strictlysupreme Chapter 128 Sea Pirates
Chapter 128 Sea Pirates
After she finished speaking, all that followed was silence.
Lin Chang'er herself was startled. What was she doing?
Why do I have this illusion that I can't distinguish between time and space, as if I've returned to a future era when I was still performing surgery in a hospital?
She did the same thing every time it was time to suture.
Her gaze fell on her smooth right wrist, and she snapped back to reality. The Lin Chang'er who had been injured in a medical dispute, unable to wield a scalpel anymore, turned to pharmaceutical research, had her data stolen, and was forced to go into business was dead.
She is now Lin Chang'er from Linshui Village in the Tianqi Dynasty.
Seeing the old doctor's astonished look, she pretended to be confused and said, "You just meant for me to sew it up, didn't you?"
The doubt in the old woman's eyes faded, replaced by another kind of concern: "Can you do it?"
Lin Chang'er looked at her and said, "It would be best if you could take action." But Wu Qingfeng seemed to care about that thing.
The old woman glanced at the wary young man lying on the bed and said to Lin Chang'er, "Tie this knot like this..."
Lin Chang'er was very familiar with this, but she still listened attentively and, after stitching the first stitch, even asked the old woman if it was correct.
The old woman nodded, her deep eyes filled with amazement, and she felt a slight stirring in her heart.
About an hour later, after changing the hot water six or seven times, Wu Qingfeng's wounds were finally treated.
His entire upper body was almost completely wrapped in cloth strips.
Lin Chang'er helped him cover himself with the quilt and went outside to talk with the old doctor in the corridor.
"I'm sorry to trouble you to come tonight, but I don't know your rules for making house calls." Lin Chang'er took out a ten-tael silver ingot from her money bag. She had heard that the best doctor in the county only charged 10 taels for a consultation.
The old woman doctor refused to accept the money, saying only, "The consultation fee is waived, the medicine will cost two taels, and the needle and thread one mace. You can give her two taels and one mace."
After saying that, he took out a porcelain jar from the medicine box. "Healing medicine. Change it in two days. As long as he doesn't have a fever in these two days, there shouldn't be any major problems."
Lin Chang'er took the porcelain jar, readily weighed out two taels and one mace of silver for her, and then personally escorted her to the corner of the wall.
The old woman, holding onto the ladder, climbed to the top of the wall to climb over, then turned back to Lin Chang'er and said, "Look for me at the back, through the main gate."
Lin Chang'er nodded. Wasn't this all unexpected? Otherwise, she wouldn't have come up with the idea of climbing over the wall.
However, since the old woman doctor had specifically given her these instructions, she always felt as if something had happened.
It wasn't until the old woman doctor climbed over the wall and returned to her own courtyard that Gu Erlang climbed up the wall and brought the ladder back.
Just then, Little Goldfish tugged at Lin Chang'er's clothes and whispered, "Mom, when Uncle Gun'er and Grandma first went over, Grandma drugged them, so Uncle and Uncle Er went next door to carry them back."
Lin Chang'er: "..." She had oversimplified things.
Lin Chang'er asked, "How are your Uncle Gun'er and Grandma doing now?"
The little goldfish replied, "I woke up earlier. Grandma said it wasn't poisonous, and Grandma also told you not to worry and to just go about your business."
Since she said so, Lin Chang'er didn't think much of it and asked Gu Dalang for a new set of undergarments.
Gu Dalang was quite polite, not saying a word more, and even asked Lin Chang'er if she wanted to wear regular clothes.
Although Lin Chang'er bought two new sets of clothes for each member of the Gu family after she became financially better off, the adults in the Gu family were too busy with work to wear them.
Lin Chang'er was quite moved by the fact that Wu Qingfeng was so willing to lend the clothes so readily. She thought that it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask him to return two new sets of clothes to his elder brother once he recovered.
He then went to the kitchen and soaked a large bowl of salt water before going to see Wu Qingfeng.
Although his face was pale now, it was not as deathly as when they first met. Seeing that his eyes were closed, Lin Chang'er did not wake him up.
She placed the new undergarment by the bedside and the large bowl beside it.
She also wondered why he was so secretive about his injury, and whether he had suffered any internal injuries. She was worried that waking up at night might be inconvenient.
But she is, after all, a woman, and it is not proper for a man and a woman to be alone together in a room.
He then had Xu Gun'er and Little Goldfish sleep on a makeshift bed on the floor inside the house, and that they could call her if anything happened.
Lin Chang'er went to stay with her mother for the night.
It was the first time Gu Xiaolu had slept with her sweet and soft stepmother. She was overjoyed and whispered secrets to her, clinging to her like a koala.
The next day, Lin Chang'er woke up late as expected. Sister-in-law Gu, Little Goldfish, and Xu Gun'er had already gone to set up their stall.
Mother Gu had already cooked brown sugar eggs for her and brought them to her as soon as she finished washing up. "Don't worry about the stall. The main products haven't been touched yet. Go sell the clams and salted duck eggs, and Xiao Jinyu and Xu Gun'er first."
Your Aunt Zhou came to see Haizi off today, so I went to watch over it with her. You've been working from dawn till dusk these past few days, so you're taking a break today.
"As for Young Master Wu, Mother sent him some brown sugar and egg water early this morning. You can go see him after you've finished eating."
Lin Chang'er felt comforted after hearing her words.
In such a short time, Gu's mother's growth is clearly visible. If it were in the past, it would have been like the sky had fallen. Now she can manage everything in an orderly manner.
There was a time when she had to let go, so Lin Chang'er felt relieved and calmly finished a whole bowl of brown sugar and egg water before going back to her room to see Wu Qingfeng.
He was already wearing the undergarment that had been placed by his bedside last night, there was still some brown sugar and egg water left, but he had finished the other bowl of salt water.
Upon hearing footsteps, Wu Qingfeng opened his eyes almost instantly, and the sudden ferocity in his eyes startled Lin Chang'er.
She instinctively took two steps back to keep a safe distance from him before speaking, "Third Brother, it's me."
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Wu Qingfeng's eyes returned to normal. He looked at Lin Chang'er and slowly sat up, supporting himself with one arm. "I'm sorry, I thought..."
Lin Chang'er tugged at the corner of her lips, not pressing him on how he got injured, but instead asking, "How are you feeling today? Should I pass on a message to Uncle Pei or Young Master Bai?"
Her reaction only made Wu Qingfeng even more confused. He said, "You trust me that much?"
Lin Chang'er: "..."
Lin Chang'er asked, "What do you mean by that, Third Brother?"
Wu Qingfeng said, "You don't ask me how I got this injury, nor do you ask me what I've been through before. Aren't you afraid that I might cause trouble for you and your family?"
Lin Chang'er paused, then chuckled softly, "We're already on the same boat, so what difference does it make whether we ask or not?"
"If Third Brother is doing well, I can benefit too, which is why Third Brother approached me, isn't it?"
Seeing her frank attitude, Wu Qingfeng felt a strange stirring in his heart, and his gaze softened even more. "Sit down, I'll tell you."
Lin Chang'er wasn't one to be pretentious. She pulled up a chair and sat down, then heard Wu Qingfeng slowly begin to speak.
After a cup of tea, Lin Chang'er's brows furrowed into a deep frown, and she still asked somewhat unsure, "Third Brother, are you saying that someone in Ninghai Prefecture is colluding with pirates to plunder food, supplies, and young girls on land?"