By-standers said: "Young man, you’re hurt yourself yet still worrying about Elder Gu’s family. Don’t worry, Elder Gu and his folks are fine, they don’t care about your trivial amount of consolation money." Many people in town recognize Third Grandpa and his family because of the tofu stall. The youth, with a flushed face, hurriedly said: "Elder... I, I can compensate you a bit more." Was this a misunderstanding, thinking that Third Grandpa and his family were unimpressed with the compensation offered? Luo Huiniang shouted at him: "Have you lost your mind? We didn’t ask for any compensation from you." She had never seen anyone so insistent on giving money. Third Grandpa came over to the young man, supporting him and said, "Young man, we don’t want your compensation. Come on, let’s get that foot injury of yours seen at Xuanhu Fang; it’s quite swollen." He then turned his head to Luo Huiniang and said, "Pick up the young man’s book bag and lead the donkey over, we’re going to Xuanhu Fang." "Alright," Luo Huiniang replied, picking up three books, brushes, ink, paper, and an inkstone scattered around, putting them in the bag, and then walked over to the donkey. She took the long reins with a scared look, saying, "You, you better not go crazy again, I won’t be able to hold you back if you do." A farmer who had raised working oxen was examining the donkey, pointing at a wound on its leg, he said, "This donkey is hurt; it went mad with pain. Now that the pain has subsided, it won’t act up anymore. Take it with you to Xuanhu Fang with confidence, the doctor will just need to apply some antiseptic medicine." On hearing this, the young man’s face fell, saying, "Hurt? How did it get hurt? This donkey belongs to my classmate. If it’s injured, I’ll have to pay for it." The farmer chuckled and said: "Young man, no worries, it’s just a superficial wound. Apply some medicine over a few days, and it will heal. My old ox also injured its leg once, didn’t even need antiseptic medicine, just applied some crushed medicinal herbs for a few days, and it got better." After listening, the young man’s expression finally improved, supported by Third Grandpa, he bowed to the farmer: "Thank you, uncle, for the advice. I feel much relieved." The farmer just smiled and waved his hand, saying nothing, and continued on towards the town with his shoulder pole. "Let’s go, young man," Third Grandpa, supporting the youth with Luo Huiniang leading the donkey, headed towards Xuanhu Fang. After a difficult quarter of an hour, they finally reached Xuanhu Fang. "Brother Gu, what happened here?" Doctor Du, who had just finished seeing a wave of patients and was resting in his chair, rushed up to meet them upon seeing Third Grandpa supporting a young man coming to Xuanhu Fang, quickly taking the other arm of the youth. "This young man fell off a donkey and twisted his ankle; it’s quite swollen," Third Grandpa explained the accident on the road to Doctor Du. Doctor Du, after examining the young man’s foot, smiled and said: "No worries, it’s just a sprain. Just need to apply some medicinal wine to disperse the bruising." "Mai Dong, pour a cup of medicinal wine for sprains and bruises." "Alright." Mai Dong replied, pouring a cup of medicinal wine from a jar under the medicine cabinet and handing it to Doctor Du. "It’s going to sting a bit, bear with it." Doctor Du soaked a cotton cloth in the medicinal wine, began to wipe the young man’s ankle, and started massaging it from gentle to vigorous. "Ah~" The young man, in pain, scrunched up his features and kept on calling out in pain. Luo Huiniang tied the donkey to a wooden stake outside the door of Xuanhu Fang and walked in, covering her ears, she said to the young man: "Stop yelling, it’s just a sprained foot. You’re shouting as if you’re being slaughtered." The young man immediately ceased his screams, biting down and enduring the pain. After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Doctor Du stopped his movements and said to the young man: "I’m giving you a bottle of medicinal wine, take it home and apply it twice a day, morning and evening. Try to walk less over the next half-month, and it should heal in time." This is just a minor injury, no damaged bones or tendons, just strained muscles. Doctor Du went to check on the donkey again, took some antiseptic medicine, applied it to the injured donkey’s leg, then went to the counter and took a jar of medicated wine and a bottle of antiseptic medicine, and handed them to the young man: "The consultation fee is thirty cents, the medicated wine a hundred cents, and the antiseptic medicine another hundred cents, in total two hundred thirty cents." After hearing this, the youth blushed and lowered his head without taking the medicine: "I, I didn’t bring any money with me." "If you didn’t bring money, then why did you say you would compensate us for the shock?" Luo Huiniang complained discontentedly, thinking he was a son from a rich family, but it turned out he was penniless. The youth’s face turned even redder, and hesitantly said to Third Grandpa: "Old, old sir...could you, could you advance the money for the consultation and medicine for me? Rest assured, I can leave my books as collateral with you, and I will bring the money tomorrow... Is that okay?" Worried that Third Grandpa wouldn’t be willing to help, he said: "Old sir, I am Wenhao, I live in the county, and I came to Qingfu Town to visit relatives. Rest assured, I will definitely repay the silver coins I owe you." "Alright," sighed Third Grandpa, in this situation, what else could be done? Besides, the books are valuable, a single book is worth several hundred cents, for the sake of those three books, this lad would surely come back to repay the money. Third Grandpa took out two hundred thirty cents and gave it to Doctor Du: "Brother Du, here you go." Seeing Third Grandpa paying the money, Wenhao quickly thanked him: "Thank you, old sir, you really are a good person." Luo Huiniang rolled her eyes, clutching the bag of books tightly—after all, that was more than two hundred cents. Third Grandpa, looking at Wenhao’s injured leg, said: "Young man, how are you going to get back home? How about we find a porter in town for you, to send a message to your relatives, so they can come and pick you up?" The porters in town, in addition to carrying loads, also worked as messengers for sending messages, charging a reasonable price, running ten miles to and fro for just twenty cents. Wenhao shook his head: "No need, old sir, just help me onto the donkey, and I can ride it home." Third Grandpa frowned, and tried to persuade Wenhao a few more times, but seeing that he was determined to leave on his own, he let it be. Doctor Du called over three attendants from the shop, helped Wenhao onto the donkey, and warned him: "Make sure to sit tight, if you fall off again, it could be terrible." That could cause serious injury. Wenhao laughed: "Eh, I’ll keep it in mind, thank you, doctor." He also bowed to Third Grandpa with hands folded in front: "Grandpa Gu, thank you for your righteous rescue; I will send someone with the money tomorrow." After finishing, he looked towards Luo Huiniang, also bowed to her, and sincerely said: "Miss, I’m really sorry for causing you alarm today." Then, pointing to the bag of books she was clutching, he said: "Miss, please take good care of my books, I will come to redeem them tomorrow." "This is worth more than two hundred cents, I will definitely take good care of it," Luo Huiniang said, tilting her chin up. Seeing this, Wenhao smiled and rode away on the donkey. Third Grandpa bid farewell to Doctor Du, and then went to help at the stall with Luo Huiniang. Luo Huiniang got along well with Gu Jinli, and didn’t keep any secrets from her. After closing the stall, she immediately rushed to Gu Jinli’s house to tell her everything that had happened in town. "That bookworm is really both dumb and useless; he can’t even ride a donkey properly, nearly knocked into me and Third Grandpa, and in the end, Third Grandpa had to advance the money for his medicine," Luo Huiniang looked down on that Wenhao with great disdain. As Gu Jinli listened, she felt something strange.