020, Going to the city for medical treatment
020, Going to the city for medical treatment
In autumn, the sun is particularly strong in the morning and at noon. After noon, the sun moves west and is not as hot anymore.
At this hour, people who had gone to the city to do business were leaving in droves and heading home. At this moment, an oxcart carrying people was going in the opposite direction of the returning pedestrians, heading towards Kyoto Prefecture.
As the road behind them grew longer and longer, and they drew closer to Kyoto Prefecture, Lu Mingfei did not feel relieved to have left the Lu family. He looked at his father lying unconscious on the ox cart, and his mother, who looked worried, and consoled her, saying, "Don't worry, mother. Dad will be fine..."
"We'll be fine too."
Compared to staying in the Lu family's old house, Lu Mingfei would rather the three of them move out and live on their own. At least after moving out, the three of them could eat meat whenever they wanted and drink soup whenever they wanted, instead of not even having the freedom to eat a bite of meat, let alone other freedoms.
He hadn't expected their separation from the Lu family mansion to come at such a high price. If he had known this would happen, he should have found another reason to leave the Lu family. Instead of being like this now, with his father lying unconscious, not to mention his mother's worry, even he himself was worried about what might happen to his father.
Liu Sanniang looked at her young son and was worried that if something happened to her husband, the child would be the one who would suffer the most. "Qilang, you must be well. No matter what happens to your father... or mother, mother hopes that you can live well."
"Mother, don't say such depressing things. We can walk out of the Lu family's old house alive, and our future will definitely not be worse than before." Lu Mingfei remembered the barbecue that Hu Zi had stuffed into his mouth, so he took the barbecue that he had put aside, opened the leaves and found two roasted fat sparrows inside. He tore off half of the roasted fat sparrow and gave it to his mother, "Mother, have some, we caught them in the fields today, and Hu Zi and the others roasted them together."
"Mom doesn't want to eat it, so you eat it." Liu Sanniang really had no appetite. She looked at the two little sparrows wrapped in the leaves and was reluctant to eat the children's food.
"Mother, please eat. I have more here. Only after you eat a full meal can we have the strength to send Father to the city for treatment." Lu Mingfei stuffed half a fat sparrow into his mother's hand without hesitation, then climbed to the front of the car and took a roasted fat sparrow to feed the uncle who was leading the cow in front. "Uncle, do you want some barbecue?"
"I don't want to eat. You eat it." The man leading the cow was called Lu Chunping. He was tall and strong, with a square face, big eyes, and a high nose bridge. He was two or three years younger than Lu Youtian, so it was right for this nephew to call him uncle.
However, his eldest son is two years older than his nephew, while his second son is the same age as Lu Mingfei. When he was young, he played with Lu Youtian, and now his second son also plays with Lu Mingfei.
"Eat, I have plenty here."
"Really."
"Eat."
"...Okay, then give me the missing half."
Seeing that his nephew was so enthusiastic about sharing food with him, Lu Chunping had no choice but to take the smallest half of the roasted sparrow.
After sharing the food with his uncle, Lu Mingfei did not crawl back to the back of the car. Instead, he sat at the front of the car and ate roasted fat sparrows with his uncle and chatted about family matters. "Uncle, did you guys catch sparrows to eat before?"
"Catch them, of course! When I was little, there wasn't much to eat at home, so I often followed your father and you..." Speaking of Lu Yougui, Lu Youliang and the others, Lu Chunping paused for a moment, not mentioning them. He continued to talk to his curious nephew, "Back then, your father was the best at catching sparrows among us. When we couldn't catch any, he would share some with us."
Seeing that his nephew liked to listen to him talk about these things, Lu Chunping picked out some interesting things from his and Lu Youtian's childhood and told them to his nephew along the way.
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They hurried on the road and fortunately arrived in the city before sunset.
In the past, when Lu Mingfei and his father came to the city, they would always come here early in the morning to set up stalls and sell things. This was the first time they entered the city just as the city gates were about to close. At this time, most of the street stalls had closed, and only a few were still on the road.
The vendors who weren't in a rush to pack up and go home at this time all lived in the city and therefore didn't need to rush out of town to get home. The vendors who packed up and went home early all lived outside of Kyoto Prefecture. So, the vendors living in the city also had the conveniences of living in the city. At least, unlike those living outside the city, they didn't have to rush out and back early every day. They could continue to set up shop in the city while others went home.
This is also the reason why Lu Mingfei persuaded his parents to move to the city. Although the rent in the city is expensive, it can save a lot of time on the road every day. If they can make good use of the saved time, they can do a lot of things and at least earn enough money to rent a house in the city for a month.
He had been to Kyoto Prefecture several times with his father before. They often set up stalls on the street near the South City Gate. The father and son had walked along this street countless times, so Lu Mingfei still remembered where Huichun Hall was.
After their ox cart entered the city, he said to the uncle driving it, "Uncle, let's go to Huichuntang first. Uncle, do you know the way? Go straight ahead and you will reach Huichuntang."
"I know." Lu Chunping responded and continued driving the ox cart forward.
At this time, many shops on the street were closed, but fortunately, the door of Huichuntang was still open.
The ox cart stopped in front of the clinic. Lu Mingfei climbed down from the cart. The two adults worked together to get his father off the ox cart and carried him into the clinic.
This time, the family was lucky. The old doctor Chen they were looking for was in the clinic.
"Grandpa doctor, please help take a look at my father." Lu Mingfei grabbed the old doctor's hand, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw that could save his father, and pulled the old doctor's hand towards his father.
Liu Sanniang even knelt down and begged the old doctor to save her husband.
Lu Youtian, who was carried into the clinic, had already woken up, but he couldn't get up. He could only lie on the wooden board and watch his wife and children beg the old doctor to save his life.
"Don't worry, get up quickly and let me take a look at him first." Doctor Chen asked the child who was holding his hand to let go. He didn't have time to pay attention to the woman kneeling on the ground. He hurried over to treat the injured person lying on the ground.
After confirming the condition of the injured person, Doctor Chen promptly gave the patient acupuncture and re-treated the injury on his leg. Then he took a pen and wrote a prescription, and asked the medicine boy to take the prescription to prepare the medicine first.
While the medicine boy was getting the medicine, Lu Mingfei asked the old doctor, "Grandpa Doctor, can my father's injury be cured?"
"Luckily you brought him here just in time. If you had brought him here a day later, your father's life would have been in jeopardy." Doctor Chen briefly explained the patient's condition to the family and reminded them of some important matters. "Go home and take good care of yourself for a while. Don't walk during this time. The leg injury will take some time to heal. After you take these medicines, come back and see me. There shouldn't be any major problems."
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he could be saved, that was good! "Thank you, doctor."
Hearing that her husband's injury could be cured, Liu Sanniang cried with joy. Those people from the Lu family almost killed her husband! Now, when she thought of those people from the Lu family, she hated them so much!
After inquiring about the consultation and medicine fees, Lu Mingfei asked his mother to pay them first. Just for his father to come here for a consultation and get a few prescriptions, it cost two taels of silver. And that's before they used any expensive medicine. If they had used expensive medicine, the cost would have been even higher.
It has to be said that no matter what era it is, ordinary people cannot afford to get sick!
But compared to losing his life, spending these two taels of silver to save a life is worth it. Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei did not feel bad about spending these two taels of silver to treat his father. Saving his life is the most important thing.
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