The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the mountain man

chapter 80-81

Chapter 80: 80 owed medicine money again

After applying the towel for a while, he took it off, immersed it back into the cold water basin, wrung it half-dry, folded it, and applied it to her forehead again.

He repeated this process a few times until Xiao Yishan, with old Doctor Sun Changde on his back, rushed in hurriedly.

"Hey, Dashan, Dashan, slow down a bit! You're running so fast with me, this old bone of mine, on your back that you'll shake me apart!" Sun Changde complained as Xiao Yishan put him down.

"Don't blame your second brother, he's just anxious." Xiao Yuchuan suddenly stood up, "Doctor Sun, please, hurry and take a look at my wife!"

"What's the matter with you two brothers? Getting so anxious over a woman like this..." Sun Changde put down his medicine box and glanced at Su Qingyue on the bed, "Her complexion looks awful."

"If her complexion was good, we wouldn't need to call you. Every time you come, it costs us money." Yuchuan pushed him towards the bed, "Stop dawdling and check my wife's pulse."

At this, Doctor Sun became irritated, "What are you saying? If you're so capable, don't call me then. I told your second brother yesterday, if you don't get her treated, just let her be. Today she's sick again. Your wife has a weak constitution, who knows how much more you'll have to spend on medical expenses. Do you want me to leave, save you some money?"

"Don't listen to my third brother's nonsense." Xiao Yishan looked serious, "Doctor Sun, no matter the cost, no matter how many times she gets sick, we have to cure her."

Doctor Sun looked at Xiao Yishan with satisfaction, "Dashan, I didn't expect you to be so good to your wife." Sitting at the edge of the bed, he stretched out his thin, old hand to feel Su Qingyue's pulse, "Her internal injury has not yet healed, and now she's got a high fever. Luckily you called me in time, and not just when she's delirious with fever. That would be too late."

"Doctor, then hurry and prescribe the medicine," urged Yuchuan.

Old Doctor Sun's sharp old eyes swept over the Xiao Family's brothers and sighed, "She's been taking internal injury medicine, and normal fever medicine will clash with it. I need to change the prescription. The medicine for tonight and tomorrow morning will cost one tael of silver. Her condition isn't great, her body is too weak. Perhaps she'll recover from the fever after taking the two doses, or perhaps the fever won't subside, and in that case, she'll become a fool."

"That won't happen." Xiao Yuchuan shook his head, his heart heavy, "My wife is very clever."

"One tael of silver it is then." Xiao Yishan didn't care about the money. He glanced at Su Qingyue, who was lying on the bed, and said tenderly, "She'll make it through."

"If her willpower is strong, she'll make it through. If it's weak..." Doctor Sun didn't have the heart to say it, "She'll become a fool. In that case, if she brings more misfortune to your family, don't blame me. I've done my best."

As he spoke, he took out two packets of medicine from a small compartment in the medicine box. "Dashan, I know your family is having a hard time... but the medical expenses for the eighteen doses of internal injury medicine for your wife yesterday are still unpaid. My wife, as you know, is really stingy. She doesn't know that you didn't actually pay for the medicine yesterday. I lied and said that you did, and I used another patient's medical fee to cover it up. My wife found out that I'm visiting your family again, so I can't..." In short, he couldn't let it slide this time.

Xiao Yishan took a heavy bag of copper coins out of the wardrobe, counted them, and handed them over, "Doctor Sun, I know it's not easy for you either. I didn't intend to owe you for this visit. As for Qingyue's previous medical fees, I'll send them over as soon as I have the money.."

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Chapter 81: 81 Xiao Yishan feels heartbroken.

Having received the payment, Sun Changde handed him two packages of medicine, "Decoct it using five bowls of water into one. Take one dose today and another tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Doctor," Xiao Yishan, seeing him taking the money directly, said, "Doctor Sun, aren't you going to count? A tael of silver is eight hundred copper coins, just in case it's not enough...

"I know your character, Xiao Yishan, so, I won't count it," Sun Changde tidied his medicine box and glanced at the swollen body of Yuchuan, his face so swollen that it was hard to recognize. "Yuchuan, your injuries aren't light either, do you want me to examine you?"

Xiao Yuchuan hurriedly waved his hand, "I don't need it."

Sun Changde knew the Xiao family was very poor. The most Xiao Yishan could probably earn from hunting during the daytime was one tael of silver. The Xiao family didn't have much money left.

After thinking, he took a small bamboo tube out from his medicine box. The opening on one end of the bamboo tube was stuffed with cloth. "Chuan, here. This is a wound healing medicine, and it's not premium, not worth much money. Just use it for external application. I'm giving this to you."

Xiao Yuchuan didn't accept it, "You keep it. It's not easy for you to collect medicinal herbs in the deep mountains and sell it for money. I'm young and will automatically recover in a few days."

"Alright then." Sun Changde put the bamboo tube back into his medicine box. Wushan Village was a big village with too many poor households. He had been a doctor for several decades and was used to witnessing the realities of birth, aging, sickness, and death. There were too many people he wanted to help, but he was powerless to do so.

Carrying his medicine box, he walked outside, "Oh, and remember, for the next ten days and a half month, don't let your wife do anything. The beating she received in town nearly took her life. She shouldn't do any hard work." "Yes," Xiao Yishan and Yuchuan responded simultaneously.

Yuchuan called out, "Doctor Sun, it's dark outside, walk slowly."

"It's all right." With decades of frequent nighttime visits, he was used to walking in darkness.

"Second Brother, I'll go decoct the medicine for my wife." In the house, Xiao Yuchuan took the medicine bag and headed for the kitchen.

Xiao Yishan adjusted the bedding for Su Qingyue. His tough face filled with guilt, "Wife, I was wrong. You were stealing the steamed bun in town, and I shouldn't have stood by and watched you being beaten like this... If I had intervened earlier, your injury wouldn't have been this serious."

What he didn't know was, if he had intervened sooner, the original owner of Su Qingyue's body would not have died.

Looking at her closed eyes, his cold voice was filled with unease. "Qingyue, your second brother stood there watching as you were beaten in the town, do you hate me? You must blame me."

After giving it some thought, he sighed deeply, "I don't know why, but I was so angry that you stole eight taels of silver and ran away. I felt it would be better for you to just die like that. But after the steamed bun stall owner thought you were breathless, and then you opened your eyes again, I don't know why but my feelings towards you changed. Qingyue, my wife... get better soon. Your second brother will cherish and love you, and I won't let you be bullied anymore."

Su Qingyue was in a deep sleep, oblivious to the man pitying her in her dreams.

When Xiao Yuchuan brought the bowl of decocted medicine in, he said, "Second Brother, let me feed her the medicine. It's not convenient for her to be lying down. Help her sit up."

Xiao Yishan helped Su Qingyue sit up in the bedding, tilting her little head on his sturdy shoulder. He wrapped his strong arm around her waist. He only felt her body was so thin and frail that it tugged at his heartstrings

With one hand holding the medicine bowl, Yuchuan scooped up a spoonful of the medicine liquid to her lips. "Wife, open your mouth.."