Chen Song was just figuring out how to deal with the folks at the old homestead when the old woman ran up to him in a frantic panic, begging him to find a doctor to save a life.
Could Chen Song possibly miss this opportunity?
He immediately went out and hired an old doctor.
The old doctor was a traveling physician who just happened to be passing through, and Chen Song just happened to run into him.
And this old doctor, upon seeing the blisters on Chen Lin's body, was utterly shocked and declared on the spot that it was syphilis.
The world of the old homestead came crashing down.
The old woman and Chen Dachang collapsed to the ground, too stunned to move. Mrs. Li wailed dramatically, packing her bags to return to her family's home. Young Shou'an, not understanding what was happening, cowered in the chicken coop, crying as if his father had died.
The adults crying and the child wailing drew the whole village to come and watch.
