The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 421 Giving up
Finally, Doctor Xue arrived and said he could completely cure Xue Shisan, but he would have to pay 500 taels.

Since Doctor Xue was being supported by the Wang family, the 500 taels were registered under the Wang family's name.

Since Xue Shisan couldn't come up with the money, Old Madam Wang made him write an IOU, agreeing to teach the children martial arts at the school for a year's wages of 10 taels of silver, and to help the Wang family with farming on a regular basis.

The teachers in the village school didn't need to teach any fighting skills; they just needed to improve their physical fitness, cooperate with the teachings of Master Wan and Master Luo, and pass the tests of the Six Arts of a Gentleman.

Old Master Hu was a little worried; forcing people to work like this might be a disaster.

Before he could finish speaking, Blood Thirteen hurriedly said, "No, no, no, no, I have absolutely no intention of harming you..."

Xue Shisan is a man of principle; he won't resort to violence or murder unless he's paid.

Effortless?
Moreover, he felt that these villagers were quite nice. Although they bullied him, extorted him, threatened him, and exploited him, he believed they were good people.

As Xue Shisan was speaking, Old Mrs. Wang, quick as a flash, threw something into his mouth.

"What did you feed him?" Village Chief Hu asked.

Old Mrs. Wang: "It's a poison that pierces the intestines. You need an antidote once a month, otherwise your intestines will rupture and you'll die."

Village Chief Hu: "!"

When did their village get this kind of thing?
Xue Shisan wasn't afraid at all; the old lady was definitely lying to him.

Where in the remote countryside could there be any poison?
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach, and when Xue Shisan opened his mouth, he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

He stared wide-eyed at Old Mrs. Wang.

Grandma Wang casually took out another red pill and stuffed it into Xue Shisan's mouth.

As the pain in her stomach quickly subsided, Old Mrs. Wang's voice sounded like the whisper of a demon—

"I forgot to mention, the flare-up will occur once a month, starting now."

Village Chief Hu couldn't help but take a step back, looking at Old Mrs. Wang in astonishment.

He hasn't offended Aunt Wang before, has he?
Blood Thirteen: "..." He had no choice but to believe it.

Doctor Xue, who was standing to the side, didn't say a word. The others didn't know that the poison and antidote given by Old Lady Wang were actually the detoxifying and beautifying pills he had researched.

One detoxifies, the other beautifies.

It was just not done properly; the medicine was too potent.

Years later, Xue Shisan married and had children, becoming a well-known handsome young man. Even his wife asked him what his secret was.

He replied with a smile, "Hujia Village is a good place to nurture people."

Now, Blood Thirteen firmly believes that he has ingested poison.

Blood Thirteen was dealt with, and the remaining Black Stone's eyes twitched.

They were afraid that Old Mrs. Wang might also give them a poison.

But then Old Mrs. Wang said, "He doesn't need to be fed anymore, I only have one pill."

Blackstone breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Mrs. Wang said again, "Drag it out and bury it."

Blackstone: "!! I have my own poison!"

After he finished speaking, he swiftly pulled a bag out of his pocket.

He found a black pill inside and swallowed it.

Then he handed the rest to Old Mrs. Wang: "These are all poisons, but they can suppress the effects of my poison. Once every three months, is that alright?"

Grandma Wang took it. Before he could even process what Grandma Wang had said, Village Chief Hu turned to look at Black Stone.

He looked completely bewildered.

He really didn't understand what was going on.

However, the task of treating Black Stone was left to Hu Xiaotong.

The snake venom on Black Stone's body relies on the Holy Dragon's saliva. Now that the Holy Dragon is gone, the snake gall might be useful.

We'll have to wait until Dr. Hu returns to discuss all of this.

Upon learning that he could be saved, Blackstone almost wept with joy.

Snake venom would make him lose the will to die and endure the pain, but now he doesn't have to wait to die and there is a possibility of an antidote. How could he not be happy?
But vaguely, Black Stone realized that since the people in this village could cure him, did that mean they had already taken control of the Holy Dragon?
Perhaps they are another dragon clan, but they are hiding so well that he hasn't discovered them yet.

Since Dr. Hu wasn't there, Hu Xiaotong simply followed Old Lady Wang's example, first demanding an exorbitant 300 taels of silver, then having the other party sign a document, before asking the villagers to carry him to his home.

The villagers were worried about the two newcomers, so they called a few young men to keep watch over them.

Fortunately, neither of them was fit to move around due to their condition. One lay in Dr. Hu's house, and the other lay in a thatched shed at the village entrance, which made it easy to take care of them.

After dealing with several teachers, Xiao Ayu and Wang Wulang hurried home.

On the way, he met Ouyang Changjing. He looked at Xiao Ayu with great heartache, as if she were a fragile porcelain.

Little Ayu grinned at Ouyang Changjing: "Uncle, do I have little flowers on my face?"

Ouyang Changjing didn't react: "What?"

"Why are you staring at me like that if there's no flower?" Little Ayu put her hand to her mouth, pretended to cough, and then said seriously, "A gentleman wouldn't stare at a girl like that!"

Ouyang Changjing: "..."

This quirky flavor is exactly like Ruan Ruan's when she was a child.

Thinking of Ruan Ruan's childhood and recalling the intelligence his subordinates had just provided, Ouyang Changjing felt a pang of pain in his heart.

His two intelligence-gathering subordinates were among the best of the royal guards of the Western Wind Kingdom, especially in their intelligence-gathering abilities, which allowed them to uncover many subtle clues.

I thought it would be a waste of their talents to let them investigate, but to my surprise, they actually uncovered a lot of information that had been deeply hidden.

The little girl in front of me, who looked like Ruan Ruan's child, was actually five years old!
She looked no more than three or four years old, with a rosy complexion, bright eyes, and a joyful expression, as if she were innocent and naive.

However, the information found revealed that before being adopted by the Wang family, she had countless brushes with death, and someone had been consciously trying to cultivate evil thoughts in her since birth.

They also cleverly used a group of children who were unaware of their evil deeds to hide the mastermind behind the scenes.

This is something that a lowly ninth-rank official could not accomplish.

Ouyang Changjing walked up to Xiao Ayu, squatted down, and asked her, "Ayu, do you miss your mother?"

"I do miss her, but Mother is busy teaching her children. I can choose not to miss her." Little Ayu looked at Ouyang Changjing, wiping away a tear from the corner of his eye with her small hand. "Uncle, why are you crying? Do you miss Mother too? You can't cry even if you miss her. Mother said that if you cry, you have to hide and cry secretly. Otherwise, if bad people see you, they will trick you into going to Mother and then steal you away!"

Ouyang Changjing originally wanted to say that it was the mother who raised her until she was four years old, but seeing how carefree little Ayu was, he didn't want to mention that person again.

At that moment, he suddenly understood why the Wang family protected her, even though they knew they were of high status, they had no intention of letting go.

Now is definitely not a good time to take the little girl back.

Before that, he still needed to find out who Ayu's "mother" was.

That maid who had been by Ruan Ruan's side for over twenty years!
But he no longer had time to stay and investigate.

(End of this chapter)