Traveling through ancient times

The few people who came out of the swamp were all mud figures. They didn't care about exposing themselves. They took off all their clothes and pants, and washed them one by one with the concentrated salt water bag prepared earlier. Those who were already sucked by leeches began to slap them on their bodies. There was a lot of hustle and bustle! Finally, they put on the clean clothes and pants that everyone had gathered together!

After this swamp incident, everyone walked even more carefully. Every step they took was like a mine sweeper, probing with their poles again and again, for fear of stepping on empty air again!

I thought that if I just held on a little longer, I would be able to get out in no time. Unexpectedly, two people in the team suddenly became drowsy, had high fevers, and their conditions were unknown.

A man named Xue Yangang walked out of the Ma family's team. He had thick eyebrows, a square face, bright eyes, brown shorts, and a backpack full of medicinal herbs!

The man stretched out his hand to feel the patient's pulse, frowned, thought for a moment, and then looked carefully at the patient's face and neck. After checking everything, he said in a deep voice: "It should be malaria. It seems that he was bitten by a mosquito and was not treated in time. Now he needs to reduce the fever first, clean the affected area, and then apply ointment!"

"I just wonder how many people in our team are bitten by mosquitoes right now? I'll find the herbs first, but I can't make a fire or boil the medicine, so I'm afraid the effect won't be very good!"

Xue Yan found a few Angelica dahurica plants from his basket, put the leaves into the medicine bowl, crushed them with a wooden pestle, and applied them to the affected parts of the two people. He then found some wild basil and asked the two people to chew and swallow it. Then he turned around and told everyone to come to him to get the medicine and apply it to the exposed parts of their bodies. This was the only solution for the time being!

Everyone sighed. It was really a double whammy. There were leeches under their feet, mosquitoes on their bodies that they couldn't hear or prevent, and a swamp ahead that could be fatal if one was not careful. It was really hard to guard against and it was unbearable!

Gu San went to collect the old Gu family's medicine, distributed it to everyone and applied it to them. Gu Si helped Gu Da apply it on his hands, face and neck!

The miasma forest is now full of dangers, ready to swallow everyone's life at any time. Gu Damei and Gu Erhui supported each other and followed Qin closely. They imagined how Mrs. Zhou beat her sister. The two sisters developed a fear of Mrs. Zhou and wished to stay as far away from her grandmother as possible!

"Mom, can Dad be okay? I'm so scared. What if...how will grandma treat us in the future?" Gu Damei was scared. She would be going to college next year. As far as she could remember, the Gu family had always been well off. Everyone in the village wore short jackets with patches on them. After paying the public grain tax, the rest of the money from the crops was not enough to cover the entire year, and they had to dig wild vegetables to make up for it!

Except for the second, first, third, and fourth wives, they all lived a life of luxury all year round. They rented out dozens of acres of fertile land, leaving only four or five acres for the second wife to grow food. They were a well-known wealthy family in the village! If they were not helpless, no one would want to go out to escape famine!

I had thought that after we had a stable life, my father, who at least could read and write, could find a job as an accountant in a shop. My mother was eloquent and capable, and if my fourth uncle passed the imperial examination and became a scholar next year, our family's situation would be even better, and I would be able to find a good husband in the future!

I didn't expect dad to be so sick. From what my third uncle said, he will have a serious illness and can only rely on medicine to support him in the future. Grandma's attitude towards them has become worse and worse since she fled the famine. Now that dad can't support them, grandma will probably be even worse to them in the future. I'm so scared just thinking about it! Grandma is so scary when she hits people!

After hearing what her eldest daughter said, Qin sneered and said softly, "Humph! Your father has brought this upon himself. The old Gu family has committed a great sin. We mothers are left alone in the future. We must make plans early. With your grandma's character, who knows what she will do?"

Before Gu Damei could reply, Gu Ermei lowered her voice and said anxiously, "Mom, what should we do? Grandma doesn't love us anymore. When she beat Xiaomei, we stepped forward to protect her, but she didn't care and hit all of us at the same time. My arm still hurts now!" While speaking, she quietly wiped away her tears. Gu Ermei felt that her father was sick and her grandma didn't love her anymore. It was as if the sky had fallen!

Gu Damei said: "Grandma called us money-losing goods. She used to call us Gu Dalian and the others. I feel that in Grandma's heart, there is no place for us anymore! We have to be careful in the future!"

Qin looked at Gu Damei with satisfaction. Her daughter was the smartest and could understand some things immediately without her having to educate her. Her second daughter, on the other hand, was sometimes confused. Although she was beautiful, she was a troublemaker and often caused chaos in the house, which was a headache for everyone!

I hope my daughter can learn a lesson this time and be more careful in the future!

Qin whispered to her daughter, "You should pay more attention to your grandparents and fourth uncle in the future. If they make any move or say anything, you must come back and tell me right away. We must work together in the future, otherwise we won't even know we've been sold out by them!"

The two sisters Gu Damei looked at each other and nodded, telling them to keep their mother's words in mind. Although Gu Xiaomei felt a little dizzy, her mother was supporting most of her body. She listened to what her mother and two sisters said, and nodded along with them!

This time, grandma wanted to kill her. Gu Xiaomei thought she was dead today. If it weren't for her two sisters, she would have been thrown into the forest! She was extremely frightened and her body was in great pain. She was afraid and hated grandma!

Grandma is no longer the kind-hearted grandma who always calls her her precious granddaughter! This grandma is vicious, mean and cruel. This is what happened to my second uncle and his family. It turns out that my second uncle and his family lived such a miserable life!

Gu Xiaomei judged others by herself. She found that she was so hateful in the past, so was God punishing her? Because she often bullied Gu Dalian and others in the past, God let her also taste the feeling of being bullied!

Gu Xiaomei felt bitter. She had grown a lot overnight at the age of ten. She leaned on her mother to walk unsteadily and said to her mother, "Mom, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault. If I hadn't bullied Gu Xiaolian, I wouldn't have snatched her food. If I hadn't snatched her food, Dad wouldn't have been poisoned. We were all wrong, Mom. We shouldn't have bullied them before!" As she spoke, tears fell from her eyes. She regretted it so much!

Qin hugged her daughter's arm a little harder, feeling relieved. She leaned her head towards her daughter and whispered, "My Xiaomei has grown up and is much more sensible. I will be relieved from now on. Let's work hard to survive. When we get out of this forest, we can make a long-term plan! Now, my three little girls, don't think about anything. As long as your father is alive, we will have a way to survive!"

The three sisters looked at their mother with three pairs of eyes. Their red eyes, which were stained with tears, flashed with hope!