I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 117 - 114: The Uncle’s Wild Imaginings

At lunchtime, Jiang Mingyue inquired about Shu Wenquan’s situation, though none of the brothers had seen Shu Wenquan, but Mrs. Jiang knew something useful.

Heard that Shu Wenquan has fallen ill for some unknown reason.

Jiang Mingyue wasn’t surprised by this. Among the Four Treasures of the Study, the tallest and thinnest, Shu Wenquan, had always been frail. So with such a constitution going to a harsh place, he would lose half his life if not worse. A weak scholar indeed!

Jiang Mingyue took advantage of everyone going to work and headed to the Qingshan Village’s knowledge youth point.

West of her house, she could see the road to the city from under the soap tree.

The knowledge youth point was at the far east, and the road from there had to be taken to reach Liu Village.

Before Jiang Mingyue came over, she used her spiritual power to scout it. Strangely, this place wasn’t within her detection range, which puzzled her. Her spiritual power could detect anything within three kilometers in Cang County, and the entire village was tiny, so she could scan it anytime she wanted. However, this place was automatically bypassed.

Suppressing her doubts, Jiang Mingyue chose an inconspicuous little path to go up.

This was her first time coming to the knowledge youth point, where surprisingly two rows of houses were lined up — each row had ten rooms, arranged in a line. A 1.2-meter high partition wall stood in the middle, with "Male" written on the left and "Female" on the right.

Jiang Mingyue’s impression improved greatly instantly, seeing that their houses were better than most in the village. Although they too had mud walls, they were much tidier. Even the tiles on the roofs were neatly arranged, and each room had glass windows.

This was impressive!

Jiang Mingyue remembered her second brother mentioning that there weren’t individual accommodations for knowledge youths initially, and since not many came, they stayed in villagers’ homes. After a month, it was okay, but after half a year, constant conflicts arose, with the youths complaining and villagers lamenting. The previous village head had no choice but to designate this area for building a knowledge youth point.

But the village head’s initial plan wasn’t like this; he intended to make it like the villagers’ homes, a two-story house where girls lived upstairs and boys downstairs, in a big dormitory.

The knowledge youth disagreed, and one bravely volunteered to take on the task, asking only for manpower from the village and taking wood from the mountains, assuring that the village wouldn’t need to spend a penny — he would cover it all.

The village head was eager; it was a great deal.

Within a month, it transformed into what it looked like now. Moreover, there were rumors of excavator support while laying the foundation. Everyone speculated about the knowledge youth’s identity, but regardless, people held that youth in awe thereafter.

Having returned shortly ago, Jiang Mingyue didn’t interact much with the villagers and didn’t go to work, so she didn’t know any of the knowledge youths at all.

Just when she was about to look for someone room by room, her pant leg was grabbed by a hand.

Huh?

Jiang Mingyue immediately turned around ready to kick, but she met a pair of deep yet longing eyes.

Quite contradictory! It seems that everyone, as long as they’re human, yearns to live.

"Can you call Old Liu for me?"

Old Liu?

"The barefoot doctor."

"That’s him."

"But in your current condition, I’m afraid even he can’t save you."

"It’s better to try even if it’s futile. I can’t die yet."

"Perhaps I can save you, but you’ll have to forget this afterward."

"Little girl, don’t speak big words."

"Uncle, you don’t seem like someone seriously injured! You talk so much. Save your strength."

After Jiang Mingyue said that, she moved to assist the man. The uncle stopped talking and pointed her to a specific room, letting her do her thing.

She took scissors from the basket, and with a couple of snips, the clothes were in shreds revealing the uncle’s strong chest, and of course, several bleeding wounds still oozing red.

After checking, Jiang Mingyue found it was a knife wound, which was good, as there was nothing to take out. But she still examined carefully to ensure no debris remained, disinfected, applied hemostatic medicine, and bandaged it, and done.

"No medication to take?" Initially skeptical, but after just witnessing the girl’s skilled handling, Li Huai believed she was capable. Moreover, her coolness while dealing with the wound without blinking an eye; if he still saw her as an ordinary girl, he would be a fool.

Jiang Mingyue was reluctant to give him medicine, but remembering Xiao Yanzi mentioned unlocking new things by saving people, she begrudgingly reached back into her basket. Though unsure if saving someone was beneficial and curious about what could be unlocked next time, she thought, never mind, just save one. A blind box is just a blind box after all, maybe there’s a surprise.

She tore off the label ’one pill at a time, three times a day’ right in front of Li Huai.

Li Huai: "..." This blatant anti-theft practice, he was amused!

"Any food? I haven’t eaten in two days."

Now it was Jiang Mingyue’s turn to be speechless: "..." I treat you for free, and you shamelessly ask your lifesaver for food, where’s your face?

"Li Huai, twenty-eight years old. So, calling me uncle isn’t suitable, right?"

Haha! Twenty-eight? You look like you could be my mom’s younger brother, not old?

Arms crossed, Jiang Mingyue stared fixedly at Li Huai. After a while, Li Huai couldn’t help but shift a little: he understood now, the girl meant she would’ve saved him for free, but he keeps pushing, now she wants compensation.

Li Huai laughed. It’s been ages since he’d seen such an amusing little girl.

Raising his head slightly, he pulled out a dagger from under the pillow and tossed it over.

"For you."

Not a payment, just a gift, this uncle is definitely a cultured person.

Jiang Mingyue drew out the sheath, and instantly, a cold gleam burst out — clearly a rare and fine weapon, she liked it very much.

Effortlessly, she pulled out a bowl of chicken soup and mushroom noodles plus two meat buns and two vegetable buns.

Li Huai, already numb, accepted and started eating heartily.

Delicious! Really damn delicious. Whose girl is this? Bringing her home as a daughter is quite worthwhile.

Unknown to Jiang Mingyue was this person’s whimsical thoughts, she heard the new male knowledge youth would live at the far end, so she left directly.

Luckily, it wasn’t hard to find; the second-last room was Shu Wenquan’s room.

Three of them arrived this time. The other two knew each other and paired up, taking the furthest room.

Jiang Mingyue thought: Pros and cons, free to act as you please, but this person is frail, and when sick, there’s no one to take care of him.

Upon hearing a sound, Shu Wenquan only stirred a bit, not intending to wake up.

Jiang Mingyue came over to check; he had a fever, quite hot, no wonder he was unconscious.

She directly propped open his mouth and fed him antipyretic medicine and water, while scanning his room.

Bricks formed the bed on one side, with the opposite left for his belongings, tidily organized.

But this bed... if it’s winter, Jiang Mingyue shivered at the thought. Though covered with thick straw, she didn’t believe it would be warm. Overall, the house was good, the room spacious, but the bed was a regrettable aspect. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

There weren’t many things, mostly books. Jiang Mingyue recalled he loved books most among the four of them.

Pretty good!

Fifteen minutes later, the fever subsided, and he woke up.

"Yuebao, why are you here?"

"Let’s not talk about that now, eat first."

Jiang Mingyue handed him a bowl of porridge and four vegetable buns, unexpectedly, he finished them all.

In her memory, he didn’t eat much.

"Yuebao. All three of us are assigned here. Fang Tao and Xiao Si went to Liu Village. I arrived when you weren’t home and snuck over to your place."

"No need to sneak, you’re neither stealing nor robbing, just go openly."

"Unfamiliar with the village, I thought being cautious was wise. By the way, there’s someone lurking around your courtyard mysteriously. After inquiries, I found it’s your cousin Jiang Beishan. Be wary of her; she doesn’t seem like a good person."

Jiang Mingyue briefly explained her family’s relationships to avoid letting her friend inadvertently step into traps, realizing he knew more than she did afterwards.

Jiang Mingyue was astounded!

"How do you all eat?"

Mentioning it made Shu Wenquan quite upset.