It was midnight, and everything was silent.
Although it is a wilderness, no sound of wild animals can be heard.
This was quite strange, but it also made Su Wanti feel temporarily relieved.
Her body still felt the pain from the heavy fall, and her cloth clothes were cut by branches and grass.
There were several bloody wounds on his face and exposed arms, which were burning with pain.
"Hiss—what kind of hell is this?"
Su Wanti endured the pain, stood up, wrung out her wet clothes and sleeves, and staggered to the edge of the stream, where she sat down on a flat stone half a meter high.
Then he took out a pain-relieving and blood-replenishing pill from the space he carried with him, threw it into his mouth and started chewing.
After a few seconds, the pain-relieving and blood-replenishing pills took effect. The pain in her body disappeared, and warmth emerged from her dantian and slowly flowed into her limbs.
After feeling more comfortable, the memories of the original owner flooded into Su Wanti's mind like a tide.
The original owner was also called Su Wanti, and was a villager of Shanyan Village.
The sixteen-year-old now lives with her seriously ill mother and five younger brothers and sisters.
The original owner's father, Su Song, was an herbalist. He was brave and careful, and had great skills. He could climb steep cliffs without ropes or claws.
He is an excellent swimmer. Once he enters the water, he is like a fish returning to the water. He can dive to a depth of 100 meters.
Su Song was smart and studious, with an excellent memory. He taught himself simple characters and knew the names and appearances of all the herbs.
With his extraordinary skills and excellent memory, Su Song can collect rare medicinal herbs that ordinary people cannot.
Su Song took the rare medicinal herbs he collected to the big pharmacy in the county town and sold them for money, earning a lot of money.
Of course, they can't compare with wealthy families, but in this remote, small mountain village, Su Song's family lives a good life.
After he saved some money, he got married at the age of 20. His wife was Zhang Hehua, a woman named Zhang from the next village.
Afterwards, the two separated and moved out. They were given a piece of land at the easternmost end of the village and built a house. In the next seventeen years, they had six children and lived a simple and happy life.
The original owner was the first child of Su Song and his wife. Eight years after she was born, they gave birth to their second child.
Therefore, the original owner received unique love from his parents during his childhood.
Su Song valued his daughter and always took her with him when he went to the county town to sell herbs.
He also gave a lot of medicinal materials to a pharmacy for free because the pharmacy was run by a female doctor who could teach his daughter to identify herbs and understand pharmacology.
Later, when the original owner was eight years old, the female doctor formally accepted her as an apprentice and taught her how to make medicine, how to mix medicines, how to diagnose pulses and perform acupuncture, and how to cure diseases and save lives.
Shanyan Village is located deep in the mountains and has little communication with the outside world, so the villagers' ideas are naturally much more outdated.
When every family can barely fill their stomachs, who would spend the extra money to send their daughter to learn a craft?
Therefore, Su Song's decision at that time attracted criticism from the villagers. Even his wife Hehua was affected by these questioning voices and became hesitant.
"Songlang, did we make a mistake in sending Ah Wan to learn medicine from a female doctor? In a few years, Ah Wan will be choosing a husband and getting married. If she goes to help her husband's family with all her skills and earn money for them, what use will that be to our family? It would be better to save the money and let Chen Zhi and Wu Xiong eat something good. Then send them to a pharmacy to learn skills in the future. That would be truly beneficial to our family."
However, Su Song disagreed with his wife's words.
He thought more deeply, "Lotus, our children, whether boys or girls, must have a skill so that they can stand on their own in the future."
"Especially my daughter. I can't just perfunctorily raise her and call it a day."
"Once she has a skill, she has the capital to make a living. Whether she marries or not, she can earn money with her own ability to support herself. She won't have to rely on others for support, and she won't have to sell her children for a few taels of silver to feed herself."
"Even if our daughter gets married in the future, what will change? Will she no longer be our daughter after she gets married? Seeing our daughter living a miserable life in her husband's family, swallowing her anger and having to depend on others for even a meal, wouldn't we as parents feel bad?"
"So, Hehua, whether it's A-Wan or her younger brothers and sisters, I will do my best to raise them. I hope that when they grow up, they can be self-reliant like me, and earn a living with their own abilities. This living can not only save their lives, but also preserve their dignity."
Hehua cannot read and has never been to school. Her ideas and knowledge are all acquired from her mother's family and village.
She didn't quite understand what Su Song said, nor could she fully comprehend it.
But she understood one thing: letting her daughter learn skills would benefit her throughout her life. In the future, her daughter would not have to suffer from her husband's family and would not go hungry.
"Okay." She replied softly, feeling both ashamed and relieved.
What is shameful is that as a mother, I actually believed what others said.
How many people around me truly have good things for others? They open their mouths and say everything good and bad. If I really listen to them and cut off my daughter's medical studies, if she doesn't live well in the future, which of these people will stand up and take responsibility?
Fortunately, she married the right person. Her husband is smart and capable, responsible for his family and plans for his children. There is no other man like him in the nearby villages.
The days passed by slowly like flowing water in autumn, until three months ago, when the Su family's peaceful and happy life came to an abrupt end.
Su Song picked up a very rare herb on the cliff. The herb was called the Resurrection Herb. He took the herb to the county clinic.
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