Standing still, Qin Boyan said, "Sister-in-law is going to give you acupuncture, and I'd like to watch from the side."
Tonight, Song Lan will not only administer acupuncture to Qin Yanzheng's injured leg, but also to his head. After tonight's treatment, Qin Yanzheng's eyesight will be restored soon.
Based on this, Qin Boyan wanted to stay by his side and watch, so he could help his sister-in-law Song Lan with anything she could.
"Alright, if your second brother wants to stay here, let him stay. You sit still and don't move. I'm going to give you acupuncture on your head now."
Song Lan brought the needle kit over, and she meticulously disinfected each of the gold needles she would be using.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yanzheng gave a soft "hmm".
Compared to the first time Qin Yanzheng received acupuncture on his head, this time the time was significantly shorter.
Wu Dong and Qin Boyan watched quietly from the side, making no noise so as not to disturb Song Lan and cause mistakes during the acupuncture treatment.
After Song Lan removed the last gold needle from Qin Yanzheng's head, Qin Boyan, not seeing any movement from his elder brother, couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, why didn't my brother vomit any blood clots?"
Before Song Lan could speak, Qin Yanzheng suddenly bent over. At that moment, Wu Dong quickly grabbed the spittoon and caught it. The next moment, Qin Yanzheng vomited into the spittoon.
As he sat up straight, Qin Boyan's eyes lit up instantly: "Big brother, there's some black bruise on the corner of your mouth, not much, just a little bit. It seems you just spat out the rest of the bruise!"
Wu Dong asked, "Comrade Song, is Comrade Qin's eyesight about to be restored?"
"In the next few days."
Song Lan responded with a smile.
Wu Dong smiled and said, "Comrade Song's medical skills are truly remarkable!"
"Is that even a question?! Brother Wu, my sister-in-law is absolutely a great doctor!"
Qin Boyan was overjoyed. He praised Song Lan without reservation, and then said to Qin Yanzheng, "Brother, did you hear that? Sister-in-law said you'll regain your sight soon. When you see my sister-in-law, don't be too smitten!"
"Second brother, what nonsense are you spouting?!"
Song Lan feigned displeasure, holding a gold needle between her slender fingers and waving it in front of Qin Boyan. She said, "If you talk nonsense again, I'll prick you with this gold needle."
"I'm not making this up."
Qin Boyan glanced at Qin Yanzheng, then turned his gaze back to Song Lan: "Sister-in-law looks like a fairy, and has an extraordinary temperament. If my brother isn't captivated by you, then there's probably something wrong with his eyes!"
"So noisy!"
This was Qin Yanzheng's voice. He suppressed the burning sensation on his face and, facing the direction where Qin Boyan was standing, let out two words.
"Brother, your ears are so red they look like they're about to bleed. It seems you're embarrassed by what I said, right?"
Qin Boyan grinned: "Or rather, brother, I've hit the nail on the head, and you can't wait to see my sister-in-law right now..."
"Shut up!"
Qin Yanzheng deliberately emphasized, "Go back to your room and stop chattering away!"
He had absolutely no recollection of what his wife looked like. It wasn't that he had forgotten; he had simply never seen her face. If that brat found out, he would surely give him a good dressing down!
Wu Dong knelt down to wipe the water off Qin Yanzheng's legs and feet, then helped Qin Yanzheng lie down on the bed. Song Lan disinfected the gold needles again; there was no doubt that she was about to administer acupuncture to Qin Yanzheng's injured leg.
"Second brother, hurry up and wash up, then go back to your room to rest."
Song Lan didn't look at Qin Boyan; she just said something casually.
Knowing what his sister-in-law meant, Qin Boyan said directly, "I can get up tomorrow morning."
Song Lan: "You have to get up early to practice martial arts with me. Are you sure you'll have the energy for class at noon?"
"Okay, I'm going to wash up."
He couldn't be sure that if he didn't get a good rest tonight, he might actually fall asleep at his desk during class tomorrow at noon.
"I think he just needs to be taught a lesson!"
Hearing Qin Boyan's footsteps disappear outside the door, Qin Yanzheng's cold voice escaped his lips.
"Try to reason with them if possible; if they won't listen, then resort to force."
Upon hearing Song Lan's words, Qin Yanzheng and Wu Dong were both stunned, neither of them expecting Song Lan to have such a thought.
"Surprised?"
Noticing their unusual behavior, Song Lan smiled and said, "Do you think I'm a woman, easily softened, and unwilling to lay a hand on the child?"
Wu Dong nodded.
Qin Yanzheng nodded as well.
"If they won't listen to reason, are we just going to watch them fly to the sky if we don't use force to correct their mistakes?"
In her original world, if a child in her Duke Zhenguo's mansion made a mistake and still didn't understand what they had done wrong after the elders had explained the reasoning, they would definitely be given a beating.
Simply put, the goal is to beat you until you realize your mistake, and make you completely convinced so you won't dare to repeat it!
However, the children of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion are all quite perceptive and bound by family rules, so they dare not easily make mistakes outside. If they were to inadvertently fall into someone else's trap and do something irrational,
Upon returning home, before the elders could even speak, he respectfully recounted the whole story, admitting his mistake and refusing to deny it, willingly accepting punishment—kneeling in the ancestral hall!
As for being corrected by force, she only remembered it happening to her second brother once.
At that time, my second brother was twelve or thirteen years old. He was a young man who was dressed in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse. Once, he went horseback riding in the countryside with several young men from noble families of the same age. Perhaps because they were having too much fun, the group of boys actually trampled on the crops of farmers while riding their horses.
When the farmers discovered this, they naturally sought justice, but the boys laughed and joked, not feeling they had done anything wrong. They even insulted the farmers, calling them lowly people, and brandished their whips to intimidate them.
Her second brother secretly gave the farmers money as compensation behind the backs of the other young masters.
As a result, the emperor somehow found out about the matter. During the morning court session, out of consideration for the officials' feelings, he did not name names and reprimand them, but he recounted the whole story in detail.
After the court session, the emperor summoned his father to the imperial study and praised him for his excellent parenting skills—knowing that damaging farmers' crops would result in compensation.
However, the father was not happy. After returning home, he immediately began to discipline his second brother.
Even after his second brother learned the reason and explained that he had lost money, he was still disciplined by their father.
When the second brother got angry, he refused to admit his mistake when his father asked him if he knew he was wrong. He said he was not wrong. In his opinion, since he had already compensated the farmers, even if he was wrong, he had already made amends. Why should his father beat him?
But in the father's eyes, the second brother's mistake was that he shouldn't have ridden his horse to trample the farmers' crops at all, and that whether or not he compensated the farmers was a completely different matter.
Finally, after his father's strict discipline, the young second brother finally came to his senses and realized why his father was disciplining him. He knew he shouldn't have ridden with those noble sons to trample on the farmers' crops.
He was thoroughly convinced of his defeat and felt very guilty.
Later, without his father even having to say anything, he would personally go to the farmers' homes to sincerely apologize and obtain their forgiveness. After that, his second brother seemed to have grown up all at once and became much more mature than before.
Wu Dong: "There's a saying in our rural area, 'Children won't amount to anything if they aren't beaten,' and I think it makes a lot of sense."
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