Chapter 43.1

Translated by Aviana

Astonished, Lin Qingwan ran to the bedside with Yang-shi and Yang Tiegen also following behind her.

To their surprise, they saw Yang Tiezhu had regained his consciousness. But the person appeared to be very weak, with his face blue and lips pale.

All of them became happy; as long as he regained his consciousness, there wouldn’t be a major issue any longer. The old Doctor has also mentioned that he would be completely out of danger once the person wakes up, and they wouldn’t have to worry about his life.

Yang Tiezhu forced a smile at his wife and asked in an extremely low voice: “Bundle…”

A soon as she heard the bundle, she recalled the black cloth-wrapped bundle Yang Tiegen had given her the previous day.

She picked up the wrapped cloth bundle from under the table. The previous night she had thrown this bag cloth-wrapped bundle under the table as the bag was somewhat heavy and also because the bag was giving out a particularly strong smell.

Under Yang Tiezhu’s feeble instructions, Lin Qingwan untied the wrapped cloth bundle.

What greeted her sight was a big blackish bearskin. The bearskin still had a bit of flesh attached to it. Wrapped inside the skin were four bear paws that were dripping with blood. Beside the bear paws was a small bag. In it was a bluish-green-colored gall bladder-like object. Lin Qingwan guessed it to be bear’s gall.

Yang Tiezhu called Yang Tiegen to come near him, and in a low voice, gave the address of place before asking him to lead Lin Qingwan to that place to deal with those things. After speaking all of this, he seemed as if he was out of energy. He stopped talking and dozed off to sleep.

After three of them discussed in low voices, Yang Tiegen led Lin Qingwan to deal with things in the bundle, while Yang-shi stayed behind to take care of Yang Tiezhu.

Lin Qingwan and Yang Tiegen left the medical center, with Yang Tiegen leading the way.

Yang Tiegen was aware of the place Yang Tiezhu was speaking about; it was a place that traded mountain products.

Luoyun town was no particularly a big town. With few turns, they soon arrived at the place.

The boss was a middle-aged man with an unkempt beard. Seeing them come in, he was puzzled, as he was almost aware of all of his customers. But he had never seen these two people.

Lin Qingwan gave the boss a smile before she revealed that Yang Tiezhu had let them come here. She also introduced herself as Yang Tiezhu’s wife, and Yang Tiegen beside her as his younger brother.

Immediately, a cordial smile surfaced on the boss’s face, as he said: “Last time I heard that boy saying that he would get married. I didn’t expect it to be this quick.”

Lin Qingwan once again exchanged few pleasantries with the boss before giving them the bundle in Yang Tiegen’s hands.

The boss opened the cloth-wrapped bundle and looked into it. He spread the bearskin out and carefully scrutinized it. After inspecting the bear paws and those two gall bladder-shaped objects, he asked: “Do you want to sell all of this?”

Lin Qingwan nodded.

The boss pondered for a while and said: “Everything is good, and this bearskin is also very complete. For all of these things, I will give 50 silver taels. Dimei, you see if it is okay?”

Dimei: Younger sister (in this cont ext)

The estimated price Yang Tiezhu said to her was not far from this one. After thinking about it, Lin Qingwan nodded her head in consent.

The boss was also a frank and straightforward person. After storing the things away, he handed Lin Qingwan a money bag.

There were altogether 10 small silver ingots in the bag, each worth 5 taels.

Lin Qingwan accepted the silver and thanked the boss before walking out of the shop with Yang Tiegen.

Yang Tiegen also felt at ease and somewhat happy. He didn’t expect those few things to be solved at such a high price. Finally, he didn’t have to worry about the second brother’s medical fee any longer.

On the way back, Lin Qingwan asked Yang Tiegen not to tell the family regarding the silver obtained from selling the prey from Yang Tiezhu’s hunting.

After thinking for a while, Yang Tiegen agreed. He was also aware that there wouldn’t be any peace if he spoke of this matter to his family. If his mother makes a fuss and takes away all the money to buy questions for laosi, they won’t have any means to treat the second brother’s injury.

老四 (lǎosì): appellation used by the elders to address the fourth child in the family.

Don’t have any misgivings; He-shi could absolutely do this sort of thing.

Both of them returned to the medical centre. Yang Tiegen went to the room, while Lin Qingwan went to settle the fees.

While they were out, the Old Doctor, upon hearing that the patient had regained consciousness, once again examined Yang Tiezhu’s injury and had asked him to give that medicine worth 5 taels five more times. After that, he could switch to a bit of normal medicine. Along with the medication, he had also prescribed Jinchuang ointment. The old physician then totaled up the bill. The cost of herbs used to concoct the medication, the cost of Jinchuang ointment, and the consultation fees altogether totaled up to 36 silver taels.

Jinchuang (金创) ointment in a traditional Chinese ointment, which possesses excellent wound-healing properties.

In the present situation, Yang Tiezhu still couldn’t move even a bit. Thus, it was better for him to rest in the medical center for the next few days; thus, they would still have to pay charges for the room. Lin Qingwan, altogether, paid 40 taels of silver in advance and asked the Old Doctor to reimburse if the silver is left out in the end. Actually, Lin Qingwan was reluctant to go back to the home at the moment. Fearing that once she sees them, she might be unable to hold herself back from chopping all of them.

By the time Lin Qingwan returned to the room, Yang Tiezhu had already fallen into sleep.

Yang Tiegen intended to go back home, as the room was too small, and there wasn’t any place to stay either. Before leaving, he told them that he would send Yao-shi the next day to lend them a hand.

Yang-shi decided not to go back today and keep watch on Yang Tiezhu. Yesterday, after a day of tossing, Lin Qingwan couldn’t get to have a night of proper sleep either; thus, she wanted to let her have rest tonight.

Lin Qingwan gratefully smiled and said accepted her help. Tomorrow, anyhow, the third dimei would be coming; she could let Yang-shi go back then as she was too old to handle this kind of tossing.

dimei: Younger brother’s wife

Yang-shi also emphasized to Yang Tiegen to say all the medical expenses were borne by her if someone at home asked about it. It’s better not to say much now if anyone asked about it. Besides, everyone is aware that Yang-shi’s son works as a shopkeeper in the county and is financially stable.

Yang Tiegen nodded and assured them.

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