Shen Ruoxi said again, "Are you waiting for me to wash them for you?"
At this, the two moved and quickly went to bathe.
Shen Ruoxi, "..."
In modern times, she only had one younger brother, and managing him was already difficult. Now, besides the younger brother, she was given a younger sister, and the difficulty of managing them had soared.
Afterward, Shen Ruoxi remembered her current predicament and couldn't help but sigh deeply again.
Other things could wait; the priority now was to get through this immediate crisis.
Shen Ruoxi washed the clothes, then took a bath, and returned to her room to sleep. In the pitch-black environment, she suddenly tripped and nearly fell.
She took out the fire starter. The light dispelled the darkness, and she saw—Shen Ruohan was actually sleeping on the floor!
A memory surfaced: to monopolize the entire bed, the Original Owner had kicked the sleeping Shen Ruohan off the bed several times, after which Shen Ruohan simply started sleeping on the floor.
Shen Ruohan was already asleep. After all, she was just a young girl of about ten, the age when one sleeps soundly.
Shen Ruoxi looked at her, walked over, placed the fire starter upside down in a cup on the table, and then took the bed sheet and duvet cover from the wardrobe to change the bedding on the bed.
"The Original Owner was filthy, often getting into bed without washing her face or feet. Who knows how dirty this bedding is."
"I'll wash these tomorrow," Shen Ruoxi said, tossing the removed bed sheet and duvet cover into a corner, then carrying Shen Ruohan to the inner side of the bed.
Shen Ruohan did not wake up, turned over, and continued sleeping.
Shen Ruoxi ignored the things on the floor, letting Shen Ruohan clean them up when she woke tomorrow. She extinguished the fire starter and groped her way onto the bed.
In the silent, dark night, Shen Ruoxi felt the unfamiliar environment and could not fall asleep for a long time.
After some thought, she closed her eyes to check the Favorability System.
The favorability accumulated for the day reached sixty-seven Favorability Points.
"Let's try exchanging Favorability Points for silver," Shen Ruoxi thought, and then she saw the result: sixty-seven Favorability Points could be exchanged for six hundred and seventy Wen Coins, which was six qian and seventy Copper Coins.
"Too little!" She needed ten taels of silver; this was nothing, not even enough for the remainder.
No, she needed to think of another way.
The night passed quietly, and the next day arrived in a blink.
When Xu Ruohan saw herself sleeping in the bed, she was startled and sat up abruptly. "Did I sleepwalk?"
She looked at Shen Ruoxi beside her. "She didn't kick me off. Unbelievable."
She quickly got up, put on her clothes, and quietly slipped out.
As soon as the door closed, Shen Ruoxi opened her eyes. The reason she hadn't opened them earlier was to avoid awkwardness.
After lying down for a while, Shen Ruoxi also got up. After getting out of bed, she tidied up the bedding and then walked out.
Xu Qinglan got up to make breakfast. No one knew where she got the rice, but she cooked a pot of thin porridge with green vegetables, added some salt, and everyone got a bowl.
Shen Ruoxi was worried about money, so after eating breakfast, she went out.
Just as she stepped out of the house, she saw Shen Wan Ni rushing forward with her head down. Villagers were also running in one direction, muttering words like "hanging oneself" and "died," as if something major had happened.
Shen Ruoxi felt something was wrong and ran after them.
"Ruoxi." The Barefoot Doctor's voice came out. Shen Ruoxi looked over. "Grandfather, what happened?"
"The old woman you saw yesterday hanged herself," the Barefoot Doctor said, frowning as he walked quickly forward.
"How did she resort to such a desperate measure?" Shen Ruoxi quickly followed.
The old woman had hung the rope on a tree and hanged herself beneath it. A Neighbor saw her when leaving the house in the morning and quickly brought her down.
That Neighbor broke out in a cold sweat.
Shen Wan Ni pushed through the crowd to check the situation, then shouted loudly, "Grandfather, the Mother-in-law's Body is still warm! Can you see if she can be saved?"
Everyone quickly made way, and the Barefoot Doctor and Shen Ruoxi walked one after the other to the old woman's side.
The old woman's eyes were tightly shut, her mouth open, her tongue slightly sticking out, her expression ferocious, and there was a purplish-red ligature mark on her neck.
The Barefoot Doctor examined the old woman's condition, his brow tightly furrowed. Just as he was about to say she couldn't be saved, Shen Ruoxi interrupted, "Grandfather, she should still be savable!"
Shen Wan Ni shouted fiercely, "Shen Ruoxi, this is not the place for you to cause trouble! Everyone, drag her away! The Mother-in-law is dead and must not be desecrated by Shen Ruoxi!"
The villagers felt Shen Wan Ni was right, so two villagers, one on each side, stepped forward, grabbed Shen Ruoxi, and dragged her aside.
Shen Ruoxi pinched the wrists of the two Village Chiefs; for some unknown reason, their arms instantly lost strength, and they had to let go.
Shen Ruoxi urged, "Grandfather, let me try. It will be too late if we wait."
The Barefoot Doctor deeply doubted Shen Ruoxi's words internally, but a sliver of hope arose, "Let her try."
The Barefoot Doctor's words carried great authority in the village, so the villagers stopped obstructing Shen Ruoxi. Even Shen Wan Ni dared not refute the Barefoot Doctor.
Shen Ruoxi stepped forward and placed her hands together to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the old woman.
Everyone watched Shen Ruoxi's actions, finding them strange.
Shen Wan Ni sneered, "Shen Ruoxi, is this your method of saving people? Do you think this is some trick you play? Nonsense!"
Shen Ruoxi couldn't be bothered with Shen Wan Ni. "Grandfather, do you know the Soul Returning Needle Technique?" Life was at stake; saving the person came first.
The Barefoot Doctor looked at Shen Ruoxi in astonishment. "How do you know the Soul Returning Needle Technique?"
Shen Ruoxi's expression did not change. "The Doctor at the Medical Clinic mentioned it, saying it could save a life. Since the situation is critical now, I'm asking you."
The Barefoot Doctor said regretfully and helplessly, "I have only heard of the Soul Returning Needle Technique; I don't know how to insert the needles."
"Then I will tell you, and you insert them." Since the other party had a Medical kit, Shen Ruoxi spoke directly, "The first needle goes into Dazhui, half an inch deep, then Shuigou and Houxi, also half an inch deep. Next, Baizhui, half an inch plus half a fen, Jiowei, Neiguan, Shenmen, Fenglong, and Taichong, half an inch plus one fen."
The Barefoot Doctor had no time to think deeply. He took out the Silver needles and inserted them one by one according to the needling method Shen Ruoxi recited.
Shen Wan Ni stared intently at Shen Ruoxi. No, this was not Shen Ruoxi. Shen Ruoxi would not know these things; Shen Ruoxi only knew how to cause trouble. Saving people was absolutely impossible!
The crowd of villagers looked at Shen Ruoxi as if they had seen a ghost. In just one day, how could Shen Ruoxi have changed so much?
Shen Ruohao and Shen Ruohao watched this scene, feeling it was like an illusion. It was already a miracle if Shen Ruoxi wasn't causing trouble; saving someone was simply a fantasy.
Ignoring everyone's thoughts, under the combined effect of the Soul Returning Needle Technique and Shen Ruoxi's cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the old woman regained a heartbeat and breathing.
"She's alive!"
"She really is alive! Look, she moved!"
"Heavens, Shen Ruoxi actually managed to bring a dead person back to life—it's too incredible."
The villagers looked at the old woman's rising and falling chest and her trembling eyelids, utterly shocked.
The old woman opened her eyes, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and began to cry softly, "Why did you save me? You shouldn't have saved me!"