Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 631 - 587 A Young Man Who Can Differentiate Between Right and Wrong (2)
The village chief pointed to the man and said to Li Yuzhu and the others, "This is Baoshun’s father."
A woman came out of the house, carrying a long bench and placing it beside Li Yuzhu and the others, "You can sit."
"This is Baoshun’s mother." The village chief pointed to the woman again.
Li Yuzhu placed Baili Rui on a shorter stool, thanked Mu Yuanxiu, and sat down.
"Is the injury serious? Have you consulted a doctor?" Li Yuzhu asked.
"We did call a doctor, and he was bandaged." Baoshun’s mother sighed, "Thank you, Li San Niang, for coming to see him. He will return to school when he recovers."
Li Yuzhu said, "May I see him?"
Baoshun’s mother said, "Of course, you can, but he’s asleep at the moment."
"No problem, I’ll just take a look at his injured leg." Li Yuzhu said.
Knowing that Li Yuzhu was a doctor, Baoshun’s mother agreed to take her to see Song Baoshun.
Song Baoshun’s family had three brick rooms, two wooden houses, and one mud-house.
There were two big courtyards at the front and back, with many chickens running around in the yard, and the sound of sheep bleating behind the house.
Judging by the furnishings and the size of the house, it was of moderate standing in the village.
Li Yuzhu followed Baoshun’s mother to the back room on the left side.
This was a bedroom in a brick house, divided into two rooms.
There was an ordinary bed, tables and chairs, and a small cabinet in the room.
The furniture was old, but not broken, and everything was in order.
A small stove was placed in the corner of the room, with a small clay pot on top, steaming hot.
The room was filled with the fragrance of medicine.
Song Baoshun lay on the bed, eyes closed, his face very pale.
A petite woman, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with a sorrowful expression, sat by the bedside, keeping watch.
Seeing Li Yuzhu and the others approaching, she stood up.
"Sister-in-law." The woman called out to Baoshun’s mother.
Baoshun’s mother gritted her teeth, staring coldly at her without a word, then pointed to Song Baoshun on the bed and said to Li Yuzhu, "Li San Niang, he is asleep."
"Lift the quilt, I want to see how his leg is bandaged." Li Yuzhu walked over and sat on the edge of the bed.
The young woman moved to lift the quilt but was roughly pushed aside by Baoshun’s mother, "Get away!"
She walked to the bed and lifted the quilt herself.
The woman stumbled from the push, bit her lip, and stepped back dejectedly to the side.
However, she didn’t leave the room, instead stood at the head of the bed, anxiously watching Song Baoshun on the bed.
Li Yuzhu was puzzled and couldn’t help but observe the woman.
The woman bore a striking resemblance to Song Baoshun’s father, and she looked younger, could she be the Aunt Bao Shun that Mr. Song mentioned had been sent away?
Seeing the look of disdain that Baoshun’s mother gave her, it should be her.
Because she was sent away, Song Baoshun went to her husband’s family to reason and ended up with a broken leg, no wonder Baoshun’s mother was angry at her cousin.
Li Yuzhu withdrew her gaze and activated the space instrument to examine Song Baoshun’s injured leg.
The lower leg was fractured into two parts, but the bandaging method was incorrect.
Li Yuzhu pointed at Song Baoshun’s injured leg and said to Baoshun’s mother, "His left shin is broken into two segments, and this splint bandaging method is too crude. A slight carelessness could touch the injured leg, causing heart-wrenching pain. This bandaging method means he has to lie still all day, and if the injured leg is moved, it will heal crookedly and unsightly, and could very likely result in uneven leg lengths."
Baoshun’s mother was so frightened her face changed color, "Li San Niang, what do you mean by uneven leg lengths?"
"It means that the injured leg heals more slowly and grows dislocated, while the good leg continues to grow normally. As a result, one leg will be longer than the other." Li Yuzhu explained, "In simple terms, ten out of ten chances it will be a crippled leg in the future."
"Crippled... Crippled leg..." Baoshun’s mother stammered, suddenly rushing towards the young woman, hitting her with her fists, "Did you do this on purpose? Baoshun stood up for you, and you found a quack to treat the injury! Heartless harlot, no wonder your husband didn’t want you!"
The young woman only held her head and cried softly, without dodging, letting Baoshun’s mother hit her.
The sound of quarrels in the house woke up the drowsy Song Baoshun, "Mom, don’t hit Aunt, Mom!"
It also alerted the people outside, and Baoshun’s father strode in.
"Crazy woman, why are you hitting Chunniang? What did she do wrong?" Baoshun’s father pulled Baoshun’s mother away.
Baoshun’s mother pointed at Baoshun’s aunt, Song Chunniang, and cursed, "She did nothing wrong? If she knew how to coax her man, would she have been divorced? Baoshun stood up for her, went to the Zhou Family to argue, and got his leg injured. She brought a quack to treat Baoshun’s leg! What kind of aunt is so wicked, causing her nephew to become disabled?"
Baoshun’s father said irritably, "She didn’t do it on purpose. Can Chunniang coax that rogue Zhou Dafu into behaving? And about the treatment of the leg, she doesn’t understand it. In the village, everyone calls Doctor Lu. Doctor Lu has been treating people for over forty years, how can he be a quack?"
The argument in the room was fierce, and Song Lizheng, a relative of Song Baoshun’s, also came into the room.
"Oh, what’s the commotion? If you want to argue, do it outside, Baoshun still needs to recover!" Song Lizheng pushed Baoshun’s father out and pulled Song Chunniang away, "Chunniang has stayed up all night with Baoshun, go and rest."
Song Lizheng pushed and pulled, taking the two siblings of the Song Family out of the room.
Li Yuzhu didn’t expect that the doctor was invited by Baoshun’s aunt, Song Chunniang.
She followed after them, "Aunt Baoshun, I’m sorry, I didn’t know the doctor was invited by you."
Baoshun’s mother followed out, sneering, "She volunteered to invite him, huh."
Song Chunniang looked guilty, "Sorry, sister-in-law, I didn’t mean it."
"You did it on purpose!" Baoshun’s mother cursed furiously.
Li Yuzhu pushed the two apart and said, "Stop arguing, this isn’t Aunt Baoshun’s fault, nor Doctor Lu’s. The doctors around here all bandage injured legs like this, but my method, brought from the Capital, is one that, my teacher said, only the Imperial Physicians in the palace know."
Song Lizheng immediately mediated, "Yes, Li San Niang is from the Capital, and she uses methods from there, her method is certainly good. Baoshun’s mother, don’t scold Chunniang anymore." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Baoshun’s mother looked embarrassed, but she hadn’t forgiven Aunt Baoshun, she looked at Li Yuzhu and said, "Then please trouble Li San Niang to re-bandage Baoshun’s injured leg."
"Alright, I’ll go and re-bandage it now." Li Yuzhu returned to Baoshun’s room.
On the bed, Song Baoshun was trying to get out of bed, he was already sitting up.
Baoshun’s mother hurried over to support him, "Oh, my dear, don’t move, lie back down quickly."
Song Baoshun had to lie back down.
"Mom, why did you scold Aunt? This has nothing to do with her, it’s that bastard Uncle who hit me!" Song Baoshun shouted loudly.
Baoshun’s mother gritted her teeth, "I know it was that bastard who hit you, but wasn’t this still caused by your aunt?"
"Aunt is part of our family, what’s wrong with me helping her?" Song Baoshun was dissatisfied with his mother’s words and shouted again.
Li Yuzhu looked approvingly at Song Baoshun, this child is usually mischievous, but in critical moments, he is quite loyal and can discern right from wrong.
Baoshun’s mother turned around, seeing Li Yuzhu watching them, she glared at Song Baoshun and didn’t continue the topic of the aunt’s husband hitting her son.
"Alright, alright, let Li San Niang take another look at your injured leg. If it’s not bandaged well, you’ll be limping in the future!" Baoshun’s mother pressed Song Baoshun back onto the bed to lie down.
Li Yuzhu took out plaster casts and other items from her bag, "The leg needs to be bandaged with plaster, this way it won’t easily dislocate."
She asked for a basin of clean water, soaked the plaster strips, and once they were soft, started to make plaster bandages.
Baoshun’s mother didn’t understand this, she only said, "I’m sorry to trouble Li San Niang."
The plaster strips were soaking slowly, Li Yuzhu sat waiting beside it.
Baoshun’s mother said she would go get some tea and water, then left.
Song Baoshun looked at Li Yuzhu, scratching his head embarrassedly, "Li San Niang, why are you here?"
Li Yuzhu shook her head, "You’re quite loyal, but your teacher was worried, you didn’t go to school, so he was worried something happened, he asked me to come and see."
Song Baoshun sighed, "My Aunt gave birth to three daughters, Uncle wanted her to have a son, but she couldn’t, so Uncle had a son with another woman and divorced her. I couldn’t take it, went to Uncle’s house, but Uncle beat me as soon as he saw me. I couldn’t beat them, so my leg was broken."
Li Yuzhu exclaimed, "Divorced just because she couldn’t have a son?" Poor Song Chunniang.
"Actually, my aunt had five daughters, one was given away, one died, and three daughters watched her be kicked out and were also brought back here." Song Baoshun gritted his teeth, "Having a son is so great! Bah!"
Li Yuzhu was secretly surprised, this boy’s mindset is quite impressive, not biased towards boys over girls, the girl who marries him in the future will surely be happy.
"Song Baoshun, you’re right, sons and daughters are the same, but you were too reckless. Why did you go alone to your uncle’s to fight? Weren’t you just giving yourself up to be beaten?" Li Yuzhu shook her head.
"I couldn’t stand it!" Song Baoshun growled angrily.
