Chapter 192 Reassurance
I thanked the wine shop owner for the sesame seed cakes he brought, and explained that someone would probably come to take the heartbroken man away in the morning.
"It's alright, it just means we'll have to do less business for a few days. Human lives are more important."
"Thank you very much. We're the ones who delayed you, shopkeeper."
The wine shop owner was kind-hearted, not wanting to see the Jinwu Guard, who had suffered such injuries, being moved elsewhere and delaying his treatment. That was one aspect.
Actually, the shopkeeper was quite willing to lend his shop to Li San Niang and her family, because if they could get some connection with the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Medical Bureau, or Li San Niang, the female doctor, who knows if they might need that connection in the future.
Besides, those are the Imperial Guards. How could the owner of a small wine shop dare to resist being ordered to requisition his wine shop by the Imperial Guards?
Since that's the case, why not just be generous and agree to lend it out directly? It will make people remember the shopkeeper's generosity and give him a favor. What's wrong with that?
Today was Li Sanniang's day off, but because of the matter of the heartbroken man, Li Sanniang stayed until noon. Only when the heartbroken man's colleagues, along with his wife and children, and the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau carefully carried the heartbroken man onto a mule cart did she finally leave the wine shop.
The Imperial Guards who came were quite meticulous. They left two men to help the shop assistant and the shopkeeper clean the entire shop. They not only wiped it down but also lit incense to remove the odor. They also carefully washed and reinstalled the door panel that the heartbroken man had used as a cushion.
When the heartbroken man's relatives arrived, Li San Niang learned his real name: Yang Shi.
Yang Shi's mother and daughter-in-law came with Yang Shi's eldest son. They had heard from their colleagues last night that it was the female doctor Li San Niang, the medical supervisor Sun, and Tang Mingyue who had saved their son Yang Shi.
Supported by Yang Niangzi, followed by a boy who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, Granny Yang entered the wine shop and saw Li Sanniang and Physician Sun taking Yang Shi's pulse. They knew that these two were the doctors who had saved their family members.
Suddenly, Granny Yang, with her graying hair, knelt down in front of Li San Niang and Doctor Sun, and Yang Niangzi and Yang Dalang, who were standing beside her, also knelt down.
This startled Li San Niang. Really, why does she kneel down so easily?
Li San Niang didn't want to be forced to kneel. She feared that having an old woman, about the same age as her mother, kneel and kowtow to her would shorten her lifespan.
Before Li San Niang could dodge, the three of them moved quickly and had already finished kowtowing.
Helpless, Li San Niang quickly stepped forward to pull Yang Niangzi away.
What followed was a string of words of thanks. Li San Niang didn't want to be pleased for nothing, so she looked at Doctor Sun and gave him a look. Doctor Sun returned the look to Li San Niang.
Therefore, Li San Niang walked over, took Yang Niangzi's hand, and said carefully, "Grandma Yang, Yang Niangzi, I suppose these soldiers told you about Yang Shi's injuries yesterday?"
Looking at Lang Xu lying on the table, Madam Yang felt a pang of heartache, but she still nodded, "Female doctor, please speak freely."
"Please just say it, doctor. We already knew when Shi Tou entered the Imperial Guard that he might not come back one day. Please say what you have to say, doctor. We can handle it."
Li San Niang paused for a moment, but she still had to say what she had to say: "Soldier Yang Shi's abdomen was slashed open by a sharp weapon, and his intestines were broken and spilled out. Yesterday, together with Physician Sun from the Imperial Medical Bureau and Physician Tang Mingyue from the Third Medical Hall where I work, we stitched up his intestines and put them back into his abdomen. Finally, we stitched up his abdomen as well."
As she spoke, Li Sanniang pulled Yang Niangzi to Yang Shi's side, threw off the quilt, and pointed to the nearly foot-long stitched wound on Yang Shi's abdomen, from his ribs to his lower abdomen, and continued, "Although we have stitched up everything that needed to be stitched, and last night Yang Shi only had a low fever, we still can't guarantee that he can really survive!"
Grandma Yang lost her balance and had to be supported by Yang Dalang to keep from falling. Yang Niangzi looked at Yang Shi lying there, then at Grandma Yang who was barely holding on with Yang Dalang's help. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked up at Li Sanniang again, and said, "If he lives, I will take care of him, I will take care of him for the rest of my life. If he passes away, I will raise our sons well and take care of Grandma in her old age and see her off when she dies."
Yang Shi showed no signs of waking up, and even after being carried to the Imperial Medical Bureau's clinic next to Wuhoupu, he remained unconscious.
Li San Niang exchanged a few words with Doctor Sun, who then escorted her out, telling her to go home and rest.
After bowing and bidding farewell to everyone, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang hailed a donkey cart by the roadside to return to the Li family home.
Even so, Li San Niang didn't forget to buy a serving of the newly launched pastries from Xiang Gui Ji on her way home, so she could coax Lu Zhu'er when she got home.
Li San Niang naturally felt guilty towards Lu Zhu'er, always feeling that she hadn't properly accompanied her as she grew up, and that the responsibility was actually borne more by the other members of the Li family than by her.
Thinking of this, Li San Niang went and bought a bag of sesame cakes. Seeing that there were lamb spine dishes for sale next to the cake shop, she bought those as well.
Once inside Changshoufang, Li Sanniang's heart finally settled down. It was the peace of mind of returning home and about to see her loved ones.
"This matter is urgent, so we can't go to pay our respects to Dr. Guo today. It seems we'll have to wait until the next ten-day weekend."
Qiu Xiang picked up the food that Li San Niang had bought, leaving only a small bag of pastries for Li San Niang to take herself.
After paying the fare, Li San Niang carried the fragrant pastries into the Li Family Clinic and saw Li Er Xiong preparing medicine for someone, but not Li's father.
When Li Erxiong saw that it was the two of them returning, and saw that Li Sanniang was looking for Li's father, he pointed inside.
When Li San Niang entered the inner room, she saw Song Da Lang with a white cloth wrapped around his head, leaning against the bed, eating something while holding a bowl in his hands.
Li's father was sitting at the table inside the house, with Lu Zhu'er and Song Xiaoniang beside him.
Upon hearing the sound of Li San Niang entering the house, Li's father's face immediately lit up with a smile the moment he saw her. However, when he saw the wounds on Li San Niang's left cheek and left side of her neck, the smile vanished, replaced by a stern expression and eyes filled with heartache.
“Father.”
Before Li's father could answer, a voice called out, "Mother, Mother, Mother, you're back! It smells so good, did you bring some treats for Dewdrop?"
Li San Niang squatted down and hugged Lu Zhu'er, who had run over and bumped into her thigh. She lowered her head and kissed Lu Zhu'er on the forehead before answering Lu Zhu'er's barrage of questions: "Yes, Mother is back. Did Zhu'er miss Mother?"
"Hehe, yes, Pearl misses her mother."
Still sitting at the table, Song Xiaoniang saw Luzhu being held in Li Sanniang's arms and having her forehead kissed, and felt very envious. She thought Luzhu was so lucky to have a mother who loved her so much. However, when her own mother was alive, she was the one who loved her the most.
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