When Old Man Zhao's eyes met Li Yan's, the girl didn't avoid him like the others. Old Man Zhao decided to take a gamble: "Miss, I wonder if you can help me?"
Li Xiaomei tugged at her niece's sleeve and shook her head subconsciously.
Li Yan patted her aunt's hand, walked up to the woman and said, "Come with me. It's important to take the child to the doctor first!"
The woman just kept crying while holding her little son, and she didn't react for a while. It was her daughter next to her who urged the woman to get up quickly and prepare to follow Li Yan with the child.
Li Yan led a few people along the street and walked for about half a quarter of an hour before arriving at Xingren Hall at the end of the street.
When we entered Xingren Hall, Doctor Zhou was talking about pharmacology with his grandson when a group of people walked in with anxious looks on their faces.
Doctor Zhou first saw Li Yan, who was in the lead, and then saw a disheveled woman holding a sleeping child in her arms.
Li Yan didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with Doctor Zhou and said directly, "Uncle Zhou, can you please help me see what's wrong with this child?"
Doctor Zhou hurriedly led the woman to the inner room, asked her to put the child down, and then sat down to carefully take the child's pulse!
About a cup of tea later, Doctor Zhou came out of the room. Zhao Da hurried forward and asked, "Doctor, how is my son now?"
Doctor Zhou said, "The child's pulse is thin and weak. I'm afraid he's been born with a deficiency and has caught a cold. I'm afraid he's suffered a lot with you these days. Now that he's let out his anger, he can't hold on any longer!"
When the woman heard what the doctor said, she couldn't help sobbing.
Old Man Zhao said in a hoarse voice, "My grandson is very sensible and obedient. He has been living with us these days, sleeping in the open air and eating with us. Just as we were about to settle down, he had a high fever at night. Doctor, please save my grandson!"
Doctor Zhou said, "A doctor is like a parent. Please leave the child with me for a few days. I will nurse him back to health for a few days, and then you can take him back!"
Zhao Da rubbed his hands nervously and said, "Doctor, how much money do you need? We just arrived here and we are really broke! Can you give us some leniency?"
Doctor Zhou: "I don't charge for consultations, but I have no say in the cost of medicine!"
Li Yan asked, "Uncle Zhou, tell me, how much does this medicine cost?
"It will cost me three taels of silver for the time I am recuperating. If I want to truly recover, I will have to take medicine for a period of time when I go back, so I will need to prepare at least one or two taels of silver!" said Doctor Zhou.
The woman felt dizzy when she heard what Doctor Zhou said. What should she do? They really didn't have a penny in their pockets now!
Li Yan took out three taels of silver from her purse and said, "Uncle Zhou, please save this child first!"
Doctor Zhou took the money and turned around to write a prescription.
Old Man Zhou looked at the girl who had come to his aid and knelt down with his son in her arms. "Thank you for saving my grandson's life. You saved our family's life! What I said just now still stands! I am willing to serve you like a slave!"
Li Yan quickly moved away and pulled Old Man Zhao up: "Why are you and your whole family here?"
Old Man Zhao sighed, "Girl, you don't know, but the taxes we collect there are simply unbearable. The harvests aren't growing, and the taxes are just piling up. We can't survive any longer. Who else would want to leave their hometown to make a living?"
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