Don't Be Sentimental

As soon as Xie Yunjin realised what he was thinking, he scolded himself for letting his thoughts run wild.

"Do you want to rest for some time?"

"I'm not tired," Lu Jiao said with a shake of her head.

Xie Yunjin didn't quite believe it. She had been working nonstop and had even lost some weight, so how could she possibly not be tired?

All of the family's burdens fell on her, so it's no wonder she couldn't even rest with peace of mind.

Xie Yunjin thought she could actually take it easy, and he wouldn't blame her, but she had been working hard to look after him and the four little ones. What is her motive for doing this?

Will she really just leave in the future after taking care of them for this period of time? Since she is eventually going to leave them, there is no need to work hard like this. Or to put it another way, Xie Yunjin doesn't really believe that there are people in the world who do something without expecting anything in return. That's it. In the future, if she makes any demands that are not excessive, he will agree to her, even if she chooses to continue staying with them.

Xie Yunjin had given it a lot of thought before he had made up his mind.

Lu Jiao didn't know he was thinking so much. As she was feeding Xie Yunjin, she said,

"Didn't I say before that I wanted to teach the villagers about medicinal herbs? I shall teach them when you're in better health. I don't have time right now, since I need to take care of the four little ones, and I also have to take care of you."

"Tomorrow I'll go to my parents' house first to see the situation at home. I don't want to let my mother suffer because of those five taels of silver."

As Xie Yunjin listened to Lu Jiao's words, he felt that they were reasonable, so he nodded in agreement while also advising her.

"Be careful on your way to your mother's house. On the mountain, there are several poisonous snakes and poisonous herbs. Many people died because of these poisons."

Lu Jiao nodded, saying, "Well, I know, I will be more careful."

When she finished speaking, thinking of Xie Yunjin's concern, she couldn't help but teasingly ask, "Are you concerned about me?"

As Xie Yunjin listened to her words, with a frown on his cold face, he said angrily, "What will our family do if something happens to you? Don't be too sentimental."

Lu Jiao pouted and turned her face away from him. In fact, she didn't give it much thought. She was just teasing him, because she knew that the Lord First Assistant had a destined wife who would appear at a later stage.

"All right, I get it, and I won't be too sentimental in the future."

After she finished speaking, she took away the bowl and chopsticks and went out. Xie Yunjin didn't even look at her. Instead, he had closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

After cleaning the dishes, Lu Jiao was ready to go up the mountain to hunt prey. She went to the second grandmother's house before leaving and asked the second grandma to help take care of the quadruplets as she was going up the mountains. She assured her that she would come down soon.

The second grandmother readily agreed, and told her that if she saw Xie Xiaobao on the mountain, she should ask Xie Xiaobao to come down to eat.

Xie Xiaobao was so obsessed with hunting that he didn't even come back for lunch.

After Lu Jiao responded positively, she went up the mountain with the basket slung over her back.

At the foothills of the mountain, she met Xie Xiaobao, who was covered in mud. Xie Xiaobao was carrying a small rabbit. Despite the fact that the rabbit was not especially big, Xie Xiaobao couldn't help but be delighted. When he saw Lu Jiao, he screamed while running towards her,

"Third aunt, I caught it. I caught it. I'll go back to my mother and ask her to braise it for me."

Lu Jiao looked at the little rabbit and gave a nod of approval.

"Okay, go back and let your mother clean it up first. When I come back home in the evening, I'll pour some stewed soup from yesterday, which you can take back to your home and let your mother marinate the meat in it."

"Uh-huh."

The more Xie Xiaobao looked at that rabbit, which weighed a bit more than a pound, the more delighted he felt. Before going down the mountain, he assured Lu Jiao, "Third Aunt, when I get home, I will help you take care of the four children. Don't worry."

"Okay, if the third aunt catches any prey, I'll send some to you."

Xie Xiaobao was even more ecstatic. The Third Aunt had always had good luck, and he was confident that she would definitely catch some prey. He could just sit at home and look forward to eating meat.

After climbing the mountain, Lu Jiao first went to the natural pit she had discovered and used for hunting earlier, took out a piece of braised pork from the space, smeared it with spiritual spring water, and threw it in. She then left it at that and went to the side of the mountain to collect herbs.

She was collecting these herbs not to sell them, but to use them to cure the villagers in case something happened. Although no one's life was in danger as of now, she should still pick some herbs and put them in the space for future use.

In a short period of time, Lu Jiao picked up a lot of medicinal herbs. She only put a small part of it in the basket slung over her back, and the rest was kept in her space.

After doing this, seeing that it was getting late, she hurriedly walked to the trap she had set up earlier.

Before she could reach the hunting pit, she heard a loud thumping sound coming from the hunting pit.

Lu Jiao was delighted as she rushed over.

There was an injured hog deer in the trap. The hog deer was about 30 to 40 pounds and looked like a pig.

However, the deer had been severely injured, and it seemed that it would die soon.

After seeing the blood splattered on its neck, Lu Jiao quickly leaned over and reached out to pull out the bamboo tip that had struck the deer, then took out a plastic bowl from the space and started collecting the deer blood.

This deer blood is quite beneficial since it can replenish qi and blood, which is just what Xie Yunjin needs right now.

However, because the deer was seriously injured, Lu Jiao could only fill half of the bowl before the deer was dead.

She tossed both the deer and the deer blood into the space right away, then leaned over to look at the trap. There were actually two dead rabbits stuck on two of the other bamboo tips.

Lu Jiao quickly removed the dead rabbits and kept one in the space, while the other was placed in the basket.

She had promised to give Xie Xiaobao something earlier, and this wild rabbit was just the right thing.

Lu Jiao stood up and started to walk down the mountain after packing up. Her harvest was good today, and she was in an indescribably good mood.

She had only gone a small distance when she heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from in front of her, accompanied by a panicked cry, "Big Brother Xu, hold on, you must hold on."

"Uncle Xiao, Big Brother Xu's expression is very pale. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on till we reach the bottom of the mountain."

"My God, how did he get bitten by a golden ring snake?"

"What will the Xu family do if something happens to Big Brother Xu?"

"This time, Brother Xu went up the mountain for Brother Yunjin. Otherwise, he would not have been subjected to such a tragedy."

Lu Jiao couldn't help but frown as she heard the people gossiping in front, and when she heard that someone even mentioned Xie Yunjin, she started walking towards them.

She soon came across a group of five to six people frantically carrying someone down the mountain. Two of them were carrying a simple stretcher, and a person was lying on that stretcher.

At a glance, Lu Jiao recognized the person on the stretcher. He was a rather wealthy man from the Xie Clan Village, who usually made a living by hunting.

Previously, even if he hunted all day, his family could barely get by.

Later, Xie Yunjin introduced him to a restaurant in the town and two big families in the county, and their living conditions improved.

Because he was grateful for Xie Yunjin's kindness, this person usually sent some small things to the Xie family.

Lu Jiao remembered the Xu family who had protected the quadruplets before, as if the quadruplets were their own children.

What's wrong with this man?

Lu Jiao strode up to check, and immediately found that this person's calf had been bitten by a poisonous snake. His calf was swollen, and the swelling was spreading to his thigh.

This is a highly venomous snake whose venom can kill a person by destroying their nerves. A person may die at any time between eight and seventy-two hours after being bitten by this venomous snake. The sooner you deal with it, the better, because it has a poison that destroys nerves.

If the snake venom is not treated immediately, even if the person may be cured later, he may suffer kidney failure, necrosis of muscular tissue and brain hemorrhage, and many victims may even be paralyzed and unable to walk for the rest of their lives.

Lu Jiao thought about it for a moment before saying, "Wait a minute."