Everyone was well aware of this, Li Duofu stepped forward and said, "I will do the striking."
As his own father strikes, no one else can be blad if his leg injury does not heal later.
Doctor Xiao looked at his skinny, skin-and-bones figure and shook his head, "You are not strong enough, you won’t be able to strike well."
"I, I will do it!" Gu Dashan said, "I am Anzi’s uncle, even if I ss it up, he wouldn’t dare to bla ."
Doctor Xiao waved his hand: "You are trembling as you speak, how can you strike his leg? You might faint from fear first."
Qin San Lang looked at the frowning Gu Jinli and stood up: "Elder doctor, let do it. I am strong, I have practiced martial arts, and I know how much force is needed to break soone’s leg."
Doctor Xiao was pleased to hear this and said, "Alright, you do it."
Gu Jinli turned to Li Anzi and said, "Cousin, if you let Brother Qin strike your leg, you must promise that no matter the outco, you cannot bla him."
Li Anzi was stunned by Gu Jinli’s thod of breaking the leg and then treating it, hearing this, he was unable to respond imdiately.
Gu Daya was originally in the inner room with her daughter but ca out upon hearing this and said, "Young Qin from the Qin family, feel free to strike, whether Anzi’s leg gets better or becos useless, our family will not bla you, we will only be grateful."
Gu Jinli smiled, she had been worried that this aunt could beco a burden to her family, but now it seed she could make decisive decisions at crucial monts, with quite a refreshing spirit.
Li Duofu gritted his teeth and said, "Young Qin from the Qin family, go ahead with ease, our family won’t bla you."
Qin San Lang replied, "Okay."
Doctor Xiao said, "Then don’t wait, strike now."
He was eager to see if re-breaking the injured leg and treating it by setting the bone again, could make the leg heal.
If it healed, the reputation of Qingshan dical Hall would rise significantly.
Doctor Xiao pointed to the spot on Li Anzi’s injured leg, circled a place with his finger, and told Qin San Lang, "Right here, strike here. Start with great force, and once it’s driven in, imdiately withdraw the force, using a skilled touch to break the bone that has healed. Do you understand?"
Qin San Lang nodded, "The youngster understands."
Seeing that he got it, Doctor Xiao asked everyone to step back, then had Li Anzi lie down on the couch in the outer room and said, "Find sothing and strike."
Jiang Jiao had already brought over an iron rod and handed it to Qin San Lang, "Take it."
Qin San Lang took the iron rod, acted swiftly; before Li Anzi even had a chance to feel scared, with a bang and a crack, Qin San Lang had already broken his injured leg.
"Ah—" It took a while for Li Anzi to react, and then he scread in agony.
"Hold him down, quickly! Don’t let him move," Doctor Xiao shouted. Qin San Lang hurriedly threw away the iron rod to hold down Li Anzi.
Luo Wu was bringing in dicine for Gu Daya and her daughter, and seeing Li Anzi struggling fiercely, he rushed over to hold him down.
The two of them, one held onto Li Anzi’s chest to keep him from sitting up, the other held down his injured leg to keep him from kicking.
But Li Anzi was in too much pain, continuously screaming, Qin San Lang saw that simply holding him was not enough, so he knocked him out with a karate chop.
After Li Anzi fainted, Doctor Xiao walked over, touched Li Anzi’s injured leg, and after a mont, nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, good lad, precise strike, and the force was just right, no additional bone fragntation."
Doctor Xiao imdiately perford bloodletting, bone-setting, dicine application, and bandaged Li Anzi’s leg, then secured it with a wooden board.
After dealing with Li Anzi, he ca over to Li Daxi’s side, and said to Qin San Lang and Wang Yongfu: "Hold him down tightly, I need to set his bone properly."
Upon hearing this, Qin San Lang and Wang Yongfu didn’t dare to delay and imdiately held Li Daxi down with all their might.
Sang Yazi had already brought a bottle of alcohol, wiped Li Daxi’s swollen hand with it, then handed a sharp knife to Doctor Xiao.
Doctor Xiao took the knife, made an incision on the swollen wound of Li Daxi, and imdiately, dark red blood clots flowed out.
A short while later, after the blood clot was removed, he cleaned the wound, set the bone, applied dicine, wrapped it with boiled white cotton cloth, secured it with a wooden board, and considered it done.
After handling the two with bone injuries, Doctor Xiao then attended to Li Duofu’s injuries.
Li Duofu was also beaten up by the Protector of the Li Family, and although he had no broken hands or legs, he had so bruises. Doctor Xiao gave him a topical dicine to apply and prescribed so internal dicine for him and his sons, saying, "Take good care of it, try not to move too much."
Seeing that this family was not well-dressed, and guessing they were not wealthy but had no choice but to co to the Prefecture for treatnt, he reminded them, "If you are rushing back, wait for two days to ensure they don’t develop a fever before leaving. On the way back, make sure to take a carriage, don’t let the patient walk. If the injury worsens along the way, co back to see imdiately. If there are no complications en route, co back to Qingshan dical Hall for a follow-up in three months."
For those not living in the Prefecture, it’s not easy to visit for dical treatnt; Doctor Xiao was quite considerate by not asking them to stay in the Prefecture for three months.
Finally, Sang Yazi said with a smile, "That will be thirty taels of silver."
"Thirty taels of silver!" Old Zhu and his sons exclaid in shock. That amount was almost the lifeti savings of a peasant family, and it was all spent on one dical exam.
Sang Yazi cheerfully said, "Esteed uncle, our Qingshan dical Hall is one of the top dical institutions in the Prefecture, and Doctor Xiao, returning from military service, is one of the best for treating bone injuries in He’an Prefecture. The consultation fee is ten taels of silver per person; hence for three individuals, it naturally amounts to thirty taels."
"That’s excluding the dicine costs." Li Duofu was so shocked he could hardly speak; he thought the doctor’s fees were exceptionally high and regretted seeking treatnt.
Gu Daya’s face was also flushed as she looked at Gu Dashan, feeling she had complicated matters for her brother again.
Gu Dashan imdiately took out thirty taels of silver and handed it to Sang Yazi, saying to Doctor Xiao, "You have worked hard, sir."
As long as it ant curing his nephews’ limbs, spending thirty taels of silver was worth it.
Doctor Xiao nodded, looked at Gu Jinli, and smiled, "Little girl, you are quite bold. For your courage, when your family cos to get dicine at Qingshan dical Hall, I’ll let the counter give you a wholesale price."
"Thank you, respected doctor," Gu Dashan gratefully said, and then called Wang Yongfu over, "Please escort the doctor out, and then go get the dicine."
Upon hearing this, Luo Wu eagerly said, "Uncle Dashan, let go with Uncle Wang."
He ca to the Prefecture to help, and also to gain favor in front of Gu Dashan. Since he couldn’t join Gu Dashan in the chase earlier, he wanted to be as helpful as possible now.
"Alright, Brother Wu, go with him," Gu Dashan replied.
Luo Wu and Wang Yongfu took the silver, following Doctor Xiao and his apprentice to Qingshan dical Hall to fetch the dicine.
When they returned with the dicine, Master Qi had also arrived.
Master Qi had brought the new household registration for Li Duofu’s family.
However, when Gu Daya saw the nas on the new registry, she was startled, "Why are the children’s nas incorrect?"
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