Liu Shile nodded, then glanced at her second brother indifferently, took out a herbal medicine bag and handed it to him, without asking where the herbal medicine bag had gone.
Judging from his behavior, he probably already knew, but he was unwilling to say it, so Liu Shile didn't ask. Sometimes, people have to suffer losses and be deceived to know the pain.
Although my second brother is only a teenager, it is said that children from poor families mature early. He really needs to learn from his mistakes and grow up quickly. So, it is good to learn from his mistakes and gain experience.
There's an old saying that suffering a loss is a blessing. Liu Shile thinks this makes sense, but there's a premise: you have to learn from the loss and not repeat the same mistake in the future.
If you can't do that, and you keep suffering the same loss, then you're a fool, and this old saying is meaningless to that person.
Liu Shihua didn't know why his younger sister looked at him like that, but he sensed something was wrong.
Little did he know that his sister had overheard their previous conversation, which made her somewhat dissatisfied with him and hoped that he could suffer more losses so that he could grow up quickly.
So all he knew was that his sister might be a little unhappy, but how would he know why? Maybe she was just upset because she felt she hadn't brought herbal medicine.
Thinking this, he shrugged and continued working, but he was also distracted by what Ying'er was saying. He felt it was good to know more about these common-sense things, who knows if he might need them in the future?
Wang Guangying shared all the knowledge she knew, and everyone listened attentively. After she finished sharing, Liu Shile asked, "Ying'er, your grandfather is amazing. Does he know medicine?"
Before Wang Guangying could speak, Wang Guangjie shook his head and said, "No, my grandfather only knows some herbs because he often goes up the mountain to collect them, so he knows more about them."
Liu Shile tilted her head and glanced at him, then smiled mischievously and asked, "Brother Guangjie, can I learn about herbs from your grandfather?"
Hearing her question, Wang Guangjie looked at her inquisitively before shaking his head and saying, "Lele, I really can't make the decision on this matter. After all, we are just juniors."
Liu Shi didn't hide the fact that she was studying medicine, so Wang Guangjie and his sister knew that she was studying it. But now that they heard she wanted to study with her maternal grandfather, Wang Guangjie was puzzled.
Liu Shile had only asked casually, but Wang Guangjie's behavior made her somewhat puzzled.
Wang Guangjie is a very warm-hearted person. If it were anything else, he would definitely smile and say he was willing to help if she asked. But now?
Considering the current situation, Liu Shile expressed her understanding and laughed, "I understand, I understand. I was just joking with you. Who told you to interrupt?"
Wang Guangjie was speechless, but he knew he had gone a bit too far, so he smiled and apologized repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I was wrong. You two girls can chat by yourselves. I'll continue working, okay?"
However, after he said that, Wang Guangying, who originally wanted to say something, understood what her older brother meant, and when they talked about it again, she tried not to bring up her grandfather.
That day, the group ate two hearty meals as usual and carried some firewood home.
The only difference was that when they went back today, Liu Shile and her brother were treated a little better than before, with more rice in their bowls.
Then Liu Shile smelled the medicinal scent on Liu Shiping's hands, who was sitting in front of her mother. It was the smell of herbs from the herbal packet.
She glanced at her second brother beside her and noticed that his gaze was fixed on her third brother. She nodded to herself, realizing that he had noticed.
Since that's the case, let's see how he handles it. In any case, she won't interfere this time. No matter what happens, Second Brother should solve it and bear the consequences himself.
"Second brother, why are you staring at your brother like that?" Before Liu Shihua could speak, Zhang Sumei stared at Liu Shihua and asked with dissatisfaction.
Liu Shiping immediately looked at his second brother and found him staring at him, even making a face at him.
Liu Shihua, who hadn't originally intended to say anything, became angry upon seeing this, remembering that she had been bitten by a poisonous snake that day.
He glanced at his mother and said casually, "It's nothing, it's just that Pingping's habit of taking things from other people is not good."
"Since I'm his second brother, he took my herbal medicine pouch, which almost caused me to be bitten to death by a poisonous snake today. I won't say anything to him, but if it were someone else, he would probably be punished for doing that."
Completely unprepared for this brat to express his dissatisfaction so bluntly, Zhang Sumei's expression immediately turned ugly upon hearing this.
She already disliked the brother and sister, and was unhappy because she felt she had been taken advantage of in today's cooperation. When she noticed him staring at her lucky son, she seized the opportunity to lash out.
The result, however, left her speechless, unable to utter the scolding she had prepared.
Pointing at Liu Shihua with her finger, she said tremblingly, "What, what did you just say? Say it again?!"
If this had happened in the past, Liu Shihua would probably have stopped talking when she saw her mother so angry that her voice was trembling.
But when she thought about how she would be the one to support the family in the future, Liu Shihua looked directly at her mother and earnestly repeated her previous words, word by word.
After saying that, Liu Shihua asked again, "Mom, do you think Pingping's approach is right?"
Zhang Sumei wanted to say that it was right, but when she thought about the consequences of saying it and the fact that everyone in the room was looking at her, she couldn't bring herself to say those two simple words for a long time.
Her face turned red, then blue, then purple, like a palette of colors; one can imagine how complicated her feelings were.
Liu Shile was too lazy to look at this. She slowly drank her porridge. The sweet potato porridge, cooked until soft and sweet, paired with fragrant pickled vegetables, tasted quite delicious.
"Shihua almost got bitten by a poisonous snake today?! Are you alright?" Liu Weisong was taken aback and quickly asked him with concern. After asking, he looked at Liu Shile and asked, "Is Lele alright?"
Liu Shihua nodded, "Yes, Dad, there are many snakes, rats, insects and ants in the deep mountains. We have been fortunate to have the herbal medicine packs these past few days so that we have not encountered any danger, but my third brother took them away today."
He now feels that there's nothing wrong with talking about this at home. After all, no one is unafraid of death, and he's also feeling scared now.
Although the third brother is young, he is domineering and if he develops a habit of taking other people's things without permission, what will happen when he grows up?
Liu Shile stopped eating, looked at him with deep concern in her eyes, and shook her head with a smile, saying, "Dad, don't worry, Second Brother was lucky. He was just a little bit short of killing the snake."
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