Hu Banxia pondered for a while, scratched his head, and said embarrassedly, "I don't know either. I don't even have half of my father's skills."

"It's alright," Xiaoyue comforted him while taking out several packets of medicine. She picked out a pill from one packet and fed it to Liang Qi, and also sprinkled some medicine powder on Liang Qi's wound.

Seeing what Xiaoyue was doing, Li Lei said, "Hu Banxia, ​​could you help me bandage my wound again and sprinkle some of that ointment on it as well?"

Upon hearing Li Lei's words, Xiaoyue turned around and glared at him, saying, "I don't even care if you apply medicine."

He then asked the people on the bus, "Do you know how to get back home from the west?"

After a moment of silence, Gao Lei glanced at Xiaoyue and saw that she was holding Liang Qi in her arms. He coughed and said, "I know a way, but I don't remember it very clearly."

Xiaoyue glanced up at Gao Lei, then lowered her head again, focusing all her attention on Liang Qi: "It's alright, as long as we can get back, it's best to do so as soon as possible. When we get to the village, we need to tell the village chief what we know. Another thing is that if we stay on the donkey cart like this, we'll freeze to death sooner or later."

Xiaoyue pulled the blanket up a little more for Liang Qi and put his head on her lap.

While adding firewood, Gao Lei asked Gao Yu, "What's the situation at home now?"

Gao Yu glanced lazily at Gao Lei, shrank into a corner, and said frankly, "It all started some time ago when Yang Danian was injured. My father and I went to visit Brother Yang, and he was covered in injuries."

After Ge Erping got married, Xiao Sunshi was brought back by the officials, already dead. The villagers all thought Ge Sanlin and Ge Erlin were missing. Only today, seeing Ge Sanlin, did they realize they hadn't gone missing after all.

"It's not lost!" Xiaoyue suddenly raised her voice.

Suddenly, he muttered to himself, "Ge Sanlin has been found, but what about Ge Erlin? What if the missing man was conscripted by the rebel army?"

Xiaoyue shook her head again. "That's not right. Where is Yang Danian? Why was he injured like that?"

Liang Qi moved slightly, and Xiao Yue looked down and saw that Liang Qi's brows were deeply furrowed. She then placed her hand on Liang Qi's face and rubbed his eyebrows.

Xiaoyue glanced at the people in the car; they all hung their heads, dejected and silent.

Xiaoyue pointed to the bag in Gaoyu's corner: "There are steamed buns inside. Let's roast them on the stove and have a taste."

Gao Yu handed the steamed bun to Gao Lei.

Gao Lei opened the bag, took out some steamed buns, put them on the stove to burn, and said to Gao Yu, "Why did you think of picking us up? If you hadn't, we might not be alive today."

Gao Yu said dejectedly, "Hu Langzhong and my father and mother all told me to find Xu Fanyuan to pick you and Hu Banxia up. Our village has suffered a death and lost face, so everyone is panicking. They all say Liang Qi is skilled in martial arts, so we specifically sought him out. Xiaoyue and Li Lei came to the county specifically to handle some business."

Seeing that Gao Lei had already eaten the steamed buns and that he had nothing else to do, Xiaoyue said, "Go sit on the carriage shaft and give directions. Xu Fanyuan will drive the carriage."

Gao Lei also brought two steamed buns to Xu Fanyuan. They sat together on the carriage shaft and drove the carriage, winding left and right, until they arrived at Lijiabao Town.

Gao Lei jumped out of the car. "Found it! Found the way!"

"This is Lijiabao Town, the town where Ge Dalin's wife lives. Great, we've finally found our home."

Xiaoyue lifted the cotton curtain, revealing the deep night. She got out of the car to stretch her limbs, while Liang Qi and Li Lei, covered with thick blankets, were asleep.

Gao Yu, who was on the cart, also woke up. Still sleepy, she jumped off the donkey cart and switched seats with Xu Fanyuan. Gao Lei and Gao Yu went to the cart shaft together, while Xu Fanyuan went into the cart shed.

By the time they arrived home, it was already getting light. When the donkey cart reached the village entrance, Xu Fanyuan returned home with the things he had bought.

Hu Banxia also got off the donkey cart, followed by Gao Lei and Gao Yu.

Xiaoyue jumped off the donkey cart herself and drove it back home.

Once inside the courtyard, Li Lei woke up. Xiao Yue went in and woke Chun Yue as well. Together, they carried Liang Qi into Chun Yue's room.

Although Li Lei was still injured, he wouldn't allow anyone to interfere. He personally unloaded the donkey, led it into the house, added hay to the donkey's fodder, and even gave it a bowl of cornmeal.

Xiaoyue and Chunyue unloaded all the things Xiaoyue had bought into the house. Xiaoyue glanced at Liang Qi, who was frowning, and then boiled water in the front room.

Xiaoyue told Li Lei and Chunyue to go to sleep in the west room, while she took care of Liang Qi herself.

Soon Hu Banxia and his father arrived at Xiaoyue's house.

Doctor Hu first took Li Lei's pulse and wrote a prescription. Xiaoyue then handed the prescription to Chunyue.

He took Liang Qi's pulse again, his brows furrowed. He quickly opened the medicine box, gave Liang Qi the medicine to clear heat and detoxify, and then gave the medicine to Xiao Yue, telling her how to take the medicine every day.

Xiaoyue wrote out a prescription and then gave it to Chunyue.

After seeing off Doctor Hu, Xiaoyue fell asleep on the kang table.

Soon, Chunyue finished brewing the medicine and brought it to Liang Qi. Xiaoyue woke up with a start from the kang table and reached out, saying, "Give me the medicine bowl, I'll feed him the medicine."

He took the bowl and asked, "Li Lei, how are you? Did you take your medicine?"

Chunyue nodded and said, "They've eaten, but they're still calling for food. Sister Qianqian and Sister Lu are cooking."

Xiaoyue nodded and helped me prepare some warm water.

He helped Liang Qi up, gave him the medicine, and then washed a clean cloth, saying, "Wake up quickly, otherwise how am I supposed to explain this to Uncle Liang!"

He punched Liang Qi a few more times and said hatefully, "If you die, I'll throw you into a mass grave."

Turning back, she tenderly placed Liang Qi on the kang (heated brick bed), gently stroking his cheek, and said, "Wake up quickly, I won't argue with you anymore. Let's solve our problems together, okay?"

Seeing Liang Qi's ashen face and dark purple lips, Xiao Yue lay on Liang Qi's body, softly sobbing.

Li Qianqian brought the food to Xiaoyue in the front yard; it was a dumpling soup made with wheat flour and cabbage.

"This big bowl is for you, and the small bowl is for Brother Liang."

Xiaoyue looked at the dumpling soup on the kang table and asked, "Does Li Lei have any?"

Li Qianqian hesitated for a moment, "Yes...yes,"

The tone was hesitant and stammering.

Xiaoyue looked at the dumpling soup and said, "There's meat in it, right?"

Li Qianqian smiled shyly and said, "Well, I cut off a small piece of the meat you bought yesterday and added it to the dumpling soup."

"Just two bowls?"

"Um."

"No, Li Lei has one too."

Xiaoyue smiled at Li Qianqian and said, "Li Lei and Liang Qi are our saviors. Besides, our family isn't in such dire straits. Let's make dumpling soup for everyone, and add meat."

Li Qianqian nodded.

Xiaoyue added, "Your brother has already told you about the situation in the county town, right? We're not in a hurry to sew the clothes anymore. Your little sister Lu should also get some rest. Tell Sister Yang about it later."

Li Qianqian went back to make dumpling soup, and Xiaoyue helped Liang Qi up and fed him food spoonful by spoonful.

Just then, the door opened, and Uncle Liang and Bai Hongmei entered.