A quick journey starting from Wu Dalang

Chapter 237: Legend of White Snake (7)

(I admit that I am making up for the word count, but why do I owe so much!!!)

"What does it mean that mother is bleeding heavily? Has mother left Rong'er just like father did?" Little Xu Jiaorong could not understand death yet, but she knew that she would never see her mother again.

"Rong'er, from now on you and your brother will be your second uncle's children, okay? Your second uncle will take good care of you," said a man with a calculating face.

"Why should I go with you, Rong'er? I am your uncle. As long as you are willing to be my daughter, I will find a good marriage for you in the future." The man who spoke looked honest, but there was a gleam in his eyes.

"Uncle San can also take care of you and your brother!"

"Uncle Wu is also fine."

"Second uncle will take good care of you. Your mother and second uncle are the best."

Several people were arguing and competing to take care of the two children, but no one cared about Mrs. Xu who was suffering from hemorrhage, and no one tried to comfort the young Xu Jiaorong.

"Okay, shut up!" An old man rushed over and knocked his cane on the ground, shocking these people: "What happened to the Xu family?"

"Grandpa clan leader, my mother gave birth to a younger brother," Xu Jiaorong spoke quickly. She realized that the person in front of her seemed to be the only one who could help her.

"Brother? That's a good thing." The man said it was a good thing, but there was no joy in his eyes. To him, whether the child was a boy or a girl, it had nothing to do with him. He was just fulfilling his obligations as the patriarch.

"Since the Xu family has a son, you don't have to worry about the Xu family's real estate. If any of you are willing to raise them, you can farm these acres of land for the time being. If you are not willing, let me arrange it."

The people who were fighting for it before stopped talking. If they really raised the brother and sister, there might be some trouble. After thinking about the pros and cons, they all fell silent.

The clan leader looked at them with a face full of disappointment, but still said: "If that's the case, then Xu Jiaorong and her brother will be handed over to the clan to be raised, and the land will be temporarily added to the clan land. When the child is older, we will give him back."

The clan leader made the final decision, which Xu Jiaorong felt was unreasonable, but she had no right to speak. She was not only a child, but also a little girl. From the very beginning, she had no right to make decisions for others.

Shi Yi, who saw this scene, felt that it made sense. The clan leader was a wise man after all. With the clan leader's help, Xu Jiaorong and her brother at least had a chance to survive.

The tribe members asked the midwife to take the child away with her. The tribe had a place specifically for raising children who had lost their parents and had no one to take care of them. There were not many children, and most of them came from poor families.

Xu Jiaorong and her brother were not wealthy, but they had no good relatives. The clan had benefited from it, so they naturally took good care of them. The midwife was paid after all, so she felt pity for the little child.

"Chief, my daughter-in-law just gave birth and has a lot of milk. If you don't allow me, let my daughter-in-law feed the baby. Just think of it as the chief giving me, Mrs. Li, a favor."

Li Wenpo was a well-known good midwife. The clan leader's family also had women who were about to give birth, so naturally they were willing to give her a favor. It was just a matter of a few buckets of grain.

"Rong girl, hold your brother first. I will bring someone to you." Mrs. Li left in a hurry, but did not forget to remind Xu Jiaorong not to let anyone get close to the baby.

Mrs. Li hurried home. Her son had gone out to work, and her daughter-in-law was taking care of the children at home. When she saw her mother-in-law returning in a hurry, she hurriedly asked about her.

"Mother-in-law, I heard that family is gone?"

"It's gone, it's strange, even I was not sure I could give birth to the child, but it turned out to be a pity." At this point, Mrs. Li sighed and said, "I found a good job for you. You can follow me to the orphanage in the tribe later and feed the child."

"Hey, I'll come over after I pick up the dog."

"Wait a minute, I have something to tell you." Mrs. Li mysteriously pulled her daughter-in-law back to the room: "This Doctor Xu is a rare good man, and his wife is also kind. Doctor Xu also saved your husband's life. We must repay them well."

"Mom, what you said means that there is something wrong between this brother and sister, right?" The smart woman quickly realized that there was a problem.

"Mrs. Xu gave birth to a daughter, and I lied that it was a son. Only in this way can I keep their family property and two children. Besides, I also took money from Mrs. Xu." As she said this, Mrs. Li took out the money she had received.

"Mom, I know you want me to help them keep this a secret, and only I can keep it a secret." The woman looked determined. Doctor Xu had also saved her, and like her mother said, she had also received money.

If people knew that Doctor Xu had only two daughters, someone might take away the Xu family's property under the pretext of engagement. They would never allow it, because the lives of the entire family were saved by Doctor Xu.

Doctor Xu was bitten to death by a poisonous snake while collecting herbs in the mountains some time ago, and Madam Xu also died in childbirth. When Mrs. Li helped to arrange the funeral, she inevitably heard some bad words.

Words like "Doctor Xu's young son has brought disaster to his parents and relatives" made Mrs. Li angry but also helpless. After all, other people were just talking. Could she report it to the authorities?

Xiaobai was very dissatisfied when she saw Fubao's reincarnation being seriously injured, but the restraints on her body prevented her from showing up at the moment. She needed an opportunity to see the other party, and this opportunity was not at the moment.

After the clan leader had arranged things, he no longer paid attention to the siblings. However, a few days later, Xu Jiaorong came to the clan leader's house with a few eggs.

"Chief, I would like to ask you to give my brother a name." Xu Jiaorong looked at the chief with anxiety in her eyes, which aroused some interest in the chief.

"Your brother's name should be chosen by your parents. If that doesn't work, you can do it yourself."

"I am grateful for the clan leader's kindness, but my brother is young and ignorant. I only ask the clan leader to give him a name so that he will remember it in his heart." Xu Jiaorong said this while being instructed by Li Po's daughter-in-law, but some words were changed by Xu Jiaorong herself.

The clan leader couldn't help but glance at Xu Jiaorong. Such thoughts must have been taught by someone, but she could actually express them clearly. It seemed that this child was also intelligent, and her brother would not be bad either. Perhaps there was hope for the clan to cultivate a student.

The clan leader was thinking about this, but his expression remained calm: "In that case, let's call him Xu Xuan."

"Thank you, clan leader, for giving me the name. Xu Jiaorong thanks you on behalf of my brother Xu Xuan." Xu Jiaorong's voice was so loud that the people around her could hear it clearly and understood that Xu Jiaorong and her brother were under the protection of the clan leader.

Suddenly, the rumors about Xu Xuan being born with bad luck gradually disappeared. Bai Suzhen looked at Xu Xuan and felt very proud: "She is not a bad luck star who brings bad luck to her father and mother. She is my best student."

"Student?" Bai Suzhen obviously had feelings for Xu Xuan, but she insisted that it was a teacher-student relationship, and she knew everything but would not say it out loud.

Xiaoqing also covered her mouth and laughed secretly, but Shiyi looked at each other, smiled at each other, and then turned his head away awkwardly. Shiyi couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, but at the same time felt a little uncomfortable.

Hajime attributed it to his anger at his subordinates' bad behavior, but his heart told him that was not the case.

The strange confinement restricted the three of them, so Shiyi simply had his fortune told, and then came to Suzhou, which would be the place where Bai Suzhen and Xu Xuan would get engaged, and it would also be far away from Xu Xuan.

Sure enough, once away from Xu Xuan's life, Xiaoqing and Shiyi's magic could be used freely. In order to facilitate the future success of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xuan, Shiyi opened a medicine shop here.

Shiyi did not use any magic, but used the medical skills he had learned, and soon became a famous doctor in Hangzhou. Xiaoqing also learned a lot of medical skills from Shiyi, and at the same time, she also learned something that belonged to humans that she had never learned before - etiquette.

Nowadays, the restrictions on women are even more severe than in the previous dynasty. Xiaoqing has seen Fubao being forced to bind her feet, and the old lady tried to stop her at that time. But now, Xiaoqing can hardly see many women on the streets, let alone those who have not bound their feet.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qing thought of Xu Jiaorong: "Sir, Xu Jiaorong's parents and family are gone. Will the clan leader bind Xu Jiaorong's feet?"

As he said this, an old lady just walked in from the drugstore. She walked very quickly on her bound feet, but it was easy to tell from her posture that she was in great pain.

"Doctor, please help me!" The old lady sat on the stool as soon as she came in, with a look of pain on her face.

"Don't worry, old man. Sit down first. Our Doctor Zhang will check you out." Xiaoqing comforted the old man skillfully.

"Doctor Zhang? This is not suitable for me. How about you help me take a look?" The old man hesitated, as if there was something difficult to say.

Shi Yi turned and left, letting the two talk. After a long time, Xiao Qing came out with a sad look on her face.

"This old lady's feet are ulcerated and the bones are deformed. I'm afraid she can't save her feet anymore."

Shiyi didn't expect it to be so serious. Thinking back carefully, although the old man walked very fast when he came, his posture was strange. He was probably afraid that it was caused by pain.

This is not a very serious problem, but this is based on a world with advanced medicine. In this world with an ancient background, the most likely possibility for the old man's feet is to be allowed to fester.

Ordinary doctors cannot cure the disease completely. Firstly, they have to consider the difference between men and women. Secondly, the old lady is old and they are afraid that she will not be able to take good care of herself. After all, it is not uncommon for children in a family to be unfilial.

Before Shiyi could come up with a perfect solution, someone at the door started to make a noise: "What a lousy pharmacy! They kidnapped my mom and cheated her out of her money! I'm going to destroy this place!"

"Stop!" Shiyi stopped the man's stick.

"You are the one who cheated my mother out of her money? Give me back the money. You are a rubbish miracle doctor. I think you are just a fake liar."

"Sir, you have misunderstood. Our Doctor Li is really curing illnesses and saving lives," Xiaoqing explained quickly.

But the man just seemed like he wouldn't listen to anything. Xiaoqing was helpless and had to bring the old man out to explain to everyone, but the old man just didn't want to speak.

Shiyi knew that the other party was concerned about his troublesome son and his unspeakable illness, even though Shiyi did not understand what was so unspeakable about the illness on his feet.

Finally the man took the old man away, and Xiaoqing lay on the table with a depressed look on her face.

Shiyi tried to comfort Xiaoqing in various ways. Xiaoqing finally spoke up: "Sir, why doesn't she want us to prove it? Obviously, she came to see a doctor."

"There are always people in this world who are unwilling to admit their illness, let alone in public. Her son forced her to show her wound." When he said this, Shiyi felt his hands itching.

Xiaoqing had nothing to say, but Shiyi had something to do. He climbed through the window into the man's house that night and transferred the wound on the man's mother's foot to the man's foot. Since he couldn't empathize with her, he would give him an identical wound.

Within two days, the man came to seek treatment. He was accompanied by his mother, but it was obvious that the old lady felt very guilty.

"Mom, you should have told me earlier that you were really sick. Now you're well, but you've caused me to get the disease too. You really want to harm me, your son!" The man's words were full of blame, and this was why the old man blamed himself.

Shiyi expressed his intention to treat the man, and then placed a bowl of homemade alcohol at the man's feet: "This is my homemade medicinal wine, you have to soak it before you can start the treatment."

Alcohol disinfection is a must. The man put his foot in nonchalantly. Xiao Yimiao let out a pig-killing scream: "Ah ...

Xiaoqing was laughing secretly on the side, while disinfecting the knife in her hand with alcohol, preparing to cut out the rotten flesh for the man.

After an extremely cruel treatment, the man's feet were no longer covered in rotten flesh, and the pain in his bones disappeared. Only the pain in his feet still tormented him.

"Doctor, is this all right?"

"Well, when you go back, grind this medicine into powder and apply it on your feet. You will be fully recovered in a month." Shi Yi handed the medicine to the man. The man cursed at his mother and asked her to take the medicine, pay the money and leave.

Shiyi smiled as he looked at the backs of the mother and son. He added a little good stuff into the medicine. It was nothing else but to make the wound heal faster, but he would have to endure double the pain.

I hope men can bear it.

He stayed in Hangzhou for more than ten years, until he saw Bai Suzhen coming hurriedly. He knew that the real plot was about to begin. But he didn't know how Xu Xian would come to Suzhou without Xiaoqing stealing the official silver.

But then again, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xuan should have first met at West Lake in Hangzhou, so why did Bai Suzhen come directly to Suzhou?

"After Xu Xian's sister got married early, Xu Xian lived with the clan leader. However, the clan leader's descendants were not easy to deal with. After the old clan leader died, the new clan leader drove Xu Xian away, saying that he was sending Xu Xian to gain experience, but in fact, he was just doing it for Xu Xian's land."

"Isn't Mr. Xu called Xu Xuan? Why do you call him Xu Xian?" Xiaoqing was a little curious.

"The old patriarch changed it later. I'm not sure why," Bai Suzhen shook her head.