I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

The next morning, after having breakfast at home, the whole family set off by oxcart to town.

Before leaving, Liu Nanjia waved to Song Chen, "Although there was no movement in town yesterday, there might be some today, or they might search here later. I'll disguise you just in case."

Song Chen agreed, thinking it was always better to be careful, and sat down in front of her.

Liu Nanjia applied the prepared ingredients to his face. Upon closer inspection, the man was quite handsome, with thick eyebrows, deep-set eyes, slightly upturned corners of his eyes, and a high nose bridge.

After a few days of recuperation, her complexion has improved; she's no longer so pale, and her cheeks are a bit chubby, which shows she's not that old.

His eyebrows and eyes were truly handsome, they could be described as sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. If he walked out like that, he would definitely attract attention.

Song Chen felt a little embarrassed by her close gaze, his face flushed slightly, but he still cooperated and let her do as she pleased.

Liu Nanjia first used ash to darken his skin tone, then took a charcoal pencil and added a few strokes to his eyebrows, making his originally smooth eyebrow shape a bit messy. He also drew some lines at the corners of his eyes to make his upturned eyes look a bit droopy.

Finally, apply a few deeper lines to the cheeks to make the face appear more sunken.

Before long, Song Chen was transformed from a handsome young man into a young man who looked to be around twenty years old and had a somewhat bitter appearance.

Liu Nanjia looked at her work and was very satisfied with it. All those makeup sessions and tutorials she had watched before had finally come in handy!

Liu Yanxi and Liu Sirou watched Song Chen gradually change like this, and they were amazed.

"Sister is amazing!"

Song Chen naturally wanted to see what he looked like now, but he couldn't, and Liu Nanjia had strictly forbidden him from touching his face, so he had to suppress his curiosity.

But when he stood up, even though he was wearing similar clothes to everyone else, his upright posture still showed that he was different; his physique was too good.

Then Liu Nanjia asked him not to stand so straight and to bend over a little, so that he would look more like a villager.

Today they were riding in a car belonging to a man in the village named Liu Fugui. According to seniority, Liu Nanjia should call him uncle.

Liu Fugui, true to his name, was considered relatively wealthy in the village. Only a handful of families in Dushui Village owned a car, but his family did, and it was an oxcart.

He was also very friendly. When Liu Nanjia asked him to drive the car to his doorstep so that Song Chen wouldn't have to walk so far, he readily agreed.

There were other villagers on the bus who were also going to town. They were naturally very curious about Song Chen, a stranger, and asked him all at once who he was.

Liu Nanjia explained, "He's my mother's distant nephew, and he's also an orphan. I rescued him from the mountain that day, and only after asking him did I find out about this relationship. It was quite a coincidence."

Song Chen replied, "I heard that my aunt and the others came this way back then, so I came to try my luck, and I didn't expect to actually find them."

Song was rescued by the Liu family back then, and many people in the village knew about it. When this was mentioned, they all marveled at the coincidence.

In this way, Song Chen's identity was made public in the village, which saved people from constantly asking who the extra person in their family was.

The oxcart swayed and rattled along the way, and soon arrived in town.

Uncle Liu knew they were going to get Song Chen's leg checked, so he specially took them to the clinic.

Today, the doctor at the clinic is quite young, surnamed Bai. I heard they came from Dushui Village, and they even asked about Doctor Li.

It turned out that the two were acquaintances. Doctor Li often came to this clinic to sell the medicinal herbs he had prepared, and they got to know each other over time.

Doctor Bai looked at Song Chen's sprained ankle and said with a smile, "Doctor Li is being too modest. His diagnosis was correct; there was indeed no bone damage."

Hearing this, Liu Nanjia and the others breathed a sigh of relief and were happy for Song Chen.

A rare smile appeared on Song Chen's face.

Then Dr. Bai continued, "Although no bones were broken, this sprain is indeed serious. To avoid leaving any lasting damage and to fully recover, it will take nearly two months of proper rest."

"Two months? Is that long?" Song Chen was somewhat surprised and disappointed.

Does this mean he won't be able to do anything for two months? He felt really bad that the Liu siblings had taken care of him for so long.

Liu Nanjia wasn't too surprised. After all, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone. Although there was no fracture, the swelling in his foot was indeed quite frightening.

However, seeing that Dr. Bai seemed to have more to say, I asked, "Dr. Bai, do you have any methods to help him recover faster?"

Dr. Bai nodded and said, "If acupuncture is added, the time can be shortened considerably, probably to within a month. It will be a bit painful during the process, so you'll need to come to town more often."

Judging from the siblings' clothing and appearance, he figured their family wasn't well-off and probably couldn't afford expensive things, which is why he didn't say anything immediately.

Acupuncture is a treatment method that requires a relatively high level of medical skill, so it's normal that Dr. Li doesn't know it. Liu Nanjia, however, was a little surprised that Dr. Bai, who was so young, knew acupuncture.

She didn't show it, of course, but asked, "Dr. Bai, could you tell me first how much acupuncture costs? How often should I have a treatment?"

Doctor Bai wasn't impatient. He calculated and said, "Come back for treatment every three days, plus the medicine for his external injuries, it will cost about one tael of silver."

Upon hearing this, Song Chen frowned. In the past few days, he had also learned about the situation of these siblings. They were orphans, had separated from their grandfather and uncle's family, and were extremely poor.

Although he had ten taels of silver, it was the reward he owed for saving him. How to spend it should be up to him now. Even if he didn't use it for treatment, it would be perfectly reasonable, and besides, it would only slow down his recovery.

As he was lost in his own thoughts, he heard Liu Nanjia's clear voice beside him: "No problem, then Dr. Bai, let's begin today."

Upon hearing about the consultation fee, Liu Nanjia did not hesitate at all. The money they had now originally belonged to Song Chen, so it was only right to use it to treat his injuries. The money they had spent before, plus this one tael, totaled only two taels, which even included the money for buying clothes.

The brother and sister exchanged a glance, both understanding each other's meaning, so Liu Nanjia readily agreed.

Moreover, there's another consideration: if someone comes after them, whether it's to make it easier for Song Chen to escape or to avoid implicating his family, the faster Song Chen's injuries recover, the better.

She also pulled her younger sister, Liu Sirou, aside and said, "Dr. Bai, please take another look at my younger sister. She caught a cold a while ago, and it was treated a little late. I'm afraid it might leave her with a chronic condition."

Upon hearing this, Doctor Bai took Liu Sirou's wrist and carefully examined her pulse. After a long while, he said, "This little girl's problem is more serious. Has she been in poor health since childhood? She has recovered completely from this cold, but her constitution is weak. If she doesn't take care of herself, she will probably get sick frequently in the future. And each time she gets sick, it will cause her more damage than ordinary people, and her constitution will probably become even worse."