"Doctor Yang, someone's leg was broken, and the family wants to know the situation."

The shopkeeper pointed to the doctor in the cubicle and said to Zhang Hulan, "Tell the doctor about the injured person's condition."

Zhang Hulan said, "Doctor, my father is in his early fifties. He broke his leg almost two weeks ago. Our family is broke, so he hasn't received medical treatment. He's been lying in bed ever since. I'd like to know how much it would cost to fix his leg."

Doctor Yang said, "I can only make a conclusion after you bring your father here and examine him. I don't even know where he fell or how badly he fell."

"If it's just a common fracture, it won't cost much. You just need to rest for a few months after the fix."

"If the bone is completely broken or broken into several sections, it will be more troublesome and will cost two or three taels of silver."

"If it was hit by something and the bones were shattered into pieces, then I can do nothing but saw off the leg."

Zhang Hulan said quickly, "Either I was hit by something, or I fell while cutting firewood in the mountains."

"Then bring your father here for me to see. It doesn't matter if we don't have money. I can reattach your father's leg with some cheap medicine. He can recover on his own from now on. It won't cost much."

"Thank you, doctor. I'll bring my dad here tomorrow."

"Well, let's go."

Zhang Hulan left the clinic and turned back, "Boss, do you sell medicinal herbs here?"

"Collect, what medicinal herbs do you have at home?"

Zhang Hulan said, "Like cicada shells, sea sand, polygonum multiflorum, selfheal, plantain..."

After hearing Zhang Hulan name a bunch of herbs, the shopkeeper asked, "Do you know anything about medicinal herbs?"

"I know a little bit. They are all common medicinal herbs in the mountains."

"Then bring them all. As long as they are medicinal herbs, we will take them."

Zhang Hulan said, "I haven't dug it yet. I just want to ask first. If you accept it here, I will go dig it when I get home."

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "So you found a buyer first!"

"Of course. If I dig it up and you don't accept it, then I've worked in vain."

"By the way, shopkeeper, are you accepting raw He Shou Wu or processed ones?"

The shopkeeper said, "Can you prepare it? If you can, prepare it first and bring it to me. The price will be higher."

"I know. It's made with black beans." Zhang Hulan then added, "We'll see when the time comes. If I'm busy enough, I'll prepare it and bring it to you. If not, I'll send you raw. The cheaper the better."

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want."

Zhang Hulan left the clinic and looked back at the eight big words written on both sides of the clinic's gate: "Doctors are kind-hearted and save the dying and the wounded." She felt deeply that the clinic and the doctors here lived up to these eight words.

Zhang Hulan did not stay in the city, and rushed back after leaving the clinic.

It was already noon when we returned to the village.

Everyone in the family was still waiting for her to eat. Zhang Hulan was thirsty and hungry. She scooped a bucket of water and gulped it down. Then she said, "Why are you waiting for me? Just eat first."

Zhang Hujun asked, "Little sister, did you sell the snakes you caught?"

"I sold it. I sold it for three taels of silver." Zhang Hulan said as he took out the silver and handed it to Wang.

"Mom, please keep the silver. I went to the city clinic to ask, and the doctor said that Dad's leg can be cured for two or three taels of silver. Let's take Dad to the clinic tomorrow."

Wang was a little stunned.

Zhang Hujun's eyes widened. "Three taels of silver? How could it be so much? Sometimes I catch snakes and sell them, and they only get twenty or thirty coins each."

Old Man Zhang said, "Give the silver to Danier and let her keep it for herself."

"Dad, I've already made an appointment with the doctor at the clinic and will take you there tomorrow morning."

"No." Old man Zhang's stubborn temper came up again.

"Dad, why don't you go? Are you worried about the money?" Zhang Hulan walked up to Old Man Zhang, looked at him and said, "Dad, you're not trying to be lazy, are you?"

"Big sister..."

Zhang Hujun was about to speak when Zhang Hulan winked at him, telling him not to speak.

Old man Zhang glared at Zhang Hulan, "When have I ever been lazy in my life?"

"Then why don't you go get your leg treated? I think you just want to be lazy and eat ready-made food at home."

"I……"

Old man Zhang was about to speak when Zhang Hulan interrupted him, "Dad, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but this is not the time for you to be lazy."

"Sister-in-law is pregnant with another child now, and you have the heart to put all the burden of the family on big brother?"

"Xiaojun is only thirteen years old, and you have the heart to treat him like a cow?"

"Dahua is fifteen years old, and she's going to get married in the next year or two. Why doesn't your family prepare a dowry for her? Aren't you worried that she'll be wronged when she goes to her husband's house?"

"I……"

Old Man Zhang had just begun to speak when Zhang Hulan interrupted him, "Dad, it's not that we don't want you to enjoy your life, but you have to choose the right time, right?"

"There's a famine going on right now, and every family is tightening their belts. And yet you're just lying around at home doing nothing."

Old Man Zhang's chest was heaving violently. Zhang Hulan felt she couldn't get any more excited and sighed, "Alas... Dad, you are the backbone of this family. You are like the helmsman of a ship. Our family depends on you."

"You, the helmsman, are not taking care of things. My brother and I are like headless flies, not knowing where this ship is going next."

"Dad, curing the leg is only a matter of two or three taels of silver. If you cure the leg, you don't think you can't even earn back those two or three taels of silver, right?"

"When did you become so talkative?" Old Man Zhang glared at Zhang Hulan. After taking a few deep breaths, he said emphatically, "Oh my god."

"But I won't use your money. I have more at home. You can keep it for yourself."

Zhang Hulan smiled happily, "Eat, eat!"

It doesn't matter whose money it is, as long as the old man is willing to see a doctor.

Wang, Zhang Hujun and Li all looked at Zhang Hulan. When old man Zhang fell, they tried to persuade him but he refused to go. Why did he agree to go now?

Zhang Hulan said to Zhang Hujun, "Brother, if anyone in the village has an ox cart, go borrow one. We'll take Dad to the city tomorrow morning."

"The headman has it. I'll go talk to him tonight."

After drinking a mouthful of porridge, Zhang Hulan continued, "Brother, sister-in-law, I asked the owner of the clinic where they buy medicinal herbs. There must be a lot of medicinal herbs in the mountains. We can dig them up and sell them."

Zhang Hujun said, "There must be medicinal herbs, but we don't know what they are."

Zhang Hulan said, "I know a few. I saw some medicinal herbs at the clinic. Let's go to the mountain to dig them up this afternoon."

"There's definitely no hope for this year's autumn harvest. Relying on picking wild vegetables to make a living is not a solution. Everyone in the village is doing it, and there aren't that many wild vegetables left."

"God doesn't know when it will rain, and even if it does, crops won't grow immediately."

"We have to find a way to make money and use it to buy food and store it. In the next few months, there's no telling how high the price of food will rise..."

Zhang Hulan kept talking, and the others just listened blankly.

After Zhang Hulan finished speaking, Zhang Hujun spoke, "Big sister, you..."

Zhang Hulan was confused, "Brother, what's wrong with me?"

Zhang Hujun smiled and shook his head, saying, "Nothing, let's eat quickly, and then we'll go up the mountain."

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