"What happened? Who did this? Where are my parents? How is Yu Niang?"
"Were all the children in those three shops injured?"
Standing in front of Han Shunde, Li Lanzhen asked.
Judging from Han Shunde's expression just now, it seems that what happened in the three shops today is related to her, so Li Lanzhen came up and asked him about it.
Han Shunde saw that Li Lanzhen's face was cold and devoid of any emotion, so he lowered his head.
"Uncle Li is the most seriously injured; he has broken one leg."
"It's broken, has it been treated? Has it been taken to a clinic? Why did you bring them straight back to Peach Blossom Spring?"
Han Shunde quickly said, "I was thinking that Dr. Bai and the others are here; their medical skills are superior, they have all the necessary medicinal herbs, and..."
He stammered for a moment before saying, "We will only be safe if we retreat back to Peach Blossom Spring!"
"Safety?! Could it be that the people who came today will harm our lives?!"
The map of Han Shunde remains silent.
Li Lanzhen said impatiently, "Alright, I'm going to check on my parents first. Everyone from the three shops should gather in the dining room."
Miao Miao climbed down from Lan Zhen's arms and took Han Yibo's hand, saying, "Grandma, you go to Grandpa's house, I'll take my little brother back to my house."
"Okay, you two go back first. Grandma will be there in a bit."
Li Lanzhen pushed open the door to Li Erhan's courtyard, where Bai Houpu and several of the medicine boys he had brought were standing.
Upon seeing Li Lanzhen enter, Bai Houpu's tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and he hurriedly stepped forward.
"You're back. Uncle's leg has been set and put in a splint. It's not a big problem."
However, as people get older, they still need to take good care of themselves, otherwise they may develop health problems later in life.
The pain becomes unbearable when the weather is cold.
Li Lanzhen clenched her hands tightly, then clenched them even tighter.
That suicidal guy, of all people to hurt, he hurt my dad!
"Thank you, I'll go in and take a look."
Li Lanzhen pushed open the bedroom door of Li Erhan and Ye Shi.
Mrs. Ye sat on the edge of the bed, wiping away her tears with a handkerchief.
Li Erhan lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), his face pale and his eyes closed.
A splint has been put on my left leg, and it's wrapped in white cloth to hold it in place.
His pale face was covered in abrasions, and perhaps because medicine had been applied, the injured areas were a bright red.
As soon as Li Lanzhen entered the room and saw the ashen look on Li Erhan's face, she felt tense and uneasy, as if her heart was being gripped by an invisible force, and it hurt!
She came into this world in a hurry, leading her children and grandchildren to escape famine.
Then, upon learning that his parents were still alive, he went to Yejiawan and fought a chaotic battle.
She brought her parents and their entire family, some injured, some sick, and some disabled, and they had gone through countless hardships to get here. In the past two years, she has done everything she can to make up for the health deficiencies of the two elderly people.
They had just begun to see some improvement when this happened today. At that moment, they must have felt panicked, scared, helpless, and in pain.
She was anxious to quickly feed Li Erhan some of the spiritual spring water from her space.
"Mother, I'm back."
When Ye looked up, she saw Li Lanzhen.
She covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking even more violently.
Li Lanzhen knew that she was suppressing her sadness.
He took a few steps, put his arm around her chest, patted her back, and whispered something.
"Mother, don't be afraid, you will get better, and I will avenge you. Don't worry."
"Mother, don't cry, let me see Father."
Li Lanzhen picked up the half-bowl of warm water from the kang table.
Turning his back, he switched to the spiritual spring water in the space.
Kneeling on the kang (a heated brick bed), she picked up Li Erhan's head and fed him half a bowl of spiritual spring water, little by little.
Watching Li Erhan drink the spiritual spring water little by little, her tightly clenched heart finally relaxed a little.
Then he held a half-bowl of spiritual spring water to Ye's lips.
"Mom, drink some water. Drinking water will calm you down."
Don't cry anymore, everything will be alright, you'll all be okay.
Perhaps it was her daughter's return, or perhaps it was her words that comforted Ye Shi, who stopped crying and fell silent.
He took the bowl of water from Li Lanzhen and drank half of it.
Li Lanzhen placed the bowl on the kang table and spoke gently to her.
"Mother, you should go to bed and take a nap too. Stay by Father's side, and you'll know as soon as he wakes up."
Don't worry, I'm back. Everything's fine. Rest easy. I'm going out to check on the others.
As he spoke, he bent down to take off Ye's shoes, then helped her onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and watched as she lay down next to Li Erhan.
I pulled the blanket over her and covered her up. Perhaps she was frightened, or perhaps she was tired, because she fell asleep soon after.
Li Lanzhen watched them fall asleep before leaving the house.
The obedient and gentle expression she had shown in front of Li Erhan and Ye Shi was gone, replaced by a cold and ruthless face.
Standing in the courtyard, she saw Li Xishui and a few others.
Li Xishui's head was also wrapped in white cloth, and her face was covered in bruises from being hit by something.
Judging from his limping gait, his legs must have been injured in a beating.
Li Yangguang was using a crutch, and his left leg was also wrapped in cloth and held in a board, indicating that his leg must have been broken, but Bai Houpu had set it.
Good! Very good! Let them bully my family members, Li Lanzhen's family!
"Where are the tung flowers?"
Li Lanzhen didn't see her sister-in-law and quickly asked.
A moment later, a weak voice rang out.
"Sister, I'm here."
As she spoke, she slowly emerged from behind Li Xishui.
No wonder Li Lanzhen hid when she saw this; she was afraid that seeing it would make her sad.
Tonghua's face was swollen and her big eyes were squeezed into slits, clearly indicating that she had been slapped.
Li Lanzhen was furious; she clenched her fists and then loosened them, then clenched them again.
"Is Dingdang alright?"
Li Xishui shook her head and said, "Dingdang is fine. She and her mother are in the yard and didn't go into the shop."
"Okay, if you can walk, go to the dining room. I need to find out what's going on."
With that, she turned and walked out, offering no further comfort; words were simply too inadequate here!
What's needed now is the next step!
Upon arriving at the dining hall, people from all three shops in Youzhou City were already there.
Li Lanzhen scanned the room and found that, apart from Dingdang, none of the bodies were intact.
Even her own grandson, Han Yitan, has a handprint on one of his cheeks.
Upon seeing her enter, Han Yitan twisted herself off Zhang Yuniang's arms and got down.
With a loud "waa," she ran towards Li Lanzhen, crying.
Li Lanzhen's heart ached so much she couldn't breathe!
She scooped him up in her arms and held him close, letting his face rest against her neck.
Li Lanzhen's face was pressed tightly against Han Yitan's face.
The grandmother and grandson just hugged each other like that.
Han Yitan's tears flowed like a stream down Li Lanzhen's neck.
Like a string of burning embers, it scalded Li Lanzhen's heart, making it tight and painful!
After crying loudly for a while, the child started sobbing, so Li Lanzhen sat down and held him.
He poured out half of the half-bowl of warm water on the table and added some spiritual spring water from his space using his sleeve.
"Grandma, my dear grandson, come and drink some water. If you drink water, your throat won't hurt anymore."
After crying for a long time, Han Yitan's throat was dry, so she obediently picked up the bowl and gulped it down.
Then she snuggled into Li Lanzhen's arms, wriggled her little body to find a comfortable position, and obediently kept quiet.
Li Lanzhen then looked at Han Shunde, who remained expressionless.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Han Shunde let out a long sigh.
"My dear in-law, it's all my fault!"
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