Falling into the mortal world

"That's hilarious, absolutely hilarious! I just saw you groping that woman next to you. What are you doing, crying 'stop thief' like a thief in disguise?" Lan Qingqing said sarcastically.

Lan Qingqing's words immediately caused a stir in the village. Everyone looked at the two of them with strange eyes.

Miao Jiabao glared at the two with resentment. A woman who had been watching the commotion said, "I knew it! I saw them crawling through the haystack the other night, and you all said I was seeing things. Now do you believe me?"

"To be honest, I saw them the other night too; they were sneaking back from the riverbank. I thought it was just a coincidence," the other woman said.

"I saw them hugging and cuddling in the yard," another auntie said.

Everyone was talking at once, and even the men who came to help forgot what they had come for.

Everyone watched Miao Yushi and Jun with amusement. Miao Jiabao felt he was losing face, grabbed Miao Yushi's hair and started hitting her, saying, "This wretched woman, why are you always going out at night? It turns out you're always out having affairs."

Lan Qingqing's words diverted the attention of the onlookers to the person they were watching.

Miao Jun dared not stay there any longer. If his father found out, he would beat him to death. Miao Jun ran away as fast as he could.

Seeing the chaos at home, Miao Tiehan didn't care about Miao Linshi. Lan's mother quickly stepped forward to help Miao Linshi up, but they couldn't get her up no matter what they did.

Miao Linshi was now barely alive. Mother Lan cried, "Little Five, I just came to see you, I never imagined I'd hurt you like this. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have come today. If I had come secretly to see you, you wouldn't be like this."

Lan Qingqing stepped forward to take his pulse; it was weak and feeble. This was due to the severity of his injury. Lan Qingqing had only learned the basics from the old doctor.

"We need to find a doctor to examine the specific injuries," Lan Qingqing said to the crowd. "If anyone can help me find a doctor, I will reward them handsomely."

Upon seeing this, Miao Xiaoya ran off to find a doctor.

Miao Lin said weakly, "There's no need to find a doctor. I'll be fine after a night's sleep. I used to get beaten a lot, and I thought they might as well just beat me to death, but I always survived. There's no need to waste money finding a doctor for me."

Lan's mother said: What nonsense are you talking about?

Lan Qingqing whispered in Miao Linshi's ear: "Auntie, are you willing to get a divorce? Just nod your head and I'll take care of the rest."

Miao Lin said bitterly: "Divorce? Where can I go after a divorce? There is nowhere in this world for me to go."

"Auntie, as long as you want a divorce, you can go wherever you want afterward. If you don't mind taking care of my child, my mother definitely can't manage on her own," Lan Qingqing comforted her.

"If your aunt can leave here, your aunt will take care of your child," Miao Linshi said weakly.

Miao Jiabao was still fighting fiercely. Miao Yushi was also dodging left and right, and several of her brothers came forward to help break up the fight. The reason why Miao Yushi could order people around in the Miao family was because she had her brothers completely under her thumb.

The Miao people are too poor, and most girls are unwilling to marry into their family. The other two brothers in the Miao family are still unable to find wives.

The relationship between Miao Yushi and Miao Lao Er and Miao Lao San is unclear.

So how could the two brothers agree to Miao Jiabao hitting Miao Yushi? And so the three brothers started fighting.

Lan Qingqing instinctively knew she was about to witness a good show. Before she knew it, it was noon, and the crowd of onlookers hadn't thinned. Lan's mother was worried that Lan Qingqing was hungry, since Lan Qingqing's appetite had been unusually large lately; she could eat a whole chicken and a large bowl of rice in one meal.

Soon after, Miao Daya brought a doctor, and Lan's mother gave Miao Daya a string of copper coins as a token of gratitude.

Lan's mother asked the doctor to examine Miao Linshi, and also told Lan Xiaotian to go to the village to see if he could buy a chicken for Lan Qingqing to eat.

After hearing this, Lan Xiaotian hurried to the village to see if anyone had chickens for sale. Finally, he saw Miao Xiaoya, who had brought the doctor, and went up to her to ask, "Do you have any chickens for sale? I'll pay for them. My sister is pregnant and can't go hungry."

Upon hearing this, Miao Xiaoya hurriedly ran home. Only Miao Xiaoya and her younger sister lived there; their parents had passed away, leaving the two sisters to rely on each other.

When Miao Xiaoya heard Lan Qingqing say that they would reward her handsomely if she brought a doctor, she ran off to find one without hesitation, all because of Lan Qingqing's promise of a generous reward. To her surprise, she actually received a string of copper coins for running the errand. Miao Xiaoya happily ran home, but before she even entered the house, the visitor said he wanted to buy chickens. Luckily, she had a few hens at home.

Seeing that Miao Xiaoya didn't say a word, Lan Xiaotian went to the chicken coop and grabbed a chicken.

Miao Xiaoya handed the chicken over. Actually, Miao Xiaoya wasn't worried that Lan Xiaotian wouldn't pay her; the money the woman had just given her was enough to buy two hens.

Someone who's so generous wouldn't be short of money for their chicken.

Lan Xiaotian took the hen and said, "Could I borrow your pot for a moment?"

Miao Xiaoya nodded in agreement. There were no adults in Miao Xiaoya's family, so naturally they didn't know, and she needed to avoid suspicion.

Lan Xiaotian killed the chicken and put it in the Miao family's pot to cook.

Before long, Lan Xiaotian saw a little girl of about seven or eight years old, peering into the kitchen from the doorway.

The aroma of the chicken soup made the little girl in the house drool. At this moment, Miao Yaya peeked into the kitchen but didn't dare to go out. This was Miao Xiaoya's younger sister, Miao Yaya.

Seeing her younger sister's greedy look, Miao Xiaoya comforted her, saying, "Now that I have money, I'll go to the market tomorrow to buy you some meat. I can't bear to kill the hen at home, since we still need it to lay eggs to sell for money."

After Lan Xiaotian finished simmering the chicken soup, he took out one tael of silver and handed it over, saying, "I'll just take this earthenware pot." "Is that alright?" Lan Xiaotian asked. Although he had given a lot of money, he still wanted to ask first before taking the earthenware pot.

"You can take it!" Miao Xiaoya agreed without thinking when she saw that the person was offering one tael of silver. "And take this spoon and chopsticks too!" Miao Xiaoya said.

Thank you, Lan Xiaotian said gratefully as he accepted the chopsticks and spoon that Miao Xiaoya handed him.

On Lan Qingqing's side, the doctor took Miao Linshi's pulse and said, "This person's injuries are too severe; she needs ginseng to keep her alive. Otherwise, even a god couldn't save her." Just then, Miao Tiehan overheard the doctor's words and stepped forward, shouting, "Ginseng? Why don't you just fly to heaven? You're always causing me trouble. Death would have been the end of it all. Buying ginseng to eat? What a load of crap!"

Lan Qingqing said: Doctor, please prescribe whatever medicine you need. If his family doesn't pay for the treatment, I will report them to the authorities. This Miao family is treating human life like dirt.

"I'm beating my own wife, what's it to you? A brat like you dares to interfere in my business." Miao Tiehan said fiercely.