Chapter 79 Wanting to be a matchmaker for Mu Bai
The matter of digging kudzu root had to be put on hold, and everyone first found a cave to take shelter from the rain.
In the corner, Shen Ruoqing was treating Mu Bai's wound. Mu Bai held the broken rope and said, "This break is neat. It's obvious that it wasn't cut by itself, but someone cut it."
Shen Xiangxi was shocked: "Who could have done this? At that time, you were only with me, my third brother, Xinyi, my second brother's wife, and Aunt Qi..."
Shen Ruoqing narrowed her eyes. She had a hunch that Liu Xinyi was the one who did it.
"What, do you know who did it?" Mu Bai, who had been observing Shen Ruoqing, asked.
"It's Liu Xinyi."
"It's actually her! She dared to harm my younger sister. I'm going to Captain Tang to report her!" Shen Xiangxi was angrily about to go to Captain Tang, but was pulled back by Shen Ruoqing.
"Little sister, why are you holding me? It's so dangerous at that height! Liu Xinyi is trying to kill me!"
"Don't go. Even if you go, she won't admit that she did it. Since she dared to do it, she was prepared to be discovered. Now all the members are grateful to Liu Xinyi. If Liu Xinyi refuses to admit it, no one will believe it without witnesses. After all, she has no obvious motive to harm me."
"So is this matter over?" Shen Xiangnan said, "Little sister, if Mu Zhiqing hadn't saved you, you would have had to stay in bed for at least a few months after that fall!"
"We definitely can't just let this go." Shen Xiangdong narrowed his eyes, "But my little sister is right. At this critical juncture, everyone is grateful to Liu Xinyi. If we expose her at this time, we might end up getting scapegoated."
"Brother is right. I will remember this." Shen Ruoqing glanced at Liu Xinyi indifferently.
At this time, Liu Xinyi also looked at her. Seeing Shen Ruoqing's cold eyes, Liu Xinyi was shocked. Could it be that Shen Ruoqing found out what she had done? No, it was impossible. If she had found out, Shen Ruoqing would have reported her to the captain long ago.
Fortunately, it was just a shower. The rain stopped after a while. Shen Ruoqing was sent home by Shen Xiangnan, and the rest of the people continued to dig Pueraria root.
When Old Lady Ji saw Shen Ruoqing, who was covered in wounds and had several holes in her clothes, she started to howl, "My dearest child! What happened to you? You went through so much trouble, how come you came back like this after digging a kudzu root? Second brother! What did I tell you? I told you to keep an eye on your sister, and this is how you acted in front of me?"
"Mom, I accidentally fell down, luckily Mu Zhiqing saved me." Shen Ruoqing told the story, but did not say that Liu Xinyi hurt her. Before coming back, Shen Ruoqing had made an agreement with her brothers to keep this matter a secret from Old Lady Ji.
"Then I have to thank Mu Zhiqing a lot. And you, little brat, I told you to take good care of your sister, and this is how you take care of her!" Old Mrs. Ji wielded a broom and hit Shen Xiangnan.
"Mom, mom, I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I will take good care of my younger sister next time!" Shen Xiangnan did not dare to hide. If his mother knew that his younger sister's death was not an accident but was murdered by someone, she would skin him alive.
"Mom, don't blame my second brother. This was all an accident. No one knew the rope would break. Mom, my wound still hurts!"
"You little brat, why don't you go find Doctor Li right away?"
"Mom, there's no need to find Doctor Li. I can handle it myself. I have medicine in my room." Shen Ruoqing hurried back to her room.
After returning to the room and closing the door, Shen Luoqing entered the space.
In the space, Shen Ruoqing took a deep breath, and immediately came to the spiritual spring water, took some Linquan water to clean the wound, then applied medicine to himself, bandaged it simply, and left the space.
When she walked out, Old Mrs. Ji had already packed up a basket of eggs and a can of meat and was ready to go find Mu Bai to thank him.
"Mom, I'll go with you. I have some golden wound medicine prepared here, and I'll just send it to Mu Zhiqing."
Arriving at the educated youth site, Old Lady Ji began to howl: "Mu Zhiqing, Mu Zhiqing, are you there?"
The door of the educated youth center creaked open, revealing Mu Bai's handsome face.
"Mrs. Shen, Mr. Shen, what can I do for you?"
"Mu Zhiqing, we have come here specially to thank you for saving my baby. I always say that Mu Zhiqing is a handsome man with a strong sense of justice. Thanks to you for saving my baby, otherwise I don't know what would have happened to him if he had fallen down." Old Mrs. Ji was very familiar and went straight into the house of the educated youth's residence. Shen Ruoqing followed her in.
The house at the educated youth camp was specially cleared out by the village. It was an adobe house, but it looked quite sturdy. In the innermost part was a large bunk bed that could accommodate four people. It looked like a place where several educated youth slept together. The room was quite large and spacious, with four large wooden boxes, three cabinets and three stools. All the furnishings were clearly visible.
"Auntie Shen, please sit down. Comrade Shen, you sit down too." Since the guests had arrived, Mu Bai asked them to sit down and stood up to make two cups of malted milk.
"Hey, kid, why are you so polite? Just give me some boiled water. Why do you need to make malted milk? Don't waste it." Although she said this, Mrs. Ji had a big smile on her face and took the bowl that Mu Bai handed over.
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Shen Ruoqing took the bowl, hesitated for a moment, and took a sip: "Thank you, Mu Zhiqing." In fact, she didn't like the taste of malted milk. How should I describe this taste? It's like the taste of the innermost layer of malts soaked in water, right? In other words, it tastes sweet. But malted milk is quite popular in this era. I guess no one would say they don't like drinking malted milk.
"By the way, this is a little gift from our family, you should keep it. Please don't refuse it, Mu Zhiqing. You saved our darling, and our whole family is very grateful." After drinking the malted milk, Old Lady Ji stuffed the basket of thank-you gifts into Mu Bai's hands.
"And this medicine, this is the medicine I made myself. If you apply it on the wound, it should heal faster. Don't refuse it. Thank you for saving me." Shen Ruoqing stuffed the medicine into Mu Bai's hand.
"Okay, thank you for the medicine." Mu Bai was obviously in a good mood, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
After delivering the things, Old Lady Ji took Shen Ruoqing and said goodbye. Along the way, Old Lady Ji kept praising Mu Bai and said that she would help Mu Bai find a wife.
"Mom, don't worry about Mu Zhiqing's marriage. There is no shortage of girls who like Mu Zhiqing. Besides, Mu Zhiqing is in good condition. He probably wouldn't look down on a country girl like us." Shen Ruoqing said. She didn't mean that country girls were bad, but someone like Mu Bai didn't seem like someone a village girl could match.
Old Mrs. Ji was about to refute Shen Ruoqing, but when she thought about Mu Bai's expression, she realized that he was willing to use such a precious thing as malted milk to entertain guests. His family must be well-off, and he was the one who earned the most centimeters among the educated youth when he worked in the fields. It seemed that an ordinary village girl was not worthy of him, so she gave up the idea.
(End of this chapter)