Su Wenli was embarrassed by farting in the classroom, so she took a week off and stayed home, too ashamed to go to school. People in the village were talking about it, saying her farts smelled for miles around.
Dr. Huang saved Old Man Su's life, but now he is paralyzed and bedridden. His wife takes care of him with all three meals a day.
Since the day the accident happened, Boss Su had only gone into the room to check on Old Man Su. After that, apart from Old Woman Su asking for help, he himself hadn't personally stepped into the room to see Old Man Su even once.
Now that Old Man Su is immobile, he can't help the family in the slightest. What's worse, the eldest son didn't get any money from his father, so he doesn't want to care about Old Man Su at all, since there are other people to take care of him.
Since that night when he argued with Su's eldest son, Su's father hasn't stepped foot back into the Su family home. His point is that the medical expenses should be split 50/50; if they want to take Su's father to see a doctor, he'll give them his share.
As for taking care of him, that's not something he, the separated son, should do. Whoever has benefited from Old Man Su since childhood should take care of him; that's only right and proper.
Neither Su Xingran nor her mother went to visit him. Su Xingran felt that keeping the old man alive was already an act of mercy. All the suffering and harm her family had endured in this life and the past life was thanks to the old man.
Old Man Su is the head of the family. If he were to treat his father well, how could Old Woman Su, a woman who depends on him for a living, dare to contradict his decision?
The Su family depended on him for survival, so how could they openly bully his family? Everything was done with his tacit approval and permission.
If it weren't for the villagers saying that Su's father looked like her grandfather and second uncle, Su Xingran would have suspected that her father wasn't her biological father.
Although the old man had passed away, her second uncle was still alive, and Su Xingran often saw him. Her father and second uncle did indeed look very alike. It was only then that Su Xingran gave up her previous thoughts.
That day, Su Xingran and Duan Yuming went up the mountain. Su Xingran gathered herbs, while Duan Yuming went hunting. Once they reached the mountain, they went their separate ways.
During this time, Su Xingran and Duan Yuming would occasionally come up the mountain, some gathering herbs and others hunting. Su Xingran suggested that they split up so that neither of them would waste time.
At first, Duan Yuming was reluctant, worried that Su Xingran might have an accident if she was alone. Su Xingran repeatedly assured him that she would be fine, that she had been coming to this mountain since she was a child and was very familiar with the place.
After two operations proved that Su Xingran was truly unharmed and familiar with the mountain, Duan Yuming agreed to split up and act separately.
After parting ways with Duan Yuming, Su Xingran carried her basket and walked deeper into the mountains. Su Xingran soon found a ginseng root, but she also noticed a snake nearby.
If she wasn't mistaken, it was a viper, highly venomous, and capable of controlling the movement of its fangs. To obtain the ginseng, the snake had to be processed, but what was the proper way to process it?
She remembered a powder in the space that could kill wild animals; if inhaled at close range, it would cause them to lose consciousness. She wondered how she could get close without being attacked by venomous snakes.
Suddenly, Su Xingran slapped her head. How stupid of her! She'd completely forgotten she had a spatial ability. She could use it to evade venomous snake attacks.
Su Xingran looked around to make sure no one was there. She put the basket into her spatial storage and slowly approached the ginseng.
As soon as Su Xingran began to move, the venomous snake straightened its body, assuming a posture ready to attack. When they were about three or four meters away, Su Xingran held the medicinal powder in her right hand and a stone in her left.
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