Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 39 Liar

Su Yue was watching the excitement, but she didn't forget to use her mental power to observe her surroundings. She immediately noticed someone raising their fist to strike, so she pushed Old Man Luo away with one hand.

"This old geezer is a doctor; he knows how to treat illnesses."

Upon hearing that a doctor had arrived, everyone was overjoyed. The old woman who had been kneeling on the ground scrambled to her feet and knelt before Old Man Luo, kowtowing repeatedly to the ground while pleading, "Please, save my grandson! I'm begging you, please!"

Old Luo turned around and glared at the young girl who was facing him, then quickly helped his wife up, saying, "No, no, get up and talk."

Then, looking at the child lying on the ground, he said, "Everyone, spread out a bit so the air can circulate."

Old Luo squatted down, pried open the boy's mouth, examined him, and his expression gradually became serious.

He turned to the crowd and said, "Quickly carry this child to a cool place over there. He's suffering from heatstroke due to dehydration and needs plenty of water, otherwise he might not make it. There's nothing I can do."

When the old woman heard the doctor say there was no hope, she burst into tears and sat down on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Even the children in this group knew that their older brother was going to die, and they were all in tears. Although they were young, they had already witnessed death on their journey of fleeing famine and knew the meaning of death.

Su Yue couldn't stand people crying in front of her. If someone was a little mean to her, she could fight back, but when so many people cried together, it was truly an ear-piercing sound.

While everyone was crying and sobbing, even Old Man Luo was being pulled aside to have another look at him, Su Yue squatted down next to the boy, pretending to rummage through her small satchel. She pulled out a small porcelain bottle filled with spiritual spring water from her spatial storage, pried open the boy's mouth, and fed it to him.

Whether you live or die depends on your fate.

Su Yue didn't stop until she had fed the baby through two porcelain bottles.

When everyone found him, the boy lying on the ground coughed a few times and slowly woke up. He opened his eyes and saw his family members surrounding him. He opened his mouth and called out in a hoarse voice, "Grandpa, Grandma, what happened to me?"

The boy's grandmother, forgetting her tears, started groping her grandson, muttering, "My good grandson, it's truly a blessing from God that you're alive. You can't be so foolish again, saving all your water for us to drink. Getting yourself into this state would have been the death of me!"

"Grandma, don't cry. Look, I'm perfectly fine. Grandpa, please comfort Grandma and tell her not to cry herself sick." The boy looked weakly at his grandfather.

Seeing the loving family, Su Yue pulled Old Man Luo back onto the cart and left.

"Hey, you little brat, why are you pulling me so fast? I haven't even had a chance to see how that child, who was almost dead, came back to life. It's so strange. I want to see what happened!" Old Luo sat on the cart, still looking back, really wanting to go back and see what was going on. This was the first time he had ever encountered something like this.

"You old geezer, you should thank me for saving you. If it weren't for me, once that family realized what was happening, they would have torn you, this quack doctor, to pieces." Su Yue didn't care about Old Man Luo's curiosity.

He nudged Old Man Luo, telling him to drive the mule cart properly and that he was tired and needed to lie down.

"You silly girl, you do nothing all day, how come you're tired again? I think you're just lazy! Sigh! How will you ever get married like this!" Luo Touzi wasn't angry even after being kicked.

When the family finally realized what had happened and went to confront Old Luo, they found he had vanished without a trace. They cursed him as a swindler, saying that in this day and age, people can't even afford to eat, and yet someone still comes out to cheat them. He almost ruined their family. They hoped they would never run into him again, or they would definitely settle accounts with that swindler.

Su Yue lay on the cart, holding the book that Old Luo had given her, "Complete Compendium of Herbs."

Upon flipping through it, I found it to be similar to the one in the space, both about the habits and uses of herbs.

However, the book in the space records herbs that do not exist in this era.

The book that Old Luo gave us records things from this era.

Su Yue carefully flipped through the pages, asking Old Man Luo questions whenever she didn't understand something. Old Man Luo was quite pleased to see how diligently Su Yue was learning.

But his joy didn't last long before his face fell. One second he was asking him about the uses of herbs, and the next he heard the little girl snoring softly as she fell asleep.

It's infuriating! What a hopeless, good-for-nothing! Humph!

This strange scene unfolded on the road of fleeing famine: an old man angrily drove a mule cart, and inside the cart slept a child whose face was covered by a book.

Even those fleeing famine, upon hearing the noise from afar, kept making way for them.

As it was getting dark, Old Man Luo woke Su Yue up. The two of them moved a little further away from the refugees fleeing the famine before they began to unload the small stove from the cart and cook.

While Su Yue chased Old Man Luo away to gather tree branches, she took out some food from her spatial storage and put it into the wooden box. Since the box had a lid, the old man was at least somewhat sensible and wouldn't rummage through Su Yue's things.

When Old Man Luo returned with a large bundle of tree branches, Su Yue also brought down the water bucket that had been displayed outside, and prepared everything to be cooked.

Old Luo lit the fire and put the pot on to cook.

When the pot of thin porridge was cooked, its aroma wafted far and wide, making many refugees who had fled famine drool.

In those years of famine, even a pot of thin porridge became a hot commodity.

"Old man, drink up! We can't cook with fire anymore, it's too scary." Su Yue slurped the porridge in her bowl while looking around.

Old Luo held his bowl of soup, which barely contained any rice, with a resentful look on his face. This little brat had almost emptied the whole pot of rice, while he could count the grains of rice in his bowl.

After Su Yue finished eating, she put the bowl back in the pot herself and waited for Old Man Luo to clean it up.

In the future, when there are many refugees, it's best not to light fires for cooking. It's too inconvenient, and there are so many malicious eyes watching.

"Old man, there's not much water left. Save some for later. You go to sleep first. I'll keep watch for the first half of the night, and you keep watch for the second half. We can't let the refugees rob us." Su Yue would never admit that she had slept too much on the cart in the afternoon and wasn't sleepy at all.

Old Luo scooped up some water and washed the pots and pans. He then poured the water from washing the pots and pans into the mule's water to drink, not wasting a single drop.

Knowing he couldn't persuade Su Yue otherwise, he gathered some dry grass and leaves from the surrounding area, put his bundle under his head, and went to sleep.

Su Yue couldn't sleep, but she had nothing to do. Suddenly, she remembered the old man's light-footed skills, so she kicked Old Man Luo.

"You old geezer, do you know how to use your light-weight skills?"

Old Luo ignored Su Yue.

"Why are you ignoring me, you old geezer? Can't you just give me a straight answer?" Su Yue asked again.

Old Luo still ignored Su Yue and started snoring instead.

Hey, you old rascal, you're really wicked, pretending to be asleep.