“Woof woof—!”
Accompanied by a burst of dog barking, Hua Shidu had no time to react when his trouser leg was suddenly grabbed by a big yellow dog that jumped out from the fork in the road.
Fortunately, she had heard the dog barking in advance, so she was not scared by the sudden appearance of the dog.
After being knocked down by Xie Mingchi's dog last time, Hua Shi recognized at a glance that the big yellow dog biting her trouser leg and wagging its tail excitedly was Xie Mingchi's dog again.
"rhubarb!"
Sure enough, after a while, I heard that familiar voice in the darkness.
Only when he came closer could Hua Shi vaguely see him.
Xie Mingchi frowned, his expression a little gloomy, as if he was in a bad mood, and his lips were tightly pursed into a straight line.
When he looked up and saw who it was, his already gloomy face seemed to become even uglier.
Hua Shi was also a little embarrassed as the big yellow dog was biting her trouser leg, and the dog's owner clearly didn't like her either.
And this was the man she had just gotten engaged to two days ago... her 'fiancé'...
Xie Mingchi seemed to see Hua Yu sweating profusely and looking pale. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong with Hua Yu?"
Hua Shiye had no time to think about those messy things, and hurriedly said, "He accidentally sprained his ankle while working in the fields today. I was just about to help him go to He Yaopo to see him."
After hearing this, Xie Mingchi looked down. He had good eyesight and saw at a glance the large area that was abnormally twisted and swollen. It was obvious that the injury was serious.
Seeing that she was carrying things in both hands and supporting the injured person, he said, "I'll carry him over quickly."
Hua Yu and he were quite familiar with each other. Hua Yu called him "Brother Xie". Now that he saw that he was busy, he naturally would not ignore him.
Xie Mingchi bent down and carried the exhausted and painful Hua Yu on his back. Then he walked quickly in one direction as if he was familiar with the route.
Hua Shi patted the big yellow head that was still biting her trouser leg and refused to let go, "Stop biting, let go."
"Woof woof woof..." After she opened her mouth, the big yellow dog barked at her twice.
In the darkness, she seemed to see its round, wet eyes looking at her eagerly, and its tail wagging excitedly behind it.
Hua Shi had no time to pet the dog, so he picked up the things in his hands, chased after him, and followed behind Xie Mingchi.
The big yellow dog followed her happily, whining at her from time to time, as if trying to attract her attention.
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Under the dim oil lamp, the outlines of some old houses appeared, and swaying shadows were superimposed on the yellow earthen walls...
"It's not a big deal. I rubbed some medicated oil on him and applied some herbal remedies. He'll be fine once the swelling goes down."
In the dim light, He Yaopo's old and hoarse voice sounded slowly.
Hua Yu was leaning on a bamboo stool. The foot that had taken off his shoe was smeared with medicated oil and applied with herbs. He Yaopo was wrapping his foot with a slightly yellowed cloth.
For this kind of bruises and sprains, He Yaopo usually just applies some medicated oil and some medicine, and then calls it a day.
If the injury was more serious, she would give a few packets of this medicine to apply to the wound and ask someone to take it back for rotation.
It's the same now...
"Erya, bring me two packets of herbs!"
He Yaopo clapped her hands, put Hua Yu's legs down, and shouted into the house.
Then a clear voice came from inside, "Hey, here I come."
He Erya came out of the house with two bags of herbs, and when she saw the face she hadn't seen for a long time, a trace of disgust suddenly appeared in her eyes, and then she said in a bad tone,
"Hua Shi? Why are you here? Who said before that even if I die of illness, I will never set foot in the He family again?"
Hua Shi suddenly heard an unfamiliar female voice. Without seeing the person's face clearly, he heard such provocative words and was a little confused.
Then he immediately realized that it must be someone the original owner knew.
She turned her head and saw a completely unfamiliar face that she had never seen before.
He Erya said sarcastically, and suddenly remembered the things that had been circulating in the village for the past two days, and her expression suddenly became even uglier.
Hua Shi was about to ignore her unclear, nonsensical and malicious words, when he heard the girl ask angrily,
"Why are you suddenly involved with Brother Xie? You even want to marry him! You don't even consider whether you're worthy of him. Besides, weren't you always chasing after Li Tonghai? What? Li Tonghai doesn't want you, so you're going to pester Brother Xie to marry you?"
He Erya had a rich expression and an angry tone. She crossed her arms over her chest, raised her chin, and spoke aggressively in a condescending manner.
Flower time:?
Could this be the little fan girl who secretly has a crush on Xie Mingchi?
The next second, after hearing He Erya's words, he denied it again.
"Everyone in the village knows that my cousin likes Brother Xie, and they are in love with each other. How dare you, a shameless thing like you, a tattered, smelly shoe, break them up!"
He Erya was obviously standing up for her cousin, and her tone was very bad as she glared at Hua Shi fiercely.
"When did your cousin and I become lovers? Everyone in the village knew about it? How come I didn't know?"
Xie Mingchi, who was standing in the dim light of the oil lamp, suddenly uttered a low voice.
He Erya turned her head abruptly, her expression suddenly changing, obviously frightened, "Thank you, thank you, brother, why are you here too?"
Just now, she was so focused on mocking Hua Shi, and the light in the room was dim that she didn't notice Xie Mingchi standing in the corner without saying a word.
Xie Mingchi walked out from the darkness with a gloomy face.
He Erya's face was stiff, and she stammered, "Thank you, big brother... My cousin is He Jing, you are not..."
She spoke hesitantly, her words seeming to add an unclear and ambiguous layer to the relationship between them.
"Not to mention that there are no such rumors in the village at all, I have nothing to do with your cousin! If I hear you say such unfounded things again, or if you spread irrelevant rumors in the village, I will first come after you!"
Xie Mingchi had a cold face and gave a resounding warning in a low voice.
He Erya was stared at by his heavy and cold eyes, which were as sharp as a wild eagle. She was so scared that she shivered and kept her mouth shut, not daring to say anything.
Now the talk in the village is all about them getting married, so who would remember her cousin...
He Erya bit her lip, glared at Hua Shi hatefully, threw the two packets of herbs in her hand onto the table, and ran back into the house.
From beginning to end, Hua Shi felt like she was being ridiculed and glared at. She blinked innocently and tilted her head to look at Xie Mingchi, who had an expressionless face.
Xie Mingchi pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. He received her seemingly puzzled look and subconsciously pretended not to see it.
He Yaopo didn't react at all to this farce. She stuffed the herbs into Hua Yu's hand and said indifferently, "Sixty coins. Pay the silver and you can leave."
Hua Yu’s pale face turned pale, “What…?!”
Sixty cents!
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