The driver arrived at Xue's house an hour later.
The white widow of Bai Lihu's family had already prepared a table of dinner.
Zheng Xiu did not stay for dinner, so she took Zheng Yu on the ox cart for the return trip.
It was already dark, and Xue Zhi was worried and insisted on seeing them off.
However, it was not convenient to sit in the same cart with Zheng Xiu, so he followed behind the ox cart.
Fortunately, the ox cart moved slowly, and he had big steps, so he could keep up.
Xue Zhi saw them all the way to the door of Zheng's house, and even rushed to pay the fare. He watched Zheng Xiu enter the house before turning around and leaving.
"Sister, Uncle Xue has gone home." Zheng Yu watched Xue Zhi walk away at the door before entering the house.
Zheng Xiu nodded and saw that Old Lady Zheng came to help her. "You are back. You must be hungry. The food on the stove is still hot. I will serve it to you right away."
Aunt Qian had already gone home. Old Man Zheng and Old Lady Zheng had not eaten yet. They were just waiting for them to come back.
The food was placed on the table and the family sat down.
Zheng Xiu couldn't help but persuade them: "Grandpa and grandma should have eaten a long time ago. There is no need to wait for us to come back."
Old Man Zheng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you wait for a while. Your grandma and I usually just play around at home. We don't have to work and we are not very hungry." Since he moved to the town, his legs and feet have become more flexible and he smiles more often.
Old Lady Zheng also said, "That's right, waiting for you now is nothing. We are a family, so we should have a warm and noisy meal."
After dinner, Zheng Xiu wanted to help clean up the dishes, but Old Lady Zheng held her back, "Take a rest. Your foot injury hasn't healed yet, and you've been walking outside. Don't get tired." Then she quickly put the dishes away and washed them on the stove. After washing the dishes, she brought Zheng Xiu some tea for her to drink. Zheng Xiu had taken fever-reducing and heat-clearing medicine for two days, and she was almost recovered. But Old Lady Zheng was afraid that she had a fright in the mountains, so she went to the doctor to buy some tea for her to drink.
Zheng Xiu felt that she was not shocked at all, but she didn't want to go against her grandmother's kindness, so she drank a bowl of tea every night before going to bed. Not to mention, this herbal tea calmed the nerves and helped her sleep, so her sleep was not affected by her foot injury at all.
Grandma Zheng also boiled hot water for her to take a hot bath.
After taking a bath and changing into casual clothes, Zheng Xiu felt drowsy when she returned to the room. She fell asleep after lying on the kang for a while.
Before she fell asleep, she vaguely heard the door opening, and then the sound of deliberately light footsteps.
"Grandma, my sister is asleep." Zheng Yu whispered.
Grandma Zheng gently covered Zheng Xiu with a quilt, then took out the medicinal wine and rubbed her ankles.
The warm medicinal wine was rubbed under the rough but warm hands of Old Lady Zheng, and Zheng Xiu felt that the pain in her ankles was relieved a lot.
Zheng Yu quietly watched Old Lady Zheng rub the medicinal wine on Zheng Xiu on the edge of the kang. When Old Lady Zheng turned around to put the medicinal wine, he helped to put his sister's feet back into the quilt and tucked her back. Then the two grandmothers smiled at each other and gently closed the door and went out.
Zheng Xiu slept particularly soundly this time.
A few days later, Zheng Ren came from the provincial capital.
But what he brought back was not good news.
He brought Xue Zhi's pulse case, and told the famous doctors in the prefecture about the black snake Zheng Xiu had described before. They all said that the black snake was extremely poisonous, and it was a miracle that Xue Zhi had not yet been poisoned. However, the incubation period of this poison is also very long. Just because there is no problem now does not mean that there will be no problem in the future.
Zheng Ren wanted to invite them to see the doctor, but the famous doctors declined for various reasons. I think it was because they did not want to ruin their reputation.
"The famous doctors in the prefecture can't do anything?" After hearing what her father said, Zheng Xiu could no longer sit still, and stood up from the kang.
Zheng Ren came back exhausted and ran around in the prefecture for a few days, but he still had no idea what to do. He was in a heavy mood at this time. He just nodded and said nothing.
"If the prefecture doesn't work, then let's go somewhere else. Didn't Dad also stay in the capital? Can we think of a solution there?"
Zheng Ren sighed, "The capital is indeed vast and rich in resources, and there are many talented people. But among the famous doctors in the prefecture, two were once famous in the capital. Even they..."
Zheng Xiu fell back on the kang, his eyes unconsciously red.
Zheng Ren hurriedly said, "Ah Xiu, don't worry, Dad will think of a way."
In fact, Zheng Xiu didn't hold out much hope. In this era when a cold can take a person's life, snake venom is tantamount to death. But she still refused to give up and hoped for a miracle to happen.
"What about me? What can I do?" Zheng Xiu murmured. No one knows how guilty she is in her heart.
Zheng Ren couldn't answer her, so he could only sigh helplessly.
Zheng Xiu slept restlessly for several nights. After
recovering in the past few days, her feet have healed about 80% to 90%.
After being able to walk freely, Zheng Xiu took the time to go to Xue's house. She didn't know why she went there, she just wanted to see Xue Zhi and see if he was okay.
Xue Shao had not finished his class yet, and Xue Zhi was not at home either, and the door was wide open.
Zheng Xiu entered the house, which still had only a few rooms, and the walls were bare, and one could tell at a glance that it was bare.
On the table in the main room was a pile of furs, presumably Xue Zhi's recent harvest, which he had put together to sell in the town.
Zheng Xiu sat there in a daze for a while, and when she saw that no one had come back, she took two pieces of fur from the table and prepared to help hang them out to dry.
When she got to the yard, she was troubled by the bamboo pole that was taller than the one in the previous house. In the end, she had to go back to the main room, move a bench under the bamboo pole, and stand on the bench to hang all the furs up back and forth.
After finding something to do, Zheng Xiu finally felt less empty and uncomfortable.
"Is anyone home?" Suddenly, a graceful female voice came from outside.
Zheng Xiu felt that it sounded familiar. She turned around and saw the White Widow standing at the door of Xue's house.
She got down from the bench and said, "Xue the Hunter is not at home. A Yu went to school."
The White Widow smiled and said, "Nothing. I'll wait for a while."
Although the two had met twice before, they didn't talk much and there was a bit of silence.
However, Zheng Xiu also noticed that when the White Widow looked at him again, she no longer had that inquiring and hostile look.
... I'm afraid she really doesn't want to be with Xue Zhi. So it doesn't matter whether they are enemies in love or not.
"Is your foot injury healed?" The two sat in silence for a while, and the White Widow took the lead in finding a topic to break the silence.
Zheng Xiu nodded, "It's almost healed, but I can't use my strength very well."
The White Widow said, "The young lady is also lucky. She twisted her foot on the mountain and was almost bitten by a snake, but she is still safe and sound."
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