"Erniu, you caught so many?" Li Xiyue took the bucket and saw that it was more than half full of leeches.
Erniu smiled shyly.
Li Xiyue asked in a low voice, "Do you want candy, food, or money?"
"I still want money," Erniu whispered.
Li Xiyue took two cents from her pocket and gave it to her, saying, "Keep it safe, don't let anyone see it."
Erniu quickly put it in her pocket and pressed it down with her thin, bony hand. "Then I'm going back, sister."
"Wait a minute." Li Xiyue couldn't bear it and gave her two White Rabbit candies. "Take these and eat them."
Erniu shook her head, "Sister, I don't want it, I've already taken the money."
“You’ve made more money than them, so naturally you’ll get more rewards. Here, just don’t tell anyone.” Li Xiyue stuffed the candy into her pocket.
Erniu's eyes welled up with tears. She nodded, turned, and ran away.
Li Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief. This child was so pitiful to look at. She wanted to help her more, but she didn't dare to go too far. She was too sensitive at this time, and she might accidentally get into trouble.
She has a kind heart, but she also needs to know how to protect herself. She can't risk her own life to help the children, otherwise she won't be able to help them in the future.
Never mind, let's take it slow.
Nobody gets fat overnight.
But the sight of those three buckets of leeches gave her the creeps.
"Yueyue." Huang Xinrui came back from work and saw Li Xiyue staring blankly at several buckets of leeches. She thought of something and asked, "There were several children catching leeches. I thought they were just playing around. Turns out they were catching them for you?"
Every day, children would catch tadpoles, small fish, and shrimp in the fields, but today she was surprised to see them catching leeches. She wondered why the children's hobbies had changed.
Li Xiyue nodded. "I went to work in the fields today and found a lot of leeches. These are high-quality Chinese medicinal herbs, but I didn't dare to catch them, so I asked the children to help. Look, they caught so many in just one morning."
"How terrifying! This is actually a medicinal herb?" Huang Xinrui felt a chill run down her spine.
Li Xiyue said, "Yes, medicinal herbs are everywhere in the countryside."
"How do we prepare these?" Huang Xinrui asked.
The thought that she might have eaten leeches when she was sick is hard to accept.
"Dry the tiles and then grind them into powder."
Huang Xinrui swallowed hard. "Is this stuff really medicine? What's it for?"
"It promotes blood circulation, removes blood stasis, reduces swelling and relieves pain. It can treat gynecological diseases, as well as stroke-induced hemiplegia and injuries from falls and blows." Remembering something, Li Xiyue added, "Oh, right, didn't you say your gums hurt yesterday? You could use that..."
"No, no, no, I'm not in pain anymore," Huang Xinrui quickly refused. "I'll just drink more water."
Li Xiyue chuckled, "It looks scary, but it's not actually that scary."
"Aren't you afraid? Why did you look like you didn't know what to do with them just now?" Huang Xinrui teased.
Li Xiyue said, "This is the first time I've seen so many live leeches. I couldn't accept it at first, but I'm not afraid now. I'll roast them when I have time."
"Ah, they've crawled out!" Huang Xinrui exclaimed in fright, hiding behind Li Xiyue.
Li Xiyue was so frightened that she took a few steps back, her heart trembling.
Won't they crawl everywhere?
Fortunately, Wang Jiaxing returned at this time and helped catch the leeches. He also found a wooden board to cover the mouth of the bucket and weighed it down with a stone.
"No, we'll have to roast them soon, or they'll crawl all over the house." Li Xiyue didn't dare wait any longer and went into the kitchen to burn the tiles.
Huang Xinrui and Wang Jiaxing followed them in, and soon the kitchen was filled with wisps of smoke.
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