"I bought them." Xu Qinghuan said with a smile. She took the opportunity to check the old lady’s pulse, noticing her body had significantly improved compared to yesterday, "Grandmother, I’m going to change your dicine today."
The elderly lady’s health had been critically depleted, previously almost at the point of being exhausted. Xu Qinghuan didn’t dare to use the elixir from the space to treat her, so she formulated a new dicine, asked Dayan to fetch a stove and pot, and went back to the health center to get the dicine.
"Child, you just returned, don’t you need to rest a bit? My ailnts are old problems, there’s no rush at this mont."
The old lady’s maiden na was Li Yanyu. In her youth, she was a lady from a notable family. When the old man was wounded fighting against enemies, he hid in the Jiang Family’s woodshed, where the old lady’s maid discovered him.
At that ti, she was young, full of dreams of becoming a doctor to save lives and support the rear. She learned so basic dical skills and knew how to bandage wounds, using the old man as her test subject.
Amazingly, she saved him.
Later, many people fled abroad, and so did the Li Family.
Li Yanyu’s mother was the first wife but died early. Her father was fond of her, and though there were several concubines at ho, none were elevated in status. The family’s affairs were managed by Li Yanyu, which naturally made the concubines view her as a thorn in their side.
Though they fought fiercely among themselves, when it ca to Li Yanyu, they ford a united front.
When they left in a hurry, Second Aunt tead up with other concubines to use a trick to deceive Li’s father. When Li Yanyu woke up, her family had all left.
Leaving only her alone.
She imdiately found a way to go to the rear and beca a nurse saving lives. When she t the old man again, they got married.
The old man resolutely returned ho because Li Yanyu’s family mbers were abroad. Seeing how dire the situation was, if they continued to stay in the city, they would inevitably beco targets to be overthrown.
All this background information didn’t need to be told to Xu Qinghuan; she knew.
The old man, though he didn’t say anything, was clearly worried about the old lady. In the book, the old lady passed away in the autumn of this year, almost at the sa ti the old man followed.
A partner for most of his life; without the other, one could not live alone.
"Grandmother, I’m not tired at all. I’ll go to the health center, get the dicine, and co back." Xu Qinghuan said.
"Alright, stay here for dinner today. Er Yan, you go and call your grandmother back to cook later." The old lady instructed.
Whether they took a day off or not, the elderly always remained the heads of the family.
Xu Qinghuan quickly returned, setting up the stove in the yard to start brewing the dicine. She used water from the space, and all the herbs were taken from the space, making the dicine undoubtedly extraordinary.
Zhou Guizhi had just returned, "Oh my dear, leave it be. I’ll brew the dicine, you don’t need to do it."
Saying that, she pushed Xu Qinghuan aside and asked Dayan to get a stool, "Get a seat for your young aunt."
Xu Qinghuan intended to say she wasn’t the young aunt, but clearly saying it wouldn’t be right. Anyway, she and Jiang Xingye were already engaged according to rural customs; she was practically part of the Jiang Family, so there was no need to fuss.
Harvesting was more rushed than usual, all the way until dark when the work broadcast finally sounded.
The dicine had ward up. Xu Qinghuan carried it to the elderly lady to drink. After drinking a bowl, the old lady imdiately felt much lighter, her entire energy and spirit lifted. She laughed, "The dicine skills of Xiao Ye’s wife are indeed exceptional."
The old man had already taken two pills. He deeply experienced the extraordinary effects of these pills, not only revitalizing his body with energy, but now he could walk a few steps with his two legs.
Had Xu Qinghuan not specially opened a prescription for the old lady, he would have wished to give the old lady a pill as well.
Listening to the old lady’s praise, the old man was pleased with this granddaughter-in-law.
Tian Jinhua returned, greeted everyone, then went to the kitchen to help. Zhou Guizhi stead mixed grain bread tonight, mostly cornal with a bit of wheat flour, considered quite extravagant.
There was also so cured at that was stir-fried, and the wild boar at from the last ti that the family was reluctant to eat had been preserved. They took so today to stew with vermicelli, and they cracked three eggs, adding chives to stir-fry a dish of scrambled eggs.
He Yuzhen wasn’t very efficient at work and returned a bit late, feeling half dead. Upon arriving, she saw Xu Qinghuan sitting cleanly in the yard, chatting with the elderly, and suddenly an evil fire surged up.
"Our little sister-in-law is comfortable without having to work. As soon as she enters, there’s soone to serve her by cooking. When will I have such fortune?" He Yuzhen said sarcastically.
Zhou Guizhi carried out a spatula ready to smack He Yuzhen, but Xu Qinghuan spoke first, "You’re afraid you don’t have this kind of luck."
He Yuzhen didn’t yet know her face was about to be slapped, and defiantly said, "Why wouldn’t I have this kind of luck?"
"You’re not , so of course, you wouldn’t have luck like mine!"
He Yuzhen was about to retort when Jiang Xingye and a few others returned. Jiang Baohua coughed as a warning to her, and He Yuzhen shrank her neck, dared not act rashly, and had to swallow her anger.
After dinner, Tian Jinhua went to wash the dishes, while Jiang Baohua and his wife, their four sons, and Xu Qinghuan, the engaged couple, went to the old man’s room in the back to talk.
Feeling excluded, He Yuzhen was furious, deliberately approaching Tian Jinhua, "If there’s anything in the family, I’m not favored so I can’t listen. But sister-in-law, you are the eldest, why aren’t you allowed to listen too?"
"What’s so good to hear?" Tian Jinhua nonchalantly replied, scrubbing the pot and calmly said, "When it’s ti to let us know, we will know."
"Then why can Xu Qinghuan, who hasn’t entered the door, listen?" He Yuzhen said indignantly.
Tian Jinhua didn’t want to get involved in these matters. All along, whether it was her father-in-law or mother-in-law or Jiang Xingbing’s brothers, they treated Jiang Xingye more favorably than their own sons.
Though she was uneducated and didn’t know what it ant to love others because of love for one’s own, she felt it was naturally right for Xu Qinghuan to be valued because of Jiang Xingye.
Finding it boring, He Yuzhen thought of Tian Jinhua as being dense, no wonder she couldn’t bear sons.
She swaggered out of the house.
With so anticipation and fear, she deliberately walked by the ruined thatched house near the health center, suddenly pulled inside by soone. She shrieked as the person covered her mouth.
"Yuzhen, I’ve missed you terribly!"
He Yuzhen felt both nervous and delighted, intoxicated with excitent. She had a husband but was living like a widow, making her restless longing unbearable.
Throughout the village, she only had a good relationship with Zhang Wenyan. She used to please Zhang Wenyan to procure dicine from her cousin Tang Jini, drop it in Jiang Xingyong’s drink, and try having children.
Only Zhang Wenyan knew that Jiang Xingyong never touched He Yuzhen.
Whether Zhang Wenyan was just unguarded with words or for unknown reasons, she ntioned this to her husband Dong Mantang. Dong Mantang paid attention, watching for chances to make eyes at He Yuzhen, and over ti, He Yuzhen couldn’t help but feel tempted.
Today, he hinted again to He Yuzhen he would be here waiting. Initially, he thought she wouldn’t co, but unexpectedly she did, even without glancing over, signaling an opportunity.
"Missed you to death!" Dong Mantang hugged He Yuzhen and kissed her eagerly, startling her, "No, we can’t!"
He Yuzhen went weak before they even started, and Dong Mantang said teasingly, "At this mont, why can’t we do it? Look, can we resist this?"
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