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In the dream, the little girl who had always been spoiled by her family suddenly became someone else’s servant after the downfall of her family.
Her life was quite miserable serving a moody master. She fell from the clouds into the mud.
But she owed him, so she didn’t dare to speak angrily, she could only bear it day by day…
In the dream, her life was worse than death, and when she woke up, Jiang Lao’s expression turned extremely bitter. Her life was quite miserable.
With a bitter face, after eating breakfast she went out to send a letter to her grandfather.
Although Jiang Lao couldn’t go back for the old man’s 60th birthday, she carefully selected a birthday gift and sent it to her grandfather who was far away in the imperial capital.
The snowfall lasted for a few days, and the sky was still gray, with occasional snow falling.
On the way out of the city, there was heavy snow and congested traffic, and the county magistrate sent someone to post a notice— if it’s not a very important job, don’t go out of the city.
The whole city cherished their lives like gold, so they stayed and behaved well. During this period, no one went out of the city.
After Jiang Lao sent the letter, her head was hanging down, looking endlessly depressed.
The dream last night made her feel that there were still many hidden dangers she had to solve.
Even if she was afraid of him, she could only endure it, and coax him well. Otherwise, when her family left this place, she wouldn’t have a chance.
Outside the tea house near the post house, people were roaming around because they couldn’t get out of the city.
Jiang Lao saw the people gathered there, and her heart moved. She walked over and asked the locals about the matter related to the teenager.
People there told her that a year ago a teenager came here to recuperate.
He was the son of a big family in the capital. He came to this small town to heal his injury.
His family hired a local man named Wang Zhou as his servant, and they would send monthly money for him.
Jiang Lao carefully asked all the news related to him.
After she finished asking about the teenager in the market, Jiang Lao went to the hospital.
She heard that when the teenager first arrived in this town a year ago, the old doctor had seen him come here to get medicine.
But now even after a year, his injury had not shown any improvement.
Jiang Lao couldn’t help being curious and wanted to ask the old doctor what happened to the teenager’s leg injury.
In the end, her curiosity turned to slight distress and pity.
At first, she only knew that his leg was injured. But after talking with the old doctor, she knew how serious the injury was on his leg.
When he first arrived at the hospital, the wound on his calf was ulcerated, and even the bones could be seen.
His bones were broken, but to save some money he did not use anesthetics.
He kept tolerating the pain of rearranging broken bones without making any sound.
When Jiang Lao listened to the old doctor’s words, she realized that the teenager was sweating while resisting the pain.
At that time, he was just a thirteen-year-old boy.
Usually, her brother knocked down and broke his skin a little, he would make a distressed face for a long time…
But the teenager suffered the most serious injury but he still didn’t say anything.
He was terrible, really terrible. But at the same time, he was pitiful, too pitiful.
After listening to the old doctor, she went to the west side of the city where his home was.
When she stepped into the courtyard, she was holding a square bag in her hand, which was quite heavy.
The bag had many oil-wrapped papers, which were full of Chinese medicine prescribed by the old doctor.
The old doctor said that in the past year, the young man had only visited him once, and after that, he never went to him to get the medicine.
He clearly instructed the servant next to the young man to come and take the medicine for his young master…
However, from the cold winter to the hot summer, and then again to the cold winter, more than eleven months passed, but the old doctor never saw that servant come to him even once.
Jiang Lao couldn’t imagine how the teenager managed to survive with his leg injury without taking any medicine.
The small courtyard was the same as yesterday, deserted and depressed like a tomb.
Heavy snow had piled up all over the courtyard, and every step she walked left deep footprints on the snow.