Chapter 151 Thick-Skinned

In the next three years, she’ll definitely be attending high school in the city. She doesn’t want to be too unconventional either. At most, she’ll skip a grade and take the college entrance exam a year early.

Even if that’s the case, she’ll have to live in the city for two years. She definitely needs a home of her own, and she has secrets on herself. It’s inconvenient to live at school. Why does it have to be in the city? Because Qingshan Village is closer to the city than the county seat.

In the next few years of high school, she will still come back once a month. At least for these few years, she still has transactions with He Yujie to do. Anyway, she’s not greedy. Once a month is enough.

After finishing dinner, Luo Qiao handed the Scar Gel prepared in the space to Shitou: “In a few more days when the scabs on your back have completely fallen off, you can apply this.”

Lu Yichen washed the dishes and utensils. Only then did he leave with Shitou. This was their unspoken agreement— one cooked while the other cleaned.

Luo Qiao harvested all the vegetables that could be gathered in the backyard, stored them in the space warehouse, and stimulated growth with her abilities before returning to the front yard. She planned to wash the clothes she had changed out of in the well. They weren’t dirty, just a bit sweaty.

After the first wash, thinking of the soap, she planned to pour the water outside the courtyard. But just as she came out, she heard someone speaking at the doorstep of Lu Yichen’s house. Initially, Luo Qiao didn’t want to pay attention and was about to turn back towards the yard.

However, she seemed to have heard the words “burn ointment”. They were far away, and with the corn growing in the middle, she couldn’t hear them clearly.

Luo Qiao placed the basin at the doorstep and walked a short distance forward. It turned out to be Kong Yuru, the second wife of the Sun family. This person really had thick skin.

Letting her not spend any more money on Shitou is because it was troublesome enough and just let them off the hook. How could they still have the nerve to come asking for burn ointment? It was truly disgusting.

It turned out that Sun Shengyuan had returned home and told his mother that the burns on Shitou’s back were almost healed. Since Shengyuan only had burns on his arm, Kong Yuru didn’t bother him either.

Because of the injury, he hadn’t gone to school these days. On this hot day, he was always playing in the river with the village children to feel comfortable. Instead of healing, the burns on his arm had started to pus in some places.

Now Kong Yuru was getting anxious. Ignoring everything, she came to demand burn ointment. How could Lu Yichen possibly give it to her? He said, “If you want it, I’ll have someone bring a jar back tomorrow. Just give me the money.”

Kong Yuru said, “My Shengyuan only needs a little on his arm. It would be wasteful to buy a whole jar. Let him use some of Shitou’s.”

Lu Yichen sneered, “You really have a lot of nerve. By rights, you should pay for Shitou’s medicine too. Should I go to the police?”

This woman had been let off once, and now she wanted to take advantage again.

Kong Yuru said somewhat unwillingly, “We’re all from the same village. If Shitou can use it, why can’t my Shengyuan use it a little bit?”

Lu Yichen gave her no face at all, “Shitou lost his mom and with his dad’s absence makes little difference. Your son has both parents; it’s not my responsibility.”

With that said, he closed the door. Kong Yuru, angered, kicked Lu Yichen’s door, forgetting she wore flimsy plastic sandals just for looks.

Her forceful kick made her cry from pain, it took her for a while to regain her composure.

Unable to get the burn ointment, she left grumbling. She takes Sun Shengyuan to see Doctor Gao. After examination, they got anti-inflammatory medicine, with instructions from Doctor Gao not to let the child get wet again, as the pus on his arm wouldn’t improve.

When she saw the time was up, Luo Qiao locked the door and walked along the path out of the village. Today was delivery day.