"No, it's just about not causing trouble, we're too lazy to go anyway..."
Several people instinctively shrank their necks, hunched their shoulders, and fled in terror. The villagers burst into laughter, and when they looked back, they saw that Uncle Xia and Uncle Xia had slipped away at some point.
"Hey, those cowards..."
"Hmph, luckily he ran fast, otherwise Sun Tiehu would have given them a good beating!"
"Tie Hu Zi is cured now and will be able to farm and eat again next year, which is a good thing. It's all thanks to Qing Zhai's kindness! Qing Zhai is truly a great person."
"Yeah, yeah, I always doubted her medical skills, but it seems I was too narrow-minded... I have to apologize to her!"
“I’ll go too! I was worried about his medical skills before, so I didn’t dare to let him take a look at me. This headache has been bothering me for many years. If he can cure me, I will be so grateful!”
The villagers, talking excitedly, ran to the Xia family to find Tongsu. Sun's mother was worried and urged Sun Tiehu to go with them.
When the group arrived at the Xia family's house, they respectfully explained their purpose. Tong Su nodded and agreed to help them with their medical treatment, but she explained in advance that she would only write out the prescriptions, and they would still have to go to the city to buy the medicines. However, she would try her best to write out the prescriptions for them, assuring them that the medicines were effective but inexpensive.
Everyone was extremely grateful. Knowing that the widow and her child were struggling to make ends meet, they decided that it would be more practical to send them things from home.
Those who knew carpentry saw that his family was short of tables, chairs, and cabinets, and immediately offered to go home and make some for them. They had no spare money and didn't know how to do carpentry, let alone bring them extra grain.
It was all a token of goodwill, so Tongsu naturally accepted it with a smile. After the doctor's visit, people chatted in the house. Sun Tiehu said, "When my mother and I went to town before, the county was investigating very strictly. Apparently, they said some important person had gone missing and they were investigating."
Tong Su paused for a moment: "Oh? What kind of important person could disappear in our remote and impoverished place?"
As she spoke, she reached out and picked up Jin Wenting, who was lying on the side. The little wolf cub was tense all over, his ears perked up, listening carefully.
Sun Tiehu shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it seems to have something to do with the mountain. They're preparing to come up the mountain to investigate."
"Speaking of going up the mountain, I went up to chop firewood before and saw a lot of tracks on the mountain, as if someone had been there before. The bear in the mountain was also disturbed, and its den broke open into a big snow pit. I followed the tracks and it seems that someone fell off a cliff..."
"Oh dear, falling off a cliff would be terrible! These days, who can survive falling off a cliff!"
"That's right, even if they come from the city, the government troops won't be able to find them!"
As everyone was talking about it, a few days later, soldiers from the county town really did come into the mountains to look for people. They first searched the entire village, and then many soldiers hurriedly surrounded the mountain.
Jin Wenting lay nestled in Tong Su's arms, observing coldly.
Looking for someone sincerely?
Ha, what a joke.
Judging from their attire and furtive behavior, these people were all Uncle Three's men.
Third Uncle and his father are mortal enemies. If he really went missing in the mountains and these people found him first, they probably wouldn't send him out properly. Instead, they would kill him in the mountains to silence him!
Jin Wenting felt a surge of relief; thankfully, Tong Su had taken him in.
Otherwise, whether they remain human and are discovered in the mountains and killed to cover their tracks, or they are alone in their wolf form and can't find any food, they will eventually freeze and starve to death...
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