Peasant woman's day

Chapter 41

Although Gu's father didn't go, Gu Sanbo, a scholar, came to apologize in person, and the woman was very face-saving, and the whole process went very smoothly.Madam Gu felt relieved.Because the woman is older and the family conditions are really bad, she expressed her intention to get married earlier.Gu Lao Niang asked the matchmaker to help pick a few days to pass the message to. The other party picked the nearest day, which was just after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Calculated, it was only two months away.

Furong doesn't care about these things now.Ever since Gu Qingchen opened the clinic, the business has continued to come.People in the village are reluctant to spend money on medicines. They often procrastinate when they are sick, and only go to the town to find a doctor when they can't bear it anymore.Now that Gu Qingchen is here, it is convenient to ask the doctor and get the medicine, and the travel expenses are saved, and the price is also cheap, so they all go to him to see the doctor.Fu Rong was helping out, and often heard that some of them were old diseases that could not be healed and had to be taken for a long time.In this way, the supply of medicine is continuous.

Before opening the clinic, Fu Rong had already gotten along with the village head and Li Zheng.But the business is booming, which naturally makes many people jealous.One of them is Aunt Zhong.

Last time, I ran into a hard nail at Furong's house, and got into a fight with Mrs. Gu after I went out.Aunt Zhong didn't get along well with the Gu family, but now she hates her even more.She quietly entrusted her cousin to marry the second son of the village chief, to make a stumbling block for Gu Qingchen and the others.

In the early morning of this day, Fu Rong had just opened the door of her house when she saw a beggar-looking man clutching his stomach and lying at the door, with a pained expression on his face and moaning constantly in his mouth.Gu Qingchen walked over quickly, took his pulse, raised his head and said, "Get the needle ready for me. I'll help him in."

Medical ethics and money have always been difficult problems, Fu Rong didn't say anything to Gu Qingchen, and turned around to help him prepare the things he needed.Gu Qingchen stabbed it with a few needles, and said to Fu Rong: "Decoct this medicine into a bowl with three bowls of water and give it to him to drink."

Fu Rong took the medicine, looked back at the beggar worriedly, and took away the money box that was usually placed here.Gu Qingchen had already counted the medicinal materials over there, but didn't notice this side.

There are generally few people in the morning.Gu Qingchen only received a few patients, and it was noon.Fu Rong brought a bowl of white rice and some vegetables to the beggar, and dragged Gu Qingchen to eat.After the two of them had dinner, they came back to take a look. The room was empty, and there was no sign of anyone there.Fu Rong hurriedly asked Gu Qingchen to count the medicines, but some money grass and licorice were missing.The more Fu Rong thought about it, the more wrong she became, she turned around and went out, and found Aunt Huang to reveal the matter.

The next day, the village head brought several people to the door.Seeing that the posture was not right, Furong put Yuanyuan into the room and told him to be quiet.Yuanyuan was startled, nodded, and obediently sat on the small bench to play with the cloth tiger.

"Gu Laosan, someone came to me this morning, saying that someone took your medicine, vomited and diarrhea, and almost died. What do you have to say!" The village chief Du Hong stroked himself. beard, complexion gloomy and authentic.

Gu Qingchen arranged the medicines in his hands one by one calmly, and straightened up: "I don't know who the village head is talking about? Can you confront me?"

Lin Er, the elder brother of the village chief's wife, rolled up his sleeves: "Oh, I knew you would be so cunning. It was none other than the beggar who used to come to beg. Now he is too sick to stand up, and everyone is confused. Why? Confront you?"

"Then I would like to ask the village head, who told you that the beggar was sick. Since the beggar is confused and unable to speak, how did he tell you that he took my medicine?" Fu Rong closed the door of the back room. , came out and said.

The village chief's face darkened: "Mr. Gu, we are talking, why is your wife interrupting?"

Gu Qingchen's face was serious: "What my daughter-in-law said is exactly what I want to ask. Since it is my family who questioned, then everyone in my family has a chance to defend themselves, right?"

The village head looked at Xiaoliuzi who was standing beside him.The little six shrank back, and the already short man looked even more wretched.Fu Rong recognized this man, he was the only son of a family at the end of the village, he was idle and doing nothing, always doing some sneaky things.Xiao Liuzi bit his bullet and said: "It was Er Gouzi who told me that there was a dying beggar lying in that ruined temple. He saw the beggar leaving this house yesterday with his own eyes."

"Village chief, there is no need to wait. I am not the only one in the village who knows some medical skills. Others also know it. It is important to save people first. Besides, since some people don't fully know what happened, they just gossip in front of the village chief. It's really too hasty, wouldn't it damage the reputation of the village chief. If the beggar is cured, he will know the truth of the matter." Gu Qingchen fully understood, and based on these two points, it would be too naive to frame him for unwarranted crimes up.

Fu Rong glanced at Lin Er, seeing that he was determined to win, her intuition was not that simple, and she deliberately lagged behind.Probably someone wanted to target them, so Furong turned a corner and went to Mrs. Huang's house before rushing to the ruined temple.

Huang Dasheng from the village also knows a little bit of medical skills. He checked the pulse, looked at the vomit, and said, "I'm afraid he ate something bad." He raised his head and looked at Gu Qingchen: "If you talk about acupuncture, I know a little bit about skin. Third, you need a few needles."

After a few injections, Huang Dasheng decocted medicine for the beggar and fed him to drink.Fu Rong deliberately brought an old mattress from home.As a witness, this person must not die. Not only can he not die, but he must live well to have a chance to prove his innocence.

The beggar didn't wake up until night, and when he saw Gu Qingchen, he immediately showed a frightened expression: "Why did you kill me!"

"Look! The fox's tail is exposed! He said he didn't hurt him! Why, dare to do it but dare not admit it!" Lin Er cracked his knuckles on the ground, his face full of sarcasm.

Gu Qingchen put his medicine box aside, wiped his hands with a handkerchief soaked in wine, and smiled softly: "If I really want to hurt you, there are many ways I can hurt you this afternoon. , How could I stay until now and wait for you to come here to correct me."

Little Six immediately stood up: "You, of course you don't dare to do harm. Now someone has sued you, if he died at this time, wouldn't everyone be able to suspect you."

Fu Rong, who was coming over with a meal, snorted when she heard this.She found that she was still not bold enough in this village, so one or two bullied her.Not to mention the family members, even an outsider can be framed at will.She put the rice basket on the stone next to it, and sneered: "I don't know. My husband doesn't know why he targeted a beggar he never knew. I fed the dog with the medicine and rice yesterday, what a dog." Biting Lu Dongbin, you don’t know good people! Since you are saying that the two dogs saw him leave my house, then I can also find witnesses. Just after dawn in the morning, he passed out because of abdominal pain at the door of my house. I shouted At that time, Uncle Wang and Aunt Huang at the head of the village saw it. It was noon when he left, and I believe many people saw it. Some people came to see the doctor in the middle, and Mrs. Zhu asked a few words. What, Do you need me to bring someone to confront you one by one?"

Little Six was rendered speechless by Fu Rong's words.Furong pulled Gu Qingchen up and said to the village chief: "Village chief, you have seen how my husband treats the people in the village. If Mrs. Lin's illness came to the town, don't say a tael of silver. Ten taels of silver is probably not enough. Now that I think about it, this matter of saving people has turned into harming people. Since someone pointed out that we are harming people, the village chief is reasonable, but it’s just that we can’t make decisions because of the relationship between the same village. Just go to the town, ask the official to make the decision, let the police come and ask, who is right or wrong. However, in the yamen, no one can use what they seem to see as evidence Yes! If you don't understand every single word, you will lose your head." As she spoke, she fixed her eyes on the beggar.

The beggar visibly shivered, lowered his head, and dared not speak any more.

The village head knew clearly what was going on, and when he saw that Furong was about to make a big fuss, he even put a high hat on himself.He secretly blamed his second daughter-in-law. He was about to retire. If something went wrong at this time, how could his son succeed the village chief!What does it look like to make a fuss.What a brainless idiot, who doesn't even have a careful plan to blame someone.He thought for a while, then straightened his face and said to the beggar, "Tell me why the third child of the Gu family wanted to harm you."

The beggar originally made up a story, but after hearing what the village chief said, he raised his head and saw Fu Rong wipe his neck. He was frightened out of his wits and dared not say again: "No, no! He It didn't hurt me. I fainted, I don't know who fed me the medicine, I thought someone was going to kill me."

Little Six was stunned, why did this person overturn all the arrangements at this time.

Fu Rong turned around with a smile, and said to the village chief: "Village chief, since I said we didn't harm him, can we go home and let this matter stop here?"

The village chief coughed lightly, ignored Lin Er's black face over there, and nodded lightly: "Since it was a misunderstanding, I am here to apologize to the third child of the Gu family. I was indeed too negligent."

(End of this chapter)