"mother!"
"Grandma!"
The Su family was so anxious that bubbles were forming at the corners of their mouths. The young one had just been safe, but the old one was unconscious. What should they do?
"Erhu, come and lend a hand. We need to get Mother to the town clinic as soon as possible." Su Dahu stepped forward quickly, his two sword-like eyebrows furrowed as if they could trap flies. "Sanhu, hurry down the mountain and prepare the oxcart. We can't afford to delay. The sooner the better."
Su Hua placed her hand on Su Bai's wrist, then raised it to stop her, "Mother just fainted from a sudden attack of anger, she'll be fine after a rest."
The mountain road was winding, and the oxcart was extremely bumpy. Su Baishi suffered the most when she rode the oxcart to and from Cangwu Town.
“Hua’er, my health isn’t very good to begin with,” Su Dahu said with some difficulty. “Why don’t we ask a doctor to take a look at me, so I can feel at ease?”
Although he knew that his younger sister had learned a lot after being guided by Meng Po, he couldn't put his mind at ease, since medicine was not something that could be learned in a day or two.
In Shanghe Village, many elderly people die after fainting.
He dared not be careless.
"Big brother, listen to your little sister, you can't go wrong." Su Erhu glanced at the villagers surrounding them, pulled her older brother aside, and whispered a brief account of the rescue they had carried out in Cangwu Town.
"Is this true?" Su Dahu asked, his eyes wide with shock.
Even Dr. Zhou was powerless to help, yet my own little sister managed to pull him back from the brink of death.
This is absolutely outrageous!
Su Hua held Su Baishi in her arms, placed her right hand on her lips, gently pried them open, and then, using the sleeve of her clothes as cover, fed her two drops of spatial water. She then pinched her philtrum, and Su Baishi woke up with a slight tremor in her eyelids.
“Hua’er…” Su Bai smacked her lips.
It always feels like I've eaten candy, it's so sweet.
"Mother, you're awake? Mother is really awake?!" Su Dahu saw Su Bai open her eyes, while his own eyes were red. "Mother suddenly fainted just now, it almost scared me to death, luckily my little sister was here."
At this moment, he truly believed that his younger sister really understood the art of traditional Chinese medicine.
Su Erhu and his companions also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mother, can you walk? Or should I carry you home?"
"Grandma, are you sure you didn't twist your ankle? Let your grandson help you walk, okay..."
Su Bai's lips twitched. She had only taken a nap, so why were they all acting like they were possessed?
She coughed lightly, "Alright! I'm perfectly fine, I can run and jump all day. We need to take this wild boar home quickly. Big Tiger, Second Tiger, and Third Tiger, you two need to figure out a way to get it back. Hua'er risked her life to kill it, we absolutely can't let anyone else pick it up, or we'll lose a lot of money."
“My son knows.” Su Dahu’s expression hardened, and he led his two brothers toward the wild boar.
At this moment, the villagers of Shanghe Village surrounding the wild boar all had their eyes shining.
"This black wild boar is so big, it must weigh at least 300 pounds. I've lived in this village for most of my life, and I've never seen a wild boar that looks this good!"
"Yes, wild boar meat costs twenty copper coins a pound, so this wild boar is worth six taels of silver. The Su family is really making a fortune."
"I must say, this Su family girl has been incredibly lucky since breaking off her engagement with Scholar Feng. Not only did she come up with a business selling delicious snails, but now she can even hunt wild boars. Could it be that Scholar Feng is a real nemesis, specifically designed to bring misfortune to the Su family?"
"Who knows? Anyway, now that Scholar Feng and the Meng family girl are having an affair, if anything goes, it'll be the Meng family. The Meng family runs a noodle shop that makes money every day. If Scholar Feng can really ruin the Meng family's noodle shop, then he'll be a real talent..."
Upon hearing this, the crowd suddenly fell silent.
One by one, they turned to look at Meng Yun'er, who was at the very end.
Meng Yun'er was puzzled about how Su Hua was able to revive Su Bai Shi. Over the years, she knew Su Hua best. She was a complete fool. It was already suspicious that she was no longer stupid. Now, she seemed to know medicine. It was just too strange!
At that moment, upon suddenly hearing the villagers' chatter, he could barely maintain his smile.
The girl looked up and glanced at the woman who had spoken.
“What you’re saying, Mother Zhu, is really interesting. Brother Zicai is a scholar whose degree was personally awarded by the magistrate of the prefecture. If the magistrate finds out that Mother Zhu is making up stories about a scholar here, I’m afraid it will be difficult to handle in the future, and he might even come to hold you accountable.”
These were just a few casual words.
This made Zhu Zi's mother turn pale.
"Why are you making such a big deal out of it, Yun'er?" The woman waved her hand and chuckled awkwardly. "I was just joking, just kidding..."
After saying that, he stared straight at the wild boar on the ground.
They acted as if nothing had happened.
"What nonsense about officials holding people accountable." Su Bai scoffed, her voice loud enough for everyone nearby to hear. "A mere girl, she's learned nothing but how to use someone else's name to intimidate others. She's just a bottom-ranking scholar, and you think saying a few words to her would alarm the officials? Do you think the officials have nothing better to do? She's really shameless!"
Everyone was taken aback by the sound, then turned to stare at Meng Yun'er, their expressions all unreadable.
Yes, Qingshui County has recorded a total of fifty scholars this year, and Feng Zicai is exactly the fiftieth.
If it weren't for his young age and the Meng family's willingness to spend money, he might not even be able to study at Qingshan Academy in the prefectural city.
If you include all the scholars in the entire prefecture, Feng Zicai would be ranked in who-knows-where.
If a high-ranking official from the prefectural city were to come to their godforsaken place to punish them for a mere joke, then they would be like a salt seller becoming a carpenter, utterly useless.
Meng Yun'er was still young, and being stared at by a group of people, she couldn't help but lower her head in embarrassment and annoyance.
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the wild boar still bleeding profusely on the ground.
His eyes darted around.
“Aunt Su is right. I’m just a young girl and I don’t know much about the affairs of officials.” Meng Yun’er smiled slightly, but her tone suddenly changed. “But this wild boar is from Fuhu Mountain in Shanghe Village. It should belong to all the people of Shanghe Village. But Aunt Su seems to be trying to take it all for herself!”
"We'll take it all for ourselves?" Su Sanhu sneered. "Are you blind? This wild boar on the ground was earned with my Hua'er's life. It belongs to the Su family. Are you suggesting we share it with someone who has no connection to us?"
He had hated Meng Yun'er since he was a child.
He used to coax his younger sister into having this and that when she was little, but in the end, he even stole her sweetheart.
Now, she wants to steal the wild boar that her younger sister hunted down. She's utterly shameless!
Meng Yun'er's face turned slightly cold. "Third Brother, what you're saying is unpleasant to hear. My Meng family doesn't covet your wild boar, but the hundreds of people in Shanghe Village don't even get to eat meat during festivals. Now that we've finally encountered a big wild boar, everyone should have a share! Could it be that Sister Hua'er is such a selfish person, only caring about eating the meat herself and completely disregarding the villagers..."
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