Chapter 390 I am your husband
"What can we do? Even if Dr. Song's medical skills can cure the epidemic here, without the medicine, it's useless."
Master Qin looked at the victims and began to look worried.
Zhu Deming also looked solemn.
"Wait a little longer. The prefect must have already reported the matter to the court. Soon, the imperial envoy should be able to bring supplies to support us."
Song Yuntang felt that in the current situation, it was better to rely on himself than on the court.
The problems faced by the disaster victims in the county town have been going on for a long time.
With so many refugees displaced and starving, Lord Zhu had reported the matter a long time ago, but he has not given a definite explanation until now. This shows the efficiency of the court.
If we still place all our hopes on the imperial court at this time, by the day when the imperial envoy arrives, the entire Anyang County will have fallen.
"For now, we can't put all our bets on the court. According to the current situation, Lord Zhu should think of other ways to control the plague first."
Zhu Deming nodded.
Because of this epidemic, the merchants in the county were first asked to donate grain, silver, clothing, quilts and medicine, and then the wealthy families in the county were encouraged to donate silver. In fact, they had already collected all the money, and even his own wife donated a thousand taels of silver.
Just when he was racking his brains over where to get some money this time, he saw Luo Gang running towards him in a hurry.
"There's medicine! Sir, there's medicine!"
A few people looked back and saw that behind Luo Gang, a group of people were pulling five carts full of medicinal herbs towards them.
Also coming with them were Doctor Zhou and Shunzi from Xinglin Medical Clinic.
Song Yuntang looked at the two of them with a little surprise.
"Doctor Zhou, Shunzi, why are you here?"
"Mr. Xu went to the clinic to inform us to send a doctor with him here. I was worried about Master, so I followed him." Shunzi scratched his head a little embarrassedly, then looked at her with a worried look, "Master, are you okay?"
Song Yuntang smiled and touched his head.
Before, because I saw that this child had no father or mother, I thought of teaching him a skill so that he could have enough food and clothing.
After spending such a period of time together, he was learning very seriously. Although she did not deliberately emphasize the master-disciple relationship, he always put her, his master, first in everything.
"I'm fine. But you, this is not a place for children to come. Go back with the convoy later and don't let your grandma worry about you."
Shunzi shook his head.
"I'm not going back. I want to stay with Master. I've already told Grandma before I came here. Master's medical skills are so great that he will definitely not let anything happen to me."
Xu Qingye, who was walking at the end, came to Song Yuntang and spoke in a gentle voice.
"This kid is young, but more stubborn than a donkey. Let him stay."
He then turned and nodded to Zhu Deming and Master Qin standing beside him.
When Song Yuntang saw him, he felt a little happy, but more worried.
Xu Qingye had been ill for so long that his physical condition was weaker than that of ordinary people, making him extremely susceptible to the plague.
"Didn't I tell you not to come?"
Seeing that his wife was safe and sound, Xu Qingye finally felt relieved.
"In just a few days, I've lost so much weight."
When the people around saw the couple being so affectionate, they all smiled and looked away. They were not so worried for a moment because they had medicinal herbs for emergency.
Zhu Deming hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers to put the medicinal materials into the warehouse, and asked several doctors to pick out the medicinal materials and boil two large pots of them for the patients suffering from the plague to take.
Seeing that there were so many people here and worried that Xu Qingye would be infected, Song Yuntang pulled him to his residence and put a face towel fumigated with wormwood on him.
Looking at the worried look on the girl's face, the man pursed his lips.
"What have you been doing these days? Where did those medicinal herbs come from?" Song Yuntang asked him.
"There is another batch of medicinal materials raised from the provincial capital that will take another five or six days to arrive. It may still not be enough for Qingshi Town's current situation, but it should be enough to cope with the support from the court." Xu Qingye replied.
Song Yuntang was puzzled.
"How did you raise the medicinal materials?"
"I thought that this plague came suddenly, and Anyang County had just experienced a heavy snowfall. It was difficult to get medicine last year, and there must not be enough medicine here. It would not be safe for you to stay here for a long time. So I went to the hot spring villa in the provincial capital to find the teacher, took the teacher's personal card and went to meet the prefect."
Song Yuntang understood, "So these herbs were collected by the prefect for you?"
If she wasn't here, he probably wouldn't have done these things, right?
After all, he is just a scholar at present.
There were many people in Yingshan City and Anyang County who were more suitable for advancement than him, so there was no need for him to waste this favor.
Xu Qingye nodded.
"At the moment, the prefect can only collect these medicinal materials. Next, we have to wait for the court's rescue."
He knew that as a doctor, she could not stand idly by and watch the plague in Qingshi Town. He didn't care about anything else and could only do his best to protect her.
"With these herbs, we should be able to hold out for 10 to 20 days. However, I'm afraid it will take more than 10 to 20 days to completely eliminate the plague. After all, there are too many people."
After thinking for a while, Song Yuntang looked up at the man in front of him.
"Why don't you go back to the county town with the medicine carriage? It's not safe to stay here for too long. You've already asked Mr. Tang for such a big favor, so you can't delay your studies any longer."
The man calmly raised his hand and tucked the loose hair beside her cheek behind her ear.
"I've asked the teacher for a month's leave before coming here, so I can stay here and help you for now."
He took her hand, checked the palm and back of her hand, and then took out a small box of frostbite cream from his sleeve as if by magic. After unscrewing the lid, he carefully applied it to the frostbite areas on Song Yuntang's hands.
"I had expected the conditions here to be tough, so I took it from the clinic when I came here. I didn't expect it would come in handy."
Looking at the man's meticulous and warm appearance, Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.
In her past and present lives, since her parents passed away, no one has ever taken such thoughtful care of her.
"Thanks."
Xu Qingye paused.
"I am your husband, and it is my duty to take care of you."
"Nothing is natural, but I'm happy that you are willing to do this for me." Song Yuntang looked at him and smiled. His eyes on the face mask were black and bright, and his face was clearly reflected in his pupils.
Xu Qingye's eyes were dazed for a moment.
Seeing that the chilblains on his hands had been treated with medicine, Song Yuntang withdrew his hand.
"I have to go treat those patients outside now. I'll ask Xia Ning to fumigate the room with moxa every day. You stay here and don't run around. I'll be back when I'm done."
After saying that, she smiled, raised her hand, pinched the man's face, and walked past him out of the house.
Looking at the girl's back as she left, Xu Qingye smiled helplessly and could only sit down obediently in the house. He hadn't had a good rest in the past few days because of the medicinal materials, so he took this opportunity to take a break in the house.
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