Chapter 50: The High Master of Gu Poison

  The village chief was drinking tea and gestured for us to calm down, sit down and have a cup of tea before talking. Ah Li walked in from outside the door with two cups of tea, her face smiling like a flower.

  I and Wang Jue each held a cup. Wang Jue sipped slowly, but I had no heart to drink tea, putting the cup aside and looking at the village chief with concern.

  He seemed a bit embarrassed by my gaze, so he put down his teacup, cleared his throat and said: "There's an expert in the village who can cure gu poisoning. She's 132 years old this year. I'll take you to see her later. There's hope that she can cure your sister of the gu poison, but it may be too late because the person poisoned must be present for the treatment to work."

  As soon as this was said, I was half delighted and half worried. The delight was that there was finally hope, the worry was that my older sister was thousands of miles away, and even if she drove over immediately, it would take eight or nine hours, could she make it before Lei Xiao Hao made his move?

  After finishing tea, the village head took me and Wang Jue to a household at the east end of the village, and A Li also followed with a jump.

  This family's house is not big, only three tile-roofed houses with a yard. The yard has sparse bean frames, compared to the village chief's silk melon vines and cherry trees, it's like heaven and earth. It seems that the gap between rich and poor in this village is quite large.

  The village head knocked on the door ring, and the door creaked open. A girl in a blue floral dress came out to answer it.

  "Flower girl!" Wang Jue took a big step forward, and both the village chief and I were startled by his sudden movement. It seemed that the favor of sending medicine that day had sown a seed in Wang Jue's heart. At this moment, the seed had taken root, sprouted, and bloomed into a small rose flower.

  Hua Gu's face suddenly turned red, and she hastily stepped aside to let us in. The village chief and I had already sat down in the main room, while Wang Ju and Hua Gu were still gazing at each other with deep affection, and Ah Li was watching from the side, pursing her lips and smiling secretly.

  I can empathize with this feeling, just like the nervousness I felt when I first saw Wen Shu. I don't know how many times in my life I'll experience such a heartbeat, but this one time is already unforgettable.

  "Hua Gu, bring your mother-in-law out!" The village chief saw the two of them exchanging flirtatious glances and ignored us, so he had to clear his throat and call out to her.

  "Oh," Hua Gu suddenly came back to her senses, seeing that both of us were staring at her, her face turned even redder, like a red Fuji apple. "My mother-in-law is still sleeping, you two wait for a while, I'll go wake her up."

  The little kid didn't stay for long, and after playing in the main room for a while, he ran out. The three of us were left sitting there, Wang Ju was silent with his head hung low due to the awkward situation earlier, the village chief was preparing to smoke a pipe, and I was anxiously staring at the door to the inner room, hoping that the person inside would come out soon.

  After a moment, the door creaked open. Hua Gu led out an old white-haired woman slowly. The three of us stood up to give our seats, but the old woman didn't look at anyone and let Hua Gu support her as she walked straight to the chair in the middle of the main room on the left side and sat down.

  The village chief put down his pipe, walked to the front of the old lady, and respectfully knelt down to give her a head knock. Seeing this scene, Wang Jue and I were at a loss, unsure whether to continue sitting or follow the village chief's example and give her a head knock.

  Just as we were about to make a disturbance, the flower girl gave us a signal and let us follow her example. So, we got down from our seats and knelt down on both sides of the village head, following her lead in kowtowing.