At this moment, Captain Shi came over wearing a cadre uniform with a serious face. Behind him was Shi Huaide who had a leg injury.
The onlookers subconsciously made way for him and his son when they saw them.
Shi Bulian, who was kneeling on one knee, saw his father, quickly stood up, brushed the dust off his knees, and grinned at his father.
"Dad, don't you ask me to find a wife all day long? Today, your son found one for you and will also be responsible for sending you two. You have been promoted twice at once. Are you happy?" Shi Bulian said in a slick tone.
"That's outrageous! Your grandma died and you didn't even kneel down, yet you come here and kneel down."
"Dad, that's different from this. This is a one-knee proposal, a Western-style proposal."
"You're still quibbling. It's making me so angry. Aren't you making things difficult for Dr. Wang?"
Although Captain Shi was speaking for Wang Xiaolan on the surface, he actually didn't want his son to marry a widow with two children. This would be too embarrassing for him. Fortunately, Wang Xiaolan did not agree.
"I'm sorry, Doctor Wang. I didn't discipline him well and caused you trouble."
"Captain, you arrived just in time. I wanted to go up the mountain to collect herbs, but he stopped me here, making a fool of myself for everyone."
At this time, Schwaide felt that his brother had done something outrageous and felt very sorry.
He came to Wang Xiaolan with the help of a crutch, bowed politely and said, "Sorry to bother you." Then he pulled Shi Bulian and started to walk out.
Shi Bulian broke free from Shi Huaide's hand and muttered, "Why? I have such good conditions, why wouldn't she be willing? She has two children, and I don't mind them, why?"
"Let's go! Marriage is a matter between two people, not just for you to decide."
"I can't figure it out..."
"Why are you all still standing here? Let's go!" said the captain with a serious face.
As he said this, he looked at Wang Xiaolan, moved his lips a few times, seemed to be about to say something but stopped, then turned and left.
Wang Xiaolan looked at the empty yard, sighed with relief, and turned back home.
The two sisters-in-law followed Wang Xiaolan silently.
"Why are you still at home? Go to school!"
"Sister-in-law, we will stay with you today."
"I'm fine. You guys go to school! I'm going to the mountains to pick herbs later."
Wang Xiaolan watched her two sisters-in-law leave.
After returning home and settling the two children, he carried a bamboo basket and walked alone towards the pine mountain behind the village.
When I reached the foot of the mountain, I looked up at the towering mountains and climbed up with interest.
Just as we reached halfway up the mountain, we suddenly heard a rumbling sound. We followed the sound and walked closer to see that it was the sound of a waterfall. The clear mountain spring water formed several irregular reservoirs in the low ridges.
She had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery and climbed straight to the top of the mountain.
She found a wild ginseng in the dense forest. She used a bamboo stick to dig out the soil around the wild ginseng bit by bit.
After a period of hard work, she finally dug out a complete wild ginseng. She carefully wrapped it with a headscarf and put it into the space.
When she was about to climb up again, she looked up and saw an old man in white coarse cloth and with gray hair sitting on a big rock to rest not far in front of her.
She was shocked at first, and thought to herself, "How could there be an old man of this age in this wilderness and deep mountains?"
At this time, the old man took the initiative to greet her. "Girl, how dare you climb such a high mountain alone?"
"Grandpa, it's the same with you!"
"Come here and sit down."
Wang Xiaolan bent over, walked to the elder, took off the backpack, and sat on a big rock, breathing heavily and wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"Girl, you must be tired. Come and have an apple."
Wang Xiaolan took the apple and took a bite. The sweet taste was like a piece of candy on the tip of her tongue, and she felt refreshed.
"Grandpa, that's so sweet!"
The old man took out a few more apples from the basket and put them into Wang Xiaolan's backpack.
"Grandpa, one is enough. You can keep it for yourself."
"Girl, there are plenty of fruits like this in the mountains."
"Grandpa, I'm not a girl anymore. I'm a mother of two children."
"Hey, in my eyes, you're just a little girl."
"Grandpa, how old are you?"
"98 years old"
"Wow, you can climb such a high mountain?"
"I have been traveling in the mountains for many years and have long been accustomed to it. Many herbalists only reach the halfway point of the mountain and never dare to go up again. This place is too steep. You are the first one who can climb to this height." As he said this, the old man gave a thumbs up.
"Grandpa, you are so old, but you can climb such a steep mountain. You are even more amazing than the young man. I really admire you."
As she spoke, Wang Xiaolan finished eating the apple in her hand.
"Grandpa, I went up the mountain to look for a plant."
"What kind of plant is it?"
"I don't know the name of this plant, but it's very poisonous. Someone in our village was poisoned by it. It must have been man-made, but we can't find any evidence."
Wang Xiaolan talked about the symptoms and pulse condition after being poisoned, and how she was treated.
After hearing her story, the old man looked at Wang Xiaolan in shock.
"You are so young, yet you possess such advanced medical skills. It's truly rare! To be honest, there's usually no cure for this poison."
"Grandpa, is there no other way?"
"Yes, there is a way. There is another herb that can detoxify it, but it has a condition. It will only be effective within the time of an incense stick."
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