Su Pan’er couldn’t help but corner her mouth upward, "Oh! My second cousin has suffered so much? This must have been really hard for her. Mother, don’t worry, I will definitely take good care of her treatnt. Co, Mother, have so fish head, we will go over after we’re done eating."
"Alright, alright, you two eat too."
A mother knows her daughter best. Su Pan’er had changed a lot recently, but this change was well-received by Mrs. Su-Hua, who imdiately squinted her eyes cheerfully.
The three of them took quite a bit of ti eating their al.
By the ti Su Pan’er had done redoing her hair and arrived at the Su family residence with Mrs. Su-Hua, it was already noon.
Su Sikong had been waiting impatiently. Seeing them, he imdiately started scolding, "You were just going to a neighboring village, and it took you half a day. If soone didn’t know better, they’d think you’d gone all the way to the county city!"
"Uncle, that’s not a fair comnt."
Mrs. Su-Hua imdiately beca protective of her daughter, shielding Su Pan’er behind her, and confronted Su Sikong directly.
"When I got to Pan’er’s house, she was out treating patients. I waited for her to return, but ultimately had to follow her there to bring her back. This back and forth is bound to delay things! Your comnt, uncle, is really quite upsetting!"
Mrs. Su-Hua’s sharp tongue really made Su Sikong’s already aching chest hurt even more!
"Why are you shouting? Is that how you speak to your uncle?"
Su Sikong shot her a stern look, then rembered that he needed the foolish girl’s help. If he angered her mother and drove the girl away, things would go terribly wrong!
He took a deep breath, forcibly swallowing his rage.
With his face twitching, he forced out an unconvincing smile. "You can see that Yue’er has fallen and injured herself, and I’m really worried. In my anxiety, I might have been a bit... harsh..."
"Oh my, how interesting!"
Mrs. Su-Hua showed no signs of backing down, but instead clucked her tongue repeatedly. "Uncle, you’re worried about Yue’er when she falls. Aren’t the families whose relatives are being treated by Pan’er also worried? Or do you consider only Yue’er to be human, but not everyone else?"
That was a heavy accusation!
No matter what, Su Sikong was a deputy county magistrate, an official and a ’parent’ to the people.
If he ended up being disliked for not considering others as human, his position was done for!
Su Sikong turned white and then green from anger but had to forcibly contain his resentnt again.
His eyes were bloodshot from the strain.
"How could I not consider others as human?"
Su Sikong hastily explained with a forced smile: "What nonsense are you spouting, fourth sister-in-law? I am a county magistrate, a parental official to all! Love for the people is my consistent standard! Anyone can tell you, I, Su Sikong..."
He began to rattle on, seeming like he would carry on forever.
Mrs. Su-Hua appeared to be humbly receiving his teachings, without the slightest sign of interrupting.
Seeing her mother performing so well, Su Pan’er chuckled inwardly.
She knew her mother was doing this on purpose.
Su Sikong loved to grab the spotlight and especially liked to blow his own trumpet. Her mother had completely understood this, and she was probably deliberately leading him on to waste ti.
After all, they weren’t the ones in pain or injured, so they didn’t need to hurry.
She stole a glance at Mrs. Su-Hua.
Mrs. Su-Hua caught her eye and gave her a slight wink, which solidified Su Pan’er’s assumptions.
"Enough! You’re saying too much, you, a rural woman, wouldn’t understand!"
Su Sikong seed to realize he had gone off on a tangent. After a few casual remarks, his gaze settled on Su Pan’er.
"Pan’er! Yesterday it rained and your sister Yue’er accidentally slipped and hurt her arm. She’s inside waiting for you to treat her."
Su Pan’er smiled slightly, but did not refuse.
"Uncle, rest assured, Pan’er will definitely try her best to heal second cousin. However, I fear my dical skills are far from proficient. If in case my abilities are not up to par..."
"No problem, just do your best in treating her! Even if you can’t cure her, your uncle won’t bla you."
Su Sikong generously waved his sleeve: "Yue’er just had a fall, it’s not a big deal. Even a wandering doctor could cure such a minor problem. I believe that under my niece’s hands, the dicine will definitely eliminate the disease, right?"
A cold light flashed quickly in his squinted eyes.
One mont he says he won’t bla her, the next he says it’s a minor problem.
What a hypocritical person!
She couldn’t be bothered to waste words with such a person, she casually smiled: "Uncle knows, Pan’er only knows half a loaf of dical skills. I dare not say that I can definitely cure it. By the way, where is the second cousin now?"
Su Sikong’s eyes bulged as he blew his beard, full of anger he couldn’t vent.
Narrowing his eyes, he pointed to Su Yue’er’s boudoir: "She’s inside, you go in quickly."
Su Pan’er said goodbye to him, stepped into the Su Family’s rear courtyard.
Just after taking a few steps, she heard soone calling her. Looking up, she saw a handso figure standing under the eaves.
Upon closer inspection, wasn’t this the original body’s first cousin, Su Lao Er’s eldest son, Su Huarong?
Although the original body didn’t have much contact with him in the past, she knew that he was a man of few words and liked to study hard.
She hurriedly approached a few steps, smiling: "What a coincidence, to run into the first cousin here."
"This is not a coincidence, the cousin is waiting for you on purpose."
Su Huarong glanced around, quickly lowered his head and said in a low voice: "It was grandfather who asked to wait for you here."
"Oh?"
Su Pan’er’s mind raced: "What did grandfather command?"
"Is the fourth younger cousin sister going to treat the second older sister’s injury?"
"Yes."
"That’s it. Grandfather has asked to bring a ssage for the fourth cousin sister."
"What ssage?"
"Do your best!"
Su Huarong alluded.
Until Su Huarong left, Su Pan’er slowly strolled into Su Yue’er’s room, still thinking about her grandfather’s words.
Why would the first cousin brother specifically bring such a sentence to give to for no reason?
Before she could approach, Su Xian’er, who was taking care of Su Yue’er, stood up.
"Su Pan’er, you have finally arrived! You hurry and see Sister Yue’er. Sister Yue’er’s condition is very bad!"
Su Pan’er’s eyes twinkled in response.
"Don’t worry, I will see her now."
Even though Su Pan’er had prepared herself ntally, she could not help but gasp when she saw Su Yue’er’s current state beneath the curtain!
Su Yue’er’s originally fair lon-seed face was now swollen like a winter lon, bruised and battered with nurous minor wounds all over. She was lying beneath a silk quilt embroidered with brightly colored peonies, eyes tightly closed, breathing rapidly, her face flushed from fever, and she was unconscious.
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