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Chapter 45

After the old man woke up, he grabbed his right hand out of habit. Because he could not catch the long sword that had been kept by his side all year round, he immediately woke up, his muscles all over his body tensed, and he was on extreme alert. There was the sound of rustling rain in the distance, and the dripping of water leaking in and out. The sound of breathing, the sound of breathing less than two feet away, the dry quilt covering his body, the wounds on his waist that had been treated... He had met a good person.

The female doll didn't listen to the advice and rescued him.

The old man slowly opened his eyes, looked from the roof to the bed, and saw a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old sitting beside the bed.

Dafu, who was guarding the bedside, saw that the old man had woken up, got up and ran away.

Looking at his back, the old man grinned silently. At first glance, he looked like an honest boy.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the old man saw a man with an upright face walking in. The girl with a birthmark on her face behind him was the one who was shielding him from the rain on the hillside. The old man raised his head and thanked, "I, Chen Shang, Straight, may I ask how you call your two benefactors?"

"Just lie down and don't move." Uncle Ma clasped his fists and said briefly, "I'm in Ma Qinglin, Xiawusha Town. This is my niece Ruyu. Don't be polite. We are from the same hometown as Chen Jingcheng and Fourth Master Chen. We are in a difficult situation. You should help me. Ruyu, do you think the old man is feeling better?"

Shen Shangzhi habitually held his wrist with a few scratches on it, waiting for Lin Ruyu to feel her pulse.

Lin Ruyu smiled and said, "I'll make you laugh. I can't take a pulse and can only barely recognize a few herbs. My mother is making porridge. You can drink two bowls and some soup later. As long as you don't feel hot tonight, you should be fine." It won’t be a big deal.”

This old man Shen was seriously injured and had not eaten for a day and a night. Lin Ruyu was relieved that he could still be so energetic when he woke up.

The old man was in good health, so he jumped into the flood water to get medicine. When he came back, he was so tired that he lay down for half a day before getting up.

Shen Shangzhi looked at the "birthmark" on Lin Ruyu's face, with a bit of envy in his eyes. After thanking Uncle Ma Sanshu and Lin Ruyu, he warned, "After the flood, there was a lack of food and clothing. The yamen was short of manpower and people were very hungry." You can do anything. You must be careful when you go out. I am being hunted by my enemies. I will stay here for one more night. Tomorrow morning..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Shang saw Shen Ge walking in with a bowl in hand. His eyes widened instantly and he struggled to sit up.

Uncle Ma quickly raised his hand to hold him down, "Sir, please slow down. We don't have much medicine. I won't give you any medicine to wipe open the wounds on your body. I'll help you up."

Shen Ge, who was holding the bowl, was stunned when he saw Shen Shang staring at his beard, trembling with excitement.

Lin Ruyu looked at Mr. Shen, then looked back at Shen Ge, and found that their facial features were somewhat similar.

Thinking of the reason why An Ziyuan wanted to kill Shen Ge, thinking of the man in gray who was chasing An Ziyuan and the man in gray who was killed by Mr. Shen at the foot of the hillside, Lin Ruyu stood up and was about to give up her seat to Shen Ge when she heard that Mr. Shen He asked in a trembling voice, "Is this..."

Uncle Ma put the pillow behind his back and asked him to sit back, then said, "This is my nephew Shen Ge. You always wake up so quickly, firstly because Ruyu prepares you medicine, scrubs, and sews your wounds, and secondly, Because Shen Ge took the risk to find you medicine for stab wounds from the flood. Apart from this temple, there is no other resting place on the mountain. The people who are chasing you have been eliminated by someone, so you can just rest here and recuperate."

"Thank you." Shen Shangzhi, who had been staring at Shen Ge, secretly warned himself not to get too excited, tried to calm down his emotions, and asked, "I would like to ask, how old is your nephew this year, and his parents..."

"He is seventeen this year, and his parents are both locals of Wusha Town." Uncle Ma gave a brief introduction, without mentioning Shen Ge's life experience, and took the porridge from Shen Ge's hand and said, "You have to drink some porridge first." Replenish the stomach and intestines, and you can drink the medicine later."

Seventeen, local? My grandson is fifteen this year...

But Shen Ge's appearance was so similar to his eldest son that Shen Shangzhi still couldn't take his eyes away from Shen Ge's face and couldn't help but look forward to it in his heart.

Lin Ruyu gave up her seat to Shen Ge and whispered, "Shen Ge and the third uncle will take care of the old man first, and I'll make the medicine."

Shen Ge nodded and stepped forward, jokingly saying, "Do I always look familiar to you? Ten days ago, someone said that I looked familiar, and then he tried to kill me several times."

Shen Shangzhi raised his eyelids and his face suddenly became sharp, "Who is that person and where is he now?"

"You drink porridge first." Shen Ge, who injured one arm, sat at the end of the bed and watched Uncle Ma feed porridge to Mr. Shen.

After hearing the news that the old man had woken up, Shengzi and Xiao Aheng curiously went into the house to watch for a while, and then ran back to the kitchen. Shengzi squatted next to Dafu who was lighting the fire, and whispered, "Brother Dafu, have you noticed that this great-uncle looks like my brother?" .”

After bringing Mr. Shen back, Uncle Ma followed Lin Ruyu's instructions and told the children that this was his biological uncle, so they called him "uncle" when they gave birth to children.

Dafu was concentrating on lighting the fire, and naturally he would not answer Shengzi's question. Shengzi handed Dafu a dry firewood, then raised his head and asked Fang, "Auntie, are we going to steam buns for dinner tonight?"

Fang said gently, "First boil some water for your uncle, and then we will steam the buns later. Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry. The bamboo shoots my aunt made for lunch are so delicious. I'm still full now." After Shengzi finished speaking, he ran to Lin Ruyu who was making medicine and whispered, "Sister Ruyu, I have something to do. Son, I can’t hold back anymore and want to ask you: You said there are insects in the raw water and you have to boil it before you can drink it, right?"

"Yes." To be precise, there may be bacteria, viruses and parasites in raw water that are harmful to the human body, but Lin Ruyu is not convenient to explain more.

Shengzi scratched his head, moved closer to Lin Ruyu, lowered his voice and asked, "Why can't I see the bugs?"

Lin Ruyu explained, "Because the bugs are too small to be seen with the naked eye."

"Then..." Shengzi came closer, and little A Heng, who was playing with the rabbit next to him, thought they were talking about something funny, so he also moved his little head over.

"Then... the insects will die when the water is boiled, so what we drink is the water with insect flesh?"

Lin Ruyu is adding medicinal materials to the medicine jar...

"Huh..." Uncle Ma walked in with an empty bowl and sighed habitually, "This old man is also a pitiful man."

"When I learned that I had returned from victory, my family was preparing for a reception banquet... Because I like to eat Fenghualou's crab roe buns, my eldest grandson followed his family to buy them. He has been there for thirteen years..." Shen Shangzhi's voice Trembling, he paused for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "On my eldest grandson's left calf, there is a red birthmark that looks like a gold ingot as big as a fingernail..."

Shen Ge silently rolled up his trouser legs and turned his back to the old man.

Although the indoor oil lamp was dim, he could still see clearly that there was no birthmark on Shen Ge's calf. His hope of finally finding his grandson was shattered, and Shen Shang couldn't help but burst into tears, "I...I...it's really... It is really……"

As an orphan, how could he not have imagined that his relatives would come to find him and take him home? So when he heard the old man's cry, Shen Ge, who was usually eloquent, had red eyes, but could not say a word.
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