Chapter 54: Admit Defeat
When Tang Jizu was carrying a lot of things back to the village, he saw a group of people blocking the road before he got home. He went over and asked, "What happened?"
"Ji Zu, you're back just in time. Something happened to your wife and your son."
The men in the village recognized Tang Jizu and cleared a path for him so that he could see what was going on inside.
When Li Erniu saw Tang Jizu, she felt as if she had found a backbone and burst into tears: "Daddy, you have to make the decision for us..."
"My brother's old illness has relapsed, and he must go to the clinic immediately. If something happens because of your delay, and anything serious happens, then I will have to pay with my life. Are you sure you want to continue delaying?" Tang Yichen said calmly.
"Father of the child, they are blackmailing us..." Li Erniu's face was pale and her eyes were full of fear.
Tang Jizu looked at Li Erniu, then at Tang Baoyu, his eyes resting on the unconscious Tang Yixiao, and said, "Let's go to the clinic first, and we'll talk about other things later."
It was now late and the town gate was closed. They could not go to the town clinic and could only go to the village doctor in Shijia Village.
Everyone went to ask Master Tang San to borrow the ox cart.
After a day of running around, Tang Sanye went to sleep when he got home. When they went to borrow an ox cart from Tang Sanye, he learned about what happened in the village. He immediately offered to take them to Shijia Village, but Tang Yichen felt that he was old and it would be a bit difficult for him to drive at night, so he decided to rent an ox cart and let Tang Jizu drive it.
Tang Yichen asked Li Taohua to take Qin Huiyin and Tang Luwu back for dinner, and he took Tang Yixiao to Shijia Village for a medical consultation. Qin Huiyin was worried about his injury and insisted on accompanying him.
Tang Jizu drove the ox cart, Tang Baoyu sat next to him, and Li Erniu could only stay in the back of the ox cart with the Tang brothers and Qin Huiyin.
Tang Yi smiled and leaned on Qin Huiyin.
Li Erniu was angry and aggrieved. After Li Taohua pulled out a lot of her hair, she looked like a crazy woman. Her face was swollen like a steamed bun, and she looked miserable and pitiful.
Shijia Village, in the village hospital.
"This child is born weak. Why don't you take good care of him? Why did you beat him like this?" The village doctor stroked his beard, his face full of impatience. "Who beat him? How could you have the heart to beat such a young child?"
"Doctor, is my brother okay?" Qin Huiyin said.
"What do you think? His face is so swollen and he's vomiting blood. The person who did it is too cruel. Not to mention that he is weak, even a normal person can't stand such torture. I'll write a prescription. If you trust me, take the medicine back and boil a few doses. Come back for a checkup after taking it. If it gets better, then it's fine. If not... then you can prepare the coffin!"
"Doctor, you're not exaggerating, are you? His injuries are nothing. Look at the wounds on my face. My wounds are bloody and bloody, but his skin is not even broken." Li Erniu said unwillingly, "You are not in cahoots with them, are you?"
"If you don't trust me, then why are you looking for me? What are you talking about? I have never seen you before and I don't know what happened to you. If you think my treatment is wrong, then leave immediately. I also need to rest and I don't have time to waste with you."
"Shut up!" Tang Jizu scolded Li Erniu angrily. "You are as strong as an ox. If Xiao Ge'er had a body like yours, would he still be considered weak and sickly?"
"The child's father, Tang Yixiao is a sickly person. Even if this incident didn't happen, his body is like a broken jar, which will break if hit a little. They are trying to blackmail us on purpose, don't fall for their trick!"
"Mother Baoyu, you still don't understand. Now it's not about whether you want to let this matter settle, but whether we want to let this matter settle." Qin Huiyin said, "What's wrong with my brother being weak and sick? He has never hindered you. Why do you deliberately hurt him? Since you hurt him, you have to pay the price."
"Uncle Step-grandfather, what do you say we should do?" Tang Yichen said calmly, "Your son deliberately hurt my brother, and it happened more than once. Now your wife is bullying my brother and beating him up. He has no good flesh left on his body. If you don't know how to deal with this, then I can only ask the county magistrate for instructions."
"Doctor, I'm sorry, please prescribe better medicine for us. We must make this child better." Tang Jizu said to the doctor.
"Okay, I'll prescribe a prescription then."
The doctor listened for a while and understood the reason. When he looked at the fat Li Erniu and Tang Baoyu who looked exactly like his mother, his eyes were full of disgust.
A doctor is like a parent to his patients. As a doctor, he cannot be picky about his patients. However, as a human being, he has the right to dislike patients with bad morals.
"Doctor, can you take a look at this prescription?"
Qin Huiyin handed Tang Yixiao's previous prescription to the doctor.
The doctor looked at it and said, "This was prescribed by the town's clinic, right? It's for his health. If it's used normally, it will definitely be good. Now he has serious injuries, so some of the medicines need to be adjusted. Otherwise, some of the herbs in the tonic will not be conducive to the recovery of the injuries. Once the drugs counteract each other, his injuries will be aggravated."
The doctor wrote a new prescription for Tang Yixiao, and then directly prepared the medicine from the herbs he had stored according to the contents of the prescription.
"Five taels of silver."
Before Tang Yichen could say anything, Tang Jizu took the initiative to pay the money.
Li Erniu's eyes turned red from watching this.
Usually, Tang Jizu would give her silver when he came back, but only one tael each time, never more. This time, he actually gave her five taels, but gave it to an outsider.
She suddenly regretted her behavior today. If she had known that a few slaps like this would cause her to suffer heavy losses, she would rather slap herself than touch Tang Yixiao's finger.
Tang Baoyu was scared when he saw his father, and he didn't say a word all the way. However, at this moment, seeing the five taels of silver, he said unwillingly: "Why should I give it to him? This silver belongs to our family. Mother, take the silver back. I want to eat meat, that's for me to buy meat... Woo... Didn't you say that Tang Yixiao was born by his mother but not raised by her? His father doesn't care about him, and his stepmother is even less likely to like him. Now I just slapped him a few times, why should I give him so much silver?"
"Shut up!" Tang Jizu slapped Tang Baoyu in the face.
"Ah... why did you hit your son?" Li Erniu screamed, hugged Tang Baoyu into her arms, and glared at Tang Jizu angrily, "Are you a man? Your wife and son were bullied by outsiders, but you didn't help us vent our anger, but helped outsiders to beat your own son."
"You two should apologize to Brother Chen and Brother Xiao right now. If you don't apologize, I won't bring the silver back in the future." Tang Jizu said coldly, "This is a good opportunity to teach you a lesson, so that you won't get too full and just stir up trouble."
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