Chapter 133 Bear Infestation
Shen Changlin was carrying a hoe and trying to drive away a black bear. His shoulder had been hit hard by a claw, and blood had soaked through his sleeves. Seeing the black bear rushing towards him again, he was already exhausted. He thought that his life would end here today, and he felt very reluctant.
At this moment, a man rushed over and pushed him away, and started fighting with the black bear with a sword. Shen Changlin looked carefully and realized that this was his future son-in-law. How did he get here? He was really good at fighting. It seemed that Shenjia Village was saved.
The people in Shenjia Village gradually became exhausted. Some of them even had their arms bitten by the black bears, unable to move. In the end, they could only shed tears in despair.
At this time, the subordinates who received Zhuge Ling's signal rushed over and joined the fight to save the villager bitten by the black bear. The villagers looked at these people flying over and thought they were the heavenly soldiers and generals who came to save Shenjia Village.
As Zhuge Ling brought many people, the group of bears were killed quickly. Zhuge Ling led people to clean up the scene and search everywhere to see if there were any fish that had escaped. Fortunately, all the black bears were killed.
The village head led his men to patrol the entire village. Six people had died in the black bear's mouth. Two were young and strong, and the other four were elderly. Many people were injured. Fortunately, when the black bear was first discovered coming down the mountain, the villagers beat gongs and drums to notify everyone to go inside and close the door to avoid it, so no more casualties were caused.
They also figured out the real reason why the bears were around. It turned out that an old man in the village went up the mountain and stole two bear cubs, and the adult bears on the mountain came down the mountain to take revenge on this family. It happened that a few old people in the village came to this house to chat and ran into them. After the black bear came, they fled everywhere and led the black bear to the village. The elderly, women and children in the village went into the house, and the men came out to help drive the bear away. In the end, four of the six people who died were from the family that stole the bear cubs, and the other two old people were visiting his house.
The bear cubs had been sold by the old man who stole them, so Zhuge Ling ordered the villagers to drag the adult bears to the town and sell them. The money would be used to bury the six people, and the rest would be distributed to the injured as medicine. The villagers all agreed to this plan.
It was not until this time that Shen Bi, who heard the news, ran over and rushed into Zhuge Ling's arms with red eyes.
Zhuge Ling's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately hugged his fiancée tightly. Although he had only been away from Qingzhou Prefecture for a month, it felt like he hadn't seen her for several years.
Shen Bi raised her head and said with sobs: "Thank you for saving the people in our village."
Zhuge Ling stroked her hair and said, "Silly girl, you are still so polite to me. Let's go home and bring you a gift."
At Shen Bi's house, everyone was immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster, and they were even more delighted to see Zhuge Ling again.
Zhuge Ling asked his men to take down the things in the carriage, all of which were gifts for them. However, most of them were prepared for Shen Bi, and they were all fashionable in the capital. When Zhuge Ling asked the housekeeper to prepare some gifts that women would like, the housekeeper learned that they were for the future mistress, and he worked hard to collect fabrics and jewelry that women would like. There were Shu brocade, snow satin, jade hairpins, step-shaking ornaments, pearl earrings, and everything else to wear.
Gao and Sun were watching Zhuge Ling happily from the side. The more they watched this (grand)son-in-law, the more they were satisfied.
Soon, Shen Zhi came in a hurry, carrying a bamboo basket on her back. She covered the basket with a cloth because she didn't want others to think she could conjure up medicine out of thin air.
The head of Shenjia Village gathered the injured to the open space in front of Shen Bi's house, where a long table had been set up in advance.
Most of the injured were injured, some were scratched by bear paws, and some were bitten. All of them needed rabies and tetanus vaccines. Some of the wounds were particularly deep and needed tetanus human immunoglobulin injections. Shen Zhilai secretly prepared these in the carriage on the way.
After Shen Zhi examined them, he used medicine to wash their wounds, then applied medicine and bandaged them. He sutured the deeper wounds. He also gave them vaccinations if necessary. He was busy until dark.
Shen Zhi left medicine and gauze for the villagers and asked them to change the medicine regularly. The villagers were naturally very grateful.
Shen Zhi and Zhuge Ling stayed for dinner, and Sun did her best to prepare a sumptuous dinner. However, Zhuge Ling's attention did not seem to be on the food. He and Shen Bi kept exchanging glances, and Shen Zhi kept shaking his head.
After dinner, Shen Zhi and Zhuge Ling drove away. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, many villagers were waiting there. Everyone was grateful for Zhuge Ling and Shen Zhi's help to Shenjia Village. Some brought a hen, some brought a basket of eggs, and some brought a basket of wild fruits picked from the mountains. Everyone put baskets on the carriage, and Shen Zhi couldn't refuse, so he could only accept them with a smile.
Shen Zhi and Zhuge Ling left Shenjia Village together, but they separated halfway. Zhuge Ling went to Baiyun Villa, while Shen Zhi returned to Shitou Village. Ah Si's health needed her help to recuperate for two days.
Shen Zhi returned home, took a shower, and then entered the space. The computer showed that his points had increased again. As expected, doing good deeds would earn him points. Shen Zhi harvested food and planted it in the space. He worked for most of the night before leaving the space and going to bed.
I didn't wake up until the sun was high in the sky. This time I didn't wake up naturally. I heard voices in the yard early in the morning, which made me feel startled. Shen Zhi changed his clothes, washed up, and went to the kitchen to eat a simple breakfast.
Several women in the village who were friends with the Shen family came to visit Ah Si after she gave birth. Some brought a pound of brown sugar, some brought two pounds of red dates, some brought an egg, and some brought homemade rice wine, all of which are foods that women can eat during confinement. These aunts looked at Ah Si and the baby, chatted for a few words, and then left, letting her have a good rest.
A few people and Shen sat in the front yard, basking in the sun and chatting about gossip.
"There was a huge commotion in Erpang's house yesterday. Her father and mother made a fuss at home for half the night. Poor Erpang was so scared that she sat in the yard crying. Oh, so pitiful. Later, my daughter Dani couldn't stand it anymore and pulled her to my house to sleep." said Aunt Li, who lives next door to Erpang's house.
"I heard that the pension for Erpang's mother's brother was given to Ma by Erpang's father. It was twenty taels. Erpang's mother found out the money was missing after she returned home yesterday. After threatening to commit suicide at home, Erpang's father admitted that he was drunk and secretly gave the money to Ma. Now that Ma is in jail, I'm afraid the twenty taels are all wasted."
Shen Zhi brought melon seeds, candies and hot tea and served them to the aunts one by one. She also sat down and listened. Women are born to love gossip.
Everyone sipped hot tea, ate melon seeds, and chatted more leisurely.