561 Mutated Undead (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
”Xiao Luo, is the medicine ready yet?” said a middle-aged man.
”It's almost ready, come and sit by the fireplace,” Su Xiaoluo's voice responded from inside the hut.
”Sure, I heard from Old Yang that you've already come up with a medicine. That brought joy to everyone. You know, since Uncle Guan passed away, we're completely clueless when anyone contracts a disease. Luckily, we still have you...” the man smiled.
”Well, you should thank Fu Da instead. He still went to collect the herbs even though it's raining so heavily outside,” said Su Xiaoluo.
{TL Note: Fu Da here means ”big fortune”.}
”Oh, oh, I'll go talk to Fu Da.”
Inside the hut, the fire in the furnace would crack at times, and sparks would jump out from the furnace and leave scorched marks nearby.
The middle-aged man was wearing a woven rush raincoat. He placed it in a bamboo basket, revealing a fairly well-preserved face, full of wrinkles when he was smiling, allowing anyone to easily guess his age.
”Fu Da, you're a lucky man,” said the man Xie Sang with a smile, grabbing the skinny young man's shoulder.
”It hurts,” the young man slowly turned around and said in an emotionless tone.
”Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot you have wounds here too,” Xie Sang smiled as he took a seat opposite the young man.
The young man sat there with a blank face, showing no response to Xie Sang's words.
The man let out a sigh and asked, ”Did he lost his memory, or completely turn into an idiot?”
”I don't know, but he sure looks dumb,” replied Su Xiaoluo.
”It's fine if he had only lost his memory, since he either suffered a great shock, or a great blow to the head. There's still a chance that he will recover, but if he's actually turned into an idiot, the chance of him recovering is very slim,” said Xie Sang.
”The medicine is ready!” Su Xiaoluo carried a bowl of pitch-black medicine over.
Xie Sang received the bowl, but almost knocked it over. Su Xiaoluo immediately reminded him that the medicine was still hot.
”Still so clumsy at your age, how could you possibly take good care of the village!?” Su Xiaoluo mocked him.
”Hehe, don't blame me for not reminding you, you're not young anymore; if you continue to stay in the same house with this guy...”
”Hurry up and deliver the medicine!”
”Alright.”
Su Xiaoluo patted her sore shoulders after Xie Sang left.
She glanced at Zhang Xiaohou, who was sitting in front of the fireplace like a wooden log and harrumphed when she saw that the guy was not paying any attention to her.
After a few harrumphs, Zhang Xiaohou still did not show any response. The girl immediately stomped her foot and turned around, not bother to waste any more time.
”Crap! This is bad!”
”Hide, everyone hide!”
A cry of panic came from outside.
Su Xiaoluo quickly pushed the windows open and saw Madam Xie running into the village in a panic. She was in such a rush that she even tripped and fell to the muddy ground.
”Madam Xie, what happened!?” exclaimed Su Xiaoluo.