Su Luo put down Yan Chuan, said this, and then went to deal with the snake. This is the season when snakes are most active.
The five-step snake, kicked by Su Luo, forked even more fiercely and crawled towards her. Given its venomous nature, people usually avoided it, so who would dare to kick it like Su Luo did?
Su Luo picked up a branch from the ground and struck the five-step snake on its back and seven-inch spot until it was about to die.
The five-step snake no longer had the strength to fight and just wanted to run into the grass.
"Trying to run away!"
Su Luo gripped its head tightly with her fingers like pincers, and its long body hung there on Su Luo's hand.
"Brother, I'm scared!"
Yi Huan and Yan Chuan hugged each other. Although Yan Chuan was also scared, he still held his sister and comforted her.
"Don't be afraid, little sister, your mother is here."
Su Luo put the snake's body into a small cloth bag, still holding its head tightly in her hand. A live venomous snake is much more valuable than a dead one.
"Let's go, with your mother here, this snake can't hurt you."
The live snake was still in Su Luo's hands, and the two of them were still afraid. They walked ahead, and every now and then they would turn around to check if Su Luo had been hurt by the snake.
When they reached the village entrance, only three people were waiting there. Uncle Li had just returned from the county and was going to make a second trip.
However, among the three, there was one who glared at Su Luo with resentment in his eyes.
Chen Xique was forced to go to the county today by Chen Dazhi and Luo Mei. The two of them were beaten by Su Luo and are now in so much pain that they can't get out of bed. Today, she was told to go to Chen Mengqing to ask for some money and to buy them some medicine and meat to take back to eat.
Are you leaving or not?
Uncle Li called out, and Chen Xique and the two women got onto the oxcart. When they saw that Su Luo and her two children were also going to get on, they deliberately spread their legs, taking up almost half the space.
Seeing this, the two women didn't want to provoke Chen Xique. Her mother was a notorious shrew in the village; otherwise, how could her brother Chen Mengqing still be unable to find a wife?
"Yan Chuan Yi Huan, come sit here with Grandma."
"Thank you, Grandma Wang!"
Only Yan Chuan and Yi Huan, the two children, could sit next to the two women. Su Luo also got on the oxcart and squeezed herself onto Chen Xique with her basket until she could make room for herself.
Uncle Li also shook his head at Chen Xique, saying that she was a girl who was just as good as her mother.
"Su Luo, are you selling something again today?"
Uncle Li was still very polite to Su Luo, even though he overcharged her by one coin for the fare last time.
"Yes, I went up the mountain yesterday and picked some mountain produce."
Rumors spread throughout the village that Su Luo had dug up something good on the mountain, but no one knew exactly what it was. Uncle Li wisely refrained from asking further, after all, it was Su Luo's livelihood.
Chen Xique didn't think so. Su Luo had so many good things in the kiln, he must have made a lot of money. She wanted to see what Su Luo dug up to sell.
She shifted her body to let Su Luo sit closer, leaned her head back, and wanted to see what was in Su Luo's basket.
Su Luo was petite, and even if Chen Xique didn't give up her seat, she could still sit comfortably. However, Chen Xique's thoughts were written all over her face, which was quite foolish of her.
"what you up to?"
Su Luo turned around, and the basket on her back turned with her. Chen Xique saw that there was no basket, and said disdainfully.
“I heard you made a lot of money selling things, so I want to see what you're selling. I want to see if you're stealing things from other people’s homes. I’m doing this for the villagers.”
Su Luo sneered: "The villagers lost their treasure, so why didn't anyone make a fuss?"
Chen Xique raised her chin, rolled her eyes, and said, "Since it wasn't obtained by doing something wrong, why are you sneaking around and not letting everyone see it? It must be something shameful."
Su Luo hooked her left arm around Chen Xique's shoulder, and with their backs to Yan Chuan and the others, she said to Chen Xique, "Do you really want to see?"
Chen Xique said all this because she wanted to see it, she wanted to know what it was. Once she found out, she would go up the mountain to dig it up, because it was full of silver.
I thought Su Luo was so smart after recovering from her madness, but she tricked me out of my treasure with just a few words. She really is stupid.
"think!"
"Alright, then I'll grant your wish!"
Su Luo raised the small cloth bag in her right hand, her sleeve covering her entire hand.
Chen Xique waited expectantly, her eyes fixed intently on the screen.
However, the moment Su Luo rolled up her sleeve, she felt as if an invisible hand had grabbed her throat, her eyes widened, and she was so frightened that she couldn't breathe.
Su Luo brought the five-step snake close to Chen Xique's neck, its forked tongue hissing.
"You absolutely mustn't shout. If you frighten it, I can't guarantee it will be friendly to you."
Chen Xique didn't dare to move, her eyes frantically turning to Su Luo for help.
This snake is highly venomous; if a person is bitten, they will die from the poison within half an hour.
Su Luo continued to lift the snake to within two inches of Chen Xique's eyes, and said in a low but cold voice, "See? A live snake, it can sell for a lot of money."
Chen Xique nodded frantically, clearly terrified.
She knows, she knows, quickly remove this poisonous thing and keep it away from her.
Su Luo covered the snake's head with her sleeve again, turned around and sat down.
Taking advantage of the break, Chen Xique immediately sprang away from Su Luo. She wanted to sit in the seat opposite the oxcart, but it was already full of two women and Yan Chuan and the others, and there was no room for her.
Halfway through the journey, Chen Xique hesitated and sat on Su Luo's side, keeping as far away from her as possible, a stark contrast to when she first got on the oxcart.
The others had no idea what had gotten into Chen Xique, and they were too lazy to bother with her as she was trembling.
Only Chen Xique felt terrified that the journey was so slow. Sitting with a poisonous snake, it felt like the trip to the county would take three times longer than before. She dared not shout at Uncle Li to hurry up with the cattle, for fear of startling the poisonous snake hidden in Su Luo's sleeve.
Upon arriving in the county, Chen Xique jumped off the oxcart and ran away as if her life depended on it, without even paying Uncle Li the fare.
"Hello……"
Uncle Li called after her, but Chen Xique had already disappeared.
Su Luo took out eight coins and gave them to Uncle Li, saying, "I'll pay for her fare."
Uncle Li was embarrassed to refuse: "Yan Chuan's mother, how can this be? You and Chen Dazhi's family separated a long time ago. Why are you still paying for her?"
“I’m not doing this on her behalf. Aunt Li needs money to buy medicine, so this is what you deserve today, Uncle Li.”
After saying that, Su Luo led Yan Chuan and Yi Huan toward Ji'an Hall. Yan Chuan held his sister's hand to prevent her from getting lost.
Uncle Li watched Su Luo and her two children walk away, feeling a mix of emotions. Su Luo had truly changed for the better; she was teaching first aid to the villagers and even thinking of herself. Uncle Li secretly resolved that he would help Su Luo and her children whenever they needed it.
“Mother, Chen Xique seemed terrified the whole way on the oxcart,” Yan Chuan said to Su Luo.
“I saw it too. Although she was covering her head, I knew she was very scared.”
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