Farmhouse Green Plum

Huang Yihai lifted Xu Dahe's eyelids and took a look, then shook his head: "No, the poison is too severe. We have to send him to the county to see Doctor Ma."

Chen burst into tears and said, "No, Dahe will be fine..."

Aunt Meihua patted her shoulder heavily and said, "Why are you panicking now? The most important thing is to send him to the county as soon as possible. If anything goes wrong, you will cry later!"

As she spoke, she saw Daya, her eyes lit up, and she rushed over, grabbed her arm and walked away, "Daya, hurry up, go get your cow!"

Daya's arm was pulled so hard that it hurt, and her nose and eyes wrinkled. "The cow is not at home. My second uncle took it to the riverbank."

As she spoke, she struggled to free her arm.

The peasant woman, who was used to farm work, had amazing strength. Her hands were like pliers, tightly holding Daya. Her struggles were of no use. Fortunately, after hearing her words, Aunt Meihua let go on her own.

"I'll go call him back," Daya rubbed her sore arm and pushed Song Yuan towards Lai Di, "Laidi, help me take care of my brother."

"Need not!"

Lai Di reached out to stop her, walked a few steps outside the crowd, put her hands to her mouth to make a trumpet shape, pointed to the downstream direction of the river, and said with deep breath: "Second Uncle Song..."

As she bent down, her loud voice echoed in the valley, not only drowning out the noise of the crowd, but also startling many birds.

After she finished shouting, Lai Di stood up and shouted again: "Second Uncle Song..."

After shouting three times, Uncle Song finally responded from the lower riverbank in the distance, "What's the matter?"

Lai Di shouted again: "Hurry up and bring the cow back! Uncle Dahe has been bitten by a poisonous snake!"

The two long sentences were naturally not as loud as the simple three words "Uncle Song", but Uncle Song, who was paying close attention, still heard them clearly and agreed to lend the cow.

During the waiting period, Daya learned what had happened from the crying of Xu Yulan and her daughter.

Xu Dahe and his wife took their daughter to the mountains to chop wood for the winter. They saw a black and red poisonous snake wrapped around a tree. The light in the forest was dim, and Xu Dahe didn't pay attention, so he was bitten on the ankle by the snake.

In fear, Xu Dahe fell from the tree, with a lot of blood flowing from the back of his head. He didn't know whether it was because of the hit on his head or poisoning, but he fainted on the spot.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Uncle Song and Song Tian arrived with the oxen. The villagers who had brought wooden boards and hemp ropes worked together to tie up the ox cart.

"Fu'an," the village chief looked at Uncle Song and pointed with his palm-leaf fan at Xu Yulan and her daughter, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, "There is no one in this family who can do anything..."

Before he could finish, Second Uncle Song understood what he meant and immediately looked embarrassed. "Village Chief, you also know that my short-lived kid got into trouble again last night and lost a basket of grain. There are six mouths to feed at home. If we don't catch more eels during this hot weather, what will we do in winter?"

The village chief then remembered what happened last night, and couldn't help but sigh. He turned to look at the cheerful and enthusiastic Aunt Meihua and her husband, "You two are going?"

Aunt Meihua said without hesitation: "Okay!"

Uncle Song didn't want to delay making money, but he was also worried that in the rush, no one would look after the cows, and what would happen if the cows were lost?

He turned to look at Song Tian, ready to let him go, but changed his mind when the words came to his mouth, "Daya, you should go too, help your Aunt Meihua and the others, and keep an eye on the ox cart."