Chapter 21 Herb Collection
Mo Jiuye once suspected that she was not the real He Zhiran.
But when he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law coming to see her off, he could conclude that this was the genuine legitimate daughter of the He family.
Just as Mo Jiuye was thinking over and over again, He Zhiran had already begun searching carefully in the bushes.
Although the toxicity of the coral reef snake is relatively strong, its body is full of treasures. It would be great if we could find more coral reef snakes.
At that time, she can find an opportunity to extract the venom of the coral snake and make it into self-defense poison.
People from several other families had just seen He Zhiran and the officers beating the snake.
Speculating that there might be snakes lurking nearby, some women and children were frightened and screaming.
The braver men had no choice but to follow He Zhiran's example, find some thicker branches, and search in the nearby grass to prevent being bitten by snakes while sleeping at night.
The officers did not object to the prisoners' behavior. After all, they had to spend the night here, so why not do it if they could be safer?
However, the prisoners can search, but they cannot leave their sight.
In fact, He Zhiran's search to see if there were any snakes nearby was just one of his purposes.
Just when she was arguing with the officers, she discovered some herbs in the surrounding grass.
During the exile, her family might suffer from headaches or fevers, and she couldn't always take modern medicines from the space to treat them.
Once someone asked her about it, she would rack her brains to find a way to explain it.
The herbs collected are different, they have been collected through a clear path.
Even if these herbs cannot cure the disease, there is a reasonable explanation for her to take medicine from the space.
He Zhiran was looking for herbs, so his progress was naturally slower than that of the others.
When several sisters-in-law and Mo Hanyue saw He Zhiran alone, they were all worried that she would be in danger if she encountered a snake.
My sister-in-law couldn't sit still anymore.
"I'm going to see my ninth brother's wife."
"I'm going too."
"I'm going too."
Several other sisters-in-law also stood up.
Mo Hanyue glanced at Madam Mo, and seeing that she had no objection, he joined in.
A group of people ran up to He Zhiran and saw her holding a large pile of grass in her clothes.
"Sister-in-law Jiu, weren't you looking for a snake? Why did you pull out so much grass?" Mo Hanyue asked.
"These are commonly used herbs. I thought I might need them on the road, so I picked some."
When Mo Hanyue heard that these were actually herbs, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Sister-in-law Jiu, you said these are all herbs?"
He Zhiran nodded, picked up a herb from his lapel and patiently explained: "This is called bitter dish, it has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.
This is plantain, it can not only cure diseases, but also be used in cooking..."
Mo Hanyue became more and more interested as he listened to what Sister Jiu said.
"Sister-in-law Jiu, I've memorized all the herbs you mentioned. I'll help you pick them."
Although the eight sisters-in-law did not ask as many questions as Mo Hanyue, they also listened carefully to He Zhiran's explanation.
"Ninth brother and sister-in-law, let us help too."
By the time the officials called everyone back, the silver ring snake was not found, but the ten women of the Mo family did collect a lot of herbs and took them back.
Mo Hanyue had now gotten over the gloom of not having white flour buns to eat, and went to Old Madam Mo to ask for credit with his spoils.
"Mom, look, I picked all these herbs."
Madam Mo touched her head lovingly.
"Your ninth sister-in-law is a wise woman. You should learn from her in the future."
"I understand, mother."
Before it got dark, the sisters-in-law and Mo Hanyue picked the fruits and sorted them out according to He Zhiran's instructions.
People from other families looked at the actions of the Mo family women with disdain.
"I think the Mo family is really starving. They brought back so many wild grasses. Are they planning to eat them?"
"Tsk tsk, you're really brave. You're not even afraid that these herbs might be poisonous."
"Poison is better. If the Mo family is poisoned to death, it will be considered revenge for us."
Because of the distance and the low voices of those people, the Mo family did not hear them.
He Zhiran had just put the processed herbs on the stall in the open space when he heard someone shouting from the officials.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?"
"Someone come quickly, the boss is out of breath..."
Everyone looked in the direction of the officers.
I saw several officers surrounding Peng Wang.
"Could the snake that just bit my head be a poisonous snake?"
Hearing this question, the officers immediately thought of He Zhiran's reminder.
Some people made a quick decision.
"Quick, look for that sharp-tongued woman from the Mo family."
Human life was at stake, and none of the officers dared to be negligent. They quickly picked up Peng Wang and ran towards the Mo family.
The Mo family heard what the officer said.
Their eyes all fell on He Zhiran.
"Mr. He, you must do what you can." Mrs. Mo reminded.
Judging from the fact that He Zhiran led the female members of the Mo family to collect herbs just now, she may know some pharmacology.
However, Peng Wang was bitten by a poisonous snake and it was not enough to just know some pharmacology.
If Peng Wang really died, these officials might put the blame on He Zhiran in order to find someone to take the blame.
He Zhiran certainly understood the purpose of her mother-in-law's reminder.
"Don't worry, mother. I won't act rashly."
As they were talking, the officers had already carried Peng Wang to where the Mo family was.
"He Shi, tell me your method of detoxifying snake venom again."
He Zhiran looked at the newcomer calmly and spoke slowly.
"The method I mentioned only works when you've just been bitten by a snake."
"So what do you think we should do now?" the officer said anxiously.
He Zhiran knew that people would not die so quickly after being bitten by a coral reef snake.
Therefore, he deliberately slowed down his movements and walked slowly towards Peng Wang, with the aim of making the officers anxious.
Sure enough, the officer got angry when he saw her slow motion.
"Hurry up, what are you going to do?"
He Zhiran didn't get annoyed when being urged, she simply stood there motionless.
"Now you're asking me for help. Is this your attitude when asking for help?"
These officers are used to showing off their power in front of the prisoners, and He Zhiran doesn't want to continue to indulge them.
The road ahead is still long, and she doesn't want to live her life under the influence of others every day.
She must take this opportunity to make these officials realize that she, He Zhiran, is not someone who will compromise simply by being intimidated.
Seeing this, Zhang Qing wanted to continue scolding, and even habitually reached out to touch the whip wrapped around his waist.
Zhou Laoba quickly stopped him.
"The boss's life is at stake."
Zhang Qing stopped what he was doing immediately, glared at He Zhiran fiercely, and said nothing more.
Zhou Laoba stood up and said, "If you have any conditions, just tell me."
He Zhiran was not in a hurry to put forward conditions. As a professional doctor, the first thing she had to do was to understand the patient's condition.
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