Xiaoxiao and the others quickly packed up their things.
Xue Zhiyi then decided to lead everyone down the mountain, and for safety’s sake, he arranged for people to protect them on the way down.
On the way, An’an told Xiaoxiao about her desire to study dicine and asked Xiaoxiao to help persuade her parents to let her go with Xue Zhiyi.
Xue Zhiyi, overhearing this, couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He felt like An’an had played a trick on him. The little girl was indeed extraordinarily smart; knowing her parents might not agree, she recruited help.
An’an’s decision to study dicine surprised Xiaoxiao greatly, but thinking of An’an doing crazy experints with Xue Zhiyi, she understood that An’an really liked it.
An’an’s ability to break traditional thinking by wanting to study dicine as a girl made Xiaoxiao admire her greatly. Naturally, she would strongly support her, "An’an, you’re amazing. You’re absolutely right. Girls can study dicine too, and they’re no worse than boys. Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to help persuade your parents."
"..." Xue Zhiyi was speechless. He had initially hoped Xiaoxiao would help persuade An’an, and if she succeeded, he wouldn’t have to take An’an with him. But now, Xiaoxiao was fully supporting her, so it seed there was no changing An’an’s decision to study dicine.
Having spent a lot of ti with Xiaoxiao, Yang Ming wasn’t against girls studying dicine either, and he admired An’an’s courage.
Before long, they reached the foot of the mountain, found the carriage waiting for them, and got on it to head toward Anyi Village.
By the ti they arrived at Anyi Village, it was already dusk, and they t the villagers as soon as they entered the village.
"Oh, you’re back again. Did the governnt office finish checking the six-toed children?"
The driver, Yang Ming, paused for a mont before realizing that the villagers thought they had returned ho to wait for the governnt to check on the children. He responded, "Yes, they’ve checked on our side as well, so we ca back."
As soon as the carriage reached the An Family’s doorstep, they were noticed, and everyone ca out to greet them.
Old An was furious about An’an’s decision to go up the mountain without permission, but he had no ti for that now because there was sothing more important.
Quickly bringing Yang Ming and the group inside, worry was evident on his face, "Why are you all back? I’m telling you, the governnt office has already been here, and they said to inform them if any six-toed children are found, there’ll be a reward of fifty silver. If Little Liufu gets discovered by the villagers, it’s all over."
Xiaoxiao and the group weren’t panicked at all upon hearing this; instead, they all had smiles on their faces, which greatly surprised the An family. Why weren’t these people worried at all?
Xiaoxiao, holding the child, showed the child’s foot to the An Family while smiling, "Look, it’s all good now."
The An Family was astonished to see Little Liufu’s toes that looked just like any other person’s. How did they manage that?
No matter what, as long as everything was fine, they could rest easy. Old An was delighted, exclaiming repeatedly, "Good, good."
Not worried about that matter anymore, Old An rembered about An’an. Anger imdiately appeared on his face, "An’an, have you grown so bold? How dare you run up the mountain on your own? Don’t you know how dangerous it is there?"
After getting off the carriage, her father had not said anything, so An’an thought she had gotten away with it. But unexpectedly, her father rembered, and she lowered her head, admitting her mistake, "Dad, I know I was wrong."
She wasn’t worried about that issue at all. She was now worried about how her father would react when she ntioned wanting to study dicine.
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