amaotonovel Chapter 54 Admit defeat
Chapter 54 Admit defeat
Tang Jizu was carrying a lot of things back to the village when he saw a group of people blocking the road before he got home. He went over and asked, "What happened?"
"Ji Zu, you're back just in time. Something happened to your wife and your son."
The men in the village recognized Tang Jizu and cleared a path for him so that he could see what was going on inside.
When Li Erniu saw Tang Jizu, she felt as if she had found a backbone and burst into tears: "Daddy, you have to make the decision for us..."
"My brother's old illness has relapsed and he must go to the clinic immediately. If something happens because of your delay, then I will have to pay with my life. Are you sure you want to continue delaying?" Tang Yichen said calmly.
"Dad, they are blackmailing us..." Li Erniu's face was pale and her eyes were full of fear.
Tang Jizu looked at Li Erniu, then at Tang Baoyu, his gaze lingering on the unconscious Tang Yixiao. He said, "Let's go to the clinic first. We can talk about other things later."
It was now late and the town gate was closed. They could not go to the town clinic and could only go to the village doctor in Shijia Village.
Everyone went to borrow the ox cart from Master Tang San.
After a long day of traveling, Tang Sanye returned home and went to sleep. When they went to borrow an ox cart from Tang Sanye, he learned about what had happened in the village. He immediately offered to take them to Shijia Village, but Tang Yichen felt that he was too old to drive at night, so he decided to rent an ox cart and let Tang Jizu drive it.
Tang Yichen asked Li Taohua to take Qin Huiyin and Tang Luwu back for dinner, and he took Tang Yixiao to Shijia Village to see a doctor. Qin Huiyin was worried about his injury and insisted on accompanying him.
Tang Jizu drove the ox cart, Tang Baoyu sat in the seat next to him, and Li Erniu could only stay in the back of the ox cart with the Tang brothers and Qin Huiyin.
Tang Yi smiled and leaned on Qin Huiyin.
Li Erniu was furious and aggrieved. After Li Taohua had pulled out a lot of her hair, she looked like a crazy woman. Her face was swollen like a steamed bun, and she looked miserable and pitiful.
Shijia Village, in the village hospital.
"This child is born weak. Why didn't you take good care of him? Why did you beat him like this?" The village doctor stroked his beard, his face full of impatience. "Who beat him? How could you have the heart to do that to such a young child?"
"Doctor, is my brother okay?" Qin Huiyin said.
"What do you think? His face is so swollen, and he's vomiting blood. The person who did it is too cruel. Not to mention his weak body, even a normal person can't withstand such torture. I'll prescribe a prescription. If you trust me, take the medicine back and boil a few doses. After taking it, come back for a check-up. If he's better, then he's fine. If not... then you can prepare the coffin!"
"Doctor, you're not exaggerating, are you? His injuries are nothing. Look at the wounds on my face. Mine are bloody and mangled, while his skin isn't even broken." Li Erniu said unwillingly, "You're not in cahoots with them, are you?"
"If you don't trust me, then why are you looking for me? What are you talking about? I've never seen you before and I don't know what happened to you. If you think my diagnosis is wrong, then leave immediately. I need to rest too. I don't have time to waste with you."
"Shut up!" Tang Jizu angrily scolded Li Erniu. "You're as strong as an ox. If Xiao Ge'er had your body, would he still be considered weak and sickly?"
"Dad, Tang Yixiao is a sickly person to begin with. Even if this incident hadn't happened, his body would be like a broken jar, and it would break at the slightest knock. They are simply trying to blackmail us, so don't fall for their tricks!"
"Mother Baoyu, you still don't understand. Now it's not about whether you want to let this matter go, but whether we want to let this matter go." Qin Huiyin said, "What's wrong with my brother being frail and sickly? He has never hindered you. Why do you deliberately hurt him? Since you have hurt him, you must pay the price."
"Uncle Step-grandfather, what do you say we should do?" Tang Yichen said calmly, "Your son has intentionally hurt my brother, and it's happened more than once. Now your wife is bullying my brother, beating him up like a powerful woman. He's been beaten to a pulp. If you don't know how to handle this, I'll have to seek the advice of the county magistrate."
"Doctor, I'm sorry, please prescribe better medicine for us. We must make this child get better." Tang Jizu said to the doctor.
"Okay, I'll prescribe a prescription then."
The doctor listened for a while and understood the reason. When he looked at the fat Li Erniu and Tang Baoyu who looked exactly like her mother, his eyes were full of disgust.
A doctor is like a parent to his patients. As a doctor, he cannot be picky about his patients. However, as a human being, he has the right to dislike patients with bad morals.
"Doctor, can you take a look at this prescription?"
Qin Huiyin handed the prescription Tang Yixiao had given her to the doctor.
The doctor took a look and said, "This was prescribed by the town clinic, right? It's for his recovery. If used regularly, it would definitely be good. But he's seriously injured now, so some of the medicines need to be adjusted. Otherwise, some of the herbs in the tonic won't be conducive to recovery. If the herbs counteract each other, his injuries will worsen."
The doctor wrote a new prescription for Tang Yixiao, and then took the medicine directly from the herbs he had stored according to the contents of the prescription.
"Five taels of silver."
Before Tang Yichen could say anything, Tang Jizu took the initiative to pay the money.
Li Erniu's eyes turned red from watching this.
Usually, Tang Jizu would give her silver when he came back, but only one tael each time, never more. This time, he actually gave her five taels, but gave it to an outsider.
She suddenly regretted her behavior today. If she had known that a few slaps would cause her heavy losses, she would rather slap herself than touch Tang Yixiao.
Tang Baoyu was timid when he saw his father and didn't say a word the whole way. However, at this moment, seeing the five taels of silver, he said unwillingly, "Why should I give it to him? This silver belongs to our family. Mother, take the silver back. I want to eat meat, and that's for me to buy meat... Woohoo... Didn't you say that Tang Yixiao was born by a mother but not raised by one? His father doesn't care about him, and his stepmother is even less likely to like him. Now I just slapped him a few times, why should I give him so much silver?"
"Shut up!" Tang Jizu slapped Tang Baoyu in the face.
"Ah... why are you hitting your son?" Li Erniu screamed, hugging Tang Baoyu into her arms and glaring at Tang Jizu angrily, "Are you a man? Your wife and son were bullied by outsiders, and instead of helping us vent our anger, you helped outsiders beat your own son."
"You two must apologize to Brother Chen and Brother Xiao immediately. If you don't, I won't bring the silver back." Tang Jizu said coldly, "This is a good lesson for you, so you don't get too full and just stir up trouble."