Chapter 230 - 0230: An Impersonal Request 2_1
With no doctors or medicine, illness was a frequent occurrence, especially among children. Countless children died soon after birth, and those who survived were constantly battling one illness or another. Only those who managed to endure could live – otherwise, they could do nothing but wait for death!
The desperation of the poor for doctors became apparent.
Clearly, they pinned all their hopes on Feng Qingxue, who had the opportunity to study medicine. They wholly upheld the promises they made at her wedding feast to Lu Jiang.
Bearing such heavy expectations, Feng Qingxue studied even harder, never daring to slack off.
Guan Cheng saw this and took it to heart.
He and Lu Tianjun were different. Lu Tianjun planned to follow in Lu Jiang’s footsteps and join the army when he turned eighteen. With a grandfather and an aunt at home to care for his younger brother, he felt relieved. His younger brother would also be a bit older by then.
But for Guan Cheng, he only had his younger brother. His leaving would surely frighten him.
He chose to stay, and his only option was to study medicine. The outside world’s persecution of scholars was too severe; erroneous rumors about them were everywhere. Even though it seemed to have quieted down in recent years, there were bound to be storms in the future. This was what he heard Lu’s father discussing when he was idle. He deeply remembered this and didn’t dare to follow the same path as his ancestors.
Both Lu’s father and Lu Jiang fully agreed with Guan Cheng’s thoughts and resolution.