She wiped the apple on her clothes and was just about to put it to her mouth to taste it when she was interrupted by the sound of rapid car wheels.
Immediately afterward, before she could even look in the direction she was looking, another heart-wrenching scream came from the road ahead. Just listening to it, one could almost feel the immense pain the woman was enduring.
The apple in my hand suddenly didn't taste so good anymore...
Having frequently undertaken dangerous missions in her past life, Mo Qianshang had suffered many injuries. Moreover, she didn't always have a doctor by her side, and she had to handle many emergencies herself. Therefore, she also had some knowledge of medicine.
Thinking that although she wasn't particularly shrewd, she could buy painkillers in the mall, so she quickly bought several kinds of painkillers and quietly went to observe the source of the cries of pain.
"Master, we're in the middle of nowhere, the doctor has been killed by bandits, and the lady's condition... I'm afraid she won't make it..." An old woman wiped away her tears sadly, not daring to look into the carriage any longer.
The middle-aged man, addressed as "Master," glared fiercely at the old woman, his rough voice exuding authority.
"What nonsense! Madam is a lucky person, she'll be fine! Besides, didn't the doctor say before that as long as we can find a live baby for Madam, she'll definitely be alright!"
That's what he said, but Mo Qianshang clearly saw that the man's hands under his sleeves were trembling, indicating that he wasn't very confident in what he was saying.
However, only by listening to their conversation, Mo Qianshang had no way of knowing what was going on with the woman in the carriage.
As he pondered, several more painful groans came from inside the carriage, each one weaker than the last.
Mo Qianshang didn't have time to think about whether the other party would trust her. She simply chose a suitable place to walk out and came to the convoy.
"I just heard you all mention that you need ginseng, and I happen to have one here. However, the dosage varies depending on the situation. Could you allow me to enter the carriage and check on the lady's condition before making any further plans?"
Given the urgency of the situation, Mo Qianshang didn't waste time with them and explained the situation directly.
As for the ginseng they need, he just glanced at it in the mall and the price is acceptable, but the Ganoderma lucidum that Zhu gave her earlier is probably going to be wasted.
Fortunately, it was an unexpected windfall, and she could understand using it to save a life; she considered it a way to accumulate good karma for herself.
Everyone present was startled by Mo Qianshang's sudden appearance. But upon hearing her mention ginseng, the old man disregarded everything else and immediately tried to grab her arm. However, due to the difference between men and women, his hand could only tremble in mid-air.
"Young lady, if you truly possess ginseng that can save my wife, I will surely reward you handsomely!"
"Don't mention thank you yet, just tell me quickly what's wrong with Madam." Seeing the old woman's earlier tears, she seemed to have some suspicions about her. Mo Qianshang quickly bought ginseng from the store and took it out.
Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the ginseng, and the old woman stopped being so wary and began to explain the illness in a rapid-fire manner.
"It's like this, young lady. My wife is pregnant, but she's frail and sickly, and her health has never been good. Not long ago, she was frightened by bandits, which caused the baby to move."
"Before the accompanying doctor was killed by the bandits, he reminded us to find ginseng to nourish the lady's body. But we've been traveling for so long, and we've hardly seen any people, let alone ginseng. The lady's health is deteriorating day by day..."
When she got to the sad parts, the old woman started crying again, which gave Mo Qianshang a headache. She disliked people who were always crying more than anything else in her life.
Especially since the lady of the house hasn't even truly declared the disease incurable yet, this old woman in front of us is already extremely pessimistic. Even if good fortune comes our way, she'll scare it away.
Mo Qianshang glanced at the old woman with displeasure, then got into the carriage to check on the lady's condition herself.
Thinking that the lady had stopped screaming, Mo Qianshang lifted the carriage curtain only to find that she hadn't stopped screaming at all; she simply didn't have the strength to scream any louder!
Unlike Madam Yao, she couldn't take a pulse. She could only roughly examine the woman based on her past experience. In addition, she had heard from the doctor before. After confirming that the lady could use ginseng to nourish her body, she cut off a piece of ginseng and let her put it in her mouth.
As for the rest, the old woman and the other servants were tasked with starting a fire and cooking ginseng soup. Everyone knew that ginseng was precious, so they didn't use it all at once.
As the medicinal power of the ginseng was slowly absorbed, the woman's pale face finally regained a faint color, and the beads of sweat on her forehead subsided considerably.
Knowing that it was Mo Qianshang who saved her, she struggled to reach up and grab Zhou Moqian's arm, weakly managing a grateful smile, and thanked him in a hoarse voice.
“Young lady, thank you so much for saving my life and the life of my unborn child. Don’t worry, I will not take your ginseng for nothing. My husband will definitely thank you properly.”
Mo Qianshang felt sorry for her for saying so much after only recovering, and shook her head helplessly.
"Don't mention thanks yet, just focus on getting better. If you don't mind, you can come back to the mountain village with me to stay and rest before leaving, otherwise, with your health..."
Mo Qianshang did not elaborate on what followed, but everyone understood that their lady's health was not suitable for continuing the long journey.
Even if they had to travel, they should rest properly before setting off. Mo Qianshang didn't waste any more words, and the master agreed to take his wife to the village.
The rescue was quick, but it took quite a while to simmer the soup on the side, and by the time the lady drank it, it was getting dark.
A cool breeze blew by, and everyone shivered involuntarily. They quickly packed their things and hurried back to the village.
Little did they know, a major crisis was brewing in the mountain stronghold.
Upon seeing the mountain stronghold in the distance, the old man immediately stopped and stared at Mo Qianshang with suspicion, his tone becoming more wary.
"The village you mentioned is actually a bandit's den?" He recognized the cloth strips decorating the village gate in the distance; the bandits who attacked them earlier wore the same color and pattern.
If it weren't for those bandits, his wife wouldn't have been on the verge of death during her pregnancy!
In an instant, everyone in the convoy looked at Mo Qianshang with hostility.
Fortunately, Mo Qianshang had a good attitude and didn't take their strange looks to heart, nodding and admitting it casually.
"That's right, but those bandits are all gone..."
Before she could finish speaking, sensing something was wrong, she instinctively turned her head towards the mountain stronghold, and heard the old woman's voice, as if she wanted to scream but dared not.
"It's them! It's those bandits! What do we do? We've run into bandits again! Should we hurry... um!"
Finding the old woman's chatter unbearable, Mo Qianshang raised her hand and covered the woman's mouth through her sleeve, giving her a warning look.
"If you don't want to die, keep your mouth shut!"
After threatening the loud old woman, Mo Qianshang turned to the wealthy patriarch, who was already suspicious of her, and calmly explained.
"We had just dealt with the bandits from before and then stayed in the mountain stronghold to rest. Now I don't know why bandits have reappeared in the stronghold."
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