There were only two people in this room, the other one had already fallen asleep, and the one Xie Songhua was taking care of was an elderly woman.
Her sudden movement at this moment startled Xie Songhua.
The old woman's hair had turned gray, and her whole body seemed to have declined due to this illness. She was looking at Xie Songhua with a pair of cloudy eyes, which seemed to be filled with tears.
"Doctor Xie, you are a good person, don't stay here anymore! Leave quickly!"
Xie Songhua didn't know much about the patients here. She had always treated them conscientiously and had never inquired about them. Of course, the people here would not let her inquire about them blindly.
But even so, she also knew that this old woman was a lonely old woman.
Because other patients will have one or two family members come to visit them even if they are afraid of contagion after passing the illness.
But since she arrived, not a single person from this old woman has come here to visit her, and several times when she was dying, it was only Xie Songhua and the medicine boy who took care of her.
Although he is a drug boy who shares tasks voluntarily in the town, due to human nature, naturally no one cares about such a lonely old man who has made it clear that he has to live his life.
Xie Songhua has no relationship with anyone here and treats everyone equally. In contrast, he naturally takes more care of this old woman than others.
But here with these people, apart from some very few daily interactions, she had almost no other private communication.
She was already used to it, and now she was really shocked by this old woman.
Xie Songhua subconsciously raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of the other patient, and was relieved when he saw that the other patient was still sleeping soundly.
She also lowered her voice and said warmly: "You don't have to be afraid. It's just because you are old that the disease will get better slowly. You will have a good life. If you take a few more medicines and I will give you a few injections, you will get better."
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The old woman's hand grabbed her wrist harder and harder, "Listen to me and leave quickly! The people in this town are blinded by hatred. If they follow that bandit to rebel, everyone will die sooner or later. You are a good doctor."
, don’t be buried here.”
Hearing this, Xie Songhua was sure that this old woman was not an ordinary person. She pretended to help her up and asked quickly: "How do you know this?"
"My daughter married the former Mayor Cai. Before the accident, they sent me to the countryside," the old woman said breathlessly, "Doctor Xie, you were sent by the imperial court. They will not let you go. You
It’s better to leave quickly!”
Xie Songhua never imagined that such an old woman in front of him was actually the mother-in-law of the former mayor.
She caught the key point in her words, "You said Mayor Cai sent you away before the accident? He knew something was going to happen a long time ago? Did he give you anything?"
The old woman had just said a long paragraph and was a little out of breath. She suddenly froze when she heard the words and looked at her in surprise. It took a while before she seemed to remember, "Yes! There is one!"
The look on her face became anxious, "Why didn't I think of it? I thought I was being asked to hide some belongings..."
She frowned and thought for a long time, and then suddenly her other hand grasped Xie Songhua tightly, "In my old house in the country, there is an empty box!"
Then she tried her best to tell Xie Songhua her home address in Xie Songhua's ear.
She was talking about some place names in Dapan Town. From where to go, Xie Songhua could only try her best to remember what she said.
I recited it several times silently in my mind, then helped her lie down and said, "Thank you."
"Go quickly! Go quickly!"
The old woman said a few more words in a firm tone. At this moment, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps in the yard, and several people rushed in, immediately waking up the snoring patient over there.
"What happened?"
The visitor didn't even look at him, his eyes only fell on Xie Songhua, "Doctor Xie, the mayor invites you to come over and discuss with you the next step in preventing and controlling the epidemic here."
Xie Songhua's hand holding the medicine bowl
He maintained his composure and said calmly: "Okay, I'll follow you after I finish feeding this bowl of medicine."
"Why don't you let the mayor wait for you?" A man came up and snatched Xie Songhua's bowl, and then handed it to the person next to him, "Let's feed it to anyone."
"Doctor Xie, come with us!"
Xie Songhua's face was neither anxious nor annoyed. He stood up slowly, dusted his clothes, followed them out, walked to the yard, and carried his medicine box on his back.
"Why don't you carry a medicine box when you go to the mayor's place!"
"Why don't you send it to me later?" Xie Songhua gave him a sideways look, "Also, did your mayor ask you to invite me to discuss matters, or did he ask you to escort me?"
She stood there with the medicine box on her back, looking at them coldly and arrogantly, with a bit of calmness and authority on her face.
"Hey, I'm giving you face, right? Do you still want to pretend to be a big shot here? The mayor asked you to treat me, but you really think you're a noob?!"
One of them blushed and took a step forward, shouting at Xie Songhua in a ferocious tone.
Others followed suit.
"Oh? Is that so?" Xie Songhua looked at them indifferently, "Then I don't dare to go with you. During this period of time, I have done nothing but conscientiously treating the people in Dapan Town who were infected with the epidemic.
This is also the agreement we reached with you when we came in. Now that the epidemic here is almost under control, we have to call for capture. In case you are trying to kill the donkey and want to kill it.
What if I have a quarrel with the imperial court?"
"What are you talking about?!" The man immediately took a step forward, waved his fist and hit Xie Songhua directly.
But Xie Songhua just stood there and looked at them indifferently.
After all, the fist did not fall, but was held by another person. The person said in a cold tone: "Doctor Xie, we in Dapan Town are not beholden to the imperial court. You came in on your own, and we will not treat you as such."
Treat him like a distinguished guest of the imperial court. Now that the mayor wants to see you, what is your ulterior motive in resisting him like this?"
"How have I ever resisted? Aren't I very cooperative from the beginning to the end? You said you wanted to go, and I agreed. Aren't you so vicious?
I'm just a weak woman, how can I withstand such a scare? With your attitude, it's hard for me to stop thinking wildly, so how can I dare to go?"
"You..." The impatient man immediately stepped forward again, but was once again stopped by the leader.
He even saluted to Xie Songhua, "We are all rough people, and Dr. Xie was frightened. The mayor really has serious business to discuss with Dr. Xie, and has no other intentions."
"Since we have something to discuss, we should act like we are discussing it."
Xie Songhua said and simply put the medical kit on the table next to him, then sat down directly, and even took out a medical book to read in a decent manner.
Now that he knew what Liu Zhong was, Xie Songhua also knew that if he left, he might not be able to come back.
But at this time, Liu Zhong did not dare to arrest her blatantly. From the fact that Xiao Yu could instigate so many people to rebel, it was obvious that Liu Zhong had not yet completely conquered this town.
Even if the people of Dapan Town are resentful towards the imperial court, what Xie Songhua did here during this period is obvious to all.
If he catches her for no reason, it will cause panic in the town, which is not good for him.
But her behavior still angered those people to some extent.
Even the leader's tone became tougher, "The mayor has always respected Dr. Xie, but we brothers have a problem with Dr. Xie's attitude toward the mayor."