The Whole Village Thrives After Adopting a Lucky Girl

Yingbao struggled to swim towards the shore, dragging Jiang Wu along, and Jiang Wu was still tightly gripping the collar of Xubao’s clothes.

Just like that, Yingbao finally dragged the two of them to shore, where several people together pulled all three of them up.

Upon hearing the news, Spring Lady embraced Yingbao, unfastening her cotton padded jacket to warm her up, and, with the help of the others, quickly stripped her son of his wet clothes.

Spring Lady held the two children close and dashed home.

Erni also hurriedly followed Spring Lady, holding Xubao in her arms.

Chen Zhao, crying all the while, took Yingbao and her brother’s clothes and stuffed them into the basket on her back. She followed Erni and they went to Yingbao’s house together.

Spring Lady laid her daughter and son on the kang, covering them with blankets, she hurriedly stuffed dry grass into the kang’s cavity and lit it.

She then went to the kitchen to boil water and made ginger tea for the children to drink.

Yingbao, huddled under the blanket, warmed up after some time.

Feeling Jiang Wu next to her, she put a slice of wu ding zhi into his mouth and gently asked: “How did you and Xubao fall into the water?”

Jiang Wu, teeth chattering still, took quite a while to respond: “It was his stepmother who kicked him in…”

“Kicked him in? Why?”

“I don’t know, I was out for a run, Xubao came following me, as he passed by the pool, his stepmother kicked him in.”

Yingbao: “Who else saw it?”

“Old Lady Wang and another woman also saw it, they were just coming over,” said Jiang Wu: “Then Xubao’s stepmother ran away.”

Yingbao’s face turned sombre.

She hadn’t expected Chu Man to be so vicious, kicking a two-year-old into freezing water, is this something a human would do?

Although Yingbao didn’t particularly like Xubao, he was still unknowing and naive.

In this life, without the Han Family’s pampering, Xubao’s temperament was relatively normal, just like the other village kids, not particularly annoying.

Jiang Wu gradually relaxed, quietly asking his sister: “Will Xubao die?”

Yingbao: “No, he’s just frozen, it will be fine once he warms up.” Luckily the two children were dressed in thick cotton clothes, only floating on the water for a moment. Had they sunk and swallowed a bellyful of water, even an immortal god would not be able to save them.

At that moment, Xubao was also stripped of his clothes and hastily stuffed into the warm confines of the kang.

His eyes were tightly closed and his little face was pale, clearly suffering from the chill.

Chen Zhao was in hysterics, she continuously massaged Xubao’s cheeks and hands, saying: “Little brother! Little brother! Wake up.”

Before long, Chen Feng, along with her eldest granddaughter, Chen Wan, and her husband, Mr. Chen, rushed over. Seeing her young grandson in that state, Chen Feng rushed over, hugged Xubao, and burst into tears.

“My dear child! All because of that damned witch! Dare you harm him! I will avenge you!”

Mr. Chen furrowed his eyebrows: “Enough! She didn’t do it intentionally, what’s with all the wailing? You should hurry and find Wu Si to come over and take a look.”

Wu Si was the local barefoot doctor in the village, he’s the husband of midwife Wu Siniang, and had some knowledge of Traditional Medicine Technique.

It was only then that Chen Feng released Xubao and quickly instructed her eldest granddaughter to find Wu Si.

As it turned out, Chu Man had fled back home in a panic after kicking Xubao, hiding indoors and not daring to show her face.

Chen Feng had just wanted to question her about the missing rice basket when a villager had rushed over to inform her that Xubao had been kicked into the water by his stepmother, but was luckily rescued by the Jiang children and was now recuperating at the Jiang’s house.

Fury ignited in Chen Feng, she rushed into Chu Man’s room, pulled her hair and slapped her face.

Chu Man sobbed and said it wasn’t intentional, that Xubao had accidentally fallen into the water.

Chen Feng didn’t believe a word of it, kicking and striking Chu Man, she berated: “Normally when you twist his arm or pinch him, I considered it as disciplining the child, but today you almost took his life, you wicked woman! If anything happens to Xubao, I’ll make you pay!”

Chu Man knew she was in the wrong and didn’t dare to speak up or fight back, she simply used a quilt to shield her head. In her heart, however, she developed a deep hatred for the old woman of the Chen Family and Chen Changping’s children.

Especially that Chen Zhao, who caused her miscarriage. The old woman merely scolded her mildly, without even slapping her. This made Chu Man furious.

Because of this, Chu Man ran back to her parents’ house to complain. However, when her parents came to seek justice, they were counter-accused by Chen’s Family, who claimed she had never been pregnant, but was just on her period.

Chu Man was infuriated to the core, but she could not prove that she had been pregnant.

Her parents, considering the dignity of Chen Changping the Scholar, didn’t press too hard, merely admonished Chen’s Family a few times before going home.

Chu Man was almost driven mad by anger, and clashed with her husband several times. But her husband did not support her, and even told her not to create a fuss.

Later, when her husband went to town for further studies, Chu Man wanted to follow. However, her wish was not granted.

Today, she was ordered by that old hag to wash rice. The icy water had numbed her hands.

The old hag deliberately gave her a hard time. The more Chu Man thought about it, the angrier she became. Suddenly she saw Chen Changping, the little brat, coming to the pond. He probably wanted to play with the Jiang Family’s children.

Being overwhelmed by the flood of resentment, Chu Man acted on impulse and kicked him into the pond.

After kicking him, seeing someone nearby, she was suddenly filled with terror, dropped her rice basket, and ran home…

That’s the gist of the event.

Fearing that his wife might be too harsh, Chen’s old man hurriedly pulled his wife away.

Chen Feng’s wife was so angry that she scratched hard at her husband’s face.

Her grandson was nearly gone, and the old man pretended it was nothing and even sided with the culprit.

In the end, it was Chen Wan who managed to pull her grandparents away, and only then did they rush to the Jiang’s house.

At this moment, Yingbao was also lying stark naked in a toasty warm bed, upon seeing the crowded house full of noisy chatter, she couldn’t help but be exasperated.

She covered her head with the blanket, quietly pulled out a set of clothes from some secret place and put them on, and only then could she relax.

She was already seven years old, and she couldn’t allow others to see her bare bottom.

Jiang Wu had already fully revived, but he had already fallen asleep in the warm bed.

Yingbao sat up, got a small porcelain bottle from her wooden box and poured it into Xubao’s mouth in an exaggerated manner.

Then under the watchful gaze of all, she got down from the bed and lay down in her room.

She slept till dusk, and when Chunniang came to wake her up for dinner, Yingbao finally crawled out from under the blanket.

“Mother, how’s my little brother?” She asked.

Chunniang picked up a set of new cotton clothes and helped her daughter to dress. “Your little brother is fine. Xubao has also awakened and been carried back by the Chen Family. They even brought over a basket of eggs to express their gratitude for saving Xubao’s life.”

Yingbao stretched out her arm and let her mother help her get dressed. She asked, “Where’s our Xiaohei?”

Xiaohei also jumped into the water when she did, but it couldn’t swim as fast as she did.

After she was pulled out, her whole body was so cold and numb, she didn’t even think about it.

“Xiaohei is good. It went out for a walk with Dahuang.” Chunniang fastened the button for her daughter’s collar and asked her to sit on the edge of the bed. She then went to get shoes for her daughter.

Yingbao, dangling her feet, was deep in thought.

The book in her mind seemed to have appeared again, and it kept showing her new content, non-stop.

Dreaming on and off all afternoon, for the most part, she dreamed that the female protagonist returned to Qinchuan County, entered the County Medical Bureau, and became an intern there.

Furthermore, Yingbao would also be recruited into the County Medical Bureau to study medical skills with the female lead.

Yet, it was strange, the Imperial Medical Bureau in Beijing also recruits interns. Instead of going there, why would the female lead come to Qinchuan County?

Besides, she had no desire to go to any county medical bureau, nor did she wish to be a classmate with the female lead.

Didn’t she have money, a house, a carriage, and freedom? Why should she be subject to that kind of restriction?