Chapter 1460: Snatching Goods

Chapter 1460: Chapter 1460: Snatching Goods

"Okay, let’s have this lady take us over," Qing Pu accepted the silver and, with the medicinal herbs, followed the woman.

The other women were taken aback, glaring fiercely at the woman who paid to invite the Gu Family’s female doctor, blaming her for ruining their plan.

This incident, however, taught them that taking advantage of the Gu Family wasn’t easy, so they quickly took out silver to invite the Gu Family’s female doctor to treat their injuries.

But the Gu Family’s female doctors were limited in number, and even with silver, it was hard to get them.

Some families had no choice but to go to the county to find a doctor or seek help from the Company Commander at the local Military Office.

Mrs. Kuang watched them from afar, snorted coldly, and said, "That’s how it should be, this group of shrews won’t get better without treatment!"

Speaking, she forgot about her own injuries and bent down to pick up Niu Qijin, only to cry out in pain and stiffen up, unable to move: "Ouch, it hurts so much!"

Gu Jinli supported her, slowly helping her straighten up, and instructed, "Aunt Niu, your back wound is quite long and was stitched up. Before it heals, it’s best not to bend over too quickly. Take it slowly, or the stitches will tear open."

"San Lang’s Wife, don’t mention the word ’stitching’ to me again. It gives me the creeps. Where did you learn this skill? It’s too scary," Mrs. Kuang shuddered recalling Gu Jinli stitching up her back like sewing clothes with a curved needle and thread.

Gu Jinli laughed and said, "What’s so scary about it? It’s just like sewing clothes, and stitched wounds heal faster."

"Oh, stop, stop, I can’t listen to this," Mrs. Kuang grabbed Niu Qijin’s hand and ran off in fright, saying, "I’ll have those women light the fire and cook. We haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon, and I’m starving."

Gu Jinli nodded and found a suitable place for You Xi and his team to set up tents, estimating they would have to stay here for another two days, so tents were necessary.

Following instructions, You Xi immediately led his men and the Gu family’s servants to set up the tents.

Aunt Xiong led the soldiers’ families to prepare meals by burying pots for cooking.

Lin Tongshan’s wife, Mrs. Yang, rushed over, pleading with Gu Jinli, "Madam, Xiao Cao suddenly has a high fever, her whole body is burning. Please come and see Xiao Cao."

Mrs. Yang, typically timid, knew Gu Jinli was busy and didn’t want to bother her, but Xiao Cao’s fever was severe, and she was scared.

Having stayed at the Qin family for a night previously, Lin Tongshan’s family was quite familiar with everyone, so Gu Jinli said, "It must be the shock. Let’s go take a look."

Then she instructed Erqing, "Go tell Aunt Xiong to brew a few pots of calming herbal decoction for the young children to drink. Also, brew some cold-expelling medicine for everyone."

With the freezing cold, everyone had spent the night fleeing in panic, inhaling a lot of cold air and needing to drive it out, or they’ll get sick.

"Okay," Erqing immediately went to carry out the task.

Gu Jinli took Sanqing and Nanny Tao to see Lin Xiaocao.

"So hot," Gu Jinli touched Lin Xiaocao’s forehead, feeling the burning heat, indeed it was very high.

She immediately opened the medical box and gave Lin Xiaocao a dose of Convenient Medicine for fever reduction, then took out some alcohol to massage the acupuncture points on her wrists and elbows to reduce the fever.

After three-quarters of an hour, Lin Xiaocao was not so hot anymore and began to sweat.

Gu Jinli said, "That’s about it. When Aunt Xiong has boiled the hot water, bring it over for her to drink, a bowl every hour, let her sweat more."

Mrs. Yang burst into tears of joy, "Thank you, madam, you’ve saved our family once again."

If it weren’t for the madam’s men protecting them, her and her two children would have died last night.

And she heard, those accompanying in other Military Offices had injuries and deaths, with a few more unfortunate ones being defiled by anxious bandits, which was truly terrifying.

"We are one family, no need for thanks. But the Northwest is even more chaotic than here. You are the mother of two children, you must be strong enough to protect yourself and your children," Gu Jinli hoped the soldiers’ families wouldn’t be too weak. Ideally, they should be formidable women, because though they could be unpleasant at times, they had the ability to protect themselves.

Mrs. Yang nodded, "Okay, I will remember and be strong, not let madam worry too much."

Five-year-old Lin Xiaoshi brought in a pot of hot water, and upon hearing this, he said, "Don’t worry, madam, I’m grown up and can protect mom and sister."

Gu Jinli laughed hearing this and knowing he was eager to help, praised him, making Lin Xiaoshi unbelievably happy.

She took Lin Xiaocao’s pulse and listened to her heart and lungs, then didn’t write a prescription: "It’s nothing serious, just taking Convenient Medicine is enough."

After checking Lin Xiaocao, Gu Jinli got up to leave, taking Nanny Tao back to her own carriage, where she found Ji Zhenniang already awake and crying as she rudely chased her out, "Why are you crying? Hurry up and go back to your family’s carriage, this is my carriage, I’m exhausted and need to sleep."

Hearing this, Ji Zhenniang cried even more fiercely, pointed at her, and cursed, "Gu Xiaoyu, you... wuwuwu, it hurts~"

Last night, when Ji Zhenniang was surrounded by bandits, she attempted to bite her tongue to preserve her purity, but now her tongue was extremely painful, making it hard to curse even if she wanted to.

Gu Jinli continued scaring her, "Don’t shout too much, if you shout too hard, your tongue might fall out."

What!

Ji Zhenniang was so scared that she nearly fainted, and after holding on, grabbed Gu Jinli’s arm and asked in a small voice, "Really, is it~"

Gu Jinli wanted to laugh but held it back, nodding repeatedly, and very seriously said, "Of course it’s true, so you’d better keep quiet and go back to your family’s carriage, don’t cry, shout, or speak nonsense."

When Ji Zhenniang heard this, she despaired, but after some thought, she took the risk to ask, "Xie Cheng, how~"

Why isn’t Xie Cheng coming to see me?

Could he be dead?

No, being a widow is miserable.

Gu Jinli: "Xie Cheng came to see you last night, he was worried sick, cried loudly, even slapped himself a couple of times, said he failed to protect you, and knelt to apologize. But he has to go up the mountain to pursue the bandit leader, so he couldn’t continue to guard you."

Really?!

Ji Zhenniang’s eyes lit up, her face all smiles and a little pride she couldn’t hide, hmpf, seeing how much he cares about her, she forgives him for not being by her side when she woke up.

"Why are you smiling so happily? Get going, you’ve occupied my carriage all night." Gu Jinli began to chase her away, and Ji Zhenniang got off the carriage, sent back to the Xie family’s carriage by Qing Hui.

Finally able to get into her own carriage for some rest, but before she lay down, she heard a commotion: "What’s going on? Erqing, go and see."

"Yes," Erqing quickly went to check, and over an hour later, returned to report, "Madam, there are two groups of soldiers, they stayed at the post station last night. They claim to have helped kill bandits and are here for their share."

Hearing this, Gu Jinli snorted coldly, "So there were people at the post station last night, huh? I thought it was not a post station, but a graveyard, with only corpses inside."