Chapter 5: It will take at least a year or two to get better
After accepting the memory, Shen Meng did not speak for a long time, and he no longer heard the original owner's mother's gasps. I guess she thought she was asleep.

After a while, Shen Fugui came in with an old man. Seeing this, Wang Guizhi hurriedly gave up her seat.

"Please take a look. The little girl woke up for a moment and then fainted immediately. Oh my God, if anything happens to my daughter, I will not live either." Wang Guizhi cried.

"Look at you, why are you crying again? The doctor is here, don't worry, don't worry!"

Lu Changhong was from Lujia Village. He was the only barefoot doctor in the nearby villages. Because he had served in the army before, everyone trusted him.

He walked to the kang and was about to pull up Shen Meng's eyelids, when he saw the person on the kang who had been frowning just now suddenly opened his eyes. Even someone who was used to big scenes was startled by her.

He coughed lightly, then looked at the wound on her head. There were spider webs and soot on it, and the bleeding had stopped. This was a folk remedy in the countryside. It could stop bleeding, but it was unhygienic. He took the salt water he had brought with him, and asked Wang Guizhi to hold Shen Meng's head close to the kang, while he took a ball of cotton cloth and poured some salt water.

Shen Meng looked weakly at the doctor called by Shen Fugui. He wanted to clean her wound without even applying anesthetic. She was so scared that she raised her hand to stop him.

"Ah~um!"

This feeling is so sour and refreshing!!!
Shen Meng suddenly grabbed Wang Guizhi's arm, shaking with pain, and almost threw Wang Guizhi to the ground.

"Oh, Doctor Lu, why didn't you tell me? I almost couldn't hold her down."

"I can't tell you, ma'am. If I tell her, she'll know it in her heart and she'll be scared away when I press it."

Shen Meng: “.”

What you said seems to make some sense.

After Lu Changhong washed the wound, he applied medicine and bandaged it with gauze. The wound was on the corner of the forehead, so he prescribed some anti-inflammatory drugs. He was a doctor recognized by the commune and could get some medicine from the county hospital, but not much. Every time he prescribed, he would consider carefully. This time, he prescribed six tablets for Shen Meng at once, also for the sake of his brother Lu Zhenping.

"It's not a big deal. The wound looks scary, but the bones are not hurt. Just take good care of it for ten days or half a month. Take one pill of this medicine later and another one before going to bed at night. Be careful at night and don't get a fever. If you have a fever, reduce it quickly. Call me if the fever can't be reduced."

"Okay, okay, thank you, Doctor Lu. I really owe you a lot today. I'll pay for it."

Shen Fugui saw him packing his things and felt his body up and down. He and his wife had come out in a hurry and didn't bring anything with them. Not only that, but when he heard that his daughter was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt really hungry.

Lu Changhong looked at Shen Fugui and lowered his eyelids lightly.

"It's 70 cents in total. The expensive part is the salt water, powder and pills for washing the wound. It's okay if you don't have it now. You can pay for it later."

Wang Guizhi and Shen Fugui were about to thank her when Shen Meng hurriedly said, "Wait, wait a minute, Mom, open my kang cabinet. There is some change in the black cloth bag inside. Please give it to Doctor Lu for me." When Lu Changhong heard her say that, he did not refuse. Lu Zhenping was such a good man, but he married such a hypocritical person. It would be fine if she just had good looks, but she was not kind to the children. If he and several aunts in the village hadn't been watching over them, the children would have been bullied to death.

After getting the money, Lu Changhong left decisively without even glancing at Shen Meng. Shen Meng knew that he had a problem with the original owner, because the three children of Lu Zhenping were actually descendants of martyrs. Their mothers either ran away, remarried, or died, and their lives in their original homes were really miserable.

Lu Zhenping couldn't bear to see the child suffer so much that he adopted him, but he didn't expect that he would send the child from one hell of a pit into another.

"Doctor Lu, wait a moment. Doctor Lu, please, if my mother-in-law asks you about my health, please tell her. Just say that my injury is very serious and I can't get out of bed without resting for half a year. Thank you."

Lu Changhong: “.”

Haha, he knew that this woman wanted to use this wound to shirk her responsibilities. Who knows how she would enslave a few children to work like her slaves in the future!
"Zhenping's wife, I shouldn't interfere in your family's affairs, but Zhenping and I grew up together, and Mingyang and his children are also poor people. Can you please be kind and treat them better?" At least don't hit them anymore.

Lu Changhong didn't dare to say the following words, for he was afraid of angering Shen Meng and getting her to beat the children behind his back. No matter what, Shen Meng was the mother of several children, and he was an outsider, so he couldn't interfere too much.

"Doctor Lu, I call you Brother Changhong. Don't worry, I have thought it through after this incident. From now on I will be good to Mingyang and the other children. I promise. If you don't believe me, you can supervise me." Shen Meng still had a headache, and after he said these words, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Lu Changhong looked at Shen Meng steadily. He didn't know why, but he knew at first glance that this person was a philandering person in the past. But today, the feeling he gave was very different.

He didn't say whether he believed it or not, he just turned around and walked out.

After he went out, he saw Liu Sanjin being supported by Zhou Jiaojiao, and she was obviously waiting for him.

Liu Sanjin asked nervously and distressedly, "Changhong, how is the old man?"

Lu Changhong was about to say that it was no big deal when he somehow remembered what Shen Meng had asked him to do. For the sake of those poor children, he believed her once.

"Aunt, Zhenping's wife is not in good condition. If I hadn't come in time, she would have almost died. I washed her wound and prescribed medicine. Whether she lives or dies depends on her luck. But even if she is fine, it will take a year or so before she can get out of bed. You should be prepared!"

After he finished speaking, he picked up his things and walked out. Liu Sanjin and Zhou Jiaojiao who were behind him turned pale immediately. When Shen Meng was sent back before, they acted like good people and said that Shen Meng was fine, she just fainted and would wake up soon.

If Shen Meng really died, all the neighbors would know that they didn't hire a doctor. Wouldn't that make them look like they deliberately refused to provide medical treatment and killed their daughter-in-law?

How can I hold my head up high in Lujia Village from now on?
Liu Sanjin pulled Zhou Jiaojiao, who was supporting him, over and grabbed her arm and scolded her harshly.

"You shallow-eyed little bitch, you damn bitch, didn't you say you were okay? My Lu family's reputation is going to be ruined in your hands. I'll let my son divorce you."

(End of this chapter)