"Sigh... What a tragedy!"
After saying this, Old Mrs. Chen thought to herself, "If I lose my life, I'll really have nothing left."
When their son returned home after passing the imperial examination, they would find no luxury for fine silks, satins, or delicacies.
In order to be able to wear gold and silver and eat and drink well in the future, let alone drink cow dung water, even if it means eating excrement, we have to hold our noses and swallow it down.
She sighed and said slowly, "Qing'er, I'll trouble you to help me prepare some antidote!"
"Alright, I'll go find Baicaoling to save your lives." Chen Qingqing tried hard to suppress her inner joy, her face tense, and said to Chen Han with a serious expression, "Xiao Han, go outside and find some cow dung."
"Okay, I'm going right now." Chen Han turned and walked out, but stopped abruptly after a few steps. "Sis, do you want fresh cow dung or dried cow dung?"
"Any kind will do; if it's wet, you can take it orally; if it's dry, you can burn it to ashes and then take it."
Old Mrs. Chen didn't want to eat excrement directly, so she quickly said, "Xiao Han wants it dry, dry cow dung, not fresh."
"Okay, I understand." Chen Han agreed and walked out, then seemed to remember something and turned back to ask, "Sis, how much do you need?"
Before Chen Qingqing could reply, Old Mrs. Chen couldn't stand it anymore. She gritted her teeth, glared at Chen Han, and scolded him sharply, "Are you ever going to stop? You're so stupid! The more the merrier! Hurry up and go. If you dawdle any longer, my husband and I will die from the poison."
Chen Han rolled his eyes, ignored her, and turned to run outside.
Before long, he returned carrying half a basket of dried cow dung, smiling as he asked Chen Qingqing, "Sister, is this enough? If not, I'll go to Grandpa Lao Han's house and get some fresh cow dung."
"That's enough." Chen Qingqing nodded in satisfaction and then went outside.
Crush the dried cow dung with a wooden stick and burn it into ashes. Then, have Chen Han find two of the largest porcelain bowls, put the burned cow dung ashes into them, and add warm water.
In no time, two bowls of dark herbal ash were ready.
The reason for making Old Man Chen and his wife eat cow dung was to disgust them, but the herbal ash was indeed a good thing. It could soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang, clear heat and detoxify, and also reduce inflammation.
Using such a good thing to punish them is actually letting them off easy.
Chen Qingqing smiled and glanced at Chen Han, "Alright, Xiao Han, let them come out."
Chen Han suppressed a laugh and shouted loudly into the house, "Alright, come out and drink your dung soup!"
Grandma Chen rushed out of the house and glared at Chen Han. "What are you yelling about? If people hear you, they'll think something's wrong!"
After saying that, he looked down at the dark, murky fecal soup and felt nauseous.
Old Chen, who was following closely behind, also frowned and asked, "Old woman, can this stuff even taste good?"
"Whether it tastes good or not, you have to drink it. If you just kick the bucket, you'll be completely free from worldly strife!"
Old Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth, steeled herself, picked up the bowl, tilted her head back, and drank it all in one go. Instantly, she felt her stomach churning, and she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.
Chen Qingqing didn't want the yard to be soiled by filth, so she quickly reminded her sternly, "Swallow it, spit it out, and you'll have to drink another bowl."
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Chen frowned, covered her mouth, and forced back down what was about to come up in her throat, suppressing her nausea.
Seeing her looking so pained, Old Chen grimaced and couldn't help but ask, "Old woman, how are you feeling? Don't you taste anything?"
Old Mrs. Chen covered her mouth, remaining silent for a long while until the nausea subsided. She then let out a long sigh of relief and began to berate Old Mr. Chen.
"You damn bastard, if it weren't for your gluttony, I wouldn't be suffering from eating shit today. You still have the nerve to ask what it tastes like? You fucking try it yourself and you'll know."
"Alright, old woman, what's done is done, so don't blame me."
Old Chen was so angry he dared not speak out. "You spendthrift woman! If you hadn't been so greedy and taken advantage of others, how could you have ended up eating shit like this..."
He cursed Old Lady Chen in his mind before forcing himself to pick up the bowl of cow dung water, suppressing his disgust.
Before even drinking it, I felt my stomach churning like a raging sea, and the urge to vomit was indescribable.
But in order to survive, he had no choice but to hold his nose and drink it all down.
Chen Zhanshan couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned his head away.
Chen Han, who had been watching the spectacle with a smile, was now so disgusted that he frowned.
Lin felt a little sorry for them and whispered to Chen Qingqing, "Qing'er, they're so old. It would be a real problem if they were tormented to death. That's enough."
"Mother, you don't understand. Cow dung is really a good thing. A bowl of this might cure their greed!"
Chen Qingqing felt incredibly relieved. Serves him right! It felt good to eat shit!
Let's see if you'll learn your lesson!
This time I'm making you eat cow dung. If you still don't learn your lesson, I'll use silver needles to paralyze you and make you spend the rest of your lives on the kang (a heated brick bed).
She suppressed a laugh and feigned seriousness, "What do you all think?"
Grandma Chen shook her head. "I don't feel anything, just a little nauseous."
"Yes, it's the same as before, except my mouth tastes like cow dung. Can I rinse my mouth?" Old Chen asked, forcing himself to suppress his nausea, feeling his mouth full of cow dung residue.
Chen Qingqing waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, you absolutely must not rinse your mouth. If it affects the efficacy of the medicine, it may not completely detoxify. If that happens, even if you drink ten bowls of herbal water in the future, it will be of no use."
"Okay, okay, I'll remember." Old Man Chen was afraid of dying and believed it without a doubt. Then he asked, "Qing girl, if we drink the antidote, will we be fine afterward?"
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