The mother and daughter were both stunned.
Song's mother looked completely bewildered; her hand was still outstretched, but she couldn't catch the person.
Sitting on the ground, Song Yueying couldn't believe it. She had just assured them she wouldn't fall. The dream was beautiful, but reality was cruel; she had only taken a few steps before tripping and falling.
The slap in the face came too quickly.
"Little Shadow." Song's mother came to her senses first and quickly bent down to help her daughter up.
Song Yueying, supporting herself with her mother's outstretched hand, had just stood up when she slumped back down. This dragged her mother down with her, and the mother and daughter struggled for a moment before managing to get back to their feet.
"Little Shadow, how are you? Did you hurt yourself?" Song's mother ignored her own muddy clothes and was concerned about her daughter first.
She anxiously checked to see if her daughter had fallen anywhere. Aside from mud on her skirt, she couldn't see any injuries. Song's mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then her face paled.
If your daughter falls down and gets all the mud on her pretty dress, you'll definitely be in a bad mood, scold her, and even chase after her to hit her.
Song Yueying didn't notice the change in her mother's expression; at that moment, she only felt her face burning hot.
"It's okay, I didn't hurt myself." But she was too embarrassed to say the last sentence.
She really didn't expect to be proven wrong so quickly.
Lost in her own thoughts, Song's mother didn't hear what Song Yueying said. She said remorsefully, "It's my fault for not supporting you. Scold me, scolding me will make you feel better."
Song Yueying was stunned. She remembered how the original owner of the body would beat or scold her mother regardless of whether she was right or wrong, and she was speechless.
She really didn't want to take the blame for the original owner's mistakes.
But she had no choice but to bear it, since she had transmigrated into the original owner's body. Song Yueying was very unhappy, but there was nothing she could do. "It's not that you didn't catch me, I fell down on my own, it's not your fault."
Song's mother was stunned again. Her daughter didn't scold her or hit her, and even said she didn't blame her.
Seeing Song's mother like this, Song Yueying didn't know what to say. In short, it was all the original owner's fault.
"Don't walk by yourself, I'll carry you back." After saying that, Song's mother looked at Song Yueying with a worried expression.
Song Yueying looked down at her feet, which were covered in mud. Even though she didn't want to admit it, she knew very well that if she insisted on walking back, she didn't know how many more times she would fall.
Not wanting to cause herself and her mother any trouble, Song Yueying took out a red pill. She broke it in half, put one half back, and gave the other half to her mother, saying, "Eat this."
Seeing the red pills, Song's mother didn't reach out to take them, but subconsciously shook her head and said, "I'm not injured, I don't need to take medicine."
"This medicine isn't for treating injuries, it's for preventing colds. We both fell, so we might catch a cold," Song Yueying said with a smile, earnestly trying to fool her mother.
"Then I won't eat it either, you can eat it, Little Shadow." Song's mother still didn't take it.
"Mom, look, there's only half a pill. I've already taken the other half, and this half is for you." Song Yueying felt very emotional.
Even when she was mentally unstable, she knew to save the best things for her children. It must be said that Song's mother was a qualified and good mother.
But when Song Yueying thought about what the original owner had done, she felt that it was hard to put into words.
This time, Song's mother didn't say anything. She took the pills, chewed them, and swallowed them. Then she squatted down in front of Song Yueying and said, "Little Yingzi, come on up, I'll carry you home."
"Okay." Song Yueying was very obedient this time, climbing onto her mother's back without the slightest hesitation.
This was the first time her daughter had been so obedient, and Song's mother happily carried Song Yueying on her back as they continued walking home.
Clinging to her mother's back, Song Yueying could sense that her mother was initially struggling to walk. Gradually, however, her steps became more steady and easier.
The pills are working.
It's near my home.
First, Song's mother saw the three children waiting at the gate of the courtyard and said to Song Yueying on her back, "Little Yingying, your friends have come to play with you again."
"They're all carrying baskets and waiting for you at the gate of our yard. Did you make plans with them to go mushroom picking in the mountains?"
Leaning on her mother's shoulder, Song Yueying was lost in thought and hadn't looked ahead. When she heard her mother's words, she looked up and, sure enough, saw three children standing at the gate of her yard.
One of them was May, a month she knew well.
"Big Sister." May was the first to see Song Yueying and her daughter return.
Hearing May's shout, the other two boys looked over as well. They both shouted in unison, "Big Sister!"
The three boys had clean smiles on their faces.
As the mother and daughter approached, the three boys called out to Song's mother as "Auntie" in unison. Seeing the mud on Song Yueying and her mother, the three boys promptly pretended not to notice.
"Good boy, you are all good children." Song's mother was very happy and put Song Yueying down from her back. She took out the key, opened the courtyard gate, and called the three boys into the courtyard.
Despite being praised as good children, the three boys maintained their smiles, but they didn't really believe it.
They are often scolded at home as "bastards" because they are young, weak, and can only do easy jobs.
He earned very few work points, but ate a lot; the work points he earned weren't even enough to feed himself. His family had to support his younger siblings and them, so naturally they didn't like them.
Song Yueying looked at the three boys and noticed the baskets they were carrying. She asked, "Did you go into the mountains to find medicinal herbs?"
"Hmm." May put down the basket on her back and hugged it to her chest. She walked up to Song Yueying, grabbed a handful of herbs and asked, "Big sister, do you think these herbs are what you want?"
Song Yueying glanced at them and nodded, saying, "These herbs are all for me, but the mountains are fraught with danger. It's best if you don't go into the mountains on rainy days."
"Don't worry, big sister, we all know to be careful," May said. "We found these herbs in the mountains this morning, since it didn't rain this morning."
"Just be careful," Song Yueying said without further ado, stepping into the courtyard.
Not hearing any footsteps, she turned around and saw the three boys still standing there. She frowned and asked, "What are you all standing there for? Come in!"
The three boys usually hung out with Song Yueying and were quite familiar with the Song family, mother and daughter. However, they rarely had the opportunity to enter the Song family's courtyard, so they hesitated.
May visited the Song family more often than the other two boys, and he said, "Big sister, you go in first, we'll go in later."
Since they had said that, Song Yueying nodded. "Alright, you wait for me in the courtyard. I'll go back inside to change my clothes before I come out to see the herbs you found."
"Okay." This time, the three of them agreed in unison.
The mother and daughter went back inside to change their dirty clothes.
Song's mother took the clothes she had changed out of and washed them by the well in the yard. Song Yueying, on the other hand, looked at the herbs the three boys had found; they were all very ordinary and common herbs.
After a quick glance, Song Yueying told the three boys to leave the herbs behind and gave each of them a dollar.
The three boys were quite frightened. They stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the two five-cent coins in their hands, which totaled one dollar.
"Big sister, this is too much." May looked at the money in her hand, then at the herbs on the ground. "We brought so few herbs, and you'll lose out if you only give us a dollar."
Gritting her teeth, May put a five-cent note into the pocket of her patched shirt and returned the other five-cent note to Song Yueying.
"These herbs, Big Sister, just give me five cents." In May's heart, he would feel guilty even if he only accepted five cents from Big Sister.
The herbs I brought weren't worth five cents.
The other two boys followed suit and returned the five cents to Song Yueying. Their thinking was simple: they wanted to charge her less so that their leader would let them go find medicinal herbs again.
There are many medicinal herbs in Dashang Mountain, and anyone can go to the mountain to find them, but no one is willing to buy them.
Song Yueying refused the five cents the three boys offered, saying, "These herbs you brought are indeed not worth a dollar on the market, but they are worth it to me."
"I'm not only giving you labor costs, but also risk fees. There are many dangers in the mountains, so I'm giving you some risk fees."
"But let me make this clear: don't look for herbs in dangerous places. If you get injured and come to me for treatment, I'll charge you."
"In the future, whenever you go to the mountains to find medicinal herbs, you can bring them to me no matter what kind of herbs you find."
"I can't guarantee anything else, but I'll definitely make sure you have enough to eat."
"It's already evening, the three of you should go home now. Also, I have one more request: you must keep my taking your herbs a secret for now."
After promising the three boys a rosy picture, Song Yueying casually reminded them to keep it a secret. Life was tough for everyone these days, and if the village knew she was spending money to buy medicinal herbs, they'd definitely have something to say.
She just wanted to make money quietly and didn't want to cause herself any trouble.
The three boys were overjoyed with the money and happily went home with their baskets on their backs.
Watching them leave, Song Yueying smiled. She moved a small stool and sat down beside the pile of herbs, sorting them.
After washing the clothes, Song's mother came over and asked her, "Little Shadow, I'm going to cook dinner now. What would you like to eat?"
"Is there any food left from the meal I brought back?" Song Yueying asked instead of answering. She was having dinner with her mother when she was called away, and she didn't know if her mother had continued eating when she returned.
"Yes, yes, there are many more," Song's mother replied.
"Let's heat it up and continue eating," Song Yueying said smoothly.
She was stunned after saying that. She really had to adapt to local customs. Her easygoing nature was a bit of a problem!
In the past, she never got to eat leftovers. For her health and to ensure a balanced diet, her personal assistant never gave her leftovers.
Now, in this era of scarcity, she doesn't feel uncomfortable at all.
That's incredible.
As Song Yueying reminisced about the past, her mother had already gone to the kitchen to heat up the food.
The sound of the courtyard gate opening interrupted Song Yueying's reverie. She looked up at the entrance and saw a tall, imposing figure walking in with composed steps.
His mud-covered feet did not diminish his overall demeanor in the slightest.
Why is he back?
Even if I took her pills, I probably wouldn't recover so quickly, right?
Upon seeing Qi Yanjue, a scene flashed through Song Yueying's mind. In the pouring rain, he dragged his heavily injured body, recklessly charging towards the man wielding an axe who was about to kill her.
Even now, recalling that scene, Song Yueying was still shocked. She blinked, not standing up, "You..."
"You..." The two spoke at the same time, but Song Yueying stopped abruptly. Qi Yanjue asked the question he wanted to ask, "Why didn't you wait for me when you came back?"
“You need time to recover from your injury, and I was worried about leaving Mom alone at home, so I came back first.” Song Yueying answered his question first, and then asked her own question.
"Your injury shouldn't be healed yet?"
"It's not completely healed yet." Qi Yanjue nodded, then added, remembering something, "However, it's almost fully healed."
Song Yueying pursed her lips; she knew perfectly well how effective her pills were. His words were either an excuse or he didn't want her to worry.
She felt it should be the latter.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Qi Yanjue said again, "If you're worried about Mom, you can send Chen Guangyao or Zhou Feng back to check on her. You don't have to come back yourself."
What does that mean? Song Yueying frowned.
She came back first because she was worried about Song's mother, but she never thought of ordering his comrades to do things for her.
It's fortunate that she came back, otherwise Wang Qianqian and her child might have lost their lives.
She didn't transmigrate into a book, nor was she reborn; she didn't know everyone's fate.
Qi Yanjue glanced at the smoking kitchen, then knelt down in front of her and said in a low voice, "All those who came to kill me have been sent to the county hospital."
"They were all seriously injured, those injuries..."
He stopped mid-sentence, his deep eyes fixed on her.
"What about those injuries? Why do you only say half of what you mean?" Song Yueying glared at him, displeased.
Seeing that she showed no sign of guilt, Qi Yanjue began to feel uncertain again. He and Zhao Yiheng had analyzed the situation and concluded that, given the circumstances at the time, she was the most suspicious person.
But how could a frail girl like her injure so many people at once? And each of them was seriously injured, with each person's injuries occurring in different parts of their bodies.
The injuries were incredibly varied; some were on the body, some on the shoulders, some on the arms and legs, and some even on the head…
Anyway, no one gets hurt in the same place, but everyone gets a share, and there is absolutely no favoritism.
Collecting his thoughts, Qi Yanjue said, "The injuries on those people were all different. Some were on the body, some on the shoulder, some had broken hands, and some had broken legs."
"None of them were fatal, but they were all serious injuries, and they will definitely be left with disabilities."
Song Yueying glanced at him and said, "Instead of resting in the hospital, you came all the way back to tell me this. Do you want to make me happy too?"
"So that those who wanted to kill us will get their comeuppance, and I can finally put my mind at ease?"
Hearing her say it was retribution and to relax, Qi Yanjue's lips twitched. He remembered Zhao Yiheng jokingly saying that those people looked more like they were being punished.
Because Heaven is fair and will never favor anyone.
He didn't believe in retribution or anything like that. But Zhao Yiheng said that judging from the injuries on those people, he could confirm that they were caused by being hit hard with something like an iron rod or an axe.
Those who came to kill him carried two sharp weapons, two of which happened to be iron bars and axes.
The people who took those people to the hospital said they didn't see any sharp weapons, only injured and unconscious people.
Zhou Feng went to the site and came back saying he didn't see anything.
The axe, iron bar, and machete all mysteriously disappeared.
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