Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

As Su Wanqing ran, she suddenly remembered that Chen Weidong, who had broken his ribs a few days ago, had been carried back to the educated youth settlement. She heard that Zhang Yan had initially tried to take care of him, but now that Chen Weidong no longer had his uncle's support and his father in the city didn't care, Zhang Yan had to take care of him after finishing her work on the farm. She was already fed up with it.

Clean up after him? Don't even think about it. I heard that when Chen Weidong soiled himself on the kang (a heated brick bed), no one cleaned him up. Zhang Yan wouldn't even come into the room. Only when Chen Weidong promised him something and begged him would Zhang Yan give him a meal.

Chen Weidong has finally gotten his comeuppance.

Coming to her senses, Su Wanqing followed the people to the clinic, which was in complete chaos.

The small room was filled with people lying haphazardly. Two elderly people with gray hair and a middle-aged man (Er Mazi's older brother) had bluish-purple faces and dilated pupils, clearly dead. Four or five teenagers were curled up on the floor groaning, their faces deathly pale. Er Mazi himself lay on the only hospital bed, his eyes closed and his breathing rapid.

Zhao Shupi's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the horrific scene. "Dr. Su, please take a look! We rushed over as soon as we found them, without a moment's delay! You even managed to save Xiu'er, whose intestines were sticking out, so these... they just ate something wrong, they should... they should be able to be saved, right?"

He just couldn't understand it. How could Er Mazi's wife, such a good person, poison her whole family? It was just a beating, wasn't it? Was it really that serious?

Er Mazi's family lived right next door to him. The thought of them all dying would keep him up at night! So he decided to save them all!

Looking at the mess on the ground, Liu Shuqing frowned. This man was probably finished! Oh no! He had only just become the Party Secretary and they'd already done something so terrible to him? His position was probably in jeopardy.

Su Wanqing quickly scanned the entire room, her eyes calm, and said, "Your delivery was indeed timely."

Liu Shuqing was just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Wanqing continued, "Any later, and they would have died at home. Now, they've died right at the clinic."

Everyone: "..." The air froze instantly.

"Dr. Su, what do you mean? Is... is there no hope?" someone asked in a trembling voice.

Su Wanqing nodded, then shook her head. "These three older ones are too deeply poisoned and have no vital signs; they can't be saved. The one on the bed, Er Mazi, is also deeply poisoned. Even if he survives, brain and nerve damage is inevitable; he'll either be mentally disabled or paralyzed. As for the younger ones," she pointed to the children on the ground, "they probably haven't eaten much. We need to pump their stomachs and induce vomiting immediately; there's still hope."

Without further ado, she immediately took action, directing the relatively calm Zhao Shupi and others to help by giving soapy water to the children with the mildest symptoms and inducing vomiting by pressing their tongues down. In an instant, the clinic was filled with the sounds of vomiting, crying, and urging.

While busy with her work, Su Wanqing took a moment to ask Liu Shuqing, "Secretary Liu, should we save Er Mazi or not? How should we save him? Even if he survives, he will be severely disabled, which will be a burden on his family and the farm."

Liu Shuqing took a deep breath, suppressing the agitation and heaviness in his heart, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Save her first! No matter what, a life is at stake! We'll deal with the rest after she's alive! Quickly, send someone to bring Er Mazi's wife, Qiaocui, here! I need to ask her what happened!"

It's okay if I can be saved and then die again, but I can't die here.

Soon, Er Mazi's wife, Qiaocui, was half-dragged and half-pulled over by two women. She looked terrified, her face pale, her whole body trembling, her eyes darting around, and she seemed completely lost.

Liu Shuqing's face was stern. "Qiaocui! What exactly happened?! Did you put something in the food?! This is murder! You know that's punishable by death!"

Qiaocui knelt down with a thud, waving her hands repeatedly, "It wasn't me, Secretary Liu, it really wasn't me! I didn't drug her! This lunch today... I didn't even cook it!"

Liu Shuqing frowned deeply: "If you didn't make it, then who did? Why did everyone else eat it and throw it away, but you're fine?"

Qiaocui sobbed as she explained, "I... I came home from work at noon and was going to cook. But my mother-in-law said there was still some smoked wild boar meat left over, and she wanted to make a nice meal. She... she was afraid I'd sneak some, so she never let me lift a finger when cooking the meat; she did it all herself. Today's meal was all cooked by her!"

"Then why did the whole family eat the food she made, but you didn't?" Liu Shuqing stared intently at her.

Qiaocui hurriedly shook her head, "They never let me sit at the table when they eat meat at home... I usually just eat the leftovers in the kitchen or have some porridge. Today my mother-in-law made meat, so there's no way I'd be allowed to touch it. I... I went to the backyard to feed the chickens, I didn't eat any of the vegetables!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent. They hadn't expected Er Mazi's family to be so harsh on their daughter-in-law, not even allowing her to eat a single piece of meat on the table, treating her like a thief.

Could it be... that Qiaocui really didn't poison him? Or was it her stingy and domineering mother-in-law who accidentally put something poisonous inside?

Liu Shuqing frowned even more and looked at Su Wanqing, "Dr. Su, what should we do?"

Su Wanqing glanced at Er Mazi's wife, who appeared flustered but whose eyes remained calm, and knew that even if Qiaocui hadn't personally poisoned the poison, she was definitely involved.

"Secretary Liu, the key now is to determine what poisonous thing they ate. It would be best to take a look at the leftover food from lunch or the seasonings on the stove. Based on the symptoms, it is very likely that they accidentally ate some kind of poisonous plant or something that was moldy and produced toxins."

Upon hearing this, Qiaocui's body stiffened almost imperceptibly, and she lowered her head even further.

Soon, the four children with the mildest poisoning finished vomiting. Although they were weak, they gradually regained consciousness.

Er Mazi's parents and eldest brother, who ate the most meat, had already passed away.

Finally, there was Er Mazi himself. Su Wanqing pumped his stomach, gave him a few acupuncture needles to protect his heart, and fed him some ordinary spiritual spring water. As for the enhanced spiritual spring water, she couldn't bear to use it—firstly, Er Mazi didn't have a good reputation, and secondly, even if he was saved, he would be severely disabled; she didn't want to waste precious resources. Saving his life was enough to fulfill her duty as a medic.

Anyway, three members of this family died and five survived, so we tried to minimize the impact.

Once the situation at the clinic had stabilized, Liu Shuqing immediately led Su Wanqing, Qiaocui, and several other parties involved to Er Mazi's house to investigate.

The low, mud-brick house still smelled of food. The stove was a mess, with empty bowls and plates piled up haphazardly.

Liu Shuqing pointed to the stove and asked, "Dr. Su, do you think there's something wrong with this smoked meat? Or is there something else?"