Chapter 68: Rumors Dispelled on Their Own
Beisitian strolled around the live poultry market. The smell here was strong, and there were often muddy puddles on the ground, with a fishy odor wafting up, making people nauseous.
Beisitian walked around and bought three native chicken chicks—one rooster and two hens. She didn’t buy too many, fearing that carrying so much might attract attention, because she also bought a free-range chicken intended to be stewed for soup at home.
Beisitian looked at the live fish and decided to buy them next time, as she couldn’t carry too much at once.
The three chicks were placed in a bamboo cage, while the free-range chicken had its feet and wings bound, carried upside down.
After buying these items, Beisitian went home to wait for a message from Zhou Jiren’s side.
Beisitian took a donkey cart home and got busy upon arrival, picking up some branches and wooden sticks to make a temporary fence to enclose the chicks.
Luo Anping could already walk without crutches, although he hadn’t left the yard yet. He sat at the stove outside and watched Beisitian busy, wanting to join her, wondering how to persuade her to let him go out herding sheep with her today.
The five-year-old child had already been cooped up miserably for more than twenty days.
"Ping’an, come out for a walk with me today."
Just as Luo Anping was racking his brains for a solution, Beisitian’s words were like a gift from heaven, leaving him staring blankly for a long time without reacting. When he did, he whooped and jumped up, only to ’hiss’ and bend over, tugging at the wound on his belly.
Mrs. Qin’s voice came from inside, laughing and scolding, and she came out shortly afterward. Her eyes were still covered with a layer of white mist, and her vision was as before, causing her some disappointment.
The eyes had been blind for so many years; they couldn’t be cured just like that. Mrs. Qin understood this, and she didn’t blame Beisitian; her hopes had simply diminished, no longer as excited as before.