"What is this, we should be". Lin Niangzi said and looked at Qin Chu, and when she saw her coming, she also showed a kind smile: "I boiled some gruel, there is nothing delicious in the mountains, you, don't dislike it."

The husband and wife make a living from hunting, and meat is often eaten, but food is rare.

Mother Yang's leg was still injured, and it was very inconvenient to move, so she didn't get up to pick it up, but expressed her gratitude to Qin Chu again.

Qin Chu drank the porridge and was persuaded by Mother Yang to lie back in the quilt again, Mother Yang helped her fold the quilt, and the person fell asleep again.

After a while, Mother Yang saw that she had finally fallen asleep, so she got up and slowly moved out of the house with the temporary crutches made by Lin Orion.

Outside the house, Sister-in-law Lin was milking the sheep tied to the yard, and a half-year-old child on the other side was chopping firewood. The man of the family went into the mountains early in the morning to help pick herbs.

Sister-in-law Lin saw her come out, and gave the newly squeezed and hot goat milk to Yang's mother: "Goat milk is a good thing, the most nutritious, cook it for the little lady and the little brother to drink for a while, and the illness will be cured soon."

Mother Yang was grateful and didn't know what to say: "There are a few more of us, and the harmful hill has no place to sleep, and I have to huddle with you, my wife really doesn't know what to say."

The Lin family has a total of three rooms, which is more than enough for three people. Of the three people saved, two were seriously ill, and one was injured in his legs and feet.

At noon, Ah Cheng began to have a fever, and Mother Yang and Mrs. Lin tried many methods, but the fever became hotter and hotter, and it never went down.

Qin Chu drank the medicine, ate, and slept with the quilt on his back, but he gradually got better. In the middle of the afternoon, the man of the Lin family came back, and because of the weather, there were only a few lonely herbs in the basket.

"It can't go on like this, we still have to find a doctor as soon as possible, otherwise Ah Cheng's life will be in danger if it goes on like this." After Qin Chu woke up, he felt that his mind was a little clearer, so he hurriedly went over to look at Ah Cheng.

After a person is injured, the wound is not cleaned urgently, and it is easy to become infected with fever. Besides, there was no effective medicine here, so she was really afraid of delaying her condition.

"Besides, my mother's foot also needs to be treated in time, in case there is any root cause left, it will not be good."

The man of the Lin family also agreed with Qin Chu and said: "The conditions here are simple, and the medicines I take are all based on experience." He said with some embarrassment: "It's just that there are barren mountains in a radius of dozens of miles, and if you want to go to the nearest town, you have to walk forty or fifty miles to the east."

Hearing this number, Qin Chu was really a little embarrassed.

On weekdays, forty or fifty miles of travel, I am afraid it will take half a day, and now the three of them are sick, injured, and have no means of transportation......

Thinking of the means of transportation, Qin Chu's brows wrinkled unconsciously, the road is not easy to walk, even if there is a cart, it can't be used. That's a real problem.

"Xiaoshan and I could have helped carry that injured little brother to town, but you two ......"

"I don't care about ......"

"I can go".

Mother Yang and Qin Chu said in unison. Seeing that both of them agreed, the men of the Lin family did not delay the time, called their son Xiaoshan, and asked Lin Niangzi to make some dry food to eat on the road.

"Hurry up, it looks like we're going to walk at night."

No matter how difficult the road was, Qin Chu had to insist on walking it.

A few people simply packed up their things and set off.

Qin Chu supported Yang's mother, and the Lin family man and Xiaoshan carried Ah Cheng. Because of the high fever that does not go away, Ah Cheng is almost in a semi-comatose state.

It was cold at night, but fortunately, Mrs. Lin prepared enough clothes for several people to keep warm, although they were old, but they were better than keeping warm.

Walking and stopping all the way, about midnight, a few people finally arrived at the town that a man from the Lin family said.

Although it is called a town, it is actually not much bigger than an ordinary village. Several people were led by the men of the Lin family, all the way to the door of an inconspicuous pharmacy at the end of the main street.

He glanced at Qin Chu and the others behind him, put Ah Cheng down with Xiaoshan, turned around and went to the door to knock.

I kept knocking for a long time before I heard a voice coming back from the door: "Who?" There was impatience in his voice.

"Someone is sick and wants to ......" Before the Lin family could finish speaking, he was already interrupted impatiently by the other party.

"I'm sick and come back tomorrow, and I won't see what time it is?!"

Qin Chu clearly listened to the conversation between the two in his ears, pursed his lips, and took two steps forward to prevent the Lin family man from speaking again. He stuck to the door and said loudly: "Doctor, please get up and have a look, we will pay you double the consultation fee."

"Get out—"

In the middle of the night, an impatient response came from the room.

Qin Chu's clenched fist tightened and loosened, and he endured his temperament and said, "Three times!" ”

After saying that, I put my ear to the door panel and tried to listen inside, but there was still no sound. He frowned and said loudly: "Five times! ”

"Five times as much silver?" Xiaoshan was young, and when he heard what Qin Chu said, he opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Daddy has been in the mountain for half a month, and the prey he hunts can't be exchanged for so much silver, right?" ”

For Qin Chu, it doesn't matter how much money it is, as long as he can save Ah Cheng, how much money is worth it.

Sure enough, when she had just reported the sentence of five times, the sound of Suo Suo getting dressed soon came from inside the door, and after a while, a man in his forties and fifties poked his head out of the crack in the door, looked several people up and down, and asked uncertainly: "Can the five times the consultation fee be serious?" ”

Qin Chu nodded: "As long as you take care of my brother's illness, don't say five times, ten times it's fine."

The man's eyes rolled, and a hand stretched out from the crack in the door: "Pay the order first, and I'll let you in."

Although this female doll's face is not like an ordinary person, but looking at the clothes of a few people, it is not as good as the clothes of ordinary people in the town, in case this female doll says big things, he will have nowhere to reason then.

"How can there be a doctor like you, it is important to save people, and you haven't seen any illness, why do you still ask for money first?!" Xiaoshan interjected unconvincedly, and was taught by the doctor's blowing beard and glaring: "You little doll, are you from the town, who doesn't know that my old husband has to pay for the consultation first?" Asking you to pay for the subscription first is already extra care."

The man said, impatiently waved his hand to close the door: "If you don't see a doctor, leave quickly, don't delay my sleep."

"Don't-" Qin Chu hurriedly reached out to stop her, saw the man stop and wait for her, turned around and walked to Ah Cheng's side, although Ah Cheng had been in a daze, he still had a sense of what had happened.

Knowing that Qin Chu was coming, he raised his finger and pointed to the place where the money bag was placed on his chest, and his mouth moved a few times, but he failed to make a sound as he wished.

Qin Chu understood, reached out and touched the placket of his front shirt a few times, only to find that there was nothing!

When she handed over Ah Cheng's money bag, in addition to the silver ticket and gold, it shouldn't be as flat as it is now.

Qin Chu touched it back and forth twice without giving up, and even looked around the homemade stretcher where Ah Cheng was lying, but there was nothing!

At this moment, Qin Chu's heart was completely panicked. If you don't have money, all the things you just said have become big words, and if you let the family know, won't it become a joke, let alone treat Ah Cheng and Yang's mother......

Without waiting for her to think of a good explanation, Mother Yang saw that she was wrong, came over with a cane, and asked puzzledly: "Chu Chu, but what happened?" ”

Before Qin Chu could answer, the man standing at the door had already begun to urge impatiently: "Is it so hard to get a money?" Do you want to see a doctor or not, give me a happy word, don't delay everyone's time in the middle of the night! ”

"Mother......" Qin Chu got up in embarrassment, approached Yang's mother, and whispered: "Money, it seems that there is no ......"

"Gone?" Mother Yang also changed color a little, but she also knew how to lower the volume, and asked softly, "How could it not be?" ”

At the beginning, Qin Chu put all the money here for the sake of safety, but Yang's mother didn't know that now that something like this happened, it may be that Ah Cheng accidentally lost it when he led the enemy to escape, or it may have been accidentally lost when he was carrying her, but since the matter has happened, Qin Chu does not intend to tell Yang Mu the truth, and only lies that it is his own problem.

"Probably...... I accidentally lost my ...... yesterday."

Although Mother Yang is distressed, at such a critical moment, the most important thing is not to let the doctor find out that Chu Chu's money is gone.

However, fortunately, she still had a few taels of silver in her hand, and she was afraid that when she would be able to use it, she sewed all of them into the corners of her underwear with threads.

When the man spoke to urge again, Mother Yang took out all the silver in her hand, handed the money into Qin Chu's hands, and asked her to take it and give it to the doctor first.

The man took the silver and turned it upside down, and then turned the letter to his side, opened the door, and let a few people in.

The store is not big, it is a room of more than 30 square meters, Qin Chu and a few people came in, and they occupied most of the empty space in the house at once.

There was a counter and several medicine cabinets near the east wall, a simple wooden bed at the base of the west wall, and a small stove near the north side, for the fire in the stove had been extinguished because of the late night.

However, the temperature inside the house is much stronger than outside.

"If you want to put people in bed, you have to pay more." After the man finished speaking, he didn't step forward to check the injury, but waited for Qin Chu and the others to make a decision with his hands behind his back.

Ah Cheng was already with a fever, it was definitely not possible to sleep on such a cold ground, and Yang Mu's legs were inconvenient to move, thinking about this, Qin Chu took off the two earrings on his ears without hesitation, handed them to the man, and said coldly:

"We need two beds, then the stove up, and a few more for us to eat, do you think that's enough?"

Qin Chu has never cared about jewelry or anything, except for the hairpin that Yang Zhengming gave her, since it was lost and recovered, she has been carefully keeping it close to her.

The one she is wearing on her head now is still the red gold head jewelry that Guo Ying gave her at the beginning. Because she had already fled, she was afraid that it would be too public, so she only brought earrings, and the rest fell on the carriage with another burden.