At the critical moment, the Qin family's little girl who had saved the officials stood on the dirt road outside the courtyard gate, holding a large goose with black feathers from head to toe. A red scarf was tied around her neck, and she carried a long, slender bamboo pole. Another goose, also black from head to toe but a little smaller, followed behind her.
She was clearly a pretty girl, but her eyes were completely unlike anyone else's.
Seeing her unusual eyes, Sun Shuhui cried out, "Her eyes!"
There were no black pupils in the centers of the white of her eyes. Instead, they seemed covered by a layer of white, amber-like material.
In the past, eyes like these were often called "glass blossom eyes." Seeing someone through those white eyes was quite unnerving.
But they were nothing like the Byakugan in the Japanese anime Naruto. In reality, she couldn't see anything at all. She was truly blind with her eyes open.
"Congenital cataracts!"
The Village Chief sighed and glanced at the doctor leading the team. "The treatment costs too much. We can't afford it!"
He wondered whether these famous doctors from other provinces might be able to treat her. Even if she could see just a little, that would be good.
In the countryside, not being able to see made life extremely inconvenient. More importantly, how would she ever get married?
What decent young man would marry a blind girl and take on that burden?
The Village Chief wasn't the only one sighing. The village Party secretary and the brigade leader sighed in unison, too.
Section Chief Lin from the County Poverty Alleviation Office shook his head. He had money, but the Qin family had firmly refused to accept it. There was nothing he could do.
"She'll need