“Oh my, isn’t that Xiao Gao’s wife? Someone actually dared to provoke her!”
“Xiao Gao’s wife really is something. The Su family is already so poor, just look at how starved their family is. Where would she find the money to extort?”.
“Just watch. They will certainly hand over their money. If they don’t, then this problem won’t ever end.”
Su Mian frowned. The bystanders watching outside were increasing. If Xiao Gao’s wife continued weeping like this, the entire village would soon gather to watch.
Su Hong’s family and Su Mian’s family were only separated by Liu Er’s family. Su Jin Biao was about to come over after hearing the commotion, but he was stopped by Su Hong, “It wasn’t you who hit him, what are you going to do there?”
“But Sister, Xiao Long stuck up for me.”
“That’s because he’s a fool! You should just stay home and pretend you’ve heard nothing. Aunt Xiao is a well-known shrew. She can extort money from people over nothing. This matter won’t resolve even if Su Mian’s family were to tear down their roofs,” Su Hong patted her little brother’s head.
“But, Xiao Long is our cousin.”
“So what if he is our cousin. Who told him to stick his head out for you? Remember this: if you can make more use of him in the future, go ahead and do it.”
Su Jin Biao did not fully understand, but he did not struggle anymore.
In the yard, Xiao Gao’s wife’s weeping voice grew louder and louder. He Qin wanted to pull her up, but to no avail as Xiao Gao’s wife was taller and larger than her. He Qin simply could not move her, “Xiao Gao’s wife, please don’t be anxious. Quickly get up. It’s already winter and it has just snowed. The ground is cold and you might get sick!”
“Aunty, please get up. I have some medicine here. It’ll be enough to wrap Xiao Liu Zi’s injury. We need to treat the injury quickly. If we’re too late, the wound will get inflamed,” Su Mian and He Qin finally got Xiao Gao’s wife to get up.
Hearing about wrapping Xiao Liu Zi’s wound, Xiao Gao’s wife immediately stood up, “What? You? You know how to wrap wounds?”
“I know a bit. If you can’t trust me, you can go to the county hospital instead,” Su Mian knew that information about her saving Liu Da had already spread around the village, but the majority of the people were skeptical.
Xiao Gao’s wife stopped weeping and wiped her nonexistent tears. She was thinking that making a round trip to the county hospital would cost quite a bit. The Su family was poor and would definitely not give her travel money.
Doctor Ma was also absent and she was still worried about her son, “Let Sister Su Mian help you wrap it!”
The group entered the house. Su Mian used clear water to wash the wound twice. Xiao Liu Zi’s wound was only skin deep and did not go deep into the skull.
Su Mian smeared a bit of anti-inflammatory analgesic powder on the wound.
“Thank you, Sister Su Mian,” Xiao Liu Zi was very sensible. He did not yelp in pain as Su Mian wrapped his wound.
“It won’t leave a scar right. Our family’s Xiao Liu Zi will soon have to find a wife!” Xiao Gao’s wife looked at the inch-long wound with a bit of worry, but more than that, she wanted to make the situation a bit more serious. Although the Su family was poor, not having money did not mean that they had nothing.
Other people might not know, but she heard that Su Jiang Hai had woken up before daybreak to go to the county a number of times.
Hearing this, He Qin understood that she wanted to blame their family, “Xiao Gao’s wife, you need to base your words on your conscience. Liu Zi is only 14. It should be a few more years before he goes to find a wife! Our family’s Xiao Long is already 15, but we are not even rushing it. What’s more, the wound is only skin deep. It won’t be visible past summer.”
Xiao Gao’s wife closed her mouth and did not speak anymore.
At this time, Su Mian had finished treating the injury. She rubbed Xiao Liu Zi’s head, “Remember to come back after three days to change the wrap.”
Liu Zi expressionlessly nodded his head. He wondered why he felt that Sister Su Mian was so pretty, as if she had come out of a painting.
He Qin prepared a basket of tomatoes with 10 eggs and gave them to Xiao Gao’s wife, “Take this to fill Liu Zi up. We will carefully discipline our Xiao Long later.”
When Su Mian saw the tomatoes, the corner of her mouth twitched. Recently, her family was already sick of eating them… Her mother truly knew how to give things away.
After casting a glance at the vegetables in the basket, the expression on Xiao Gao’s wife changed.
Want to make me leave with this? Not a chance!
She intentionally released her grip, causing the basket to drop to the ground. The 10 eggs on top of the basket cracked upon impact.
He Qin felt very distressed. Those were the last 10 eggs in their house.
“Oh. Sister. I’m so sorry. It slipped my hand,” Xiao Gao’s wife apologized, but her expression wasn’t the least bit apologetic.
