"I don't want money!"
Lian Suisui stretched out her hand towards the boy. The boy hesitated for a while, then stretched out his scarred little hand and took her hand.
There are calluses on his palms, probably from doing rough work since he was a child, but it's strange, why is he wearing silk clothes, and his face is so thin and tender that he looks like a young man from a big family?
There was enough time today, so shopkeeper Ning started to build a straw shed. The boy fainted as soon as he walked to the straw shed.
"Xiao Tao, go and light some fires and get some hot water!"
She began to cut off the boy's blood-soaked clothes.
The blood stains on the clothes have dried, and in some places new wounds have been added to the old wounds before they healed, and pus is flowing out.
After taking off his clothes, the injuries on the boy's body were even more shocking. He cleaned the wounds bit by bit and bandaged them with medicine. Lian Suisui discovered another problem.
"Miss, this is..."
Xiaotao took one look and was frightened.
"Go out and ask Doctor Wu to come in."
After all, Xiao Tao is a female family member, so it is not convenient to deal with it.
Doctor Wu came in and saw the boy's injuries, and looked at each other with Lian Suisui.
"You give me a hand."
Lian Suisui hummed and stepped back half a step. After Doctor Wu washed his hands with hot water, he found a handy tool and stepped forward.
…
On the tray were two bloody porcelain bottles taken out from the boy's body. The thickest part of one was as big as an adult's fist, and the other was smaller and was a plum bottle used for drinking.
There was a foul smell in the hut, and Lian Suisui felt very cold in his heart.
He is just a child, who can be so crazy?
"One day later and he would have been suffocated to death."
It was also the first time for Doctor Wu to see this kind of situation.
"There are many people outside the city and they are afraid of getting into unnecessary trouble. Master, please take him back to Miaoshou Hall first."
Even Suisui thought the same way. Since the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital was here, there was no need for her to stay.
"He still needs to have a good life. In his condition, he may not be able to survive for a few days."
Even Suisui didn't know whether to call this child a lucky one or a miserable one despite being tortured like this.
The rest of your life will be ruined.
"Then the fourth sister will be left to you."
Doctor Wu glanced outside and saw that Lian Xiaoxiao was helping to cook porridge, his little face flushed by the heat.
He originally wanted to say no, take her away too, he didn't like being a burden, but when the words came to his lips, he clearly heard himself saying "yes".
Lian Suisui asked Xiao Tao to help put the boy on the carriage.
Forget it, for the sake of her ability to work, let her stay!
Doctor Wu wiped his hands and thought so.
With the involvement of the imperial court, the number of people queuing in front of Miaoshou Hall was reduced a lot. The imperial court centralized control of the refugees, and the pharmacy returned to its previous cleanliness.
"Miss Boss, why are you back?"
"Doctor Qian, I have a child here who is seriously injured. I want to put him in our Miaoshou Hall. Please help take care of him."
Needless to say, Lian Suisui's abilities were not much to say. She said the injury was serious, so it must be serious. Shopkeeper Qian tried to feel his pulse and his expression changed.
"How could a seven or eight-year-old boy be injured so seriously? Not only the external injuries, but also the internal organs were damaged. Who did it?"
The person is unconscious now, and even Suisui doesn't know the specific situation.
"We'll have to wait until he wakes up before asking."
Doctor Qian did not dare to be careless and placed the boy in the guest room.
It's getting late again, and it's time to go home in Lian Suisui.
Only then did he remember that he had not told Doctor Wu when to send Lian Xiaoxiao away.
Gan, I was so busy that I forgot!
She hurried to the city gate and met Doctor Wu who was reluctant to send Lian Xiaoxiao back to Beijing.
"My boss has come just in time. My sister is really troublesome. She has a coachman and a maid, and she still says that she is afraid of being alone... Returning to Zhao with the jade intact, I'm leaving!"
Lian Xiaoxiao was frightened by the homeless man who touched porcelain the day before, and she didn't mean to trouble him.
"Thank you very much, just leave it to me!"
Lian Xiaoxiao was so aggrieved that he almost cried. After getting on Lian Suisui's carriage, his tears kept falling.
"Third sister, am I really so annoying? Am I always doing you a disservice? But I'm really afraid. If I were the only one in the situation like yesterday, I wouldn't know what to do..."
She was so emotional that even Suisui complained in her heart that Doctor Wu was not compassionate at all, no wonder he couldn't find a partner!
"It's okay, it's okay. Doctor Wu has a withdrawn personality. Most capable people have that kind of behavior. Don't take it to heart."
"It's not that he thinks you're troublesome, it's that we disrupted his plan. He's just taking it out on you because he's unhappy. It's okay, it's okay..."
"Third sister, is it really not my problem?"
Lian Suisui nodded seriously and affirmed: "It's not your problem, don't take everything on yourself."
Finally comforted here, Doctor Wu returned to Miaoshou Hall and reached out to touch the boy's forehead.
"I have a fever, Jiang Shi, go get some medicine."
Lian Suisui was worried about the boy's condition and rushed to Miaoshou Hall early the next morning. Doctor Wu had already left the city.
"Dr. Qian, how is the condition of the boy sent yesterday?"
Seeing her anxious look, Doctor Qian stroked his beard and said angrily: "What are we afraid of? If we can't save him, we don't have to lose our reputation in Beiqian and Nanwu!"
"He burned all night yesterday. I woke up this morning and didn't see you. He hasn't eaten or drank yet. Qian Hao is with him."
Doctor Qian led her to the guest room, where the boy and Qian Hao were staring at each other, as if they were competing with each other, neither of them blinking first.
In the end, Qian Hao couldn't hold it any longer and rubbed his sore eyes.
"Weird, Third Sister rescued a weirdo! He didn't drink even if I gave him water, and he didn't eat the steamed buns or vegetables!"
Qian Hao first complained to Lian Suisui.
Lian Suisui rubbed the top of his head.
"Maybe he is shy. You go out first. I have something to ask him."
The food was placed on the table, and Lian Suisui pushed the porridge and pickles in front of him.
"Eat a full meal first, otherwise you will lose your life by smashing our Miaoshou Hall's sign."
The boy no longer hesitated, picked up the bowl of porridge and poured it into his mouth in several mouthfuls, and then grabbed a handful of pickles and stuffed them into his mouth.
"slower!"
He ate in a hurry, put down the porridge bowl, and grabbed the steamed buns with his other hand. No matter how he ate them, they would all end up in his stomach.
Lian Suisui took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands.
"Where are you from? How did you get the injuries on your body?"
After cleaning the dirt on his face, the boy looks very handsome. Only the skin on his face is slightly better, and there is no good flesh elsewhere.
"I am from Yishantang. I fell ill and was dumped in a mass grave outside the city."
His voice was hoarse and it was difficult to speak.
"I crawled out from the mass grave and followed the victims to the city gate."
He didn't say any nonsense, and his voice was as calm as if he was telling someone else's story. There was no ups and downs in his tone, or even any grievance.
"Then I met my sister."
Lian Suisui's heart was in turmoil!
Whether he was sick or abused, no one knew better than Lian Suisui. But Yishantang was a charity organized by the imperial court to take in orphans. How could the children inside be tortured like this and dumped outside the city?
"Are all the children in your Yishan Hall abused like you?"
The boy looked confused for a moment, nodded with dull eyes, and then shook his head.
"Only those who are disobedient and do something wrong will be beaten."
