"I need so repair tools," Qin Ye listed a few items.
Rong Wenming thought for a mont, "The tools you’re looking for probably won’t be available with the neighbors. I’ll go and ask at the agricultural machinery station later."
It wasn’t just in the towns that they had these stations, but in the city as well. Mainly for those living in the suburbs... which also encompassed several villages mainly into farming. Where there’s demand, there’s supply.
Even his hotown... that is, his grandfather’s generation, also lived in a village in the northern suburb.
They had just moved to the city later on.
Qin Ye didn’t want his father-in-law to exhaust himself, so he said, "I’ll go with you!"
Rong Wenming agreed, "Alright. Let’s go now then, if we wait any later, they might close for the day."
Qin Ye was even more agreeable to leaving imdiately.
"Okay, we’ll cycle there, I’ll take you."
Rong Wenming quickly waved his hands, "No need, just take next door to borrow a bike."
It was quite hot that day. Carrying his heavy self would surely be tiring on the bike. Besides, it was easy enough to borrow one from next door.
After speaking, he headed outside.
anwhile, Qin Ye washed his hands and face, then went outside, pushing his bicycle.
He waited at the door for a while, then saw his father-in-law coming with a borrowed bike from next door.
"Let’s go," Rong Wenming pedaled and signaled for Qin Ye to follow.
Rong Yan, who ca out of the house, looked at her mom, "Where are they going?"
Madam Rong replied, "It seems Qin wants so tools, he’s gone with your dad to borrow so from the agricultural machinery factory."
"What does he want to do?" Rong Yan was curious.
Madam Rong shook her head, "I don’t know, he bought so junk and left it in the yard, no idea what he plans to do with it."
Hearing this, Rong Yan looked toward the yard, indeed seeing a pile of junk that she also couldn’t figure out its use.
She then withdrew her gaze, "Mom, what’s for dinner?"
Madam Rong glared at her, "All you think about is eating when your eyes are open and even when they’re closed."
Rong Yan smiled broadly, not at all upset by her mother’s remark.
"Isn’t life all about eating and drinking?"
Madam Rong: ...
Can’t you have so aspirations at your young age? But upon thinking about it, maybe what you said is right, isn’t life about eating and drinking?
She felt she was almost led astray.
Glaring at her, "If everyone were like you, who would be motivated to work?"
"Mom, don’t make such a big deal out of this. Eating and drinking is the ultimate goal. Do you think it’s easy to achieve that?"
"If there’s no money, how would one eat or drink? Would we resort to consuming the northwest wind? We’d still need to work hard to earn money, so the ultimate goal is a form of motivation."
Madam Rong was spun around by her words, looked at her irritably, "Always full of twisted logic, forget it, I can’t argue with you, not talking about this anymore."
"So, what’s for dinner?" Rong Yan brought the conversation back with a smile.
Madam Rong: ...
"... Eat whatever is there, no ordering."
Rong Yan: "... Ah, you’ve beco much more irritable! You’re gradually losing patience with too! Seems like I’m facing a family crisis, my status is questionable."
Madam Rong: ...
Can I hit her?
She glanced over at Qin Yu not far away.
She closed her eyes, thought better of it, and decided to spare her so face, after all, she was her own flesh and blood... own flesh and blood...
Just then, Aunt Jin’s voice ca from next door, "Mom Yan..."
Her voice reached before she did, and shortly after, she entered the house.
Madam Rong imdiately stepped out, and the two stood in the yard. "Aunt Jin, what’s the matter?"
"Mom Yan..." Aunt Jin glanced at Rong Yan sitting in the main hall, then moved closer to Madam Rong and whispered, "Mom Yan, Yanyan is talented, can she treat people who can’t conceive?"
Madam Rong: ...
"This—I’m not sure, how about I ask Yanyan for you?"
The two families were close, and although other neighbors might not be aware, Aunt Jin next door definitely knew about Old Rong’s daughter curing him; it just hadn’t been ntioned before.
"Okay, please ask her for ." Aunt Jin was pleased, but then hesitated a bit, "If it’s not possible, that’s also okay."
"I’ll ask first." Madam Rong hadn’t yet returned when Rong Yan had already stood up and walked out.
"Auntie, who is it for? I need to see the person to make a diagnosis since I can’t just make a judgnt without seeing them." Her hearing was quite good, so she had heard their not-so-quiet conversation.
Madam Rong: ...
Aunt Jin was excited, "It’s my niece, she has been married for over four years and still, there’s not a whisper of a child. We are all quite worried."
How can a woman not have children? Her niece’s mother-in-law really makes her displeasure known every single day.
"Being anxious about having children doesn’t help. Sotis, it may not be a problem with the woman; it’s also possible that the man has issues." Having children isn’t a solo endeavor, so why is the bla only put on the won?
Aunt Jin was shocked when she heard this: "...how can the man have problems?"
She had never heard of such a thing in her life.
Rong Yan raised an eyebrow: "Of course, many n also cannot father children, but they often don’t want to get tested, so all the bla for not having children is put on won. So also endure in silence just for the sake of the man’s pride."
Aunt Jin: ...
Goodness! She never knew such things existed. Truly unheard of.
Well, indeed so n might have physical issues preventing them from having children.
"Should I bring both of them over?"
Her face showed so difficulty; after all, her niece’s in-laws were not easy to handle. If the mother-in-law found out her son was also being brought in for treatnt, it might cause an uproar.
Rong Yan glanced at her expression, "...let your niece co first to check. Right now, without having seen the person or made any diagnosis, we can’t say who has the problem, and of course, there are also individuals who might conceive later due to various health reasons."
Hearing this last part, Madam Rong promptly said, "Right, so people only have children several years after getting married, rember that woman from the sugar factory? It took her ten years to have a child. Having children also requires the right timing, location, harmony among people, and of course, fate."
Rong Yan: ...
Silently she gave her mom a thumbs up, that was so impressive talk, bringing up harmony among timing, location, and people.
Okay! She really shouldn’t laugh.
Aunt Jin naturally rembered that person because she had also worked at the sugar factory before.
"Okay then, I’ll talk to her; I’ll have my niece co by and take a look."
After saying this, she turned around and hurriedly left.
Madam Rong looked at her daughter, "You can handle this too?" Isn’t this a bit too much?
At the hospital, even the doctors are divided into gynecology, surgery, internal dicine, pediatrics.
"I can take her pulse." Rong Yan didn’t boast excessively about her capabilities.
"Then if she can be treated, do you charge?" Madam Rong said this in a lowered voice, fearful it might carry next door.
That money, should it be taken? It feels heartbreaking not to, but she is not comfortable with it—her daughter also gets tired from treating illnesses, and besides, don’t dical treatnts require dication?
Isn’t it necessary to spend their own money then?
"Of course, I should take money, I’m not working for free." Charging for treating an illness is a natural thing, isn’t it?
And it’s just Aunt Jin’s niece, not Aunt Jin herself.
If she really identifies and resolves the issue, wouldn’t they be willing to pay?
Doing a good deed is sothing she chooses to do, not sothing she is morally coerced into doing.
"Alright, Mom, there’s no certainty yet, let’s discuss after I’ve seen her."
"Fine! I’ll leave it be." It indeed made sense to think about paynts only after having seen the person.
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