Despite Xiao Lian's madness, Xiao Jian risked his life to save her mother. Although Xiao Lian was eventually subdued by Jiao Bai, the loyalty and camaraderie shown by Xiao Jian, Hu Zi, and the others were genuine.
Now that they've helped carry the mother here and even found a doctor for her, it's clear how kind this family is.
Besides, Xiao Mengjie is already fifteen or sixteen years old, not a child. She knows perfectly well what her family and Xiao Weiguo's family are like.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them mortal enemies.
Even under such circumstances, they still stepped in without hesitation to save her and her daughter.
For Xiao Mengjie, who was penniless, this was the only way to repay her gratitude.
Liu Ye and Xiao Shanshan quickly helped her up.
"Mengjie, don't do this."
"The most important thing is to heal your mother's injuries as soon as possible. Don't think too much about it."
Liu Ye also comforted her.
With the encouragement of several people, Xiao Mengjie slowly stopped crying.
Tiger was very perceptive; he took the opportunity to wash a clean handkerchief for her so she could wipe the tear stains from her face.
She took the towel from Hu Zi, glanced at him, and whispered a thank you.
Tiger chuckled twice.
"You're Xiao Mengjie, right? I'm sorry, I bumped into you earlier. Does it still hurt?"
Recalling what had just happened, Xiao Mengjie blushed.
He shook his head and said.
"It doesn't hurt anymore."
He wiped his face haphazardly a few times and handed the towel back to Tiger.
Outside the door, Jiao Bai finally released his grip on Xiao Lian.
Xiao Lian has now recovered from the intense pain he was in.
Now, he looks at Jiao Bai as if he were looking at a devil.
As he slowly backed away, he didn't forget to utter a harsh remark.
"You just wait, you dare hit me."
Jiao Bai raised a finger and pointed at him. His eyes narrowed slightly.
This slight movement startled Xiao Lian, who, no longer caring about saving face, turned and ran.
With the excitement fading, the onlookers gradually dispersed amidst laughter.
Jiao Bai put his hands in his pockets and slowly strolled back to the courtyard.
Not long after, Xiao Jian ran in with Li Sanshui, the village's barefoot doctor.
They were both panting heavily from running so fast.
Without saying much, Li Sanshui examined Gu Meiying's injuries, cut open the back of her clothes with scissors, took a bottle of medicine, and cleaned the wounds. Then he sprinkled a layer of white medicinal powder on them.
Surprisingly, the seemingly inconspicuous white powder had a remarkably effective effect.
Soon after the powder was applied, the bleeding from the wounds on Gu Meiying's back gradually stopped.
Li Sanshui proudly waved the small bottle containing the white medicinal powder.
"How effective is the family's traditional wound medicine?"
After saying that, he carefully put the rest back into his medicine box.
"Alright, she only suffered superficial injuries. I used my medicine, and as long as she doesn't get injured again, she'll be fine within three days. Don't worry."
"However, she can't be this dirty. You need to find a way to get her to a cleaner environment, otherwise, even a healthy person will get sick from all the mess."
"Yes, yes, thank you, Dr. Li."
The siblings thanked him together, and Xiao Jian took out ten yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Li Sanshui's pocket.
Li Sanshui didn't stand on ceremony with him, picked up his medicine box, and said goodbye from his house.
That's how barefoot doctors were back then; there was no fixed price for their services.
If you have money, give more; if you don't, give less. If someone is so poor they can't even afford to eat, we won't mind if they don't give you a single penny. We'll still provide medical care.
Xiao Weiguo is rich, everyone in the village knows that, there's no need to be polite about ten yuan.
After Li Sanshui left, the women were in a dilemma.
Gu Meiying is in this state now. Although her injuries have healed, she is still mentally unstable. What will happen to her in the future?
The Xiao family's courtyard was too small; there was simply no place for them to stay.
But if we let them go back like this, something like this might happen again. Nobody has time to watch over her and her daughter 24/7.
If they abandoned them, disregarding their elder brother's instructions, they couldn't bear to leave this pitiful little girl unattended.
Everyone present, except for Liu Ye, had grown up in hardship and had experienced the rain; they knew better than anyone how to hold up an umbrella for others.
After much discussion, Liu Ye finally came up with an idea.
Her whole family moved to the county town, and her old house is now empty. Although Liu Qing moved all the furniture here, it's still enough for two people to live comfortably.
If they really have nowhere to go, let the mother and daughter stay there temporarily. We'll ask Xiao Weiguo when we get back and then think of another solution.
Everyone went to ask Xiao Mengjie for her opinion.
The little girl was naturally very happy to hear this.
She took care of her mentally ill mother at home, and was either beaten by her uncle or scolded by her grandfather. As a result, she, at such a young age, never received a kind word.
If she had the chance to leave that home, why would she disagree?
"There's one more question."
Despite his young age, Tiger is surprisingly very interested in this matter.
“Even if we separate them, they’re still in the same village. It’s only a few steps from one house to the other. What if Xiao Lian and Xiao Changsuo come to beat them up again?”
Tiger's words made sense. Given the nature of that father and son, they wouldn't just stand by and watch Xiao Mengjie and her daughter live a good life.
Nobody has time to keep an eye on this every day.
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