Chapter 21 This is a wolf! (Seeking monthly votes)

Grandma Wang was taken aback. She brought these things over because she wanted Xu Qingmo to let her stay and continue cooking.

Now, Xu Qingmo is only willing to leave behind things, but not people.

Is it still necessary to ask for forgiveness?

Grandma Wang's son wanted to stand up for his mother, saying, "My mom acted impulsively, and she has now realized her mistake. We can leave the cooking to her from now on."

Grandma Wang nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, I cook very well."

Xu Qingmo glanced indifferently at Grandma Wang and her family, and casually replied, "It's a pity I'm tired of eating it."

Grandma Wang opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Xu Qingmo made it clear that she didn't want her to stay.

Grandma Wang had no choice but to accept reality and led her son and grandson away.

Grandma Wang's grandson picked up the vegetable basket directly, as if he couldn't let Xu Qingmo get away with it.

Grandma Wang yelled and cursed a few times, telling her grandson to leave the vegetable basket behind. Her grandson grabbed the basket and ran off in a flash.

"Qingmo, my grandson is so disobedient. I'll give him a good talking to when we get home. We're leaving now." Grandma Wang turned and left.

Her grandson deliberately waited a short distance outside, waving his vegetable basket in a showy manner.

Suddenly, he felt a strange burning sensation in his hand, and he lost his grip on the basket, which fell to the ground.

The eggs were broken all over the floor, and I couldn't pick them up no matter what I did.

The rooster was so frightened that it spread its wings and ran into a dark alley.

Grandma Wang sent her son and grandson to chase the rooster while she stayed behind to clean up the eggs scattered on the ground.

A short while later, two screams came from the dark alley.

Grandma Wang's son was bitten on the leg by a rabid dog. Grandma Wang's grandson tried to chase the dog away, but the dog turned around and bit him too.

The rabid dog bit down hard, tearing a chunk of flesh off Grandma Wang's grandson's calf.

At that moment, Xu Qingmo heard screams coming from the alley and shook her head helplessly.

She had a dream in which Grandma Wang's grandson and son were bitten by a rabid dog and died soon after because they didn't get vaccinated against rabies in time.

She verbally agreed to leave the eggs and the rooster because she wanted to help them.

Unfortunately, some paths are already predetermined, and outsiders cannot interfere.

"Knock knock knock," someone knocked on the door.

Xu Qingmo opened the door, and Grandma Liu stood at the door, followed by Grandma Wang, who looked flustered.

Grandma Wang approached Xu Qingmo for help, saying, "Qingmo, my dear child, could you lend me some money? My son and grandson were bitten by a dog, and I want to take them to the barefoot doctor."

Xu Qingmo refused without hesitation, "I'm so young, where would I get the money? Go borrow from someone else."

During the days that Grandma Wang cooked for Xu Qingmo, she had come to realize that Xu Qingmo was like a child prodigy, extremely capable.

Moreover, she sold the wild boars she caught to Butcher Li, and kept quite a few in her possession.

"My dear child, please, my son and grandson can't wait any longer." Grandma Wang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

“Those are your son and grandson, not mine. The most we have is that you help me cook, and I compensate you for your labor with food. Now we are even, so you don’t need to hold me against you.”

Grandma Wang's eyes reddened. "You're so young, how can you be so cruel? You won't even help me out. You'll get what's coming to you!"

The vicious words slipped from Grandma Wang's mouth. Without hesitation, she turned and walked out.

In those days, rural barefoot doctors had no medicine to cure rabies.

If Xu Qingmo lends the money out, and the barefoot doctor can't cure Grandma Wang's son and grandson, she will definitely be bullied in the future.

Xu Qingmo wasn't afraid of offending anyone.

Anyway, it won't be long before Wang Jing comes to pick her up.

Grandma Liu stood to the side, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.

Xu Qingmo glanced at her and said, "If you want to speak up for her, go back now and don't come here to cook anymore."

Grandma Liu was not about to miss such a good opportunity. Without saying a word, she went into the kitchen.

Grandma Wang went outside and asked other people for help to take her son and grandson to the barefoot doctor's house. The barefoot doctor examined the wound and frowned.

"Their wounds are too deep, and the rabid dog has been around for some time. I don't have any medicine here to treat the father and son. You should take them to the county hospital," the barefoot doctor advised.

Grandma Wang sobbed uncontrollably and knelt directly in front of the barefoot doctor. "Please, please save them! It's too far from the county hospital. I'm afraid they won't make it there."

The barefoot doctor sighed, hesitated for a long time, and then found a bottle of medicine in the house.

After giving the father and son the medicine, someone was arranged to borrow an oxcart from the village chief's house, and someone was sent to drive it to the county town.

Grandma Wang hurriedly followed.

...

The next day, Grandma Liu arrived at Xu Qingmo's place on time to cook.

As instructed by Xu Qingmo, two steamed buns were sent to Xu Yuanyuan for each meal.

After Xu Qingmo finished breakfast, Liu Dazhuang came to her door. Old Wang and his son followed along. Old Liu also wanted to come, but because his injury had not fully healed, Liu Dazhuang left him at home.

The four of them went into the mountains again.

Behind them, several figures surged.

Liu Dazhuang quickly noticed that someone was following him. The other person was hiding very clumsily, either breaking dead branches or getting their hands pricked by thorns in the grass, and couldn't hide their cries of pain.

Xu Qingmo told him not to worry about it and to keep walking.

As the dense forest deepened, visibility decreased by a third.

"Awooo..." A wolf howl rang out.

The stalking wolf detected the human scent and immediately alerted its companions.

Not far away, several gray wolves with shiny fur came out, cautiously approaching.

Liu Dazhuang picked up his gun and fired the first shot.

A gray wolf beside the wolf king collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

The wolf pack panicked immediately and scattered in all directions.

The wolf king leaped behind a nearby tree, his sharp eyes observing the movements over there.

Just then, a figure barked recklessly into the wolf king's side. Er Gou turned around and saw a large dog with shiny fur baring its teeth at him, its eyes full of ferocity.

Er Gou mistook the other person for a dog, thinking to himself that if he took the dog home, he could at least sell it for two ten-yuan bills.

His gaze suddenly fell on the drooping tail, and Er Gou's hopeful heart instantly turned cold.

A tail standing upright is a dog; a tail standing down is a wolf.

"Damn it, it's a wolf..." Er Gou took off running.

The wolf king leaped forward, its front paws landing on Er Gou's back, knocking Er Gou to the ground, and then ripped off Er Gou's right ear with its mouth.

Swallowing his right ear whole, the wolf king opened his mouth wide, aiming at the back of Er Gou's head. Saliva dripped from his tongue, stirring the blood, and landed on Er Gou's neck like scalding lava, making Er Gou scream for help.

Liu Dazhuang fired another shot, hitting the wolf king in the left ear. It was in pain, but it didn't let go of Er Gou. It lowered its head, bit Er Gou's arm, and dragged him into the dense forest.