C164 (1/2)
”Take all these cakes to your mother and your brother. We have a lot more.” Xia Li said and pushed a plate of snacks to the little girl.
The little girl hesitated for a long time before she was willing to take out a piece to taste.
After a long time, the carriage came to the village where the little girl lived. Thatched cottages stood in the autumn wind. The carriage passed through the muddy and uneven path. It was early in the morning, and the villagers carried hoes in twos and threes to do farm work in the fields.
When Xia Li comes to the little girl's house, she hears the helpless cry of the woman. Her four-year-old child sits by the bed and plays as if nothing had happened.
”Girl, where are you dead, doctor? It's killing me!” As soon as the woman saw the little girl go back, she immediately called out.
”Elder sister, don't yell at the child. I'm the doctor. I'll show you my legs first.”
Xia Li pulls the child behind her and goes to the woman to see her in person. Then she takes out the medicine from the medicine box and delivers it to her.
”Elder sister, you have a broken leg and need to stay in bed for three months. This is a painkiller. If you take it, you will feel better. There are also these medicines. I'll cook them for you later. After you drink them, I'll send them to you again in three days.”
Xia Li said and took one from her waist and bag and sent it to the woman.
”Really?” The woman suspiciously took the medicine in Xia Li's hand and asked.
”It's going to be fine, but don't beat and scold the child any more. She's very pitiful.” Xia Li persuades the woman.
The woman glanced at the girl hiding behind Xia Li and didn't speak.
Xia Li helps the woman decoct the medicine and puts it in front of her. Yang Xuechen impatiently pulls Xia Li to leave by carriage.
On the return carriage, Xia Li rubs the red wrist pinched by Yang Xuechen and says discontentedly.
”Why are you so anxious to leave, you see! You're hurting my hand
”Why don't you call brother Yang?” Yang Xuechen stares at Xia Li and asks.
”I don't want to shout. I'm in a bad mood.” Xia Li turns her head and says angrily.
”Painkillers are valuable. The raw materials and medicinal materials are now tens of taels of silver. How can you give them away at will? It's too wasteful to give them away for nothing. It's possible...” Before Yang Xuechen finished, he was interrupted by Xia Li.
”The younger sister understands the elder brother's worry. It's just that this medicine is really what the woman needs. She is in great pain and will make her two children suffer.”
”Then you don't worry that she's not from China?” Yang Xuechen asked.
Xia Li's heart and liver beat wildly. Unexpectedly, this person still remembered so clearly. For a moment, she didn't know what to say, so she could only bow her head and keep silent.
After half a month, Xia Li went to the woman several times to send medicine for treatment. She was very attentive, and her leg disease was much better.
Half a month later,
after more than ten days of hard work, Xiali finally couldn't support herself and got tired.
On this day, she was still in sleep and was awakened by a loud noise. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and put on her clothes. Before she went out, the door shook violently, which made her wake up completely.
”No, boss! More and more people are asking for painkillers from you, and they are blocking the door of our hospital, so that we can't do anything! ” A guy knocked on the door.
Xia Li quickly dressed, washed, put her hair in a bun, opened the door, followed the man through the backyard and rushed to the hospital.
In front of the hospital, there are ragged, rough skinned beggars, old people lying on their backs, crying babies. They make a lot of noise. Xiali only feels his ears buzzing. The whole world is in chaos.
”Dr. Xia, you've taken care of the widow's legs in our village. You've also given us a panacea to relieve pain. You're a Bodhisattva. You've also saved our lonely and helpless patients. They are all old people, babies and patients who can't take care of themselves. We can't thank you enough for giving us the panacea!”
The first man said, a group of people behind him kowtow to Xia Li.
”Ask the living Bodhisattva to save us!”
Xia Li is completely confused by the scene in front of her. She really doesn't have so many painkillers to give to these people. She can't give them!
Xiali follows the person in front of her and looks back. She quickly finds the woman with a broken leg hiding behind the crowd. At this time, she covers her face with her hands. When Xiali looks at it, her head is lower and she wants to find a hole in the ground to hide.
”Ladies and gentlemen, where there are any painkillers, we are all small businesses. We open hospitals and sell drugs at a price of one cent. The old and the young are not deceived. Naturally, we need to endure certain pain to stop any difficult and miscellaneous diseases. We really don't understand what you mean by painkillers.”
Xiali is feeling embarrassed, don't know how to deal with, Yang Xuechen arrived in time, block in front of Xiali said a word.
”You don't have to lie. We saw the widow take the medicine without any pain in her legs. Now the other half of the medicine is still in our hands. This is the biggest evidence. ”
” please ask Dr. Xia to give us some painkillers. In fact, there are many people in our village who are troubled by diseases and need this kind of medicine. ””Please, Dr. Xia!”
A group of people knelt in front of Xia Li.
”Ladies and gentlemen, I...” Xia Li still wants to explain a sentence, be stopped by Yang Xuechen, he comes forward to say.
”Medicine, we really don't have it. Even if we have it, it's so precious. If we give it to others for free, we will suffer more.”
”I know that you hypocrites don't give medicine for free in order to gain a good reputation!”