I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 173 The Late Returning Man

When the spring plowing was about to end, the strong laborers who had been conscripted from the village finally returned.

This time, they returned home more than two months later than those who had served in the past.

The group of people were like beggars, and all the money, food and medicine they brought with them were used up.

Fortunately, no one was killed this time and only two people were injured.

One of the two men had a lame leg and the other had an injured waist. They were pushed back by the other people who went with them on a cart.

As soon as they returned to the village, the others sent the two people to Bai Jingzhou's house.

Bai Jingzhou was not at home at the time, so Bai Chong was the only one who checked their injuries.

Bai Chong has made considerable progress in the past year, but unfortunately, he is still not very confident that he can cure the injuries of these two people.

He didn't want to delay the two men's treatment, so he suggested that they go to Jishidiang in the state capital to find Doctor Qi - not only could he, a half-baked doctor, not cure the disease, but the doctors in the county clinic were the same.

Bai Chong was only thinking about the patients' good, but the families of these two people backed off when they heard the word "zhoucheng".

That's the state capital. Can country people like them just go to that kind of place?

Normally, they didn't even go to the county clinic. If anyone felt unwell, they would either endure it or go to see Bai Chong.

Bai Chong does not charge for his medical treatment and never prescribes medicine unless it is necessary. He just lets them go to the mountains and fields to find some herbs that are suitable for their symptoms and boil them into water to drink.

By seeing him, everyone can say that they have both cured their illness and saved money.

Now Bai Chong suggested that they send the two of them to the provincial capital. Just thinking about it made them feel the pressure was heavier than a mountain.

Bai Chong could understand their entanglement and reluctance. After all, going to the state capital to see a doctor was indeed a heavy burden for country folk like them. But he kindly reminded them, "If you want to treat them, send them there quickly. If you delay any longer, they won't be able to do heavy work in the future."

This was the case with Gu Yongming's arm. Not only did he not receive proper treatment when he was first injured, but when he returned to the village, his grandfather and uncle refused to pay for his treatment, thus ruining his last chance of fully recovering.

Although Bai Chong healed his injuries later, saving him from death and losing his arm, Gu Yongming delayed for too long, and Bai Chong's medical skills were not good enough, so although his arm looked healed, he was actually unable to lift heavy objects.

Gu Yongming only injured his arm, unlike these two, one injured his leg and the other injured his waist.

Some of the two men's family members expressed their opposition directly, while others were willing to grit their teeth and give out money to treat their injuries. A group of people started arguing at Bai Chong's house, and Ning Cuizhi was so angry that she almost rolled her eyes to the sky.

The central figure who caused the quarrel, the lame one, was called Han Dajiang, who was already married and had children.

While his parents, brother and sister-in-law were arguing about whether to treat his injuries, his wife and children were crying around him.

They cried bitterly. On the one hand, they cried for his legs and their uncertain future. On the other hand, they cried for the injustice they and their mother had suffered at the hands of his sister-in-law, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces while he was away.

Han Dajiang's mother, Mrs. Han, is notoriously partial. Although she is Han Dajiang's biological mother, she has often cursed Han Dajiang in front of him and behind his back, calling him a "fool."

Han Dajiang's wife and children were also disliked by the old lady Han.

In the words of Mrs. Han, Han Dajiang's wife has the same personality as Han Dajiang. They are both taciturn and look cowardly every day.

Objectively speaking, there is some truth in what Mrs. Han said. Han Dajiang and his wife have indeed always remained silent, silently enduring all the overt and covert bullying from their family members.

Perhaps because they were bullied since childhood, their children took after the couple and always looked timid.

In the Han family, Han Dajiang's family is at the bottom of the food chain.

This time it was his family's turn to send someone to serve in the army. Old Mrs. Han and her other sons urged Old Man Han to report Han Dajiang, the third son who was the easiest to control but also the one she disliked the most.

Out of filial piety, Han Dajiang agreed to perform the labor service, but he didn't expect that he sacrificed himself for his family, but in the end his wife and children suffered more and more at home, and he was completely abandoned after being injured.

Apart from his own wife and children, the only one in the family, Old Han, had a gloomy face and insisted on sending him to the state capital to treat his injuries.

Han Dajiang was moved by the father-son love shown by his own father, but at the same time he was heartbroken by the selfishness and ruthlessness of his own mother and brothers.

He didn't know what to do, whether to continue to swallow his anger for the sake of family harmony, or to fight for an opportunity to seek medical treatment for himself.

While he was confused about what choice he should make, Mrs. Han and several of Han Dajiang's brothers had already joined forces and asked Old Han to divide the property for them because Old Han was stubborn and insisted on treating Han Dajiang's injuries.

Old Han was very angry, but he could not change the trend of the times. He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, "Divide the family, eh? Fine, then divide it."

Old Mrs. Han and her other sons were overjoyed. They wanted to do something smaller to kick Han Dajiang's family out of the house, but unexpectedly, old Han took advantage of the return of the able-bodied men in the village and the presence of the head of the village and several elders to divide all the property of the Han family equally among the old couple and their sons.

He moved so quickly that Old Lady Han and his other sons had no time to do anything.

Han Dajiang's wife and children, whose family property was suddenly divided, wanted to sell the land to pay for his medical treatment, but were suppressed by Han Dajiang.

The Han family was not a wealthy family to begin with. The family property was divided into five parts, and even if they sold all of their share, it would not be enough to pay for his medical treatment.

Since his injury still can't be cured after spending all the money, why should he spend all his family savings on it?

From now on, he can't let his wife and children starve to death because of him.

He asked for help from the Bai clan members who had served with him and had a good relationship with him, and they moved from the Han family's current house to their old house that had been abandoned for a long time that same day.

The reason for moving there was that although Old Han had tried his best to ensure the fairness of the division of the property, Han Dajiang was still squeezed out of the house they were living in by Old Lady Han and several of his brothers.

Han Dajiang didn't want his father to get angry, and thinking that he had already got the land, food, farm tools, household items and so on that he deserved, he took the initiative to give in and agreed to move into the old house.

He was taken away on a cart by a member of the Bai clan, with whom he had a good relationship. His wife, children, and old father also followed. So, only the Bai Yu family was left in the Bai Chong family.