Longevity Gu Worm

Yu Xiaolian didn't expect that the blood she had dripped into the porridge these few days not only cured Madam Sun's infertility, but it would improve Yu Changhe's injured leg.

It could be said that even if one had the intention to plant flowers, they might not bloom.

Since it was effective, Yu Xiaolian decided to continue and increase the amount so that Yu Changhe's leg could recover as soon as possible.

After the family finished eating, Madam Sun began to fiddle with the copper coins again. Yu Xiaolian went forward and took out a length of hemp rope. She neatly counted fifty and strung them together. "These are the fifty copper coins we owe the Wang family."

She put the fifty copper coins aside and found another thirty copper coins. She strung them together. "These are the thirty copper coins that we owe the Sun family."

Then, Yu Xiaolian counted another 150 copper coins for the coachman.

Madam Sun watched as Yu Xiaolian counted one, two, three, four, five, and even more than a hundred. Her eyes widened.

She could only count to ten. She would put ten in a pile, then check for ten more before adding them up. When did her daughter, who had never gone to school, become so awesome?

"Mother, who else do you owe?"

Madam Sun came back to her senses. "I owe Hunter Jiang's family 12 copper coins. There were a few times when your father went to town to look at his legs. He took Hunter Jiang's ox cart and didn't pay. Although Hunter Jiang said that he didn't want it anymore, we have to pay him back. It's not easy for anyone to earn money."

Yu Xiaolian found another 12 copper coins. "Then I'll return Hunter Jiang's money. You can return the money to the other families."

"Alright, that's all for now. As for the remaining two families, one is the Zhao family, and the other is my family. There's no hurry. We'll pay them back when we have the money."

Madam Sun put the three strings of copper coins into her arms. "Then I'll head off. Go to Hunter Jiang's house and come back quickly. Don't play with Jiang Lin for no reason. You're a girl. You can't stay in someone else's house for too long and let them gossip."

Yu Xiaolian held twelve copper coins in her hand and walked briskly to Hunter Jiang's house.

She stood outside the courtyard and called Jiang Lin a few times, but no one answered.

Did Hunter Jiang and his son go up the mountain?

Yu Xiaolian was just about to come another day when she saw Jiang Lin appear at the door fully covered.

"Why are you covering yourself so tightly in the middle of summer?"

Jiang Lin's entire body only revealed one eye. This was too strange.

"I'm getting a cold so I'm dressed a little thick. What brings you here?"

When Jiang Lin spoke, his voice was also very hoarse. Seeing Yu Xiaolian approaching, he even took a step back warily.

Yu Xiaolian handed over the twelve copper coins. "My mother said that she owed your family twelve copper coins for the ox cart and asked me to return the money."

"No. And… don't come to my house again."

"What's wrong? Didn't we agree to be friends?"

"Who wants to be friends with you? I've only interacted with you for a few days, but I already have a cold. The villagers are right. You're a little unlucky star. Stay away from me in the future."

Yu Xiaolian frowned. She originally thought that Jiang Lin was a friend. She didn't expect him to go back on his word just because of a small cold.

"So be it. Who cares?" Yu Xiaolian threw the twelve copper coins at Jiang Lin's feet. "I'll return the money to you."

With that, Yu Xiaolian strode out of the Jiang family's courtyard.

After Yu Xiaolian left, Jiang Lin squatted on the ground dispiritedly. After a while, he reached out to pick up the copper coins on the ground.

The hand he extended was the color of blood.

Yu Xiaolian didn't leave. Instead, she squatted outside the Jiang family's courtyard wall, wanting to see what was going on.

According to her understanding of Jiang Lin during this period of time, he did not look at her differently like the others.

There must be some reason she didn't know.

"That's why you're alienating me!"

Yu Xiaolian grabbed that blood-red hand, scaring Jiang Lin so much that he pushed Yu Xiaolian away, "Don't touch me!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong with you?" Yu Xiaolian got up from the ground and rushed towards Jiang Lin, ignoring the dust on her body.

"Don't come over, don't come over!" Jiang Lin shouted.

Yu Xiaolian thought of a few days ago when Jiang Lin brought her to pick wolfberries. At that time, she realized that his left hand was a little red, but Jiang Lin said that he was fine, so she didn't care. It seemed that there was already something wrong with Jiang Lin's body at that time.

This blood red color was extremely strange, as if it was caused by poison. Could it be related to that Longevity Gu worm?

"Is it because of that Longevity Gu worm?"

Jiang Lin removed the cover on his head and said with a gloomy face, "Yes, it's because of that damn bug. I shouldn't have disobeyed you."

"Hey, what's wrong with Jiang Lin?" Zhao Kuo suddenly appeared outside the Jiang family's house. "Do you have any wild prey at home? Sell me two. I plan to treat someone to a drink tonight."

Jiang Lin suddenly turned around. "Uncle Zhao, my father went to the mountain to collect them. When he comes back later, I'll ask him to send them to your house."

Zhao Kuo looked at Jiang Lin with a thoughtful expression. After a while, he nodded. "Tell your father that I want a hare. If you don't have a hare, anything else is fine."

"Aye, got it."

After Zhao Kuo left, Yu Xiaolian pushed Jiang Lin, "Go in!"

Standing outside was too conspicuous. As the Jiang family was at the foot of the mountain, and the villagers went up the mountain every day to dig vegetables and gather firewood, there were too many people passing by.

Jiang Lin walked slowly in front, as if he didn't want Yu Xiaolian to enter his room. He said in a muffled voice, "Stay away from me. Why don't… you go home? I'm afraid…"

"Cut the crap!" Yu Xiaolian pushed Jiang Lin again, "Walk faster!"

As soon as she entered the house, Yu Xiaolian tore off the rags on Jiang Lin's body and rolled up Jiang Lin's sleeve to check.

"Does your father know?"

"No. I didn't dare to tell him. I've been staying in my house for the past few days. I only went out to eat when my father went up the mountain."

"What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."

On the night that Jiang Lin and Yu Xiaolian returned from the mountain, Jiang Lin couldn't help but be curious. He opened the porcelain bottle and took a look. From inside, he poured out a dried worm. The worm was extremely small and transparent. Jiang Lin held it in his palm and looked at it left and right. In the end, he threw it aside and complained that the Longevity Gu worm was actually such a lousy thing.

When Jiang Lin lay on the brick bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, he had an idea. He lit the oil lamp again and dripped a drop of blood on the Longevity Gu worm.

"At that time, I thought about how those witches nurtured Gu with their blood, so I wanted to give it a try.

"I didn't expect that bug to come back from the dead."

After drinking Jiang Lin's blood, the Legendary VLongevity Gu worm was no longer transparent. Instead, it turned blood-red. Jiang Lin seemed to have discovered a huge secret and was extremely excited.

Just as he moved his finger closer and was about to feed the longevity worm another drop of blood, he felt a pain on his fingertip. The worm had disappeared.

Jiang Lin panicked. He knew that the worm had entered his body through the wound on his finger. Although he wanted to live forever, he still panicked in the face of an unknown situation. He pinched his finger hard, as if he wanted to squeeze the worm out of his body, but it was useless. He did not know where the worm had crawled to.

He could only comfort himself that this worm was a Longevity Gu worm and it might be a good thing for him to become its host.