The Rural Doctor of the Mountain Spirit

  This thing came too suddenly, making me feel very uneasy in my heart. Especially when I thought of the person who was holding a lantern during the day, that uneasy premonition became even stronger.

  I had no choice but to run back home and tell Dr. Wu about it. After listening, Dr. Wu shook his head and sighed constantly, his face turned even paler.

  "I didn't think he would actually make a move."

  I looked at Wu Xian in confusion: "Do you know what's going on here?"

  Wu Xianyi shook his head again: "Something's going to happen, our village is about to have a big disaster."

  After saying this sentence, Wu Xianyi closed her eyes tightly and refused to say anything else. I listened beside her in confusion, but didn't dare ask too much.

  After leaving Wu Xianyi's house, I ran into the village.

  In the village, because all the livestock in every household had died, a mournful and resentful cry was spreading throughout the village.

  Ordinary people may not be aware of it, but I, who have lived in the countryside since childhood, naturally understand the importance of livestock to rural people.

  The peasants in the mountain village are uncultured. They work hard every day, but whether the crops grown on that one mu and three fen of land can feed a family for a year is a problem. If there's a severe drought, the mountain village will suffer from famine.

  And these livestock can be said to be the villagers' source of income throughout the year.

  But now, just a few hours later, all the livestock in the entire village have died, which is equivalent to taking the lives of these villagers.

  I looked at the villagers who were loudly cursing one by one, and from their faces, I saw anger and resentment, but also helplessness and pain. I shook my head and walked past them.

  I soon returned to Er Gou's home, where everyone had already dispersed. Er Gou's mother was lying on the back of a cow, crying uncontrollably. Meanwhile, Er Gou himself was shrinking away, his face filled with despair.

  I felt a little sympathy in my heart, so I patted the dead cow and said to Er Gou's mother: "Auntie, don't cry anymore, it's no use crying."

  The mother of the two dogs turned around to look at me, her eyes already red and swollen from crying: "It's Xiao Sen, you've come just in time. Tell me, what has our family done wrong? Why is heaven treating us like this? First it was Er Gou getting into trouble, now even the few cows we had left have all died, waaah."

  I patted the back of Er Gou's mother, and didn't know what to say. Er Gou, who was standing beside me, suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs: "Our family hasn't done anything wrong, it's the heavens that have committed a crime! One day, I'll make them pay for their debt in blood!"

  "What are you talking about, you little scoundrel? Who do you want to pay back in blood?" Er Gou's mother burst out cursing.

  "Two dogs will never surrender: 'Heavenly Father, I want to make Heavenly Father pay back in blood for the debt of blood.'"

  This sentence is indeed a profane remark. Let's not talk about whether God exists or not, even if he does exist, what can a small mountain dweller like him do? What he said made me want to laugh, but I didn't laugh.

  Because I saw Er Gou's face was very serious, he wasn't joking around, he really wanted to make the heavens pay back in blood.

  I chatted with them for a few sentences, and the sky gradually darkened. Erdog's mother asked Erdog to take out a cow knife and kerosene lamp from the house, and prepared to dissect the dead cow outside the house. I watched them, and silently left myself.

  Back home, I first went to the feeding shed of my two pigs. Took a look inside, and the two pigs were still lying motionless on the ground. It was clear that they had truly kicked the bucket.

  I couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed and turned around to go back inside.

  By now, I'm not just a little uneasy in my heart, but also very anxious. After entering the house, I went straight to bed and prepared to sleep soundly.

  What I didn't expect was that just as I lay down, Wu Xianyi came in. His face was very pale, deathly pale. He walked unsteadily, but not to the point of falling over.

  Seeing him enter my room, I hurriedly got up to support him. One of them asked in puzzlement: "Wu Xianyi, what's wrong?"

  Wu Xian coughed twice and didn't say a word. After entering the house, he sat down on my bed, panting heavily for several breaths before saying: "My body has been unable to move in recent days, so I can only entrust you with the matter below. You must remember, under no circumstances can you let the villagers panic."

  Dr. Wu had never spoken so seriously to me before, and I felt a little moved when I heard his voice. I nodded in response: "I'll definitely do well."

  Wu Xianyi pulled out a wad of cash from his body: "The villagers have lost their livestock and are having a hard time, you first help me distribute this money to them."

  I stared at the money in Wu Xianyi's hand, a bit dazed and somewhat unexpected. I really didn't think that at this time, Wu Xianyi would still be thinking for the villagers like this.

  It was the first time I felt that Wu Xianyi was actually very kind at heart.

  After taking the money, I nodded to Wu Xianyi and was about to run out. But Wu Xianyi suddenly grabbed me: "I haven't finished speaking, what's your hurry?"

  I was taken aback and nodded, saying: "Oh, go on."

  Wu Xianyi coughed and a small amount of blood seeped out from the corner of her mouth: "This matter was done by that person who hit the lantern during the day, it can also be said to have originated from me. When you give money to the villagers, if they ask why, just say I have a lot of money and the villagers are in trouble, I am helping them out, don't mention anything else."

  I nodded, indicating understanding.

  "Remember what I said, don't forget. Also, come back as soon as you're done with the task, I have other things for you to do."

  I finally ran out of the house, along the village's small road, and rushed into the villagers' homes one by one. I had a big handful of money in my hand, more than I had ever touched before.

  However, I was unmoved in my heart because I knew that this money belonged to Wu Xianyi and it was his way of atoning for his sins.

  When I handed the money over to those villagers and repeated what Wu Xianyi had said, they were all shocked. They looked at me with confusion: "How can this be? We absolutely cannot take Wu Xianyi's money."

  These villagers are all very kind-hearted and naturally did not want to accept Dr. Wu's money. However, in the end I still stuffed the money into their hands.

  It took me two or three hours of hard work to run through the whole village and put the money into the hands of the villagers.

  The villagers all reacted more or less the same way, none of them willing to accept money, but in the end I forced it on them and they reluctantly accepted.

  My heart is secretly moved, tonight is destined to be a special night. Although something happened tonight, I saw the kindness of Wu Xianyi and the villagers from this matter. My heart feels very comfortable, after finishing the matter, I unconsciously hummed a song.

  Back home, Wu Xianyi was still sitting on my bed, his face as pale as ever, looking even paler.

  After entering the house, I briefly explained the situation to Wu Xianyi, but his expression didn't improve. I could see that Wu Xianyi's face was more serious than usual, and this seriousness was filled with a kind of worry.

  But in my heart, I was clear that Wu Xianyi was still thinking about the person who hit the lantern during the day. It seems that things are really not simple, otherwise how could it make Wu Xianyi so cautious?

  I couldn't help but interrupt Wu Xianyi: "Wu Xianyi, didn't you say there was something else to entrust?"

  Wu Xianyi raised his head to look at me, and the expression on his face kept changing. After a while, he sighed and shook his head: "Xiao Sen, I really didn't expect that in the end, the only person who could help me would be you."

  I looked at Wu Xianyi without saying a word.

  "But this matter is extremely complicated and involves life-threatening danger. Are you still willing to help me?"

  "Xiao Sen owes you half his life, if it weren't for you taking him in, he would have starved to death somewhere. I may be young, but I can tell that Wu Xianyi wasn't joking with me. And although I'm still young, my courage has been tempered through hardships."

  Wu Xianyi suddenly stroked my head with great comfort: "Xiao Sen, you've grown up, you're a little man now. Your grandfather can rest in peace under the nine springs."

  Wu Xianyi has completely trusted me now. With a sigh of relief, he told me everything. And although I listened with a mixture of understanding and confusion, I knew one thing.

  This village is really going to be doomed.

  Today in the daytime, it was livestock in the village that died, and after a few days, people will start dying.