The other men were also in a dilemma: what to do with more than thirty people?
Killing them is definitely not an option. Firstly, they've never killed anyone before, and secondly, if someone reports it to the authorities, they won't be able to explain that these people were the ones who committed the crimes first.
Sending them to the government office would be fine, but they have a lot of goods, and it would take a lot of time to go back and forth. In particular, eight or nine of their people are injured and they need to go back and get medicine as soon as possible!
Fan Jin pondered for a moment, then said gently, "Send a few fast men to the city. One group will go to the government office to notify the yamen runners to come and arrest the man, and the other group will go to the pharmacy to buy some hemostatic powder and bandages, etc. What do you think?"
Li Wen nodded in agreement without hesitation: "Okay!"
Several men immediately stopped and volunteered, "I'm fast, let me go!"
Fan Qian bowed and stepped forward, coughed, and stated clearly: "Who gets the money to buy the medicine powder? Let me make it clear first, I don't have any money. The three of us came here on our way, and this group of people didn't come for us. It's none of our business, and we shouldn't get a share of the injured people's money."
“We were terrified too, but we can only blame these bandits!” Fan Erzhu added.
Ding Heli was inspecting the dozen or so men carrying knives when he heard Fan Qian and the other man's words. He then suppressed what he was about to say and looked at the men from Shanshui Village.
The men of Shanshui Village, who had just fought and killed the enemy, were so angry that their chests heaved violently.
Li Wen was the same. He stared at the three members of the Fan family, his eyes practically spitting fire, and gritted his teeth as he asked, "So you mean the injured person has to pay for the medicine themselves?!"
Fan Sanzhu quickly defended himself: "Hey, we didn't say they would pay for it themselves. We won't stop you if you do pay."
"Good, good, good! When we were fighting the enemy, the three of you hid in the back and didn't even show your heads. But when it came time to pay for medicine, you were the first to step forward. Well done!" Li Wen was trembling with anger.
He never imagined that while they were fighting desperately at the front, these three people hiding behind the scenes would be so meticulous about even calculating the cost of medicine.
Old Master Xu pointed at the three men and asked, "Aren't you afraid that if you run into someone and get attacked, no one will help you?"
Fan Qian, Fan Erzhu, and Fan Sanzhu looked away and remained silent.
"Brother Xu, forget it, don't talk to them anymore. We'll pay for the medicine ourselves. Even if someone stabs them to death in front of me, I'll turn into a turtle if I pay any attention to them!" The man in his arms covered his arm, so angry that he spoke without thinking.
Another injured person chimed in, "Me too! From now on, no matter where I am, if I help the Fan family in any trouble, I'll become a turtle too!"
He treats others well when they treat him well, and he doesn't blame others for being unjust when they are unkind!
"Me too, I paid for the medicine myself, they don't have to split the cost."
“You were injured for the sake of everyone, so we’ll all pay for it together!” Li Wen said steadily.
The other uninjured men echoed loudly, "We're willing to pay for the medicine."
Fan Jin stepped forward, took out a silver ingot and handed it to Fan Xiaoliu, who was going to the prefectural city, and instructed him: "Buy more gauze and hemostatic medicine. Buy the better quality hemostatic medicine. My family will pay for this. Go quickly and come back soon."
The injured man's eyes welled up with tears.
Actually, they originally only thought of going back to apply some soot from the bottom of the pot to stop the bleeding. However, before Uncle Ding could object to buying medicine, Fan Qian and his son stood up. They couldn't let them disgust people, so they insisted on paying for it themselves!
The medicine was always expensive, and they had planned to use the money from selling rabbits in the next few batches to make up for it, but unexpectedly Fan Jin said that his family would pay for it.
"My second brother has plenty of money, so it's best if he pays for everything himself." Fan Qian pouted, feeling a pang of sadness, wishing that if he had more money, he could also play the good guy in this kind of situation.
“We don’t need to contribute any money!” Ding Heli stood up straight and said to everyone.
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