"We just want to see the child, we won't disturb you..." The Li family pleaded, bowing their heads in desperation.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Otherwise, how about I call your children out and let you see them to your heart's content?"
Brother Wu immediately exploded: "How can you talk like that? We just wanted to take a look."
"The pharmacy is only so big. You're taking up so much space without buying anything or doing anything. Aren't you affecting our business? Get out of here right now, or I'll go and call your kids out to keep you company, okay?"
Hearing this threat, the Li family gave in.
Old Man Chi pulled the irritable Little Fifth Brother out, not caring that Chi Tang was still in Little Fifth Brother's arms, and slapped him on the arm, cursing in a low voice, "You shut up for a minute!"
Inside the pharmacy, Old Man Li bowed deeply and apologized repeatedly to the pharmacists before finally pulling his wife out with him.
They were worried that the pharmacy staff would be dissatisfied, so a group of them found an open space not far from the pharmacy and stood there neatly waiting.
This scene infuriated Chi Tang!
Fortunately, in just over half an hour, Li Mingfan came out carrying Le Shi, whose hair was already soaked with sweat.
The family rushed over in a panic, asking Le Shi with concern, "How did it happen? What did they say?"
Le Shi had no energy or strength. He could only manage a weak smile at his family before collapsing onto his father's back.
Fortunately, Chi Dashan immediately provided an answer:
"Le Shi's leg can be reattached, but he will have to run here for half a month straight, and then he will need to rest for three months. It's best not to do anything strenuous afterward. Also, even if he recovers, I'm afraid Le Shi won't be able to run or jump anymore."
"Will it affect your daily life?" Aunt Li asked hurriedly.
Chi Dashan shook his head: "It's okay. As long as you don't put too much strain on this leg, there won't be any major problems."
It's already a great achievement to be able to keep this leg and live a normal life.
As for not being able to run or jump...
Although it's a pity, it's already lucky enough.
"You scared me to death! You were hanging your head like that. I thought something was wrong with Le Shi." Aunt Li gave her daughter-in-law a light tap on the arm.
God knows how scared she was when she saw her daughter-in-law's expression.
Li Mingfan's wife had a complicated expression on her face. She opened her mouth several times, but in the end, Li Mingfan spoke first:
"It's just that the money spent... was too much."
"How much?"
Aunt Li's heart skipped a beat.
How much money did this cost to make your daughter-in-law look so unhappy?
Li Mingfan said, "I paid a deposit of twenty taels of silver first. In total, it was about fifty taels of silver."
Fifty taels of silver!
These words, like a mountain, roared and leaped onto the backs of the Li family members, pressing down forcefully!
The weight instantly bent the backs of the Li family members.
Fifty taels of silver...
Who could possibly pull that out?
Their family had saved for many years and only managed to accumulate a little over sixty taels of silver, which was all stolen by Li Mingrong!
"How much, how many?"
Old Man Li's lips trembled.
So much money...
Where did they get so much money to treat their grandson?
After glancing at Aunt Chi, Chi Dashan immediately said, "Father, don't worry, I'll pay the twenty taels deposit for the lady. My little sister and I will also pay for the rest of the treatment."
"That won't do."
Old Man Li subconsciously rejected it.
This isn't just one or two taels of silver, it's fifty taels!
How can we expect a married daughter to pay for things?
Besides, where would the son-in-law and daughter possibly get that kind of money?
They'll definitely be taking away the Chi family's wealth!
He doesn't have the face to do that.
“Why not? Dad, if Le Shi hadn’t saved Little Sister, it would have been Little Sister who fell! And if Little Sister had fallen, the situation might have been even worse… Besides, even without these reasons, nothing is more important than Le Shi’s leg.”
Chi Dashan said firmly.
Although he hadn't discussed it with his parents, he believed they would agree with him.
“Yes, the most important thing is that the child can keep his leg!” Old Man Chi nodded in agreement, stepped forward and patted his in-law’s shoulder, “Brother, it would be too formal for our two families to be so polite.”
Old Man Li's cloudy eyes were filled with tears. The old man, who was over fifty years old, had gray hair and his back was bent over.
He nodded, his voice choked with emotion: "Okay, okay!"
We're family, so let's not be formal. He'll pay it back, even if he works himself to death!
The group discussed it briefly.
The Chi and Li families decided to stay in this small town for the first six months.
It was all for Le Shi's legs.
Although there are certainly doctors elsewhere, who knows how much longer the journey will take? We can't afford to waste any more time.
So they had no choice but to settle in for now and make other plans later.
It seems that the town is not desolate and has a considerable population, so it should not have been affected by the natural disaster.
The Guan family of three had their own destinations, so they had to go their separate ways.
As for Li Han, he also set off alone.
They fled the famine and relied on each other for survival for more than a month.
But since they weren't together and each had their own destination, they had to part ways when they reached the crossroads.
The adults were fine, but the little kids were crying their eyes out.
In particular, Xiao Wu clung tightly to Chengcheng, unwilling to let go of his friend.
No matter how sad you are, there's nothing you can do.
After seeing off the Guan Wu and Li Han families, Little Fifth Brother remained in low spirits, and even when Tangtang tried to amuse him, it was to no avail.
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