Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 32_1

Chapter 32: Chapter 32_1

The rescue operation went rather smoothly. Shen Dazhu was directing the men to dismantle a few door panels to function as stretchers. They carried the injured to the dam, before returning to rescue the remaining. Meanwhile, Madam Qin was leading the women to learn from Elder Wang how to bandage those who were injured.

The women followed and learned while Ms. Wu sneakily tried to avoid the work. After being glared at by Aunt Guihua, she reluctantly picked up some Hemostatic Grass to help at one side.

However, her eyes widened in shock when she saw the injured man that was being carried over, and she stepped back, terrified.

Seeing that the man seemed to be alright, Ms. Wu felt a sense of unease. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. At his location, he should not have survived the incident...

With her guilty conscience, Ms. Wu didn’t dare to stay in the crowd anymore and silently pushed her way to the back.

She couldn’t afford to be seen by Li Tian now.

Li Tian, who was laid on the ground, felt unbearable pain all over his internal organs. He was about to ask someone for help when he saw Ms. Wu trying to hide behind the crowd.

He bit his teeth in fury. This poisonous woman!

Wait until he recovers; he would teach her a lesson!

Before he had a chance to vent his anger, Aunt Guihua approached with a disgust on her face, ready to apply medicine on his wound.

Because they were not prepared beforehand, the hemostatic herbs that Elder Wang picked were hastily crushed into a large clump and directly slapped onto the wound. Li Tian grimaced in pain. Seeing his reaction, Aunt Guihua showed more disgust, so she turned around and left to continue her work.

Nanzhi acquired a small bit of hemostatic powder from Elder Wang then turned her attention to Gougou. The abrasions on his palm and the gaping wound on his chin made her heart ache. If she had returned earlier last night, Gougou would not have had to endure such pain.

"Ah mother, Gougou doesn’t feel pain. Ah mother, don’t cry." Seeing his mother’s teary eyes, Gougou instinctively puffed up his chest, trying to pat Nanzhi’s hair to comfort her like an adult would. However, the action caused his wound to pain, so he could only grin and bear it.

Seeing Gougou enduring the pain while still trying to comfort her, Nanzhi’s heart ached more. A wave of sorrow overwhelmed her, and her tears fell even more frequently.

"Ah mother isn’t crying." Nanzhi raised her sleeve, wiping her tears and gently touched Gougou’s face.

"Gougou, tell Ah mother, is your chin hurting?"

"It doesn’t hurt, Ah mother. When Gougou sees you, the pain goes away."

Gougou broke into a grin while looking at Nanzhi. Without the tears in his eyes, he probably would have deceived her.

Shen Miaomiao, watching this scene, inexplicably felt a sharp pain in her heart, "Sister Nanzhi, do you need any help?"

Nanzhi shook her head, declining, "No need, I will apply some medicine on Gougou. You should rest a while too. You probably didn’t get much sleep last night."

"I... I’m scared."

Shen Miaomiao hesitated before admitting her fears. She was afraid that Nanzhi would think that she was just being overly sensitive, but in the end, she had confessed her fear. She had not slept a wink last night, living in constant fear that Diniu would strike again. Just when she had started to feel drowsy as the day broke, injured people had been brought in.

The ghastly image of a severed bloody arm invaded her mind every time she closed her eyes. How was she supposed to sleep?

While Nanzhi tended to Gougou’s wounds, she gently reassured her, "Don’t be scared. The upheaval caused by Diniu is over, and we are safe here on the dam. If you’re scared, don’t go over there. You need to rest."

Shen Miaomiao nodded, curling up next to Nanzhi and watching as she tended to Gougou. Eventually, she drifted off to sleep.

"Ah mother, Aunt is asleep." Gougou glanced at Shen Miaomiao, who was leaning against his mother. He pouted a little. His mother was his alone; only he could lean on her. He despised Aunt for always trying to steal her away from him.

The memory of Nanzhi’s disappearance the night before caused Gougou’s tears to burst forth, washing away the freshly applied medicine in an instant.

The tears, mixed with salt, entered his wounds, causing Gougou to cry even harder.

Ironically, Shen Miaomiao, who could not sleep a wink the previous night, was now in a deep sleep, unresponsive to the sobs that Gougou was unsuccessfully trying to stifle.

After propping Shen Miaomiao’s body against a hay pile, Nanzhi began hastily applying medicine to Gougou.

Having cried himself out, Gougou soon fell asleep. Nanzhi cradled him in her arms, letting his head rest comfortably against her.

Feeling the rumbling in her stomach, Nanzhi felt a bit dispirited. She had only gnawed on a sweet potato all of yesterday, and now she felt so hungry that she was experiencing acid reflux, which was extremely uncomfortable.

However, she had completely forgotten to take out any food amidst the chaos last night. Looking at the houses that had collapsed, she had no idea what the current condition of her own home was.

The thought of the grains she had stored in the cellar made her heartache. If the houses had collapsed and buried the cellar, she wouldn’t go more than a month without starving to death or dying of frustration.

Imagining her own end, Nanzhi sunk into a daze, so much so that she didn’t even notice when Mrs. Liu came over.

Mrs. Liu looked at the stunned Nanzhi, a bit puzzled. Was she sleeping or had she been scared silly? Could she have lost her wits to the earthquake last night?

Feeling increasingly worried, Mrs. Liu hesitated before lightly patting Nanzhi’s shoulder, calling out with some concern, "Young girl, Young girl?"

Feeling a pat on her shoulder, Nanzhi shivered and turned her head to see Mrs. Liu. She let out a sigh of relief and asked, "Mrs. Liu, is there something you need from me?"

Everyone in the village was busy with their own affairs. Who would bother to tap her for no reason? She had been thinking about Apiao just now, and the sudden pat almost scared the wits out of her.

Apparently having an active imagination could indeed affect one’s life...

"There’s nothing much." Mrs. Liu verbally dismissed the concern, but after glancing around to ensure that no one was watching, she surreptitiously handed Nanzhi a boiled sweet potato that had cooled down.

"Eat quickly, hide it some, don’t let people see."

Finishing speaking, she unnecessarily sat down next to Nanzhi, shielding her, making it convenient for her to sneakily eat.

"This," Nanzhi stared at the sweet potato in her hand, where did Mrs. Liu get a boiled sweet potato from?

"What are you looking at? Eat, or are you really scared silly?"

Mrs. Liu truly began to worry that Nanzhi might have been concussion from a fall. After all, although Nanzhi had returned holding Gougou last night, it wasn’t until daylight broke when Mrs. Liu noticed the clumps of dirt on Nanzhi’s body, indicating a serious fall.

If she had been pinned down by her own donkey during the fall... Instinctively, Mrs. Liu glanced at the donkey standing dumbly tethered to a nearby tree stump. When she looked back at Nanzhi, there was more hesitation in her eyes.

The donkey must weigh hundred pounds? Crushing Nanzhi...

"I’m fine, Mrs. Liu." Nanzhi thought she should explain herself, otherwise, she would be labelled an idiot. "This sweet potato?"

"Just eat it. It’s your Mrs. O’Town’s, but make sure not others see you, to avoid unwanted troubles."

With a soft explaination from Mrs. Liu, who, knowing why Nanzhi hesitated, handed her another sweet potato, "Here’s the one for Gougou, could I starve Gougou?"

Looking at the two sweet potatoes in her hand, Nanzhi stopped hesitating. She nodded and started shoving them into her mouth. "Thank you, Mrs. Liu. Once I go home and check, I will repay you."

Once a mouthful of sweet potato went down, even though it was a bit dry and hard to swallow, it was enough to fill her stomach, making her feel instantly satisfied.

"Child, it’s just two sweet potatoes. What’s there to repay? If not for you, I think our entire village would have been buried by now.’

Mrs. Liu said, looking towards the direction where they were temporarily keeping the bodies.

She had always held resentment toward her father-in-law, but upon receiving the news today that the old man was crushed under the beam last night and had already passed away when dug out this morning, she felt a strange mixture of feelings.

All the resentment accumulated over the years seems to have dissipated at once.

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