Chapter 535 Father, come play!
Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong each carried their own medical kits, with Li Er Xiong also holding a large bag of prepared medicinal herbs.
As they exited through the back gate of the Li family home, a carriage was already waiting outside. Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong boarded the carriage without saying a word.
As soon as they were settled, Sixty-Six took out two strips of black cloth.
Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong resigned themselves to their fate and began wrapping the cloth around their eyes.
So, Lao Shi cracked his whip, and the carriage started to trot.
After Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong left with the three men in black, the main hall of the Li family was brightly lit. It was Li's mother who had Li Da Xiong light two more lanterns.
The "creak" was the sound of the door opening, and in the quiet night, such a sound was all too obvious.
Li's mother looked up at the doorway and saw Wu Qiaolan and Bao Ya, one carrying a tea tray and the other carrying a kettle.
When Li's mother saw that it was the two of them, her expression softened from serious to gentle. She said to Wu Qiaolan, "This is a matter for the Li family. You should not interfere and just pretend you don't know anything about it."
Thank you for thinking of bringing us some hot water. You and Baoya should go back inside and rest.
Close your eyes and get some sleep. When you wake up tomorrow morning, nothing will be different.
Li's mother patted Wu Qiaolan's hand, smiled at Bao Ya, and watched the two of them leave.
Brother Li then came out from the side hall. "Is Dalang's wife asleep? If she is, find her a blanket and cover her up. She's pregnant, so she shouldn't catch a cold."
Before Brother Li could answer, Sister-in-law Li Er came out from the side hall. "Mother, Sister-in-law just lay down, so I found a blanket for her to cover herself with."
"Oh, thank you for your trouble."
You should drink some hot water and go to bed early.
Your older brother and I will be here tonight. Your father and the others will be back soon, and I will call you then.
Don't worry, Xiao Wu will be fine. Your father absolutely cannot let anything happen to him!
Li Ersao nodded. Although she was somewhat anxious, she forced herself to calm down after hearing her mother's words. "Yes, I'll listen to you, Mother."
I'm not tired. I haven't done much today. I'll just sit here with my mother.
Li Ersao insisted, so Li's mother didn't say anything more.
Meanwhile, the carriage carrying Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong had already come to a stop at the back gate of a house after winding its way through the streets.
Li San Niang felt the carriage lurch slightly while sitting inside, a sensation similar to being bumped on the threshold of a grand mansion.
After walking for a while, Sixty-Six called out from outside, "We've arrived."
Only then did Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong remove the black cloth covering their eyes, and get off the carriage with their medical kits on their backs.
As soon as she stepped off the carriage, Li San Niang smelled a faint stench of blood, mixed with the fragrance of flowers.
Li San Niang looked up and around. Although it was dark, she could still see by the moonlight that the carriage was parked in a garden.
"No wonder it smells like flowers," Li Sanniang thought to herself, when she heard Sixty-Six leading the way: "Please come this way."
Following Sixty-Six, the group walked through a long corridor and entered a main hall. Sixty-Six went to a side hall next to the main hall and arrived at an antique display shelf. Sixty-Six twisted a certain spot, and a door opened in the wall opposite the antique display shelf.
Li San Niang was astonished; she hadn't expected there to be such a mechanism.
Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong exchanged a glance, said nothing, and followed Liu Liu into the door.
After entering the door, she walked about a hundred steps before entering a brightly lit room. Li San Niang looked up and saw her father in the very center, with Xiao Wu Lang standing beside him!
"Father!"
Before Li's father could respond, Kogoro, shaking his head, ran from beside Li's father's legs toward Li San Niang and Li Er Xiong.
When Li Er saw that Xiao Wulang was unharmed, he excitedly put down his medical kit, took two quick steps forward, and hugged his big, fat son tightly.
“Father, Father, play, play with Grandpa.”
Li Erxiong had expected to see Kogoro asleep or Kogoro crying his eyes out in fear, but what he saw instead was Kogoro who was not afraid of the blood-soaked ruffians in the room at all. Instead, Kogoro happily grabbed Li Erxiong's hand and wanted to take him to see how Li's father treated someone's leg injury.
I imagine that Kogoro probably found it quite amusing to see his father treating people's wounds with a knife and needle and thread.
Brother Li's face darkened. He never expected that the boy he had been worried about was having such a good time here.
Li San Niang also saw a low couch not far from Li's father, and next to the couch was a table with a teapot, teacups and two plates of snacks on it.
"Good heavens, they've even started eating snacks."
Seeing the happy expression on Xiao Wulang's face, Li Erxiong couldn't help but clench his fists a little tighter.
"Erlang, Sanniang, hurry and save them!"
I've already prioritized the tasks; you two hurry and wash your hands to save the person.
Li Erxiong then put down his hands and followed Li Sanniang to wash her hands, led by an old man with a white beard. Then the two of them were assigned to patients.
Among those rescued were men and women, but all of them were ruthless.
At least with Li San Niang so busy, the anesthetic powder wasn't really needed; those people just held a cloth in their mouths and gestured for Li San Niang to just do it.
Li San Niang couldn't bear it, so she used golden needles to temporarily relieve their pain.
She was busy until the second watch of the night, and the surgical gown Li San Niang was wearing was covered in dirt.
Kogoro had already fallen asleep on the low couch under the care of the tenth brother, and looking at his little face, he was sleeping very peacefully.
Brother Li is currently squatting in front of the three medicine furnaces, watching the heat. There are a few people who need to drink the medicine quickly.
After pouring a cup of tea for Li's father, Li San Niang went to Li Er Xiong and said, "Second brother, go and have some water. I'll watch the stove for a while."
Li Erxiong didn't refuse. He was indeed quite thirsty from roasting in front of the three stoves. He nodded to Li Sanniang and handed her the palm-leaf fan.
Seeing how tired Li San Niang looked, Qiu Xiang went up and snatched the palm-leaf fan from Li San Niang, gesturing for her to sit down and rest as well.
Just as Li San Niang was about to speak to Qiu Xiang, someone entered the room.
Mr. Bu Ke, who was pushed in in a wheelchair by a hunchbacked servant, was still wearing a white shirt. However, Li San Niang could tell from the dark circles under Mr. Bu Ke's eyes that he had been too busy to rest properly these past few days.
"Dr. Li!"
Dr. Li!
Li San Niangzi!
Thank you all for your hard work!
Li's father, Li's second brother, and Li's third sister naturally got up to greet Mr. Bu Ke, and were then invited by Mr. Bu Ke to another room.
Li Erxiong couldn't bear to leave Xiaowulang, so he picked up Xiaowulang, who was wrapped in a brocade quilt, and followed Mr. Bu Ke, Li's father, and Li Sanniang.
Holding the steaming hot teacup, Li San Niang saw Mr. Bu Ke smile helplessly, "I'm sorry to trouble the three doctors, it's my fault. There are just too many injured people today, mostly with sword and knife wounds, so I had no choice but to ask the three of you to come here to save people on such a day."
The three of them, including Li's father, remained silent. Mr. Bu Ke continued, "Alas, this time, we Bad People have truly been caught in the crossfire."
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