After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Chunsheng rode his 28-inch bicycle with Chunmiao on the back. As soon as they came out of the city gate in the west of the village, the bicycle headed straight west.

Chunsheng turned to Chunmiao and asked, "Seventh Sister, why didn't you help me persuade Sixth Sister last night not to make me go to the hospital? If the three of us had gone together to persuade Mom, maybe we wouldn't have had to waste that money at the hospital today!"

Chunmiao sighed and explained, "It's not that I don't want to help you, but even if I can persuade Sixth Sister, I can't persuade Mom."

"You know how stubborn Mom is. Once she's made up her mind, no one can change it. Since you know it's pointless to talk to her, it's better not to say anything to avoid getting scolded again."

Chunsheng thought it made some sense. Ever since he could remember, whenever his mother decided to do something, it was very difficult for anyone to change her mind.

At this point, Chunmiao continued, "I know you want to save money for the family, but I don't think you should save money for the family by not going to the doctor."

"If you don't go to the hospital for a checkup, what if, in a few days, your health really does develop into something serious, just like your third sister said? Wouldn't you be worried sick then?"

"So, just listen to your mom and go get checked out properly. It would be best if everything was fine, but if there really is a problem, then early detection and treatment are the most important thing. It's best if you don't suffer."

Chunsheng hummed in agreement and then fell silent.

He knew very well that it wasn't that his mother and two older sisters didn't care about money; it was just that compared to his health, money was no different from waste paper in their eyes.

The two talked and chatted, and soon left Songjiazhuang and embarked on the main road leading to Gaojiajie Village.

The so-called main road is actually just a relatively wide dirt road that can accommodate a large truck.

This road connects almost all the villages in the entire Qinyuan Commune, and it is also the only main road leading out of the area.

Of course, if the siblings were walking to their third sister's village of Gaojiajie today, they certainly wouldn't have chosen this road. Instead, they would have taken a small path that crosses ditches and climbs slopes, which would have shortened the distance considerably.

Even if the distance is short, it's still not as fast as riding a bicycle on the main road.

While chatting with Chunmiao on the back seat, Chunsheng kept his eyes on the long downhill road in front of him and steadily rode downhill by squeezing the bicycle brakes.

Suddenly, he saw a person sitting by the ditch on the right side not far ahead, and next to that person, a wooden cart had fallen into the ditch upside down.

Chunsheng didn't know what had happened, so he squeezed the brakes again to slow down the bicycle, so as to prevent himself and his sister from having an accident.

The sudden slowing of the bicycle startled Chunmiao. She immediately grabbed Chunsheng's waist and asked in a panic, "What happened?"

"A cart has fallen into the ditch ahead!"

While Chunsheng was speaking, he did not stop the bicycle, but instead continued to move forward at the slowest possible speed.

Chunmiao clung tightly to Chunsheng, craning her neck forward and staring intently at the accident scene ahead, whispering, "It looks like a livestock cart fell into the ditch up ahead!"

As Chunsheng approached the man, he shouted, "What happened?"

Hearing someone call out, the man quickly turned around, rubbed his eyes, and shouted to Chunsheng, "My donkey cart has overturned into the ditch! Can you help me get it out, brother?"

Chunsheng and Chunmiao immediately became alert and scrutinized the man.

The man appeared to be in his early fifties, with sallow skin and gray hair and clothes covered in dust and weeds.

When they were about ten meters away from the person, Chunsheng immediately squeezed the brakes and stopped the bicycle. He whispered to Chunmiao, "Sister, you wait here. I'll go see what's going on by myself!"

Chunmiao nodded cooperatively without saying a word.

She knew that although Chunsheng was not as old as her, now was not the time to compare ages. It would be more convenient for a boy to handle things when they encountered problems outside.

When Chunsheng arrived in front of the man, he saw clearly that, just as Chunmiao had said, what had fallen into the ditch was indeed a donkey cart.

Because at that moment, besides the wooden cart that had overturned into the ditch, there was also a little donkey lying on its back with its four legs in the air underneath it.

As soon as a stranger came, the little donkey immediately opened its big eyes and looked at Chunsheng, its two eyes darting around.

As a puff of white steam shot out of the little donkey's nostrils, the creature immediately let out a loud "Ah... Ah..." sound.

At this moment, the driver stood up from the ground, looked at Chunsheng with a fawning expression, and said, "My donkey leg already had an old injury, and I didn't control my speed well going downhill, so I accidentally flipped into this ditch!"

Chunsheng stared at the man and asked, "Are you alright?"

The man quickly shook his head. "I'm fine, but I'm afraid I might have hurt the donkey in the production team. That would be a real problem!"

Chunsheng sighed helplessly. It seemed that farmers in this era were all like this, always putting the interests of the collective before their own, making a living person less valuable than a little donkey.

"Are you the zookeeper?"

Chunsheng looked at the injuries on the man's face and the old, patched-up coat he was wearing, and asked a question.

The man immediately nodded and replied, "I'm the animal husbander from Willow Twig Village. I left home early this morning to take the donkey to the commune's veterinary station to get its leg checked. Who would have thought that the cart and the donkey would overturn into the ditch? If I had known, I wouldn't have gone out today!"

Chunsheng felt sorry for the man in front of him, but disagreed with his words, "You're not a god, how could you possibly know the future! Doesn't your village have its own veterinarian?"

"Yes, but this donkey was treated at the commune's veterinary station before, but it wasn't cured, so we went there again."

Just as Chunsheng was talking to the car owner, Chunmiao also came over.

Because Chunmiao saw her younger brother talking to this person for a long time, she felt that this person didn't seem like a bad person, so she boldly walked over.

As soon as Chunmiao arrived, she immediately asked the car owner, "Are you really the animal husbandry worker from Willow Twig Village?"

The car owner nodded to Chunmiao with a puzzled look, not knowing what she meant by asking that question.

Because he still needed Chunsheng to help him get the donkey cart up, he didn't dare hesitate for a moment when Chunmiao asked her question, and quickly answered with a sincere expression:

"Why would I lie to you about this? If you don't believe me, you can go back to Willow Village and ask around if there's a guy named Hu Dingyi in the animal shed."

Chunmiao gave an awkward smile and explained, "Uncle, don't overthink it. My sister didn't disbelieve you; she was just asking casually!"

Just then, the little donkey kicked its legs hard and brayed loudly, seemingly trying to turn over and stand up, but the wooden cart was stuck in the middle of the ditch, and no matter how hard it tried, it was all in vain.

Chunsheng examined the wooden cart stuck in the ditch carefully for a few moments, then said to the owner, Hu Dingyi, "It's not difficult to pull the cart out of the ditch; we just need to remove the wheels first."

"Without the cart wheels pressing down on it, moving the plank cart and then pulling the donkey up is much easier!"