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“Xiang Xiang, you…” Wang Guiying was anxious and angry. “You’ve offended people… how are we going to survive in the village in the future?”
“The villagers will definitely gossip about us. It’s okay for me since I’m old and I don’t care, but you’re still young. How are you going to face people in the future if your reputation is bad?”
“Mother, there’s nothing to be afraid of. I’m already married, why should I worry about my reputation?” Guo Xiang didn’t think much of it. She completely didn’t notice that she had already tied herself to the position of the Gu family’s daughter-in-law.
“They’re in charge of what comes out of their mouths. I can’t control what they want to say, nor do I care. However, they can’t bully you and Guo’er!” Guo Xiang said seriously. “They’re bullying you because they know your son isn’t at home. They’re shameless!”
“How can I keep quiet? I can’t! If I don’t scare them today, everyone could come and bully us in the future. I want to get rid of any future trouble!” Guo Xiang slammed the table heavily, “They’ll get scared after getting a beating the first time and they won’t dare to come again.”
“But…” Wang Guiying sighed and didn’t know what to say.
“Guo’er!” Guo Xiang waved to Guo’er, “come, let me have a look at you…”
Guo’er pursed her lips with tears in her eyes. She couldn’t help crying out loud, “Guo Xiang…”
“Guo’er, don’t cry!” Guo Xiang wiped her tears gently. “Guo’er is really brave today. Well done… but you shouldn’t have done that today. Kids shouldn’t play with knives…”
Wang Guiying rolled her eyes. You call that playing? She was really scared to death just now.
“I’m afraid, I’m afraid that sister-in-law will be at a disadvantage…” Guo’er said nervously.
Guo Xiang bent down and touched Guo’er’s small head, “Who do you think I am? I know kung fu. I would never lose to them. I can take more of ten of them all at once!”
Guo Xiang pulled Guo ‘er into her arms. “I know you worry about me, but you’re still a child. What if you hurt yourself? How do you think Mom will feel? I’ll feel sad too. In the future, you can’t use a knife for anything else other than cooking, understand?”
“Guo Xiang…” Guo’er felt a little wronged. She just wanted to help her sister-in-law.
“Guo’er, aren’t you going to listen to me?” Guo Xiang’s face became serious. This was not a joke. If she did not teach this rule well, Guo’er would suffer in the future.
“Yes!” Guo’er lowered her head. She was still a little unconvinced. Why could her sister-in-law use a knife but not herself?
Guo Xiang saw her expression and guess her thoughts, she said patiently, “actually, I was only holding the knife to scare them. I can control the knife well. Think about it, when I put the knife on that fat man’s neck, I didn’t hurt him at all, right?”
Guo’er thought about it and realized that it was true. There wasn’t a single drop of blood. It was her imposing manner that was frightening.
“But Guo’er, you’re different. You don’t have the ability and don’t know your limits. What if you really hurt someone?” Guo Xiang said.
“If a fool kills someone, they don’t have to pay. I only say that, it’s not actually true. If something really happens, the people from the Public Security Bureau will know that I’m not stupid. Then, I’ll go to jail. I’m not stupid. I won’t do such a stupid thing. I’m just scaring them. You shouldn’t learn from me!”
“That’s right. You shouldn’t! “Wang Guiying quickly echoed.
Guo’er seemed to be deep in thought and nodded, “I got it!”
Guo Xiang heaved a sigh of relief. She was worried that her actions just now would lead Guo’er astray. Fortunately, she was a smart child.
“Mother, look at Guo’er’s face. The medicine at home won’t be enough to treat her wounds. I’ll bring her to Doctor Ji to treat the wounds. You can tidy up at home first and come straight over after cooking. We won’t be coming back for a while,” Guo Xiang said as she fixed up Guo’er’s braids.
“Okay, you go ahead!” Wang Guiying nodded. Naturally, treating her daughter’s injury was more important.
“Lock the courtyard door, and don’t let anyone in!” Guo Xiang instructed again. She was worried that those people would come back.
However, they should have been scared today. They probably wouldn’t dare to come back again, right? But she should still be prepared.
“Okay, I remember. Go now!” Wang Guiying nodded repeatedly.
Guo Xiang took Guo’er to Ji Changlin’s clinic.
Ji Changlin was a little surprised to see Guo Xiang come back so soon. He was even more surprised to see the wounds on Guo’er’s face. “What happened? Why is she hurt so badly?”
“Two shameless elders had a go at her. Imagine two fifty-year-olds bullying a child! How shameless,” Guo Xiang said angrily.
“Was it the Gu family?” Ji Changlin asked.
Guo Xiang was surprised. How did he know that? It seemed that it was not the first time that those two bullied Wang Guiying and Guo’er.
“You don’t have a man at home. It is inevitable that they will get bullied,” Ji Changlin shook his head.
The villagers were usually quite nice. They would try to take care of the two of them knowing that Gu Zhennan wasn’t usually home. However, when it came to family conflict, they could only turn a blind eye to it since they didn’t know what to say about it.
“They won’t do it again in the future. I gave them a beating,” Guo Xiang raised her eyebrows and said.
“Are you that skilled?” Ji Changlin looked at her in surprise.
“Hehe, I know some martial arts!” Guo Xiang smiled.
“My sister-in-law is really amazing. She beat those people until they were pissing their pants,” Guo’er raised her head proudly.
“Really?” Ji Changlin couldn’t help but laugh. He took out a medicine jar from the drawer of the medicine cabinet and handed it to Guo Xiang. “Put this on her wounds. She will be fine tomorrow!”
Guo Xiang took the medicine jar and opened the lid to take a look. The medicine inside was a light green jelly-like substance. It looked a little like aloe vera gel and had a faint peppermint smell. It seemed to be the right medicine. Did Doctor Ji know how to make medicine himself?
Guo Xiang became even more curious about Ji Changlin. It seemed that Doctor Ji wasn’t an ordinary barefoot doctor.
She scraped some ointment with a cotton swab and applied it on Guo’er. As she applied it, she asked, “How is it? Does it hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt at all!” Guo’er shook her head. “It’s quite cooling and comfortable.”
Guo Xiang put some on the back of her hand and tried it. As expected, it felt very good. It seemed that Doctor Ji was really capable.
“Doctor Ji, thank you!” Guo Xiang put the lid back on the ointment bottle and put it back on the medicine cabinet.
“You’re welcome!” Ji Changlin smiled and nodded.
“My mother will bring lunch over at noon. We’ll stay here for now. What would you like us to do?” Guo Xiang asked.
“Nothing much for now,” Ji Changlin shook his head. “There are some medical books inside. If you want to study medicine, you have to learn the theory first. Remember it well, and I’ll test you in the future. Start from the first book on the left of the first layer.”
“Okay!” Guo Xiang nodded. She had studied medicine in her previous life, so she knew that regardless of western medicine or traditional Chinese medicine, theory was the foundation, and there were many things to memorize. She was quite curious about the difference between the medical books of the present and those of the future.
Guo’er also followed Guo Xiang into the room. She found a very large bookcase in the room and it was full of books.
Guo’er’s mouth dropped wide open. She never knew that Doctor Ji’s had so many books.
“So many books!” Guo’er exclaimed.
Guo Xiang nodded. There were many books, but in her previous life, the books in her house were no less than this. Her parents’ books, as well as her own and her siblings ‘books, were all in the house. It was really nostalgic!
But in this life, she would probably never see them again…
Guo Xiang took a chair and sat down. Doctor Ji said she needed to read the first book on the left side of the first layer. When she saw that it was a book on the basics of traditional Chinese medicine, she was a little surprised. Doctor Ji actually wanted to teach her traditional Chinese medicine? Was he a Doctor of Chinese medicine?
She knew that barefoot doctors in this period usually learned some western medicine and then some knowledge of herbal medicine in rural conditions. However, looking at Doctor Ji’s book, it was much more than anything a barefoot doctor could learn.
However, Guo Xiang still felt that it was not bad to have the opportunity to learn Chinese medicine, so she began to read the book diligently.
Guo’er was very interested in a mannequin in the house.
It was a wooden mannequin with meridians and acupoints carved on it. Guo’er was very curious, so she squatted on the ground and examined it carefully.
Ji Changlin looked at them from the side of the door. Seeing their serious faces, a smile appeared on his face.