Farm Girl's Manor

Over a hundred people went up the mountain but didn’t catch many prey, instead, several of them were injured and carried down the mountain. Among them, the most seriously injured was the only scholar from Liu Yang Village, the hope for the revitalization of the Mo Clan. The "culprit" that inflicted the injuries not only wasn’t killed but swaggered into the village following the people and refused to leave the Mo Family’s house.

In just two hours, this news had spread throughout the village, and even toddlers who had just learned to speak knew that a man-eating beast had come to the village, wailing and crying in fear upon hearing people talk about it, desperately seeking refuge in the arms of adults.

The villagers were panic-stricken, and they hardly dared to approach the courtyard of the Mo Family, fearing the fierce beast might charge out and hurt people. Those who were on good terms with the Mo Family were slightly better, mustering the courage to visit Mo Qingze with a few eggs in hand. Lin Yong and others were even willing to help drive away the beast that had injured people for the Mo Family, which left Mo Yan both touched and helpless, racking her brain for excuses to tactfully decline their well-meaning offers.

As for those who had grudges against the Mo Family or harbored ulterior motives, upon hearing the news, they hastily ran to the village head’s house, exaggerating the story, claiming that the Mo Family was raising a fierce beast and completely disregarded the safety of the villagers, demanding severe punishment according to village rules.

Among them were Mo Hong’s family and the wife and children of Wang Dali, who had been driven out of the village.

Yang Bao also found this matter quite troublesome. Keeping a fierce beast in the village would undoubtedly pose a threat to the villagers’ safety, which was naturally not permissible, and indeed, the Mo Family should be punished according to the village rules.

The problem was that he had a close personal relationship with the Mo Family, and many depended on them in the village. Moreover, since the arrival of the fierce beast at the Mo Family’s house, it had not once come out, let alone hurt anyone. He did not wish to offend the Mo Family and had no compelling reason to barge into the Mo Family to demand accountability.

However, as the village head, even if his sympathies lay with the Mo Family, he couldn’t show too much favoritism. Other important village affairs and several respected elders were watching. If he mishandled this issue, not only would villagers with opinions be dissatisfied, but those elders wouldn’t just stand by and watch.

Moreover, he wasn’t the only one in the village aware of that incident... With such thoughts, Yang Bao became restless. As soon as those people left, he headed for the Mo Family’s home.

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Despite having their wounds washed with Spirit Spring Water and smeared with Special Effect Sanqi Powder, Mo Yan still felt uneasy. She personally took a horse-drawn carriage to the city and invited Doctor Du over.

"These are all superficial wounds, nothing serious, just need to rest for a while to recover! Your Sanqi Powder is not bad at all, changing it once a day is enough, and I won’t prescribe any other medicines. It would be best if the wounds could mend without eating anything that might affect them..."

After carefully taking pulses and evaluating the conditions of Mo Qingze and the others, Doctor Du’s expression softened, and he meticulously reminded Mo Yan of some daily precautions to be aware of.

Seeing Mo Yan nodding continuously and taking notes, Doctor Du glared at her and said irritably, "You speak so ambiguously, you scared me into thinking he was done for. If you keep this up, girl, I might not live as long because of you."

Mo Yan stuck out her tongue a bit and flattered, "Grandpa Du, you also know I can’t take pulses. How would I know whether my father had incurred any internal injuries? I had to have the skillful Doctor Du take a look before I could completely rest assured, right?"

Doctor Du glanced at Mo Yan impassively, not fooled by her flattery: "I told you to learn the Qihuang Technique from me earlier, but you were too lazy to study. Now you understand the consequences, don’t you?"

It turned out that after getting to know each other, Doctor Du, seeing that Mo Yan was steady-natured and had good aptitude as well as a thorough understanding of pharmacology, took an interest in taking her as an apprentice. With no children or relatives of his own, he did not want the medical art passed down in the Du family to vanish with him, so passing it on to a later generation of suitable character and aptitude seemed a way to make up for that regret.