Zhou Jiaojiao immediately covered her stomach and said weakly, "Husband, my stomach hurts. Can you stop for a while?"
Chu San immediately opened his voice and yelled, "Village Chief, let everyone rest. My wife has a stomachache."
After he finished speaking, he reached out and carefully picked up Zhou Jiaojiao, fearing that she would be bumped or hurt.
Chu's mother and Chu's younger sister quickly took the thick quilt and oil-paper cloth from the cart and spread them under the tree next to them. Chu San thanked them and carried Zhou Jiaojiao over.
"Madam, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Chu San asked nervously.
Zhou Jiaojiao touched her belly and said, "I need to rest for a while. Go call the village chief over."
She didn't plan to yell at the villagers, so as not to alert the bandits who were ambushing on the hillside ahead.
Chu San nodded, turned around and went to the middle of the team to find the village chief. Some villagers asked him what was wrong. Chu San just said that his wife had a stomachache and they had been walking for so long, so he asked everyone to rest for a while and recover their energy before continuing on their journey.
"Mom, big brother, come here."
After Zhou Jiaojiao called the two over, she first reached into her pocket and took out a packet of medicine powder, handed it to Brother Chu, and said, "Brother, go feed Shen Lin."
Seeing that Brother Chu and Mother Chu were confused, Zhou Jiaojiao took the initiative to explain: "This is the drug I made to make Shen Lin unconscious to avoid any trouble. Anyway, she is tied up, and I am afraid she hates me to death."
"Okay." Brother Chu didn't say any more nonsense. He took the medicine powder, walked to Shen Lin, reached out and tore off the rag in her mouth. He quickly fed her the medicine powder and poured water into her mouth without giving her time to react.
“Wuwu…” Shen Lin’s chin was full of water. Finally, she had a chance to speak viciously, “What did you feed me, Zhou Jiaojiao, you…wuwuwu.”
Brother Chu blocked her mouth again without saying a word, but within a few breaths, Shen Lin fainted. The effect was so good that Brother Chu instantly felt itchy. He decided to keep the remaining drugs for emergency use. This was a good thing.
Zhou Jiaojiao was already telling Chu's mother and father that she needed hot water.
Chu's mother immediately picked up some moist firewood from around and brought it back. The two elders did not ask why. Seeing that Zhou Jiaojiao kept moving her feet, they knew that she had frostbite on her feet and was feeling uncomfortable. In addition, she was pregnant, so they knew she was feeling uncomfortable.
Zhou Jiaojiao felt warm in her heart.
Being valued and trusted by family.
The village chief was also called over by Chu San.
Zhou Jiaojiao asked the village chief to sit down.
The village chief waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll just stand there for a while. Is there something wrong? Is the baby about to be born?"
The village chief subconsciously thought it was this matter. Although the due date had not yet arrived, there was no fixed time for such things.
"No, Village Chief, I can see things clearly from a distance. I was riding a horse just now, and I noticed some figures on the hillside in the distance. But they were blurry from here, and I couldn't be sure. But I was feeling uneasy, so I thought, let everyone stop and rest, and let my husband go over to take a look."
When the village chief heard this, his eyes widened: "Is there really someone?"
Zhou Jiaojiao shook her head, not saying it with such certainty, and only said: "I'm not sure, so I want my husband to go and take a look, at least to confirm it, and then I can feel at ease."
"That's true." The village chief nodded. "But it's very dangerous to let Chu San go alone. I'll ask Lin Cheng to go with us. At least he can help think."
It’s not that I dislike Chu San, but I’m not sure about his current state of mind and how he will react. I’m unsure.
Zhou Jiaojiao said, "Okay."
He Lincheng came over quickly and stood with Chu San.
Zhou Jiaojiao asked Chu San to take out the bamboo tubes from their cart, "One for each of you."
"If you encounter someone, don't panic. If they want to hurt you, just pull this rope. There's a flint inside, and it will instantly ignite the drugged hay in the bamboo tube. The smoke will knock out anyone approaching."
"In a word, protect yourself." Zhou Jiaojiao reminded Chu San worriedly.
Chu San didn't want to be looked down upon by his wife, so he pouted and said, "My wife, I'm not stupid, don't worry."
"Well, be good, go ahead."
Chu San smiled shyly, holding the bamboo tube in one hand and pressing the human trafficker with the other, and walked forward with He Lincheng.
He Lincheng had just taken two steps when he heard Zhou Jiaojiao's deliberate crying.
He couldn't help but shiver, thinking that his sister-in-law's crying was so realistic, not fake at all.
Even though Chu San knew Zhou Jiaojiao was pretending, he was still worried. He said to the trafficker in a deliberately fierce tone, "Didn't you say you could find the herbs? Look everywhere for me. If you can't find them, I'll make you suffer."
The human trafficker was beaten so badly, and he didn't know why Chu San insisted on asking him to lead the way to find some medicinal herbs, but he didn't dare to ask or refute, for fear that the other party would kill him if he was unhappy.
He said flatteringly, "Okay, okay, I'll go find it right away."
The human traffickers looked around, and from time to time were pulled by Chu San to make gestures of searching everywhere.
He Lincheng knew the purpose and thought of Zhou Jiaojiao's reminder. He held the bamboo tube tightly in his hand. This thing was a life-saving treasure. As a result, he accidentally stepped on a piece of firewood. He was so scared that he shivered and screamed.
"Brother He San, why are you barking like a dog?" Chu San rolled his eyes. If Zhou Jiaojiao was here, he would definitely be asking for praise. He was much calmer than He Lincheng!
He Linben was originally nervous, but after hearing what he said, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I just stepped on the stick accidentally, I thought it was a snake."
"It would be great if it was a snake. I could roast the snake meat and eat it."
"Yeah, let me take a look, maybe there really is a snake..." He Lincheng turned around and met the eyes of a bandit in the grass cage. His words instantly got stuck in his throat, and his face flushed red. He turned around quickly, pinched Chu San's arm, and said through gritted teeth: "Chu San, what kind of herbs are we...looking for?"
"Just find someone to protect the fetus. He knows."
Chu San also noticed something unusual because of He Lincheng's reaction. He deliberately didn't confront the bandits in the grass cage in the distance. He subconsciously noted the number of people and kicked the trafficker in the butt: "Isn't there grass here? See if you can find out which kind of hay can protect the fetus. If anything happens to my wife, I will kill you."
"I'll look for it right away, right away..." The trafficker quickly squatted down and looked sadly among the nearby weeds for some grass that he thought might be medicinal.
He Lincheng pulled Chu San's sleeve and didn't dare to leave him at all. He also saw that there were indeed many bandits crawling on the hillsides on both sides, and even had weapons. He accidentally saw them and felt cold all over. If Chu San hadn't been there, he would have definitely gone weak in the knees.
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