The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

Thinking of this, Lu Linlang asked about the sick people in the village. One of them was Zhaodi. Zhaodi was not valued at home, and she was unwilling to accept Lu Linlang's help. She wanted to be self-reliant. Now that she was sick, she was afraid that her family would be even more unwilling to take care of her.

She told Guan Ling her analysis and wanted Guan Ling to go back first, but Guan Ling refused. After listening to what Lu Linlang had just said to her, Guan Ling also felt that this should not be an infectious disease. She had heard the imperial physician say that if it was a plague, a lot of people would die. If a prescription was not developed in time, the entire place would have to be cordoned off and left to fend for itself.

When they arrived at Zhaodi's house, Lu Linlang knocked on the door. The person who opened the door was Zhaodi's mother, Xiong Cuihua. Her face was originally full of impatience, but when she saw that it was Lu Linlang, she immediately became timid.

"Where's Zhaodi? I'm coming to see her."

"That damn girl is sick. How dare we let her stay at home? It would be terrible if she infects my son. I just asked her father to send her to the foot of the mountain." When Xiong Cuihua mentioned this, she didn't feel any pity for her daughter at all. Her face was full of gloom, as if her daughter had done something shameful. Lu Linlang was furious seeing this.

But the most important thing now is Zhaodi. She didn't argue with her and directly asked someone to drive the carriage to chase Lu Mancheng. Soon, Lu Linlang saw Zhaodi and Lu Mancheng on the way to the foot of the mountain. Lu Mancheng didn't look like a father at all. He was afraid that his daughter would infect him with the disease, so he kept covering his mouth and nose with his hands and stayed away from Zhaodi. Zhaodi was weak and walked while crying.

"Zhao Di, Zhao Di, come up quickly. I won't go to the foot of the mountain. I will take you to treat your illness." Lu Linlang shouted in the direction of Zhao Di. The desperate Zhao Di heard someone calling her from behind. She turned around and saw that it was Aunt Linlang. Her face was surprised and happy, but she was worried that she would infect Lu Linlang with the disease. When she saw them coming, she quickly moved away.

"Aunt, I, I am sick. I'm afraid of infecting you. Please stay away from me." Zhaodi shouted, her voice already hoarse.

When Lu Mancheng saw Lu Linlang coming, he immediately lowered his head, not daring to walk or speak. The last lesson was enough, and he was afraid of offending him again, so Mancang could not go to work.

"Let me check you out. Your disease shouldn't be contagious. When did you discover the disease? What have you been eating recently? Have you taken any salt?" Lu Linlang stepped forward and took a closer look at her neck. She found that her neck was a little swollen, but not much. However, her voice had begun to become hoarse.

Zhaodi answered one by one. Since she had a quarrel with her family, although her parents no longer let her be a child bride, she became the person with the lowest status in the family. Her parents said that it was because of her disobedience that caused her uncle to lose his job to make money. If her sisters dared to complain like she did, they would have to marry into the mountains when they were older because the people in the mountains would give them more money.

So Zhaodi became the person with the lowest status in the family. On the surface, her family no longer beat or scolded her, but they also completely ignored her. During meals, they deliberately said in front of others that they had given Zhaodi good food, but secretly they only ate wild vegetable dumplings. She was not allowed to put salt in the house. She had not eaten salt for a long time and had no strength every day. Her family also deliberately said in front of others that Zhaodi had someone backing her up, so she deliberately did not work.

After listening to Zhaodi's accusation, Lu Linlang looked at Lu Mancheng deeply, took Zhaodi into the car and left.

She immediately went to find the tribe leader. If they continued to drive people to the foot of the mountain to fend for themselves, they would not be able to hold out for long. This disease was not contagious, it was just that everyone was afraid, and this fear would indirectly kill people.

When we arrived at the clan leader's house, Yunxi and the others were there as expected.

"Chief, I've checked their illness and it's not a contagious plague at all. We can't let them go to the foot of the mountain. Moreover, there are many children here. Letting them live there alone would be a death sentence. So please think twice. I can help treat those who are sick and do my best to make everyone recover."

"Doctor Yun, is this disease really not contagious? Can it really be cured? If you can really cure my child, I will sell our land to pay for his medical treatment."

There was also a woman who was the mother of one of the children. When she learned that her child had the disease, she wanted to go with him, but she had other children at home. If she went with him, there would be no one to take care of the children at home.

"I can only try my best. During this period, I will study it carefully and look for a solution." Yunxi did not dare to guarantee that she could cure it, so she could not say too much.

"We don't want to send the patient down the mountain. The weather is getting cold soon, but the villagers are worried about the spread of the virus. I'm afraid no one will agree. Well, why don't I have someone find a place to vacate and gather them all together? The families with patients will be responsible for providing the patients' daily food. After they recover, Yunxi, you can decide how much the consultation fee is, and I will ask them to pay it to you."

"Chief, Yunxi and I share the same opinion on this matter. This disease isn't contagious, so we can't let them go to the foot of the mountain alone. Since the villagers are afraid, we can arrange for them to stay at my farm. Now that the autumn harvest is over, we don't need a lot of manpower there, and we can free up a few rooms."

"Linlang girl, you're back! Now that you say that, we're relieved. I also think this disease isn't contagious. Otherwise, if a few people got sick each year, everyone would have been infected. But the villagers are afraid, and over time, we've reached the current situation."

Although the clan leader also believed in Yunxi's medical skills, this had become an established rule. Even if he was the clan leader, it was difficult for him to change people's ideas. If he aroused the anger of the villagers, those people would probably be locked up and would not even have their freedom. In previous years, if a villager had this disease, although he would take the person to the foot of the mountain, he would secretly let his sons come to help so that they would not starve to death.

However, many people are still tortured by this disease and do not see the spring of the following year.

"Chief, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. These are all our people, from the same village, and there are even children. So let them go to the farm, and I will have people take good care of them."

Lu Linlang did not directly tell them the cause of their illness. She had just asked Zhaodi, and she had to see the conditions of the others in person to know.

When Yunxi saw her sister coming, she immediately stood beside her and told her her guess.

"Sister, I suspect they got sick because they didn't eat salt. But I asked another sick person in the village, and they said they ate salt at home. I've seen a case like this recorded in a medical book before. Some people speculated that it was caused by not eating salt, but it wasn't recognized by others."

"I have the same idea as you. I'll re-investigate it later. I'll have those who are sick brought to the farm first. You can first look into what treatment methods can be used. This part is up to you. I can't help much."