Chapter 77 I Can't Pretend Anymore
Sun quickly packed up her bedding, took Taohua and Sanlang with her, hid six taels of silver under her skin, went to the third room and called Xia Daohua, and the group hurried out.
Jiang was extremely reluctant but she did not have the courage to resist Zhou's decision. She had no choice but to pull Xia Youtian with tears in her eyes and sent Sun and the others to the village entrance. She only turned back reluctantly until she could no longer see Xia Daohua's back.
Xia Daohua followed Sun silently. It was unclear whether Sun was sincere or not, as she walked very fast along the way.
Taohua and Sanlang are several years older than Xia Daohua, so it is not difficult for them to keep up with Sun.
If they continue at this pace, Xia Daohua might really fall behind.
However, Xia Daohua is not in a hurry at all.
She knew that with Sun's greed for money, she would never let her fall behind - after all, if she could not return to the Xia family safely, Zhou would not give her money, let alone let Sun off easily.
Sure enough, seeing that Xia Daohua was following them slowly and not too far away from them, Sun finally stopped and waited for her to catch up.
It was just a process of waiting, and Sun felt a little embarrassed:
"Daohua, why are you walking so slowly?
It’s hard to tell how much time has passed since your brother Erlang was injured and when he brought the news home!
If we don't hurry up, what will happen if your brother Erlang's injury is delayed?"
Daohua smiled and reminded her:
"If Second Aunt is really anxious, when we get to Beiguan Town, we can hire a carriage and a bodyguard to take us there.
After all, I heard that the place where Erlangge is is not very peaceful!
If there is no bodyguard accompanying us, we are all small and weak. If we encounter bad guys, we may not even be able to support them.
Brother Sanlang is just a teenager, so his strength is probably not enough.
Even if he can protect Second Aunt, I'm afraid he can't protect Sister Taohua; even if he can protect Sister Taohua, I'm afraid he can't protect Second Aunt!"
After hearing this, Sun suddenly became depressed.
What this little girl said actually makes some sense.
But if I hired a bodyguard and a carriage with the little money I had, how could it be enough to pay for Erlang's medical treatment? I had no choice but to rent two mules and find a caravan going the same way, and ask them to give me a ride!
When they arrived at the carriage and horse shop, Sun asked about the price and carefully calculated the money. In the end, she was not willing to hire a carriage or a bodyguard. As for the mule, she only rented an old mule with a painful look on her face.
People these days believe in being kind to others, so Sun's plan to seek shelter from the caravan did not fail.
Although the two companies she asked at the beginning rejected her outright.
But when Sun asked about the third caravan, the people there were moved with sympathy for them, and Sun, a tired-looking woman with three children. Without waiting for her to beg, they allowed them to follow their caravan and walk slowly.
Sun was overjoyed and thanked the manager of the caravan again and again. She put the luggage on the mule's back with a very excited look on her face, let Sanlang sit on it, let Taohua pull Daohua, and she led the mule.
The old mule is so old that even its eyelashes have turned white, and it wheezes when it walks.
However, the animal's legs were surprisingly strong, and it was able to follow closely behind the caravan, barely keeping up with the caravan's carriages.
The caravan traveled in the morning and slept in the open air. Sun and his companions suffered a lot following the caravan. The children took turns to sit on the mule and rest, but Sun basically walked on his own two legs.
It took them three or four days of walking before they reached the small village where Erlang was recuperating.
At this time, almost a week had passed since Jilang was injured.
Erlang was injured when he rolled down the mountain. He was unconscious for several days and the bones in his arms, waist, legs and feet were all injured.
Fortunately, Erlang is lucky and has a reliable boss.
Erlang's boss immediately invited a doctor to come for him, who took his pulse, prescribed medicine, boiled some medicine and gave it to him to drink. He also kept San Mengzi from the old Lu family who was from the same village as him to take care of him.
San Mengzi did his job conscientiously and Erlang soon woke up.
After learning that he was seriously injured and even had difficulty moving, Jilang was depressed for a long time.
After much deliberation, he decided to send a message home and ask them to come and look after him.
Whether they will come is another matter.
San Mengzi strongly supported Erlang's decision. Not only did he enthusiastically help him draw a route map, he also asked someone to pass Erlang's message and route map to the drunkard Lao Lu, and specifically instructed Lao Lu to take the letter to Lao Xia's house.
As soon as the messenger left, San Mengzi got up to catch up with the main force. He also had to go to his superiors to cancel his leave and report back!
Erlang was injured and was left temporarily in a local farmer's house.
There lived an old lady in her fifties and a young widow in her twenties. The young widow had three children, the oldest daughter was only eight years old, the second daughter was only five years old, and the youngest son was less than two years old.
There are families with complete populations in the village, but ordinary people inevitably have some taboos about the sick and the injured that are not easy to show openly.
But without a man to support the family, life was difficult for the family and they could not care about so many things.
Besides, this family is well-liked in the village and is famous for their good character.
Erlang's boss specifically asked the head of the village and the village chief, and also made an on-site investigation. He found that the family had cleaned the small yard very cleanly and the house was tidy, so he felt relieved.
Such hard-working families are generally more down-to-earth, know how to live, and tend to abide by the law. They would not murder Erlang and swallow his silver.
Erlang had been waiting for no reply from home and he was unable to move around.
I act very cautiously and try not to cause trouble to others. Unfortunately, some things are beyond our control.
Erlang had tried his best not to drink water. His throat was so dry that it was smoking, and his mouth was so dry that layers of skin were peeling, but he still couldn't help but want to urinate.
But he couldn't move, and he didn't want to pee on the bed, so he just held it in. His face turned red, and he was too embarrassed to speak. He almost passed out and fell into a coma again.
The family he stayed with was named Qu.
Ever since Erlang refused to drink water, Granny Qu discovered his intention.
But Grandma Qu's daughter-in-law, Yunniang, is a little slower.
It was not until noon the next day that I remembered that Xia Erlang, who was lying on the kang and unable to move, had not yet urinated.
When San Mengzi was here, he naturally had San Mengzi to help him. But now that San Mengzi had left, and Xia Erlang couldn't move, what should he do? Wouldn't that make him anxious to death?
Granny Qu and her daughter-in-law Zhou Yunniang were both at a loss as to what to do.
At first, they planned to turn a blind eye, pretend to be ignorant, and deal with it one day at a time.
However, seeing that Xia Erlang refused to drink even a sip of water and almost suffocated himself to death, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could no longer pretend.
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