Chapter 23
Initially, the matter would have been a perfect ending at that point but surprisingly, Ermu's wife suddenly said with her head held low, "Father, the Zhang family's kid killed Ermu, I'm not bringing the child to his house just to invite him to the funeral . "
The young lady was wearing all white together with her pretty face, but her eyes were as swollen as peaches from crying, was called Li Chunran . She was not a villager from Western Sichuan village, but a lady from a young, educated family in Qu County .
She used to work as a goods inspector in a fruit grocery company in Qu County . They knew each other when Ermu was sending mountain goods . They started a relationship on their own will, then they have gotten married, and she moved to Guawo Village .
Growing up in a different background had caused her to not be exactly fearful of Guawo Village, despite the Zhang family's power that had been passed down for hundreds of years in this tiny mountain village .
"What did you say?" He Doushu was polite to the guest, but to his daughter-in-law who had just turned a widow, he seemed to have complete authority as he asked fiercely while frowning .
"I won't go to Zhang family's house to invite them to the funeral . Since the villagers aren't showing their humanities at all, do whatever you want to do . Worst comes to worst, I'll go down there to accompany Ermu!" Li Chunran felt wronged and upset after being questioned by her father-in-law fiercely . Instead of feeling bad, she lifted her head immediately while shouted back with her wide-opened blood-shot eyes .
"You're going to accompany Ermu, you're going to accompany Ermu…" He Doushu went silent for a while, and said as he smiled from anger as his hands and legs were shaking, "If you're going to accompany Ermu, then how about the child?"
"He had lost his father at four, and now he's going to lose his mother . How about you bring him along with you, to accompany his father?"
Her son was Li Chunran's only soft spot that she had at the moment . Hearing what He Doushu said, she was stunned on the spot . A while later, tears that were as big as beans slowly poured from her eyes . Later, she turned around slowly and walked to their house's barn .
He Doushu looked at his daughter-in-law who brought out their family's young mule with shiny hair and wiped away his tears while picking up his grandchild who was running around . He then held his head down and mumbled, "Ermu you darn kid, you had great future ahead of you, why didn't you appreciate that, why didn't you appreciate that…"
Tao Lielin who was standing aside could not help himself but sigh, while his eyes turned red as he advised He Doushu softly, "Uncle Doushu, this is fate . Don't think too much . "
"Don't you guys still have the child? Provide him with a good education while you bring him up, send him to university and go for a master's degree . By then, get him to bring you out of the mountain for retirement . Your days ahead are still looking good . "
He Doushu snapped out of his grief and revealed a begging smile on his face that was as wrinkled as tree bark, "You're right, Nephew Lin . "
"The child is our family's only hope . Please say something nice to the Zhang family's Father Lisheng . Please beg him to have mercy . The one who was at fault was Ermu, not his child…"
"Don't worry, Uncle Doushu . Everything will be alright, even if I don't say anything nice for you . "
"Think about it . Lisheng will come to your house to help with the funeral later, why would he bother to do anything sneaky?"
"It-It was thanks to you, Chief Tao . "
"Please, Uncle Doushu . Please don't be polite with me . "
"Ermu's wife has brought the mule, I'll bring her to Zhang family's house now . "
"Sure, sure . Sorry to trouble you, Nephew Lin . Please pass another message to Father Lisheng for me . As I'm sending off my deceased son, according to the custom, I'm not allowed to visit him to ask for forgiveness . Please beg him to forgive me, please forgive me . "
"Don't worry about it . I'm leaving now, Uncle Doushu . I can assure you a hundred times and even a thousand times that everything is fine . " As he said, Tao Lielin led the way and walked towards Zhang family's old house together with Li Chunran, who was bringing the young mule while carrying her child .
At that moment, Zhang Lisheng was in his house's kitchen mixing various medicine powder into a rough porcelain jar and carefully following the way that was recorded in an ancient book called the "Thousand Worms Prescription . "
He did not use any precise weight measuring unit . Instead, he was following a magical instinct while adding and mixing the medicine powder continuously yet slowly, but without hesitation at all . Slowly, a kind of a peculiar herbal medicine smell came out of the porcelain jar .
Zhang Lisheng nodded in satisfaction as he sniffed the bizarre medicine smell in the air . He mixed the medicine powder that was in the porcelain jar harder . However, he did not notice that the medicine smell that filled the entire house had spread throughout the kitchen's hollow doorcase .
The density of the smell remained, even if the wind was blowing . Soon, Tao Lielin who arrived at the Zhang family's old house entrance smelled it .
Tao Lielin frowned and mumbled, "What smell is that?"
"Medicine smell, it's coming out of the Zhang family's old house . Who knows what the Zhang family murderer is planning to do this time . " Li Chunran who was behind him said mercilessly, through the gaps of her teeth .
"Ermu's wife, don't say nonsense for the sake of your child . Otherwise, I won't be taking care of the consequences if anything happened . " Tao Lielin turned around and said fiercely . He then struck the Zhang family old house's wooden door loudly, "Lisheng, Lisheng, what are you doing? Open the door quick and what's with that heavy medicine smell?"
Hearing the yelling outside of the door, Zhang Lisheng hastily sealed the medicine jar properly with a cork and immediately ran to the courtyard while shouting loudly, "Uncle Ah Lie, I'm coming . I'm mixing some stew ingredient . "
Most of the Miaowei land was damp so that people would usually mix herbs with the function of eliminating damps in their food . Tao Lielin nodded without having a tiny bit of doubt as he said, "Lisheng, it must be hard for you to be strong while being sensible, and yet possess the ability to take care of yourself when you're only over ten years old . "
"How is this capable? This is just cooking, Uncle Ah Lie . Let's talk about the serious matter . "
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