The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

After applying the towel for a while, he took it off, immersed it back into the cold water basin, wrung it half-dry, folded it, and applied it to her forehead again.

He repeated this process a few times until Xiao Yishan, with old Doctor Sun Changde on his back, rushed in hurriedly.

“Hey, Dashan, Dashan, slow down a bit! You’re running so fast with me, this old bone of mine, on your back that you’ll shake me apart!” Sun Changde complained as Xiao Yishan put him down.

“Don’t blame your second brother, he’s just anxious.” Xiao Yuchuan suddenly stood up, “Doctor Sun, please, hurry and take a look at my wife!”

“What’s the matter with you two brothers? Getting so anxious over a woman like this…” Sun Changde put down his medicine box and glanced at Su Qingyue on the bed, “Her complexion looks awful.”

“If her complexion was good, we wouldn’t need to call you. Every time you come, it costs us money.” Yuchuan pushed him towards the bed, “Stop dawdling and check my wife’s pulse.”

At this, Doctor Sun became irritated, “What are you saying? If you’re so capable, don’t call me then. I told your second brother yesterday, if you don’t get her treated, just let her be. Today she’s sick again. Your wife has a weak constitution, who knows how much more you’ll have to spend on medical expenses. Do you want me to leave, save you some money?”

“Don’t listen to my third brother’s nonsense.” Xiao Yishan looked serious, “Doctor Sun, no matter the cost, no matter how many times she gets sick, we have to cure her.”

Doctor Sun looked at Xiao Yishan with satisfaction, “Dashan, I didn’t expect you to be so good to your wife.” Sitting at the edge of the bed, he stretched out his thin, old hand to feel Su Qingyue’s pulse, “Her internal injury has not yet healed, and now she’s got a high fever. Luckily you called me in time, and not just when she’s delirious with fever. That would be too late.”

“Doctor, then hurry and prescribe the medicine,” urged Yuchuan.

Old Doctor Sun’s sharp old eyes swept over the Xiao Family’s brothers and sighed, “She’s been taking internal injury medicine, and normal fever medicine will clash with it. I need to change the prescription. The medicine for tonight and tomorrow morning will cost one tael of silver. Her condition isn’t great, her body is too weak. Perhaps she’ll recover from the fever after taking the two doses, or perhaps the fever won’t subside, and in that case, she’ll become a fool.”

“That won’t happen.” Xiao Yuchuan shook his head, his heart heavy, “My wife is very clever.”

“One tael of silver it is then.” Xiao Yishan didn’t care about the money. He glanced at Su Qingyue, who was lying on the bed, and said tenderly, “She’ll make it through.”

“If her willpower is strong, she’ll make it through. If it’s weak…” Doctor Sun didn’t have the heart to say it, “She’ll become a fool. In that case, if she brings more misfortune to your family, don’t blame me. I’ve done my best.”

As he spoke, he took out two packets of medicine from a small compartment in the medicine box. “Dashan, I know your family is having a hard time… but the medical expenses for the eighteen doses of internal injury medicine for your wife yesterday are still unpaid. My wife, as you know, is really stingy. She doesn’t know that you didn’t actually pay for the medicine yesterday. I lied and said that you did, and I used another patient’s medical fee to cover it up. My wife found out that I’m visiting your family again, so I can’t…” In short, he couldn’t let it slide this time.

Xiao Yishan took a heavy bag of copper coins out of the wardrobe, counted them, and handed them over, “Doctor Sun, I know it’s not easy for you either. I didn’t intend to owe you for this visit. As for Qingyue’s previous medical fees, I’ll send them over as soon as I have the money..”