??Chapter 21: Chapter 21 The Handsost Young Man in the Village
Chapter 21: Chapter 21 The Handsost Young Man in the Village
“Little, what exactly happened yesterday? You can tell Grandpa later, but let’s get the dicine on first,” Chiang Songhai said, looking at her swollen hand and turning to his wife, “Did you prepare the herbal dicine I asked for before I left the house?”
Ge Liutao hurriedly brought over a bowl, inside which was half a bowl of dark green herbal juice and so already mashed herbal residue.
“Get so gauze as well.”
Chiang Songhai took a dicine spoon and first wiped Chiang Xiao’s hand with the herbal juice, then filtered out the smashed herbs and applied them to her hand, gently wrapping it with the gauze.
Such swelling, had it been soone else’s child, would have at most been treated with cold water and so ointnt, waiting for it to heal on its own. But, Chiang Songhai was indeed extrely protective towards his granddaughter. Plus, he knew about herbal dicine, and he naturally used whatever was available at ho.
Chiang Xiao felt a cool sensation on her swollen palm and, looking at the carefully wrapped gauze, her eyes reddened again.
With her hand wrapped up like this, it ant she wouldn’t have to do any work tomorrow.
Seeing her eyes turn red, Chiang Songhai softly said, “Little, bear with it for a while, it will stop hurting soon. I will go up the mountain tomorrow to look for a beehive. I’ll get so wild honey for you to drink with water.”
Grandpa was indeed just like she rembered, the kindest person to her.
But thinking about the hurt she had caused him in her past life, and the death of her grandfather, Chiang Xiao felt an extre sourness in her nose and a severe pain in her chest.
She once again strengthened her resolve to take good care of her grandparents and lead them out of the mountain village.
Suppressing her tears, Chiang Xiao looked at him and said, “Grandpa, you can’t go up the mountain tomorrow.”
“Can’t go up the mountain?” Chiang Songhai was puzzled. It had rained a week ago, and after a few more days, it was the pri ti for the abundant growth of dicinal herbs. With Chiang Xiao sick, he wanted to dig up more herbs to sell at the market the day after tomorrow, to earn so extra money to buy her so at.
“Grandpa, I wasn’t joking when I said I would sue Ding Dani. I need to talk to you and Grandma about this,” Chiang Xiao said.
Surprise showed on Ge Liutao’s face, “Little, you said earlier that it was Da Ni who pushed you down. Why would she do sothing so cruel?”
“Yes, it was her who pushed
into the water,” Chiang Xiao’s eyes flashed with anger, “Yesterday I felt stuffy inside and wandered around, accidentally walking to Naless Creek. That’s when I t Ji Desheng.”
“Desheng?” Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit uneasy.
Could it be that Guiying’s nonsensical talk was true, that Little had entangled herself with Desheng in such a secluded place?
Of course, they trusted their granddaughter’s morals, but that young man nad Desheng was indeed very handso, and it wasn’t unthinkable for a thirteen-year-old girl to have a crush on a good-looking boy.
In Siyang Village there were several young girls who had a fancy for that young man. They were well aware of this.
Ge Liutao imdiately beca sowhat impatient, asking anxiously, “Little, you and Desheng…”
“Grandma!” Chiang Xiao interrupted her, “I have nothing to do with Ji Desheng. He actually ca over out of concern, telling
it was getting dark and that I should head ho quickly.”
Ji Desheng had indeed co with good intentions.
“Then I don’t know why Ding Dani was also there. She suddenly ca running over, insisting that I was seducing Ji Desheng for a secret rendezvous by the creek!”
As she spoke, Chiang Xiao was also recalling the events. After all, this had happened to the real her seventeen years ago.
Reviews
All reviews (0)