Chapter 7: Catch the Wolf or Feed the Wolf
Daya quickly looked up and saw Qin Fangci with her back to her, blowing some sugar water and feeding it to Li Baisong who was lying on the bed.
Daya opened her mouth, unsure of what to say. She felt the relief of having hidden something in plain sight, yet deep down she felt a surge of sadness, and the sneer of Dadan and Erdan being no better than her.
No matter what, they benefited from it.
When the two brothers Li Lao Da and Li Lao Er brought the doctor home, the yard was still in a mess.
By the time he was nine years old, Dadan had been beaten so many times that he could be counted on one hand. You can imagine how unconvinced he was today!
If his mother doesn’t help him get the brown sugar water, she will beat him!
He beat him without saying a word!
"Dad, my mother hit me!" Dadan howled and pounced on Li Laoer.
Li Lao Er caught the child and glared at Yuan, "Why are you hitting the child?"
Boss Li led the doctor towards the main house, "Mom, the doctor is back."
The doctor carried his medicine box and looked straight ahead. Every child got beaten. If a child dared to roll on the ground after being beaten, he would beat him again in his house.
Qin Fangci came out and anxiously said to the doctor, "Doctor, please come and take a look. The child says he's dizzy, and I don't know if he has any brain injuries."
"Mom, I've been waiting at the village entrance. I'll bring the patient here as soon as the doctor arrives." Boss Li first took credit for it before rubbing his hands and saying, "Mom, I seemed to smell brown sugar water in the yard just now."
"Well, I just finished feeding your little brother. You're so thoughtful. Where's the third brother? Didn't we ask him to pick someone up? He didn't go?"
"I'm done drinking, ah." Boss Li smacked his lips. If he had known, he wouldn't have slipped out to slack off.
Qin Fangci raised her head and glanced at Boss Li, who gave him a wry smile. "The third brother has gone. He went to feed the cows when he came back. He'll also send the doctor back later. The cows won't have the strength if they're not well fed. I'll go see if he's fed the cows enough."
"Go and change him back. You drive the car to take the doctor back later." Qin Fangci waved her hand, really not wanting to watch at all.
Boss Li opened his mouth wide, "Huh?"
"What?" I'm not trying to feed the cows, I'm just helping you.
Boss Li: What kind of thing is this? You are taking on such a big job for nothing.
The doctor carefully took Li Xiaowu's pulse and examined his wound.
"His brain is concussed and he needs to replenish his essence and blood. I'll give him a set of acupuncture and prescribe two more prescriptions. He'll be almost done after taking them. You've done a good job treating the wound. Just change the dressing every day. Once the wound scabs over, you don't need to cover it. You can then apply some scar-removing ointment. Do you want to prescribe it now or wait until the wound scabs over?"
"Wait a few days and pick it up again, Doctor. How much is a bottle of scar removal ointment?"
"The regular ones are 300 wen, the better ones are 500 wen a bottle. The cheaper ones are also made from precious medicinal materials. If you can't use it all this time, you can keep it. If it's well preserved, it can be stored for two or three years without any problem."
The doctor said nothing more. He knew that farmers didn't have much money and few people were willing to spend a lot of money on scar removal ointment.
"I'll give him acupuncture first and then prescribe some medicine." The doctor took out a silver needle from the medicine box and inserted it neatly.
Li Laoer and Li Laosan had already told the doctor about Li Baisong's injuries. The doctor had prepared some medicinal herbs in advance and directly prescribed three sets.
"Take one dose every two days, three times a day, for six days. Don't pour the remaining medicine for now, you can boil it and use it to soak his feet in the evening."
"Thank you, doctor. Thank you, doctor."
The noise outside died down at some point, and several people were standing at the door of the main house, blocking most of the light in the room.
Qin Fangci waved her hand to drive the man out, and then settled the matter with the doctor.
The consultation fee was 15 wen, three prescriptions were 120 wen, and acupuncture was included as a gift, for a total of 135 wen.
Qin Fangci took out two strings of money from where her original body had hidden the money, quickly counted the money and handed it to the doctor.
The doctor glanced at Qin Fangci and couldn't help but praise her, "Auntie, your arithmetic is pretty good."
Qin Fangci: “…” It’s rude for a bearded man to call someone auntie as soon as he opens his mouth.
After sending the doctor out, Yuan, who had received a scolding, hurried to Qin Fangci's side and asked, "Mother, how much did my brother's treatment cost? Do you have any left?"
She had agreed to give the money to her husband for business, so if he spent it all, she could go to the school tomorrow to get the tuition back.
The scholar's mother's dream is beautiful, but first she needs the capital to do business.
"I don't have much money left. Tomorrow, the third brother and I will go into the mountains." Qin Fangci said worriedly.
Pick the tallest one among the short ones, and the third one is barely picked out from the three eldest sons in the family.
Yuan asked casually, "Mother, what are you doing in the mountains?"
"Let's go into the mountains and see if we can catch a wild wolf for you to exchange for money."
Yuan: "! Mother, you and the third child are going into the mountains to catch wolves tomorrow?!"
Yuan was so surprised that her voice became choked.
Wang didn't even bother to take care of the embroidery work in her hands. She hurried out with her little son, who had just changed into a dry cloth.
"Mom, are you going to take the head of the family into the mountains to hunt wolves?
Is that wolf hunting? It's more like feeding the wolves!
It’s not the third branch who is clamoring to split up the family and refusing to see a doctor today, right?
Her husband just wanted his mother-in-law to teach his brother-in-law a lesson. Besides, it was because his brother-in-law made a big mistake.
Forget it, I won’t train you anymore.
"Mom, it was wrong for A-Tai to talk back to you. He's quite strong, but wolf hunting is no joke. It's like committing suicide. Mom, you can't do this. It's my second brother and his wife who need the capital to start the business. If you want to take anyone, you should take my second brother."
Yuan suddenly jumped up. Before she could say anything, Li Laoer on the side interrupted her and said, "Third sister-in-law, what are you talking about? The third brother is my biological son. How can I take him to die? Really, mother? You were just joking, right? Ha, ha ha..."
Li Laoer tried to find signs of a joke on Qin Fangci's face. It had to be a joke!
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs.
The most vicious heart of a woman...⊙﹏⊙∥
"What are you arguing about? Day after day, you want me to die, but I haven't lived enough. Tomorrow I will take the third child into the mountains, and Daya will come with us. Erya, you and Sanya will take Sandan and Siya with you tomorrow, and go outside to pick some wild vegetables."
"Big Egg and Little Egg are learning to read with their uncle. If they can't learn, they're not allowed to go out and play. The eldest and second oldest children, along with the second oldest family, go tidy up the vegetable patch by the bamboo garden. Dig deep twice and break up the soil. I'll be back to check on it tonight."
Yuan retorted, "If it weren't for mother, how could Liang Ge go to prepare the land? He still has to ship goods. If he doesn't go out for a day, dozens of coins will be gone. That's why my younger brother got the medicine."
"Okay, he won't go, you and the eldest brother go." She just kept talking big. If it weren't for the memory of her original body, he would have believed her lies. If she could only earn a few dozen cents a day, who would farm? Everyone would become a peddler.
"I," Yuan pointed at her nose, "Mom, it's not suitable for just my brother and I. How about asking my sister-in-law to go too?"
"Your eldest sister-in-law can't do it. I have something for her to do tomorrow. The third sister-in-law will come over to cook and sweep the floor tomorrow. From now on, the three of you sisters-in-law will cook for one day each. Yulan will follow you. After a month, she will also join in the cooking."
Li Yulan, who was hiding in the room, jumped up and said, "Mom, I don't want to cook! How can you let me cook? Isn't it always my sister-in-law and the others who cook at home? Mom, what's wrong with you today? You are so worried because my little brother got hurt!"
"You're the one who needs to cook. You're sixteen, and you do nothing but run around all day. Tomorrow, follow your third sister-in-law and learn." The original body had already found someone for Li Yulan before the New Year, but she refused everything and just wanted to run around all day. The original body sensed something was amiss and wanted to find time to talk to Li Yulan about it. Now, after she was done with her busy schedule for the past two days, it was definitely a good idea to keep her at home.
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