Zhao Shichu was somewhat speechless at the old man's pessimism, but he decided to comfort him temporarily and said, "Okay, if something really happens to you this time, I will help you arrange your funeral."
Ye Song said with red eyes: "Thank you, I am alone here now, it doesn't matter whether I live or die... But the only thing I am worried about is my son. If he comes here to find me in the future, you can tell him to live a good life in the future. Although his father is gone, I hope he can be safe and sound. As for revenge, don't force it."
When Zhao Shichu heard him leaving him his last words, he suddenly fell silent. In the original world, he was bitten by a snake and died here alone. He didn't even have anyone to leave his last words to before he died. He must have been very sad and desperate inside.
"If you don't hold on this time, I will tell your son what you said." Zhao Shichu promised him. Ye Song then breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after taking care of his funeral arrangements, he could leave with peace of mind.
However, he waited for a long time but there was no sign of his dying. Apart from the usual weakness and slight discomfort after being poisoned by the snake, he had no other pains.
He looked at his wound which was covered with a thick layer of powder, and the swelling around the wound which had visibly subsided. He immediately understood something, and asked Zhao Shichu awkwardly: "Little girl, your powder is really useful. Can it really cure snake venom?"
Zhao Shichu nodded: "Of course, it's you who don't believe it."
Ye Song's face turned red, and he said awkwardly: "I am too self-righteous. Thank you for saving my life. If I hadn't met you today, I would have lost my life here. But now I have nothing and can't repay you. I am really sorry..."
"I don't need you to repay me for anything. Saving you is just a coincidence. I can't just stand by and watch you die." Zhao Shichu didn't think she was that great. If saving Ye Song required her to pay a huge price, she would definitely consider it. But now saving him only required her to consume some medicine powder. It was such a piece of cake, so of course she couldn't be stingy with even this little effort.
"I see that your foot is injured now, and you can't herd the cattle. Let me help you down the mountain." Zhao Shichu saved the man to the end.
Ye Song did not try to be stubborn: "Then I'll trouble you."
"You're welcome." When Zhao Shichu saw that he agreed, he immediately tied the cows to the trees with ropes to prevent them from getting lost. Then he went to cut down a small tree and cut a crutch for Ye Song to help him walk.
Fortunately, although Ye Song was weak and had been bitten by a snake, his physical condition was still good and he had not been hurt too badly, so with the help of Zhao Shichu, he was able to slowly go down the mountain.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they met people who were returning from the fields. When they saw Zhao Shichu coming back with Ye Song from the cowshed, they were surprised and asked with some taboo: "Zhao Niu'er, why are you hanging out with the old guy in the cowshed? Aren't you afraid of getting implicated?"
"Uncle Ye was bitten by a snake while herding cattle on the mountain. I happened to meet him when I was cutting grass for pigs. I couldn't just stand by and watch him die, so I helped him down the mountain. What? Isn't it enough for me to do a good deed? If someone was bitten to death by a snake on the mountain, would our commune get anything good?" Zhao Shichu rolled his eyes and said, "Don't forget, he is not from our commune. If he dies, the village will have to give an explanation."
As soon as she said this, those who looked at Zhao Shichu with suspicion turned their eyes away guiltily. After all, what Zhao Shichu said made sense. Although people living in the cowshed needed to be reformed and were looked down upon, human life was at stake and no one could just watch people die.
"Bite by a snake? Is that snake poisonous? If it is poisonous, how is he still alive now? If it is not poisonous, it's just a bite and it shouldn't be a big deal, right? Is it necessary to make such a big fuss? Could this old man be pretending?" There were still people who disliked him and muttered.
"I helped squeeze out the poisonous blood first, and then used medicine. Didn't you see that his ankle is still swollen? If you don't believe me, let the village doctor take a look!" Zhao Shichu responded bluntly.
As expected, the others looked at Ye Song's ankle. Although Zhao Shichu's powder was very effective, it was impossible for his injury to heal to its original state within an hour. So even though his ankle was less swollen, it was still easy to see that it was swollen.
Zhao Shichu ignored these people and sent Ye Song back to the cowshed. Seeing the terrible conditions in the cowshed, she frowned, but there was nothing she could do as she could only do so much to help.
After thinking for a while, she took out the two pieces of snake body she had cut off in the mountain from her backpack and said to Ye Song, "Uncle Ye, this is the snake I killed in the mountain. It is meat after all. You can cook it to fill your stomach." Then she made a joke, "By the way, I will avenge you for being bitten by the snake. It's just a snake anyway."
Ye Song didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he refused to accept her snake. He said, "No, you killed this snake, how can I accept it? You can take it back and eat it yourself."
"I don't like eating snake meat, and my family doesn't lack this little meat. My brother even shot a pheasant yesterday." Zhao Shichu deliberately said with disdain, "Snakes are skinny, and I don't even want to waste firewood by burning this little meat."
After much persuasion, Ye Song finally agreed to accept the two pieces of snake body. For Ye Song, who had been suffering from food shortage all year round, snake meat was a rare delicacy.
After sending the man back to the cowshed, Zhao Shichu went back to his home. When he passed by the captain's house, he informed him that Ye Song had been bitten by a poisonous snake.
The captain was afraid that something had really happened to Ye Song, so he quickly called the village doctor to see Ye Song.
Zhao Shichu returned to his home, poured the pig grass in the basket into the pigsty, and went to the well in the yard to fetch water to wash his hands and feet.
Just after finishing washing, she heard Zhao Shijian's hurried footsteps coming out from outside, and then he quickly rushed into the yard. Seeing his sister by the well, he immediately ran over, grabbed her arm with an anxious look on his face, and checked her body without saying a word.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Zhao Shichu was confused by his series of actions and asked.
"I heard from people in the village that you went up the mountain to save Old Man Ye who was bitten by a poisonous snake! Did the snake bite you? If so, tell me, don't hide it..." Zhao Shijian said anxiously and panickedly, and squatted down to examine Zhao Shichu's feet carefully, fearing that his sister was bitten without knowing it.
When Zhao Shichu heard his words, his heart warmed. The original owner's brother was really impeccable towards her.
"Brother, please get up. I wasn't bitten. If I had been bitten, I would still be so lively and alive, and nothing would have happened to me." Zhao Shichu quickly comforted his elder brother and pulled him up.
Zhao Shijian checked himself and found nothing wrong, so he breathed a sigh of relief and asked his sister to pull him up.