Ugly girl only wants to farm

Meng Jiuxia's sudden headbutt startled the old doctor, who quickly got up to help her up, saying, "Don't make this old man suffer, little girl, get up quickly."

Ignoring the pain in her forehead, Meng Jiuxia muttered, "I'll do anything to save my brother."

The old doctor glanced at Xu Chaoyan helplessly and gestured for her to get the man up quickly.

"Sister-in-law, go and decoct these medicines first. Your brother has a high fever right now, so you need to give him a bowl of medicine to bring down the fever."

After hesitating for a moment, Meng Jiuxia agreed, sniffing and mumbling, "Morning Flower, I'll be right back."

Xu Chaoyan also begged the doctor to help treat her, saying that even if there was only a sliver of hope, they should try.

The old doctor sighed slightly and explained, "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that this kid's injury is too serious. I'll find some sticks to immobilize his injured leg in a bit, and as for what happens next, we'll leave it to fate."

Xu Chaoyan: "When will the doctor wake up?"

The old doctor picked up his pen and wrote another prescription before glancing at Meng Jiuhe, whose face was pale: "It's hard to say. He might wake up soon, or he might never wake up. You should be prepared. He hit his head and bled so much. There's also a bump on the back of his head, and there might be blood clots inside. I'm not very knowledgeable, so you should find someone more skilled."

Xu Chaoyan muttered to herself, "Could it be that I've suffered a brain hemorrhage from the fall? If so, there's really no hope for me. Even if I'm not paralyzed, I'll be left with hemiplegia."

At Xu Chaoyan's insistence, the old doctor immobilized her leg, left some antipyretics, and hurriedly left.

After slowly regaining consciousness, Li Sanniang came over, tears streaming down her face, saying, "How did things turn out like this between Jiu and him? What are we going to do?"

After she finished speaking, she coughed rapidly. Hearing the heart-wrenching cries, Xu Chaoyan couldn't bear to watch any longer and handed her a handkerchief.

"Mom, wipe it first, don't rush. The doctor has already examined you."

As night fell, the family sat around the table, but no one had any appetite. Xu Chaoyan, thinking she had nothing to lose, decided to hire a carriage to go to the county to see a doctor the next day.

She needs to heal her before she can leave, right? She can't leave Meng Jiuhe in this half-dead state.

Hey!

It seems her savings are going to be gone. Expenses in the county are higher than in the town, and she doesn't know how long that little bit of money will last.

Li San Niang helped her husband out and sat him down. In just one day, the two of them looked much more weathered.

"Mother, you don't need to worry. Tomorrow, my sister-in-law and I will take my husband to the county to have a look. You two take good care of yourselves at home."

Li San Niang nodded. There was no other way now, but she was still a little worried: "You two weak women are the only ones I'm worried about. Why don't you let my second brother go with us? That way, we can look after each other on the way."

Grandmother agreed at this point. The group hadn't seen her all day, but she would come back at mealtimes, and no one knew what she was doing in such a mysterious way.

The next day

I had arranged with the uncle who drove the oxcart early in the morning to take them to town.

Xu Chaoyan pocketed the fifteen taels of silver for a rainy day. Before leaving, Li Sanniang gave her a handful of copper coins and a very thin silver hairpin.

"This was originally intended for Xia'er as part of her dowry, but for now it can only be used as a temporary measure. Please be careful on your journey."

Li San Niang is now pinning all her hopes on going to the county. Xu Chaoyan noticed the dark circles under her eyes and figured she must not have slept a wink last night.

"Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of them. Besides, my father is in the county, I'll go ask him for help."

Uncle Meng was getting impatient and said in a sullen tone, "Sister-in-law, you women are just too long-winded. If you ask me, it would be better to keep Xia at home so that someone can take care of things. Your father and mother are not in good health, would they go and cause trouble? It just so happens that my Taohua is free, so let her go and lend a hand."

After receiving the news, Peach Blossom made a scene in front of him, insisting on going along, saying that she had never been outside of town before. He was annoyed by her noise. The oxcart could only fit so many people, and when she heard that Xia was going to go, she got up early in the morning to stop him and insisted on taking her along.

His wife also complained that what was wrong with bringing one more person along? He had helped his elder brother's family, so why couldn't he even fulfill this small request?

Meng Jiuxia glanced at her second uncle and said decisively, "I'm going. It'll be good to have someone to look after me along the way. She can't manage all that on her own."

Why should Peach Blossom go? She saw it clearly just now. She dressed up specially and changed into her newly made clothes. The colors were so bright they hurt her eyes. They were going to get medical treatment, not to go sightseeing.

Auntie Er chimed in, "Xia girl, if you leave, who will cook and feed the chickens? Your father has difficulty walking, and Jiudong is too young to understand. Peach Blossom just happens to be free."

Xu Chaoyan finally understood that all they wanted was to hitch a ride on their oxcart to the county town and get a couple of free meals. Their plan was so blatantly obvious.

If they kept arguing, they wouldn't even get to town by noon. Meng Jiuxia just wouldn't budge, so Xu Chaoyan dismissed them with a few words.

After arriving in town, the group hired a donkey cart. The oxcart was too slow and wobbly, so they bought some dry food and fodder and continued on their way. They slept outside that night and continued their journey at dawn.

The next day, around 3:45 PM, they finally arrived in the county. Without even resting, they went straight to the clinic. Xu Chaoyan originally wanted to go see her father, but due to the time constraints, she could only wait until she had seen the doctor first.

The doctor at Huichuntang stared at Meng Jiuhe for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion that was not much different from the old doctor's diagnosis yesterday: first, treat the injury on his forehead, and then reattach and fix the injury to his leg.

Then he prescribed several doses of medicine for them, and very subtly said that their legs would probably be ruined and they would never be able to walk again. My second uncle's heart skipped a beat, and a look of pleasure flashed across his face, but it quickly disappeared.

Xu Chaoyan looked at the little money she had left and began to worry. What should she do in the future? The doctor said that she would have to take medicine for a long time before she could see any effect.

Xu Chaoyan grabbed a few doses of medicine with some skepticism, put away the prescription, and found a cheap inn to stay in. Her main purpose was to go find her father to see how things were going and whether the shop had been successfully taken over. She also wanted to give him some support.

When she arrived at the shop that Xu's father had mentioned, she looked around but didn't see anyone. She figured he must have gone out on business and hadn't returned yet, so she ordered a bowl of wontons outside. She was starving.

After she finished eating her wontons, she sat down to rest. Feeling too embarrassed to sit any longer, she went inside to ask the waiter what was going on.

The waiter opened his mouth wide when asked a question, but knew nothing. Xu Chaoyan was a little unsure if her father had abandoned her. Finally, the waiter found the manager, and after listening to her description, he suddenly realized.

According to the shopkeeper, it seems that Xu's father was deceived by his brother, who then sold the shop, and now the shop has an owner.

The Xu family was devastated and disappeared without a trace.