at her.
"Take off your clothes? What are you going to do?"
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