Chapter 29: The Living Bodhisattva

  Wang's elder sister helped Wang Erge send the monk to his small courtyard and settled him down.

  The next day, some strangers came to their village and said they were looking for someone to guide them up the mountain to find someone. At the same time, they asked if anyone in the village had seen a monk wearing a yellow robe.

  When villagers asked them what the monk looked like, they didn't say it directly, but vaguely said that he was in his twenties and had a handsome appearance.

  The villagers couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard this. These words were spoken as if unsaid, did he really want to find someone? He was being evasive and secretive, it's like the three hundred taels of silver that weren't stolen from here, can't you just stop bullying these honest and kind-hearted country folks? Honest people also have brains, being honest doesn't mean one is a fool...

  Wang Ergou went out to school in the morning, exchanged a glance with these strangers, and listened to some gossip. He had an idea in his mind and knew that what the monk said was probably true. These people really looked like they were seeking revenge, not visiting relatives.

  He and his sister hid the monk in their own courtyard, without even telling their family members.

  He went out to school during the day, and when Wang's eldest sister lent him a house to collect rent, she sent many edible things in.

  Anyway, Wang Ergou also needs to eat, and the eldest sister of the Wang family is biased, with the best relationship with this second brother, often cooking for him in private, and other children in the Wang family are also used to it, no one suspects that there is another world in that yard.

  The monk has been recuperating in Wangjiacun Village all along.

  Wang Ergou secretly told Wang Shi and asked her to take a look.

  Wang went to Wang Erge's house with a doctor's heart, under the pretext of diagnosing Wang Erge's illness, and helped the monk take a look at his injuries.

  "This is a head injury. It's been low-grade fever, with intermittent dizziness and vomiting? I think there's blood stasis inside the brain." Wang examined his pulse while looking at the monk's complexion.

  "Is there blood clot in his brain? Can he be cured?" Wang's elder sister asked anxiously in a low voice.

  Wang sighed, "If Old Man Sheng were still around, he should be able to cure it. I've heard that Old Man Sheng's medical skills are divine, and he once even performed a trephining operation to relieve blood congestion in the brain. I don't have such great abilities."

  "What? Not even Wang's wife can make it?" The elder sister of the Wang family was very disappointed and looked at the monk with concern.

  The monk smiled slightly and comforted the king's sister, "Life and death are destined, wealth and nobility are in heaven. I am not a person of the mundane world this life, even if I die now, it is not considered untimely, you don't have to be worried."

  "But... but... it's better to live a life of shame than to die!" The eldest sister of the Wang family finally managed to squeeze out a sentence after holding back for half a day.

  The monk burst out laughing and thought to himself that although the eldest sister of the Wang family was a village girl, she was naturally simple and honest, and her words always made him feel at ease. She was indeed a rare delightful person.

  Wang Ergou quietly listened beside them and suddenly interjected, "Auntie Zheng is actually at the Wu family's Zhuang Shang Jing, why don't we go ask Auntie Zheng?"

  Madam Zheng's medical skills, Zheng Suhui, are now the best in the Great Xia Dynasty. When Old Master Sheng was still alive, he couldn't stop praising Madam Zheng's medical skills and claimed that with time, she would surely surpass her master.

  If Sheng Lao Ye Zi can have a craniotomy, then Zheng Da Nai Nai is almost the same, right?

  Before anyone else could speak, the monk flatly refused, "No way. Even if I die here, it's my fate." If he specifically went to ask Zheng Suhuan, the news might leak out. He knew that as the young mistress of the Wu family, Zheng Suhuan had a very good relationship with those people.

  "Why?" Wang Erge was surprised, "Are you worried that Zheng Dainai won't agree to treat her? She's a kind-hearted person, just like Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering. I've heard she often provides free medical consultations in Wujiacun and treats villagers for free. People all around praise Zheng Dainai as a 'living bodhisattva'. Let's let her take a look!"

  Wang nodded, "Auntie Zheng has indeed done many good deeds for everyone. Why don't we go take a look at the free clinic?"

  The monk still shook his head. These people didn't know his identity, so they made this suggestion. The reason for his misfortune this time was that he accidentally exposed his identity. ——That person still wouldn't let him go, even if he forced him to become a monk, he still wouldn't be at ease!

  The king's elder sister saw that the monk was determined not to go to Wu's village for a diagnosis, so she had to turn to Wang again: "Wang's wife, can't you think of any other way?"

  Wang Danni was also puzzled in her heart, but she knew that things that shouldn't be asked shouldn't be asked. She said: "There's another way, it's just slower. There's a prescription, take the medicine according to the prescription, drink for half a year, and then add massage, which can disperse the blood stasis in the brain."

  "Is there such a prescription? Write it down quickly! I'll go get the medicine once you've written it!" Wang's older sister urged Wang's wife to write out the prescription.

  "Needn't go elsewhere to buy, all are available on this mountain."

  This mountain next to Wangjiacun Village is called "Medicine Mountain" by those who know. In the past, Shennong's family had a medicinal field here. Some rare and unusual herbs can only be planted and survive in certain places on this mountain.

  Wang Dainiang chose to bring Sheng Siyan to live here, also in order to treat Sheng Siyan's eye disease and collect medicine conveniently.

  "That's great, I'll go! I'll go!" said Wang Jia's elder sister hurriedly.

  Wang Ergou looked at the monk and wondered what he meant.

  This time, the monk did not refuse and politely said to Wang, "Thank you very much, Mrs. Wang."

  "Don't mention it. Don't thank me, if you want to thank someone, thank Wang's eldest sister and Er Zhu. I only treated your injury because of their faces." Wang said bluntly, not willing to take advantage of this.

  The monk smiled and felt that the people in this village were really good. They helped him, an ordinary monk, with such enthusiasm and without seeking any reward, which was very touching.

  Wang Dainiang taught Wang Jiajie how to decoct medicine and massage.

  The monk then settled down at Wang Erge's place with a peaceful mind.

  As time went on, Wang Erge's parents also knew about it, but they all pretended not to know.

  Saving people is a good thing, but if the other party doesn't want to come out and meet people, there must be a reason for it.

  People in a rural village know how to give each other face and won't break the pot to get to the bottom of things.

  Sheng Siyan was injured at home after being hit on the head. She didn't mind having a scar on her forehead, but this was a good reason not to go to school.

  "Mother, this scar on my forehead is so ugly, I don't want to go to girls' school..." Sheng Siyan coquettishly said to Wang Shi.

  Wang comforted her by stroking her forehead, "If you can't go, then don't go. Wait until mom heals the wound on your head, it's not too late to go back to school."

  Sheng Siyan was choked for a moment, and said gloomily: "Mother, can I not go to school? That Wu Xiaojie is really scary. I'm afraid that if I go, she'll bully me again."

  This is an additional update for yesterday's update. There will still be a normal update tonight.

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