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章 43: Don't Be Sentimental

As soon as Xie Yunjin realised what he was thinking, he scolded himself for letting his thoughts run wild.

"Do you want to rest for some time?"

"I'm not tired," Lu Jiao said with a shake of her head.

Xie Yunjin didn't quite believe it. She had been working nonstop and had even lost some weight, so how could she possibly not be tired?

All of the family's burdens fell on her, so it's no wonder she couldn't even rest with peace of mind.

Xie Yunjin thought she could actually take it easy, and he wouldn't blame her, but she had been working hard to look after him and the four little ones. What is her motive for doing this?

Will she really just leave in the future after taking care of them for this period of time? Since she is eventually going to leave them, there is no need to work hard like this. Or to put it another way, Xie Yunjin doesn't really believe that there are people in the world who do something without expecting anything in return. That's it. In the future, if she makes any demands that are not excessive, he will agree to her, even if she chooses to continue staying with them.

Xie Yunjin had given it a lot of thought before he had made up his mind.

Lu Jiao didn't know he was thinking so much. As she was feeding Xie Yunjin, she said,

"Didn't I say before that I wanted to teach the villagers about medicinal herbs? I shall teach them when you're in better health. I don't have time right now, since I need to take care of the four little ones, and I also have to take care of you."

"Tomorrow I'll go to my parents' house first to see the situation at home. I don't want to let my mother suffer because of those five taels of silver."

As Xie Yunjin listened to Lu Jiao's words, he felt that they were reasonable, so he nodded in agreement while also advising her.

"Be careful on your way to your mother's house. On the mountain, there are several poisonous snakes and poisonous herbs. Many people died because of these poisons."

Lu Jiao nodded, saying, "Well, I know, I will be more careful."

When she finished speaking, thinking of Xie Yunjin's concern, she couldn't help but teasingly ask, "Are you concerned about me?"

As Xie Yunjin listened to her words, with a frown on his cold face, he said angrily, "What will our family do if something happens to you? Don't be too sentimental."

Lu Jiao pouted and turned her face away from him. In fact, she didn't give it much thought. She was just teasing him, because she knew that the Lord First Assistant had a destined wife who would appear at a later stage.

"All right, I get it, and I won't be too sentimental in the future."

After she finished speaking, she took away the bowl and chopsticks and went out. Xie Yunjin didn't even look at her. Instead, he had closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

After cleaning the dishes, Lu Jiao was ready to go up the mountain to hunt prey. She went to the second grandmother's house before leaving and asked the second grandma to help take care of the quadruplets as she was going up the mountains. She assured her that she would come down soon.

The second grandmother readily agreed, and told her that if she saw Xie Xiaobao on the mountain, she should ask Xie Xiaobao to come down to eat.

Xie Xiaobao was so obsessed with hunting that he didn't even come back for lunch.

After Lu Jiao responded positively, she went up the mountain with the basket slung over her back.

At the foothills of the mountain, she met Xie Xiaobao, who was covered in mud. Xie Xiaobao was carrying a small rabbit. Despite the fact that the rabbit was not especially big, Xie Xiaobao couldn't help but be delighted. When he saw Lu Jiao, he screamed while running towards her,

"Third aunt, I caught it. I caught it. I'll go back to my mother and ask her to braise it for me."

Lu Jiao looked at the little rabbit and gave a nod of approval.

"Okay, go back and let your mother clean it up first. When I come back home in the evening, I'll pour some stewed soup from yesterday, which you can take back to your home and let your mother marinate the meat in it."

"Uh-huh."

The more Xie Xiaobao looked at that rabbit, which weighed a bit more than a pound, the more delighted he felt. Before going down the mountain, he assured Lu Jiao, "Third Aunt, when I get home, I will help you take care of the four children. Don't worry."

"Okay, if the third aunt catches any prey, I'll send some to you."

Xie Xiaobao was even more ecstatic. The Third Aunt had always had good luck, and he was confident that she would definitely catch some prey. He could just sit at home and look forward to eating meat.

After climbing the mountain, Lu Jiao first went to the natural pit she had discovered and used for hunting earlier, took out a piece of braised pork from the space, smeared it with spiritual spring water, and threw it in. She then left it at that and went to the side of the mountain to collect herbs.

She was collecting these herbs not to sell them, but to use them to cure the villagers in case something happened. Although no one's life was in danger as of now, she should still pick some herbs and put them in the space for future use.

In a short period of time, Lu Jiao picked up a lot of medicinal herbs. She only put a small part of it in the basket slung over her back, and the rest was kept in her space.

After doing this, seeing that it was getting late, she hurriedly walked to the trap she had set up earlier.

Before she could reach the hunting pit, she heard a loud thumping sound coming from the hunting pit.

Lu Jiao was delighted as she rushed over.

There was an injured hog deer in the trap. The hog deer was about 30 to 40 pounds and looked like a pig.

However, the deer had been severely injured, and it seemed that it would die soon.

After seeing the blood splattered on its neck, Lu Jiao quickly leaned over and reached out to pull out the bamboo tip that had struck the deer, then took out a plastic bowl from the space and started collecting the deer blood.

This deer blood is quite beneficial since it can replenish qi and blood, which is just what Xie Yunjin needs right now.

However, because the deer was seriously injured, Lu Jiao could only fill half of the bowl before the deer was dead.

She tossed both the deer and the deer blood into the space right away, then leaned over to look at the trap. There were actually two dead rabbits stuck on two of the other bamboo tips.

Lu Jiao quickly removed the dead rabbits and kept one in the space, while the other was placed in the basket.

She had promised to give Xie Xiaobao something earlier, and this wild rabbit was just the right thing.

Lu Jiao stood up and started to walk down the mountain after packing up. Her harvest was good today, and she was in an indescribably good mood.

She had only gone a small distance when she heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from in front of her, accompanied by a panicked cry, "Big Brother Xu, hold on, you must hold on."

"Uncle Xiao, Big Brother Xu's expression is very pale. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on till we reach the bottom of the mountain."

"My God, how did he get bitten by a golden ring snake?"

"What will the Xu family do if something happens to Big Brother Xu?"

"This time, Brother Xu went up the mountain for Brother Yunjin. Otherwise, he would not have been subjected to such a tragedy."

Lu Jiao couldn't help but frown as she heard the people gossiping in front, and when she heard that someone even mentioned Xie Yunjin, she started walking towards them.

She soon came across a group of five to six people frantically carrying someone down the mountain. Two of them were carrying a simple stretcher, and a person was lying on that stretcher.

At a glance, Lu Jiao recognized the person on the stretcher. He was a rather wealthy man from the Xie Clan Village, who usually made a living by hunting.

Previously, even if he hunted all day, his family could barely get by.

Later, Xie Yunjin introduced him to a restaurant in the town and two big families in the county, and their living conditions improved.

Because he was grateful for Xie Yunjin's kindness, this person usually sent some small things to the Xie family.

Lu Jiao remembered the Xu family who had protected the quadruplets before, as if the quadruplets were their own children.

What's wrong with this man?

Lu Jiao strode up to check, and immediately found that this person's calf had been bitten by a poisonous snake. His calf was swollen, and the swelling was spreading to his thigh.

This is a highly venomous snake whose venom can kill a person by destroying their nerves. A person may die at any time between eight and seventy-two hours after being bitten by this venomous snake. The sooner you deal with it, the better, because it has a poison that destroys nerves.

If the snake venom is not treated immediately, even if the person may be cured later, he may suffer kidney failure, necrosis of muscular tissue and brain hemorrhage, and many victims may even be paralyzed and unable to walk for the rest of their lives.

Lu Jiao thought about it for a moment before saying, "Wait a minute."


章 44: Detoxifying The Snake Venom

When the group of people who were frantically carrying Xu Duojin down the mountain heard the shout coming from behind them, they quickly turned around to look at the owner of the voice. Among those in the group, there were several people who instantly recognized Lu Jiao.

If it weren't for this woman's refusal to pay for the treatment of Brother Yunjin's injury, why could Brother Xu go up the mountain to hunt some large prey to sell it to raise money for Brother Yunjin's treatment? This made them feel extremely disgusted.

Brother Xu eventually succeeded in hunting a large prey.But who'd have thought that, while he was going down the mountain, he'd be attacked by a poisonous snake? Judging from the appearance of Big Brother Xu, they were afraid that he would not be able to hang on till they reached the bottom of the mountain. Furthermore, even if a person bitten by the golden ring snake is cured, he will suffer from brain haemorrhage and may become paralyzed.

Brother Xu's life has been turned upside down.

The more these people thought about it, the more annoyed they became, glaring at Lu Jiao with indescribable anger in their eyes, but Lu Jiao simply disregarded their glares and walked towards Xu Duojin.

But she was stopped in her tracks before she could reach Xu Duojin's stretcher, "What are you doing?"

Lu Jiao raised her eyes to look at the person who had stopped her. It was a hunter from Xie Clan Village, an elderly man with a face full of lines left by the years gone by. From her memories, Lu Jiao recalled that he seemed to be surnamed Xiao, and everyone called him Old Man Xiao, but Lu Jiao was concerned about Xu Duojin right now.

"Detoxifying him, you should not delay. I'm afraid he won't be able to hang on till he is carried down the mountain. If you delay, even if he survives, he will be paralyzed for the rest of his life."

Old Man Xiao was taken aback when he heard the words of the girl in front of him.

Someone beside her, with an ugly face, cursed at her, "The one who's going to die will be you!" Lu Jiao ignored him and continued to walk towards Xu Duojin.

Just as that man wanted to continue cursing, Old Man Xiao raised his hand to stop him, and the man was taken aback, "Uncle Xiao?"

Old Man Xiao ignored him and turned to look at Lu Jiao.

Lu Jiao was busy using silver needles to seal the poison around Xu Duojin's wounds to prevent the snake venom from spreading further.

"What kind of snake was he bitten by?" she asked Old Man Xiao, who was standing behind her after she had sealed the poison.

As Old Man Xiao saw how good she was at sealing acupoints with silver needles, he could make it out that she knew medicine, so he immediately answered her question, "He was bitten by a golden ring snake."

Lu Jiao nodded, indicating that she understood. Then, she put her right hand in her left hand's sleeve and took out the scalpel from her space, opened Xu Duojin's wounds, and forced out the black blood.

In fact, if an anti-venom is available, a single injection of it will suffice, but there is no snake anti-venom in her space. In fact, she used to keep one, but it was also used up later, and she forgot to add a new one.

After squeezing out the black blood, Lu Jiao took a bottle of water and repeatedly cleaned the wound.

When she was done cleaning, she quickly stood up and looked at the people around her and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get some herbs for the snake anti-venom, and it will be all fine right away."

In fact, some of the herbs Lu Jiao had previously picked could detoxify snake venom, but she didn't want to reveal her secrets in front of others, and there were still some herbs missing, so she said that.

Lu Jiao quickly got up and left.

"Uncle Xiao, let's carry Big Brother Xu Duojin down quickly," a few hunters said to Old Man Xiao, the senior most person in their group, while looking at Lu Jiao's leaving back.

"How could that damn fat woman have the ability to detoxify the snake venom?"

"Yes, let's hurry up and carry him down the mountain."

Old Man Xiao looked at Xu Duojin, who was in an unconscious state at that moment, and he was afraid that it would be dangerous to carry him down the mountain so rashly while Lu Jiao was in the mid of treating him.

Old Man Xiao turned around to look at the people around him and said with a heavy heart,

"Duojin is currently in serious condition. Even if he is carried down the mountain rashly like this, I'm afraid he will die before reaching the bottom. For the time being, we can only let Yunjin's wife try. Maybe there is still a chance."

The people around him wanted to say more, but seeing Xu Duojin, who had passed out earlier and was still in an unconscious state, they didn't dare speak.

Lu Jiao quickly gathered up the herbs and, at the same time, took out some of the herbs available in the space.

She rubbed the detoxifying herbs between her hands and crushed them into small pieces before applying them to the wound where the snake had bitten Xu Duojin.

After that, she rubbed, crushed and fed two antidote herbs, Banzhilian and Longdan, into Xu Duojin's mouth.

When the people beside her saw how fervently she was working, they all stepped forward to help, and Lu Jiao gladly accepted their help.

Even though he was in an unconscious state, Xu Duojin was still conscious of swallowing. As Lu Jiao fed him the antidote, he swallowed it subconsciously.

Lu Jiao took this opportunity to feed him some of the spiritual spring water while maintaining the same posture.

The paleness which was earlier evident on Xu Duojin's face had now partially faded away. When Lu Jiao looked at his face, which seemed to be regaining color, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly put away the silver needle and turned to look at the people around her and said,

"Okay, his life is out of danger for the time being. You guys hurry up and take him down the mountain. After going down the mountain, I'll give him a prescription for snake anti-venom. Have someone give him the medicine immediately. He should take three doses per day. He will be okay in a few days."

She stood up after she finished speaking, sweating profusely and looking visibly exhausted.

"Will there really be nothing wrong with him?" Old Man Xiao and the people behind him questioned her in disbelief.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Jiao hastily nodded. "He'll be fine."

"Won't he be paralyzed?" Old Man Xiao asked again.

"No, the krait is a snake that has neurotoxic venom. He will not be paralyzed or have any problems as long as the prescription is given to combat against those toxins which had already spread in his body."

Lu Jiao ignored these people after she finished speaking, lowered her head, tidied up her basket, slung it over her back and continued her journey down the mountain.

Behind her, Old Man Xiao waved his hand, signalling people to carry Xu Duojin down the mountain.

As soon as the group of people carrying Xu Duojin resumed their journey down the mountain, three people came out of the forest behind them. All three of them were dressed like commoners. The leader of the three had handsome features, but his eyebrows were cold and distant, and his gestures had a noble air.

The sweet and gentle-looking man next to him said enthusiastically, "Lingfeng, isn't this the same lady who went to our Medical Hall last time to sell the Ganoderma lucidum? I wasn't expecting her to know anything about medicine. She seemed to have been explaining about the venom of the golden ring snake. When she said that there would be no sequelae, do you think she was telling the truth?"

The krait venom easily damages the nerves of the human body. Even if the poison is detoxified, it will usually leave sequelae which may range from acute kidney injury, brain hemorrhage, myotoxicity, delayed sensory neuropathy or even neuromuscular paralysis.

Qi Lei couldn't wait to chase after her and ask her if there would really be no sequelae.

Zhao Lingfeng turned around and glanced at his friend beside him. He really couldn't change his passion for medicine.

"That's what she said. We can't say for sure if there would be or wouldn't be anything wrong."

Qi Lei reached out and grabbed Zhao Lingfeng's hand, saying, "You make your people pay attention to the victim who was bitten by the poisonous snake. If the venom of the golden ring snake really leaves no sequelae, this is a great deed for the benefit of the common people. You must know that I have a large number of such cases every year. Many people have died from poisonous snake bites, and among those saved, the sequelae due to the snake venom have rendered many of them paralyzed."

As soon as Qi Lei mentioned it, Zhao Lingfeng also thought of paying attention to this matter, so he replied, "Okay, I will let my people pay attention to that injured man."

The group of three people talked all the way down the mountain and left Xie Clan Village.

Lu Jiao was completely unaware of this. As soon as she got home, she went to the east bedroom to look for a writing brush, ink, and paper.

As a scholar, Xie Yunjin has no shortage of writing brushes, ink, paper, and ink stones at home, but he was kicked out earlier, and all of those things were piled up in a mess in a corner of the east bedroom.

In the east bedroom, Xie Yunjin and the four little ones were staring intently at Lu Jiao, wondering what she was looking for.

The Youngest Child was not at all afraid of her now. He dashed over to Lu Jiao's side and softly asked, "Mother, what are you looking for? I'll help you find it."

"Have you seen your father's writing brush, ink, paper, and ink stone?" Lu Jiao asked, turning to face the Youngest Child.


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