The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 309 Peach Blossom's Old Friend

The person was carried onto the carriage.

Chen Sufen lit the lantern that had been used to extinguish the flame.

Under the light, seeing the head covered in blood and the legs smeared with blood, Liu Yue'e screamed in fright.

"Quickly, put away the small table and spread out the blanket." Tong Huaqiong was worried that the blood would stain the carriage and be difficult to clean, so she wouldn't be able to explain it to the carriage owner, Boss Qian.

Despite feeling nauseous at the smell of blood, Chen Sufeng quickly put away the small table where she was drinking tea and eating, while Liu Yue'e unfolded the blanket on the seat behind her and spread it on the floor.

Qin Qingyou and the Lu family's coachman carefully laid the injured young man down on the blanket.

"Boss, we'll reach town after we cross the grove ahead. Shall we leave him at the clinic?" Qin Qingyou asked.

Tong Huaqiong said, "No need for now, I have some hemostatic medicine here, apply it to him first."

Since the owner had hemostatic medicine, Qin Qingyou no longer insisted on sending the person to the clinic.

He was terrified just now, and only after the cold wind blew did he realize that all the sweat on his body was stuck to his clothes.

"Qingyou, you were scared too. Calm down first before we go." Tong Huaqiong noticed Qin Qingyou's exhaustion after the scare and decided to let him rest before driving the carriage.

Qin Qingyou nodded and sat in the carriage, smoking his pipe.

Tong Huaqiong closed the carriage tightly, intending to treat and bandage the injured young man.

"Man'er, come with me to the space to get the medicine."

As she spoke, Tong Huaqiong led Man'er into the space.

Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e looked outside nervously, afraid that Tong Huaqiong and Man'er's whereabouts would be discovered by outsiders.

Soon Tong Huaqiong and Man'er came out.

Under Tong Huaqiong's instructions, Man'er took out alcohol, anti-inflammatory drugs, hemostatic ointment, gauze, tweezers, scissors and other medicines and tools.

After Tong Huaqiong came out of the space, she immediately began to bandage the other person's wounds.

She was afraid that if she waited too long, the man might die, and then none of them would be able to clear their names.

For some reason, Chen Sufen felt like vomiting whenever she smelled blood today. Liu Yue'e was too scared to move forward, so Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Taohua for help.

Gu Taohua carried a lantern and approached the injured young man. Tong Huaqiong carefully examined the young man's wounds by the light.

There was a large gash on his forehead, which looked like he had been slashed with a knife.

Fortunately, the wound has scabbed over and is not bleeding much anymore.

After checking his forehead, Tong Huaqiong checked his legs and found two arrows on his calves and thighs.

Tong Huaqiong felt she had guessed correctly; the young man had been slashed with knives and shot with arrows, meaning he was being hunted down by enemies.

I have no idea who this person is that would be treated so cruelly.

This place is not far from Yanguan Town. I wonder if this young man is someone I know from the surrounding area.

Tong Huaqiong tried to figure out his identity and noticed that he had calluses on his hands, which showed that he had been working for a long time.

But what farmer would wear expensive brocade?

The young man's clothes couldn't be bought for less than ten taels of silver.

What kind of family can afford to dress like that?

Tong Huaqiong had a sudden inspiration and remembered that people who practice martial arts and swordplay also have calluses on their hands. She guessed that this young man was a martial artist.

No wonder he was being hunted down by his enemies.

"Bring me some wet wipes," Tong Huaqiong said.

Chen Sufeng turned her head, soaked a handkerchief, and handed it to Tong Huaqiong, who carefully wiped the blood off the young man's face.

As the bloodstains were wiped away, a handsome face gradually came into view.

He's at most sixteen or seventeen years old.

Even with a wound the size of a bowl on his head, it didn't affect the kid's good looks.

Gu Jingzhe and Gu Jingzhe could become sworn brothers, form a group, and compete for the spotlight. "Mother, I've seen him before," Gu Taohua exclaimed in surprise after seeing the injured man's face clearly.

"You know him? Who is he?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Gu Taohua said, "Mother, do you remember the last time Xu Zaohua and her nanny came to Taohua Dessert Shop to cause trouble? He said that Xu Zaohua and her nanny stole his money. I thought he was a shill hired by my second brother, and he even swindled me out of my money."

Gu Taohua wanted to kick this man in the face a few times whenever she thought about money.

She remembered that if she encountered this person again, she would definitely not let him off easily.

Now she had no choice but to let him go. Looking at her own hands, Gu Taohua thought that if she punched him, he would become a tourist in the underworld.

"We can discuss the money issue when he wakes up. Let's save him first," Tong Huaqiong said.

In a way, this person indirectly resolved the crisis of Peach Blossom Desserts being extorted by Xu Zaohua, right?

Tong Huaqiong took out alcohol and carefully disinfected the young man's forehead wound. After disinfection, she applied hemostatic and anti-inflammatory medicine and then wrapped it with gauze.

Fortunately, the wound wasn't deep, otherwise it would have required stitches.

Tong Huaqiong doesn't know how to sew.

After bandaging his head, Tong Huaqiong began to treat his leg injury.

"Mother, let me pull out the arrow."

Gu Taohua handed the lantern to her second sister-in-law, Liu Yue'e, who then rolled up her sleeves, disinfected her hands, and pulled out the two arrowheads.

The young man groaned twice, then fell silent.

Tong Huaqiong felt that her chubby daughter was getting revenge for being swindled out of money last time.

After pulling out the arrow, Gu Taohua asked, "Mother, is this arrowhead poisoned?"

Tong Huaqiong said, "I don't know either. Since he hasn't died yet, I guess it's not poisoned."

Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua worked together to disinfect and stop the bleeding from the wound on his leg, and then bandaged it.

"The wound has been treated, whether he recovers or not is up to fate," Tong Huaqiong said, sweating profusely.

After an injury, the most difficult hurdle, besides stopping the bleeding, is preventing the wound from becoming infected.

If the wound becomes infected and she gets tetanus, there's nothing Tong Huaqiong can do.

Tong Huaqiong prayed that the young man would not get a fever or his wound would become infected, and that if he could get through the night safely, his life would be saved.

"Qingyou, have you rested enough? We can go now," Tong Huaqiong said to Qin Qingyou, lifting the carriage curtain.

Qin Qingyou stubbed out his pipe and cracked his whip.

The horse-drawn carriage clattered along as it set off again.

The carriage had only gone a dozen meters when Man'er said, "There's crying over there."

Man'er pulled back the curtain, peeked out, and pointed to a pine forest not far away. She heard the crying coming from there.

Tong Huaqiong and the others were so focused on treating the injured young man on the ground that they didn't notice the crying.

Upon hearing Man'er's words, everyone stopped talking, and the surroundings fell silent.

Chen Sufeng opened the carriage window. Apart from the gentle breeze and bright moon, there was no other sound outside, let alone crying.

"Man'er, you must have misheard?" Chen Sufen thought the child had misheard and mistaken the sound of the wind in the pine forest for crying.

“I didn’t mishear, Yaozu, you heard it too, right?” Man’er said to Yaozu.

Yaozu shook his head and said, "I didn't hear anything. You said there was crying. Grandma, let's go, I'm scared."

As he spoke, he sat far away from the injured young man.

Man'er said earnestly to Tong Huaqiong, "Grandma, there really was crying over there. I really heard it just now."

Given that Man'er was the mastermind behind the downfall of Tong Dajiao's entire family in her previous life, and the one who brought out the treasure space in this life, Tong Huaqiong always felt that she was somewhat extraordinary.

Tong Huaqiong cannot ignore her words.