"Come to my house to treat your wound. I have hot water at home. Take a good bath first, and then I will help you apply medicine and bandage it." Gu Shichu said, and pulled the man back to his home.
Ji Mingtao's house was empty and there was nothing in it. If he wanted to drink some water, he had to boil it himself. He had just come back from outside with injuries, and it would be too pitiful if he had to boil water and cook by himself.
Gu Shichu felt a little rare pity for Ji Mingtao in her heart. Since he was injured while trying to get rid of a villain in the village, she thought of it as sympathy for him.
Gu Shichu was still thinking about what to cook for Ji Mingtao to fill his stomach, and had no idea that Ji Mingtao's mouth was curled up at this moment, with a smile of "success".
Ji Mingtao really felt that this injury was worth it as it made Gu Shichu serve him willingly and uncomplainingly.
Gu Shichu got the hot water and asked Ji Mingtao to take a bath, while she prepared to cook a few dishes.
The food was ready. Ji Mingtao came out wearing only a pair of trousers. His upper body was naked because he needed to take medicine for his wounds.
Gu Shichu pushed the man onto a chair, picked up the ointment and applied it to his wound. The skin and flesh on the wound were turned inside out and were a little white because of being soaked in water during the bath. It looked a little scary, but Gu Shichu remained calm and applied the ointment without hesitation, not without hesitation.
With a "hiss" sound, Ji Mingtao frowned and exclaimed softly.
"Does it hurt? It's better if it hurts, otherwise you would be so great and think about sacrificing yourself to save others all day long." Gu Shichu sneered.
Ji Mingtao pursed his lips and said nothing. He had a feeling that Gu Shichu was in a bad mood and he didn't dare to provoke her.
After applying medicine and bandaging the man, Gu Shichu didn't even appreciate Ji Mingtao's strong waist and abdominal muscles. He told him to eat with a cold face and then go to sleep and rest.
"I'll go get the bear meat that was distributed to me. I'll also get your share for you. Just stay here." After Gu Shichu finished speaking, he went out with the basket.
When we arrived at the threshing ground, the wild bear had been almost slaughtered and several women were cleaning the internal organs. It wouldn't take long before the meat could be divided.
"Village chief, please give me Ji Mingtao's portion of meat as well. I'll take it back for him. He is injured and needs to rest at home." Gu Shichu took his portion of meat and said to the village chief.
She said it openly and honestly, so no one suspected that she and Ji Mingtao had any ambiguous relationship. They just thought it was just help between neighbors.
"That's fine. He went out to help with hunting and was injured, so he got a few more pounds of meat." The village chief said, handing the larger portion of meat to Gu Shichu.
No one had any objection to this. After all, they risked their lives to hunt bears and were injured, so they deserved to get more. The other people who went hunting with them got more, and the families of the two seriously injured people got more, but no one complained that it was unfair.
Gu Shichu was walking home with a basket of meat when she saw Li Danyang walking towards her with a child tied in front of him and another child on his back, holding a basket in his hand.
"Aren't you... tired?" Gu Shichu suddenly asked Li Danyang, "These two children are three years old now. They can walk by themselves, right? Aren't you tired carrying them both on your back?"
Li Danyang was originally walking with his head down, and was startled when he heard someone ask this question. When he saw it was Gu Shichu, he subconsciously hugged the child in front of him, and said with a dodging look, "I'm not tired, I'm used to it."
Seeing Li Danyang's answer, Gu Shichu was speechless. She couldn't say that children should not be spoiled too much, or they would be spoiled, right? If she really said that, Li Danyang might think that she was deliberately trying to sow discord between them.
"You bad guy! I don't want to walk by myself!" The boy behind Li Danyang suddenly pointed at Gu Shichu and said loudly, and stretched out his hand to hit Gu Shichu.
Gu Shichu was stunned. She didn't expect the child to say that. She looked at Li Danyang and found that she had no reaction when she heard the child say that.
The little girl tied with cloth in front of Li Danyang also glared at Gu Shichu and said fiercely: "Bad woman! I want Li Danyang to carry me on his back! I want Li Danyang to carry me on his back..."
Gu Shichu was a little stunned. These two children obviously had no respect for Li Danyang. They even called her by her name and never called her mom or aunt. They were so old but still insisted on being carried on her back. Judging from their expressions, they were obviously used to ordering Li Danyang around.
Seeing that Li Danyang was about to lose her balance due to the two children's movements, Gu Shichu hurriedly supported her and asked her: "Aren't you going to teach them a lesson? It seems that they have some serious problems."
Li Danyang smiled bitterly: "I can't teach them. If I speak to them loudly, my mother-in-law will scold me."
Gu Shichu didn't know what to do. This involved the complicated relationships between stepchildren and stepmother, and between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Gu Shichu was not good at handling such relationships, and she couldn't help Li Danyang. She had to exchange a few greetings with her and leave.
Li Danyang watched Gu Shichu walk away lightly with a basket of meat. From behind, she had a slender and well-proportioned figure, obviously that of a young girl. Her face was rosy and plump, and her eyes were clear and bright. Anyone could see that she was a person who lived a very happy life.
Li Danyang felt a little envious and complicated. She couldn't help but wonder, if Gu Shichu had married Zhou Weiguo like she did in her previous life, would she still be able to maintain her current relaxed and happy state
She tried hard to recall the state of Gu Shichu after she married into the Zhou family in her previous life. Was she as miserable as she was now, tortured to the point of numbness and vicissitudes? But she could no longer remember.
She couldn't tell now whether she had ever regretted this marriage that she had tried so hard to snatch back from Gu Shichu. Maybe she had, but she didn't dare to admit it.
"Li Danyang! Hurry up, you are lazy again, I will tell grandma!" The little boy behind him patted Li Danyang's shoulder and scolded.
Li Danyang finally came back to her senses, turned around and walked towards the threshing ground with a hunched back. She was carrying two three-year-old children on her back and was so tired that she could not even straighten her back.
She didn't understand why these four children, who would be so outstanding in the future, were so unruly and cruel when they were young? In such a short period of time, she was tortured to the point of going insane. At this time, she began to admire Gu Shichu from her previous life. She didn't know how she had survived.
Just hold on, hold on, just hold on until they grow up... This is the only way she can comfort herself.
Zhou Weiguo's family has several people, so they got more meat. Li Danyang mentioned it and said to Zhou Jianying in a nice voice, "I want to carry the meat, so I can't carry you on my back. You can walk home by yourself, okay?"
Zhou Jianying shook her head vigorously and immediately said, "No! I want you to carry me on your back..." While saying this, she kicked her.