To say such vicious things in front of so many people shows how he treats Xiaoshizi in private.
Xiaoshuan's wife was crying, and the two children were crying too.
“We can’t save them. Whoever saves them can take them away. Our family can’t afford to support them.”
"What are you saying, Xiaoshuan's wife? That's your nephew."
“That’s Xiaoshuan’s nephew, not my nephew. Why should I support them? Look at what our family has left. We can’t even afford to eat. Why would we leave a sickly child for us?”
The person sat on the ground, crying and wailing. Fang Qing didn't dare to delay and was about to go find an adult to ask them to rescue Xiao Shizi when Xiao Dou suddenly spoke up.
[Young master, the system has just issued a mission, asking you to rescue that child.]
[The person is in the west room.]
Fang Qing looked towards Fang Xiaoshuan's west room.
It could barely be called a room; it was very small and had no windows. Ordinary people used it to store firewood and miscellaneous items.
Because this small, dilapidated house was not connected to the main house, it was not affected by the fire in the main house.
The fire is almost extinguished now, but it's not normal that the little persimmon didn't come out despite all the commotion.
The child has a heart condition and now has a high fever; he probably won't make it through the night.
Fang Qing slowed her pace as she headed in that direction.
"I don't know any medicine."
[Xiaodou didn't know either; that's how the system assigned the task.]
Despite her doubts, Fang Qing still went over.
This is hardly a place for people to live.
Not only was it damp and cold, but there wasn't even a bed, so Little Persimmon lay unconscious in the corner.
Even a perfectly healthy person would be unable to stay here for one night.
Fang Qing quickly carried the person out.
After they left, everyone noticed her.
"Isn't this Xiaoshizi? What's wrong with this child?"
"Ouch, I'm burning up. Quickly, let's find a place to put me down."
"Let Scholar Sun come and take a look."
Little Persimmon was lifted from Fang Qing's back and placed on a wooden board.
The child was so light, seemingly lighter than a basket of grass. Fang Qing checked the child's pulse, and it was as if there was none.
Before long, someone called over Sun Xiucai—who knew a little medicine and was the go-to doctor for villagers' headaches and fevers.
Scholar Sun took Xiao Shizi's pulse, sighed and shook his head as he gave her a prescription.
Neither Fang Xiaoshuan nor his wife responded when they learned that they needed money to get the medicine.
Fang Qing looked over and met Xiao Shuan's wife's gaze.
He resented her for meddling in his affairs.
Little Persimmon was supposed to die in the west room tonight and no one would have found out.
"Where do you think my family has the money to treat him?"
"We're all from the same village, we can chip in and help, we can't just stand by and watch the child go..."
"Fine, if you're going to take care of him, then take care of him for life. Otherwise, don't meddle in other people's business."
Xiaoshuan's wife's words immediately made those who wanted to help back down.
Who would dare to get involved in such trouble?
After the fire was extinguished, everyone dispersed and went home to sleep.
Fang Qing looked at the neglected child on the ground and felt a pang of sadness. She grabbed Fang Daniu's clothes.
"Bean sprout, little persimmon is not healthy to begin with."
Fang Daniu looked at the old woman with a troubled expression, after all, he couldn't make the decisions in this family.
Although the old woman didn't hear what they were saying, she felt a pang of fear when she saw Fang Qing's expression and quickly said, "No one is allowed to interfere."
Fang Qing ignored her and waved Fang Daniu's hand, begging.
"Little Persimmon is so pitiful. Even if he dies, shouldn't we give him a proper send-off?"
Xiao Shizi is indeed pitiful. After all, Da Shuan helped their family when he was alive, and they couldn't just watch his son die like that.
With an old woman glaring at them, they naturally couldn't take the persimmons back to their house.
"How about this, you stay here and take care of Xiao Shizi, I'll go to the county town to find his brother."
That would naturally be the best.
As long as no money was involved, the old woman didn't say anything, muttered a couple of things, and went back to sleep.
Xiao Shuan and his wife sat on a pile of furniture salvaged from the fire, crying, completely ignoring Xiao Shizi's condition.
Fang Qing walked over and took the blanket that Xiao Shuan's wife was holding.
What are you doing?
"What are you saying I'm doing?"
Fang Qing rolled up the small persimmons with a blanket.
"What kind of kindness are you pretending to have by using my blanket? Why don't you bring the person to your home and come here to act like a saint?"
Fang Qing glared at her.
"Is this your house? This is clearly Xiaoshizi's house. You've taken over this place under the guise of taking care of Xiaoshizi and his brother. Now you don't even care whether Xiaoshizi lives or dies. Aren't you afraid that Xiaoshizi's father will crawl out of the ground and come looking for you!"
Hearing this late at night sent a chill down the spines of Xiaoshuan and his wife.
"Who are you lecturing? What business is it of yours to interfere in my family's affairs? Get out!"
Xiaoshuan's wife looked at Zhao Shi, who was standing silently behind Fang Qing.
"Sister-in-law Da Niu, aren't you going to do anything about your kids?"
Zhao said with a forced smile, "Auntie, please understand. My Douya is soft-hearted and can't stand being bullied."
Xiaoshuan's wife cursed and cried for a while before finding a room that hadn't been burned to sleep in.
Zhao was so sleepy that she kept yawning, and soon she fell asleep leaning against the side.
The night was quiet except for the chirping of insects, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke.
Fang Qing checked Xiao Shizi's pulse every now and then; it was getting weaker and weaker, as if he would soon lose his breath.
Fang Qing opened the system store, bought a ginseng pill, and fed it to Xiao Shizi by pinching his mouth.
As expected of the medicine from the system, Xiao Shizi's breathing became stronger after taking it for a short while.
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