Li Santong busily said: “You’re going to find pangolin? This can’t be done. There are a lot of dangerous animals in the mountains. Didn’t you get attacked by a tiger last time? You can’t go there!”

Bai Zhi knew that this old man was worried about her, so she was very grateful: “Thank you, Li Bo. I know, I will not go there, you can rest assured!”

Bai Zhi smiled beautifully like a flower, after thanking Li Santong and the young man, she left in a hurry.

When she came back home, Zhao Lan and Hu Changlin were talking in the courtyard. They looked quite anxious. When the two saw her back, they felt relieved.

Zhao Lan rushed forward and said. “Zhi’er, you’re back. Where have you been? Did something happened?”

Bai Zhi smiled and said: “Niang, what can happen? I just catch a few leeches. I need this for Hu Feng’s medicine. I’ll go get some more, you look after it.” Bai Zhi put forward her handkerchief with fat leeches that were squirming.

Zhao Lan said: “It’s really a leech. Can these things be used as medicine? I’ve never heard of it.”

Hu Changlin also asked: “Can this thing cure Hu Feng’s illness?”

Bai Zhi nodded her head: “Yes, if not, why should I catch these things?”

She didn’t want to waste time explaining. She simply said to Zhao Lan and Hu Changlin. “I have to go and get some more. You help me to deal with this first. Put these leeches to boiling water. After that, cut them into pieces and dry them under the sun. You don’t have to wait for me to eat lunch. I’ll come back when I’ve got enough.”

After that, she stuffed the handkerchief to  Zhao Lan’s hand and then turned and walked away.

Zhao Lan shook her head helplessly: “This child, she is in a hurry to do things.”

Hu Changlin smiled and said: “She originally just went to catch leeches. We were just worrying too much. Now, we can be at ease.”

Zhao Lan nodded her head: “Who said not? I thought she went to a dangerous place. I was so anxious to death.”

The two people talked as they walked towards the kitchen. They started a fire and boil water. They put the leeches and do things according to what Bai Zhi said.

*

Awu came back with three big corpses of wolves. Many villagers watched him along the road.

“Awu, who killed these wolves? These three wolves look so fierce!”

Awu smiled and said: “Hu Feng killed them. He is very good at it. If he wasn’t injured from falling down the hill, these three wolves won’t be able to get near him at all.”

Seeing many people surrounding Awu’s oxcart, Mrs. Liu and Old Lady Bai Lao squeezed themselves in the crowd. When they heard Awu’s words, they sneered in anger. Mrs. Liu opened her mouth and said: “That dead girl’s life is really long, she can still live with these wolves.”

Old Lady Bai looked at the three big wolves, their skin looked so good. Their body has thick meat. She hasn’t tasted wolf meat, but it must taste good. At least, it must taste better than rice soup and wild vegetables.

If that dead girl didn’t separate from their Bai family, out of these three wolves, at least two will belong to her, right? If she sells these wolves skin in the town, she can at least earn a few silver coins, right?

The more she thought of this, the more she gets angry. Seeing the oxcart was about to enter Hu Changlin’s yard. Old Lady Bai louder her voice and said: “Zhi’er can live under the mouth of these wolves, but I don’t know if she can come back alive in the Luoying Mountain.”

When Awu heard those words, his footsteps stopped. He looked at Old Lady Bai and asked: “What did you say?”

Old Lady Bai sneered: “What I said has nothing to do with you. It’s best if she can’t come back alive. You, what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over.”

 

 

* What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over (idiom) – People cannot be upset by something they don’t know about.

 

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