"Grandma Sun, why are you here?" A voice suddenly rang out from behind. Grandma Sun was startled. She turned around and found that it was the youngest daughter of the Tong family. She smiled and said, "I am thirsty. Come here to drink some water."
Xin'er pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said, "Sister said you can't drink raw water, it will catch a cold. Grandma Sun, come with me to the kitchen and I'll get you some water."
In order to avoid being discovered, Mrs. Sun had no choice but to obey Xin'er and follow her into the kitchen.
"Lan Cui, pour some water for this mother-in-law. I see she's drinking from the ladle outside. She must be very thirsty." Lan Cui glanced at Granny Sun and replied, "Yes, Fourth Miss."
When Mrs. Sun took such a big bowl of hot water, she couldn't help swallowing.
Xin'er looked up at her and said, "Grandma Sun, why don't you drink?"
"Hehe, drink it, I'll drink it." She closed her eyes, brought the bowl to her mouth, and drank it down in one gulp. It was a little hot, but fortunately she had a thick skin and could withstand it.
After finishing her drink, she opened her mouth, gasping for air and baring her teeth as she said, "Then I'll go get my couplets up front." After putting down the bowl, she walked towards the front yard, still feeling a bit nervous, wondering if they hadn't noticed her earlier behavior. As she was thinking this, she bumped into a young man.
"Ouch, this hurts so much!" Wen Ziyu looked at the front with cold eyes and asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?" Grandma Sun was a little unhappy when she heard it, "Who are you? What's it to you? I can stroll around here if I like. Haha, you are not a member of the Tong family."
Xiao Hua heard this and said, "Mrs. Sun, please be careful with your words. This is my young lady's distinguished guest."
Mrs. Sun glanced at the tall and strong Xiaohua, curled her lips, snorted and walked away.
Wen Ziyu looked at her receding back and fell into deep thought. What was she doing here?
The cold wind blew across his face, and he coughed non-stop. Xiao Hua supported him and patted his back. "Master Wen, why don't you go inside? If you don't take good care of yourself now, you won't be able to eat delicious food during the New Year."
Xiaohua was craving for meat right now. Although the Tong family had no shortage of food and clothing, he still wanted to eat a lot of meat.
Wen Ziyu originally wanted to stand for a while, but the pain in his chest forced him to go back.
In the front yard, Tong Wenyao helped grind ink while her second brother stood beside her and wrote Spring Festival couplets.
"That's great! We don't have to ask scholars from other villages to write the Spring Festival couplets for our village. We have people in our village who can write them too! Hahahaha."
Wu Feng looked at the words on the table and said, "This calligraphy seems to be better looking than others."
Wu Qing looked at Tong Bo's handwriting with a smile and couldn't help but say a few words: "Good, good, good. I didn't expect that there would be a young man in our village who could write such beautiful calligraphy."
Tong Bo stood there, one hand on his waist, the other holding a brush, like a pine tree standing proudly on the top of the mountains.
"You are very kind. It is my honor to be able to help the village."
In the afternoon, the kitchen prepared delicious food again. Tong Wenyao took Xin'er to paste the couplet on the door, "Yao'er, Yao'er, I don't know what's wrong with Wen Jiang. She's foaming at the mouth like crazy. Go to the kitchen and take a look."
Hearing this, Tong Wenyao immediately threw down the paper in her hand.
As they walked, she said to Xing'er, "Go to the pharmacy on the first floor and get the detoxification pills I made yesterday."
After saying that, she ran down the stairs and ran to the backyard.
When she arrived, Wen Jiang was already surrounded by them. Tong Wenyao said, "Please make way. I'm here to see the doctor." Second Aunt, as if she had heard a lifeline, hurriedly said, "Yao'er, come quickly. Wen Jiang started foaming at the mouth after eating the cake."
Wen Jiang's face was pale, and even her lips were starting to turn black. Tong Wenyao said, "He's poisoned. Second Aunt, lay him down. I'll give him the acupuncture first. Once Xing'er gets the detoxification pills, I'll feed them to him right away!"
She took out a silver needle from her pocket and quickly inserted it into the acupuncture points on Wen Jiang's body.
Although it was effectively controlled, the pain on his face made him grit his teeth. After Xing'er got the detoxification pill, she immediately ran to the backyard, stumbled out of the bottle and poured a pill into Wen Jiang's mouth.
After Wen Jiang held the cool pill in her mouth, the burning pain in her chest was no longer there and had eased a lot. This phenomenon made her second aunt and second uncle feel relieved, but Tong Wen Yao stared at Wen Jiang with an unpleasant expression.
Qian's mother, supported by Lan Qiao, came over. Seeing Wen Jiang like this, her face couldn't help but darken. She hadn't expected someone in the borderland to poison them! If this matter wasn't thoroughly investigated and the person behind it was found, they wouldn't be able to rest easy.
Tong Wenyao pulled out the silver needle and said, "Second Aunt, I have suppressed Wen Jiang's poison. This poison is too strong. If an antidote is not found within two years, the poison will slowly erode his internal organs."
When Cui's mother heard this, tears immediately fell down. She held her hand and cried, "Yao'er, you must save Jiang'er."
Tong Bo asked from the side, "What if the antidote is not found in two years?" Tong Wenyao pursed her lips and said, "She might die from organ failure."
Tong Wenyao took out a syringe from the medicine box that Xing'er had brought. She inserted it into Wen Jiang's hand, drew a little blood, and said, "I'll study the poison and see if I can find the formula for the antidote."
Seeing that Wen Jiang was still holding the cake in her hand, Tong Wen Yao took out a small brush and put the cake into the medicine jar.
The sound of hurried running came from behind her, and Dongzi gasped, "Boss... Boss... the horse... is dead."
Tong Wenyao said calmly, "Let's catch our breath first." Dongzi supported his knees with his hands and took a few deep breaths before speaking, "I got some water from the well for the horse, but it immediately rolled its eyes, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed. When I left, its legs were still bulging."
Tong Bo immediately realized that this matter was unusual. Someone was not targeting Wen Jiang, but someone was targeting their Tong family. Who would order someone to poison them?
He quickly asked Dongzi to come over and said, "Go to the village and check if anyone has been behaving strangely or suspiciously today."
Mother Qian was more experienced in handling these matters. Seeing that Second Aunt's attention was focused on Wen Jiang, she took over the matter this time. When Mother Cui heard this, she looked apologetic and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work."
Qian's mother comforted her, "Just focus on taking care of Wen Jiang. I will get to the bottom of this matter for you. We are a family and we don't have any arguments."
"Second Uncle, take Wen Jiang back to your room and rest. Destroy all the food we had today. Don't let the children or chickens and ducks in the village eat it."
Tong Wen Yao walked to the well and frowned. This morning, all the villagers were in the front yard. Who would come to the backyard to poison?
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