The morning sun was shining, and the surrounding fields were quiet.

In a small forest a few miles away from Fengting Town, two figures were running forward stumblingly. After a while, the morning dew on the tips of the leaves wetted their clothes.

“Brother Dahu, I can’t run anymore…”

Su Qingyu staggered and breathed heavily.

Su Dahu turned around and looked back, then listened to the sounds around him, and took her hand decisively: “If you persist, we will enter the town soon! When we get to the cart dealership, just hire a cart.”

Su Qingyu nodded, and with renewed strength, she passively ran forward with Su Dahu. Her feet felt like lead. She could no longer think in her mind, she just felt so tired.

While protecting the two people’s luggage on their backs, Su Dahu grabbed Su Qingyu’s hand and ran forward, looking behind him as he ran, feeling very anxious.

“Girl Qing, hold on a little longer, we’re almost there!” Seeing the gate of Fengting Town right in front of him, Su Dahu felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

“Hmm…”

Su Qingyu staggered and ran forward mechanically following his footsteps. The branches and leaves scratched her dress and messed up her hair.

“Hurry, they are right in front!”

“Hurry up!”

Various sounds came from the forest, and the sound of chaotic footsteps came over the dead branches and leaves.

“Brother Dahu, they are coming!” Su Qingnao heard the sound and looked back, terrified and horrified.

“Girl Qing, hurry up!” At this moment, Su Dahu couldn’t help but wish he had grown two extra legs.

The two of them ran forward with all their strength.

They saw they were still a few dozen meters away from the entrance of the town. By then they would be hidden in the town, where there were many alleys and roads, so they would be safe.

“Run, let’s see where you go!” The person quickly caught up with them.

“Brother Dahu, run!”

“Qingyu, run quickly…”

Bang, Su Qingyu was hit on the head with a stick and fainted.

“Qingyu!”

Su Qingyu seemed to have had a long dream. In the dream, she ran so hard that her mouth was dry and her tongue was dry. In the dream, she could still hear her own heavy breathing, and someone was calling her name sternly. There was such a deep sadness inside.

Finally, she woke up feeling thirsty.

Her throat was dry and astringent, and she swallowed several times before drowsily opening her eyes…

Hiss…

She made a slight movement, and the back of her head throbbed in pain. Su Qingyu didn’t dare to move. She closed her eyes, and the pain from the back of her head made her face twitch several times.

This hurts.

After the pain subsided, Su Qingyu closed her eyes and raised her hand to touch the back of her head.

The back of her head was swollen.

When her fingertips touched her scalp, she felt a slight warmth. Su Qingyu pressed it a little harder, and hiss…

She was in so much pain that her teeth chattered.

Bearing the pain, she massaged her scalp, and her hair passed through her fingers, feeling dry and stiff. Qingyu picked at it, then spread her five fingers and pulled her hair outward…

Why was the hair never-ending? Her once neatly shoulder-length hair had grown this long after a night’s sleep?

Su Qingyu opened her eyes, looked at her hands, and was stunned.

Various noises came from outside the house, which disturbed her nerves.

“Niáng, please, we’ve watched Dahu’s kid grow up, he knows everything…”

Bah, can he use his knowledge as food? If he can give us fifty taels of silver, I’ll give up on this marriage right away. I personally will go to the Lu family to cancel the engagement, and then turn around and promise him our girl!”

“Niáng, how can he get fifty taels.”

“If you can’t get it, shut up!”

“Nǎi, you are making things difficult for me!”

“Why should I not make things difficult for someone? You have nothing and want to catch a white wolf with empty gloves. ^[1]pay a small price for a big return What a fanciful idea!”

“Niáng, please.”

“Nǎi, please.”

“Go away, If you have the strength, go to the fields! The sun is already high, and the cat is lazing around at home, so do you point me and your father to do the work to support you?”

Su Qingyu felt her scalp throbbing more and more when she heard this. She felt bad, her throat was still dry and itchy, she hadn’t felt better for a while, and it was still not peaceful with all the noise outside.

Su Qingyu’s brows were so furrowed that they would kill flies. Enduring the pain, she closed her eyes and picked up something. She didn’t even see it clearly, so she slammed the door hard with it.

Boom!

What a loud noise.

The sound outside was immediately silenced.

Su Qingyu also fainted.

After being fed the bitter soup for several days, Su Qingyu finally woke up.

Squeak…

Two wooden doors were carefully pushed open, and a little head poked its head in.

“Jie.” ^[2]a girl who is older to you

Su Qingyu turned around and saw her youngest sister Su Qingxing, so she smiled at her.

When the little thing saw it, she immediately rushed towards her bed with a smile.

Another little head from behind also reached in, carefully holding the large porcelain bowl in his hand, and glanced quickly at Su Qingyu. Seeing her open her eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He stared at the bowl in his hand carefully, followed Xiao Qingxing, and moved in carefully step by step.

“Sister, it’s time to drink rice porridge.” Xiao Qingyang said like a young adult.

“Yes.”

Su Qingyu smiled and took the rough porcelain bowl from his hand.

Xiao Qingxing, who was lying next to the bed, stared at her attentively: “Jie, gēgē ^[3]a boy older than you in age and I have both cooled it down. It’s warm enough to go into your mouth. Drink it quickly.”

Su Qingyu smiled at Xiao Qingxing after hearing this.

She then heard Xiao Qingyang say: “Jie, don’t be in a hurry, drink slowly.”

Su Qingxing pouted and looked at her twin brother’s face: “Jie drinks rice porridge to drink the medicine.”

Su Qingyang nodding his little head, agreed with his sister’s words and said, “Jie, your head still hurts. You have to drink it slowly. Pulling your scalp will hurt again.”

After hearing this, Qingxing turned to look at Su Qingyu worriedly: “Jie, then you drink it slowly. Mom made the medicine early in the morning, and gēgē and I were watching. You can drink the medicine after drinking the rice porridge, and you will be fine after drinking the medicine.”

After that, she stared at her nervously. Su Qingnao lay silently for several days, which frightened her.

Su Qingyu nodded toward them, picked up the rice porridge in her hand, brought it to her mouth, and drank it slowly. As expected, it was warm and went into her mouth just right.

While drinking, she looked at two little things. At the age of six, they looked like they were four or five years old. They were skinny and had no flesh on their faces. They were already entrusted by their parents to take care of their sick sister.

At this time, the two of them were lying on the bedside with their big eyes open, staring at her without blinking.

Su Qingnao sighed in her heart, but with a smile in her eyes, she drank the rice porridge in the bowl one sip at a time.

The two little things happily took the bowl and trotted out to bring her the herbal medicine.

After she drank a large bowl of bitter concoction, it was so painful that her eyes narrowed. Her mouth was filled with the taste of bitter medicine, and even her breath was bitter.

She squinted her eyes and slowly opened them, and saw a pair of little brother and sister lying on the bedside, looking at her intensely. The two similar faces seemed to have just finished drinking the bitter concoction, squeezed into the same bitter look as hers.

Su Qingyu couldn’t help but laugh and reached out to rub their heads.

The two siblings were so happy that they moved closer to her again, almost falling on her face.

“Sister, please eat a piece of maltose quickly. You won’t feel bitter after eating it.” Su Qingyang raised her little hand and handed the candy in the paper bag to Su Qingyu.

Su Qingyu looked at her hand, there was a grey-brown candy bar with a bigger thumb, wrapped in rough yellow paper.

As soon as she picked it up, she saw Qingxing staring at the candy and swallowing, but he put the candy in her mouth.

Su Qingyang quickly pulled Qingxing away: “Jie, the medicine is bitter, you take it. This candy was secretly sent by Brother Dahu. Even Nǎi doesn’t know about it. Eat it quickly, we won’t.”

Qingxing also looked at her. He moved away from the candy bar and shook his little head repeatedly: “Sister, I won’t eat it, you eat it.” After saying that, he tightened his mouth.

Xiao Qingyang gave him a somewhat annoyed look, and Qingxing lowered his head and rubbed the toes of his shoes on the ground as if he had done something wrong.

Su Qingyu felt extremely soft.

There was only one piece of candy in the paper bag. She thought about it and ate it.

The bitter taste in her mouth was immediately dissipated.

“Are there any candy bars left? If so, you and Qingxing can share them.” Su Qingying said.

Little Qingyang shook her head and nodded: “There is more. We don’t want to eat it, it is all for our sister. Brother Dahu said he would buy it after we finish eating.” Xiao Qingyang pinched the yellow paper and replied.

Su Qingyu said: “Next time, don’t accept things from your Brother Dahu. His family is not rich either.”

“I said so, but Brother Dahu insisted on giving it to me.” After saying this, Su Qingyang looked timidly at Su Qingying.

“Mom said that I will give Brother Dahu more food next time.” Xiao Qingxing was busy and said loudly to help.

Su Qingyu thought for a while and nodded, thinking of ways to repay it later.

Author’s Note ^[4]Today there is an orange high temperature, and then there are strong winds and heavy rains, so Basho starts a new article~