Chapter 77: Chapter 077 What Can Save a Person’s Life
Just as Su Shu was worrying about how to avoid being noticed, a voice suddenly awakened the somber crowd.
“Excuse , I have an idea, but I’m not sure if it will work?”
Everyone turned toward the source of the voice, only to see an elder, aged around sixty, slowly beginning to speak by the bonfire.
Peng San, who was lying nearby, said, “If you have a solution, speak up quickly.”
The man nodded, “Peng San, as an elder of the village, this idea just ca to . It’s up to you to decide if we can use it, but once I’ve spoken, please don’t be angry.”
Peng San’s eyebrows furrowed as he snapped, “What ti is this? Saving lives is urgent. Just say what you have in mind, don’t delay the rescue.” He paused, then added, “Saving even one life is worth it.”
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Yes, saving even one life is better than losing one.
“Alright, since you’ve said so, I’m not afraid of disrespecting our ancestors now.”
“Speak quickly.” Peng San seed to guess sothing, his face turning slightly pale.
Su Shu overheard that there was a way to save soone, and her attention was imdiately caught.
The elder thought for a mont and then said, “There’s a treasure in Peng Mountain, which, if found, might save Shuanzi’s wife. But our ancestors forbid the descendants from harvesting it. Didn’t many in the village recently dream of their deceased relatives?”
With these words, many faces showed a sudden change in expression; only then did everyone feel there was sothing odd about the dreams they had recently.
So rembered the content of their dreams, the words their ancestors had said, and tears welled up in their eyes.
Peng San after hearing this, fell silent.
He knew what the man ant. Not just him, many people from Peng Village, except for Su Shu and the children unaware of the context, seed to instantly grasp the proposed thod of saving lives.
Su Shu, confused, looked towards the village doctor who had also beco silent.
Su Shu asked, “What is it that can save lives?”
The elder, having said his piece, fell silent. Everyone knew what was going on; saying more was pointless.
Peng San remained silent for a long ti, as if making a significant decision, then said, “Even if that thing could save her life, it’s too dangerous to search in the mountain woods during the night.”
Everyone fell silent as well. Indeed, walking in the mountain woods at night was too dangerous. Who would go now, and who would dare to?
Moreover, the treasure was deep within Peng Mountain, elusive as a shadow; even if one dared to enter and search, they might not have the fortune to find it. And even if found, then what? Such a precious life-saving herb, should it be used for Shuanzi’s wife?
Su Shu stood in front of the car, observing the varying expressions of everyone, her brows slightly furrowed.
She clearly saw disdain and weariness on so faces, and… many reluctant expressions.
Though she didn’t know how precious the dicinal herb ntioned by the people of Peng Village was, she could tell that for them, sothing so valuable was not sothing many were willing to use on an ordinary woman.
In other words, the life of Shuanzi’s wife, who was unconscious in her car, in the eyes of most, was worth less than the perhaps non-existent dicinal herb.
Gradually, Su Shu’s heart, which had briefly let down its guard, started to withdraw, rebuilding a faint wall of stone.
Rather watch soone slowly die than use sothing that could save them, she didn’t want to judge whether they were right or wrong, she just felt, although the Apocalypse had not yet truly arrived, this night she already felt a chill.
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