Chapter 97 Home Visit for Medical Treatment
While Lu Qingqing was still in shock, Mo Lang had already left.
Lu Qingqing had already guessed who the old woman he was referring to was.
This was exactly what Ning Xiuwen and her son deserved.
If they hadn't repeatedly tried to harm her, she wouldn't have resorted to such ruthless tactics.
But overall, I felt very depressed.
That was a human life.
She is a doctor who saves lives, and she has never been tainted by evil in her past life.
But when she thought about how Liu eventually came to her house to hang herself, Lu Qingqing's heart gradually hardened.
It's no wonder she was blamed. If Ning Xiuwen had actually become an official, who knows how many more crimes this mother and son would have committed.
To sacrifice one person to save several others is the right thing to do!
And lilacs...
hehe!
It started raining in the middle of the night.
As dawn broke and the rain stopped, Liu's body was discovered.
It turns out that Mo Lang hung it on the big locust tree next to the big millstone in the center of the village.
That big locust tree is a century-old ancient locust tree. It was planted there when the village was established, based on the guidance of a feng shui master.
It represents the feng shui of the entire village.
When Liu committed suicide there, no one sympathized with her; instead, it infuriated everyone.
The village head went to collect Ning Xiuwen's body, only to find that Ning Xiuwen had already disappeared.
He ran away!
However, he was caught by loan sharks before he got very far.
"We were on guard against you! You actually dared to run away!"
"Cut off his arms and legs and throw him out on the street to beg!"
"No, don't break my arms and legs!" Ning Xiuwen struggled in his death throes.
"I can pay back the money in other ways. You can sell me to a brothel. That's more cost-effective than cutting off my hands and feet!"
"Hahaha, big brother, so the rumors were true? There are still such shameless men in the world!"
"How could someone like that pass the imperial examination and become a scholar?"
Scholar.
Ning Xiuwen remembered the day he became a scholar.
It was like a dazzling and magnificent dream.
It disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Two or three children were carrying schoolbags to school in the neighboring village, chasing and playing along the way.
Ning Xiuwen recalled his school days.
But he always kept to himself.
Because his mother couldn't afford tuition, she knelt before the teacher in front of everyone, begging him to exempt her from tuition.
He felt ashamed and could only lower his head and read.
The teacher praised him, and he was secretly pleased, but in the end he would always be reminded: Your mother has sacrificed a lot for you, and only by becoming outstanding can you repay her.
This humiliation haunted him throughout his academic career.
After passing the imperial examination and becoming a scholar, he never visited his teacher again!
He never felt that his mother had done anything for him!
She simply wanted a son who was a scholar to make up for the regret of never having been a scholar's wife!
Scholar... Haha, scholar!
To hell with the scholar!
...
"Father, that mother and son are finally finished!" Dingxiang exhaled angrily.
Ding Hongshi's face darkened: "Liu is really useless. She didn't even take Lu Qingqing with her when she committed suicide."
Now that Dad can't practice medicine anymore, what will we do?
"Father, we still have a hundred taels of silver, that's enough for us."
“One hundred taels is not enough. Look at the Lu family, they eat meat every day. Would you dare to be so extravagant? Only with a stable income can one feel at ease.”
Now that you mention it, she's hesitant to spend the money, since she has a baby to raise!
Even after the child is born, one still has to take the imperial examination to become a scholar.
Although she can't be a scholar's wife, she can be a scholar's mother!
This is Ning Xiuwen's offspring; he's bound to excel in his studies.
"Dad, why don't we leave here and go somewhere where no one knows us?"
"It's too troublesome, the household registration..." Ding Hongshi didn't finish his sentence.
Changing your household registration is very troublesome; it not only costs a lot of money, but you also need to find reliable connections.
He changed his household registration back then because he had acquaintances in the government office. If he changed to another place, where would he find those acquaintances?
"It's alright, Xiang'er. Your father is banned from practicing medicine, but you are not. Lu Qingqing can practice medicine, so can you."
"From today onwards, your father will teach you medicine and collect medical books for you. When the time comes, you'll pass the medical exam and become a real doctor."
ah?
Dingxiang was stunned.
Her father could never pass the medical licensing exam in his entire life, how could she possibly succeed?
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The disappearance of Ning Xiuwen and her son was only discussed in the village for a day or two.
The mother and son were not well-liked and were often used as negative examples to discipline their children.
His dilapidated house was also taken away by the debt collectors.
Just then, Old Crow Li split up his family property and bought it for three taels of silver.
Out of consideration for Li Meng's reputation, Li Laogua did not sue Liang Youtian for wife abuse.
The original home was divided in two, given to the eldest and second sons.
He moved into the dilapidated house he had just bought with his third and fourth children and his daughter.
After this incident, the eldest and second sons' families became the subject of gossip and criticism from the villagers, which angered them so much that they threatened that Li Laogua should not expect them to support them in their old age.
"Father, it's all my fault. I made you and your eldest and second brothers drift apart."
After resting for a few days, Li Meng was almost fully recovered, except for occasional dizziness.
However, he remained listless.
"Yes, it's all your fault! You didn't even come back to your father after being bullied!"
"Even though Dad is old, I'll protect you for as many years as I have left, and I'll never let you be bullied again!"
“Dad, what about us brothers?” the fourth brother said.
Old Crow Li snorted and ignored him.
Don't be fooled by how the two brothers are still protecting their sister now; who knows what will happen after they get married!
Elder brothers like those in the Lu family are rare.
The third son hesitated for a moment, but still said, "But the imperial court stipulates that women who are divorced or dismissed, without a male heir, will still be taken to a marriage by the official matchmaker after a year."
Li Meng shuddered and lowered her head.
"It's nothing, as long as... no one gets hit..."
Old Crow Li felt like crying.
Suddenly, I remembered what happened when Li Meng was born.
He had four sons, and finally had a daughter. He held her for three days straight, reluctant to let go.
When he was little, she was the most obedient. When he came back from the fields, there would be cooled water waiting for him.
After her mother passed away, she was responsible for washing clothes, cooking, feeding chickens, and herding geese for her brothers.
Li Laogua felt a sharp pain in his throat, but he never uttered the words to tell her not to remarry.
He's old.
Unlike Lao Lu, who has a skill.
With the meager crops grown in the fields, they couldn't afford to pay such high taxes.
"Father, I'll pick out a better one for you."
Li Meng seemed even more listless.
"Uncle Crow—"
Lu Qingqing's clear voice rang out.
The eyes of the father and his two sons all lit up.
"Qing'er is here, come in quickly, come in quickly."
"Qingqing, have some water." The third brother eagerly handed her some water.
The fourth brother glanced at his older brother and silently took a step back.
"No trouble at all, I'm just here to have Sister Meng's body checked."
Lu Qingqing had never treated patients at home before; this was her first time coming here.
At this moment, Li Laogua looked at her as if she were his own daughter, having long forgotten how he had scolded her before.
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