The village chief's family was also seriously injured, and the village chief was very sad and heartbroken, but he couldn't collapse; the rest of them had to live on.
The village chief issued a notice, instructing everyone to rest for five days, finish the funeral as soon as possible, and depart for Youzhou Prefecture five days later.
The Chen family.
Old Man Chen and the others were cleaning Old Man Chen's wounds.
It's been a year since I last saw him. The seventh child has grown taller, but he's become very thin.
Chen Laoqi's arms and legs were covered in wounds. There was a deep gash on his arm that had reached the bone, and the gauze that had been bandaged was now stained red.
The leg injury was the most serious. The right thigh was slashed, and the wound was very deep. The left leg was slightly fractured and was roughly and simply immobilized without proper treatment, which is causing some trouble now.
After examining Chen Laoqi's injuries, the doctor frowned and said, "Laoqi is seriously injured and also poisoned."
Old Man Chen exclaimed in surprise, "Poisoned?"
The doctor said, "Yes, the poison isn't strong, but with Lao Qi injured like this, it could be fatal."
The Chen family gasped in shock.
Zhou was so angry she gritted her teeth: "Which bastard dared to harm Seventh Brother like this!"
The doctor said, "This poison can be cured, but it will take a while. Given the toxicity, he's been poisoned for half a month already. Old Seven is lucky to have survived and come back. Any later, and he would have lost his life."
Chen Lao Er frowned and said, "Half a month, so that means Lao Qi was poisoned on the way back. Who is so vicious as to poison someone when they are already injured like this?"
The Chen family hated the person who poisoned them to the core.
The doctor said, "Seventh Brother's arm needs to be carefully cared for, otherwise he won't be able to use it properly in the future. Also, Seventh Brother's leg, I've re-fixed it for him, you all need to take good care of it, otherwise his leg will be useless."
Zhou was heartbroken and kept wiping away tears, "My poor seventh son, why is his life so miserable!"
The Chen brothers all had red eyes.
The younger children were already crying their eyes out.
Their powerful seventh uncle must be in a lot of pain from being so badly injured.
The Chen family had prepared a lot of medicine beforehand, which saved them the time of going to town to get medicine.
It took the doctor most of the day to treat the wounds of the two patients.
Next, he will be busy, as there are quite a few injured people in the village.
In the village, after treating the injuries, the doctor discovered that several patients had been poisoned, and with the same kind of poison. The doctor then instructed someone to inform the village chief.
When the village chief found out, he felt something was amiss. They were already so badly injured, why would they be poisoned?
Then, after taking a count, it was found that six people had been poisoned. If they hadn't been clinging to life, they would have all been on the verge of death.
Those who were less seriously injured, after regaining consciousness and hearing the news from the village, hurriedly reported to the village chief that it was the people of Peach Blossom Village who had poisoned them.
The village chief's face turned ashen upon hearing this. "What's going on?"
An uncle said, "The people in Peach Blossom Village are very petty. They blame us for taking their wives, and they try to trip us up for no reason. At first, it was just minor squabbles that didn't cause any real trouble."
While in the military camp, they didn't dare to cause trouble. But when it was time to return and they left the camp, they became even more malicious. They spoke ill of the people of Anping Village in front of the doctors and even stole our wound medicine, causing two people to die on the way because they didn't have enough medicine.
We've traced the ringleader of the medicine theft to someone from Peach Blossom Village, so the poison must have been administered by someone from Peach Blossom Village as well.
The people in Peach Blossom Village are street vendors who travel from street to street. They are very smooth-talking and have many tricks up their sleeves to deceive people.
The people of Anping Village are not good with words. Although they learned a little from the Chen family's sales business, it was still nothing compared to what they had learned from them. They couldn't win the argument and felt very frustrated.
The village chief gritted his teeth and said, "I will make the people of Peach Blossom Village give us an explanation for this matter. They bullied our people and even killed one of our people. We can't just let this go!"
The village has been shrouded in sorrow these past few days.
The heart-wrenching, helpless cries, the tears of parents burying their children, and rows of old coffins—these scenes pierced the eyes of countless people.
On the third day, the village chief issued a notice saying that the government had issued a proclamation that those who wanted to flee famine to other places could go to the government office to apply for travel permits, and each person only needed to pay one bushel of grain. The village chief told everyone to prepare the grain quickly, and he would send someone to process it in the afternoon.
Household registration and travel permit are both very important. Without travel permit, you can't enter many city gates. And if you lose your household registration, it will be difficult to register your residence in the future.
The household registration records all include portraits, which also include information such as age and appearance.
These two thick-covered documents would be stamped with the seals of the village head and the imperial court, making them very formal and neat, inspiring awe and making people dare not do anything to them.
One dou of grain here is equivalent to 5 jin of grain in modern times. One dou of grain is very precious to them now. They have not had any income for several months. They can't grow grain or vegetables. With no source of income from grain, their grain supply can only decrease day by day.
Upon receiving the news, the Chen family quickly delivered the grain to make the arrangements, not for the entire family, but for just three people.
Old Man Chen's, Old Man Chen's, and Old Man Chen's.
In fact, one travel permit is enough for one person per household. It will specify the family information of the person applying for the permit, including who is in the family. Otherwise, it is similar to a modern ID card.
However, just in case, Old Man Chen arranged for a few more people to be included.
Everyone else in the village gets one per household.
Some young people in the village were reluctant to pay their grain tax and obtain travel permits, and then they were beaten by the elderly in their families.
Some of these elderly people were inevitably unreasonable, but when it came to the travel permit, they were surprisingly clear-headed after suffering so much; they knew when to give it up.
On the fourth day, the Zhou family's children said their final goodbyes to the otters.
Unlike their other pets, the otter couldn't be taken along on their escape from famine, so they had to release it back into the wild.
Chen Kai and the others took Yueyue to the pool where Chen Nong had fallen in earlier.
Chen Kai had asked Xiao Tian, and he said that there was water inside, so the otter would be safe inside, and there were other animals inside to keep it company.
The otters have always been free-range and often go out to play, only returning home once every ten days or half a month. Old Man Chen and his family don't want to feed the little thing; it has to earn its own food.
Fortunately, the otters weren't ruined by their domestication and can survive back in nature.
Standing above the pit, Daya and the others stared at the otters, who seemed to know nothing, and cried until snot bubbles came out of their noses.
With tears streaming down his face, Chen Nong said, "Goodbye. Take good care of yourself and don't let other beasts bully you."
Sanya cried, "Don't forget us, and we won't forget you either."
Daya cried, "You must live well. Maybe one day we can come back, maybe we can see each other again. When that happens, we will take care of you and won't let you go hunting anymore."
Er Ya wiped away her tears and said, "From now on, if you catch a fish, don't throw it away. Hide it carefully as food and don't go hungry."
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