The news quickly spread throughout the village.
After hearing the man beg for mercy again, the clan chief ordered someone to summon Zhou Chun's wife for a confrontation.
As a result, Pan refused to admit that she had sent her cousin to harm Zhou Quan's family.
It was Li Mai who personally led Zhu Zhu there. Zhu Zhu pointed out that the person who had been peeking around in front of her house that morning was none other than Pan Xiuxiu, Pan's younger sister, who was with Pan Shi. She also said that the person had covered her mouth and nose with a scented handkerchief and that she had lost consciousness afterward. This statement matched the person's confession, so the Pan sisters could no longer deny it.
Of course, the clan chief also had people search Pan's house and find sleeping powder.
The clan chief immediately arranged for his family's carriage to take people to the town government office to file a complaint. Since this matter involved people from other villages, he couldn't handle it anymore.
The matter was finally resolved on the afternoon of the following day.
Zhou Chun was implicated by Pan Shi again. The couple, along with his sister-in-law and cousin, were all imprisoned. The cousin was sentenced to five years, and the others were sentenced to one year.
The Pan sisters attempted to harm the villagers, which was wrong, so they were sentenced to one year in prison.
Zhou Chun was completely implicated by his wife. He could have been fine after kneeling in the ancestral hall for three days, but they wanted to retaliate against Zhou Quan's family and harm their granddaughter. The three-day punishment of kneeling turned into a year in prison.
As for his cousin, he was the most guilty. Pan had asked him to take revenge, but instead, he stole someone's child and threw him into the mountains to be fed to wolves.
After the case was closed, everyone returned to the village. That night, the clan chief convened a meeting of the clan elders and decided to expel Zhou Chun's family from the village and remove them from their ancestral home.
Zhou Chun and Pan Shi were in jail. Poor old mother and two children were driven out of the village the next day and lost their status.
The old lady took her two children to seek refuge with their maternal grandparents' family, the Pan family, but they were driven away.
Because of this incident, the Pan family was cursed to death by the villagers, who said that they did not know how to raise their daughters and had raised some wicked and malicious girls.
Meanwhile, the cousin's family also came to the Pan family's house to cause trouble, and the Pan family was in chaos.
Later, Zhou Chunniang disappeared with her two children, and people never heard of them again.
The villagers have been shocked these past few days. Zhou Chun's family is the first family in recent decades to be driven out of the village and removed from their ancestral home.
However, considering that Zhou Chun had been secretly seducing the young wives in the village and Pan had been seducing the young men, people didn't think they were wronged. It was a perfectly good Zhou family, but they really did produce such a sleazy family.
Because of this incident, Zhou Quan's family became even more cautious, and the day after that, Zhou Lai Niu came to install a gate for their house.
This time, Zhuzhu learned her lesson and dared not go outside the gate alone again. She would either go to the fields with her grandparents, learn to read with Zhou Quan inside the house, or cook with Li Mai in the kitchen.
But from that day on, Zhuzhu moved into Zhou Quan and Li Mai's house and lived with her parents.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan changed places again. Zhu Zhu's small mattress and quilt were moved over, and she slept alone on the back kang. Li Mai was next to her, and Zhou Quan was next to Li Mai.
Fortunately, the kang (heated brick bed) was quite large, and the kang table was pushed directly to the window, so the three of them could still sleep.
After Zhuzhu started living with them, she was very happy every day, and her relationship with Limai and Zhou Quan became closer. The incident that day did not have a psychological impact on her.
Seeing that Zhuzhu was still happily reading and learning to read every day, Li Mai and Zhou Quan breathed a sigh of relief.
In the blink of an eye, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month has arrived.
Unfortunately, it started raining on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Therefore, Li Mai stopped going to town and stayed home to help Zhou Quan with his rehabilitation.
After the rain, acupuncture was temporarily suspended, so she massaged his acupoints and leg muscles every day.
The effect was quite noticeable; on the tenth day of the month, Zhou Quan felt even more pain in his legs.
He wanted to try to stand up, so Li Mai helped him slowly kneel up while holding onto the wall, and then tried to put one foot on the kang (a heated brick bed) to see if he could put any weight on it.
After trying several times, Zhou Quan stood up.
However, his legs were still weak. He could only stand for a few breaths while holding onto the wall and Li Mai before he collapsed to his knees again. In just that short time, he was covered in cold sweat.
But this is already a great step forward. As Zhou Quan sat down to rest, he looked at Li Mai with excitement.
Li Mai looked at him, smiled, and encouraged him, "That's great, you've made great progress. You haven't walked for two years, it's already very good that you can stand up. Today you're standing on your own two feet."
"Yes, I will work hard to exercise. When I stand up, I can feel my feet supporting my body."
“That’s good. Starting today, you will drink an extra bowl of spiritual spring water in the morning and evening, and you won’t need to add it to your bath.” Li Mai felt that the most important thing for him now was to get power from within his body.
"Okay, I'll follow your instructions!" Zhou Quan rested for a while and then continued to practice standing up by holding onto the quinoa wall.
After standing up this time, he felt that his legs had more strength. He smiled at Li Mai and said, "Xiaomai, I feel like my legs are much stronger than before. Why don't you let go of my hand and try?"
Li Mai felt that since they were on the kang (a heated brick bed), there shouldn't be any major problems. She nodded, slowly released her hand from his, and took a few steps back.
Zhou Quan stood up straight, supporting himself on the wall with only one hand.
Feeling that he had made progress again, Zhou Quan leaned against the wall and turned to smile at Li Mai, but unexpectedly his legs suddenly gave way and he fell to the side.
In his panic, he instinctively reached out to grab the wall, but couldn't grasp anything. His body fell towards the kang (a heated brick bed). He closed his eyes, waiting to fall onto the kang, but unexpectedly, Li Mai rushed forward and caught him.
But because of his weight, Li Mai was knocked down onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
Li Mai: ......
"Xiaomai, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, did I hurt you?" Zhou Quan asked anxiously, quickly rolling to the side and lying down to look at Limai.
Li Mai sat up and rubbed her lower back. Thankfully, she looked at Zhou Quan and asked helplessly, "Are you alright? Does your leg hurt or feel anything else?"
Zhou Quan tried to move his legs, shook his head, and reached out to check her waist. "I'm fine, just like before. Did you hurt your waist when you fell?"
Li Mai stood up, stretched her back, and shook her head. "I'm fine, nothing's wrong!"
"Your legs aren't strong enough yet, so you can't practice walking. Now, follow me and learn a few movements to improve your leg flexibility."
After saying that, Li Mai lay down next to him with her legs straight and began to teach him a few exercises to move his ankles while lying down, exercises to bend his legs and lift his waist, and exercises to pedal a bicycle while lying down.
Zhou Quan followed her movements and began to move her legs.
At first, he couldn't control his ankles at all, but gradually, his ankles became more and more obedient and could swing left and right according to his will.
Li Mai saw this and smiled, "Just practice this until you're proficient today, then take your time with the others. Don't overdo it."
Zhou Quan agreed and focused on practicing ankle rotation, no longer thinking about standing up and walking.
Seeing how seriously he was practicing, Li Mai got up and went to the yard to check on the rain.
It rained for a while this morning and then stopped, but it's started raining again now.
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