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Seeing that she didn't speak, Lin Qingqing knew that she wanted to take advantage of her, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Zhang Jing, I won't let you suffer a loss. If you miss a day's work points, I'll make up for it with three yuan, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jing's attitude softened, and she readily agreed: "Sure, we live in the same house, so we should take care of each other. It would be great if you could take care of me when I'm sick."

She wants the three yuan, and she also wants the favor. She wants things to be clear so that she'll have someone to rely on if she gets sick in the future.

"Okay, I'll take good care of you."

The two returned to their room at the youth center. Chen Yuting sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and looked at them: "You're back. How badly are you hurt? Is it serious?"

Lin Qingqing was about to retort, but then, for some reason, she changed the subject and nodded pitifully, saying, "It's alright, the wound has been treated, but Wen Yao said I was bitten by a dog."

"I have to go to the town hospital tomorrow morning to get vaccinated against rabies. They said if I don't get the shot, I'll just have to wait to die once it develops, because it's incurable."

Chen Yuting raised an eyebrow: "Yes, she's right. Rabies is like this, which is what we commonly call mad dog disease. People who develop the disease have either been bitten by a dog before or licked the wound."

"A relative of mine did just that. He didn't take it seriously when he was bitten, and he didn't treat the wound or get vaccinated. He died in less than two months."

Lin Qingqing was startled and stared at her with wide eyes.

"Are you serious? A dog bite is that bad?"

Chen Yuting hummed in agreement, her face devoid of any hint of joking: "Although I don't like you, when it comes to matters of life and death, I have no reason to joke with you."

"Wen Yao is a pure-hearted person. She has repeatedly emphasized this to you. If you don't take it seriously, you deserve to die."

"I'm a straightforward person, that's the truth."

Lin Qingqing bit her lip and asked softly, "Okay, I understand, thank you. Can I borrow your bicycle tomorrow? I want to go get vaccinated."

Chen Yuting lay down and hummed in agreement: "Okay, here's the key to the bicycle lock. Go get vaccinated tomorrow morning, the sooner the better."

"Okay, thank you."

Lin Qingqing couldn't sleep all night, she was really frightened by their words, and felt a little annoyed. She should have gone into the woods in the evening, it was too dangerous to go into the woods at night.

This time it was a dog bite, but what if I encounter a wolf next time? I'd lose my life! This isn't a worthwhile trade.

As soon as it was light, Zhang Jing told the team leader and rode her bike to town with people. After witnessing the vaccination process, she was left with psychological trauma.

The two sat on a bench in the corridor. Zhang Jing swallowed hard. "Qingqing, I know why I hate dogs. They're too dangerous. Does your hand still hurt?"

Lin Qingqing winced in pain, her body trembling slightly: "It hurts, of course it hurts. I thought the vaccine was injected into the arm, or at most into the butt."

"Why is this the way they're doing it? My hand is all swollen up, and this doctor is still putting the needle in my flesh. It hurts so much, boohoo. Jingjing, you have no idea how much it hurts."

"...I can see that. I'm getting goosebumps right now, but the doctor was very serious, just like Wen Yao said, which means she really wasn't lying to you."

Zhang Jing's eyes were somewhat complicated: "She's actually a pretty good person. We had a falling out, and it wouldn't have been a big deal if she hadn't reminded you, but she still did."

"Were we a little too harsh on her before?"

Lin Qingqing pursed her lips, somewhat displeased: "Jingjing, what do you mean? We have a grudge against her, it's purely because we can't stand her arrogant attitude."

"As for the reminder, she's a doctor, it's what she should do. If she hadn't reminded her, that would have been dereliction of duty."

"Alright, don't bring that up again. Have you forgotten that she drugged us before? We were farting all day long, how embarrassing was that in front of everyone?"

Thinking back to that time, Zhang Jing felt so ashamed she wanted to disappear into the ground, but her heart hardened: "You're right. She was originally the barefoot doctor in the brigade. If we distributed grain to her, she should have treated us."

"How good can someone be who is so vengeful?"

"Qingqing, are you feeling better? Should we go back now? We'll decide on the second and third shots based on the dates."

Lin Qingqing nodded, got up and followed her, limping along. They got on the bicycle and chatted: "Jingjing, you usually know a lot about the village. Can I ask you something?"

"Do you know if the older folks in the brigade have ever talked about which places in the mountains are dangerous and absolutely off-limits?"

Zhang Jing asked, puzzled, "Why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask. I'm thinking of going up the mountain another day to try my luck and see if I can find ginseng or something. The money my family sends me every month is too little, it's not enough to live on."

"Looking for ginseng? How could you think that? That stuff isn't so easy to find. Besides, the mountains are dangerous. How could a young lady like you dare to go in?"

"If you get lost, you'll be trapped inside and die."

Lin Qingqing gently coaxed, "Oh, it's okay. I won't go into the inner mountains. I'll just try my luck on the outskirts. Don't you want to find some medicinal herbs to sell and get some money?"

"Your family probably doesn't give you much money each month. We can manage to eat and drink here in the countryside, but we don't know how to make money. Embroidering and pasting matchboxes is bad for your eyes and the money comes too slowly."

"I was thinking of asking around beforehand, and if there's a suitable opportunity, we can go look for it together."

Zhang Jing hesitated for a moment when she thought about the money that was almost gone. Yes, what she said made sense. It was not good to just sit around and do nothing. What if she got sick and needed money?

"Okay, I know a few of the older women well. I'll go chat with them another day and ask them about the situation. They've been in the brigade for so many years, they must know a lot about the mountains."

"Don't worry, I'll let you know after I've found out."

Lin Qingqing nodded and said, "Okay, if we go into the mountains and find some good medicinal herbs, we can sell them and split the money 50/50."

"Don't make this public. You know that if those herbs are to be sold, it'll be on the black market. We can't let anyone find out. If someone reports us, we'll both be finished."

Zhang Jing nodded and said, "I know what's important. Don't worry, I'm not that naive."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Jingjing."

"It's fine."

The next afternoon, Zhang Jing gathered the information and told Lin Qingqing everything: "The old ladies said that Niujiao Mountain is the most eerie place, and we shouldn't go there."

"A hunting team once went to that place and encountered a ghost wall. If the old hunter hadn't found them, they would have been trapped and died inside."

"Anyway, it sounds pretty scary, but they also said that there are a lot of good things there. Someone once dug up a 500-year-old ginseng and made a fortune."