"I am your husband's maternal relative, by seniority, you have to call me second paternal grandmother."
The Sun family's old woman spoke indignantly, educating the younger generation.
"Maternal relative? I'm related to Sun Wukong from five hundred years ago, who do you think you are."
Cai Lihua put her hands on her hips, her neck stiff, and started shouting.
"Sun what? Your surname is Sun?"
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. If you yap anymore, I'll sew your mouth shut." Cai Lihua huffed.
Coming to this world was bad enough, the only thing that brought her satisfaction was her precious daughter.
No one was allowed to say a word against her daughter.
"Oh my, Madam Wang, look, look at your wonderful daughter-in-law."
Wang shi, who had been sitting in the carriage, slowly opened her eyes: "You old hag, you truly deserve a beating. You meddle too much."
"You… I am your family's elder sister, what's wrong with me saying your granddaughter is wasting food? Did I say it wrong? I think you old woman are senile."
The old woman huffed in anger.
The surrounding people were stunned. According to the past, this Wang shi would have already rushed forward to tear Cai Lihua's mouth apart.
Besides, what Granny Sun said was not wrong. Look at all this waste.
"If I were to act, you wouldn't even have the chance to be senile. What my granddaughter wants to do is none of your damn business, you old crone who's barely clinging to life?"
As soon as Wang shi said this, Granny Zhang was so scared she couldn't speak for a long time. This old woman was like a changed person. How did she used to call her "sister" so familiarly?
"Grandmother is wise." Cai Lihua tilted her head up and praised the little old woman.
"Mother, I think this horse is sick." Ah Jiu had no time to listen to the old women bicker.
Logically speaking, with the watermelon horse's size, eating it shouldn't be a lot.
Why did it only eat half?
It had even eaten the rind yesterday.
"Isn't it quite energetic?" Cai Lihua didn't understand veterinary medicine. She went forward and touched the horse's face. The horse snorted and whinnied twice.
It really didn't seem to have any major problems.
But Ah Jiu held the remaining half of the watermelon and stared blankly, feeling that it was indeed sick.
Tuoba Yan also observed carefully and found that the horse was indeed energetic.
"Master, this horse hasn't pooped in a day..." Zhao Kun was experienced.
He had dealt with horses a lot when he was a bandit on the mountain.
A horse normally defecates at least three times a day.
"How do you know?" Tuoba Yan asked.
"Master, I rode horses during the months I was a bandit. If a horse doesn't poop, it's sick. It's called bloat, I think. Sometimes it can be fatal."
As soon as Zhao Kun said this, Ah Jiu's brow furrowed.
She had experience with this without needing to learn. When she was young, her family had cows, and in this situation, they would give them croton seeds, and a lot of watery stool would come out, and it would get better.
What to do now? This place was desolate, where could she find croton seeds?
Moreover, they still had to rely on this horse for the rest of the journey.
"Little Yan Yan, go tell your mother that we'll rest here tonight."
"Okay."
Tuoba Yan quickly left the woods to report.
Zhao Kun rubbed his hands anxiously, watching the horse's hooves stamp back and forth, its tail swishing. Yes, on the surface it looked energetic, but it was actually uncomfortable.
"Girl Ah Jiu, this horse is probably not going to make it. This constant restlessness is due to overexcitement, with too much blockage in its stomach."
"Zhao Kun, you know so much, do you know where to find croton seeds?"
Ah Jiu still felt that they had only focused on giving water to people along the way, and had not given water to the horse. Alas… Ah Jiu felt so careless.
"What are croton seeds?" Zhao Kun, a burly man, looked bewildered on his face.
"Never mind." Ah Jiu saw that it was hopeless.
"Old Meng, you're back? Where is Nan Xing?"
Ah Jiu got up and saw her mother meeting her father. His expression was not good, so he must have returned alone.
It seemed their eldest brother had not been found.
"Alas, there isn't much time to consider other things. Seeing big brother this time means he is safe."
Ah Jiu walked over and said, pointing to the horse behind them.
"Dad, our horse seems to be sick. It didn't even eat much watermelon."
Meng Shaode's dazed eyes suddenly lit up: "It won't even eat watermelon? Let me see."
Ah Jiu followed behind: "Zhao Kun said it hasn't pooped in a day, and that it won't survive."