"I should have closed the door. If they had seen it, they would have been hiding and upset."
He Jiuniang glanced outside the door and sighed softly.
Lu Baichuan was in so much pain that he was delirious and couldn't care less about anything else. He didn't even hear what He Jiuniang was saying.
This feeling of wanting to faint but not being able to is awful.
Lu Baichuan felt like several years had passed before He Jiuniang said, "Alright, we've finished half of it. Go take a medicinal bath for a while, and we'll continue later."
Only half done?
Will you come back later?
He already wanted to die.
Still feeling pain and dizzy, he struggled to get up, wanting He Jiuniang to come and help him.
As a result, He Jiuniang simply picked him up and easily carried him to the bathtub behind the screen.
Lu Baichuan: ...
The water was very hot, but it relieved the pain all over his body. The medicinal herbs were also working, and Lu Baichuan instantly felt like he had come back to life.
He Jiuniang didn't sit idle. She rolled up her sleeves and started massaging his shoulders and neck to improve blood circulation. Then she took out silver needles and performed a series of operations, turning Lu Baichuan into a hedgehog.
Having endured the pain of bone setting, he didn't react much to acupuncture. He had just worked up a sweat and felt a bit weak. Sitting in the bathtub, he didn't react to anything He Jiuniang did.
After the acupuncture was finished, the water had cooled down, so He Jiuniang wiped the water off him and had him lie on the bed to continue the bone setting.
Poor Lu Baichuan, a man of unyielding integrity, whose fearless attitude had been completely worn down, was now even trembling slightly.
This daughter-in-law is too ruthless!
"How about tomorrow..."
"No, we need to strike while the iron is hot and correct the bone first, then proceed with further treatment. Just bear with it. The longer you delay, the more it will hurt. If you had received treatment right after the accident, you wouldn't be in so much pain now. The main problem is that some parts have grown together."
Upon hearing this, Lu Baichuan fell silent, resignedly lying down to await another round of torment.
The dog fell asleep at his grandparents' place. Sun asked Old Man Lu to watch the child while she quietly came over to check on him.
She didn't go in, but peeked out from outside. Hearing her son's muffled groans of suppressed pain, the old woman couldn't help but start crying again.
Since recognizing Lu Baichuan, she has tried her best to appear happy, but only she knows that a mother worries when her son travels far away. Those wounds are on Lu Baichuan's body, but they also wound her heart.
She was incredibly grateful that her son was alive and back, allowing her to fulfill this wish; otherwise, she would have been resentful until the day she breathed her last.
It wasn't until late at night that it was finally resolved.
He Jiuniang came out to fetch water, then walked to the side and took Sun's hand to comfort her.
"Why are you crying, Ms. Sun? Your husband will just be in a bit of pain tonight, but the treatment will be much easier afterward, and he will recover quickly. Don't worry."
As she spoke, He Jiuniang took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said, "It's so late, hurry back and rest, otherwise he will feel guilty again."
He Jiuniang had long known that Sun was secretly watching from outside. Parents all over the world have the same heart, and they had to pretend to be disgusted and indifferent in front of others, but in reality, they were more heartbroken than anyone else.
Sun wiped away her tears with He Jiu Niang's handkerchief, nodded and said, "You should go to sleep early too. There's no rush to treat the rest. We can take it slowly. You stayed up all night last night and haven't had a moment's rest today. Your body won't be able to take it if you keep going like this."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Let Gou'er sleep over there tonight."
He Jiuniang responded, and seeing Xu Saozi coming over, she patted Sun Shi's hand to let her go back, and then went inside with Xu Saozi.
Lu Baichuan was like a lump of mud, even weaker than last time.
Seeing this, Sister Xu hurriedly said, "This servant will go and have my husband come and serve Third Master!"
"No need, it's the middle of the night, and you've all been busy all day. Go and rest, I'll take care of it."
He Jiuniang told Xu Saozi to leave, then stretched her muscles and bones, carried Lu Baichuan to the bathtub for a soak, and gave him another acupuncture treatment.
Then she took a handkerchief to wipe his water, but Lu Baichuan reached out to take the handkerchief and prepared to wipe himself.
They finally managed to meet, and she's been busy ever since. Tonight, she even helped him treat his injuries, working herself to exhaustion all night.
Setting bones is a physically demanding job, and to top it off, she also bathed him without ever uttering a single complaint.
She didn't say anything, but he couldn't ignore it, nor could he take it for granted.
He had been away from home for many years, and he owed her that. Coming back would only make her suffer, and he felt uncomfortable about it.
Seeing that he still wanted to show off, He Jiuniang slapped his hand like Sun Shi did, and said in an annoyed tone, "Alright, that's enough. Stop showing off. You'll have plenty of opportunities to repay me in the future."
As she spoke, she quickly dried him off, found him a set of undergarments to change into, and told him to lie down and rest. Then she said, "Rest well, I'm going back now."
For some reason, Lu Baichuan held her hand and didn't want to let go, but only for a moment. Thinking of his current situation, he was afraid of scaring her, so he let go and said, "You should go back and rest. Rest at home for a day tomorrow. I'll send someone to tell the clinic."
"It's alright. I still need to go to the patients I need to see in the morning. As for noon, I can come back first. I'm thinking of launching some new products for the shop recently, so I came back early to see Aunt Xu to see if it's feasible."
He Jiuniang responded and turned to leave.
She didn't forget to turn off the light for Lu Baichuan before leaving.
Back in her room, lying down, He Jiuniang suddenly remembered the token Mingze had given her. She took it out of her spatial storage and examined it closely. The three characters "Qianfan Pavilion" were written on it.
The token has exquisite patterns and is made with great skill. It is clearly the work of a master craftsman and cannot be made by an ordinary person.
Qianfan Pavilion is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, but why would Mingze give her a token so easily?
She had met with Mingze a few times, and each time they kept their conversation brief and neither of them crossed any lines. But today, he suddenly gave her such a valuable token.
Things aren't that simple. Why is Mingze doing this?
Perhaps she was too tired, so she didn't think too much about it and fell asleep quickly. Before falling asleep, she thought about finding an opportunity to ask Lu Baichuan if he had ever heard of Qianfan Pavilion.
Lu Laoda returned to Anping Village in the afternoon and told them about recognizing Lu Laosan. The family was overjoyed and immediately set up a feast, eating and drinking until the moon was high in the sky.
Hearing that Lu Baichuan still had a house in the prefectural city, everyone said they must find an opportunity to go to the prefectural city to see his third brother's new house.
Lu Lao Er immediately said, "There's no time like the present, let's go tomorrow!"
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