Chapter 279 Speak Up for Us
Just like the right hand where she had the needles inserted during surgery, it's not enough to simply set the bone back together.
It needs to be restored to be exactly the same as before, without leaving any aftereffects.
Their hands are different from ordinary people's hands.
She was now feeling sorry for Lin Ye.
Lu Qingqing first peeked through the crack in the door.
She only pushed the door open and went in after making sure there was nothing inappropriate on the screen.
Lin Ye has woken up. Yesterday, she gave her a full-body check-up, acupuncture, and applied medicine. She has also taken off the animal skin and put on a thick floral cotton coat.
The two may have confided in each other, their eyes were red, especially Lu Yun, whose appearance was really bad, his face and mouth were dry, and he had grown a beard.
"Brother, go tidy up and have something to eat. I'll give Lin Ye another check-up."
"good."
Lu Yun stood up and glanced at Lin Ye again.
Lin Ye nodded and smiled at him.
Lu Yun forced an awkward smile at her before leaving.
Lu Qingqing sat down in Lu Yun's seat and sighed, "You've taken the blame for me again."
Lin Ye blinked her eyes, looking aggrieved: "It's not that I didn't want to tell you this time, but I was knocked unconscious as soon as I stepped out the door, and only later did I find out that they had the wrong person."
"No matter what, it's my fault that you've been dragged down."
"No," Lin Ye retorted, "This is what I think."
You are an extraordinary person, perhaps a great deity descended from heaven to save those in distress. Such an important figure would surely have protective attendants by his side. Although I am not as powerful as Mo Lang and the others, shielding them from disaster is still a form of protection, right?
Lu Qingqing admired her thought process and chuckled, "Did you learn to talk so well from that guy?"
Lin Ye blushed when Lu Yun was mentioned.
The way he touched her face and cried just now will stay with her for the rest of her life.
"Okay, that's enough. You have to tell me if your chest feels tight or if there's anything else that hurts."
"My hands, my hands hurt the most. It feels like my bones are broken. I can hear the sound of bones cracking." This is what Lin Ye is most worried about.
"It was broken, but I've fixed it for you. Just take good care of yourself, and you'll be fine, I promise."
Lin Ye looked at the thickly wrapped hands, smiled slightly, and spoke softly, like a gentle breeze:
"Of course I believe you."
Lu Yun ate a bowl of elm bark flour mixed with pickled vegetables in this kitchen.
It tasted so bad I wanted to vomit.
But the family was too poor, so he couldn't say anything.
He took out a copper coin, hoping the lady of the house would get some eggs from another house so he could make an egg drop soup for Lin Ye to nourish her.
But then they heard the youngest son of the family throwing a tantrum inside the house.
"Mom, I don't want this stinky food! I want fragrant dried chicken, sweet osmanthus cake, and white rice!"
"Stop fooling around! There isn't any! Eat up!"
"I won't eat, I won't eat! Mom, quickly bring out the rice you hid!"
Then I heard a crisp slap.
Lu Yun didn't think much of it when he heard it, just considering it as the child being unreasonable.
He knocked on the window. "Sister-in-law, could you please go to the neighbor's to buy some eggs?"
The woman came out of the house, looking slightly flustered.
"Okay, okay, I'll go right away, I'll go right away."
She took the copper coin from Lu Yun, ran her hand through her hair, and quickly glanced at Lu Yun.
Then he went back into the house and dragged his youngest son out as well.
Why take a child out in this freezing weather?
Lu Yun frowned.
The woman soon brought eggs and half a bowl of coarse noodles. The child hadn't returned; he said he was staying at a neighbor's house.
Lu Yun quickly made two bowls of egg drop soup and brought them inside.
"Little sister, is Xiao Ye alright?"
"Second sister-in-law is fine and can move around. We'll leave after we finish eating."
They weren't even married yet, and Lu Qingqing was already calling him whatever she wanted.
Lin Ye dared not look at Lu Yun.
Lu Yun glanced at her, and seeing that Lin Ye didn't refute him, he grinned and pushed Lu Qingqing away.
"Go away, I'll feed them."
“Yo yo yo yo yo…”
Lu Yun blushed again at her "Oh".
This little girl loves to play pranks on people.
Don't they even consider the time?
Seeing that the two of them were uncomfortable, and no longer wanting to be a nuisance, Lu Qingqing took her bowl and went out to eat.
Just after they finished eating, the village head of Hulu Village brought Wang Wu and two or three other villagers in.
They were all wearing tattered cotton-padded coats patched upon patched, and their necks were hunched over from the cold.
Wang Wu, with his hands tucked in his pockets, asked with a fawning smile, "Doctor Lu, those mountain people have all been arrested. Do you think we can go to the yamen to collect our money and grain now?"
"No rush, Magistrate Xu will send someone to deliver it after he has verified it."
"Oh, how can I not be anxious? The whole village is starving!" Wang Wu said anxiously, his eyes bulging out in a somewhat frightening way.
The village head scolded him, then turned and bowed, speaking kindly:
"Dr. Lu, I didn't know you were the female doctor praised by the county magistrate. My apologies."
Please, could you please put in a good word with the adults and let us receive the reward money and food first? We really can't survive anymore; the whole village is waiting to eat.
To be honest, several people have frozen or starved to death in the past few days. There was a woman who went to the mountains to dig ice and catch fish in order to get some food for her child. She fell in and drowned, and her child also starved to death at home.
There was another villager who, after the crows had been cawing for several days, we went to check and found out that he had been dead for several days, and half of his flesh had been eaten.
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"Dr. Lu, please put in a good word for us! Our whole village is grateful to you!"
The village head knelt down.
The others also knelt down.
Hearing the village head's heartbroken words, Lu Qingqing should have felt heavy-hearted and sad.
But she could never concentrate.
His gaze fell on Wang Wu's shoes.
Although the shoes were very dirty and covered in mud, it was still possible to tell that they were thick-soled, fine cloth cotton shoes.
These shoes are very expensive.
Even Old Man Lu used to wear thin cotton shoes every year, and then stuff a ring of straw inside the shoes to get through the winter.
These shoes shouldn't be on Wang Wu's feet.
Then there was the village head, who had a wooden hairpin stuck in his hair. At first glance, it was dark and unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be expensive ebony.
Lu Qingqing had seen this kind of hairpin in a jewelry store; it cost more than one tael of silver.
He was so poor he was starving, yet he was carrying a wooden hairpin worth more than an ounce of silver.
These people are suspicious.
“I can’t believe everything you say. How about this, I’ll go with you to each household to check. If the situation is true, then I will tell the magistrate.”
"Oh, thank you so much, Dr. Lu. I'll take you to see him."
The village headman got up with a grateful look on his face and glanced at Wang Wu without leaving a trace.
"Dr. Lu, let's start our investigation from west to east."
"Can."
Lu Qingqing called out, "Mo Lang, stand guard outside the door and watch over my brother and sister-in-law."
Six more people, come with me to investigate.
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