Chapter 20 Could he have had a stroke? All his belongings have been stolen.
Upon hearing Old Mrs. Lin's screams, she rushed out like a gust of wind.
Upon seeing that Old Mrs. Lin had collapsed outside the pigsty where they had slept the night before, her whole body convulsing, they quickly ran over to help her up.
Seeing the signs of a stroke in Old Mrs. Lin, Lin Daguang, disregarding the villagers gathered outside who were there to laugh at his family, anxiously shouted to them, "Please, please help me go and fetch Yang Da..."
Coincidentally, Lin Zhousheng had just returned from the county and heard Lin Daguang's shout. He quickly instructed a young man beside him to go and fetch Doctor Yang.
Since it involved lives, no matter how much Lin Zhousheng disliked the Lin family's ways, he still sent someone to invite Doctor Yang over.
"Looking at Old Mrs. Lin, it looks like she's had a stroke!" The villagers gathered outside speculated as they watched Old Mrs. Lin, with her eyes drooping and mouth crooked, slumped in Lin Daguang's arms.
"Tell me, who woke up the Lin family in the pigsty so early in the morning? Who did it?"
"I don't know, but they must have a grudge against the Lin family." Otherwise, how could they do something so satisfying?
"Do you think this could lead to Lin Dayou's death...?" Some people questioned Lin Dayou's identity.
"Impossible! You didn't see it yesterday. Lin Dayou was driven to the brink by the Lin family elders, but he didn't even lift a finger. Besides, Doctor Yang said at the time that Lin Dayou was too weak and could only rest in bed..."
"You said the old couple and their eldest son and his wife are all tall and strong. Do you think Lin Dayou could have done it without alerting us?" The neighbor next door shook his head, denying the villagers' wild guesses.
"That's true. Our dog barked all night last night; it's probably a thief..."
"Yes, yes, my dog kept barking last night too, it scared me to death! I thought something supernatural had appeared..."
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, and Old Man Lin, who was hiding inside the house, naturally heard their murmurs.
Upon hearing the name Lin Dayou, a sinister glint flashed in Old Man Lin's eyes.
"Make way, make way, Dr. Yang is here..." Just as everyone was wondering who had attacked the Lin family, Dr. Yang, who lived next door, was invited over.
"Dr. Yang, please take a look at my mother..." Lin Daguang's eyes lit up with hope when he saw Dr. Yang. He didn't even notice that Dr. Yang hadn't caught his breath before he beckoned him over to take a look.
Dr. Yang was still feeling his heart racing because he had walked in such a hurry. He hadn't even had a seat yet when Lin Daguang started ordering him around, so he was a little unhappy.
But as a doctor, he still upheld medical ethics, suppressed his displeasure, and signaled the apprentice beside him to follow. He walked to the old lady Lin's side and began to take her pulse.
As soon as Dr. Yang approached the mother and child, he was almost nauseated by the smell of pig manure emanating from them. However, out of good manners, he forced himself to continue taking the pulse of the old lady Lin.
"Your mother's condition is due to emotional fluctuations and a rush of blood to her head; she hasn't recovered yet. I'll write a prescription for her now, and you can go get the medicine..."
Dr. Yang first administered acupuncture to Mrs. Lin according to her symptoms, and then began to prescribe medicine.
"Okay, thank you, Dr. Yang..." Lin Daguang knew that Dr. Yang was very skilled in medicine and dared not offend him, so he could only treat him with courtesy.
"Lazy woman, hurry up and help your mother back!" Lin Daguang could only shout to Lin Xiaowu in his room while waiting for Doctor Yang to prescribe medicine.
Lin Xiaowu was the niece of Lin Laowu, so Lin Laowu favored her more over Lin Wangshi, and treated her worse.
"Hey, here she comes!" As soon as the words were spoken, Lin Wushi appeared like a gust of wind. With her strong limbs, she picked up Lin Lao Wushi and carried her to the room of Lin Laotou and the others.
After Dr. Yang prescribed medicine for Old Mrs. Lin, he sat in the courtyard waiting.
Lin Daguang knew this was for a consultation fee, so he smiled apologetically and told Dr. Yang to wait while he went to get the money.
"Wife, hurry up and get me the money, Doctor Yang is still waiting outside," Lin Daguang said anxiously, reaching out to Lin Xiaowu.
"Shouldn't you ask your brother for the money for your mother's medical treatment? Why are you asking me? You don't have any?" Lin Xiaowu seemed to have forgotten that they had made a scene at Lin Dayou's house yesterday because of the severing of ties.
"Are you out of your mind from sleeping? We already severed ties with Lin Dayou's family yesterday, and that was done in front of the village chief and clan head."
"Don't talk to me about severing ties. As long as your mother is alive, can the blood relationship be severed? If you want money, either ask your father or your ungrateful brother."
Not only was Lin Xiaowu lazy and gluttonous, but she was also a miser who only took money and never gave it back. Once money was in her pocket, there was no way she could get it out.
Lin Daguang looked out the window and saw that Doctor Yang and his apprentice were already showing signs of impatience. His patience had also run out.
And those who are still watching the show—if he can't come up with the money today, won't the people outside laugh at him for being a wimp and unable to make decisions for women?
"Get out of here." If Lin Xiaowu doesn't give it to him, he won't find it himself.
Previously, when he wanted to ask Lin Xiaowu for some money to buy wine, he secretly looked at where Lin Xiaowu hid her money.
Lin Daguang started rummaging through drawers and cabinets, looking for money, since he only went to a few places.
"Da Guang's family, have you finished discussing this? I have urgent business to attend to." Doctor Yang, who had been waiting for some time, began to call impatiently into the room.
Since he retired and returned to his hometown to practice medicine, he has come to understand a principle.
The reason these people remain poor is that they not only like to take advantage of others, but also shamelessly refuse to pay their debts…
Therefore, if you want to live comfortably in the countryside, you have to be even more shameless than those who like to take advantage of others and cheat others.
So, after waiting for a long time without Lin Daguang bringing out the money, Doctor Yang kept opening his mouth and shouting to the people in the room.
"Where's the money? Tell me, where's the money!" Lin Daguang, who had been searching the room panting and still couldn't find the money, glared fiercely at Lin Xiaowu.
Standing to the side, she was constantly worried that Lin Daguang would find where she hid the money, and she was on tenterhooks the whole time.
But the room was only so big, and when Lin Daguang searched everywhere she hid the money but still couldn't find it, she started to panic.
Especially when she saw the look in Lin Daguang's eyes that seemed to want to devour her, she was startled and tears started falling.
She hurriedly climbed onto the cabinet that was part of her dowry and began rummaging through it.
The more he searched, the more uncertain he became. When he saw that the loose silver he had hidden for so long was indeed gone, he turned around in a panic and said, "Master, the money is gone."
"Slap!" A hard slap landed on Lin Xiaowu's face, crisp and loud, even the onlookers outside heard it.
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