Looking at the Xiong family father and sons, and then at Li Shi, who was working on the bamboo with a cold face, Su sighed inwardly and found Jiang Tangtang and said, "Third Brother's wife, what do you think we should do about the Xiong family father and sons?"
Jiang Tangtang blinked, puzzled, and asked, "What do you mean, what should we do?"
Madam Su looked troubled. "The Xiong family father and sons have a grudge against Doctor Li. If we get close to the Xiong family, I'm afraid Doctor Li will be unhappy. But they came to help today, and Doctor Li did save your husband after all. What do you think we should do?"
"Just treat them like ordinary villagers, don't overthink it." Jiang Tangtang felt that Li Shi was probably conflicted and didn't know how to get along with the Xiong family.
Whether he felt gratitude or resentment, he probably couldn't figure it out himself, and was constantly tormented.
Anyway, whatever their love-hate relationship is like, let them deal with it themselves! They don't need to care about it.
After hearing Jiang Tangtang's words, Madam Su suddenly understood. When delivering the plum juice, she treated everyone equally, giving a bowl to everyone who helped the Lu family.
After Jiang Tangtang returned, she generously added some honey to the large pot.
Although not much was added, the addition of honey this time transformed the originally sour plum soup into a sweet and sour drink, which was very delicious.
The villagers who came to help were overjoyed to receive the plum soup, and many said they had never tasted such a delicious sweet soup before.
Xiong Hongbiao received the plum juice but couldn't bear to drink it himself, so he returned it to Li Mingxi.
Li Shi didn't drink it himself and sent the plum juice to his daughter instead.
The two men, carrying bowls, met on their way to where the Xia family was resting. They glanced at each other, one looking away with disdain, and each chose a different path, heading towards where the Xia family was resting.
Xiong Hongbiao was tall and broad-shouldered, a very strong and powerful man.
Although Li Shi was thin, he had a large frame and long limbs, which made him look quite fierce.
Both of them moved with lightning speed, quickly arriving in front of Xia and her son, and spoke at almost the same time.
"Mingxi, look what delicious food Dad brought you!"
"Xi'er, look what your father brought back for you!"
Li Mingxi hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take the plum juice that Xiong Hongbiao handed her. Xiong Hongbiao patted his adopted daughter's head affectionately, and secretly gave Li Shi a smug look.
Although Li Shi knew that his son and daughter wouldn't forgive him so quickly, he still felt a pang of heartache.
He forced a smile and handed the bowl of plum juice to Xia Shi, saying, "Put it in your water bag, and you can all eat it slowly later."
"No need, we have extra. Mingdi and Ximei can just eat ours."
At this time, Xiong Zhuang and his brothers brought back all the bayberry soup that Lu Jiafa had made.
Xia refused the gift from Li Shi, so Li Shi could only dejectedly carry the bowl back home.
Seeing two good-looking and strong men serving plum juice to Xia's mother and son, Gao Shumei felt incredibly envious.
Gao Shumei was especially angry when she thought about how she had tried to curry favor with Li Shi, but he hadn't given her any face at all and had almost killed her.
But when she saw Li Shi's tall and slender figure and his powerful arms, all her anger turned into sourness.
With a man this strong, any woman who's with him could survive in chaotic times!
What makes me inferior to that fickle woman, Xia? He'd rather abandon a virtuous woman like me for a woman who cuckolds him—he's blind and a pig-headed idiot.
Gao Shumei cursed under her breath, but dared not provoke Li Shi again.
Lu Cuilan, watching from a distance, blinked and advised Fang Peiru, "I think that Doctor Li is quite good. Although he has a wife and children, they don't acknowledge him, so it's practically the same as not having him. As long as you win him over, you won't have to worry about not having anyone to treat your eyes."
Fang Peiru kept her head down and remained silent.
Her mother had always taught her to rely on men for a living. Back in the village, her mother would compare her cousin and Song Jun, weighing their options and teaching her how to choose a man who would make her life better.
After Fang Jun died, in order to make a living, she started to target her cousin again, and in the end, she even had to submit to Wu Ergou.
Does she absolutely have to rely on a man?
Is it only possible to survive by relying on men?
Lu Cuilan, unaware of what she was thinking, angrily pushed her and said, "Did you hear what I said? Why are you hanging your head like that? You're lucky if anyone wants you in this state. Are you still complaining?"
As she spoke, a hint of doubt inevitably crept into her mind.
Although her daughter was somewhat pretty, she was blind and had her reputation ruined by that Wang Ergou, so she was really not a good person.
Thinking about it made her angry. This girl was so disappointing; all the money she spent raising her was wasted.
If her son hadn't been lost, and her family hadn't been so heartless as to refuse to find him, she wouldn't have bothered taking care of this blind girl.
"Mother, I don't dislike her, I'm just afraid she'll dislike me." Fang Peiru didn't dare to say that she was unwilling, for fear that her mother would abandon her.
She is now blind and needs someone to lead her when she walks; she's just a burden.
“He didn’t marry you, so…you’re so young, what man wouldn’t like you?” Being a mother after all, Lu Cuilan couldn’t bring herself to say anything more explicit.
But Fang Peiru understood what she was saying.
They told her to go sleep with Li Shi in exchange for getting her eyes treated. Although she was blind, her body was not damaged.
The thought of her own mother's scheme sent chills down Fang Peiru's spine.
But what can she do now?
Her own parents despised her, and her cousins refused to help her. Fang Peiru felt both resentful and powerless.
Lu Cuilan was also filled with hatred at this moment, especially when she looked at Jiang Tangtang and added two full spoonfuls of honey to her stupid son's bowl and made him eat it. She hated him to death.
Why should her bright and well-behaved child be taken away and left to die, while this mentally challenged child who can't even speak is alive and well, enjoying sweet honey water?
If we don't help her find her son, her mentally challenged son won't have an easy time either.
Jiang Tangtang was feeding her adopted son plum juice when she suddenly sensed a strong sense of malice. She turned her head but saw nothing. She couldn't help but ask the system, "Is someone trying to harm me?"
[Does the host want to unlock the good/evil detection skill?]
Jiang Tangtang raised an eyebrow slightly. This system was something else. [What happens after the Good and Evil Detection skill is activated?]
[After activating the Good/Evil skill, people near you will be marked. Those who are kind or like you will be marked with warm colors, while those who dislike or are malicious towards you will be marked with black, the darker the malice. Those who are indifferent to you will be marked with white.]
Jiang Tangtang imagined that from now on, she would see a ring of eyes around her when looking at people, and she felt that she would be even more confused about whether she was truly alive.
She didn't even ask how many points were needed to unlock this skill.
What does it matter whether you like her or not? As long as she's happy.
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