Everything happened in full view of everyone. Whether it was the Xu family or the outsiders, they all fell silent, and their eyes were filled with increasing fear as they looked at Jiang Zhi.
Jiang Zhi patted Xiaoman and praised her, "You did well today. If you had fought back and started making a scene, you definitely wouldn't have been able to explain yourself."
Given Xiaoman's past personality, if she had scuffled with Xu Yaozu and left marks, people would definitely think it was revenge for the land dispute, and then it would be hard to explain if she had hit someone.
Although Xiaoman was still angry, she thought that it was good that she could send the family away after suffering some injustice.
While Xu Changshou's family was bickering and making a ruckus, the other shack was also not quiet.
The brothers Xu Genyou and Xu Genbao are arguing about dividing their family property.
The two brothers completely broke off relations over helping Xu Changshou commit perjury, and neither could convince the other.
The mother-in-law, Liu, sat to one side, wiping away tears without saying a word.
As trees grow tall, branches spread out; as children grow up, families separate. Since the old man passed away, the family has been in turmoil. It's good that the family is separating now.
They had just returned from a year of fleeing famine, penniless and now without even a house. They were truly destitute, and all the brothers could divide were the fields.
However, these fields are divided into more than a dozen plots of land, and how to divide them is a problem.
Genbao's wife naturally wanted the best, saying that she had suffered losses over the years and deserved to receive a few good plots of land.
Xu Genyou, being the eldest brother, was disappointed in his younger brother, but still somewhat forgiving.
Especially now that their father is gone, the eldest brother is the father to them. In this time of difficulty, they should be united, but instead, they have caused a family division. He has no face to face his father's spirit in the afterlife. He will let his younger brother and sister-in-law choose who gets to divide the family property.
Xu Genbao didn't stand on ceremony and chose the best plot of land closest to the village.
However, when it comes to supporting their mother, they say that their children are young and the burden is heavy, unlike their elder brother's three children who can all work. Therefore, supporting their mother is naturally the responsibility of their elder brother's family.
Xu Genyou didn't argue with him and agreed to everything. The family found the clerk at the clinic to help them draft a division agreement.
The incident happened suddenly, and unfortunately, Zhang Juntou had already left with the forms, so he would have to go to the county government to separate his family and establish a household later.
On the other side, Jiang Zhi and the other two also had to return to the mountain. They originally just wanted to register and leave, but they didn't expect there to be so many things to do, which delayed them until it was getting late, and they would have to get back to the mountain in the dark.
Li Laoshi carefully prepared torches.
Before leaving, Jiang Zhi suddenly said to Li Laoshi, "I heard all the outsiders here coughing, and you're coughing too. So I'll teach you some medicines to collect and share with everyone!"
She has already checked with Zhang Juntou. The registered population of Xujia Village is 115 people, of which 7 households with the original surname Xu have 50 people. However, now we need to subtract the four people from Xu Changshou.
There are thirteen households with a total of 65 people from outside the area. The total number of people from both sides is half of the previous number. It is expected that more villagers will return in the future.
People living in the village now live in shacks, lacking food and clothing. In the dead of winter, they help with laundry in the medical shacks, inevitably catching a cold.
So many people are sick, and it's not a serious illness, just a common cold and cough. The medical shed certainly won't provide free medication for a long time. It's better to let them find some herbs to drink themselves, which is cheaper and more convenient.
When Li Laoshi heard that he was to be taught to recognize herbs, he was overjoyed.
He really wanted to learn how to make money. Jiang's wife had never taught him before, but now... she was finally going to teach him.
Jiang Zhi said to Xu Errui, "Teach him to pick some Asarum heterotropoides, which can stop coughing and relieve asthma!"
Asarum heterotropoides and Asarum heterotropoides are used to treat colds caused by wind and cold, headaches, coughs, asthma, rheumatic pain, and injuries from falls. According to the *Sichuan Materia Medica*, it "dispels cold, stops coughs, eliminates phlegm, and dispels wind."
It's winter now, and the herbs harvested in summer and autumn have withered and gone dormant. Not many remain outside, but you can still find a few.
After talking about the painted-face cat, Jiang Zhi said to Li Laoshi, "If you boil loquat leaves in water, you need to wash off the fuzz. You can also boil ash leaves and vitex roots from the mountains to treat coughs and asthma. If you add pig bristle grass, it can treat asthma caused by deficiency. You should be able to recognize these three things!"
Li Laoshi nodded repeatedly: "I recognize them, I recognize them. These are all very common. White ash trees and yellow vitex are used to make firewood. Now it's easy to pick the leaves and dig up the roots. Pig bristle grass... there's plenty of it by the well and the stone base."
Adiantum capillus-veneris, also known as maidenhair fern: used for influenza and bruises.
He couldn't help but shake his head as he spoke, explaining that even the leaves and weeds he usually wouldn't even glance at were medicine.
As they left the village, Xu Errui taught Li Laoshi how to identify medicinal herbs.
Asarum sieboldii is a somewhat expensive medicinal herb, unlike houttuynia cordata or dandelion which are readily available. Fortunately, because it is slightly poisonous and has an unusual appearance, the displaced people living in the village that year dared not dig it up even after digging up its roots.
At this time, along the uneven and scattered mountain ditches, the strangely growing herbs became more noticeable.
Not long after leaving the village, Xu Errui found several groups of church members and got to know Li Laoshi.
While they were searching for medicine, Jiang Zhi and Xiao Man immediately looked up at the mountain: it was getting dark, and they had been busy in the village for half a day, putting the matter of the wild boar out of their minds, but now they were thinking about it again.
I wonder if the little wild boar went home, or if it was hurt so badly that it completely returned to the mountains and forests to become a real wild boar?
Finally on their way home, the cold wind of dusk stung their hands and faces. As Jiang Zhi and the other two hurried along, they craned their necks and looked around.
Although it's close to the village and there's no way wild boars could appear here, I still couldn't resist starting to look for them.
"Oh! Mom, you must have hurt Peppa!" Xu Errui complained. He knew best how painful his mother's slaps were, and she had hit Peppa so many times that her head must have been swollen from the blows.
Xiaoman was worried about the little wild boar: "Could Peppa have followed us into the village? It's so noisy, I can't hear anything."
The village was in complete chaos for most of the day; if the little wild boar had been held down and beaten to death, you might not have heard a sound.
Upon hearing this, the three of them were immediately on edge, and they stopped talking and continued on their way in silence.
After climbing a rocky slope and entering the woods, dusk fell, and the light was even more blurred by the lush cypress trees in the forest.
Suddenly, Xiaoman shouted, "Ouch, what's that?" startling Xu Errui and Jiang Zhi, who were on their way.
Looking up, behind a low bush, stood a dark, indistinct shadow, its nose twitching, its tail wagging, and its head covered in leaves.
"Hey! It's Peppa Pig!" Xu Errui exclaimed in surprise.
Xiaoman beckons: "Peppa Pig, come here for a hug!"
However, the little wild boar didn't come over; instead, it took a step back and hid among the bushes and trees.
Oh dear, this little one is throwing a tantrum!
Jiang Zhi was both angry and delighted, and she really didn't know what to say.
I was glad I had shot the little wild boar; it hadn't run away, and was actually waiting for me there.
What's infuriating is that this person is incredibly audacious; they didn't even know to go home and dared to linger outside.
This place is too close to the village. During the day, the villagers would come over to collect firewood and oak trees. It was just a coincidence that something happened in the village today, so it wasn't discovered.
It seems we still need to teach the little wild boar a lesson. Thinking of this, Jiang Zhi suppressed her excitement, kept quiet and walked on her own, not even glancing at the little wild boar.
Xiaoman and Xu Errui had already gone over to call it, but the little wild boar still wouldn't come out.
Jiang Zhi has already left, so there's nothing we can do but leave too!
When the little wild boar saw that no one was paying attention to it, it panicked and chased after the bushes, squealing loudly.
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