A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 161 Going to the hospital for treatment and moving out of the yard

After the school doctor left, the attending physician asked Guier, "My colleague told me that you have the same symptoms as the patient who was sent here."

Gui'er said, "Yes, I took the same medicine by mistake, so Mr. Sha asked me to come to you to make an antidote."

The attending doctor said, "Okay, come with me. When did you take the medicine?"

Guier said, "Last night, I just felt tired, but I just realized it today."

The doctor prescribed some medicine for Guier to take, and then arranged for her to lie down and rest. After a day of observation in the hospital, she finally felt better in the afternoon.

The doctor came over, took a look, and said, "Luckily, the dosage isn't large. Otherwise, since you're a child, you'd probably have fallen into a deep sleep. I'll prescribe another day's supply. You should take it every four hours when you get home. Remember to take it."

Gui'er thanked the doctor and took a rickshaw back to the general's residence.

Although she had taken medicine and lay down for a whole day, Guier still felt a little weak. She walked while thinking about how to deal with it next.

Sha Yanxiao didn't come back so soon. Gui'er wanted to call him to inform him, but she didn't know the phone number of the military camp in Fengcheng. She could only ask Marshal Sha. However, Gui'er was not sure whether Marshal Sha would believe her if she told him about this matter, or even if he knew, would he be willing to take care of it. If he did, it would be equivalent to offending Ji Zhongqing.

But what if Ji Yiru and Lulu become so cruel that they drug her again or use other tricks?

After thinking about it, Gui'er felt that the only way was not to go back to Sha Yanxiao's yard for a few days, and move back when Sha Yanxiao came back. She believed that Ji Yiru and Lulu's hands should not be so long, so they could reach out to other yards.

But who should she move to? The Third Concubine was always stingy and mean. Gui'er didn't want to go to the Fourth Concubine's place, as if there was something she couldn't tell anyone about. The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Concubines were of too humble a status, and were completely invisible in the Marshal's Mansion, feeling unable to protect themselves.

After thinking about it, Gui'er felt that the only place she could stay was with the third concubine. At worst, she could give him all the silver dollars she had, and then use Sha Yanxiao as an excuse, saying that he was on a business trip and asked her to come over to keep Taohua company. The third concubine should let her stay for a few days for the sake of the money, right?

Gui'er made up her mind and quickly took out all the money she had and counted it. Unfortunately, if she didn't need to buy anything, she would only carry a few silver dollars and some loose change. Gui'er counted them all and found that she only had four silver dollars and about 20 copper coins. She didn't know if it was enough. Anyway, she didn't want to go back to that yard now. She felt that if she went back, she might encounter some trouble.

After thinking it over, Guier walked towards the third concubine's yard.

"Sister Gui'er."

Gui'er suddenly heard someone calling her, and when she turned around, it was Sha Yanyao.

Gui'er quickly called out, "Hello, big brother. Why are you here?"

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "I saw you standing on the road counting money from a distance. What are you doing?"

Gui'er was stunned. She didn't expect that he saw everything, and she couldn't think of any excuse for a moment.

Sha Yanyao asked, "Is there something you want to buy? Don't you have enough money? Brother, here it is."

Gui'er quickly said, "No." Suddenly, she had an idea. Maybe she could go live with Sha Yanyao. Sha Yanyao lived with the Madam. If she went there, Ji Yiru and Lulu would not dare to do anything no matter how brave they were. Even if she couldn't go, if the Madam and the eldest young master knew about this, they would also have reservations.

So Guier smiled sheepishly and said, "I went to the hospital today and forgot to pay."

Sha Yanyao said curiously, "You went to the hospital. Are you not feeling well?" He reached out and touched her forehead.

Gui'er wasn't used to being touched by strangers, so she quickly dodged, smiling and saying, "It's nothing serious, I just felt very tired. The teacher sent me to the hospital for safety reasons. The doctor gave me some medicine, and I'm fine now." Then Gui'er carefully observed Sha Yanyao's expression and said, "The doctor said my symptoms are a bit similar to those of Marshal Zhang who was sent there a few days ago, haha."

Sha Yanyao was stunned for a moment after hearing this and asked, "Are you okay now?"

Gui'er said, "Yes, the doctor asked me to take medicine, but he also prescribed me one more day's worth of medicine and told me not to eat anything else for the next two days. I'm wondering how I can stop eating anything else for the next two days? Or maybe I should just change my environment."

Sha Yanyao said, "Where are you going, sister?"

Gui Er pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I have always lived with Brother Yan Xiao. If I rashly move to another courtyard, I am afraid that I will cause trouble for others, so I am worried."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Why don't you come to our yard?"

Gui'er said, "How could I do that? I'm afraid I'd disturb Mother and Big Brother's peace and quiet."

Sha Yanyao said: "No, we are hoping for more people to make it more lively."

Seeing that it was almost done, Gui'er said, "Thank you very much, big brother. I just need to go back to the yard to get some clothes."

Sha Yanyao waved in the distance, and several people who were still tending to the flowers and plants hurried over. They bowed respectfully to Sha Yanyao and said, "Young Master, what do you want?"

"You guys go with the young lady and pack up some things and move them to my yard."

"Yes, Master."

Gui'er brought a few servants back to Sha Yanxiao's yard. When they entered the yard, they saw Dingxiang with her hands tied behind her back and pressed to the ground. Ji Yiru and several servants were beating her with wooden sticks indiscriminately.

Gui'er quickly shouted, "Stop, what's going on?"

"Sister Gui'er is back. Are you feeling better?" Lulu came out of the house, probably having heard the voice. "We got a call from the school this morning saying you weren't feeling well. My sister and I spent a long time thinking about it, and we wondered why you weren't feeling well. It must be because that girl wasn't taking good care of you. She made you feel sick from the dinner I brought you yesterday. We need to teach her a lesson, or else everyone starts cheating on their master like this in the future, and that's going to be disastrous."

After hearing this, Gui'er almost couldn't breathe. Isn't this just the bad guy complaining first?

But now was not the time to get angry. Gui'er smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern. I took a break at school and I'm feeling much better now. I just ran into my mother on the way back. She asked me to stay with her for a few days and help her copy scriptures. These people are here to help me move my things."

Gui'er went to help Dingxiang. At this time, Ji Yiru also came out and said to Gui'er, "Sister, the matter has not been investigated clearly yet, so you can't let him go easily."

Dingxiang raised her head desperately and shook her head at Guier. Only then did Guier see that her mouth was still blocked and she took the cloth out of her mouth. Dingxiang cried loudly and said, "Miss, it wasn't me, it really wasn't me, I didn't do anything."

Gui'er smiled and said to Ji Yiru, "Because the matter has not been thoroughly investigated, we can't just casually conclude that Dingxiang did it. Besides, Dingxiang was originally assigned by my father and mother to be my personal maid. She has to come with me this time, otherwise my mother will be curious and ask questions."

Ji Yiru was indeed hesitant after hearing this, so she smiled and said, "Sister, you do have some truth in what you said. Dingxiang, then you should come over and serve me. If you dare to say anything nonsense, I'll tear your mouth off. Also, you're covered in dirt, how can you be a human being? Hurry up and change your clothes before going over."

Dingxiang said timidly, "Yes, ma'am." Then she stood up with difficulty and limped away to change her clothes.

Gui'er went to her room, put the pocket pistol, the hidden weapon pen, and all her money into her clothes, wrapped it in a bundle, and carried it down. The person sent by Sha Yanyao was about to take it, but Dingxiang got there first.

Ji Yiru smiled and said to Gui'er, "Your brother is away these days, and you, his younger sister, have gone to live in another courtyard. I wonder if the other courtyards will say that I am mistreating my sister-in-law."

Gui'er quickly said, "Sister-in-law, you're being overly suspicious. We're all family, and we wouldn't have such thoughts. After all, I'm used to living here, and I'll come over often to play. Sister-in-law, please don't be disgusted."

Ji Yiru smiled gently and said, "What are you talking about? This is your home."