The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 350: The Injuries Are Very Serious

Chapter 350: Chapter 350: The Injuries Are Very Serious

After dinner, Lady Jiang and Lady Lin went to the kitchen to clean up, and everyone else sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool evening air.

The sky had already turned completely dark, Wang Laozhu puffing on his pipe, glanced at the sky, and expressed his concern with a tinge of worry, "Laosi has been out for several days now, why hasn’t he returned?"

Wang Yongfu’s face also showed a hint of worry, "Indeed, by all accounts, he should have been back by now, shouldn’t he?"

Wang Yongzhu turned her head to look at Jinhoo, "Jinhoo, the day you and your uncle parted ways, where did he say he was going to buy goods?"

"My uncle said he was going to Xiatian Chongzi Gully. The mountain trails there are difficult to navigate, and it’s far away—we’ve never been there before. I tried to persuade my uncle a few times, but he said, with the autumn harvest fast approaching, he wanted to buy goods there one time before the harvest. He wanted to get a feel for Xiatian Chongzi Gully. It’s said that the mountain goods are plentiful there since it’s right in the mountains—it’s just hard to get out, and not many people go in. My uncle wanted to be the first to act..." Jinhoo’s voice trailed off as she spoke.

This Xiatian Chongzi Gully, everyone had heard of it; it was deep in the mountains with few people, and the trails were long and seldom traveled.

As they were talking, suddenly there was the sound of dogs barking from outside.

And the sound of people talking loudly and shouting... getting closer and closer.

"It’s here, this is the Old Wang Family’s place..."

"We’ve finally found it..."

"Slow down, carry it slowly, the road ahead is uneven, not easy to walk, be careful with it."

Wang Yongzhu, with her sharp senses, immediately recognized Song Chongjin’s voice among them?

There were also voices of other strangers mixed in.

The Wang Family members exchanged a look, all sensing that something was amiss. Night had already fallen, and this commotion was unexpected, they had no idea what had happened.

It definitely wasn’t anything good.

For a moment, they all stood frozen in the courtyard.

It was Wang Yongzhu who first snapped out of it, "Go open the door—"

Wang Yonggui was the closest to the door, but before he could reach it, there was already a knocking from outside.

"Open the door quickly—"

From the courtyard, they could see the glimmer of firelight seeping through the cracks of the door.

Wang Yonggui opened the door.

What met everyone’s eyes was Song Chongjin, holding a torch high, his tall and handsome figure illuminated by the fire, his expression grave.

Seeing the door open, Song Chongjin didn’t waste words, he immediately said, "Third Brother Wang, quick, go get the doctor..."

Behind Song Chongjin, a few people followed.

Two young men carried a simple bamboo stretcher.

On the stretcher lay a man covered in mud, his original clothing color unrecognizable. Under the firelight, one could still see that the man’s face and hands were smeared with a mixture of blood and mud, obscuring his features and making it impossible to identify him.

Wang Yonggui’s eyes darted around, suspiciously eyeing Song Chongjin, "Song Family Boy, you bring people to my house asking for a doctor, what do you mean by that? You think the Wang Family’s kindness is so easily taken advantage of?"

He didn’t know that Song Chongjin and Wang Yongzhu had already broken off their engagement, and assumed that Song Chongjin must have had a relative injured and, lacking the money for a doctor, intended to let the Wang Family play the sucker.

Therefore, his tone was very unpleasant.

There was a dark-skinned young woman beside the stretcher, holding a torch, carefully watching over the unconscious man on it.

Since the stretcher had been hastily made, and with all the jostling on the way, there was a real fear that it might fall apart, letting the man fall off, so someone had to pay close attention at all times.

The girl had symmetrical features, a tall slender figure, healthy and upright.

She looked like a wild girl from the mountains.

The girl, holding the torch, heard Wang Yonggui’s words, glanced up at him, and said in a deep voice, "We’re from Xiatian Chongzi Gully. We found this man at the entrance of the village gully. He said he’s Wang Yongping from Qilidun Old Wang Family, who collects mountain goods, and asked us to send him home. We’ve brought him here now. His injuries are very serious, we need to get a doctor quickly..."

Seeing Wang Yonggui’s continued wary expression, Song Chongjin directly pushed him aside, entered the courtyard, approached Wang Yongzhu, and explained, "I was coming back from the mountain tonight when I encountered them asking for directions at the entrance of the village. Once I heard it was Fourth Brother, I rushed them here. His wound is serious, he has lost a lot of blood. I fed him a blood-replenishing pill. It’s nothing urgent for now, but we still need to wait for a doctor to feel assured..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yongzhu was startled and hurriedly sent Jindou to the neighboring village to fetch Doctor Liu.

On this side, Old Granny Zhang and Wang Laozhu were also deeply shocked. Old Granny Zhang managed to hold herself together, but Wang Laozhu staggered a few times, leaning on Wang Yongfu before he managed to stabilize himself.

Old Granny Zhang, calming her mind, saw Wang Yonggui still blocking the door and stomped her foot in anger, "Laosan, you good-for-nothing, what are you still doing blocking the door? Let them carry Laosi in quickly! If we delay any longer and something happens to Laosi, I’ll see how I deal with you—"

Only then did Wang Yonggui put on an apologetic smile, admitting his fault while opening the main door wider, stepping aside to let people in, "Ah, my bad, my bad! Come in quick. Laosi, are you alright?"

The stretcher was brought in, and everyone’s heart lifted at the sight of Wang Yongping on it, wrapped in bloodied mud and with his life hanging by a thread.

Wang Laozhu had already suffered a stroke, unable to withstand great joy or sorrow, and upon seeing Laosi lying on the stretcher, seemingly breathless, he felt dizzy.

Wang Yongzhu was quick to react, grabbing Wang Laozhu and pressing his acupoints, "Dad, Mom, let’s not panic. Didn’t Brother Song say he fed him medicine? He should hold on for a while. Let’s wait until the doctor comes to see."

Meanwhile, she had already gotten in touch with Xiao Tiantian, who began looking in the System’s store for life-saving medicine, just in case the doctor’s prognosis wasn’t good and she needed to save Laosi’s life at all costs.

Song Chongjin, not knowing about Wang Yongzhu’s backup plan, helped steady the stretcher as it was placed on the ground and soothed, "The elders need not worry; I’ve already checked Laosi’s pulse at the entrance of the village."

Song Chongjin helped carry the stretcher into the courtyard, continuing to reassure, "Elders, please don’t panic. I just felt Laosi’s pulse; his breath is steady and he should be out of life-threatening danger, don’t worry too much."

The Wang Family trusted Song Chongjin’s words. After all, it was him who obtained the miraculous medicine that healed Wang Family’s Eldest Child’s leg.

There was also Lady Lin, who had lost so much blood that the doctor had nearly declared it hopeless, yet it was Song Chongjin who brought out the blood-replenishing medicine that saved her life.

Therefore, once Song Chongjin said he had fed Wang Yongping medicine, everyone immediately felt a sense of relief.

Wang Laozhu felt better after catching his breath and, with Wang Yongfu’s support, approached the stretcher to look closely. He placed his hand under Wang Yongping’s nose to test his breathing, which was still warm.

Old Granny Zhang quickly had a basin of water brought in, wringing a cloth to wipe the mud and blood from Wang Yonggui’s face and body.

Wang Yongzhu, concerned, had Xiao Tiantian conduct a body scan of Wang Yonggui and learned that he had many superficial wounds, minor internal bleeding that had already stopped, and a large gash on his head that had bled profusely, which looked quite frightening, but the most serious injury was a slight fracture in his ankle.