Chapter 470: Ye Cheng's Days Returning to the Village

Qian Shen and her husband also came out, seeing Ye Cheng like this, although they knew it was not serious, they were still angry.

"A Cheng, those Zhu family brothers are too vicious, they beat you up like this, they should be put in jail."

"Right, A Cheng, have they been arrested? How many years will they get?" Jiang Yunxiang asked concernedly.

Ye Cheng felt embarrassed to say that the other side was also badly injured, so he could only say offhand,

"They're detained for five days, the police station has already taken them in."

"Only detained? That's too little." Jiang Yunxiang exclaimed immediately, "They beat you like this and only get detained—really, what are those police doing?"

"Ah, alright, quickly let A Cheng go inside to rest." Ye Guowei complained, then Jiang Yunxiang realized and helped Ye Cheng into the house.

In the evening, they ate directly at Jiang Yunxiang's place; she specially bought some pork bones, saying they were nourishing.

With all these dishes, Ye Cheng originally wanted to drink some alcohol, but Jiang Yunxiang sternly stopped him, saying he couldn't drink with wounds.

Halfway through the meal, Ye Cheng suddenly thought of something,

"Ah, big brother, my fish traps and longlines over there haven't been collected yet."

"Why think about that now? Just let your big brother go collect them." Jiang Yunxiang said sympathetically.

"No, that area already has many reefs, plus there's a sunken ship now—it's too dangerous for big brother to go."

Upon hearing that, Ye Guowei said he wasn't familiar with that sea area and couldn't take on the job, so he could only say,

"Then wait two days, go when you're fine—you still have wounds on your body; if they get wet, it'll be troublesome."

Ye Cheng also thought that made sense, especially the eye socket—if it got inflamed, it would affect vision and be troublesome.

"These few days, just stay home honestly—play games, wander the village, sit in the courtyard dazed—whatever, just don't go out to sea!" Jiang Yunxiang pointed at Ye Cheng and nagged on.

"Cheng, I'll also take a few days off and enjoy a genuine fishing village life."

Not long after returning home, Zhang Guafu rushed over; as soon as she entered, she saw Ye Cheng's appearance and jumped up in fright.

"That bastard beat you like this—tell me, I'll take a cleaver and hack him to death."

"Ah, aunt, they're just superficial wounds, it's fine." Ye Cheng hurriedly stopped her; this fellow's jumpiness scared even himself.

"How could it be fine? Look, your head is all wrapped up." Zhang Guafu worriedly circled Ye Cheng's head, as if she could see something.

"Alright, aunt, you came just in time—help me take off this gauze; it's so tight it's killing me."

"What? How can you take it off? Don't mess around—if you feel unwell, aunt will help you, but I dare not remove the gauze." Zhang Guafu shook her head repeatedly.

"Inside there's just one stitch; the wrapping hinders wound healing and may cause infection—just give me those scissors to cut it open."

Actually most wounds aren't deep; after applying medicine, leaving them exposed heals faster; keeping them in gauze won't cause infection, but recovery is slow and scarring takes a long time.

"No, I can't help you with this—if your sister-in-law finds out, she'll definitely scold me."

"I'll wash your clothes and such—don't do it yourself; if you want something to eat, I'll bring it over."

Zhang Guafu absolutely refused, Ye Cheng had no choice—worst case, he'd cut it himself at night; but speaking of food, there are some things he can eat.

"Aunt, I want to eat dumplings—can you make beef dumplings? The kind with extra spices."

Ye Cheng had eaten northwestern dumplings before; they were halal, and the taste was different.

"That's the one with pepper and minced ginger—if you want it, I'll wrap them for you." Zhang Guafu said outright.

"Right, right, that should be the pepper, and then give me some of their chili oil—especially fragrant." Ye Cheng said, drooling.

"Chili oil with poured hot oil? Sure, I'll make that too—I'll bring it over tomorrow morning, but you must absolutely not remove the gauze."

After saying that, Zhang Guafu simply tidied up Ye Cheng's side, then took his dirty clothes to wash; before leaving, she repeatedly reminded him not to remove the stitches.

Not removing them? Yeah right.

After Zhang Guafu left, Ye Cheng fetched a pair of scissors, point up, about to find a spot to stab in.

Then he heard a terrifying scream from the doorway,

"Ah——"

The sound startled Ye Cheng so much his hand shook, and the scissors nearly poked his forehead.

"A Cheng, what are you doing!" Outside, Han Xiaotao rushed in.

Ye Cheng, still shaken, put the scissors down and then looked at Han Xiaotao and said,

"If you shout any louder, I'll have poked myself blind."

"Huh? I... I thought you were going to stab yourself." Han Xiaotao said timidly.

"Why would I stab myself with scissors for no reason? You really can imagine things." Ye Cheng was practically speechless.

But her coming was good; Ye Cheng handed the scissors to Han Xiaotao,

"Come, help me cut open the gauze."

"Huh? Is that all you need?" Han Xiaotao took the scissors.

"There's really nothing wrong—just hurry up." Ye Cheng didn't want to say more; if he talked too much, she'd end up like Zhang Guafu and refuse to act.

"Oh."

Han Xiaotao didn't think much, stood behind Ye Cheng and gently cut the gauze on his head.

Wow, once the gauze was cut, he instantly felt much lighter.

"You've got stitches on your eye." Han Xiaotao exclaimed worriedly.

"Not the eye, it's the eye socket—just give me some iodine later to disinfect it."

After saying that, Ye Cheng pointed to his stomach,

"Come, come, there's also here—cut this open too."

"Is this also fine?"

"It's fine—look, I'm lively as a dragon and tiger." Ye Cheng stood up and jumped.

He hadn't finished speaking when he saw a red stain seeping from his belly.

"Eh..."

Ye Cheng laughed embarrassedly,

Then let's not do this for now.

I thought the wound on my belly wasn't deep and would be fine, but I didn't expect that just moving a little would make it bleed; it seems better to stay still.

Han Xiaotao looked at the blood on Ye Cheng's belly, a little panicked, and pointed at it, saying,

Should we go to the hospital for this?

It's fine, it's just that this area moves easily, so it bled; I'll check it again tomorrow morning.

After saying that, Ye Cheng looked at Han Xiaotao,

Right, did you need something from me? Is it about the longline fishing?

Han Xiaotao shook her head,

Not entirely, I just heard you got beaten up, so I came to check on you.

Ye Cheng pointed to his head and belly, then said,

You can see it too, it's fine, just rest a couple days and it'll be okay. However, the longline fishing will have to be delayed; I won't be able to go out to sea these days.

Saying that, Ye Cheng took out 200 dollars from his pocket and handed it to Han Xiaotao,

Then, you keep this money for now.