My master isn't home. He's in town treating someone, and it'll take him several days. Su Xingran didn't want to waste any more time or words with him, so she directly told him about her master's whereabouts. Actually, there was an underlying meaning in her words: her master wouldn't be home for the next few days, and if he wanted to see a doctor, he would have to wait. If he couldn't wait, he could ask another doctor.
In short, Su Xingran felt that her master was right to not go to the old house and instead treat them. Just imagining her master going into the old house, being nauseated by the fumes, and then running out of the old house with his medicine box on his back was an image that Su Xingran couldn't bear to look at.
Upon hearing the news, Su Wenye's face fell. His grandparents and parents were at home, all lying in bed with fevers, delirious from the heat. He glanced at Su Xingran, his eyes suddenly lighting up. His cousin, Doctor Huang, wasn't home; did she have any medicine? There was nothing at home to reduce their fevers.
Go see if you have any fever reducers. Get me a few to take back for them. Hearing Su Wenye ask her to get medicine as casually as asking her to get a few vegetable leaves, she rolled her eyes inwardly.
My doctor takes his medicine with him on house calls, so if he doesn't have any at home, I can't help you. Instead of wasting your time here, you should go somewhere else and find a doctor to take home.
Without waiting for Su Wenye to say anything, Su Xingran immediately closed the courtyard gate. As she walked into the house, Su Xingran thought about how the medicine powder only caused stomach aches and diarrhea; she hadn't heard of it causing fever. She shook her head. Could this be a side effect of the medicine?
Su Xingran never expected that the fever wasn't a side effect of the medication, but rather due to the freezing cold. The four people at the old house had gone to the river at night to wash their clothes and bodies, and they had caught a chill, which caused their fevers.
When Su Wenye saw Su Xingran, he slammed the door shut without hesitation. He instantly flew into a rage and raised his fist to smash the door. But he stopped abruptly when his hand was less than an inch from the door. He had some sense; he knew that smashing the door wouldn't do him any good. After all, Doctor Huang wasn't home, and Su Xingran couldn't refute him no matter what he said.
Finally, Su Wenye went to an old doctor several villages away and took him to his home on his bicycle to see the old man and his family. After the consultation, Su Wenye would then take them back to their new home on his bicycle. It was too far. He had promised to provide transportation, which was why the old doctor agreed to come.
Old Mrs. Su, sickly at home, kept muttering to herself, "Our parents are so sick, everyone in the village knows. My second son definitely knows, that unfilial son. He doesn't even come to see his parents, what an ingrate!"
As she was cursing, she suddenly froze, her expression gradually turning fearful. Dragging her aching legs, she walked to the door of Su's eldest son's room, knocked on the door, and said, "Eldest son's wife, come out quickly! Mother needs to see you, do you hear me? Come out now!"
Zhao Xiaohua was lying in bed, half asleep, when she heard someone knocking on the door and calling her. She ignored it, turned over, and continued sleeping. Soon, the knocking and shouting came in again, and she recognized her mother-in-law's voice.
She got up and slowly walked to open the door. When she opened the door, she saw that her mother-in-law's expression was not right. "What's wrong, Mom?" "Eldest daughter-in-law, I have something to tell you. Come with me."
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