Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 466 Open the door quickly, someone is injured

But Li changed the subject and made a request, "But you must have a little bit of each of the cakes and fruits I prepared."

"This way, the coming year will be sweet and smooth."

Yutao couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she heard this. She also whispered something in Yucheng's ear, causing Yucheng to laugh too.

At this moment, Shen Yu didn't care why Yutao was laughing. Instead, he was thinking about the desserts prepared by Li. Even if he ate a small piece of each, it would be a lot.

She couldn't help but cover her cheeks, feeling a little confused.

At night, after setting off firecrackers and placing offerings on the altar, the family, led by Mrs. Li, burned incense and began to stay up all night.

As expected, Li and Jiang prepared a lot of food and filled the large dining table in the kitchen.

Shen Yu had no choice but to force himself to eat a small piece of each, and his mouth was filled with a sweet taste.

Only when she cried out that she couldn't eat any more did Li stop placing snacks in front of her.

At night, the family sat there, eating snacks such as sugar-roasted chestnuts, spiced beans, peach strips, and apricots to while away the time.

From time to time, he would peel an orange and throw the peel into the brazier, and the house would be filled with fragrance.

As Shen Yu sat there, listening to Li and the others talk about what they had heard from the guests, he kept thinking about the houses of ordinary people and even lifted the curtains to look outside several times that night.

By the time the third watch came to an end and it was midnight, firecrackers could be heard popping all over the city.

You can also hear the unique sharp "whoosh" sound when fireworks are set off, followed by a "pop" sound, which sounds lively and festive.

Unfortunately, it snowed heavily tonight, making it inconvenient to travel. I hurriedly set off firecrackers at the door and came back. I couldn’t go anywhere.

The children soon became exhausted from just sitting there and chatting, and began to doze off little by little. Xiao Zhuzi had already fallen asleep in Zheng Sanniang's arms.

Li simply let the children go to bed, and they and Doctor Sun sat there chatting and staying up all night.

Doctor Sun is old and doesn't sleep much.

The Li family members do this out of habit, so they must stay up all night on New Year's Eve to welcome the new year.

Originally, Li also asked Shen Yu to go to sleep, but Shen Yu was a little restless and had no desire to sleep.

Looking at the snow that had been falling all day and still hadn't stopped, I felt a little worried. I couldn't fall asleep even if I lay in bed, so I simply made the excuse that I had to chat with a few people and sat there without leaving.

The night was both lively and quiet. Shen Yu listened to Li and the others chatting, and before he knew it, it was already late at night.

Shen Yu sat for a long time and felt a little cold.

I was just about to stand up and stretch my legs, and then go to the kitchen next door to get some charcoal to make the brazier burn more vigorously.

I heard some knocks on the door outside, but because people were talking in the room and there was a thick cotton curtain between us, I couldn't hear it clearly.

Shen Yu stood up quickly, lifted the kitchen door curtain a little, pushed the door open, and listened attentively.

When Li and the others saw Shen Yu like this, they were shocked and asked what was wrong.

Shen Yu waved his hand, signaling them not to speak.

Several people also stood up and looked outside.

At this time, I heard the door of the shop in front being knocked, and I could vaguely hear someone shouting, "Miss Shen, Madam Li."

Doctor Sun was the only man in the room. Although he was old, his injuries had almost healed and he had regained a lot of strength.

At this time, he waved to everyone, picked up the tongs used to move charcoal, picked up the oil candle on the table, protected it with his hands, and walked over on the snow in the yard.

He opened the small door of the shop, stood in the empty shop, raised his voice and asked, "Who is it? It's a big festival."

The people outside seemed to be listening to the noise as well. When they heard someone respond, they shouted happily, "Great, I finally heard it. Open the door quickly. I'm a runner from the county government office."

At this time, Shen Yu and a few others also came over. They looked at each other, all full of suspicion. They didn't understand why the yamen runners came here in the middle of the night, and on New Year's Day.

Doctor Sun became bolder when he saw so many people here, and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The yamen runner outside said, "Are you the doctor Sun who lives here? Someone is injured here."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

A doctor is like a caring person. When he heard that someone was injured, Doctor Sun didn't care about anything else. He put the oil candle on the table next to him and went to open the door.

Shen Yu thought more about it. The cases he had seen before where people used various excuses to trick people into opening doors flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.

She was worried that it was a trick, so she hurried over, grabbed Doctor Sun, and asked, "Who sent you, and how did you get injured?"

When the yamen runner outside heard Shen Yu's voice, he said happily: "Miss Shen, I am Zhao Erhe."

"Do you remember me? I was the one who came to pick up your whole family this morning."

"It was Master Liu who asked us to come and look for Doctor Sun. The snow collapsed the house and injured someone."

Shen Yu thought about it and realized that among the yamen runners who came in the morning, there was indeed a man who was called Erhe by others.

As for the last name, she didn't pay attention at the time and didn't hear it clearly, but the voice sounded familiar and seemed to match the name.

Shen Yu felt more relieved and asked Doctor Sun to take an oil candle and carefully open the shop door a crack. He took a look in the candlelight and saw a crowd of people standing outside, leading them was indeed the yamen runners from that morning.

Doctor Sun also recognized him, and the two of them hurriedly opened the shop door. At this time, Li and others had already lit up several large oil candles in the shop, lighting up the room.

As soon as the door was opened, a group of strong men rushed in, carrying three injured people on the door panels, and pushed Shen Yu and others to the side of the door.

As soon as Zhao Erhe entered the room, he looked for Doctor Sun.

He was tall and saw at a glance that Doctor Sun was squeezed to the door. He quickly asked everyone to lower the door, pushed away the group of strong men, and pulled Doctor Sun over.

Zhao Erhe said anxiously: "Doctor Sun, please take a look."

"Of these three, this one got his leg hurt by a beam, and the one next to him was dragged out of the house after being trapped, and his arm got a big bruise."

"The one at the far edge was running too fast and fell down. He couldn't get up and kept complaining about the severe pain in his back and wouldn't let anyone touch him."

Doctor Sun was relieved at this time when he saw that the visitor was not a bad person and focused on examining the injuries of the three people.

Doctor Sun rolled up his sleeves and squatted there to check on the injuries. A strong man next to him went to fetch a candle and held the lamp for him.

Shen Yu and others were standing nearby and watching. They saw that the behavior of the three men could only be described as tragic.

There was blood on both of their bodies, and Shen Yu didn't dare to look at the exposed wounds.

The one who fell and was injured was clean, but he kept groaning “Ouch, ouch”, which made people feel creepy.