The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure

After the medicine was poured down, Wang Yongfu finally had a flicker of life come back to his face.

Everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief and anxiously watched outside.

After waiting a little longer, they heard the thump-thump of heavy footsteps.

Then came a familiar voice, "Ouch, Wang Family’s Fourth Child, slow down, my old bones can’t take this jolting—," it was Doctor Liu’s voice.

Wang Yongping’s voice was hoarse and breathless, "Old... Doctor Liu... please bear with it a bit longer, my elder brother is nearly gone, he’s waiting for you to save his life!"

Then the courtyard door was pushed open, and the family went out to meet him.

Wang Yongping, carrying Doctor Liu on his back, rushed inside like the wind.

Once inside, he set down Doctor Liu, and pulled him towards Wang Yongfu’s bed, "Doctor Liu, quick, come look at my brother, he’s vomiting blood..."

Doctor Liu, made dizzy and blurry-eyed from the jostling, felt like his old bones were about to fall apart. He hadn’t steadied himself before being dragged to the bed, nearly collapsing to his knees on the floor.

Fortunately, Wang Yongzhu gave him a hand and steadied the poor doctor into a chair to catch his breath, "Give Doctor Liu a cup of tea to settle himself first."

Wang Yongping wanted to hurry things along but was silenced by a stern look from Wang Yongzhu.