Chapter 33: The Ugly Ger’s Farming Story

“This boy is much more proactive than your father was when he pursued me back then,” Xie Ama remarked, seeing his own son being approached for marriage proposals. He couldn’t help but feel that the years had distanced him from the time he spent with his old man. Time really doesn’t spare anyone!

Xie Yu helped Xie Ama tidy up and heard his nostalgic remark. Looking at his father’s hands marked by the hardships of life, he felt a pang of sadness. If he were to marry and leave, there would only be the two fathers left in the Xie household. He couldn’t bear the thought of his aging parents experiencing the pain of being separated from their child.

“Is this Xie’s house? Is anyone home? Your husband is in trouble!!”

The sound of hurried footsteps in disarray reached the entrance of Xie’s house. The heavy and anxious voice of the visitor reached the ears of Xie Ama and Xie Yu.

“Quick! Open the door!”

Upon hearing that it was his husband, Xie Ama immediately shouted for Xie Yu to open the door. However, when Xie Ama heard those words, his legs betrayed him!

“Uncle Liu, what happened to my father?” Xie Yu looked at Uncle Liu, who was covered in mud at the door, but didn’t see his own father. He grew even more worried.

“While repairing the house for Wu family at the village entrance, he slipped and fell…”

Xie Ama felt darkness engulfing him. He wanted to run over and find out what had happened, but accidentally tripped over his own feet and fell to the ground, knocking over the basin of vegetables. Xie Yu was both panicked and anxious. Just as he heard the voice behind him, he turned around and saw Xie Ama’s condition. He hurried over to help, but was stopped by Xie Ama. “Quick! Go and check on your father!”

“Ama!”

“Go quickly!”

With no other choice, Xie Yu quickly supported Xie Ama aside and hurriedly followed Uncle Liu, who had come to deliver the news, out of the house.

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“Quick! Make way! Xie’s son is here!”

As Xie Yu arrived not far from Wu’s house, he saw a crowd gathered in a circle. Without thinking, he knew who was inside the circle. His anxiousness made him run even faster!

Seeing that it was Xie Yu, the villagers deliberately made way, allowing him to come directly to the injured Uncle Xie’s side.

Contrary to what Xie Yu had imagined, there was no river of blood. Uncle Xie was just a little dirty, with no visible bloodstains on his body. This relieved Xie Yu’s frantic heart a bit. Uncle Xie could still manage to smile a little at him. However, in the blink of an eye, Xie Yu saw the village’s local doctor wrapping Uncle Xie’s right leg with cloth, and he panicked!

“Father! Your leg?!”

The village doctor carefully wrapped Uncle Xie’s leg, which had a bone fracture from the fall. “It’s fortunate that your father is lucky. Falling from such a height, it’s a good thing there was something cushioning the impact. Alright, I just did a simple wrapping. Hurry and take him to town for proper examination. Otherwise, if there’s a delay, the injury will become more severe!”

Xie Yu gratefully thanked the village doctor. With the help of the villagers, they lifted the injured Uncle Xie, who was feeling a bit dizzy from the fall, onto Wu’s cart. After asking someone to deliver a message to Xie Ama at home, Xie Yu followed Uncle Xie, riding on Wu’s cart, towards the town.

“It’s fortunate that someone helped to realign the displaced bone in time, otherwise the consequences would have been severe.”

The one examining Uncle Xie’s leg was a tall and rugged young doctor. Xie Yu initially doubted his skills due to his young age, feeling somewhat uneasy. However, as he watched the young doctor deftly and swiftly put Uncle Xie’s leg back in place, he let out a slight sigh of relief.

“Don’t worry. Although this young lad may not be much older than you, he has truly inherited the skills of Doctor Lin. He’s quite capable! Just last month, my child had a fever, and we went to two other pharmacies in town, but they said we were too late! I didn’t believe it! I brought my child to the old Doctor Lin, and it was Doctor Lin Fangliang who cured him!”

The Wu family man who brought Uncle Xie and Xie Yu to Lin’s pharmacy looked at Xie Yu’s skeptical expression and knew what he was worried about. He loudly exclaimed.

Lin Fangliang carefully put Uncle Xie’s leg in the correct position, and upon hearing the Wu family man’s words, he raised his head and saw Xie Yu blushing with embarrassment. He looked apologetic and said, “Don’t blame this young man. I do need to further study and improve my medical skills.”

Seeing Lin Fangliang resolving the situation so considerately, Xie Yu felt even more embarrassed, but he didn’t know what to say to make amends. In a fluster, he could only offer an apologetic smile to Lin Fangliang.

“Xiao Yu, how is it?!”

As soon as Xie Yu turned around, he saw Xie Ama being supported by Ma Fugui. They got off the donkey cart and entered Lin’s pharmacy. When Xie Ama spoke, Lin Fangliang instantly regained his composure and returned to the medicine cabinet to fetch medicine for Uncle Xie.

“Ama, it’s alright. The doctor said we need to apply some medicine and rest for a while. Although Father didn’t hit his head when he fell, he feels a bit dizzy. Resting for a period of time will make him better.”

Xie Ama was brought by Xie Yu to the half-conscious Uncle Xie. “That’s good, that’s good. It’s alright now.” Xie Ama reached out and gently touched Uncle Xie’s facial features. It was as if he felt that he would lose his world, lose his life if anything happened to Uncle Xie.

“Thank you.”

Xie Yu whispered his thanks to Ma Fugui beside him. Lin Fangliang wasn’t a foolish person. Seeing Xie Ama and Ma Fugui getting off the cart together, he knew that Ma Fugui must have been the one who worried about Xie Ama and brought him here.

“It’s nothing. As long as it’s your matter, your family’s matter, it’s also Ma Fugui’s concern.”

Lin Fangliang was collecting the medicine payment from the Wu family man who paid for Uncle Xie. He noticed Ma Fugui and Xie Yu appearing familiar with each other, and his heart skipped a beat. The Wu family man, seeing that Lin Fangliang kept staring in Xie Yu’s direction, leaned closer to Lin Fangliang and whispered, “That’s Xie Yu’s fiance!” Although Ma Fugui’s marriage proposal was not yet accepted by the Xie family, due to Ma Fugui’s tenacious nature, the villagers considered it a matter between the two families.

“Fiance, huh?” Lin Fangliang felt somewhat regretful. He gave the excess money to the Wu family man, then watched Xie Yu’s family leave before burying himself in the herbs once again.

During the time Uncle Xie was recovering from his injury, Ma Fugui became even more diligent in his visits. Xie Ama and Uncle Xie also grew more satisfied with Ma Fugui, and there were several occasions when Ma Fugui’s parents came to Xie’s house to inquire about Uncle Xie’s condition. The villagers also accepted the Xie-Ma marriage as a given, except for a few envious individuals, but there wasn’t much idle talk.

During this time, Xie Yu also felt that Ma Fugui was a good person, and more importantly, he treated his family well. Eventually, not long after Uncle Xie’s recovery, Xie Yu joined the Ma family in town with dowry, looking radiant and glorious.

In the first year of marriage, the couple lived relatively comfortably, except that Ma Ama kept a close eye on any signs of Xie Yu’s pregnancy. Overall, things went smoothly. However, as the second year, the third year… passed, Xie Yu showed no signs of pregnancy. This made the Ma couple increasingly uncomfortable. During a visit to the mountain temple to pray for a child, Ma Ama overheard someone nearby mentioning “fertility medicine.” He eagerly approached and listened carefully, then spent a couple of silver coins to buy the “fertility medicine” from that person.

Later, in those few days, Xie Yu happened to catch a cold. So Ma Ama secretly poured the “fertility medicine” directly into the cold medicine being prepared and watched as Xie Yu drank it all without leaving a drop.

As a result, Xie Yu developed a high fever that night. His health deteriorated over time, and he remained bedridden, spending the whole day in illness. Due to Ma Ama’s concern that Xie Yu might transmit the illness to Ma Fugui, he forcibly made them sleep in separate beds. This dealt a heavy blow to their relationship as a married couple. Ma Fugui went to the shop in the morning and only returned in the evening. Gradually, their encounters became shorter, and their conversations became fewer. This made Xie Yu’s heart grow colder and colder.

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When Xie Yu collapsed, Xu Qing quickly caught him, but in their instability, both of them fell to the ground, getting covered in mud. Xie Ama and Uncle Xie hurried over to help Xu Qing up, and then Uncle Xie lifted the unconscious Xie Yu in his arms.

“Xiao Yu?! Xiao Yu?!”

“Brother Xie!”

“No, we need to take him to the town to see a doctor. You go get the money, I’ll go borrow a donkey cart, and Brother Qing, you help watch over Brother Xie!”

After Uncle Xie made the arrangements, he rushed out of the door.

“Uncle Xie?” Li Changfeng was about to knock on the door when he was bumped into by the rushing Uncle Xie, who was going to borrow a donkey cart. “Changfeng, Brother Xie fainted! Uncle Xie needs to borrow a donkey cart!”

Upon hearing Xu Qing’s voice, Li Changfeng quickly ran over and indeed saw Xu Qing cradling a person in his arms. Xie Ama came out with the money and saw Li Changfeng. “Changfeng, hurry, lend a hand. Let’s carry Xiao Yu out. We’ll wait for Uncle Xie to bring the donkey cart, then we can leave directly!”

Li Changfeng listened to Xie Ama’s words but didn’t take action. Instead, his gaze shifted to Xu Qing, who was holding Xie Yu. Seeing that even at this critical moment, this guy was still talking back to him, Xu Qing gave Li Changfeng a fierce glare. “Hurry up!”

Li Changfeng understood that the situation was urgent, so he reluctantly bent down, but instead of picking up Xie Yu, he gestured for Xie Ama and Xu Qing to support the unconscious Xie Yu and place him on his back. He instructed Xu Qing and Xie Ama to extend their hands to stabilize Xie Yu, while he slightly bent his waist, intentionally not reaching out to support Xie Yu’s body.

Although his wife agreed to him helping, Li Changfeng also knew that Xie Yu’s current status was quite awkward. If someone saw him embracing or holding Xie Yu, even in an accidental situation, there would likely be gossip in the future. For the sake of Xie Yu and their future peaceful days, Li Changfeng had no choice but to act this way—it was the only thing he could do.

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Thingyan: That Ma stupid ger … omg, how dare you! Xie Yu could have completely died because of him, and he had the audacity to even blame others. Retribution, where’s the damn retribution???

Anyway, a big surprise coming next chapter.