Chapter 0043 Temporary Protection
I listened to Long Xia's words and looked at Mo Xiu in surprise.
His expression remained unchanged. He let go of my hand and waved his sleeves at Long Xia: "Get lost."
The voice was like thunder. Long Xia felt a pain in her lower abdomen. She covered her stomach and looked at Mo Xiu: "Snake Lord, once I give birth to a child of the Long family, will you protect me like you protected the woman in the attic?"
Long Xia's face no longer had that peaceful and beautiful look, instead it was filled with viciousness and cruelty: "If that's the case, why didn't the Snake King let me meet that woman again?"
Mo Xiu pulled me directly into the house, and then a bolt of lightning struck Long Xia.
Long Xia seemed to be afraid of thunder. She screamed and hid under the bed, shouting: "Mo Xiu Snake Lord, since Long Ling will not die, you must ensure that the child in my belly is born."
There was a roar of thunder, and after the lightning, Long Xia also disappeared.
Chen Quan and his son were lying on the bamboo bed and seemed to move.
Mo Xiu pulled me to stand under the eaves and took the razor from my hand. "Long Xia came out of the snake coffin with the snake baby in her arms. The snake coffin will make her immortal. Even if you cut her neck, she will not die."
I looked at the blood on the razor and slowly loosened my grip: "You negotiated terms with the snake coffin to keep me alive?"
Mo Xiu didn't answer, but just put the razor on the table beside him.
Then he took my hand and placed a few bright red berries in my palm: "This is what the snake is guarding. Just take it. Nothing will ask it if it wants to."
Mo Xiu's voice was hoarse. He looked at me deeply, turned around and disappeared.
The berries have a light fragrance, and each one is plump, crystal clear, and bright red...
It's like the treasures guarded by snakes and monsters in the mountains, and it's also like the role I described myself to Mo Xiu that day, so Mo Xiu found this for me?
"It must be delicious." Niu Er came over with the bowl of rice: "It's sweet, right?"
He Gu pulled him aside and said to me, "These are berries from ginseng that are at least a thousand years old. It looks like the ginseng has become spiritual, so the Snake King only picked the berries and brought them back."
"You've encountered a series of misfortunes recently, and you've been injured one after another. Snake King gave this to you specially." He Gu seemed to have thought of something and pushed Niu Er to the table to eat.
He looked at me and said, "You know that everyone in Huilong Village has a snake in their body, and there is no way to cure it, so..."
"I know." I raised my hand and threw all the berries into my mouth.
Looking at He Gu: "So you made the decision for me."
Everyone in Huilong Village is going to die, but I am actually powerless as to whether to marry Mo Xiu or save the people of Huilong Village. I am just worrying about it in vain.
They helped me make the decision...
I walked over and looked at Niu Er: "You go ask Tianzong first, I will wait until the snake baby is born, then I will come to find you, okay?"
"Really?" Niu Er looked at He Gu with a happy face, "Do you have fruits like the ones just now on your mountain?"
He Gu seemed helpless and nodded.
Niu Er turned his head and looked at me again: "Long Ling, do you like to eat them? I'll save them all for you. I'm the best at picking wild fruits, I'll save them all for you!"
My heart ached. I picked up some food for him with my chopsticks and just nodded.
He Gu was afraid that Niu Er would change his mind, so he called a taxi and took Niu Er away after dinner.
Niu Er got in the car and kept calling me: "Long Ling, I picked up those fruits and waited for you, come quickly."
I looked at him and said, "You seem to like giving birth to a snake baby, but why are you afraid of a snake mother?"
Every time he sang that nursery rhyme, he was very happy that a snake baby was born.
But for Long Xia, it seemed to come from the fear deep in her heart.
"She has a snake on her body. The big snake in your shadow before is on her body." Niu Er came closer and whispered, "She is also a snake in her bones. Don't get close to her."
I nodded at him. Niu Er seemed to want to say something, but He Gu was afraid that he would continue talking, so he refused to leave.
She pushed him into the car and said, "Just call Long Ling when you get there."
Niu Er didn't care at all. He leaned over the car window and looked at me and said, "Long Ling, I 'll wait for you. Tea ears are delicious too. I'll save them for you."
I smiled at him and watched the car drive away.
Grandma Qin Mi was sifting rice without even getting up. After the car left, it seemed like she and I were the only ones left.
I sat down to help her pick out the grains from the rice as she was coughing so much.
Just as he was about to get up and pour her some water, he heard someone calling out loudly, "Qin Mi Po! Qin Mi Po..."
The voice sounded like a mixture of crying and howling, sharp and pleasant, and it was accompanied by several people, walking towards this side at a fast speed.
I looked up and saw the old woman who was driven out by Qin Mi Po when my grandmother and I came to ask about rice that day.
The last time she left, she seemed angry and humiliated, and this time she seemed even more furious.
He rushed in with his men and saw the Chen family father and son lying on the cool bed. He immediately slapped his thigh and said, "Grandma Qin Mi, you are sinning again. Another person has died!"
Qin Mi Po was sifting rice and ignored her.
The old woman seemed to become tougher. She rushed directly to Qin Mipo, smiled coldly and glanced at me.
He knocked over Qin Mi Po's rice sieve with one hand and said in a cold voice: "Last time you asked about the rice in my house, and I said no. Did you collude with others to steal Gu Xiaolan's body?"
Several people nearby immediately gathered around, and the old woman kept saying, "You must be guilty, so you kicked me out. You also said that my rice was moldy, and it was you who did it!"
The old woman was still not satisfied after knocking over the rice sieve. She rolled up her sleeves and tried to pull Qin Mi Po: "Get up and tell me where Gu Xiaolan's body is. If you don't tell me today, you will tell others to steal it!"
The body is missing?
I was extremely surprised when I heard this. Qin Mipo was pulled up and she started coughing again because she had been holding the breath.
The old woman was still pushing and shoving, pulling Qin Mipo into the house: "I brought rice and eggs today, you have to ask today even if you don't want to. You must find Gu Xiaolan's body!"
I slapped her hand away and supported Qin Mipo: "If she doesn't want to, then she doesn't want to. How can you force her to do that?"
In villages and towns, personal relationships are actually very important, as is whether a family is strong or not.
Qin Mi was the only one left in her husband's family, so naturally they thought she was easy to bully.
"Hey! Who are you? Her new disciple?" The old woman sneered and reached out to push me: "Get out of my way. If you can't find Gu Xiaolan's body, I will destroy your house today."
She was upset last time, so she was very angry this time.
I've been having a lot of trouble lately and I'm feeling very depressed.
But the old woman pushed me again and again, spitting on my face: "Let me tell you, when Gu Xiaolan married into our family, her horoscope was chosen by Qin Mipo."
"Gu Xiaolan didn't lay an egg for three or four years after she married into our family. She also died of illness. I don't know how much money we spent on medicine. Now even her body is missing. Who knows what she was used for!" The old woman's face became more and more vicious.
Pointing at me, he said, "Since you are Qin Mipo's apprentice, I will compensate you to our family and let you give birth to a baby for my son!"
As soon as she finished speaking, I felt a surge of anger in my heart for some reason.
He pushed the old woman away and shouted, "Don't be unreasonable."
Qin Mipo was coughing so hard that she was about to die. She quickly pulled me and signaled me not to cause trouble.
The old woman seemed to be even more excited, pointing at me and grinning, "Qin Mi Po is incompetent. She made a wrong prediction for us and made us marry someone who doesn't lay eggs. What's wrong with me asking her about rice?"
"Is it because you don't have the ability to find it?" The old woman became more and more proud as she spoke.
Spit flying: "No wonder her aunt was bitten to death by a snake. She must be incompetent and unable to take care of the affairs of Huilong Village. In the end, she wanted to act big and deserved to be bitten to death."
This matter was a thorn in Qin Mipo's heart. Her face immediately turned purple and she was shaking with anger.
I looked at the old woman and sneered, "Do you know who I am?"
“I don’t care who you are…” The old woman was about to say something, but suddenly she screamed, “Snake… Monster! Monster!”
Just as she screamed, a snake as thick as a man's arms poked its head out from the eaves and spit out its bloody red tongue towards the old woman.
The old woman was so scared that she collapsed on the ground, pointing at the snake and screaming "Ahhh" but unable to say anything. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
Those who came with her were also frightened and ran away, shouting, "Snake! Snake!"
I turned my head and saw the big snake slowly hanging down from the eaves. The snake looked at the door inside the house, nodded slightly, and then retracted back to the eaves.
Mo Xiu stood there in a black robe, looked at me with sullen eyes and said, "Niu Er is gone. I have something to do recently, so I can't stay with you."
"You can live with Qin Mipo first. Although this snake is not very powerful, it has some intelligence. Let it protect you temporarily. If anything happens, let it call me." Something flashed across Mo Xiu's face and he looked at me with heavy eyes.
