Chapter 125 Seeking a doctor
Thinking of Yu Zheng lying next to her, Jiang Shu felt ashamed and turned her back slightly to Yu Zheng.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Shu reminded himself not to think nonsense.
Perhaps he was too tired, so after forcing himself to calm down, Jiang Shu quickly fell asleep.
Listening to the gradually steady breathing in his ears, Yu Zheng licked his lips slightly and fell asleep.
This night, Jiang Shu slept particularly deeply.
As for Yu Zheng, when he was out and there were no guards around him, he always remained alert.
It was just dawn in the morning and when Huzi's parents got up to do their work, Yu Zheng woke up when he heard some noise.
Jiang Shu was still sleeping soundly, and Yu Zheng closed his eyes to rest his mind.
When the light in the room became brighter, Yu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and stared at Jiang Shu's sleeping face.
Under the smooth forehead are two curved eyebrows, and the thick eyelashes are long and slightly raised, covering the pair of bright apricot eyes.
Further down, there is an exquisite upturned nose and crimson cherry lips. The delicate, jade-like little face glowed with a bright red color, resembling a ripe peach, making people swallow their saliva.
Looking at it, Yu Zheng felt something was wrong.
So good, why is her face so red?
Yu Zheng raised his hand to cover Jiang Shu's forehead.
Why is it so hot? She has a fever!
Yu Zheng stood up in a hurry, put on his shoes and opened the door to look for Hu Ziniang.
"Doctor? We don't have one in our village. We have to go to a town ten miles away to find a medicine shop with a doctor." Hu Ziniang put down her work and went to the house to find a pack of medicine.
"Last year when Hu Zi had a fever, his father went to the drug store to catch it. There was still one pack left. I boiled it down and gave it to your brother."
Last year’s medicine?
Yu Zheng's eyelids twitched and he declined: "No need to bother, I'll take him to the town to see a doctor."
"It's a long way from here to town." Hu Zi Niang clicked her tongue.
Yu Zheng said: "It doesn't matter, we were going to leave too."
"Is there any carriage and horse in the village to go to town?"
Hu Zi Niang shook her head: "Everyone rarely goes to town on weekdays. Once in a while, we just walk. Only the village chief's house has a bullock cart."
"But now is the busy farming season, and the village chief's cattle may have to work in the fields and won't have time to go to town."
When Yu Zheng heard this, his dark eyes tightened and he asked, "How long does it take to walk?"
"It will take more than half an hour to say anything at all." Hu Ziniang frowned.
For more than half an hour, it was fine.
Yu Zheng asked for the route, thanked Hu Ziniang, and went into the house to call Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu had a fever and was in a daze after being woken up.
Jiang Shu nodded feebly when he heard Yu Zheng said that he would take her to the town to see a doctor.
Before leaving, she took off her hair crown and said, "Give this to Hu Zi Niang as a thank you gift for staying overnight."
Jiang Shu wore a silver crown yesterday, which was divided into two parts: a crown and a hairpin. She kept the silver crown for medical treatment and gave the silver hairpin as a thank you gift.
Yu Zheng knelt down and carried her on his back. After going out, he gave the silver hairpin to Hu Ziniang.
"I can't do it. I can't do it." Hu Ziniang waved her hand and refused to take it away.
Jiang Shu leaned on Yu Zheng's back and whispered softly: "Sister-in-law, just accept it. You also said that we are from a wealthy family. We have so many of these things in our family, so they are nothing."
"If you don't accept it, we will feel guilty."
Unable to shirk it, Hu Ziniang had no choice but to accept it.
The silver hairpin is heavy in the hand, and the workmanship is very exquisite. If you take it to a pawn shop, you can sell it for several taels of silver, which is enough to cover their family's income for a year.
Hu Zi Niang felt very sorry, so she called Hu Zi and said, "Take them to the town to prevent them from going the wrong way."
"Okay." Huzi agreed cheerfully and walked ahead to lead the way.
Yu Zheng carried Jiang Shu on his back and followed Huzi to the town.
Huzi was very familiar with the route and even led them to drink spring water on the way.
After drinking the water, Yu Zheng knelt down again and asked Jiang Shu to lie down.
Jiang Shu was in a daze and accidentally hit Yu Zheng's back with his elbow.
"Yeah!" Yu Zheng groaned.
The location where Jiang Shu hit happened to be where he was injured by a rock yesterday.
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Shu heard something was wrong and asked urgently.
Yu Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, just a little injury."
When did he get injured? Why didn't she know?
Just as Jiang Shu was about to ask more questions, Yu Zheng said first, "Let's go to the town to find the doctor first."
Yes, go find a doctor and ask him to look at his injury.
Jiang Shu didn't waste any more time and meekly leaned on Yu Zheng's back.
She could walk on her own if someone supported her, but she was dizzy and weak and walked too slowly.
Yu Zheng is a martial arts practitioner. He is strong and strong. He carries the thin Jiang Shu on his back and walks as usual, not much behind Hu Zi.
After walking for about half an hour, we finally saw a small town.
Huzi led them to the medicine hall and then prepared to go back.
"Wait a minute." Jiang Shu called to Hu Zi.
It was past breakfast time, but Huzi had not eaten breakfast yet.
Jiang Shu took out the silver crown and handed it to Yu Zheng, asking him to find a pawnshop to exchange it for silver, buy some food for Huzi, and buy a piece of meat for Huzi to take back.
Yu Zheng asked Huzi to stay at the drug store to accompany Jiang Shu for medical treatment, and he quickly went to the pawn shop.
The owner of the pawn shop looked at Yu Zheng very carefully. He didn't look like a local, so he must be here to pawn something. So he asked: "What do you want to do, young master?"
Yu Zheng took off the jade pendant from his waist: "Take it as it is."
The incident happened suddenly yesterday. Neither he nor Jiang Shu brought any money, only some belongings.
This jade pendant is green, translucent, and as moist as water. It is of excellent quality. You will know its value at a glance.
The shopkeeper looked at it for a long time and asked tentatively: "How much do you want to be, young master?"
"One thousand taels." Yu Zheng said.
It was his famous pendant, with his title engraved on it. It was extremely valuable and could not be measured by money.
"I can't do it." The shopkeeper shook his head and returned the jade pendant to Yu Zheng.
Yu Zheng frowned: "Why?"
The shopkeeper said truthfully: "It's too expensive. I can't afford my small business. Does the young master have anything else to do?"
Yu Zheng was silent and took out the silver crown Jiang Shu gave him.
He didn't want to pawn Jiang Shu's hair crown, but he only had a jade pendant and the shopkeeper wouldn't accept it, so he had nothing to do.
"If this thing can be used, I wish you had taken it out early." The shopkeeper looked at Yinguan and smiled happily.
Yu Zheng pursed his lips and said nothing.
After some discussion, the shopkeeper gave Yu Zheng ten taels of silver.
Yu Zheng took the money and left the pawn shop with a heavy heart, and went to buy food and meat as Jiang Shu said.
When he returned to the medicine shop, the doctor had already examined Jiang Shu, grabbed the medicine and was frying it, while Hu Zi stayed in front of Jiang Shu.
Seeing Yu Zheng coming back, Jiang Shuqiang braced himself and said, "What did you buy? It smells good."
Yu Zheng put the things on the table and opened it. It was a package of meatloaf, exuding an alluring aroma.
Huzi's eyes widened and he swallowed hard.
Jiang Shu said warmly: "Eat it, it's enough."
After hearing this, Huzi grabbed the meat cakes and wolfed them down, eating five of them in one breath.
"Why don't you eat?" Yu Zheng asked Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu frowned and said, "I don't want to eat greasy meat. Is there any porridge sold in town?"
Yu Zheng stood up and said, "I'll go ask."
The town is small and you can walk there and back in a quarter of an hour.
Yu Zheng searched around and found only one shop selling beancurd. He bought a bowl and gave it back to Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu's apricot eyes lit up when he saw it, and his index finger moved: "It's been a long time since I've eaten tofu."
"Eat it while it's hot. If it's not enough, I'll buy more." Seeing that she liked it, Yu Zheng was relieved.
"I'm going back. My parents will be worried if it's too late." Huzi stood up and said goodbye to them.
Yu Zheng gave him the remaining meat pie and the piece of meat and asked him to take it back with him.
Huzi was so happy that he called them good people.
Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng sounded a little sad.
