The peasant widow is famous all over the world

Chapter 15

Tang Mian's heart sank slightly. Doctor Wu rarely showed this look. It seemed that the child's situation was not optimistic.

Sure enough, Wu Yunsheng's expression became serious after seeing it. He looked at Tang Mian and Lu Zhiqiang and asked, "Who is this child to you?"

"We picked up this child on the way back. We said his parents didn't want him." Lu Zhiqiang immediately added.

"Doctor Wu, is the child's condition serious?" Tang Mian asked, frowning.

Wu Yunsheng sighed, "As long as he rests now, he can regain his energy. It's just that he has a disease in his body. Although it is not fatal, it needs to be maintained with precious medicinal materials for a long time, and the cost is not high."

The eyelashes of the little guy lying down trembled, and his body trembled slightly.

Lu Zhiqiang understood that this might be the reason why the child was abandoned.

It requires the use of precious medicinal materials for long-term maintenance, and most people cannot afford it even if they lose all their money.

However, the child’s parents are so cruel!
"Brother and sister, come out with me." After speaking, Lu Zhiqiang took the lead and walked to the small courtyard.

Tang Mian looked at it and walked over, "Second cousin, what do you want to say to me?"

Lu Zhiqiang sighed and said softly: "Brothers and sisters, it's better to report it to the officials. The officials will find out the child's biological parents and we will send the child back."

Tang Mian frowned and looked at the little guy lying not far away, "Send it back and be thrown away again?"

Lu Zhiqiang paused and said after a moment: "If we don't send him back, we can't keep him!"

None of them have the ability, and they are even less likely to go bankrupt for an unrelated child.

"Brothers and sisters, if we send the child back through the government, the child's parents will probably consider it." This should be the best way.

Tang Mian lowered his eyes gently, then raised his eyes to look at Wu Yunsheng after a moment, "Doctor Wu, please prescribe the medicine first."

"Okay." Wu Yunsheng nodded and turned to get the medicine.

"Brother and sister." Lu Zhiqiang looked at Tang Mian with disapproval.

Tang Mian met Lu Zhiqiang's gaze and said, "Second cousin, whether you support him or not, at least let him feel better now."

"Okay." Lu Zhiqiang sighed, "I'll pay for today's medicine, so you can leave it alone."

Their family must be at least a little better off.

Tang Mian shook his head, "Second cousin, since I decided to take him back, I should be responsible for him."

There is no reason for the second cousin to take the blame.

"Brothers and sisters, listen to me"

"Second cousin, you don't have to fight with me, it's settled." Tang Mian interrupted Lu Zhiqiang.

Lu Zhiqiang opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Tang Mian said again: "If my second cousin talks about it again, he will make everyone unhappy."

Lu Zhiqiang was helpless. Why hadn't he noticed before that Lu Xun's wife was still stubborn?

"Okay, if you have any difficulties, please remember to ask."

This time Tang Mian did not object again, "Second cousin, don't worry, you won't be polite then."

After Tang Mian finished speaking, he turned to look at the lying child. Neither of them spoke anymore.

After a while, Wu Yunsheng walked up to them with three packages of medicine, handed them to Tang Mian and said, "A total of eighty coins."

Tang Mian paused as he took the medicine, "Doctor Wu, didn't you say you need precious medicinal materials?"

Why is it only eighty articles?

Wu Yunsheng raised his eyelids and said: "The medicine I prescribed today is relatively cheap, which can alleviate some of his symptoms. I also added some sleep-friendly medicine to help him have a good sleep. As for the rest, let's talk about it later!" Thank you, Doctor Wu." Tang Mian took the medicine bag, took out the money he had put in his coat pocket on the ox cart, counted eighty coins and handed it to Wu Yunsheng.

Wu Yunsheng took the money and said, "Okay, hurry back and boil the medicine for him to drink. Also, be sure not to let the little guy get hurt and bleed."

Tang Mian paused and responded, "Okay. Doctor Wu, let's go first."

Wu Yunsheng nodded, Tang Mian picked up the child, turned around and left with Lu Zhiqiang.

Looking at the back of Tang Mian holding the child, Wu Yunsheng weighed the coins in his hand and sighed slightly, "They are all poor people!"

Lu Zhiqiang drove Tang Mian and the child to her door in a bullock cart.

"Thank you for your hard work today, second cousin." Tang Mian looked at Lu Zhiqiang and said after getting off the oxcart.

Lu Zhiqiang waved his hand gently, stepped forward and knocked on the door for Tang Mian, "It's okay, my brothers and sisters, hurry in and have a good rest tonight. We'll talk about the child tomorrow."

"I'll ask your sister-in-law to send over two pieces of clothes for the child later. The clothes on the child are in tatters, so it would be better to give him a change."

"Okay, thank you second cousin. Second cousin, walk slowly."

Lu Zhiqiang responded, flicked his whip, and drove the bullock cart away.

As soon as Lu Zhiqiang left, the door was opened.

"Mian Niang, you're back." came Li's delighted voice.

Tang Mian turned around with the child in her arms. Li was stunned and pointed blankly at the child in Tang Mian's arms, "Mian Niang, this child."

When the little guy heard Li's confused voice, he trembled slightly and clutched Tang Mian's clothes tightly, for fear that they wouldn't want him.

Feeling the child's uneasiness, Tang Mian patted him gently and said, "Mom, let's go in and talk."

"Oh, okay, okay." Mrs. Li came back to her senses and opened the door wide, letting Tang Mian in.

Tang Mian carried the child into the house, and Li turned around and locked the door bolt.

"But Mianniang is back?" Lu Zheng also walked out of the back room and happened to bump into Tang Mian in the small courtyard.

"Where did this child come from?" Lu Zheng asked in confusion.

Tang Mian looked at Lu Zheng and Li with a slightly apologetic look, "Father, mother, the child said he was abandoned by his parents, so I picked him up."

Lu Zheng looked slightly angry, "Anyone who is unscrupulous will leave his own son behind."

Li's expression also turned into pity and distress, "This is the meat that fell from my body, why would I want to give it up?"

"Hurry up, Mian Niang, take the child into the house. I'll boil some hot water and wash him. Let your father get some of his clothes, and I'll change the child's clothes."

Tang Mian had already expected the reaction of the two elderly people, "Mom, there is no need to change the clothes. Just now my second cousin said that he would send two pieces from my sister-in-law."

"Oh, yes, yes, his Maomao looks about the same size as this child." Li slapped her forehead and suddenly realized.

"Okay, you take the child into the house first, and mom goes to boil the water."

Tang Mian nodded slightly, "Okay."

Tang Mian carried the child into her room, put him on the bed, and then turned around to go to the kitchen.

But the child held her tightly and wouldn't let go, looking at her with fear in his eyes.

He was afraid, afraid of being abandoned again, afraid of dying silently in the wilderness.

(End of this chapter)