Chapter 005: Not even fools are spared

The funeral was simple, but also very stressful. Xiao Nanchen had been sleeping almost the entire night due to a high fever. It was not until it was almost dark that Shen Ning heard noises coming from his room.

After knocking on the door, she pushed it open and saw Xiao Nanchen sitting on the kang, his face blank after falling asleep.

Seeing her, the little fool seemed to suddenly wake up. Then, he pursed his lips and looked aggrieved: "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry."

Shen Ning laughed.

Isn’t this too cute?

Looking at this ignorant, pitiful and innocent little fool, who would have thought that he was the future king in the book who was decisive and ruthless with monstrous skills.

The food left was warmed with hot water. Shen Ning brought the food over and put the small kang table next to it: "Just eat it. It's best not to move your legs. I'll start thinking of ways to get medicine tomorrow."

The little fool's eyes were all on the food. He didn't care what she said at all. He just picked up the chopsticks and buried his head in eating, eating little by little.

Looking at him like this, Shen Ning was reminded of a German Shepherd she had raised before. It looked majestic on weekdays, but when it was time to eat, it would bury its head and look a bit silly.

After finishing his meal in no time, the little fool breathed a sigh of relief, but as soon as he moved, he snorted again.

Seeing him frowning and covering his stomach, Shen Ning immediately became alert: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

His wound has been infected for a long time and contains toxins, so we must not be careless.

The little fool clutched his stomach and said pitifully: "It hurts..."

"Where does it hurt?"

The future golden thigh cannot have any mistakes.

Shen Ning quickly asked him to lie down, with a concerned look on his face: "Lie flat and tell me where it hurts."

She lifted up his tattered clothes as she did during her ward rounds, reached out and gently pressed his stomach, and asked in a gentle voice, "Does it hurt here?"

The little fool shook his head.

Shen Ning pressed down on the liver... There were no bruises, no swelling, or other abnormalities. She asked, "Here?"

The little fool still shook his head.

Shen Ning pressed carefully and felt the touch under her hands, but at this moment, Xiao Nanchen, who had just looked pitiful, froze and then his eyes changed.

The first moment he regained consciousness, he felt cool, soft fingers pressing on his abdomen, and slowly moving downwards. Seeing the frivolous widow's gentle and concerned expression, he almost immediately remembered what happened last night.

This slut doesn't even let fools go!

Xiao Nanchen raised his foot and kicked.

Shen Ning had practiced Sanda before, so she dodged backwards, filled with astonishment: "What are you doing?"

"you……"

Xiao Nanchen was about to curse, but then he suddenly remembered that just a moment ago, it seemed that he... said he had a stomachache, and then she did this.

But no matter what, they were alone, and she actually lifted his clothes and touched him all the way down, not to mention the lesson of last night.

Does anyone believe that she has no ill intentions?

How horny is this woman!

Barely maintaining his foolish persona, Xiao Nanchen pursed his lips and said stiffly, "Get out."

Shen Ning had realized a moment ago that there was nothing wrong with this idiot, he just needed to go to the bathroom. She sighed helplessly and was very tolerant of her patient: "Okay."

Seeing Shen Ning's "disappointed" look, Xiao Nanchen secretly gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to strangle her to death.

Shen Ning turned to go out, then remembered something and took a step back to remind him: "Your leg is injured and it's inconvenient. You need me..."

Before he could finish his words, Xiao Nanchen interrupted him urgently: "No need!"

The shameless woman actually wanted to help him untie his belt!

She originally wanted to ask if he needed her to help him to the toilet, but seeing that the little fool was very resistant, Shen Ning didn't mention it again.

She didn't know why the little fool reacted so strongly, but after all, the poison had entered his brain, so he might have done something strange.

She couldn't argue with her future financial support, so she took the dishes and chopsticks, closed the door and went out.

Lying down in her room at night, Shen Ning was finally able to calm down and think carefully about her future life.

After the funeral, all the money she had was basically spent. In this era of material scarcity, having no money meant that she would have to live a poor and backward life like the people in the village.

For her, who is used to the convenient life in the 21st century, this is really a bit difficult.

After finally being able to live her life again, she naturally wanted to make her life better... So, the first thing she had to do was to make money.

Besides, Xiao Nanchen's injury now requires money to buy medicine, so she has to find a way.

Just as Shen Ning was lying on the kang thinking about how to make money, Shen Danian from the Shen family in Shihe Village next door was furious because Shen Qingbai had lost the longevity lock around his neck.

That was the only valuable thing in the Shen family.

Because Shen Qingbai was born with a weak constitution, fell ill every other day and was in critical condition several times, his mother Liu Cuiyun used her only dowry, a silver bracelet, to make a lock for him.

But when he came back from Zhao's house today, Shen Danian said for some reason that he wanted to see his son's lock, but he found out that Shen Qingbai had lost the lock.

Liu Cuiyun wiped her tears and said, "Why are you so careless? You are weak, and that lock is a threat to your life."

Shen Danian was furious: "Such a large piece of silver, if I had known I would have spent it myself, instead of giving it to you, a poor, short-lived fellow, to waste."

Liu Cuiyun had always been a coward, but when she heard her husband cursing her son for a short life, she suddenly became anxious and rushed over to fight.

Shen Qingbai sat there with no expression on his face.

In fact, the lock was not lost. He sold it and gave the small change to his sister Shen Ning.

Two years ago... when he returned home from private school, he found out that his sister had been sold. Most of the money from the sale was spent immediately. Half of it was used to buy medicine for his medical treatment, and the other half was gambled away by Shen Danian.

Even if he wanted to get her back, he couldn't, and he didn't have the face to go to see his sister who lived across the village.

Later, I learned that she was living a good life in Qingyuan Village, and I felt a little relieved. However, I didn't expect that her husband died in just over two years.

Shen Qingbai felt sorry for his sister, so he secretly sold the lock around his neck.

Anyway, he didn't believe in those things, nor did he think that a silver lock could control one's fate... But he wouldn't tell his parents. If he did, they would definitely make a fuss and pester him to get the silver back.

That's what they owe his sister.

Because he was weak since childhood and was always bullied when he went out, Shen Qingbai was a quiet person and didn't talk much even to his sister who had taken care of him since childhood.

Shen Ning was always beaten and scolded by her parents, and she was a little afraid of him, but to Shen Qingbai, she was his sister and his only sibling.

After making a scene, Shen Danian left cursing. Liu Cuiyun sat there wiping her tears. Shen Qingbai was reading in his room. When it got dark, he closed the old book with curled edges and lay down on the kang.

In fact, it makes no difference whether he reads it or not. The last college entrance examination almost cost him his life, let alone the provincial examination and even the autumn examination that will come later.

Pei Yuanzhou from Qingyuan Village was a scholar of the same period as him. Now, while others are studying in the county school, he can only linger at home.

As the night deepened, the countryside grew quieter, with only the faint sounds of children crying and the occasional barking of dogs...

Shen Ning enjoyed this kind of night very much and closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Shen Ning woke up to the sound of birds singing outside.

She left some food for Xiao Nanchen, then went out to the hunter Zhao Tong's house next door.

Yesterday I saw a bow hanging on the wall of Zhao Tong's house.

She used to be good at archery. Outside Qingyuan Village was Qingyuan Mountain, where there were many small animals and wild game. She wanted to try her luck and catch a rabbit or a wild boar. Without saying anything else, she wanted to collect the money for Xiao Nanchen's medicine first.

His injury can't be delayed any longer.

When Zhao Tong's wife Lian'er heard that Shen Ning wanted to borrow a bow and arrow, she agreed without hesitation and even brought Shen Ning a quiver with more than a dozen arrows in it, all with iron arrowheads.

Shen Ning knew that these things were valuable belongings among the villagers, so she thanked him again and again.

Afterwards, she carried her basket and bow and arrows, left the village, and went straight into Qingyuan Mountain...