I Became a Medical Genius in the 80s
Chapter 25: Experienced Bandits

Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Experienced Bandits

Children don’t understand, but adults can’t afford to be ignorant. Regardless of whether it’s true or false, such matters should be avoided in front of children. Not only did they not avoid it, they even taught the children like this!

For a woman, ’having encountered bandits’ is not a good thing. Children may not understand, but adults do. How many women who have encountered bandits are innocent!

Beisitian just wanted to frustrate that child’s mother so much that she had nowhere to vent. If you say the words yourself, you have to bear some consequences.

The child stood there dumbfounded. Did his mother encounter bandits or not? She must have, otherwise how would she know a traitor is more hateful than a bandit?

As Beisitian led Luo Anping past the two children, her gaze turned slightly cold. The two kids had probably never seen such a sharp look from the young widow before and were startled, quickly running away.

The young widow seemed to have changed. In the past, when they threw stones at her, she didn’t even dare to talk back!

Little Stone hurried home and called out to his mother as soon as he got in the door.

"Mom, I just saw the young widow and the little dark ghost at the village entrance!"

"So what if you saw them, why shout." Stone’s mother smoothed her hair, her rough, dark face smiling as she hummed a tune.

"Mom, have you encountered bandits before?" Little Stone tilted his head and asked.

Stone’s mother’s tune stopped abruptly, and she turned her head and said, "What did you say?"

"Mom, have you encountered bandits?" Little Stone asked again.

Stone’s mother’s face flushed instantly, her expression contorted, which with her rough, dark face looked somewhat fierce.

"You little brat, what nonsense are you talking about! Is that any way to talk to your mother! You little bastard, if I don’t beat you for a day, you’ll go and tear the roof off! I’ll beat you to death!" Stone’s mother yelled in anger, grabbing Little Stone’s arm and giving him a good beating.

Little Stone stood there utterly confused, crying out in pain without knowing why, cried while pleading, "Don’t hit me, mom! It’s you who said traitors are more hateful than bandits, so you must have encountered bandits... Ow! Stop hitting!"

When Stone’s mother heard this, she hit even harder. In rural women, if nothing else, they’ve got strength, beating Little Stone until he cried for his father and mother.

With such a ruckus, everyone around heard the commotion and almost burst out laughing when they heard Little Stone’s words!

From then on, the story of Stone’s mother ’encountering bandits’ spread everywhere. Fortunately, Stone’s father wasn’t the gullible type, but even so, he was furious enough to be half-dead, feeling his reputation tainted, though not really, and he didn’t have a kind face for Stone’s mother either.

Unaware of any of this, the adults and the child had already driven the sheep up the hill. Although Beisitian was physically exhausted, she was mentally exhilarated. Upon reaching the mountain, she took a deep breath, seemingly smelling the scent of many good things!

"Sis, is my brother really a traitor?" Luo Anping asked gloomily.

Since he could understand, that’s what the villagers, both adults and children, had been saying, that his brother was a traitor who surrendered on the battlefield.

Since that incident, Luo Er’s family became a blemish in the village. Even the village chief didn’t have a kind face for them. Since then, Mrs. Qin’s temper had become volatile, and the furrow between her brows began forming then.

"Whether it’s true or not, we can’t rely on someone who’s not here. Ping’an, this family will still depend on you in the future," Beisitian said.

She had never met Luo Xudong, so she couldn’t comment. She didn’t plan to stay in this family in the future, at least not in a wife’s identity. After she led this family to prosperity, she might travel around like in her past life, going on adventures across the whole country.

"Ping’an! Ping’an!"

Not far away, a little boy of about five or six was waving his hand, shouting for Luo Anping.

Hearing this, Luo Anping lifted his head. His face, previously somewhat gloomy, broke into a smile. He turned to Beisitian and said, "Sis, I’m going to dig up some shepherd’s purse and wild lettuce!"

"Go ahead, dig up more wild lettuce! Don’t go too far!" Beisitian said with a smile.

Shepherd’s purse mixed with garlic is delicious and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

"Sure!" Luo Anping ran off.

After all, he’s just a child; although there are worries, they are limited.

A girl was beside the boy, curiously watching her. Judging by her age, she should be one or two years younger than her. From the original’s memory, she understood that this was Liu Chunyu, the daughter of Carpenter Liu from the east end of the village, and the little one was her brother, Carpenter Liu’s youngest son, Chuncai.

Even though there’s family planning now, for rural people, having children is a big deal for passing on family lineage, so how is it possible to have only one!

Every household secretly had more children, so the village committee had no way out, unable to give them a household registration, so there was turmoil.

Liu Chunyu had never spoken to the original owner but also had never bullied her, so Beisitian nodded at her and continued to herd the sheep.

Liu Chunyu seemed surprised that Beisitian would greet her, pausing. Many in the village said Beisitian had changed; could it be true?

Thinking like this, she didn’t have the courage to go over and greet her.

Having driven the sheep to the hillside, Beisitian no longer needed to worry about them. She strolled nearby. This side of the slope was gentle, so people usually called it the North Slope. It was not only suitable for grazing sheep but also had plenty of wild vegetables and herbs.

Though not top-notch materials, some hemostatic and cold and flu remedies were everywhere, more plentiful than wild vegetables!

Seeing this, Beisitian was delighted, picked a few hemostatic leaves; later, she could make them into powder for use during bumps and scrapes.

She also picked some herbs for clearing heat and detoxifying, not vegetables but real herbs. Although some wild vegetables also have this effect, they are less effective, marking a big difference.

Though it was fall, it was still so hot that it could kill a cow with heat!

With so many herbs on this hillside, Beisitian grew more interested in this mountain; in places sparse with people, there might just be treasures waiting!

No matter how much one says, fixing her health came first before going out for what she wanted to do. She shifted her gaze, watching Luo Anping, who was both digging wild vegetables and playing, a gentle curl at the corner of her lips.

With nothing better to do, Beisitian decided to look for something wild. Her eyes were on the mushrooms under the roots, as there were basically no poisonous ones here, all edible.

"Hmm?" Beisitian crouched down suddenly, picking a peculiar mushroom that looked like it had a wasp’s nest on top or like a morel, about half a palm in size.

Beisitian felt a joyful thrill. Glancing around, she found quite a few of these mushrooms around.

These mushrooms, called morels, are succulent and medicinal fungi. They are associated with the spleen and stomach meridian, having kidney, brain, and revitalizing benefits. Given that her priority was to restore her spirit, this was undoubtedly a prime material!

Beisitian, overjoyed, immediately started collecting them.

Seeing this from afar, Liu Chunyu was shocked, quickly shouting, "Don’t pick that, you can’t eat it!"