A ragged cub at the beginning

"Ah, ah, ah..." Tang Xu had just walked out of the house and was about to go to work at the kindergarten when he heard the hoarse and frightened screams of a child.

"what happened?"

"Whose child?"

"Is it Xiaonan? Xiaonan?"

When the people in the alley heard the sound, they opened their doors one after another. Those who were familiar with them immediately ran to the Jiang family, and Tang Xu also trotted over.

"Open the door, open the door! Wang Yan! You are hitting Xiaonan again! Crazy woman! Open the door quickly!" In the house closest to the Jiang family, a mother-in-law was pounding on the door frantically with a laundry pestle.

"Open the door! Why do you beat your child every day? Are you crazy?"

Others also knocked on the door, and soon the Jiang family's door opened. Tang Xu squeezed over, but didn't see Jiang Xiaodong in the yard. He only saw Jiang Xiaonan lying on her back on the ground, her clothes and hair were messy. She stared at the sky with a dull look, opened her mouth but no sound came out, and a bloodstain extended from the corner of her mouth to her neck.

Wang Yan held the door with both hands. "What are you doing? What are you doing with so many people?"

"Damn it! You have no conscience! Are you going to beat her to death? Oh, Xiaonan, grandma is here, Xiaonan..." The grandmother next door threw away the laundry pestle, and her hunched figure slipped under Wang Yan's armpit. She hurried over and carefully helped Jiang Xiaonan sit up.

With just this one move, Jiang Xiaonan spat out a mouthful of blood. Tang Xu shuddered with fear, and the crowd cried out in surprise.

"Oh my god! He's vomiting blood!"

"What a cruel heart! Where's Xiaodong?"

"Is the child going to be okay?"

"It looks like it's not going to work!"

"Oh my God! Xiaonan, Xiaonan!" The mother-in-law was so scared that she burst into tears.

Wang Yan was also stunned and hurriedly explained: "I...it wasn't me, I just kicked it twice..."

"Put her down quickly! Let her lie down! I'll find a doctor! Don't touch her!" Tang Xu shouted twice, then turned around and knocked on the Du family's door, "Butler Qi! Du Yun! Banxia! Open the door!"

"I'm coming, what's the emergency?" Just as Butler Qi opened the door, Tang Xu rushed in, "Banxia! Banxia! Come and help!"

"What happened?" Du Yun's family was having breakfast, and they came out when they heard the shouting.

"Help! I'll go get the medicine box!" Sun Banxia dropped the bowl and ran out.

"Hurry, Jiang family, Xiaonan is vomiting blood!" Tang Xu grabbed Banxia and ran out.

"I'll get the medicine box, you guys go!" Du Yun said, and turned to go to Banxia's room.

"Grandma..." Du Jiarui looked up at his grandma with a little fear.

"Let's go and take a look." Old Madam Du followed, holding her grandson's hand.

Sun Banxia felt the patient's pulse, her delicate brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and said to Tang Xu: "Find a board and carry the patient to the Du family. I want to give him acupuncture."

Wang Yan agreed immediately, "Take him away, take him away. If he dies in your house, it's none of my business."

When Tang Xu heard this, he was furious. He jumped up and slapped Wang Yan to the ground. Wang Yan wailed and spat out a tooth. "Murder! Murder!"

"If anything happens to Jiang Xiaonan, I will send you to the county government for murder!" Du Yun said with a cold face, looking at Wang Yan, and turned to walk towards the gate. He was seen holding the door panel and directly dismantling the Jiang family's gate.

Wang Yan covered her mouth and dared not say a word. She almost forgot that Du Yun was now the mayor.

The neighbor had just found a bed board when Du Yun and Tang Xu carefully lifted Jiang Xiaonan up and carried him away.

Jiang Xiaodong was carrying a bag of corn, walking slowly towards this side, his small body almost folded in half. When he reached the door of his house, he found many people inside and outside the house. He felt uneasy and threw the corn away, "What's wrong? Xiaonan!!! Xiaonan!! Where's Xiaonan?"

"Xiaodong! Where have you been? Your sister was beaten and vomited blood!"

"Yeah, why did you just come back?"

"Where's my sister!" Jiang Xiaodong was stunned at first, then looked at Wang Yan fiercely, as if he wanted to eat Wang Yan alive. Wang Yan shuddered, got up and hid in the house. Now there was no time to take care of her, Xiaodong grabbed someone at random, "Where's Xiaonan! Where is Xiaonan!"

"They've been taken to the Du family. The young doctor is trying to save them. Go and have a look."

"Hey, I don't know if this will be the last time we meet."

"Damn Wang Yan."

"You are so heartless!"

The more he listened, the more panicked he became. Jiang Xiaodong ran towards the Du family, shouting as he ran: "Xiaonan! Xiaonan!"

"Xiaodong Xiaodong, this." Butler Qi grabbed the man who was rushing around like a headless fly and brought him to Tang Xu and the others.

"Aunt Tang! Where's Xiaonan? Is Xiaonan okay? They lied to me, didn't they?" Jiang Xiaodong grabbed Tang Xu's hand tightly, as if he was grabbing a life-saving piece of driftwood.

"He's in the house, it's okay, Banxia will definitely find a way, don't worry." Tang Xu was also very worried. She couldn't imagine what would happen to Jiang Xiaodong if he lost his sister.

"It's okay, it's okay." Jiang Xiaodong held his right hand with his left hand, but both hands were shaking. There was something dusty on his shoulders, and it was still cool in the morning, but his hair was dripping with water, and his face was covered with sweat. His red eyes looked at the ground without focus, and his mouth opened and closed, mumbling something.

Tang Xu looked distressed and took out a handkerchief to wipe his face. "Sit for a while, Xiaodong. Where did you go just now?"

"To buy rice, Wang Yan asked me to carry a bag of rice back. The rice was heavy and I walked very slowly. It's all my fault. I should have taken Xiaonan with me. But I couldn't hold her hand while carrying the rice and I was afraid she would get lost. I walked too slowly. I wished I could come back faster. Why didn't I come back faster? I walked so slowly..." He looked at Tang Xu, but his eyes fell on the door, and he kept blaming himself for being too slow.

"Xiaodong..." Du Yun wanted to say that a man shouldn't be so flustered, but it was his sister who was in the door. He sighed, pinched Xiaodong's shoulders, and hugged her in his arms as if possessed by a ghost. This was Tang Xu's favorite action. Whether she was happy or sad, she would always hug her children.

"Woo..." Jiang Xiaodong seemed to have suddenly found someone to rely on, and finally burst into tears, letting out a suppressed whine from his throat. He buried his face tightly in Du Yun's shoulder, and soon soaked the clothes there.

This sound was like a hand tightening Tang Xu's heart. She opened her mouth and took a breath to relieve the suffocation. She reached out and touched Jiang Xiaodong's head, not knowing how to comfort him. Du Yun looked at her and patted Xiaodong's back.

After an unknown amount of time, Banxia came out of the room, holding a prescription in her hand. "Who can help me get the medicine?"

"I, I..." Jiang Xiaodong suddenly raised his head, came out of Du Yun's arms, and looked at Banxia with red and swollen eyes, "How is my sister? Is Xiaonan okay?"

"It's fine for now, but her internal organs are damaged, so she needs to rest. This kind of injury..." Sun Banxia frowned, "It would be better if Senior Brother was here."

"Will she...sob...die?" Jiang Xiaodong's voice couldn't be any softer, as if he was afraid that saying that word would come true.

"No." Sun Banxia hung his head dejectedly, "I'll write a letter to my senior brother and ask."

"Give me the prescription." Du Yun took the prescription and asked a servant to run errands.

Jiang Xiaodong breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and asked, "Can I go in and take a look?"

"Go, don't move her, don't touch her, I haven't removed the needle yet." Sun Banxia instructed.

"I'll just watch from a distance, I'll just take a look." Jiang Xiaodong promised and walked in. As he said, he stopped in the middle of the room, but when he saw his pale sister lying there lifeless, with silver needles all over her chest, her body softened and she fell to the ground.

"What should we do with Wang Yan?" Tang Xu asked.

"She has another child." Du Yun sighed.

"So you don't care about it then? That's too much!" The more children Tang Xu came into contact with, the more he could not tolerate child abuse.

Du Yun thought for a moment, "There is an ancestral hall in the town. Let her go there to meditate first. She is not allowed to return to the Jiang family. Let Xiaodong live in the house. We can discuss other matters after Jiang's father comes back."

"That's fine." Tang Xu nodded and said, "Are you okay today?"

"Yes, I will take Wang Yan to the town ancestral hall now. I will leave first."

"Okay, July and Dandan should be coming to find Jiarui for school soon. I'll go with them."

"Well, I'll go first."

Tang Xu sent Du Yun away, and turned around to see Banxia flipping through the medical skills she had brought, while Jiang Xiaodong was sitting on the ground. She walked over to help him up, but was stunned when she saw Jiang Xiaodong's appearance. His eyes were wide open, tears kept rolling down his face, and the back of his hand was bitten with blood dripping from his mouth.

“What are you doing!” Tang Xu said in a low voice, feeling angry and distressed. He gritted his teeth and dragged the man out of the house. “It’ll be fine. You have to believe Banxia. Banxia is from Yaowang Valley. Have you heard of Yaowang Valley? There are the most brilliant doctors in the world there. As long as you can breathe, they can bring you back to life!”

Jiang Xiaodong opened his mouth because he was afraid that his crying would disturb his sister. He raised his tearful face and sobbed, "Really?"

“Of course!” Sun Banxia put away his medical skills and walked over with his chest puffed out. “My master uncle is the master of Medicine King Valley. If I can’t cure her, I will take her back. My master uncle can save anyone. Even if someone is dead, as long as they are not dead, he can cure them. Look at you. I hate people like you who don’t take care of their bodies the most.”

She muttered to herself as she treated the wound on Jiang Xiaodong's hand.

Tang Xu thought for a moment and asked, "Xiaodong, is your father...good to you?"

Jiang Xiaodong seemed to suddenly feel the pain, and gasped, "My father doesn't beat us. When he was around, Wang Yan didn't dare to bully us. Ha, it hurts, it hurts..."

Tang Xu frowned, "Just not hitting you? Does he know that Wang Yan hit you?"

Jiang Xiaodong nodded, and the powder poured on his hand made him shiver in pain, "Hiss~ You know, as long as you don't hit him in front of him, he won't care."

"You feel the pain now, why didn't you feel it when I bit you just now?" Banxia puffed up her little face and said unhappily, but her hands moved more gently.

"No, you have to bring your sister to live in the kindergarten from now on! I will raise you two!" Tang Xu said firmly.