Du Baolin snorted coldly: "I told you to stay here and have some peace and quiet, but you've caused me trouble. Since my wife's sister-in-law is being so unreasonable, then let's have a good talk with her."
After he finished speaking, he summoned his attendant and whispered something to him. The attendant nodded and immediately turned to leave.
Having fought in the business world for twenty years, Du Baolin was able to secure a place in the Bajun Cloth Shop, so his shrewdness was naturally deeper than Xu Yuxian's.
That child from the Nie family can no longer stay!
The previous statement that he would bring her along as a helper was just a lie, only because he was worried that Xu Yuxian would be scared and let it slip.
He had already instructed his servants to secretly tie up the child and send him away elsewhere, never to appear in Ba County again.
The attendant was Du Baolin's trusted confidant and bodyguard, so he naturally knew how to handle the situation. Once they left Pingchuan County, they headed straight for Xujia Village...
The weather around the Dragon Boat Festival is usually unpredictable, with scorching sun at times and torrential rain at others.
After delivering the holiday gifts, Jiang Zhi and Er Rui returned to the mountain to rest and celebrate the festival together.
The sky was clear just moments before, but in the blink of an eye, dark clouds loomed overhead, and strong winds howled through the mountains and forests.
Qiaoyun ran out of the kitchen and hurried to the drying rack to collect the clothes that had been blown about by the wind. She called out to Errui, "Errui, quickly check the chickens outside, don't let them get scared away by the wind!"
Some of the chickens are now free-range and need to be searched for from time to time to prevent them from being taken away by wild animals. Now, they need to be herded back even more.
If a heavy rain comes, the chickens hiding in the ditch will be swept away by the flash flood.
Xu Errui hurried out, a chicken bone still in his mouth, not even properly dressed, when a strong gust of wind nearly blew him away: "Oh dear, what a strong wind! Will the rice seedlings we planted float up?"
He worried that the rice seedlings, which had only been planted for two or three days, had not yet taken root and would likely float to the surface if hit by wind and rain, requiring them to be planted again.
Jiang Zhi was digging for medicinal herbs on the mountain when the sudden gust of wind made her lose her balance and she sat down on the ground.
Beside her, Peppa stood firmly like a rock. Seeing that Jiang Zhi was too scared to get up from the wind, she immediately came over and whimpered, asking Jiang Zhi to tug at her fur.
Jiang Zhi managed to grab Peiqi's back and stand up, but the basket she had placed next to her was blown down the slope by the wind, and the yellow berries she had picked rolled down the hillside.
Peppa grumbled and turned to chase after the basket.
"Hey, don't take those things, just pick up the basket!" Jiang Zhi shouted to the wild boar while hugging the tree next to her.
Those herbs are everywhere, and I just picked these handfuls casually. There's no need to bother. It wouldn't be worth it if Peppa fell down the mountain.
Before long, the wild boar returned with an empty basket in its mouth, and sure enough, not a single yellow maiden was left inside.
However, nothing was wasted.
While they were retrieving the basket, the wild boar, adhering to the principle that it couldn't eat what was in the basket but could keep everything on the ground, ate the yellow girl that had been scattered all over the hillside.
Jiang Zhi shook her head as she watched from a high vantage point; Peiqi's muscular physique wasn't for nothing.
They really couldn't miss a single bite of food, and their weight was twice that of pigs of the same age.
Since the Tianpao fruit is gone, we'll wait two days before going down the mountain to pick more.
The village recently harvested wheat and planted rice seedlings, and many children developed impetigo after touching the filthy, dirty water.
It's common for children to get sores in the countryside, and parents don't usually pay much attention to it; at most, it's just some old wall dirt or a handful of incense ash.
So Jiang Zhi decided to get them some medicine to apply.
The whole herb of *Physalis alkekengi*, a plant in the Solanaceae family, is harvested in summer and autumn and used to treat impetigo.
The entire plant of *Cymbidium goeringii* can be used medicinally, with the fruit being the most potent.
Grind the herbs into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply. Alternatively, grind Prunella vulgaris and Viola yedoensis into powder, mix with honey, and apply to treat impetigo and skin sores caused by damp heat.
Impetigo, also known as yellow lantern grass, is used medicinally in its entirety. It is a specific medicine for impetigo. In folk medicine, it is calcined into ash and sprinkled on the affected area to treat impetigo and yellow impetigo in children.
"Let's go, young man, we're going back now. We can pick more after we've finished eating."
Jiang Zhi patted the pig's back; it was still such a big guy, braving the wind, and its hairstyle hadn't even been messed up after the trip.
Having successfully stolen the food, Peppa was very obedient and immediately started walking beside him.
The strange wind came and went quickly; before Jiang Zhi, who had been walking and stopping intermittently, even got home, the wind stopped.
Errui had already come to find her halfway there: "Mom, the wind was so scary just now, I was worried you might fall down!"
Faced with Errui's concern, Jiang Zhi laughed and scolded, "I'm not stupid. Besides, Peppa is right next to me. I won't be blown down the mountain while I'm holding her!"
Paige: "...Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!"
This isn't just Errui being alarmist; such things happen frequently in mountainous areas.
Sometimes a strong wind would blow the bamboo drying mats and winnowing baskets placed high up down the mountain in a cloud of wind, emptying all the grain inside.
There were even instances where people tried desperately to protect the grain by pressing it down with their bodies, only to be thrown down the slope along with the bamboo drying mats.
Jiang Zhi returned home with an empty basket on her back. Chunfeng and Xu Dazhu also came back. The two of them had been processing wood ear mushrooms in the charcoal kiln and were not frightened by the wind.
Everyone was saying how strong the wind was just now!
Grandma Xiaoman held Nini in one hand and Caixia in the other, having kept the two children locked inside to prevent them from running around.
The wind stopped, but darkness fell, and a downpour was imminent.
Everyone hurriedly went to gather firewood and chase the chickens, a chaotic scene of running and scrambling.
This scene made the two children, along with their puppy Bear Sister, extremely excited, and they chased after them, laughing and giggling.
The same situation applies to Xujia Village.
A strong gust of wind just now blew over a lot of grain and dried vegetables, and also blew away several pairs of kiln-dried trousers and underpants that were drying in the sun.
When the wind stopped, everyone busied themselves gathering firewood and clothes, locking up chickens and pigs, and repairing the roof.
Some people hurriedly fetched water and chopped vegetables, waiting for the downpour to arrive.
In the chaos, no one noticed when a stranger had appeared in the village.
Xujia Village is located on the side of the official road, and the two were originally separated only by a small patch of woods and vegetable gardens.
The house repairs and the forced labor for road repairs coincided. For the safety of the villagers, Xujia Village erected a simple fence with bamboo poles at the intersection and set up a security booth. Xu Changming even served as a security guard for a period of time.
After the house was repaired, the bamboo fence was not removed, so Jiang Zhi simply reinforced it with bamboo and trees to form a new wall.
Although all walls are meant to keep out honest people but not scoundrels, and their form outweighs their function, this one also marks the boundary of the village, prohibiting entry without permission.
The villagers were all focused on dealing with the torrential rain and didn't pay attention to anything else, but some people were different.
Xia Xiucai just now recited poetry with great enthusiasm in the strong wind.
The wind billowed his sleeves, his robes fluttered, and he seemed to be riding the wind away, which was very exhilarating.
The surging passion hadn't subsided yet; he stood in the courtyard, still poised to embrace the strong wind with outstretched arms...
The stranger was also spotted by Xia Xiucai, who was pretending to be a scholar.
Scholar Xia asked, "Who are you? Have you come to invite me to travel with you?"
Du family guard: "...No way!"
Xia Xiucai then asked, "So you were blown here by a strong wind?"
The guard from the Du family frowned. Why was this man so aloof? Did he have an important mission? And this was Xu Family Village, so he honestly replied, "I wasn't blown here by the wind!"
"oh!"
Xia Xiucai immediately lost interest in him, closed his eyes again, raised his head at a 45-degree angle, and tried to comprehend the vast energy of heaven and earth.
The guard from the Du family shook his head; it seemed this guy was an idiot.
He looked around again, carefully searching for Nie Fantian and his wife's sister-in-law.
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