Chapter 39: Uncomfortable (Page 1/2)

Huo Qingci originally planned to find time to visit his aunt in a few days, but someone came to tell him that his aunt and uncle had been beaten and were now lying at home unable to move.

Lin Man knew that her mother-in-law was a very gentle woman, and her sister was a teacher, so she should also be a very gentle woman, right?

Teachers in this era are truly pitiful. They teach and educate, but in the end they are beaten by their students. Fortunately, she did not let anyone instigate her to join those people in causing trouble.

Huo Qingci finally decided to go there tonight. There were too many people during the day, and in order to avoid being attacked by outsiders, they had to go at night.

"Manman, how did you catch the turtle? Can you teach me?"

"Do you want to eat soft-shelled turtle again?" Lin Man asked.

"No, I want to get a soft-shelled turtle to nourish my aunt and uncle, and I'll prescribe some medicine for her.

During this period, they were not only persecuted physically, but also mentally intimidated. They lost more than ten pounds in just one month."

Huo Qingci didn't want his relatives to be persecuted at all. His uncles died on the battlefield, and now his aunt was suffering a great crime. He felt extremely sad when he learned about her recent situation.

It turned out that they were fishing for soft-shelled turtles to nourish their aunt. Lin Man said, "No need to fish. I put a trap in the pond yesterday. Now let's go see if there are any soft-shelled turtles in the trap."

Lin Man then took Huo Qingci to the fish pond and pointed at the wooden stakes beside the pond. "There are traps under the three stakes here. Untie the rope on one of the stakes first, pull up a trap and see if there are any turtles inside."

Huo Qingci quickly untied the string from the wooden stake and dragged the trap out of the water. He was shocked, "Manman, be careful! There's a snake in there!"

Lin Man walked over and took a look, then burst into laughter. "Huo Qingci, it's full of giant eels! How long has it been since this fish pond in the space was cleaned? How come the eels are so big?"

Huo Qingci pulled the trap ashore and saw that it was indeed a big eel, which was a good thing for replenishing blood.

Lin Man said, "There are no turtles. Pull up the other two traps. I'll get a bucket to catch the eels."

"Well, eels can bite people, so you have to be careful not to get bitten by them."

"good."

If the eel dares to bite her, she will throw a ball of lightning at it and turn it into an electric-roasted eel.

Huo Qingci pulled the second trap, which contained yellow croaker, yellow eel, small fish and shrimp, but still no sign of the turtle.

Huo Qingci said dejectedly, "Manman, it seems my luck is bad. You should pull the third trap!"

Lin Man handed him the bucket and asked him to pick out all the fish and shrimp in the trap. She went to pull the third trap.

She remembered that the third trap contained minced meat of a long-eared beast. The turtle should like it, right?

After untying the rope, she pulled the trap hard towards the shore, and soon the trap was dragged to the shore.

"Oh, I'm really lucky. There are three turtles in it, two small ones and one big one."

Huo Qingci felt that his wife was very lucky. "Manman is really amazing. We can just take one with us tonight. As for the other two, I'll add some tonics and stew them to nourish your body."

"I'm not sick, so there's no need for me to replenish my body. If we want to eat soft-shelled turtles, we can just come to the pond and fish for them anytime.

My aunt and uncle are both in poor health, so let's give them the food. Bring these few pounds of eels over as well."

Lin Man admires the profession of teacher very much. If she didn’t have a teacher to encourage her along the way, she would probably have been forced to drop out of school before finishing elementary school!

She knew this period of history even after traveling back to the apocalypse. If her aunt and the others didn't take good care of themselves, how would they survive the next ten years? If things didn't go well, they would be sent down to the countryside, and suffer so much.

Thinking of this, Lin Man decided to take some time to visit the teachers who had helped her over the years. Although she certainly couldn't help with everything, she could still send some food and medicine.

Lin Man told Huo Qingci about her idea. Huo Qingci supported her approach very much, but asked her not to go during the day and to secretly help them at night.

They went to Xiao Rong's house in the evening. The Liao family was in a miserable state. Not only was the yard smashed, but the gate was also splashed with feces. After cleaning it several times, it still smelled very bad.

Upon learning that Huo Qingci had brought his wife home, the two of them forced themselves to get up.

Lin Man discovered that her aunt Xiao Rong and uncle Liao Hongyuan both had bruises on their faces and arms. One of her uncle's arms was wrapped in thick gauze, probably because he had been beaten. A large piece of her aunt's hair on her forehead had been pulled out, causing her left eye to be swollen.

The children in their family were so frightened by those people that they dared not go anywhere and hid at home crying all day long.

Lin Man felt very sympathetic when she saw the miserable plight of the family, and she didn't know how to help them. After thinking about it, she decided that she should visit them twice more before leaving Beijing, and send them some food and provisions.

Xiao Rong's left eye was swollen like a goldfish, and now she could only look at Lin Man with one eye. She said to Lin Man with an apologetic look on her face, "I'm sorry, I was dragged to a meeting last time, so I couldn't attend your wedding."

"Auntie, it's okay. It's the same for us to come and see you."

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"My house is in a mess, so I can't entertain you tonight. Have you had dinner yet?"

"Eat, Auntie, have you eaten?"

"We soaked some cold rice in boiling water last night and ate a few bites. Don't come here again in the future, or you'll get into trouble with us."

Liao Hongyuan endured the pain and echoed, "You are so thoughtful. Thank you for coming to see us. You'd better not come here in the future to avoid getting implicated."

Huo Qingci said: "Uncle, we are all family, why would you say we are implicated?"

"How could they not be implicated? Several of our children were implicated. They were so frightened by those students that they dared not go out to buy groceries.

What will happen to them in the future? They are too young to go to school, and because of us, they probably won’t be able to find a job in the future.”

Huo Qingci suddenly suggested, "Aunt, let your younger brothers and sisters publish a notice in the newspaper to disown you! This way they won't be affected as much. We're all family after all. Let's wait until the storm is over before we talk."

Xiao Rong's eldest daughter, Liao Sijie, stood up and said angrily, "Cousin, we will not sever ties with Mom and Dad."

Liao Hongyuan realized that for the sake of the children's future, they should take the initiative to sever ties with the children, send them to their parents' home, and give them money to take care of them.

He believed that this matter would eventually pass and they would take the child back.

Since you want to sever ties with your children, you might as well sever ties with your parents, brothers and sisters, so that your relatives will not be implicated by them and their promotion will not be affected.

"Xiao Jie, your cousin is right. Now is not the time to act on impulse. I'm breaking off relations with you just to show people outside. We'll still be a family after this is over."

"I don't want it! My classmate cut off ties with her parents, and she joined those students in throwing mud at her parents. I can't do that."

"Son, even if you join those people in attacking your parents, they won't blame you. As long as you are healthy, that's more important than anything else."

The ancients said: "Parents who love their children will make far-reaching plans for them, and their children will do the same."

Lin Man couldn't bear to watch this scene with tears in her eyes. She rubbed her fingers nervously. If her aunt and uncle were gone one day, what would happen to their four children?

The oldest is fifteen or sixteen, and the youngest is only eight. I hope God will bless them and keep them safe.

After leaving the Liao family, Lin Man felt particularly heavy-hearted. Although there were no zombies in this era, there were still bad species that would eat people, which were more terrifying than zombies. Zombies had no emotions, so they attacked people.

Those people were obviously very respectful to the teacher before, but now they turned against the teacher and showed completely different attitudes. It was so scary.

In the next few days, Lin Man would secretly visit the teachers who had helped her and leave some money and food for them.

She told them that she was leaving Beijing and going to the islands for a few years. She hoped that they would be back to teaching when they met again.

After all, school will resume classes in a few years, but you won’t be able to take the college entrance examination and go to university.

Thinking of the miserable plight of those teachers, Lin Man became depressed for several days and had nightmares at night, dreaming that those teachers were beaten to death with sticks.

That day, Huo Qingci came home from get off work and told her that his transfer letter had come down.

He won't have to go to work at the hospital tomorrow, so he can rest for half a month. After he has dealt with all the matters, he can set off for the island.

Lin Man finally had a smile on her face, "Qingci, when are we leaving?"

"We'll set off in ten days. Let's pack our things today and call Grandpa later to ask him to send someone to pick us up."

"Can't these things be stored in space?"

"Manman, we have to move house at least a little bit, we can't just put all those things in the space."

Lin Man came to her senses and slapped her forehead. "Yeah, how could I be so confused? Oh no, I haven't gotten the quilt I asked the cotton maker to make yet."

"Don't worry, wait for Uncle Zhang to come and get it together. I have some good news for you. I don't know what happened to Lin Shuang and Shen Min, but they came back to the hospital for treatment a few days after being discharged."

"What happened to them?"

"They had red spots on their faces, and the doctors thought it was an allergy, but they didn't have any reaction to the medicine. Some doctors suspected they had lupus."

Bullshit lupus erythematosus, it’s clearly the poison of the magic flower, okay?

Lin Man laughed in glee. Huo Qingci asked doubtfully, "Man Man, could it be that you did something?"

"you guess?"

"Did you really poison them?"

"That's about right. I replaced the rose in the Lin family yard with a poisonous devil vine rose. Even if someone gets poisoned, it won't be a big deal. They'll just have a few rose petal marks on their face."

Huo Qingci gently pinched Lin Man's nose and said lovingly, "You are so naughty."