A reborn woman abducts her husband: after emptying his pockets, she marries a military officer.

Chapter 83 The Bai Brothers

"Uncle Song..." The little boy hugged Song Yanchuan's leg and looked at Qin Yingxue pitifully.

Qin Yingxue was somewhat surprised. Was this someone she knew?

"Where's your brother?" Song Yanchuan frowned and made the little boy stand still.

Whether it was from hunger making him unable to stand or something wrong with his legs, the little boy clung tightly to Song Yanchuan's leg, his voice trembling with tears, "Brother is sick, he's been lying in bed for days..."

Song Yanchuan carried two cloth bags in one hand and deftly picked up the little one with the other, looking at Qin Yingxue with some difficulty: "Yingxue, I..."

"Let's go take a look!" Qin Yingxue said understandingly before Song Yanchuan could finish speaking.

The three of them walked back, and on the way, Song Yanchuan told Qin Yingxue about the two brothers.

The two brothers are surnamed Bai. Because their family has been fishermen for generations, both of their names contain the character for "sea." The older brother is named Bai Haijian, who is fifteen years old this year, and the younger brother is named Bai Haifeng, who is eight years old this year.

Upon hearing that Bai Haifeng was eight years old, Qin Yingxue couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.

She thought she was only five years old, which shows that she had been going hungry for a long time and suffered from severe malnutrition.

Their parents perished at sea, leaving behind Bai Haifeng, who was less than a year old, and Bai Haijian, who was eight years old. They were raised by their elderly grandmother who collected small shrimp and fish in the shallow water.

Last year, his elderly grandmother caught a cold and passed away, and fourteen-year-old Bai Haijian took on the responsibility of raising his younger brother.

He was small and thin, but he was willing to work hard, helping people unload cargo at the docks, which barely allowed him to support the two brothers.

But with Bai Haijian gone, there was no food left at home, and Bai Haifeng had been hungry for two days.

The Bai brothers lived at the end of the village in a makeshift shelter made of a few pieces of wood, covered with a patched-up tarpaulin, much like a shack.

I bent over and went in; it was pitch black inside.

Song Yanchuan took out a lighter. In the cramped space, a dark-skinned, thin boy lay on a wooden bed with his eyes closed.

Song Yanchuan strode over, reached out to feel the boy's forehead, and found it burning hot. Without saying a word, he carried the boy with sunken eyes on his back and walked outside. "His whole body is burning up. If we don't save him, he'll die."

Qin Yingxue followed closely behind, then, as if remembering something, turned back and took Bai Haifeng's hand: "Can we walk?"

"Yes." Bai Haifeng knew his brother's life was in danger, and hurriedly grabbed Qin Yingxue's hand: "Pretty auntie, you and Uncle Song can definitely save my brother, right?"

"Hmm!" Qin Yingxue felt a little confused.

In her previous life, she married into the Xie family and, to be honest, never worried about food.

The first money I earned was also from the Xie family's start-up capital.

It can be said that he reached the top smoothly all the way.

When she returned to Qin Village, she thought it was the most impoverished place she had ever seen, but she never imagined there would be even more...

She checked Bai Haijian with instruments when she approached him just now, and if he doesn't receive timely treatment, he won't live past tonight.

If Song Yanchuan hadn't brought her to the fishing village today, the fate of the Bai brothers would have been unimaginable.

Seeing Song Yanchuan rushing ahead with a worried expression, Qin Yingxue calmly exchanged acetaminophen and cefdinir from the store and held them in her palm.

There was a barefoot doctor in the village who could easily treat simple headaches and fevers.

But Qin Yingxue knew that Bai Haijian had been infected and that ordinary medicine would be useless for him.

Song Yanchuan knocked on the doctor's door, and Qin Yingxue deliberately stepped forward, taking the opportunity to give the medicine to Bai Haijian.

Fortunately, although he was in a deep coma, he was still able to swallow.

Seeing that he swallowed the medicine that was put into his mouth, Qin Yingxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The doctor was a middle-aged man. Seeing that Bai Haijian had a high fever, he asked his wife to make ginger and brown sugar water, and then poured some white wine for Song Yanchuan to wipe Bai Haijian's whole body.

During this time, he went to a room by himself and took some herbs to decoct.

Qin Yingxue glanced at it and saw mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, bupleurum, forsythia, and kudzu root...

That seems reliable; it appears this person does possess some medical knowledge.

It will take at least forty minutes for the Chinese medicine to be decocted.

It's fine to take Chinese medicine and Western medicine at least half an hour apart.

After being forced to drink a large bowl of ginger and brown sugar water, whether it was Qin Yingxue's medicine that worked or the ginger and brown sugar water mixed with alcohol that helped, the unconscious boy slowly opened his eyes. Upon seeing Song Yanchuan, he weakly called out, "Uncle Song, Uncle Bai..."

"Haijian, why didn't you come to see your uncle when you were sick?" The middle-aged man was somewhat angry. "You were so sick, do you know that if you had come any later you would have died? Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your brother. If you leave, how will he live alone?"

"Uncle, I..." Bai Haijian's thin face was full of guilt.

"Take good care of yourself and don't do it again." The middle-aged man was tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Seeing Bai Haijian's miserable state, he couldn't bear to scold him any further.

"Brother..." Bai Haifeng saw Bai Haijian wake up and rushed into his arms with red eyes.

Seeing the two brothers hugging each other tightly, Qin Yingxue couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Song Yanchuan took out two yuan from his pocket and gave it to the middle-aged man without giving him a chance to refuse, asking him to take good care of the man during this time, and that he would visit him again when he had time.

Because it was so late, Song Yanchuan didn't linger and took Qin Yingxue back to the military camp.

When they got home, it was past eight o'clock. Zhu Huiwen had already taken the Wen siblings to their room to rest, and there was hot water on the coal stove.

It was hot, so Qin Yingxue mixed hot water with water and took a refreshing bath, while Song Yanchuan simply rinsed off with cold water in the yard.

When Qin Yingxue returned to the second floor, Song Yanchuan was already dressed and in the room.

Seeing Qin Yingxue with her long, wet hair, he naturally took a newly bought towel and helped her dry it.

Sensing that the man behind her seemed a little down, Qin Yingxue asked with concern, "Are you still worried about those two brothers?"

"Mmm," Song Yanchuan responded softly.

"I'll go check on things at home tomorrow since I'm free," Qin Yingxue said.

"Wouldn't it be too much trouble to travel ten miles back and forth?" Song Yanchuan asked with some concern.

"It's okay, I'll just treat it as exercise. Besides, I'm just killing time at home anyway," Qin Yingxue said with a smile.

We could take this opportunity to go to the fishing village and gather some information; maybe we'll come up with a solution.

Seeing the mountain of gold but unable to pocket it, Qin Yingxue felt increasingly anxious and frustrated.

"Yingxue, thank you." Song Yanchuan hugged Qin Yingxue from behind, resting his chin on her hair. "Before I married you, I thought I would give you the best of everything. But since we got married, I've been causing you trouble."

The Wen siblings are one example, and now the Bai brothers have joined them.

He wasn't just overflowing with sympathy; as a soldier, besides protecting his country, he also had a kind heart.

Moreover, having been stationed on the island for many years, he loves this land and the residents who live on it.