Chapter 461 Special Forces
Li Sanniang had a busy and fulfilling month. It was only when she was waiting for Manager Gao to distribute her salary in the clinic at dusk that she suddenly realized that a month had already passed.
"Look at how this life is going on."
I've been wearing spring clothes for over half a month now, and today is payday, which made me realize how much time has passed.
Li San Niang complained to Qiu Xiang with a self-deprecating tone.
For the past month, Li Sanniang has been extremely busy. During the day, she goes to the clinic to work, and each shift lasts all day, with about a hundred patients waiting for her to see each day.
After finishing my shift and going home in the evening, after having dinner, besides spending time with Luzhu and the Li family, I also had to find time to learn acupuncture from Dr. Liang.
Even on her days off, Li San Niang still had to work at the midwifery school. Every night, she would stay up late grading students' homework. Whenever she had a spare moment, she would use it to compile teaching materials.
I was so busy that I was completely overwhelmed, and it wasn't until the end of the month that I remembered it when I got my salary.
"We can't let this money sit overnight."
After receiving her share of salary, Li San Niang said this to Qiu Xiang while holding her purse.
"Haha, Third Sister, would you like to stroll around the West Market and see what new things are available?"
"Let's go, let's walk."
After spending nearly half of her salary at various shops in the West Market on food, household items, and other miscellaneous things, Li San Niang, Qiu Xiang, and Shi Jiu returned to the Li family home.
To be honest, if anyone spent their salary like that, they would never have enough.
However, it must be said that Li San Niang herself does not live off the few taels of silver she earns!
Normally, when Li San Niang went to a wealthy family to make a medical consultation, the thank-you money she received was more than her salary.
In addition, Li San Niang had the money she received from saving people before, as well as the rent from the property she rented out in the blacksmith alley, so she was not short of money at all.
As for why Li San Niang was always willing to spend a lot of money to buy these things for her family.
First, the Li family truly loved and cared for Li San Niang and Lu Zhu'er, who had divorced and brought their daughter home.
Secondly, because Li's mother and sister-in-law were busy with their shifts at the clinic, Lu Zhu'er was basically taken care of by them.
Taking care of children is no easy task. Li San Niang felt that all she could do was spend money to buy some necessities to feed and clothe the family.
In truth, if you really look into it, Li San Niang herself is the one who actually benefits.
As soon as she entered the house, Li San Niang showed the roast chicken she was carrying to Lu Zhu'er as if it were a treasure.
“My mother received her salary today and went to the West Market to buy this for Lu Zhu’er!”
Once your aunt has set the table, tear the chicken leg and give it to Zhu'er.
Pearl has eaten her fill and is growing strong and healthy.
Dewdrop looked at the fragrant roast chicken wrapped in oil paper, and happily sniffed it. "Mother, it smells so good!"
"Jewel, just eat one leg. The rest is for Kogoro!"
Hearing Lu Zhu'er's mature-sounding words, Li San Niang burst out laughing. After washing her hands, she picked Lu Zhu'er up and said, "Haha, my precious little darling. Xiao Wu Lang is still too young. When he's older, we'll share the food with him."
Today, I'll give the other leg to your fourth brother.
Dewdrop nodded, remembering that Xiao Wulang had always been held in Li Ersao's arms.
After the family finished their dinner and were drinking jujube tea to aid digestion, they heard Li's mother ask Li San Niang, "You're taking a ten-day break tomorrow and won't be opening the midwifery school. Have you notified everyone?"
Don't let them think you've come all this way for nothing, like you're still giving a lecture.
"Mother, don't worry."
I've already sent them messages and informed them individually. I have something to do this time, so I won't be able to give the lecture. I'll let them know when it will be held next time.
Li's mother nodded, but still reminded her again, "It's good that you know what's going on."
After Li's mother finished asking, Li's second brother replied, "I've been collecting far fewer herbs in the countryside lately. The villagers all say that another group of people has come to collect herbs."
Afterwards, I inquired and found out that several major pharmaceutical companies were buying medicine from the public, and the prices were 10% to 20% higher than usual.
I'm guessing the situation on the frontier isn't looking too good.
After Li Erxiong finished speaking, not only Li Sanniang, but also Li's father, mother, sister-in-law, and Li Erlang all frowned.
The Li family was worried about Li Dalang, who had gone to the Western Regions to fight with the army.
"When Dalang left, we did everything we could to prepare. Now it's up to fate."
They're going there to build their future; how can they not take risks?
Although Sister-in-law Li said such things, her worry was still clearly visible on her face.
Li San Niang reached out and patted Li Da Sao's hand, without saying a word to her, and turned to look at Li Er Xiong.
"Last year during the Emperor's birthday celebration, we received those new weapons, so there shouldn't be any problems with this western expedition."
But if the dosage of medicinal herbs is this large, something's not right. There must be some unforeseen emergency.
Li San Niang looked up and stared directly at Li Er Xiong, asking, "Second Brother, do you know what kind of medicine the drug dealers are mainly buying up?"
"The main ailments are colds and diarrhea. We don't have many wound medicines for stopping bleeding, since we've already prepared quite a lot."
"Isn't it because too many people have had trouble adapting to the climate and environment after arriving in the Western Regions?"
While the Li family was in Chang'an worrying about Li Dalang in the Western Regions, Li Dalang was actually in a tent belonging to a herdsman of a Turkic tribe.
After Li Dalang lit the cow dung given to him by the herdsmen, he used one of the only three pottery vessels in this small tribe to boil water.
Inside the tent lay three wounded Tang soldiers, their lips purple and faces pale.
Li Dalang carefully opened the medicine packet that Li Sanniang had prepared for him earlier, which was labeled as medicine to be taken after injury. Inside were dark brown pills, each about the size of an adult's little fingernail, with a strong medicinal smell.
After the water boiled, Li Dalang was about to scoop it out in a wooden bowl to cool when someone came in through the tent door.
Burketbai (meaning eagle), with a small braid and wearing a sheepskin robe, walked in carrying a large earthenware jar.
"Li, eat."
Looking at the wheat porridge cooked with minced mutton in the earthenware pot, Li Dalang quickly stood up and bowed to Burket to express his gratitude.
Burkebai didn't know much Chinese, but he understood the meaning of Li Dalang's gratitude.
It was quite a coincidence that Li Dalang met Burketbai.
Because Li Dalang not only excelled in martial arts after enlisting, but also knew how to use a knife and a gun, he caught the eye of his superior.
Thus, Li Dalang was taken into a small team that was not openly known but secretly carrying out raids.
If Li San Niang knew about this, she would definitely say, "Isn't that a special forces soldier?"
After arriving at the frontier with the main force, Li Dalang and ten other highly skilled soldiers, along with a squad leader, formed a commando team to carry out secret missions, avoiding the sight of the main force.
At first, things went well. They successfully reached the Western Turkic royal court and made contact with local Tang merchants. Using their identities as cover, they entered the vicinity of the royal tent. However, they made a mistake when they tried to assassinate the old Khan. They only seriously injured the old Khan and did not kill him on the spot.
Meanwhile, of the twelve people, only four, including Li Dalang, escaped.
Furthermore, all four were injured; Li Dalang had a knife wound on his left arm. The four, who had escaped in a sorry state, managed to escape the royal tent with the help of local merchants.
Even though they escaped, they still had to face the pursuit and killing of the four by the royal court's troops.
On the vast grassland, and having escaped at night, they relied entirely on their willpower to endure on horseback until all four of them eventually fainted.
When Li Dalang woke up, he was in the tent of the small tribe of Burketebai.
When Li Dalang regained consciousness and saw Burketebai with his braided hair, his first reaction was to reach to his side, but he couldn't find his knife. Li Dalang could only stare at Burketebai.
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