After transmigrating, he supported his family by working at a garbage dump.

As dusk settled, Xu Wenjie squatted alone in front of the stove, adding firewood. A large pot of water was boiling on the stove, but he was absent-minded, glancing into the distance from time to time.

The sky was visibly getting darker, and Zhang He and her son were still nowhere to be seen returning from the road that led from the official road in the distance, which made him worried.

He muttered to himself, praying that nothing bad would happen to the mother and her two children.

I saw him standing in front of the courtyard gate from time to time, his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, trying to keep himself calm, but he just couldn't calm his mind.

At that time, a large pot of water was boiling on the stove in a beautiful pot, making a bubbling sound.

As he watched the smoke rise with the wind and fill the courtyard, the smell of cooking fires made him increasingly agitated.

So he decided to go out and wait for the mother and her two children at the official road entrance.

Just as he got up, he heard a commotion outside the courtyard.

"Daddy!"

That familiar call brought him back to reality.

The innocent voices of Xu Zhuzhu and Xu An finally eased Xu Wenjie's tense nerves.

"You're back!"

Looking back, the first person to catch Xu Wenjie's eye was his wife, Zhang He.

That one glance completely transformed the excitement in his eyes into deep guilt.

Zhang He was carrying a full basket on her back, and the way she was bent over made him feel both sorry for her and ashamed.

My wife was already thin, and now, carrying that half-person-high basket on her back, she looked even shorter.

This scene made Xu Wenjie even more resentful of himself for not considering things carefully.

It's all my fault. If I had insisted on going with Zhang He, my wife wouldn't have had to carry such heavy things by herself, which is why we were delayed.

At this moment, Xu Wenjie automatically ignored Li Quanfu and Hu Sanniang who were following behind Zhang He, and hurriedly went to greet and receive them.

He hurriedly said to Zhang He, "He Niang, quick, put the basket down, I'll catch it."

This was the first time Xu Zhuzhu had ever seen her father so confused and "completely flustered".

Zhang He is also one of them.

Most of the time, my husband was unusually calm. For example, when we were fleeing, in town, or when we found the garbage dump, he never had this expression.

Zhang He smiled gently and skillfully put the basket down herself without asking Xu Wenjie for help.

Instead of focusing on the Li couple beside her husband, she pointed directly at Li Quanfu, who was carrying Miss Mei on his back.

"Husband, don't worry about me. We've run into that girl again. Brother Li is carrying her on his back!"

Girl? Which girl?

At first, Xu Wenjie didn't realize which girl Zhang He was talking about, but when he turned his gaze to Li Quanfu, he immediately remembered.

The beautiful girl I met on that snowy night.

Looking up, he saw that Miss Mei was covered with Li Quanfu's clothes. His memory immediately locked onto the last incident, and he seemed to understand something.

They also hurriedly invited Li Quanfu and his wife into the courtyard.

Xu Wenjie had just finished helping when he helped Hu Sanniang put Xu Zhuzhu on the ground as well.

Without hesitation, he turned around and helped Li Quanfu carry Miss Mei into the house and settle her on the only bed in their home.

With a sudden exertion of force, Xu Wenjie felt a little dizzy.

To be honest, after a few days of rest, Xu Wenjie appeared to be fine on the surface, but he felt that he was still a little weak inside.

Especially after helping Li Quanfu put down Miss Mei, the moment Xu Wenjie stood up after squatting down, the scene in front of him suddenly spun around, and his head spun.

At that moment, he felt his whole body swaying from side to side.

It was Li Quanfu who noticed something was wrong in time and helped him up.

They held him firmly, letting him stand there blankly for a while before the dizziness subsided considerably.

"Brother Xu, what's wrong? You don't look quite right."

Seeing that Xu Wenjie's face had suddenly lost some color and even his lips had turned quite pale, Li Quanfu hurriedly asked with concern.

Xu Wenjie didn't know how he looked, but he was indeed feeling very unwell, and there was nothing he could do about it.

He could only shake his head and, feigning composure, offer an explanation: "It's nothing serious. I caught a slight cold a few days ago, and I'm still not fully recovered."

Li Quanfu suddenly realized what was happening, but before he could reply, Xu Zhuzhu, who had fully regained her senses, kicked her little legs and pulled Xu An into the yard.

Just as one foot stepped inside, Xu Zhuzhu's voice came from afar.

"Father, we have saved Sister Mei."

Xu Wenjie frowned, holding his forehead with one hand, which made him feel a little more comfortable.

Upon seeing his daughter, his serious expression softened with affection, and his brow relaxed.

He helped Xu Zhuzhu in, gently patted her head, and nodded with a slight smile in response to her question, "Of course we must save her."

Of course, we should save them, but how should we do it?

Xu Zhuzhu had ideas, but Xu Wenjie did not.

In Xu Wenjie's eyes, the last time he treated Wang Dashan and the other two, both Xu Zhuzhu's red beads and he himself were severely damaged. He had been recuperating for so long and had not yet fully recovered. If he were to force himself to do it again, it would be too difficult for him.

Therefore, it is no longer possible for Miss Mei to recover quickly and completely from her injury.

As Xu Wenjie thought about it, he suddenly felt a bit dizzy again. It was at this moment that Xu Zhuzhu and her two children noticed that their father's complexion was even worse than it had been before they left.

I was both surprised and puzzled.

Logically speaking, her father should have recovered by the time he was a few days ago. So why does he seem to be getting weaker after resting at home all day today?

How is this going?

Xu Wenjie didn't notice anything unusual about her, but Xu An did. He nudged Xu Zhuzhu and said, "Zhuzhu, Daddy looks even more tired than this morning."

Undeniably, Xu Zhuzhu remained silent because she did not know the specific reason.

Li Quanfu was now in an even more difficult position.

"There's no hope for that doctor in town. If only Doctor Bai were still here, with his miraculous medical skills, he could definitely cure this girl."

Li Quanfu said with some regret.

"Although the town's doctor can't even cure typhoid fever, he said that if he had any wound medicine, he might be able to heal this girl's injury."

Xu Wenjie also sighed and followed up.

Doctor Bai traveled far and wide, treating the sick and saving lives.

I overheard him mention before that he was heading north, but now that so much time has passed, I'm afraid Doctor Bai has already passed Tingzhou and is heading towards Xutong Prefecture.

Although Xu Wenjie did not understand medicine, he was fortunate to have read widely and had read several books on unrelated medical subjects. He had glanced at Miss Mei's injuries just now. Although they were terrible, they were mostly superficial wounds and would not actually endanger her life.

He then said, "I see that this girl has many external injuries, but they are probably not life-threatening. If we can find medicine specifically for treating external injuries, I reckon she can be cured."

Li Quanfu thought this made sense, since if the girl really had internal injuries, she must have used a lot of force when she pulled his stick.

"...It's a pity we don't have any of these. I've heard that wound medicine is the best, but it's a precious medicine that only wealthy people can afford. How could we poor people possibly get our hands on it?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Sanniang and Zhang He walked in one after the other.

Zhang He was also carrying a basin of water, saying she wanted to treat the girl's wounds.

Hu Sanniang happened to hear Li Quanfu's words. As if she remembered something, she suddenly exclaimed, startling everyone.

"What's wrong with your sister-in-law?" Zhang He asked.

"We have this medicine at home!"

Hu San Niang's eyes crinkled with joy, and her words left Li Quanfu and the others completely bewildered.

"When did we get this kind of medicine?" Li Quanfu asked, puzzled, racking his brains but still unable to figure it out.

Hu Sanniang smiled proudly and said leisurely, "Have you forgotten what my elder brother does?"

Officer Hu?

Although the town's constables are not dangerous, they do occasionally get into minor trouble. Otherwise, how could Constable Hu have gotten on the clerk's side?

Hearing Hu San Niang say this, Xu Zhuzhu actually believed it to some extent.

"When the registrar gave my elder brother a thank-you gift, wasn't this one of them? I was thinking that if something happened to you while you were chopping wood in the mountains, you could use it, so I shamelessly asked my brother for a small bottle. And you even scolded me for it."

Hu San Niang explained a long string of words, and Li Quanfu seemed to have some recollection of it, but still couldn't recall the specific scene.

However, he disdained to dwell on the matter.

As the group talked, Xu Zhuzhu couldn't get a word in edgewise.

She came to see her father mainly to say that Hongzhuzi had recovered somewhat, and that if she could borrow her blood again, it could help Mei-guniang heal her injuries a little. However, she didn't expect that there were so many people around, and her conversation kept getting interrupted...