Everyone at the station was worried that something might have happened on the way.
When Wang Tianxiao questioned Wu Qiancai and the two men's wives, he discovered that Wu Jianye had a bad reputation in the village. He was known for taking advantage of others and frequently engaging in fraudulent and swindling activities.
It's just that Wu Wenhua spends a lot of time working outside, so he doesn't know the specifics.
Upon hearing this, Wang Tianxiao inwardly cried out in alarm.
I suspect something happened to that mule.
Sure enough, when he went out on his motorcycle to look for him, he saw Wu Wenhua squatting by the roadside wiping away tears halfway up the mountain. The mule next to him was already dead.
Seeing Wang Tianxiao approach, Wu Wenhua stood up, his face full of shame. He first slapped himself several times in one go, then said dejectedly:
"Boss, it's all my fault for being stupid. You clearly warned me that there was something wrong with this mule, but I just thought that since it's all one of our own brothers, I didn't think twice. Now look what's happened, I bought a sick mule. I was cheated by that bastard Wu Jianye."
Wang Tianxiao parked his motorcycle on the side of the road, got off, and touched the mule's body. It was still warm, but it was no longer breathing; it was truly dead beyond any doubt.
"Boss, this is a sick mule that I bought. I'll compensate you. You can deduct it from my money every month until the cost of the mule is gone," Wu Wenhua said nervously from the side.
Wang Tianxiao waved his hand, "Brother Wenhua, go back and call some people to come and take this mule back to the depot."
“Take it back to the station. What if this sick mule has some kind of infectious disease? It wouldn’t be good to bring it back.”
Wang Tianxiao nodded. "Just take it back and put it on the ridge. I have other uses for it. Today's events are partly your responsibility and partly my carelessness. We'll discuss how to divide the responsibility after this is all settled. Go back and call for help. I'll go down the mountain to ask about things and come back."
"Oh well."
Wu Wenhua was filled with guilt and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He turned around and went back upstairs.
Wang Tianxiao observed the mule for a while, then opened its mouth and smelled it. He found a medicinal smell in its mouth. He then pinched his nose and examined the mule's excrement, which it had expelled in pain, and found that it had the same smell.
It seems that the mule was already terminally ill, but it was given something temporarily to help it recover. Under the stimulation of the drug, the mule barely survived for more than half a day, but it was essentially killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, draining the mule of its last bit of vitality, so much so that it died suddenly before it even returned to the mountain.
Wang Tianxiao was quite familiar with the taste of the medicine, as he had probably taken similar Chinese medicine before. However, he did not know exactly what it was, so he planned to ask Rui Menhuan when he returned to the village. Since the barefoot doctor mainly sold Chinese medicine, he would be able to identify this common Chinese medicine quickly.
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He carefully collected some mule dung and put it away.
After waiting a while, Wu Wenhua, Wu Qiancai, and Li Guanping arrived. Everyone looked very unwell when they saw the mule on the ground.
The brothers Wu Wenhua and Wu Qiancai were particularly speechless when they realized that Wu Jianye was their cousin, and that he had sold a sick mule to the boss through their introduction.
Wang Tianxiao noticed the change in their expressions and smiled as he comforted them, "A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. This is a lesson for all of us. Not just you, but I myself also need to learn from this experience. So don't feel too ashamed; it's never too late to mend your ways."
"But boss, this is a mule, it costs several hundred yuan..."
“If that doesn’t work, we can go back to the village and look for his wife…” Wu Qiancai said hesitantly from the side.
"What's the use? You don't know that his wife is a shrew, even more difficult to deal with than Jianye... even more difficult than Wu Jianye. Besides, Wu Jianye has been doing this kind of thing outside for a long time, and his family may not even know."
"Hey!" Wu Qiancai nudged his younger brother and said with annoyance, "You should have been more careful. Look what's happened. If it were a small thing, it would be fine, but this is a mule."
"Me, sigh, I'm such an idiot, such a coward! I'm too easy to open up to people. I only thought he was from our family, our dear cousin. Who knew he'd lie to our whole family? When I see him next time, I'll break his legs. Damn it, he's shameless."
"There's no point in saying anything now. You guys take the mule back. I'll go find someone, and we'll study this thing tonight to see what it is."
Wang Tianxiao did not criticize Wu Wenhua much.
Wu Wenhua was at fault in this matter. He was also careless, and although he clearly noticed that the mule's body was trembling, he still did not insist. He was also very wrong.
After parting ways with the group, he rode his motorcycle straight to the village clinic.
Rui Menhuan had just finished her work and was eating some noodles when she saw Wang Tianxiao come in. She asked in surprise, "Tianxiao, what brings you here? Weren't you in the mountains?"
Wang Tianxiao looked at the noodles he had placed on the table and smiled, "There's something I want to show you."
"What?"
"You want to eat noodles, but seeing this might ruin your appetite."
Ruimen smiled and said, "Okay, wait for me a moment."
He was originally eating his noodles with a bite of pickled vegetables, but seeing Wang Tianxiao waiting there, he felt embarrassed to continue eating slowly and deliberately, so he picked up his bowl and quickly shoveled the noodles into his mouth.
This is how northerners eat noodles.
Often, when people watch northerners eat noodles, it's as if the noodles aren't chewed with teeth, but rather just broken off with the throat and swallowed whole.
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