Chapter 197 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (7)
Huo Shichu bought a lot of things at the market and brought back the town's doctor to check on Wei Qi's injured leg.
"Doctor, how is his leg?" Huo Shichu asked.
While giving Wei some medicine for his injury, Doctor Liu said with relief, "You've recovered very well. I thought Dalang's leg wouldn't be able to walk even if it healed, but I didn't expect that the broken bones have begun to heal in the past few days. If you take good care of him, he might be able to recover to normal."
Wei Qi knew the condition of his injured leg very well, so he was not surprised to hear what Doctor Liu said. However, he still smiled slightly and said in surprise: "Doctor, are you serious? Can my leg really recover as before?"
"If you take good care of yourself, you will be fine. You have a strong recovery ability and your recovery speed is much faster than that of ordinary people, so you don't have to worry too much. Just take good care of yourself." Doctor Liu understood his surprise and explained to him patiently.
Huo Shichu did not find this unusual, because she herself recovered quickly from injuries, and perhaps Wei Dalang had the same physique. Human physiques are varied and there are great individual differences. A stronger recovery ability is nothing, not to mention that there are miracles in the world, so she did not take this matter to heart.
However, after Dr. Liu's follow-up visit that day, Wei Qi seemed like a different person. He became visibly lively and no longer as silent as before. He even directed the village carpenter to build him a chair with wheels so that Huo Shichu could push him out to bask in the sun.
When Huo Shichu saw his simple wheelchair, he doubted Wei Dalang's identity for a moment, and asked, "Dalang, how did you come up with the idea of installing wheels at the bottom of the chair? It's really smart."
Wei Dalang raised his face, which had regained a lot of color, smiled, and said without any surprise, "I learned this in the military camp. Two years ago, a young general injured his leg, so he made a wheelchair. I was sent to take care of him and pushed the wheelchair for him for a few months, so I remembered it. I heard from the young general that this thing called a wheelchair also exists in the capital, but few people use it."
"So that's how it is." Huo Shichu suddenly realized that no matter whether what Wei Dalang said was true or false, it would not affect her at all.
"By the way, you bought so many things the past two days. Do you have any money left? If not, ask me for it." Wei Dalang suddenly asked her in a gentle tone.
Huo Shichu was still daydreaming, and when he heard what he said, he blurted out, "No need, I still have money."
After hearing this, Wei Dalang lowered his eyes. He had seen the things that Huo Shichu had bought, including new clothes for the two of them, three sets for each person. All of them were ready-made clothes, not cloth. In that era, ready-made clothes were much more expensive than cloth, not to mention that she bought a total of six sets in one go. According to the current market price of ready-made clothes, this would cost almost one or two taels of silver.
Then she also bought all kinds of cooking seasonings, including oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and even star anise, cinnamon and other spices that ordinary farmers would not buy. These spices were not cheap, but Huo Shichu bought quite a lot...
There was also an iron pot, two clay pots, a kitchen knife and a sickle. These things were even more expensive, far exceeding the price of the two taels of silver he gave.
So, where did Huo Shichu get the money? Did she have it herself? If she had it herself, how could she have been reduced to being exchanged for a bag of corn?
Wei Qi blinked his eyes. It seemed that this woman had a lot of secrets. They were similar, which was quite interesting.
"But I saw that you bought so many things, and the two taels of silver I gave you don't seem to be enough." Wei Qi raised his eyes and looked at Huo Shichu steadily, and said.
When Huo Shichu heard what he said, he was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he had accidentally exposed himself. But didn't this man have to stay in his room without having to walk? How did he see the things he bought?
These questions flashed through Huo Shichu's mind, but the most urgent thing at the moment was to explain the source of her money. She blinked her bright eyes and said playfully, "Okay, I wanted to keep it a secret from you, but since you've discovered it, I won't keep it from you anymore."
Wei Qi's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light. He thought Huo Shichu would say that she had to stay with him because she had no choice. Her real identity was a daughter of some family and she was framed, so she needed the identity of his wife as a cover; or he would say that she borrowed money from someone or used something to earn the money, etc.
But no one expected that the facts from Huo Shichu's mouth would be so... surprising.
"Da Lang, didn't I clean this old house a few days ago? I dug up a small jar in the dirt pit in the corner of the pigpen next to it. I thought it was a wine jar buried by the previous owner, but when I opened it, I found several pieces of silver! I was wondering, who would bury wine in a pigpen... But no one would have thought of burying silver in a pigpen, and I don't know who hid it. It's a bargain for us."
Huo Shichu spoke sincerely and sighed at the end.
Wei Qi stared at her expression which showed no sign of lying, and fell silent. He didn't know whether he should believe her or not. After a long while, he asked, "How much silver was hidden in the jar?"
"There are more than twenty taels! It's enough for us to eat for a year or two!" Huo Shichu said with a smile, "You are lucky to have chosen this deserted house, otherwise I would not have found this jar of silver."
"You're lucky. If you hadn't cleaned the house and even the pigsty, the jar of silver wouldn't have been found." Wei Qi said with a half-smile, and then asked curiously, "By the way, before we found the jar of silver, we didn't have the money to buy a pig. How did you think of cleaning the pigsty?"
Huo Shichu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "Isn't this just to be prepared? Even if I don't have pigs to raise, I can still store firewood."
Upon hearing this, Wei Qi smiled and did not ask her any more questions.
Huo Shichu wiped the sweat off her forehead, secretly congratulating herself on her quick reaction. However, she also became annoyed with Wei Dalang's inquisitive nature. She paid money to support him, yet he still had to ask her questions about everything. It was really a bargain for him!
Huo Shichu glared at his back, and Wei Qi turned his wheelchair with his hands and went to the yard. He was keenly aware of the gaze behind him and just smiled slightly.
What an interesting world and interesting people.
He turned his wheelchair to where the sun was shining, squinted his eyes, and thought.
The bandaged legs were warmed by the sun and felt very comfortable. He silently used the supernatural powers in his body. Wherever the supernatural powers reached, the damaged parts were slowly repaired. When it reached the injured legs, the flow of supernatural powers slowed down.
Even though he felt waves of pain, he did not flinch at all, and calmly let his supernatural powers repair his damaged legs over and over again.
(End of this chapter)
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