“Woo!!!”
Qin Dong’s face was contorted, his veins popping out, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.
Qin Huai An and the other two barely managed to hold him down.
After a long while, Qin Dong calmed down.
The four in the room simultaneously looked at Qin Si. Qin Dong was sweating profusely and his voice was hoarse as he asked:
“Done?”
“Connected.”
Qin Si took out the needles he brought and asked Qin Huai Ru to fetch the needles from the house. He then began to needle Qin Dong’s leg.
After a long time, Qin Dong felt the pain in his leg ease.
He looked at Qin Si in astonishment:
“Good boy, you really have some skills, it doesn’t hurt anymore!”
Qin Dong’s weathered face blossomed into a smile. His leg was healed, he wouldn’t be crippled.
He wouldn’t have to spend money at the hospital.
He was the pillar of the family. Qin Si had saved him, he had saved his entire family.
This was a favor.
Qin Dong kept it in his heart and didn’t say anything more.
Qin Si sawed four suitable wooden boards in the wood-working area. After removing the needles, he bound them onto Qin Dong’s leg.
“Try not to put any weight on this leg, it’ll be healed in a month.”
“Really, it’ll be healed in a month?”
Qin Dong was overjoyed. It was said that it takes 100 days for a bone injury to heal, and his leg was broken, yet it would heal in a month!
“Rotten… Qin Si, I’m not saying I don’t believe you, I’m just…”
“I understand.”
Qin Si smiled slightly:
“Use some herbal medicine, eat well, you’ll heal faster. I’ll go up the mountain tomorrow to get some herbs back.”
“That’s too much trouble, Qin Si. I won’t say thanks, I’ll keep it in my heart.”
Qin Dong waved his hand and told Qin Huai Ru:
“Huai Ru, go boil some hot water, let your brother Qin Si wash his hands.”
“Oh, okay.”
Now that the illness was cured, it wouldn’t be right to leave so quickly.
Qin Si and Qin Dong chatted casually.
Qin Dong’s face was full of emotion:
“The damned Zhao landlord, he used to bully us. Now that he’s become a bandit, he still won’t leave us alone. He went down the mountain and looted all the autumn harvest in the village.”
“Otherwise, how could our life be so miserable!”
“Alas, there’s no hope for this life. I don’t know when it will end.”
Most of the talking was done by Qin Dong, while Qin Si listened on the side, occasionally interjecting with soft agreement.
“Brother Qin Si, your hands are ready.”
Qin Huai Ru came in with hot water, Qin Si’s hands were full of herbs.
He didn’t refuse.
As he took the handkerchief Qin Huai Ru handed over, his hand brushed against hers.
A young woman’s hands should be delicate.
But Qin Huai Ru’s hands were covered in chilblains and calluses.
Qin Huai Ru sat on the stool, her face flushed, her head bowed.
That brief touch stirred her heart.
Qin Si’s hands were white, slender, and incredibly beautiful.
Qin Huai Ru looked at her own rough hands, and a wave of self-loathing washed over her.
“Brother, hahahaha!”
Laughter came from outside.
Qin Liang, Qin Dong’s younger brother, walked in with his wife and son Qin Huai Sheng, each carrying a large bag.
“Brother, that old geezer, the headman, is finished. His granary was looted by the villagers, I’m giving you some!”
Qin Liang’s face was full of joy. He was slightly surprised to see Qin Si:
“Oh, Rotten Si, you’re here too. I thought I didn’t see you earlier. Take some grain when you leave.”
“Third Uncle, Third Aunt, what are you…”
Qin Huai Ru asked with confusion.
“Wait, let me have some water first.”
Qin Dong placed the large bag on his shoulder on the ground, gulped down a large mouthful of water, and then sat down.
He spoke about the events with a smile on his face.
It turned out that today, after Qin Si beat up the headman and Zhao Da Wu, the villagers’ suppressed resentment towards the headman began to erupt, some even got into arguments with the headman’s family.
The headman had always favored Zhao Da Wu, not to say that he was arrogant and domineering in the village, but he was a bully who used his authority to intimidate others.
He had three wives and seven children.
Today, the headman had stirred up trouble because he had received a bribe from Zhao Da Wu, hundreds of catties of grain!
The headman’s three wives were arguing and even started fighting over those few hundred catties of grain today, and the villagers heard about it.
Previously, the villagers had only suspected that the headman was colluding with Zhao Da Wu, but now it was confirmed!
So the villagers were furious.
They rushed in, beat up the headman and his family, and opened the headman’s granary. They found…
Holy cow!
It was full of grain!
They now realized that the bandits hadn’t robbed the headman’s family when they went down the mountain to loot the autumn harvest!
“That old geezer, he only calmed down after being beaten. The village’s grain register was given to the bandits by that old bastard!”
Qin Liang cursed angrily:
“Everyone was wondering why the bandits came down the mountain just two days after the autumn harvest, they knew exactly how much grain each household had.”
“It turns out this old bastard was colluding with the bandits and betrayed the village!”
Qin Huai Ru and Qin Dong were stunned, then they all became furious.
Qin Si was also a little surprised.
Holy cow, he thought the headman was just clueless, but it turned out he was playing with fire.
It was bad enough he was colluding with Zhao Da Wu, but he dared to collude with bandits?
He was audacious and reckless.
“There’s one more thing, it’s related to you.”
Qin Liang looked at Qin Si and said:
“The village is going to choose a new headman.”