The village doctor was very skillful and asked for a very high price, but Tang Shiyue was really starving and did not bargain.
She was busy all day yesterday and didn't eat, and she was busy most of the night last night. While hurriedly feeding Xiao Yao'er white porridge, she was chewing on half a Hu pancake and taking a bite from time to time.
After eating, Tang Shiyue went to ask, and the village doctor said: "Although this disease is dangerous, it will be cured in three doses of medicine. You don't need to take medicine anymore. Just eat more good food to regulate your body." He paused, "There may be a relapse today. If there is anything, come and ask me again."
"Doctor Chen," Tang Shiyue thought about it and felt uneasy, so she said, "I set a trap in the mountains yesterday. I'm going to see if there are any prey today. Can my sister stay here for a while? When it's time to take the medicine, please help me, doctor or my wife, feed her the medicine. She's very obedient and won't make trouble."
The village doctor was obviously a little annoyed, but considering the two taels of silver yesterday, he still nodded: "Never mind, I'm always kind-hearted and can't resist people's requests."
Tang Shiyue said: "If there are rabbits, I will send them to you immediately."
The village doctor then showed a bit of a positive look: "Then go ahead. Don't worry, I will help take care of your sister."
Tang Shiyue nodded, then hurried out, thinking that he had set up seven nooses yesterday, and with luck he could pay off the village doctor's debt today. If he had any extras, maybe he could leave one for Xiao Yaoer to replenish her body.
This delay actually meant that it was already late. When Tang Shiyue arrived at the trap, it was already daybreak. He saw Qi Jing coming out from afar. Tang Shiyue didn't want to joke with him, so he just asked, "What's up?"
Qi Jing frowned but didn't answer for a moment.
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...
Tang Shiyue asked, looked over there, and then was stunned.
Qi Jing said: "It was like this when I came here, it seemed like someone had been here before."
Tang Shiyue frowned and walked over there slowly. The long grass inside was trampled into a mess and the ropes were all empty. Tang Shiyue took a long breath and lowered his head to check. On five of the ropes, he saw plucked rabbit hair.
Five rabbits, good.
She looked at the grass and saw deep footprints. Most of the people in the mountains were thin. Even a pregnant woman would not weigh more than 200 pounds. But a pregnant woman could not climb up here, so there was only one person.
Tang Shiyue looked around and found a torn piece of blue sleeve on a tree branch. She took it off and held it in her hand.
Qi Jing stood aside and looked at her quietly.
It was said that she was only twelve years old, and that she used to be a fool. But now, the little girl in gray clothes and cloth skirt stood in the forest, with a cold look, but her skin was white and her face was beautiful. At a young age, she was already stunningly beautiful. Especially her pair of peach blossom eyes, which were always curved and smiling, were like two cold springs, black and white, clear and transparent, beautiful like a mountain elf, and her gaze was indescribably touching.
She turned and walked down the mountain. Qi Jing couldn't help but follow her. From time to time, she bumped into the weeds and branches, staining her clothes and making her hair messy. She looked very embarrassed.
It was the busy farming season, and the women in the house had just seen off the men who were working in the fields when they heard a commotion outside.
The villagers instinctively wanted to watch the fun, so they hurried out of their homes and saw the thin and disheveled girl, crying and banging on the door of the Tang family's mansion.
The little girl sobbed and cried, "Third brother! Yin'er! Open the door! Third brother, Tang Shiyin! Open the door quickly!"
Grandma Sun's loud voice was heard immediately: "Why are you howling so early in the morning? You come to our Tang family's door and howl every day. You are a family of unlucky people, one big and one small. Do you think our Tang family is easy to bully?"
People nearby were already asking questions, and Tang Shiyue was crying breathlessly... Unlike Wang's beautiful and graceful crying method of covering her face and sobbing, the way she cried showed that she was extremely aggrieved.
After a while of scolding from Grandma Sun, she sobbed and said, "I, I set a trap to catch rabbits in the mountains. I caught five rabbits, but my third brother secretly took them away. I don't know what to do... Yesterday my sister was sick, so I took her to Doctor Chen overnight. I spent more than two taels of silver and wrote an IOU for five rabbits. Now my sister is still lying with the doctor waiting for medicine! I was very anxious, but Tang Shiyin broke my trap and stole my rabbits back. I clearly marked them all. That was my trap. How could he do this..."
She cried as she spoke, speaking this and that, sounding like the incoherent ramblings of an anxious child, but in fact there was a trick to her intonation, and soon everyone grasped the "main point" and frowned.
As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain. Mountains are open to everyone, and everyone has a share of the things in the mountains, but there are also rules.
When people set traps and ropes in the mountains, they will put up a sign. One reason is of course to prevent others from accidentally trespassing, and the other is to tell others that "this place is owned by someone else", so other people will naturally not touch it. Even three-year-old children in the village know this rule and will never break it. Even those second-rate thieves would not dare to steal these things easily.
Otherwise, if you set a trap and I secretly go to pick it up, whoever comes will win, and then everything will be in chaos. Therefore, those who violate the rules will definitely become the target of public criticism.
Soon someone couldn't help it anymore and raised their voice, "Grandma Sun! Anyone from your family, come out and say whether you did this or not!"
They started to play dead, and Granny Sun didn't respond, but soon someone said, "I saw it! This morning I saw Yin'er carrying several rabbits on his belt down here! I called him but he ignored me!"
"I saw it too! I was wondering how Fatty Tang could catch rabbits! Such big and long rabbits!"
"That's right! Fatty Tang never catches anything! He can't even dig up wild vegetables!"
The children gradually strayed from the main point, but the adults did not forget it.
Someone else said, "Tang's eldest son! Tang Yongfu! Come out and say something! Tang Shiyin! Don't hide! Come out now!"
"That's right! Why are you pretending to be dead? Come out now!"
Everyone started shouting, and finally Granny Sun couldn't stand it anymore. She opened the door and stood up, cursing, "What are you doing! What are you yelling about? I've raised her for so many years! What's wrong with eating a few of her rabbits?"
She scolded Tang Shiyue again: "You are such an ungrateful little girl, are you tired of living? You even dare to call people to cause trouble for me! Why don't you just die sooner and reincarnate? I am sick of looking at you!"
As she was speaking, she suddenly jumped over and kicked him.
Tang Shiyue was caught off guard and when she tried to dodge, Grandma Sun's leg had already swept over. Tang Shiyue fell to the ground. Suddenly, a force pushed her waist from the side, weakening Grandma Sun's strength. The next moment, Tang Shiyue rolled to the ground.
I was too slow to dodge! I didn't expect this old woman to attack so quickly! So cruel!
Tang Shiyue didn't have time to think about it. She pretended to be in unbearable pain and tears fell. Her blurry vision swept across a familiar figure outside the crowd. The two of them exchanged glances quickly, and then Qi Jing turned and left.
But Grandma Sun's kick angered everyone. Several people helped her up and criticized her.
Tang Shiyue was in so much pain that she could hardly stand. She half leaned against an aunt, crying and arguing, "I dare not fight with grandma for a few rabbits, but my sister is still sick! I still owe Doctor Chen some rabbits... Besides, you kicked us out, why are you still trying to steal my rabbits! When I met them yesterday, I taught them how to set the ropes. You can set them up by yourselves! How can the third brother just steal other people's rabbits!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces became even more unhappy.
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