Chapter 17

When Yang Tiantian walked away, Shen He was still savoring the moment, “What a great figure, silly woman.”

Looking at the ugly face of the stinky man, Zhang Xiyue thought to herself, Shen He has a hard time resisting beautiful women. He said Yang Tiantian was stupid, how could that be possible? This woman is so vicious, a femme fatale.

Zhang Xiyue followed Yang Tiantian and watched her go to find Zhang Qiaozui, gave her three cents, and asked her to bring people to catch the adulterer at night.

Zhang Qiaozui naturally wouldn’t refuse, “Don’t worry, Tiantian, leave this matter to your aunt. Can you tell me who it is?”

If you can join in the fun and get paid for it, only a fool would refuse.

Yang Tiantian shook her head: “Don’t worry about it, you will know when the time comes.” This time she will definitely succeed. She will be an officer’s wife in the future, and Zhang Xiyue will definitely look up to her.

Without Shen He, Zhang Xiyue’s business would be without support, and how could she continue to thrive as before? Humph, in order to destroy their relationship, finding a “good in-law” for Zhang Xiyue as soon as possible is the right thing to do.

Zhang Xiyue got useful information and turned around to take Zhang Wenhai to the mountain. This time, she had to collect more herbs.

Recently, she found some medical books and boasted that she was self-taught. She had already given the Zhang family a heads-up that she would choose Traditional Chinese Medicine as her major when she took the college entrance examination. She also had another purpose, which was to go to the back mountain to grab the male host’s chance.

Liu Quan from the cowshed was demoted half a year ago. In the original book, Liu Quan fell into a trap today and was rescued by Shen He who went up the mountain to collect firewood. Since then, Shen He has been smooth sailing in the army. With Yang Tiantian’s reminder, Shen He had not been on that mission and was promoted all the way to division commander. He retired at the age of ten.

Liu Quan was the division commander before. After he failed in the power struggle, he was demoted to the village. He will leave in a few months and will be promoted. When he leaves, he will be picked up by a car. Zhang Xiyue will not miss such a noble person.

This time, Zhang Xiyue wants to snatch Shen He’s ladder to heaven, no matter what connections he has, he will snatch them away.

“Xiyue, studying medicine is so hard. Can I find a good doctor for you in the future? Let’s save money and go to the capital to see you in a big hospital.” Zhang Wenhai tried to negotiate.

He felt that studying was difficult, and studying medicine was even more difficult. Medical skills were almost like a heavenly book. He took a few glances at his younger sister’s medical book, and although he recognized all the words, he couldn’t understand what they meant when put together.

“Xiyue, you look much better these days. I wonder if it’s the ginseng you took that has such a miraculous effect.”

Zhang Xiyue found ginseng in the mountains on the pretext of something, but actually purchased it from the system, spending 500 points on credit.

I wanted to exchange it for money, but my family stopped me and I kept it to replenish my health.

She searched the mountains for a whole day but didn’t find a single ginseng seedling. She used to lament that points were very valuable, as ten points could buy a pound of rice. However, after a careful search, she found that points were not that valuable, and good things were still very expensive.

Zhang Xiyue: “Brother, I have my own plans. Maybe the college entrance examination will be restored. I want to study. The only way to learn medicine is to go to school, or have a good teacher. I am not thinking about my poor health, so I want to learn more useful things. It is more interesting than Shen Xiaoyun chasing men all day long, don’t you think?”

Shen Xiaoyun has been helping Liu Yang, an educated youth, work in the fields these days, and the villagers are talking about it. It is rare to see a woman pamper a man so much before getting married. Yes, that’s what they call pampering.

Men are the main force working in the fields in rural areas. Generally, men can earn ten work points and women can earn eight work points. There are not many women who earn ten work points. Working in the fields is no joke.

“No, sister, you should study medicine instead of learning from Shen Xiaoyun. There’s no point in being an educated youth like Liu Yang. A man only earns six work points a day and can’t even support his family. You’ll only live a hard life following him. What’s the point of being able to recite a few sad poems?” Zhang Wenhai got a headache just thinking about this man.

After walking around the mountain for a few times and collecting the necessary herbs, Zhang Xiyue headed towards her destination. Shen He had no time to come to the mountain these days and was called by the Shen family to work in the fields to earn work points. Because he owed work points to the Zhang family, Zhang Xiyue specifically asked Zhang’s mother to brag in the village that Shen He was a filial son.

How could a filial son bear to see his parents working in the fields while he himself rested at home? Therefore, after being given this compliment, Shen He was busy like a top these days, digging the ground, clearing wasteland, and was extremely busy, yet he still got full work points.

In the three-meter-high trap ahead, a tall, straight, dark-faced man covered his injured left foot and cried for help, “Help! Is there anyone here? Help me!”

Zhang Xiyue lowered her head and smiled, then quickly walked over and pretended to ask nervously, “Uncle Liu, what’s wrong with you?”

“Ah, you’re injured. Wait for me to find some vines to pull you up.”

The man’s left foot was pierced by the sharp bamboo. The person who made the trap was very cruel. Not only did he put a trap in the trap, but he also inserted sharp bamboo. He was too meticulous.

Liu Quan was sweating profusely from the pain. He saw that it was Zhang Xiyue and asked, “Comrade Zhang, you are not strong enough. Can you pull me up? Or can you go down the mountain and call for help?”

“And my big brother is here, Uncle Liu, don’t worry, wait for us to pull you up.” Zhang Xiyue said and shouted to the back, “Big brother, help!”

Zhang Wenhai was digging medicinal herbs. When he heard this, he turned pale with fright. He said that it was not safe in the mountains. If he had not followed his sister into the mountains today, he might have been in trouble. He dropped the herbs in his hand and ran away as fast as he could.

“Sister, don’t be afraid, brother is here.”

He didn’t care about the backpack and one of his shoes was lost. When he got there, he found that it was an outsider who was injured. It turned out to be someone from the cowshed. However, when he thought about the fact that this person was in good spirits and had been a soldier, his attitude changed.

“Uncle Liu, wait a minute, sister, you take a break and I’ll do it.” Zhang Wenhai said hello and went to cut the vines.

The two of them worked together to pull Liu Quan out of the trap. Zhang Wenhai carried Liu Quan down the mountain, and Zhang Xiyue carried the backpack.

After they went down the mountain, they rushed to the village doctor. After Zhang Xiyue’s wound was treated, she went home. As soon as she got home, she packed up the herbs. Zhang Wenhai kept muttering along the way.

“Little sister, it’s too dangerous. Next time you go up the mountain, bring someone with you. If not me, call your sister-in-law. Look, if it weren’t for the two of us today, Uncle Liu would have lost so much blood. He’s lucky to be alive.”

Zhang Wenhai was scared. The mountain behind them was quite large, with wild boars and wolves coming down the mountain. They had organized many hunting trips in previous years, and even so, they still managed to catch a lot of prey every year.

“Got it, big brother. Can I ask you to come next time? I don’t go to the mountains every day. I’m just a novice. I got some medical books and herbs and want to try making medicine. I won’t do anything rash. I won’t go deep into the mountains. I’ll just collect them on the outskirts.”

Zhang Wenhai was relieved. “Okay, be obedient. We’ll be back to work soon. Don’t get tanned. Xiyue, rest at home and wait for your sister-in-law to come home and cook. I’m going to work first.”

“Okay, I’ll be obedient.” Zhang Xiyue didn’t want to work. She would hand over the money home after receiving her salary. The original owner had never worked before. It was true that she had broken off the engagement, but she didn’t plan to change her personality.

The lazy and sickly persona is so good, of course I have to maintain it.

At twelve o’clock, Yang Lihua returned home. Seeing Zhang Xiyue lying on the rocking chair in the yard, she complained, “Some people are just lucky. They don’t have to do any work. They just rely on their parents and brothers and sisters to grow up.”

Zhang Xiyue covered her chest and whispered, “Sister-in-law, do you think I’m too lazy? Wait, I’ll go cook right away.” After taking a few steps, her body tilted and she almost fell.

“No, no, you don’t have to work. My sister-in-law didn’t say anything to you.” Yang Lihua was dumbfounded.