If you don't consummate the marriage for three years and then marry a successful educated youth

Jiang Baozhu nodded repeatedly, smiling brightly: "That's great, sister-in-law really knows how to manage a household. We don't think this pork offal tastes this good when we cook it ourselves. I never thought we could put medicinal herbs in it for braising."

"Well, you can learn from him. You'll get to eat more meat in the future. I've booked a pig slaughterhouse in town for ten days. One serving of pig offal a day is enough for the whole village to eat their fill of meat."

"The main thing is that we spend less money, so that when the harvest is distributed among the families, there won't be too much controversy. If we spend less money and eat well, everyone will trust Dad more."

Wen Yao said to the old lady, "Auntie, Baozhu and I are going to wash the wild vegetables. We'll be back soon. Lunch is served before 11:30 a.m., so please be careful not to burn the rice."

"Okay, okay, Dr. Wen, don't worry, we'll definitely take good care of you."

The two women, an aunt and her sister-in-law, went to the riverbank and began washing wild vegetables.

Then they saw Chen Yuting running out of the woods carrying someone on her back. Their eyes met, and they both froze, exclaiming in unison, "What are you doing here?"

Wen Yao: "What are you doing here?"

"Hoo hoo, let me go first. Today, everyone in our educated youth compound was assigned to harvest rice. I was paired with Lin Qingqing, but she said she was going to the toilet and didn't come back for a long time, so I came to look for her."

"Then I saw that she had been bitten by a snake and was lying on the ground. I did some simple first aid and squeezed out a lot of venom, but there should still be some residue. Please check how serious it is."

"The patterns on that snake are..."

Chen Yuting quickly recounted what had happened and placed the person on the ground, saying, "Take a look at your wounds. Don't let him really die in my hands."

Wen Yao examined the wound, took the pulse, and nodded: "The wound was treated very well. The toxin has not continued to spread. It was a venomous snake, but not a highly lethal one. Carry him to my house."

"The first-aid kit is at home; we need to give her an antidote."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Lin Qingqing's lips were a little purple, clearly indicating poisoning. Her eyes were unfocused as she cried and pleaded, "Wen Yao, I was wrong. You have to save me. I don't want to die!"

Wen Yao hummed in agreement: "I'm a doctor from the Xiangyang Brigade, so of course I'll save the people from the Xiangyang Brigade. Don't say anything, you won't die."

"Baozhu, take the wild vegetables back and cook them first, so as not to delay their lunch time. I'll take some people back to detoxify them, and we'll be back once we've finished."

Once everyone has regained consciousness, we can ask them what happened and why they were going into the woods during the autumn harvest.

Jiang Baozhu nodded and ran off with her basket on her back.

The three of them arrived at the courtyard and opened the door. Wen Yao pointed to the recliner and said, "Put her down there. I'll go get the first-aid kit. Keep an eye on her and don't let her move around."

Chen Yuting hummed in agreement: "Don't worry."

He took out the medicine box, held a small knife in his hand, and squatted down to cut open the wound to force out more poisonous blood so that it would heal faster.

Lin Qingqing was startled when she saw the knife: "Ahhh, what are you going to do? Are you going to just slash me?"

"Hmm, there's no time to give you anesthesia, just bear with it, it'll be over soon. Yuting, you hold her down."

"clear."

Chen Yuting pressed down on her shoulders and said coldly, "If you keep talking nonsense, we'll just abandon you and poison you. Think carefully about whether you'd rather be in pain or be poisoned to death."

Lin Qingqing was pinned down and unable to move. A sharp pain shot through her calf, and cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead. She screamed, "It hurts! It hurts so much! Help!"

The next second, his mouth was covered.

"Shut up, you're so noisy! Why are you yelling for help? I think your brain has been poisoned by snake venom."

A few minutes later, Wen Yao finished bandaging the wound, stood up, and wiped the blood off the scalpel with a cloth: "The poisonous blood has been mostly expelled. After taking medicine for two more days to expel the remaining poison, I'll be fine."

Sitting on the stool opposite me, I asked, "So, what were you doing in the woods today during the autumn harvest?"

Lin Qingqing was released and met their questioning gazes. She swallowed hard, feeling a little guilty. "I... I just heard that there are wild eggs over there, and I wanted to go there to look for them."

"Who would have known there were poisonous snakes on the outskirts of this mountain? I was bitten by accident. Wen Yao, so I'm alright now?"

"Yes, you only need to take the medicine for two days. Do you want to brew it yourself, or come to my place to drink it? If you come to my place, you'll need to pay me for brewing the medicine, which is 50 cents per brewing session."

Wen Yao put away the scalpel, preparing to disinfect it so she could go to the threshing ground to help with cooking.

Lin Qingqing hummed in agreement: "I'll take my medicine here."

"Okay, take the antidote in this medicine bottle twice a day, one pill before meals each time."

"Get up, go back to your youth quarters and rest. I'll bring you the medicine this afternoon. Yuting should go back to work too. I also need to go to the threshing ground to help with cooking. Let's go."

After the three went out, they split up. Chen Yuting had to go tell the captain about Lin Qingqing's poisoning, otherwise, with one less person, they wouldn't be able to finish so much work.

Wen Yao locked the door and quickly went to the threshing ground, where she stood in front of the stove and began to cook.

"Sister-in-law, what happened to that educated youth, Lin?"

"You were bitten by a venomous snake, but it's nothing serious. You just need to drink this for two more days to detoxify."

Jiang Baozhu asked in confusion, "Wasn't she working? How did she end up in the woods getting bitten by a poisonous snake? What was she doing there for no reason?"

"She heard that there were wild eggs over there, so she went to look for them on her own, and ended up being bitten by a poisonous snake. As for whether this is true or not, I don't know."

"Hmph, I think she just wants to slack off. She wanted to come here to cook during the morning meeting, but didn't want to go to the fields to harvest rice, saying that her arms would get scratched and hurt. I think she just doesn't want to work."

Wen Yao hummed in agreement: "It's alright. Work points are recorded. If you do less work, you'll get less food in winter. That's her own business. We just need to do what we're supposed to do."

Jiang Baozhu nodded obediently: "Sister-in-law is right. I'll go chop some garlic for you to season, and you'll need a little rock sugar too."

"No need. Just put the rock sugar in the cooling tea. They'll take some of the tea with them after they've eaten, otherwise they're prone to heatstroke. Go check if the cooling tea is ready."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

A dozen or so people were busy at the threshing ground. Around 11:20, the food and refreshing tea were ready, and they were just waiting for the guests to come and eat.

The brigade leader glanced at the time, banged on the gong, and shouted loudly, "Lunch is ready! Everyone come and eat! Line up at the threshing ground before 11:30 to get your food. After lunch, you'll have a half-hour break before continuing to work."

Upon hearing the gong, everyone straightened up, breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from their faces, and felt a little dizzy from the heat.

"I'm not eating anymore. This food smells so good. There will definitely be meat for lunch today. The brigade leader is really generous. You can't work if you don't have any oil in your stomach."

They all came up from the fields and hurried toward the threshing ground.