Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 463 Fear

Song Ying frowned and said, "It's no secret in several nearby villages, or even in the whole Qinghua, that his family wants him to marry a noble lady after he passes the imperial examination. Now that they suddenly change their minds and get engaged to me, those people will definitely gossip about me, saying that I seduced Yuan Qing and made him want to marry me."

"I thought it was nothing," Luo Yanxing shrugged. "Given your current situation, unless you choose an ordinary farmer, those jealous people will gossip about you. It will be the same even if you choose an ordinary merchant family."

Song Ying thought for a moment and said, "That's true. They don't dare to say anything in front of me, but they will definitely say something sarcastic behind my back."

"So, don't worry about these gossips. As long as they are not said in front of us, we will just pretend that they never happened."

"Don't worry, I won't give up because of fear." Although he was worried, Song Ying always knew what was more important. He also knew what he wanted and liked, and he would never be swayed by gossip.

Luo Yanxing was relieved. "Yuan Qing is a very secretive guy. I know so much about you two, but I just vaguely feel that he treats you differently, but I can't tell that he likes you!"

Song Ying felt guilty after hearing this. In the past, she and Yuan Qing had indeed kept their relationship a secret from Yan Xing, but the fact that they had been reading together by the lake every morning in the past few years was a secret from her.

Luo Yanxing didn't notice her guilty conscience. She stood up, returned to her bed, and said with emotion, "Among the three of us, one of us can finally rest assured about his or her marriage. How great!"

"I can't say I can rest assured. There are many Chen Shimei in operas who divorce their wives and marry new ones after they become successful."

"Yuan Qing won't do that. He's still young. If he really wants to marry a noble lady, he can definitely wait. He just doesn't want to."

At this point, Luo Yanxing paused and said with a wicked smile: "You are not shy to tell me these things now, why were you so shy when you talked about marriage with Yuan Qing before?"

"Oh, this is different." Song Ying said angrily, feeling his face burning again.

"How is it different? Please explain it in detail..."

Song Ying's shyness lasted until the next morning. After their eyes met many times and they both shyly looked away, she realized that Yuan Qing was also shy.

Thinking of this, she suddenly wasn't so shy anymore, it was all the same.

She told herself again and again that it was still early and that they should get along the same way now as they did before.

Maybe Tangtang also noticed that the two were absent-minded today, and felt that she could not make a living by relying on them to fish, so she started to do it herself.

Not long after, when Yuan Qing looked away again, he suddenly felt a slight chill on his feet. He lowered his head and saw a black snake lying across his instep, twisting and struggling constantly.

"There are snakes!"

Yuan Qing was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. He screamed, kicked his legs away, and then grabbed Song Ying's hand and tried to escape.

Song Ying did not move. His eyes followed the black-banded snake and saw that the snake was still in the air and was slapped down by Tangtang's claw.

She was quick-witted and picked up the snake by grasping its vital point when it fell to the ground.

Looking at the snake twisting in the air, Yuan Qing felt his scalp tingling. He let go of her hand and moved a few steps to the side. "Aren't you afraid of snakes?"

"Of course I'm not afraid. I'm a doctor. Many snakes can be used as medicine. There are quite a few snakes in the medicine cabinet of our clinic."

Yuan Qing's scalp tightened even more. "The one in the medicine cabinet is dead, this one is alive, you'd better throw it away, in case it bites you..."

Before he could finish, Song Ying explained earnestly: "This is a black-necked snake, it is not poisonous and is very nutritious to eat."

As she was speaking, Tangtang jumped up and bit the snake, while her two front paws were firmly grasping the snake's body.

Song Ying was caught off guard and had no chance of catching the cat, which weighed more than ten pounds. He could only watch Tangtang fall to the ground with the black-necked snake in her mouth, and then she carried it to the small puddle nearby.

That was something Song Ying and his team dug out specially to temporarily store the fish they caught. In Tangtang's eyes, it was a food storage place.

"Oh, I forgot that Tangtang likes to bite moving things." Song Ying was annoyed, "Tangtang, please stop biting. A complete snake skin can be sold for more money!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Tangtang's claws still firmly grasping the snake, and the teeth embedded in it, and sighed again, "Forget it, whatever you want."

There's already a hole, and there's no telling how many more holes it had chewed before.

Yuan Qing took a few steps back, feeling that he had seen another side of Song Ying. He asked in a trembling voice, "You won't despise me for being timid, will you?"

"Of course not. Everyone has something they are afraid of. Some are afraid of mice, some are afraid of snakes, some are afraid of insects, and some are afraid of butterflies. It's just that everyone is different. How can you dislike them?" To be honest, Yuan Qing, who was afraid of snakes, made Song Ying feel more friendly.

"That's good." Yuan Qing moved to the side again, and looked up at the snake after reading for a while, fearing that Tangtang would not keep a close eye on it and let the snake crawl onto him, or that Tangtang would hold the snake on his foot like before.

This worry was obviously unnecessary. Before they finished reading the book, Tangtang had already killed the black snake. Song Ying picked it up and planned to take it to the clinic to make medicine.

When she arrived at the clinic, Doctor Ma was talking to Mrs. He San.

Seeing her, Mrs. He San immediately stood up and said with a smile through the window: "Doctor Xiao Song, I came for the third consultation. My arms no longer feel cold, but I always feel a little tired recently, and my mouth is still a little dry. I still feel dry even after drinking a lot of water."

Seeing this, Song Ying didn't want to let her wait any longer, so he went straight to the clinic and sat down at his own desk.

Mrs. He San was very experienced and immediately reached out her hand to feel her pulse.

After feeling for a while, Song Ying smiled and said, "The pulse is stronger than before."

Mrs. He San was delighted to hear this. Although she herself clearly felt that her condition had clearly improved, she felt more at ease after hearing these words from the doctor.

"Let me take another look at the tongue."

Just as Mrs. He San was about to open her mouth, a voice rang out from outside, "Doctor Xiao Song!"

Mrs. He San smiled and said, "Fortunately, I had foresight and knew that you were very busy. If you were any later, I'm afraid you would have to wait for half a day."

She was smiling, and it was obvious that these words were not complaints, but a disguised compliment to Song Ying for her excellent medical skills and the fact that so many people came to her for treatment.

Song Ying smiled and looked towards the door. The person who came was Master Zhang, whom he had just met the day before, followed by two yamen runners as usual.

Seeing someone inside, Master Zhang was startled for a moment and said, "Doctor Song, the noble man I told you about the other day has arrived. Come with me quickly."

Song Ying glanced at Madam He San and was about to say that she had another patient, but Master Zhang said, "And Doctor Ma, you have to go too. Doctor Song is a woman, so some places are inconvenient for her."