Some passers-by have closed their eyes in fear.
At this critical moment, a carriage travelling on the side of the road suddenly crossed over and bang! The two carriages collided with a loud noise and both carriages flipped over in both directions at the same time.
Passers-by fled with shrieks.
Song Shu, who had escaped death, looked at the scene in front of him, unable to return to his senses.
Song Si was also frightened, his heart thumping, and he could see clearly that the carriage had deliberately come across.
Moans came from the side of the carriage and people slowly gathered around.
After taking a breather, Song Si also got off the bullock cart and quickly went to the side of the wagon that had crossed over.
The driver had been thrown out and was lying on the ground on the far side. Next to the carriage was the man who had been thrown out from the cart, wearing the clothes of the school.
Song Si peeled away from the crowd and went over to see the face of the man on the ground and exclaimed, “Qin Qian!”
Qin Qian moved, “Brother Song Si.”
“Father, come and help!”
“I’m fine, I’m just confused from the fall, just take it easy.”
As he said that, Qin Qian slowly sat up, not knowing where he had touched, and sizzled in pain.
“I’ll help you to the doctor’s office.”
“I’m really fine, please help me to see my coachman.”
Song Shu had already come over in stride, and hearing his words went over to help the coachman up. The coachman had been flung straight out, with a number of bruises on his face and hands, and blood coming out of his nose.
“Ah Zhong.”
Qin Qian shouted worriedly, “How are you?”
The coachman wiped a bloody nose, “Young master, I’m fine, it’s just a bruise.”
Qin Qian was relieved.
The carriage driver who had spooked the horse limped over, his face as white as paper. He had jumped out of the carriage before the two carts collided, and when he landed on the ground, his foot was broken and he was almost hit by the overturned carriage.
When he saw that Qin Qian was wearing the clothes of the academy, his face turned even whiter in fear, “This gentleman, are you all right?”
Qin Qian tried to wave his hand, and just as he moved, he sizzled with pain again.
The coachman was so frightened that he was on the verge of tears, “I, I, I didn’t mean to …… I, I’ll take you to the medical school.”
“No matter, be careful when driving the carriage in the future, if you hurt someone, I’m afraid you can’t afford to pay for it even if you’ve lost your family’s money.”
“Yes, yes, yes, I will remember, I don’t know what happened, the carriage got scared all of a sudden, I couldn’t pull it even though I tried.”
“Go away.”
The coachman did not seem to believe that this would happen and did not react for a moment.
“Good man na.”
Some of the onlookers praised him, and the rest followed suit. If a normal person encountered such a situation, they would have asked for the medical expenses, not to mention blackmail.
“Gong, Gongzi, you, you ……
The coachman reacted, still in disbelief.
“We’re just a few scrapes, it’s not a problem, you’d better go check on your carriage.”
“Thank you, my lord.”
Gratefully, the coachman turned around and limped off to look at his carriage.
Song Si slowly helped Qin Qian up and Song Shu also helped the coachman over, making them stand to one side as he first unhitched the horse from the carriage and called out to the onlookers to help right the carriage, re-hitch the horse and put the horse stool in place.
Song Si helped Qin Qian up, but the coachman said nothing to go inside. Song Shu handed him the reins and told the coachman to wait.
Song Shu went over and drove the bullock cart over and tied it to the back of the wagon, then took the reins from the coachman and slowly drove it towards the county town.
“Why are you here?”
Inside the carriage, Song Si asked.
Qin Qian did not dare to lean against the carriage wall for fear of rubbing the scrapes on his body, and with one hand resting on the arm of his other hand, he returned, “After I went to the academy, I saw that you were late in coming, and thought to come out of the city to meet you, just in time to see the frightened carriage crashing towards you, so I asked the coachman to cross the carriage over.”
“Thanks to you today, otherwise my father and I wouldn’t know whether we were alive or dead now.”
The frightened carriage was so fast that if it had really hit the bullock cart, it would have been overturned and he and Song Shu would have been crushed under it.
“That’s very kind of you to say, who are you and who are you? If it were the other way round and I were in this situation, you would have done the same.”
“In any case, thank you for today.”
The carriage stopped at the entrance of Renhe Hall, Song Shu put the reins on the horse’s back, moved the horse stool to the driver’s side, helped him down first, and then helped Qin Qian down together with Song Si, and walked into the hall.
The doctor examined them carefully and found that there were no major injuries, just bruises, all over their arms and bodies.
“It’s also thanks to the thick clothing, otherwise you would have suffered, but we should not take it lightly, from now until tomorrow morning, if you feel dizzy and nauseous, come over quickly.”
The doctor said as he prescribed the medicine, and when he had finished he held up the finished prescription.
Qin Qian reached out and took it.
Song Shu was busy saying, “Sir Qin saved my life and Si’er’s, we father and son are grateful, let us pay for this medicine.”
“Uncle, it’s just a little money, I’ll do it.”
With that, he handed the prescription to Ah Zhong, who took it and went to the counter to grab the medicine, and Song Shu followed, insisting on paying.
“You persuade uncle, this small amount is nothing to me, tell uncle not to argue.”
Qin Qian said to Song Si.
Song Si knew that everyone in the academy thought his family was poor, otherwise he would not have been vilified by Zhang Huai’s father and son for a tael of silver to go to the Zhang family to copy a book, and his parents would not have come to the county to set up a stall.
He opened his mouth to tell him about his family’s hotpot base, but swallowed the words as they came to his lips, “Let my father pay for it, or else he won’t feel good about it.”
“This small amount of money is nothing to me, it’s not enough for me to treat people to a meal, your family …… is fine, let uncle pay for it, I’ll invite people to our stall for spicy hotpot later.”
……
From the medical school, Song Shu drove the ox cart and followed it to the entrance of the college again, watching Qin Qian and Song Si go in and then wanting to send Ah Zhong back.
“No need to bother you, I’m fine now, just drive back slowly.”
Song Shu was uneasy, Ah Zhong had bruises on both arms and was definitely unsteady when holding the reins.
“It’s really fine.”
Said Ah Zhong, shaking the reins, with no look of pain on his face at all.
Only then did Song Shu feel relieved and watched him drive the carriage farther away before he drove the ox cart back to his home.
The Gu family.
After everyone had left, Dr Yao first gave Xu a needle and then taught Song Wan Yue the art of medicine.
Gu Yi went to the courtyard specially prepared for Song Wan Yue and instructed Xiao Si to call Da Ya, “From today onwards, you will serve beside the little girl, remember, whatever you see or hear, you are not allowed to say anything to the public, if you leak out even half a word, you know what will happen to you.”
“Slave servant does not dare.”
Da Ya collected the surprise in her heart, bowed her head and said in a disciplined manner.
