Her face grew increasingly red. When the man came in, he saw that half of the firewood in the stove had burned, and the other half was about to fall out.
"Xiang Nanzhi..."
The man shouted and saw that the wooden sticks had been burned through by the fire in the stove, leaving a long section about to fall down.
He reached out to block it, and the burning firewood hit his arm with a hissing sound.
Xiang Nanzhi was still unaware of what had happened. Looking over, she saw pieces of the red-hot firewood from the stove rolling onto the ground. She was stunned and glanced at the man.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
Blood was flowing from her nose. She tried to say something, but then collapsed into his arms.
"Xiang Nanzhi..."
"sister in law!"
"Do you have any medicine for altitude sickness at home?"
"Yes, I'll go get it."
After Shen Jila left, she suddenly came back. "How about she drinks something else? Can she take her medicine?"
Pregnant women cannot take medication, but they can take some traditional Chinese medicine to suppress symptoms.
Shen Shixun asked the tribe's doctor and went to the mountains to get some herbs to make soup for Xiang Nanzhi.
Before the medicine could be put into her mouth, Xiang Nanzhi woke up. She smelled a strong bitter smell, so bitter that she could hardly bear it.
As soon as she woke up, Shen Jila walked towards her carrying a bowl of something.
She felt nauseous and vomited on the spot.
"sister in law……"
Shen Jila quickly tried to put her things down, but Shen Shixun took them from her, saying, "You can go out now, I'll take care of it."
Shen Jila handed a red date to Shen Shixun, "Then I'm leaving, sister-in-law. My brother will take care of you."
Xiang Nanzhi glanced at the man in front of her. Shen Shixun was holding a bowl of something that was steaming and had a strong smell. She subconsciously covered her nose.
"You're experiencing altitude sickness. If you don't drink this, you'll feel even worse later. Once you drink it, you'll adjust and feel fine."
It's been several days already, this reaction came too suddenly. Xiang Nanzhi shook her head, "I won't drink it."
She not only resisted, but also pinched her nose, not wanting to smell anything at all.
Shen Shixun sat down. "I'm not in the mood to joke around with you right now, and I don't want to joke with you either."
"drink……"
With a commanding tone, the man picked up the bowl of medicine in his hand, looked at the medicine, then at her, and said, "What, do you want me to feed you mouth-to-mouth?"
Xiang Nanzhi had turned his head away, but upon hearing this, he stared at him blankly.
Shen Shixun knew where her weakness lay, "Then I'll reluctantly feed you mouth-to-mouth."
As the man approached, Xiang Nanzhi instinctively reached out to grab him, but touched something blurry and quickly withdrew her hand.
"Your arm..."
The firewood in the stove had fallen out, and he shielded her from it. The burning stick left deep red marks on his arm, a shocking sight.
She had blisters in some places, and she just picked one off.
Xiang Nanzhi's eyes changed, but Shen Shixun didn't take it seriously. "Drink your medicine quickly, it's not good for you if you don't."
Thinking about it, Shen Shixun was actually quite good. In the ancient city, she beat him up countless times, leaving him bruised and unable to get up. But when they arrived in Saigon, a place where no one knew them, he didn't take advantage of her fear to retaliate. On the contrary, he treated her quite well.
He wasn't her father or brother; whether she took her medicine or not, or whether she would experience other adverse reactions due to altitude sickness, was none of his concern.
Xiang Nan knew it was bitter, but she still took it. Oh dear, it was even more bitter than it smelled. She couldn't help but spit it out after just one sip.
Her lips and tongue tasted bitter. She shook her head. "No, really no, it's too bitter, Shen Shixun. You don't believe me? Try it yourself."
"OK."
Shen Shixun drank it all in one gulp, and before she could react, he had fed it all into her mouth.
She stared wide-eyed and reached out to push, but couldn't budge it.
After drinking it, the bitterness made her hair stand on end, and she shivered. The man then put a red date into her mouth.
She clutched her chest, "You...you took advantage of me."
Although she didn't like Shen Shixun, she had to admit that she didn't dislike him from the bottom of her heart. They had slept together, eaten together, and occasionally had unavoidable physical contact these past few days, but she didn't feel the same disgust she had in the ancient city.
If this were in the ancient city, and he dared to feed her mouth-to-mouth, she would have him beaten half to death.
"What other bargains do you have..." He looked at the half-bowl of medicine in his hand and chuckled, "What other bargains haven't I taken advantage of?"
These words sent chills down her spine once again.
"Should I feed you this half bowl of medicine, or should you..."
Xiang Nan made a firm decision, as if facing death with a nonchalant air, picked up half a bowl of medicine, pinched his nose, and drank it down.
The man left satisfied, put down his bowl, and went to another tent to talk to Shen's mother.
"Sehun, I'm all better now. Look, I can walk again."
Shen's mother has difficulty walking, but she can manage a few steps with the help of a cane. Besides her, there is only one other capable woman in the family, Shen Jila.
When Shen Shixun went back to the city to work and earn money, Shen Jila had to take care of the cattle and sheep.
On the grasslands, unless they are truly desperate to survive, no family would sell their cattle and sheep for money; cattle and sheep make a family more complete.
On the grasslands, you can live without cars, houses, or money, but you must have cattle and sheep—these are your food, they are essential.
The family had to herd cattle and sheep, but Shen's mother's body couldn't handle it. Shen Jila had grown up, and although she wasn't a beauty of unparalleled grace, she was still as lovely as a flower on the grassland.
There are quite a few men who are envious of Chen Jila.
Shen Shixun could tell in just the last few days that Rooney really liked her; he would even come over and deliver a handful of wild lilies he picked from the mountains to her.
What else could a man do to please a woman?
"Mother, what do you think about Gila's situation?"
"Rooney."
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