Chapter 102 - 100: Treat Illnesses Early When They Are Minor
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Xie Jingchen left on the third morning, and Xu Xiaofen’s family sent word of a death at dawn the very same day. According to customs, Xie Family had just held a wedding feast, and not even half a month had passed. Families that were not very close would not send news of a death to the door.
But Xu Family’s relationship with Xie Family was a bit special.
Xu Xiaofen’s family was from the same village, considered one of the three major surnames of Qingfeng Village. Xiaofen’s father had died early, and the primary reason was that he saved Xie Tiesheng’s father, although in the end both men died. Nonetheless, Mr. Xu’s actions were indeed righteous.
And unlike Old Xie, who was closing in on sixty, Xu Xiaofen’s father was not yet forty at the time. As the eldest daughter of Xu Family, Xiaofen was only thirteen years old then, with two older brothers above and two younger siblings below.
The eldest was only seventeen, and the youngest was just seven. The family of six, plus an elderly grandmother, was to put it bluntly, a household of women and children.
Back then, around the sixties, Qingyun Commune was very remote. Though they lived off the land and water, during the sixties, the Daqing Mountain Range was truly filled with ferocious beasts—whether it be tigers, Himalayan bears, wild boars, foxes, and so on, all were present.
And what was more terrifying than these predatory animals were the venomous snakes and pythons!
If you really went deep into the mountains and encountered a cobra, just one bite and death could follow in less than ten minutes!
Speaking of it, Mr. Xu did save someone, but at that time, he himself was also bitten by a snake, and then in a selfless act went to save an elder of the village. Although everyone involved was bitten, Mr. Xu’s deeds were indeed noble.