The old doctor originally wanted to see how Li Mai would save the person, but Zhou Quan politely asked him to leave and closed the door.
Without saying much, Li Mai quickly used her spiritual power to save them. It was too late to take their pulses; the two elders' faces already showed signs of death, and their life souls had become dull and colorless.
This colorlessness is different from the clear and bright colorlessness of a living person; this colorlessness is the chaotic color that belongs to chaos.
She held one hand above the old lady's chest, and with the other hand, a bowl of water appeared in her hand. Turning to Xu Shun, she said, "Brother-in-law, find a small spoon and see if we can feed this water to the two elders."
Xu Shun quickly did as instructed. Even though he saw something unusual, he couldn't think of it as something against the heavens. He simply listened to Li Mai's words and found a spoon to feed the two elders water.
However, it's impossible to feed it.
Seeing that this wasn't working, Zhou Quan said, "I'll do it!"
He took the water bowl and went to feed the old man water first, while Li Mai was rescuing the old woman.
After feeding the old man a mouthful of water, Zhou Quan raised his palm and sent a fiery red aura directly into the old man's throat. Then, he raised his finger to control the spiritual energy, guiding it downwards into the old man's stomach.
Fortunately, the sip of water went into the old man's stomach.
It will be easier to feed them after they drink a little water.
After feeding the old man, he came over and fed the old woman in the same way.
Zhou Xing watched with red eyes. It turned out that her younger brother and sister-in-law were no ordinary people. No wonder so many powerful figures were willing to associate with them.
Thanks to Li Mai's efforts, after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the two elders finally caught their breath and slowly opened their eyes.
However, after saving the two people, Li Mai looked at their dim and lifeless souls and sighed helplessly. This was a final burst of life before death, and the two old people's lifespans were cut short by their own grandson.
“Brother-in-law, the two elders’ souls have already faded. With my spiritual energy supporting them, they can live for at most another hour. Originally, they had three years left to live. Today, their own grandson has taken away three years of their lives, and both of them at the same time. This is your family matter. You decide how to handle it!”
"I'm sorry, I can't extend your lives. I can only let them live for an extra hour so I can make my final arrangements." After saying this, Li Mai's eyes reddened as she looked at the two elders and said sorry.
She has the power to bring the dead back to life, but she can't snatch people away from the King of Hell.
Upon hearing Li Mai's words, the two elders knew that she had saved them. They blinked gratefully at Li Mai, their lips barely moving as they whispered, "Child, thank you!"
Exhausted, Li Mai fell backward, and Zhou Quan quickly caught her, anxiously calling out to Xiao Mai.
"I'm tired. Take me to the carriage to rest for a while," Li Mai said softly.
Zhou Quan responded, picked her up and walked out. Once outside, he didn't even glance at the Xu family members.
Lu Qian hurriedly came forward and asked worriedly, "Brother Quan, what happened to my sister-in-law?"
“I’m exhausted from rescuing her. I’ll take her to the carriage to rest for a bit. You keep an eye on things here,” Zhou Quan said.
Lu Qian agreed.
After they went outside, Li Mai led Zhou Quan into the space. Zhou Quan served her a bowl of spiritual spring water, then told her to rest and let him go out so he could take her home.
Li Mai thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, go back to the Zhou residence and bring Nan Nan and Dong Dong back as soon as possible to see the two elders one last time!"
Zhou Quan agreed and helped her lie down on the bed. The next moment, he appeared in the carriage.
Zhou Quan drove the horse-drawn carriage towards town to pick up his two children.
Xu San opened the door and said coldly, "Come in, everyone. Your parents have something to tell you."
"Third brother, are Father and Mother awake?"
"Third brother, are your parents alright?"
Xu Da and Xu Er asked at the same time.
Xu San gritted his teeth and glared at them fiercely, "Your parents only have one hour left. If you want to kowtow, come in. If you don't want to kowtow, get out."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the front of the kang (a heated brick bed), where he silently knelt down on the ground.
Zhou Xing knelt down beside him, silently shedding tears.
Xu Da and Xu Er rushed in and saw Xu San kneeling in front of them, so they silently knelt behind him.
The Yuan family and several younger members then quietly entered and knelt down.
The room fell silent for a moment.
The old lady spoke first, briefly explaining what Xu Yigao and Xu Yicheng had come to say that day.
Hearing her words, Xu San and Xu Da looked up in disbelief, about to speak, when the old lady said softly, "You don't need to say anything, I know. It must have been Bai who set the fire that day, otherwise Lao San wouldn't have come looking for you."
“We’re not angry that our two grandsons came to complain, but that you kept this from us. How could the Bai family be so intolerant of the third son’s family?”
"What did the third son and his wife do to offend you so much that you would cut off their escape route like this?"
The old lady thought that Bai was also there.
Xu Yigao still wanted to defend his mother, but Xu San spoke up, "Mother, Father, since this matter has now become your death warrant, then your son will explain it clearly!"
Xu San wiped away his tears and slowly said, "After the fire started that night, everyone helped me put it out. After moving the bamboo that hadn't been burned to the yard, I couldn't sleep, so I took a lamp and went out to check around the house."
"The doors and windows were all in good condition, so if a fire suddenly broke out inside, it's very likely that someone threw in a source of fire. I eventually found a few dark red silk threads on the window frame."
"But there aren't many families in the village that can afford to wear silk. Several of our wives wear it, and there are a few other families that do. But I remember that my sister-in-law wore a whole set of this color during the New Year."
“I was afraid I had miscalculated, so I told my older brother about it and asked him to go back and check if a few threads had been snagged on the sleeve of my sister-in-law’s dress. The next day, my older brother tied up my sister-in-law and came to apologize to me and offer to return the bamboo forest to me. It seems that my older brother has confirmed it.”
Xu San stopped there.
Xu Da sobbed twice, "Yes, I saw her clothes last night, and that's exactly what happened. I was so angry that I couldn't sleep all night. The next morning, I told her to give her two choices. I thought that for the sake of the two children, I couldn't not give her a chance to change her ways."
"But she still refused to admit it and said that you were slandering her. I was so angry that I hit her. She then called for our two children to come and help. I didn't want our two children to know that their mother was that kind of person, so I locked their door from the outside."
“I brought her here to apologize to the third brother. The third brother said he didn’t want us to come here and disturb you, because he was afraid you would be angry if you found out. He also didn’t want my bamboo forest, and just said that he would not have anything to do with our family anymore.”
"Things have already come to this, so naturally I have no face to associate with the third son's family anymore, and I went back. I really didn't expect that Bai Shi, who seemed well-behaved during this time, would dare to talk nonsense in front of the two children, and even instruct the two children to talk nonsense in front of the elders. Waaah!"
After Xu finished speaking, he collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Yuan's legs trembled as she listened. Fortunately, she didn't do it herself; it was that fool Bai who did it.
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