PCJ – Chapter 76 Venomous Snake Bite

Ma An widened his eyes in shock!

Four silver ring snakes, each as thick as two fingers, pounced on him like arrows released from a bow!

Ma An was an experienced snake catcher, and he had never encountered such a situation before. Every time he could silently capture snakes into the snake skin bag, the snakes, though struggling, rarely made such a commotion as they did today. But today, he unexpectedly encountered such a strange thing!

Nowhere to hide! The distance was too close, and Ma An didn’t know when so many silver ring snakes had surrounded him.

When Liu Yuehong saw this scene, she directly screamed and then fainted on the spot. The snake skin bag in her hand fell to the ground, the mouth of the bag loosened, and the snakes inside crawled out one by one.

The snake skin bag contained Ma An’s labor results for the morning, with fourteen or so snakes, half of which were venomous. There were silver ring snakes, five-step snakes…

After these snakes crawled out of the bag, they didn’t quickly and quietly escape as usual. Instead, they slithered towards Ma An. It seemed that they were already familiar with Ma An’s scent. It was the scent they hated! They were really going to seek revenge and repay grievances!

Ma An quickly used the iron tongs in his hand to fend off the first attack from the four silver ring snakes. Although he felt proud of himself for swiftly and accurately knocking away the four silver ring snakes that attacked him, he turned his head to boast to his wife, but what he saw made his heart turn cold!

Liu Yuehong lay on the ground, unconscious, with several venomous snakes crawling past her and encircling towards him. There were more than a dozen of them! And the four silver ring snakes he had just knocked away didn’t suffer fatal injuries; they were already fully revived and continued their attack.

This is bad!

Ma An thought his wife had died of poisoning, and his face turned ashen in despair.

The behavior of these snakes was somewhat strange. They no longer acted alone as before. Today, they seemed to be commanded by an invisible baton. They were no longer scattered but acted together!

With dozens of venomous and non-venomous snakes attacking simultaneously, Ma An felt completely desperate. No matter how fast he wielded the iron tongs in his hand, he couldn’t escape the attacks of so many snakes. Ma An didn’t give up; he wielded the tongs to knock away more than half of the snakes, but several snakes still managed to bite him.

Ma An watched helplessly as a venomous snake bit his ankle. The tingling sensation of poisoning made him completely desperate. Poisoned! It was a five-step snake!

Although the venom of the five-step snake wasn’t deadly enough to kill someone in five steps, it was extremely lethal. Without timely treatment, Ma An was undoubtedly doomed!

Another strange scene occurred; after biting Ma An, those venomous snakes actually withdrew voluntarily and hid in various corners of the house.

Liu Yuehong woke up soon after fainting. She was lucky to have narrowly escaped disaster, but when she saw Ma An’s condition, she shouted in anguish, “Husband! What’s wrong with you?”

“Alas, if you often walk by the river, you will eventually get your shoes wet! I was bitten by a venomous snake.” Ma An saw that his wife hadn’t been bitten by the snake, and a hint of relief appeared on his desperate face. Thank goodness, the child would still have someone to take care of him.

“What should we do? What should we do? Don’t worry, I’ll go call for help!” Liu Yuehong panicked. Ma An didn’t know how many times he had been bitten all over his body; there were visible wounds in several places. One snake bite was enough to kill Ma An, let alone so many?

Ma An shook his head and sighed, “It’s too late…”

But Liu Yuehong was already in a panic, running out like crazy, her hairpin falling off without her noticing, her hair flying all over the sky.

The toxins in Ma An’s body spread rapidly, and he soon fell into a coma. He could only faintly hear Liu Yuehong bringing a large group of people, including Ma Changzhi, over.

“I said something would happen, didn’t I? Did you listen to me? Well, now something has really happened!” Ma Changzhi knew he would be sending the white-haired to bury the black-haired, but he was helpless and jumped around in frustration.

“Big brother, I think it’s too late to take Anzi to the hospital. If we wait until we get to the hospital, he’ll be dead.”

Ma Changzhi was well aware of this truth. “But, do we just watch Anzi die?”

“Then, let’s find a water master. The water master can turn water into medicine.”

“Yes, let’s hurry and ask Master Ma to come!”

The person who spoke first continued, “Master Ma? He’s no good. With his skills, he can’t even see a house or a piece of land properly. Last time, he was beaten up by my cousin’s nephew. He doesn’t dare to come to our Meizi Village anymore. Oh, by the way, during this snake disaster, every household in Meizi Village invited a home protection talisman from my cousin’s nephew. There isn’t a single snake in the village. My nephew sent a message asking me to go home and bring back a home protection talisman.”

The speaker was Zhang Dongmei, who had married into Meizi Village. She was Ma Changzhi’s younger brother Ma Changqing’s wife.

“Dongmei, can you help us bring him here to save Anzi? Big brother, please!” Ma Changzhi hurriedly pleaded.

“Big brother, don’t worry. Anzi is my nephew. How could I stand by and watch him die? I’ll immediately ask Shenggao to come over and bring my cousin’s nephew.” Zhang Dongmei hurriedly called out and sent her son, Ma Shenggao, over.

“Hurry up, hurry up, ride Anzi’s bicycle there!” Ma Changzhi kept urging.

Ma Shenggao rushed to Meizi Village and went straight to Zhang Jiahua’s house, picking up Zhang Jiahua who was cooking in the kitchen, and was about to leave.

Zhang Jiahua recognized this distant cousin.

“Uncle, what are you doing? My mother asked me to cook breakfast.” Zhang Jiahua thought this Uncle was joking with him.

“Uncle has urgent matters to attend to. After everything is settled, I’ll take you back and explain to your father.” Ma Shenggao lifted Zhang Jiahua onto the back seat of the bicycle.

“That won’t do. What if you take me away and sell me?!” Zhang Jiahua was a bit worried. Who told the adults to threaten to sell him to human traffickers?

“You’re so familiar with the roads; who would buy you? Uncle really has urgent matters to attend to. Since you can turn water into medicine, my uncle was bitten by a snake and wants you to turn water into medicine to neutralize the snake venom.” Ma Shenggao didn’t allow Zhang Jiahua to refuse and pressed him into the seat before hopping onto the bicycle. Then, he shouted at Zhang Jiwang on the side of the road, “Uncle Jiwang, I’m taking Jiahua to my house. Please tell Cousin Youping.”

The little gray dog, Zuan Shanbao, saw that his young master was being taken away and ran after him as fast as his four little legs could carry him, barking all the way.

“Zuan Shanbao! Hurry back, I’m going to visit relatives.” Zhang Jiahua was afraid that Zuan Shanbao would get lost, so he shouted back loudly.

Ma Shenggao rode the bike at a flying speed, and Zhang Jiahua could only hear the wind whistling in his ears, with the trees on both sides rapidly retreating. But sitting on this back seat without any cushion, his little butt was sore from the journey!