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Chapter 293 The Female Cannon Fodder Who Falsely Claims Favors in the Historical Literature 34

Xie Changqing opened the box with some trembling. Inside the box were a few large white steamed buns, a dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a dish of scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, and a dish of cold cucumber salad.

The dishes and steamed buns in the lunch boxes were still warm, emitting an enticing aroma that made these people, who had not eaten meat for a long time, swallow their saliva unconsciously.

"What's going on?" asked an old man.

Xie Changqing came back to his senses and looked at his grandson, "Qingyuan, that person said he wanted to thank you for saving his sister. Do you know who it was?"

Xie Qingyuan was stunned and quickly recounted what happened during the day word for word.

Xie Changqing was silent for a long time, closed the lids of several aluminum lunch boxes, and put them neatly into the basket.

"You are doing the right thing. You should deliver it to someone tomorrow morning. We can't take advantage of them for nothing."

Xie Qingyuan touched his belly and nodded.

Everyone picked up the black steamed bun that had made their throats ache and began to eat it with difficulty, smelling the delicious taste that had not yet completely dissipated in the air and swallowing their saliva silently.

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Early the next morning, when Jiang Yueshu and others had just sat down at the dining table in the Cheng family's courtyard, there was a knock on the door.

Cheng Shuo was busy in the kitchen and it was Cheng Yueyue who opened the door.

After a while, Cheng Yueyue came in, pulling the boy with an awkward look on his face. The boy was holding a basket in his hand.

As soon as Jiang Yueshu saw the basket, she guessed the boy's purpose.

When Cheng Shuo brought out the last dish, he also saw the young man in the yard.

Seeing someone coming, Xie Qingyuan quickly placed the basket in front of Cheng Shuo and said, "I'm here to return something. My grandfather said that you can't take advantage of others. What I did before was also what I should have done."

Cheng Shuo frowned slightly, walked forward, lifted the cloth on the basket and took a look, and sure enough, the food in the box was untouched.

"Yueyue! Close the door!"

Cheng Yueyue didn't understand, but she obeyed her brother's words and ran quickly to close the door.

Xie Qingyuan saw Cheng Shuo's actions, pursed his lips and explained, "We didn't touch these."

Cheng Shuo nodded, "I know. You have a righteous heart and helped my sister. Like you said, this is what you should do. But as Yueyue's brother, you helped her, I should be grateful and repay you. This is also what I should do."

"Since you didn't eat the food we sent you yesterday, why don't you have breakfast with us?"

Xie Qingyuan was a little dumbfounded and stood there without moving.

Cheng Yueyue had already grabbed his sleeve and pushed him onto the stool.

"Yes, Xie Qingyuan, my brother has already said that you should be grateful and repay your kindness. There is no reason for him not to let you have a meal."

Xie Qingyuan looked at the steamed buns, porridge, cold dishes and stir-fried vegetables on the table and swallowed unconsciously.

He hasn't eaten these for a long time since he was sent here with his grandfather.

The longer he stayed here, the more he realized how precious the food on the table in front of him was.

Can he...really eat it?

"I, I've already eaten."

Xie Qingyuan pinched his fingers and said in the direction of Cheng Shuo.

He knew clearly how precious the food on the table was, so he should not have eaten it.

Right after he finished speaking, the boy felt slapped in the face and his stomach started to growl unceremoniously.

Xie Qingyuan's face turned red instantly, and he covered his stomach without saying a word.

No one at the scene laughed at him, but instead quietly added more bowls for him and served him dishes and rice.

"Eat!" Cheng Shuo said briefly and put a bowl of porridge in front of him.

Jiang Yueshu also said, "You're welcome. If you eat here, you can save some food for your grandfather."

Seeing the boy's conflicted expression, Jiang Yueshu continued, "I'll trouble you to help fetch some firewood when the time comes."

After hearing this, the boy stopped hesitating and started to eat carefully. He only dared to drink the porridge in front of him without even looking at the rich dishes on the table.

Everyone noticed his discomfort and enthusiastically helped him pick up food and stuffed buns into his hands.

Xie Qingyuan tasted the sweet and soft steamed buns and the delicious side dishes, his heart trembled and his eyes were hot and swollen.

Tears were almost falling, and he quickly lowered his eyes, letting the tears drip onto the ground.

Fang Ruoyao was jealous and couldn't help but speak.

"Qingyuan, what do you eat every day?"

Xie Qingyuan paused, lowered his eyes, and said calmly, "Black steamed buns with hot water."

Fang Ruoyao uttered an "ah" and felt very uncomfortable. She quickly picked up a piece of food and sent it over, "Eat more!"

After finishing his meal, Xie Qingyuan prepared to go back to the cowshed to tell his grandfather before going up the mountain to collect firewood.

Cheng Shuo stopped him and pointed at the basket on the ground. "These are already cold. I have a patient at home and can't eat this meal. Can you please help me deal with it?"

Xie Qingyuan hesitated. He had just eaten a meal for free. If he took all these away...

Could he really pay it off just by chopping wood?

"Take it. It would be a waste if we keep it here because we can't finish it. We can't just throw it away, right?" Cheng Shuo continued.

Xie Qingyuan was obviously even more shaken, so Cheng Shuo simply added fuel to the fire.

“Yueyue, if he doesn’t want it, just throw it outside.”

Cheng Yueyue was a little at a loss. She took a few steps forward and was about to take the basket when Xie Qingyuan reacted instantly.

He gently picked up the basket and said to Cheng Shuo, "Thank you, I will take care of these."

After Xie Qingyuan walked away, Fang Ruoyao hugged Jiang Yueshu and sighed.

"Oh, how pitiful. This child is so stubborn, it's hard to help him..."

"But it sounds like his grandfather is a nice guy, otherwise he wouldn't have raised such a kid. I just don't know how I can help them..."

Jiang Yueshu nodded, thinking of the old man who was about to faint while carrying the manure. It looked like he was in poor health.

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Xie Qingyuan carried the basket back to the cowshed. Afraid that his grandfather would be angry, he told him what had happened first.

Grandpa Xie was silent for a long time, slowly exhaled, and finally said something to his grandson who was still standing stiffly in the same place, looking at him nervously.

"Leave it there and heat it up for lunch."

Xie Qingyuan was delighted for a moment. These foods were hundreds of times better than the black steamed buns they usually ate. Even if they were cold, it would not matter much.

He actually knew that he had gotten a great deal, but his grandfather and his family were old and had bad teeth, and these were nutritious and healthy things, so he had to take them shamelessly.

"Go get them some firewood more often in the future. Help them if you can. You know how much of a bargain we're taking."

Xie Qingyuan kept nodding, "I understand, Grandpa. I will."

After this incident, Xie Qingyuan would collect firewood and deliver it over almost every day.

Cheng Shuo and his companions invited him to dinner, and he succeeded twice out of ten times. These were the results of Cheng Shuo's suppression by force. The rest of the time he ran away very quickly.

On the other side, Zhao Xue had also been thinking about how to make friends with the people in the cowshed. Whenever she had time, she would secretly keep an eye on the situation here.

After a while, Xie Qingyuan, who often went out, was noticed by her.

She had seen Xie Qingyuan call the old man "Grandpa", so she immediately became interested and set her eyes on Xie Qingyuan.

That day, after finishing his work, Xie Qingyuan was about to go up the mountain to collect firewood when he met a female comrade on the way.

He walked forward with his head down. Those who lived in the cowshed were not liked by the villagers, so whenever he met villagers, he would basically avoid them if possible. If he couldn't avoid them, he would pretend they didn't exist.

Unexpectedly, before he had taken a few steps, the female comrade next to him suddenly cried out "Ouch".

Xie Qingyuan paused, a little hesitant.

It was the kindness in his heart that made him turn his head, and he saw the woman fall to the ground. He hesitated for a moment, then took a few steps closer.

"Comrade, how are you? Are you all right?"

Zhao Xue's eyes flashed and she frowned slightly, "I, I just fell accidentally. I think I sprained my ankle. Now it hurts so much that I can't even stand up."

Xie Qingyuan stood still, "Then...where are your family members? Do you need me to call them?"

Zhao Xue said pitifully, "My family members have gone to work, and we can't let my minor injury affect the production progress in the field. Can you, can you help me get back?"

Xie Qingyuan hesitated. They were a man and a woman, and there was a difference between men and women. Although there was a few years difference in age, it would not be appropriate if someone saw them. Besides, he was from the cowshed, and he was worried about harming the female comrade.

Zhao Xue saw his hesitation and cried out in pain, "Ouch, ouch, ouch!" "It hurts so much. If you don't want to, can you help call a doctor? I'll wait here."

"Ah?" Xie Qingyuan was startled, "I don't know where to find a doctor?"

Zhao Xue looked at his expression carefully, and seeing that it didn't seem fake, she wondered, did he really not know, or was he pretending?

"Aren't you from this village? Don't you know? What do you do if you get sick or injured?" Zhao Xue asked tentatively.

Xie Qingyuan fell into deep thought because of these words. After they were sent down to the countryside, they didn't get hurt, but they suffered from minor illnesses all the time. Although his grandfather knew medicine, everyone suffered from the limitation of medicinal materials and food, so it was useless for him to know.

What's more, his grandfather was demoted because of this incident, and this matter must not be known to anyone.

Thinking of this, Xie Qingyuan hurriedly shook his head, "No, I'm not from this village, and I never go to see a doctor when I'm sick."

After thinking for a while, he asked again, "What about you? You should be from this village, right? You should know where the doctor lives, right?"

Zhao Xue saw Xie Qingyuan's silence just now, but she couldn't figure out why he was silent, so she pretended to say, "I'm an educated youth from the countryside, so I don't know much either."

Xie Qingyuan pursed his lips in distress. He already felt guilty for not being able to help others due to the difference between his gender. He immediately made up his mind to help call a doctor.

He looked at the road ahead and suddenly remembered that the Cheng family was not far away, so he hurriedly said to Zhao Xue with some excitement.

"I understand. Wait here. I'll go call for help now!"

After saying this, he ran out quickly.

Zhao Xue stood there looking at the man, feeling a little excited, and was still wondering if the big boss from the bullpen was coming over.

Ten minutes later, Zhao Xue and Jiang Yueshu looked at each other.

Xie Qingyuan stood aside and explained, "Comrade, this female comrade can straighten bones. She is very close. Please ask her to help you."

He was originally planning to ask his brothers and sisters, but he ran into Sister Jiang first. When Sister Jiang heard that someone had sprained their bones, she said she could fix the bones, so Xie Qingyuan immediately brought people over.

Zhao Xue: “…”

"Oh! You sprained your ankle?" Jiang Yueshu said with a half-smile.

As Xie Qingyuan was still beside her, Zhao Xue just nodded weakly.

She felt a little guilty, and she didn't know if the child had said anything too much or shouldn't have.

"That's great. I know how to straighten bones. Let me check you out!"

"Can you correct bones?" Zhao Xue's eyes were filled with doubt and her voice was filled with shock.

"Yes, I learned it from Doctor Zhang."

After saying this, Jiang Yueshu took out a pair of gloves from his pocket, put them on, and looked over slowly.

Zhao Xue's expression was a little stiff, and she hated Jiang Yueshu for the way it was clear that she disliked her.

Just as she was thinking about it, Jiang Yueshu pulled Zhao Xue's trouser leg and touched it casually with her hand.

"Does this hurt?"

"pain."

"What about this? Does it hurt?"

"pain."

Jiang Yueshu pressed it again, but Zhao Xue still cried out in pain.

In the end, Jiang Yueshu didn't even press it down, but just asked a question, and Zhao Xue shouted "it hurts" again.

Jiang Yueshu deliberately glanced at Xie Qingyuan, who looked a little dumbfounded, and said seriously.

"It hurts, right? Then you must have really sprained it. I'll fix it for you now."

Zhao Xue lowered her head complacently, hiding the contempt in her eyes. This idiot, she was just pretending to yell a few times, and she really thought she had superb medical skills and could diagnose the disease.

Before she could finish her thought, Jiang Yueshu skillfully twisted her ankle bone, and a "click" sound was heard.

Zhao Xue's body stiffened. Why did there come a "click" sound?

She moved her ankle with some fear, and her expression immediately became painful, and she cried out in pain, "Ouch, ouch!" This time she was not pretending.

She tried to move her ankle, but couldn't budge it.

Ruined!

Zhao Xue was thinking this in her heart, and this time she really sprained her ankle.

She looked terrified and started crying.

"What did you do? You don't know how to straighten bones. My feet hurt so much!"

Jiang Yueshu looked puzzled, "No way, I know how to straighten bones! Logically it should be healed, unless your bones were straight to begin with."

Zhao Xue's eyes flashed guiltily, and the pain made her explode again. She kept cursing and swearing.

"Jiang Erya, how can you be so evil? You don't know how to straighten bones, but you are pretending to be one? Do you really think that straightening bones is something you can learn in one go? You can't even read a few characters, and you still say that you can straighten bones? I think you are doing this on purpose, because I married Jianjun, so you are here to harm me!"

Jiang Yueshu remained unmoved. She grabbed the trouser leg of Zhao Xue, who was unable to move her feet, and began to test her ankle, which was already slightly red.

"It shouldn't be like that! Does it hurt when you press it?"

"Ouch~"