Abandoned daughter reborn, legitimate son is resourceful

"Chenliang, this back mountain is a bit remote."

Nan Chenliang was holding a basket in his hand, with a small hoe in the basket.

"There is one thing. Just stay by my side and don't run around. There is a kind of wild vegetable here that is delicious."

"What wild vegetables?"

Chu Xiaoran followed Nan Chenliang closely. He was not afraid, but there were too many weeds here, so he could only follow Nan Chenliang's footsteps.

“Houttuynia cordata.”

Chu Xiaoran shook his head. He had never heard of this kind of wild vegetable, but there were really a lot of weeds here.

Nan Chenliang had picked wild Houttuynia cordata here before. It was delicious whether eaten cold or cooked in porridge at home.

"You'll know what it's like in a minute."

Chu Xiaoran nodded, and the two of them came to the foot of the mountain and stopped in front of a patch of grass covered with purple and green leaves. There were many heart-shaped leaves here, which were the leaves of Houttuynia cordata.

“Is this Houttuynia cordata?”

Chu Xiaoran squatted down and touched the leaf, and the fragrance that came to his nose was something he had never smelled before.

"that's it."

Chu Xiaoran took out the hoe from Nan Chenliang's basket and planned to pull out the leaves.

"Wait a minute, what are you doing?"

Nan Chenliang squatted down and put the basket aside.

"Aren't you going to pick weeds?"

Chu Xiaoran was a little confused and frowned slightly.

Nan Chenliang was speechless.

"Haven't you seen what Houttuynia looks like?"

Nan Chenliang’s question was too profound. After all, Chu Xiaoran grew up in seclusion and had never seen these wild vegetables in the country.

"No."

"Give me the hoe."

Chu Xiaoran obediently handed over the hoe. Nan Chenliang picked up the hoe and started digging into the soil. With a little effort, he even turned out the roots under the soil.

"Is there something underneath?"

"It must be the roots down there."

When Nan Chenliang turned up the soil, he brought out some white, slender roots.

"What is this doing?"

Nan Chenliang put down the hoe, picked out the white roots, and put them in the basket.

"This stuff is delicious when fried with bacon. Just pick it out like I did."

Chu Xiaoran imitated Nan Chenliang and picked out the roots of Houttuynia cordata bit by bit.

Both of them were digging wild vegetables very seriously, but they didn't notice the movement in the grass next to them.

"Hiss..."

"Hiss..."

"Chenliang! Be careful!"

Chu Xiaoran pulled Nan Chenliang's hand, and when he pulled his wrist back, a snake as thick as his middle finger bit the back of Chu Xiaoran's hand.

Chu Xiaoran remained calm and composed. He picked up the empty hoe next to him, lowered his left hand, and used his right hand to chop the snake that was biting the back of his hand into two pieces.

Although the snake was cut into two pieces, the remaining tail was still swaying in the grass.

Nan Chenliang was so scared that he sat down on the grass and watched Chu Xiaoran calmly grab the snake's head, peel off both sides of the snake's head, take the snake's head off, throw it to the same place as the snake's tail, and then pick up the hoe and chop it twice.

The snake's body was still able to move because of its muscle memory, but now Chu Xiaoran's two blows with the hoe really ended its life.

Nan Chenliang finally recovered. Seeing that the back of Chu Xiaoran's hand was turning purple, his face turned pale with fright.

"This... this snake is poisonous!"

Chu Xiaoran's expression was calm, but because of the snake venom, sweat broke out on his forehead. He was afraid that the situation might be serious.

"Chenliang, I remember reading in a book that wherever snakes appear, there must be an antidote to snake venom."

"But...but I don't know any herbs!"

Nan Chenliang felt a little guilty. If he had known earlier, he would not have brought him out to dig Houttuynia cordata.

Nan Chenliang looked at the several sections of snake on the ground and felt a little scared. Just when he was feeling a little helpless, he heard Nan Jinming's call from not far away.

"Chenliang! Xiaoran!"

"Chenliang! Xiaoran!"

It was the voices of Nan Jinming and Yan Qiu. When Nan Chenliang heard Nan Jinming's voice, he felt like he had found a savior. He stood up and jumped twice, shouting in the direction of Nan Jinming.

"Cousin! Sister Yan Qiu! We are here! We are here!"

"Xiao Ran was bitten by a snake! That snake was poisonous."

Nan Jinming heard Nan Chenliang's reply and quickly followed the voice to find the two people's location. He passed through the withered corn forest and saw Chu Xiaoran sitting on the ground with a pale face and sweat on his face.

"what happened?"

Nan Jinming walked over and half-knelt in front of Chu Xiaoran.

"Cousin, Xiao Ran was bitten by a snake."

Nan Jinming glanced at the snake body next to him, but did not ask who had chopped the snake to death. He pursed his lips, watching the venom on the back of Chu Xiaoran's hand spreading, and began to suck the poison out of him.

"Jin Ming! It's very dangerous!"

Yan Qiu did not stop her in time. He originally planned to find the antidote first, but then he saw that she had already started taking drugs.

"Your body... is quite interesting. You've been with Doctor Gu for so long, and you've developed a body that's immune to all poisons?"

Chu Xiaoran gritted his teeth and said nothing. Only he knew how much pain he felt. But it didn't matter. He had been through such hard times in the past. What were these things he encountered now?

"Okay, don't move. The snake venom has not been completely cleaned up yet. I'll make you two doses of medicine to cleanse the venom when we get back."

Nan Jinming wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. The grass beside her was covered with the poisonous blood she had just sucked out.

"Chenliang, why did you bring Xiao Ran to a place like this?"

"Why can't I take him to open a place like this!"

Nan Chenliang felt a little angry and sad when he heard Yan Qiu's questioning tone. He just brought him here to pick weeds, so he couldn't blame him!

It wasn't that the snake bit him. Chu Xiaoran was bitten because he wanted to dodge.

"Chenliang, you clearly know that there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the back mountain, and you still dare to bring him here!"

Nan Jinming was also a little angry.

Chu Xiaoran tugged at Nan Jinming's sleeve. His face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked pitiful, barely breathing.

"Jin Ming, don't blame Brother Chen Liang. It was me who wanted to accompany him."

Yan Qiu stood aside and looked at the two of them.

Nan Jinming nodded and asked, "Can we go?"

Chu Xiaoran smiled bitterly. He no longer had any strength left. Where could he go?

"Offended."

Nan Jinming stretched out his hands and wrapped them around Chu Xiaoran's waist and knees, and immediately lifted Chu Xiaoran up from the ground.

Chu Xiaoran subconsciously put his arms around Nan Jinming's neck, but he didn't have the strength to refute. He couldn't walk back by himself now, which would only cause the venom to spread quickly.

Nan Chenliang bit his lip, wishing he was the one bitten by the snake just now.

Yan Qiu picked up the basket and hoe and nudged Nan Chenliang with his elbow.

"Okay, let's go back."

When Nan Chenliang came to his senses, Nan Jinming had already walked a long way away with Chu Xiaoran in his arms.