Seeing this, Chen Heng was so angry that she was speechless. She took a quick step and grabbed Mei's arm, saying sternly, "Are you still capable of this? We want a healthy child, not a disabled one, let alone a dead one. In my eyes, your life is worth less than an ant, and your man's death is not enough to atone for his sins. A life for a life? That's ridiculous. Get out."
"Get out, get out." Xia roared.
Min'er didn't wake up until dawn.
Two medical apprentices took turns applying and changing the medicine on him every hour.
Chen Heng was worried that Xia Shi couldn't hold on, so she persuaded her for a long time before she agreed to go home and rest.
"Ajian, go and have a rest. You still have to take care of Min'er from now on. You can't fall down." Chen Heng wanted to take care of him herself, but although Min'er was only a five-year-old boy, in this era of strict gender separation, her parents and uncle were both there, so her aunt's identity still had to be avoided.
Xie Jian looked at Chen Heng coldly with red eyes.
Chen Heng felt uncomfortable. Why were her eyes so cold? Could it be that out of hatred, he had also considered her an outsider? Was a little over a month of time together still too short?
"Yes. You should go and get some rest." The apprentice said, "Master will be getting up soon. We are here too. Lord Lu has also told us that if anything happens, we will let you know as soon as possible."
Chen Heng pulled Xie Jian out by the arm.
There were not many people along the way.
When we arrived at Xie's house, many neighbors were already gathered around.
"Xie Jian, what's going on?"
"I heard that Min'er was injured? Is it related to the butcher's family? Aren't you and them in a relationship?"
"What does the clan leader have to do with this? I heard he was taken away by yamen runners last night and hasn't been released yet."
"What's going on?" many people asked.
Xia was so tired that she couldn't even speak.
"Please make way." Chen Heng pushed these people to block the door of her home and shouted with all her might: "If you really care about our family, you would not have kicked us when we are down and made us feel worse. Why do we need you to act like a scapegoat now?" After that, she pulled Xie Jian into the door.
Xie Jian turned slowly and looked at Chen Heng who was trying her best to close the door. He looked coldly at the clansmen and neighbors outside the door who bullied and humiliated him. He would pay his debt with blood until his death.
Let Xia and Xie Jian go to rest. Shen Heng sat on the threshold of the kitchen for a while. If she had treated Min'er as Lotus Master from the beginning and protected her everywhere, would this ending have been avoided?
If she had told Xie Jian about her suspicions from the beginning, Xie Jian would have definitely protected Min'er with his ability.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head. There is no if, and it is not possible to predict the future so accurately.
In the kitchen, the dishes and chopsticks that had just been taken out last night were still on the table, and the dishes that had not been cooked yesterday were still placed next to the stove. Shen Heng cleaned them up one by one and swept the floor.
Went to the backyard to feed the rabbits, chickens and ducks.
When he arrived at the woodshed, he took out the charcoal stove and lit it skillfully. He waited until the smoke was gone before taking it to the kitchen to start cooking porridge. When Xia and Xie Jian woke up, they could have a bowl of egg porridge.
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