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Chapter 167 Unable to Stand Up
"If I'm the little bitch, then you're the old bitch." Zhao Lanlan has a hot temper and never suffers a loss, so she directly retorted.
Soon the noise spread outside the carriage. Jiang heard the quarreling coming from the carriage in front and laughed silently. It would be best if they started fighting, and it would be even better if one of them was killed.
Just as she was thinking about this, she suddenly saw Old Lady Li rolling down from the front carriage. As luck would have it, when she fell, her body hit a big rock on the side of the road.
In an instant, Mrs. Li’s wails of pain broke through the sky.
Old Mrs. Li was injured again, and her injury was not light. Jiang took her two children and got into Old Man Li's carriage.
In another carriage, Old Mrs. Li was lying straight, being taken care of by a maid.
The journey was long and the carriage was bumpy. Old Mrs. Li lay in the carriage, suffering from severe back pain. Every time the carriage was bumped, she felt as if her waist was going to break.
She cried out in pain and cursed Zhao Lanlan. She guessed that Zhao Lanlan was her nemesis and that she was injured twice because of her.
On the other hand, Zhao Lanlan acted as if nothing had happened, and old man Li didn't say a word to her from beginning to end.
After walking on the road for four days, I finally got home.
Seeing three carriages parked in front of the Li family's door, some neighbors gathered around, guessing that the Li family had returned.
Sure enough, old man Li got off the carriage, followed by his young wife, and finally Jiang with the child.
The maid they bought also got off another carriage. Old man Li walked to the maid and said something to her. Then the two of them got on the carriage together.
Soon a person was carried out from inside. Upon closer inspection, it was actually Old Lady Li. The villagers gathered around curiously, wanting to see what was going on.
As soon as she saw the familiar neighbor, Mrs. Li seemed to have found an outlet for her grievances. She opened her mouth to speak, but when she looked up and saw Old Man Li's warning eyes, she forced herself to hold back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
"What's wrong with Mrs. Li?" asked a familiar woman.
"Exactly. He was fine when I left. How come he is like this after just a few days of not seeing him?"
"I'm fine. I accidentally sprained my waist. It will be fine in two days." Old Mrs. Li forced a smile that was uglier than crying.
"That's right. Your family has already hired a maid, and you don't have to work, so you will definitely get better soon."
It took a lot of effort to get Old Lady Li home. During that time, she was in so much pain that she cried for her parents and lay in the carriage for three days. However, her back pain did not get better at all, but instead became more and more painful.
After putting her on the bed, Old Man Li turned around and was about to leave.
"Old man, you can't just ignore me. Go get a doctor for me." Old Mrs. Li hurriedly stopped him.
"Why hire a doctor? It costs money. Didn't the boss give you a hundred taels of silver? Go and hire one yourself." Old man Li was still blaming her for going to Chengyang County on her own initiative. If she didn't go, Li Dajiang would not have sent him back. It was all because of her.
"Old man, you were not like this before. You have been bewitched by that vixen." Old Mrs. Li shouted angrily.
"Look at what you look like. Don't say bad things about Lanlan in the future. If you say another word, I will not forgive you." Old man Li flicked his sleeves and walked away angrily.
In the end, Old Lady Li still asked Jiang to invite a doctor for her, and the doctor turned out to be an acquaintance.
Last time, Li Laosan invited him to treat Mrs. Su, but Old Lady Li played tricks and refused to pay him the consultation fee.
Not long after that, Jiang invited him again. It was not Jiang's fault, because there was only this one doctor in the nearby villages.
Seeing Mrs. Li lying on the bed, the old doctor snorted disdainfully. Out of medical ethics, he did not turn around and leave: "I charge for my medical treatment."
"I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you." Old Mrs. Li also remembered him and said quickly, fearing that the old doctor would leave in a fit of anger.
"I will still charge for consultation even if the treatment is not good," the old doctor added.
Old Mrs. Li couldn't help but blushing. She remembered clearly what she had said not long ago. At that time, she acted like a spoiled brat in order not to pay the medical fee. She really didn't expect that this day would come.
"Old doctor, please don't bear grudges and don't bother with me, an old woman. I'll pay you the medical fee, including the last time. Please check me out as soon as possible. I'm in so much pain." Old Mrs. Li hated herself for being so rude at that time. She really wanted to slap herself twice.
The old doctor has been practicing medicine and helping people all his life. Since Old Mrs. Li said so, he will not make things difficult for her.
He reached out to feel Mrs. Li's pulse and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Mrs. Li's condition was not optimistic.
"Doctor, what's wrong with my mother? What happened?" Jiang looked at the old doctor's expression and felt something was not right.
Old Mrs. Li also looked at him nervously, afraid that he would say something bad.
After a while, the old doctor finally spoke, and Mrs. Li almost fainted after hearing this: "The situation is very bad. I'm afraid you will never be able to stand up again."
"What? It can't be done? Doctor, can you please take another closer look?" Jiang was stunned. He just fell off the carriage, so how could he not be able to stand up?
"Madam, you must have injured your waist a few days ago. Didn't the doctor tell you at that time that you can't hurt your waist again?" the doctor asked in a deep voice.
Jiang seemed to have suddenly thought of something, but quickly regained her composure. When she was in Chengyang County, the doctor did say that Old Lady Li must protect her waist, but at the time she was only thinking about Li Laosi and did not listen carefully.
Fortunately, no one else knew about this, otherwise Old Lady Li would have skinned her alive. Jiang felt relieved.
"My mother was indeed injured a few days ago, but the doctor just prescribed some medicine and didn't say anything else." Jiang was quick to clear herself from the matter. It had been so long since the incident, and the doctor was still from Chengyang County, so she could say whatever she wanted now.
"How is this possible? Doctor, please take another look at me. Are you seeing things? I have always been in good health." The doctor's words were like a bolt from the blue to Old Lady Li. It was impossible.
"I will never be wrong. If you don't believe me, please seek help from someone else." The doctor said in an unhappy tone.
"You must still be holding a grudge against me, you old fool. I still have to apologize to you, you quack. Go away, Jiang. Go to the county town and get the best doctor for me. I will be able to get out of bed and walk tomorrow." Old Mrs. Li was anxious and confused, and she scolded the doctor. Yes, he must have been trying to scare her.
"It's really unreasonable." The old doctor asked for the consultation fee twice and left angrily.
Old Mrs. Li didn't care how much the medical fee was and urged Jiang to go to the county town to get a doctor for her. If she couldn't stand up, her life would be over.