Yao Shu led them into a bungalow in the village, where a middle-aged couple sat at the door, their eyes devoid of any spirit, surrounded by an aura of despair.

"Brother, Xiao Lie might be saved this time. We've found a doctor." The village chief was also helpless when he saw his brother and sister-in-law like this. Since Xiao Lie's accident, they had hardly spoken to each other. Except for when they were in front of their nephew, they were basically like this.

"Is there a doctor?" The couple immediately stepped forward and grabbed Village Chief Yao's hands, asking excitedly.

"Yes, they just happened to be passing by. Let's take them to see Xiao Lie quickly."

Hearing this, the couple noticed the three people following behind them, and especially when they saw the medicine box on Liu Fengya's back, they stood there excitedly, at a loss for what to do.

Seeing his brother and sister-in-law so excited they didn't know how to react, Village Chief Yao led Si Cheng and the others into the house.

When they entered the room, they saw the young man named Xiao Lie lying there, looking at them with excited eyes. It seemed that he had already heard his uncle's words while he was inside the room.

"This is my nephew, Xiao Lie. Could you please take a look at him?" The village chief stepped aside to give Yunnan Medicine and his team a seat.

Yunnan Yao first looked at Xiao Lie and found that his face was already somewhat swollen. Then, he pulled back the blanket covering him and found that his entire foot was severely swollen and even turned purple.

"You took emergency measures at the time, right? Luckily, the snake that bit you wasn't very venomous, or you wouldn't have survived until now."

"Yes, I was right next to him when he was bitten. I immediately tied his feet with my clothes and sucked out some of the venomous blood, but there were no medicines around, so this is what happened." The child's parents had also appeared in the room at some point.

"Doctor, please save our Xiao Lie, he's so young." Xiao Lie's mother saw hope in the doctor, and she couldn't hold back her tears any longer.

After carefully examining the wound, the Yunnan doctor questioned Xiao Lie further.

"We're using traditional Chinese medicine here, so the effects might not be as quick; it requires a longer recovery period." The Yunnan medicine doctor, seeing his symptoms, knew that the swelling was caused by the lack of disinfection and inflammation control after the bite. In cases like this, Liu Fengya's family's ancestral snake medicine could help him recover. However, this recovery takes time, so some things needed to be explained upfront.

"It's good that he can recover, it doesn't matter if it takes a long time." Hearing that there was hope for their son, the couple held hands tightly, knowing that they had already prepared for the worst these past few days.

"Come and take a look too." Yunnan Medicine gave its seat to Liu Fengya.

“Judging from his wounds, it was a venomous snake that bit him. You see, he only has three small holes, and the area around them is very swollen. If it were a row of fang marks, it would be a non-venomous snake. Fortunately, you provided first aid, and the snake that bit him wasn't very venomous, which is why he's managed to hold on until now. Now, without antivenom, he can only rely on medication to recover slowly.” Liu Fengya also described what he had seen.

"Take another treatment on this wound, apply your family's traditional medicine, and later go to my place to get some anti-inflammatory and detoxifying herbs to boil into a decoction for him to drink. Luckily, we brought some antidotes with us this time." After saying this, Yunnan Medicine looked at Si Cheng to see if he had any further questions.

"Let's go out first and let Fengya apply the medicine here. There's no point in having so many people here." Si Cheng knew that Uncle Nanyao was increasingly averse to crowded places. If he hadn't come out to find other medicinal herbs, he wouldn't have left the village at all.

"Yes, honey, hurry up and prepare the meal. The doctor has had a long journey, so he should just stay here with us for today." Xiao Lie's father quickly reminded his wife to take good care of their son's life-saving hope.

"No need, our village has already started cooking. You can just go and get the medicinal herbs later." Yunnan Medicine didn't want to continue socializing with them here. At this moment, what he wanted most was to find a quiet place to rest. After all, he was getting old, and his body was starting to feel the strain from traveling for several days.

“There’s really no need to trouble yourself. We’ve already prepared everything at the village entrance. Besides, my uncle has been walking all day and wants to rest.” Si Cheng noticed the fatigue on Yunnan Yao’s face and helped him refuse directly.

The couple looked at the village chief, hoping he could give them some advice. The village chief was speechless. "Can you please stop looking at me like that? This is putting me in a difficult position. We can't just leave the two doctors living in the village while the others are left stranded at the village entrance. People won't feel at ease that way."

"Why don't you stay here for the night? I'll have the people on duty at the village entrance keep a closer eye on things." The village chief still didn't dare to let so many people into the village. Although he knew they were all acquaintances, he didn't want to take any risks at this moment.

"No need for all that trouble. I've gotten used to it by now. It's the same wherever I am." Yunnan Yao really didn't want to waste any more time with them, so he took the lead and walked towards the door.

"Fengya, go back by yourself after you're done dealing with this. I'll take Uncle Nanyao back first."

"Okay, please tell Xiaojie that I'll be back in a bit." This time, the Liu family had sent the young couple along.

Si Cheng responded and followed the Yunnan medicine.

The village chief and his three companions were stunned to see them leave like that.

"How can we just let them leave like this? We didn't even give them a proper welcome." Xiao Lie's mother was at a loss. She looked at the village chief, hoping he could make a decision, since he was the one who brought the people back.

The village chief then looked at Yao Shu, wanting to see what he had to say.

"Auntie, please cook some dishes later and I'll take them to the doctor."

Hearing Yao Shu say this, the couple naturally agreed and quickly ran to the kitchen to prepare.

Next, the village chief also left in a hurry. He still needed to gather everyone to see who would go with him to find salt, and even what they should bring to exchange for it.

Yao Shu also took advantage of this time to run home and ask his family to prepare a few dishes. He couldn't care less about others, but since his comrade's child was here, he had to treat him to a meal.

When Si Cheng and his group returned to the village entrance, each villager found their place and started cooking. Having finally found a relatively safe spot, everyone relaxed and began chatting and laughing.

"Acheng," Gao's uncle stopped him as soon as he came out of the village and before he could find Yunqi.

"Uncle, is something the matter?" Si Cheng looked at his uncle in front of him. Although he knew that his uncle was in the team these past few days, he hadn't been able to greet him yet because he was too busy with other things.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to come and see you." Uncle Gao didn't know why, but when he stood in front of Si Cheng, he had so much to say, yet he couldn't utter a single word.