A husband found in the village? I bought a regent for a penny!

The old doctor was busy feeding medicine, giving acupuncture, treating wounds, and changing dressings.

Gu Xixi helped him take the things out of the medicine box, and then there was nothing more she could do to help.

She wasn't a doctor, and being too close would only get in the way, so she could only sit at the table and watch quietly.

Mu Nanzhao lay on the bed with his eyes closed, but this time he did not lose consciousness.

The old doctor wrapped his arm in gauze and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He glared angrily at Mu Nanzhao, "Do you even know...?"

"If the wound keeps reopening and gets infected, it will kill you. If the poison flares up a few more times, even a god couldn't save you." Mu Nanzhao replied leisurely, opening his long eyes and smiling with a hint of mockery.

The old doctor paused, angered, and pointed a finger at his face, "Trying to steal my words, huh?"

"I see you still have a lot of energy. If you mess this up again next time, you better not come looking for me to save you!"

Gu Xixi hurriedly stepped forward, "Master, he didn't intentionally make things more difficult for you, it was all an accident."

“If it weren’t for him, you might only have time to collect my body when the rocks came crashing down from the mountain.”

The old doctor was surprised. "How are you? Are you injured anywhere?"

Gu Xixi smiled and said, "I'm fine. Master, you're just worried. If I were seriously injured, how could I have escaped your notice?"

The old doctor's expression softened. "When I heard the thunder this morning, I had a bad feeling about it."

"Luckily you escaped unharmed, and I managed to save his life."

The old doctor then asked with concern, "How are the children?"

"Everyone is safe." Gu Xixi briefly recounted the rescue process.

She glanced at Mu Nanzhao on the bed. His eyes were closed, and his chest was rising and falling slightly; he must have been asleep.

So she lowered her voice and said, "Master, you've worked hard. You should rest for a while too."

The old doctor turned and walked towards the door, saying, "It's not time to rest yet."

"Come with me to find some of the herbs your father stored away."

Just as the old doctor had predicted, he was busy from that evening until the next two or three days.

Because of the heavy rain, about a dozen people in the village caught a cold.

The old doctor thus gained the villagers' approval and became the local doctor of Huachidu Village, but that's another story.

The rain stopped that afternoon, and the sky was ablaze with red clouds at sunset.

Sister-in-law Qin, carrying a basket of eggs and leading her feverish dog, encountered Old Qian, who was coughing violently.

The three of them went to Gu Xixi's house together.

The old doctor first took Gouwa's pulse, then felt his forehead, neck, and throat.

He laughed and said, "It's alright. I'll prescribe a dose of medicine. When you get back, boil four bowls of water down to one bowl, and then divide it into two portions."

"Give him one serving before he goes to sleep, and another serving in the middle of the night. Wrap it up."

Sister-in-law Qin thanked him repeatedly and slipped five coins into the old doctor's hand as a consultation fee.

The old doctor did not refuse and gladly accepted it.

Aunt Zhang refused to accept the basket of eggs that Sister-in-law Qin had brought, and the two of them kept pushing and shoving each other.

Sister-in-law Qin said, "These eggs are firstly to thank Xixi for coming up with the idea to rescue my dog, Gouwa."

"Secondly, it's my personal relationship with Xixi. She almost had an accident while saving the children, so I should at least get her some good food to calm her nerves."

These words made perfect sense, so Aunt Zhang couldn't refuse any longer. Seeing that Xixi had also nodded, she took the basket.

"Alright, since you're so kind, we won't stand on ceremony."

"Wait a moment, I'll put the eggs in the kitchen, you can take the basket back with you."

The old doctor was still taking Lao Qian's pulse.

It took much longer than the diagnosis of the dog just now.

Old Qian watched as the old doctor sometimes frowned and sometimes sighed, and his heart pounded with anxiety.

"I just caught a chill from being caught in the rain, it's nothing serious... right?"

The old doctor looked up and said, "You have a bit of a cold and cough. You'll be fine after taking the medicine for three to five days."

Old Qian had just breathed a sigh of relief when the old doctor suddenly changed his tone, "However,"

"Your kidney yang deficiency has been a long-standing problem; you should have had symptoms by now."

Old Qian burst into a violent cough, which turned his face red.

Although Qin's sister-in-law was a married woman of many years, she did not know anything about medicine, but she recognized the key words "kidney deficiency".

Not to mention having to consider the village chief's feelings.

Just because Gouwa is a child and Xixi is an unmarried young woman, there are some things they can't stand to hear.

Sister-in-law Qin casually pointed to the west side of the courtyard, "Let's talk over there, so as not to disturb the old doctor's consultation."

Although Gouwa had a fever and his face was flushed, he was very energetic and hopped around as he walked.

"Mother, I don't want to drink that bitter medicine!"

Sister-in-law Qin's eyebrows shot up. "Shut up! Whether you eat it or not is not up to you!"

Gouwa then placed his hopes on Gu Xixi, "Aunt Xixi, you said I was brave, and that I can get better without medicine."

Gu Xixi chuckled, "Ruilin, even the bravest person gets sick. When you're sick, you have to listen to the doctor and take the medicine to get better."

Gouwa's real name is Qin Ruilin. This name was given to him by a teacher from Qin's family.

The nickname "Dog Baby" was chosen with the intention of making the child easier to raise.

Therefore, the differences between the two are so great that it would be hard for an uninformed person to imagine that they are the same person.

Sister-in-law Qin looked at her son, "Did you hear that?"

Gouwa looked miserable and dejected for a while.

But he quickly turned from worry to joy, "Aunt Xixi is right, I understand now, I will be good and take my medicine!"

Sister-in-law Qin smiled and said, "Your Aunt Xixi can read and write. What she says makes some sense, but Mother can't put it into words."

She looked at Gouwa, a hint of melancholy in her smile.

“If there had been a school in the village, the children wouldn’t have gone to play in the cave on rainy days, and they almost got into an accident.”

Gu Xixi looked at the clever Gouwa and felt a pang of regret.

At this moment, Aunt Zhang came out and returned the basket of eggs to Sister-in-law Qin.

After saying a few more words, Sister-in-law Qin took her leave with Gouwa.

Meanwhile, Lao Qian's medical consultation also came to an end.

However, despite his attempts to conceal it, he couldn't hide his joy.

"Then I'll leave my health to you to take care of."

"As long as you can make me better, I don't care how much the consultation fee is!"

It seems this old doctor has some real skills, as he actually diagnosed the symptoms that the patient found difficult to talk about.

The most important thing is that the old doctor said he could cure it!

Old Qian couldn't wait to run home and secretly tell his wife the good news!

The old doctor saw Old Qian to the door, saying, "I'll prepare the medicine in a couple of days and have Xixi deliver it to you."

Old Qian, embarrassed, didn't dare look at Gu Xixi. "...Okay."

After he left, Gu Xixi asked in a daze, "Master, why did Uncle Qian seem so strange?"

"He doesn't have any serious illness, does he?"

The old doctor waved his hand and said, "It's not a big deal, but it's not a small one either; it needs to be treated."

At Gu Laosan's house, Gu Qingye folded her umbrella under the eaves and vigorously rubbed the mud off her feet.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"

She lifted the curtain, but only Gu Tiezhu was inside the main room.

Gu Tiezhu said, "My parents saw that the rain had lessened, so they went to visit other people's homes."

Gu Qingye glanced at him and casually asked, "Brother, why is your hair wet? Did you just go out?"