It was a young man from the Huang family who was smart. After giving his two companions a wink, he ran to the window outside the main house and knocked on it, "Second Uncle Qi, Second Uncle Qi."

Huang Zongqi was pulling Shen Miaozhu out, covering her eyes with his hands, not letting her get close to the injured man whose shirt was completely torn off. When he heard someone calling him from outside the window, he pulled her out of the inner room on the east side.

"Uncle, I'm studying medicine and I don't care about men or women." Shen Miaozhu naturally didn't want to leave. She also wanted to see what material the tool that Taoist Zhiyuan used to squeeze out the blood blisters was made of.

"A boy is a boy." Huang Zongqi refused to let go, so she had no choice but to follow him out and was handed over to her aunt who was waiting in the hall.

When she saw her uncle walk into the yard, she immediately told her aunt that she wanted to see with her own eyes how the Taoist priest treated the wound.

Mrs. Hu was much more open-minded than Uncle Huang, but she still refused, saying that she could learn all day long on the fifteenth day when the Qixing Temple held a free medical consultation.

Shen Miaozhu had no choice but to turn her attention to the yard, and she found that her uncle and third grandmother were arguing with each other.

One of them blocked the ox cart from approaching, while the other one put one hand on his waist and pointed at them, scolding them.

When Mrs. Hu saw this and hurried to separate the two, she walked too fast and tripped over the threshold. Fortunately, Shen Miaozhu was quick to catch her.

"Aunt, let's not worry about her. Uncle will definitely find a way."

The Huang family sells meat at the market all year round, and from time to time they go to various villages to buy donkeys and slaughter pigs. They have seen the most Ma Chan people.

So Uncle Huang completely ignored Third Grandma's scolding, and just patted the ox cart and asked Xia Wang to take the three boys to deliver the goods.

He glanced at the other young men from the Shen family who were "concentrating" on hammering wood, and thought that his father was foresighted in sending his family members to help with the bamboo work, and that they could also learn how to make a living.

"Where is my little Zhuzi?" Huang Zongqi looked around the yard but couldn't find Shen Lingzhu.

A young man from the Shen family replied, "She went to pick up Aunt Jiu to take care of Uncle Jiu."

Third Grandma was reminded by these words. She didn't get the bellows. She snorted coldly and turned away, without ever going into the house to see how her son was doing.

Meanwhile, Shen Lingzhu took out the fastest speed of the five-kilometer cross-country race and flew towards the Third Grandfather's house.

The villagers we met on the road wondered if something had happened in the Fifth Master's family, and some suggested going together to take a look.

Some people pointed at Shen Lingzhu, whose afterimage was left, and said, "Master Chi's daughter is becoming more and more like him. She showed no mercy when she beat Jian Xuan that day."

"If you ask me, he might really be childless, so he can just leave his daughter to find a husband."

"Do you think he'll get into trouble along the way after taking away a lot of money?"

"Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense. Xia Zhu was beaten by the head of the village so hard he couldn't get up. Do you want to follow his example?"

"..."

The gossip in the village never stops. Even if Shen Lingzhu didn't hear it, it wouldn't stop even if she did.

She had to take Aunt Nine away before Third Grandma could react.

Fortunately, Shen Xiao's wife was at home with the children drying cowpeas. When she heard that her husband was stung and had bruises all over his head, she threw down a pot of cooked beans and went to her house.

Shen Lingzhu would never let her go like this. After pulling her to a corner and describing what had just happened at home, Shen Xiao's wife almost cursed her out as "old hag".

"Aunt Jiu, my family has two new bamboo beds. You only need to bring the sheets and a few changes of clothes."

"Wait for me, Jian Zhu, Jian Wen and Jian Wu, come here." Shen Xiao's wife called the three children and asked them to wait and follow their sister Xiao Zhuzi.

Shen Lingzhu glanced at Jian Wu. She remembered that this brother was Shen Jianxuan's biological brother: "Aunt Jiu..."

But Shen Xiao's wife couldn't wait for her to ask. After entering the house, she rolled up the family's clothes in a sheet and put them on her back. After locking the door, she said, "Xiao Zhuzi, I'll leave them to you. I have to go see your uncle quickly."

"Remember to take a detour." Don't meet Third Grandma.

She nodded: "I know, you three have to listen to your sister."

Then he went to the door of the next room, said a few words to Shen Jianxuan who was recuperating from his injuries, and ran away.

Unexpectedly, just as she left, Shen Jianxuan, who was eavesdropping on her from the windowsill in the wing room, shouted, "Xiao Wu, I'm thirsty, come and get me some water."

"Big sister just poured it for you." Jian Wu, who had been beaten many times by his second brother, didn't want to go. He held Jian Zhu's hand tightly.

Shen Jianxuan pounded the kang cabinet hard, "You're done drinking! Do you want to kill me with thirst? Believe it or not, I'll come back and beat you up."

"Big sister, please come with me." Jian Wu touched his little forehead. He was most afraid that his second brother would get angry and curse. Maybe something would be thrown on his head as soon as he entered.

"If you don't go, he will beat people." Jian Wen held his sister and brother's hands tightly.

Shen Lingzhu frowned. The three little ones must have been bullied a lot. "I'll go pour it. Jian Zhu, take them to wait outside the gate first."

"Sister Lingzhu, he likes to throw things at people, you have to be careful." Jian Zhu knew that his legs were not very strong, so he took his two younger brothers' hands and walked away without hesitation.

As Shen Lingzhu walked into the room, a shoe flew towards her. She kicked it back on the bed, hitting Shen Jianxuan, who was lying on the edge of the bed, on his injured back.

He screamed in pain: "How did you get in here?"

Shen Lingzhu approached step by step, and he shrank to the end of the bed in panic: "Don't come over!"

Then he saw Shen Lingzhu turn around, pour the half bowl of water left in the bowl to the door, pick up the teapot and empty bowl and leave silently.

Shen Jianxuan was stunned for a moment, and only after a long while did he realize what was going on and shouted, "Shen Lingzhu, leave the water behind."

The person he called had already put the water outside the door and left.

On the way home, Shen Lingzhu deliberately walked very slowly in order to adapt to Jian Zhu's speed, but her two younger brothers, who were more than a year younger than them, not only walked slowly, but also did not walk very far in half a day.

Just then, a few of them walked around Xia Tongsheng's house and met Xia Liu snoring with her, so she asked to borrow her car.

In the countryside, not every household has a two-wheeled cart, but there are quite a few one-wheeled carts.

Xia Liu not only lent her the car, but also tied a large willow basket and put the two children in it.

"Jian Zhu, sit in the middle. I'll take you there." Miss Xia really felt that the two eight-year-old girls were not even as tall as the cart and could not push it properly.

Shen Jianzhu would have tried to refuse, but Shen Lingzhu nodded and thanked him in a familiar manner.

After the car had been pushed quite far away, Xia Liu asked, "Xiao Zhuzi, is Brother Song at your house today?"

"No, he sent Eighth Aunt back to the county town yesterday." Shen Lingzhu had some idea why she helped him.

Unexpectedly, Xia Liu continued, "What a coincidence! The student next door left on the 9th in the afternoon."

Huh? My guess was wrong? Shen Lingzhu looked at her in confusion.

The latter continued, “He has always been against the Xia family’s girls coming to your house to learn literacy and needlework, and he firmly believes that a woman’s virtue lies in her lack of talent.

What he said was "convenient" rather than "debate" which clearly distinguishes right from wrong.

Several times in the courtyard, he said that it was immoral for men and women to study together.

"Sister Xia Liu, can you still hear him talking to himself in your family?" There are not many families in the village whose houses are connected in a group, but the Xia family has settled here a hundred years earlier than other surnames. Their clan occupies the largest flat land and builds houses in a concentrated area.

Xia Liu paused, glanced around to see if there were any obstructions, and made sure that no one would overhear her words before saying that Xia Tongsheng had pressed down on her foundation when building his house, and that the two families were now separated only by a wall.

She also warned the Shen family to be careful, saying that after the master got married, the Xia family's daughters-in-law commented on the beautiful dining etiquette of the Shen family's girls.

When the teacher of Tongsheng heard about this, he went to the house to scold each of them and gave them a lesson. He also asked Mr. Xia Yunzhong to suggest that the teacher should stop teaching girls.

She said, "If Uncle Yunzhong doesn't respond, he'll threaten to go to the county town and write a poster."

Posting a short essay? Shen Lingzhu took it very seriously: "I'll tell my uncle."

But when Third Grandma, who had once again sent her son and daughter-in-law home, mentioned the news to her uncle, Shen Huai said, "Village Chief Xia sent someone to tell us that the Dianshi is inspecting the community school in Shenquan Village.

I estimate that we will reach Beigou tomorrow."

Sure enough, after breakfast the next day, Mr. Xia came running to say that the registrar had come to inspect the clan school.

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