A few days ago, Erya suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. With Ji Mingfang's case as a recent memory, Ji Xuelan didn't dare call on a traveling doctor again.
Ji Liansong borrowed a flatbed cart and pulled Erya to town on it.
When the family property was divided, the eldest branch had received their rightful share of land and property, but no money whatsoever. Granny Kang had shut down any discussion with a single sentence: "The family's money is all spent."
Ji Liansong took the money from the last two times he'd hauled lumber at the start of the year, which he hadn't yet turned over to the family. After paying the doctor's fee, he had next to nothing left—only enough for half a prescription of medicine.
What good would half a dose of medicine do?
