Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“I’m afraid so?”
Bai Wenjing’s hands were shaking when she asked this question. After returning the food to the other party in the morning, she quickly cleaned up the house. But, before she left, Xue Bainian and Xue Xiaohua were still at the door watching the ants move. How did they get stung by the hornets now?
Qiao Zhen looked panicked. When she asked this question, her eyes were evasive. She pulled her up from the river and said, “His face is swollen like a pig. I’m afraid… I’m afraid that if we delay any longer, he won’t be able to live. Sister-in-law, I’ll bring the things back for you. Hurry up and bring him to the doctor to have a look.”
Bai Wenjing only felt a buzzing sound in her head.
She was not so unlucky. Xue Baijun had only solved the matter of burning the wheat heap before Xue Bainian was stung by a hornet!
“God damn it!”
Bai Wenjing could not help but swear. She did not even have time to put on her shoes and ran straight home.
Her family did not have money. Life was already difficult. Previously, some things in the house had been plundered by her mother. It could be said that there was not even a single copper coin. If he were sent to the doctor’s house, they would not have any money to pay.
Just as she reached the door, Bai Wenjing saw Xue Bainian’s chubby little body lying on the ground alone. His little body was pitiful. There were a few people around pointing at him, but no one came forward to help.
Xue Xiaohua was so scared that she hid behind the door. When she saw that she had returned, she slammed the door shut with a ‘clang’. She did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Before she had time to investigate further, Bai Wenjing pounced forward and hugged the little meaty lump in her arms. Not only was his face swollen like a pig’s head, but even his exposed skin was not spared. It was all red and swollen from the sting.
She stretched out her hand to check Xue Bainian’s breathing. Although his breathing was weak, he was still breathing. Bai Wenjing carried Xue Bainian and pushed the crowd away before rushing out.
Although she did not have deep feelings for these babies, Bai Wenjing almost cried when she saw the little fatty’s appearance.
“Get out of the way, get out of the way!”
This little fatty could not die no matter what he said. He was just a baby, yet he had to suffer such pain.
“Xue family, look at how your big baby beat up our Lai Fu. This blood flow… is a sin. If anything happens to our Lai Fu, I will die in front of you!”
Bai Wenjing originally planned to carry Xue Bainian to the doctor, but Cai Fang unexpectedly stopped her as she pushed the crowd away. She originally wanted to curse, but she did not expect to see Yao Lai Fu beside Cai Fang, whose head was bleeding.
There was a gash on his head. Yao Lai Fu held his forehead, and blood flowed down from the gaps between his fingers.
Xue Baijun was right next to him, grimacing. “He provoked me first! Who asked him to call me a b*stard without a father!”
After he said that, Xue Baijun looked at his mother proudly. It must be known that this was what his mother hated to hear the most. Last time, the same village idiot was beaten up by him because he said that. Her mother praised him for beating him up well. It would definitely be the same this time.
Yao Lai Fu was not willing to be outdone. “You’re talking nonsense. You provoked me first. I didn’t say it!”
Bai Wenjing’s mind was in a mess. Before she could speak, Xue Bainian, in her arms, began to twitch and vomit. This made her even more flustered. If Xue Bainian was not sent to the doctor, she was afraid that he would really die.
She immediately shouted, “Enough, Yao Lai Fu, come with me to the doctor. Xue Baijun, you stay in the house. If you run away when I come back, I’ll break your legs!”
The events happened one after another. Bai Wenjing was going crazy. She was probably the most miserable transmigrator in history.
This stern shout shocked Xue Baijun. She did not have time to explain so much. She said to Cai fang, “Hurry up and lead the way. Don’t be beaten to death later. Instead, you’ll bleed to death!”
Cai Fang was also shocked by Bai Wenjing’s shout. After she came to her senses, she quickly dragged Yao Lai Fu to the doctor’s house in the village. Along the way, she did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Fortunately, they were delivered in time. The doctor poured something dark into Xue Bainian’s mouth, and the boy’s breathing became much smoother. Next, he grabbed a handful of incense ash from the incense burner and covered Yao Laifu’s head with it. The blood immediately stopped, then he tied a piece of cloth to fix it.
The two children were saved from danger, but Bai Wenjing was worried about another matter. She did not have a single copper coin. So how was she going to pay for the medical fees?
But then she thought about it. Although she did not have any silver, and her family did not have half a handful of rice noodles, she still had 300 points. This was an era where food and clothing were scarce, so she might be more satisfied with exchanging the rice noodles than giving money.
With this in mind, Bai Wenjing decided to use one point to exchange for half a kilogram.
Cai Fang and her son had already left, and half a catty was not a lot. The rice was directly taken out from her sleeve. “Doctor, I’ll tell you the truth. I don’t have a single cent in my pocket. How about this half a kilogram of rice as the medical fee? What do you think?”
She did not know if half a kilogram of rice would work, but she thought that it should be about the same.
In this era, there was no such good-looking rice. If one wanted to eat rice, they had to grind it out bit by bit. Not only was the size of the grains uneven, but there was also a lot of rice husk mixed in it. This was why every family was reluctant to take it out to eat. Fine rice like hers was even rarer. Perhaps only wealthy families could afford to eat it.
After she finished speaking, the doctor stood up in surprise. His eyes stared straight at the half kg of fine rice. Then, his trembling hand pinched a few grains and looked at them again and again. He said excitedly, “This, this rice is probably only eaten by the wealthy people in the county. Look at this grain of rice… yes, yes!”
After the doctor finished speaking, he quickly stood up again, turned around, grabbed two doses of medicine, and handed them to her. “There are two more doses of medicine here. Go back and decoct them for him to take. He will definitely wake up before dark. If there are any headaches or fever in the future, feel free to look for me. One dose of medicine will definitely be good.”
Bai Wenjing smiled embarrassedly. She carried the heavy Xue Bainian and went home.
When they reached the door, they heard the noise of the siblings in the house. There was a small bundle of firewood thrown at the door. Bai Wenjing raised her foot and kicked the door open. She heard Xue Xiaohua shout, “Mother is back.” Then, there was no movement in the house.
The house that was cleaned in the morning was now in a mess. Xue Baijun and Xue Xiaohua winked at each other. No one knew what they were up to. Finally, she put Xue Bainian on the bed and asked coldly, “What’s going on?”
Xue Baijun blurted out, “Mother, you can’t blame me. I was chopping firewood. That little b*stard, Lai Fu, shouted at me for being a b*stard. Of course I…”
“Shut up. I didn’t let you talk.” Xue Baijun was about to continue, but Bai Wenjing stopped him. He immediately wilted like a frosted eggplant.
“Xiaohua, tell me, didn’t I tell you to look after the youngest? Why was he stung by the hornets?”
Xue Xiaohua had long thought that her mother would ask this question. Thus, she told her everything that she had prepared in her heart. “I was playing in the house, and the youngest wanted to eat honey. I don’t know when the hornets decided to build a nest near our house, but he took the bamboo pole and stabbed the nest. I couldn’t stop him.
“Mother, luckily, I ran fast, or else my face would be the same as his. How ugly would that be?”
After Xue Xiaohua said that, she glared at Xue Bainian, and her eyes were filled with disgust.
Bai Wenjing did not believe a single word of what Xue Xiaohua said. Then, just as she was about to interrogate her repeatedly to get the truth out of her, Xue Bainian, who was originally unconscious, suddenly turned his chubby little body and howled..