Seeing that she couldn't win the argument with the villagers, and having to restrain herself from causing a scene, Yao could only snatch the broom from Zhou Lan's hand and snort coldly, "Fine, don't go then. Do you really think learning about herbs is some rare thing?"

"Only a bunch of you who don't know any other ways to make money treat this like a treasure. Let me tell you, I wouldn't learn herbal medicine even if you begged me!"

Then Yao went to the side and started cleaning the yard.

Seeing Yao's appearance, the crowd couldn't help but whisper among themselves, "Has Yao lost her mind? What's wrong with her?"

"Didn't she want to learn about herbal medicine herself? I guess she got angry and embarrassed?"

Zhou Lan was brought back by Ning Huan to continue learning about herbal medicine, still reeling from what had just happened with Yao Shi. Sometimes she really couldn't understand why Yao Shi, who was clearly her own mother, treated her this way.

After Ning Huan finished her lesson, she specifically asked Aunt Xiufen to go with Zhou Lan so that Yao Shi wouldn't stop her again and force her to do chores.

After Ning Huan finished answering some of the villagers' questions, several more people from other villages who wanted to see Ning Huan for medical treatment walked in through the door.

She just felt a bit of a headache. In the past two days, people from other villages have been coming to see her for treatment. A lot of them have come one after another, and Ning Huan has to spare time and energy to examine them, but the results show that there is nothing seriously wrong.

Ning Huan told Zhou Jing'an about this: "It's not that I don't want to treat them, it's just that they are all perfectly healthy. They all came here hoping I would treat them and prescribe medicine for free."

"Even if I am physically uncomfortable, they are all minor ailments. I even come to ask me for treatment when I get a small scratch from a stray cat passing by."

Zhou Jing'an frowned slightly upon hearing this, and then said, "How about I talk to the village chief and tell everyone to stop letting people from other villages into the village in the future?"

Ning Huan shook her head: "What if someone is really unwell or seriously ill? Besides, we can't stop people from other villages from coming in just because of me."

Zhou Jing'an thought about it and agreed. He then asked, "Then you could charge some money. Some people come here expecting you to prescribe medicine and get herbs for free. If you charge a little more, maybe fewer people will come."

Ning Huan sighed: "We'll see when the time comes. If so many people still come for treatment, we'll really have to think of a solution."

However, this incident also made Ning Huan decide that if she went to town in the future, she would definitely not easily tell others where she lived, otherwise it would be difficult to handle if things continued like this.

Yao was extremely unhappy because Ning Huan had just made her do chores. Now, seeing Ning Huan, her eyes were filled with venomous resentment, as if she wanted to bite her to death.

"Third son, I know you have grievances against me, but there are some things I have to say. Your wife is really not good enough for you. If you ask me, you should divorce her. If you don't listen to your mother, you will get your comeuppance sooner or later."

Zhou Jing'an looked coldly at Yao Shi: "Whether Ning Huan is good enough for me or not, I know it myself without you having to tell me. As for whether I should listen to you, if I had listened to you before, I probably wouldn't even know which way the academy's gate faces by now."

"Now I can no longer be the son my mother can rely on the most."

When Zhou Jing'an wanted to go to the academy, Yao was extremely unwilling. She cried and made a fuss, saying that a boy from the countryside who didn't support his family and farmed was going to study and what kind of future he could have.

It would be better to follow the eldest son and work in the fields with his father; the harvest could double during the New Year, which is better than anything else.

If it weren't for Old Master Zhou's insistence on sending Zhou Jing'an to the academy, and his promise to use all his savings to support him, without Yao Shi and Zhou Dashan having to pay, Zhou Jing'an wouldn't be where he is today.

Thinking of how cruel Yao had been to him when he was a child, Zhou Jing'an's eyes gradually turned deep and dark. He had thought that as long as he was capable enough and filial enough when he grew up, Yao would change her opinion of him.

Looking back now, he was too naive.

Yao was probably taken aback by Zhou Jing'an's words, and her resentment, which had been building up for the past two days, finally reached its breaking point. She turned and ran out.

She had originally planned to leave, but as soon as she bought the house, she remembered that she hadn't yet accomplished her purpose for coming here. Besides, she had already endured it for the past two days, and she could endure it this time as well.

When Ning Huan saw Yao Shi's appearance in the courtyard, she found it somewhat amusing. She thought about the rumors that Yang Shi had told her. If Yao Shi knew about them, would she still have the heart to stay here?

In the afternoon, some villagers wanted to go up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs, so they called Ning Huan to come along: "Jing An's wife, a few of us old women want to go up the mountain to collect some of the kind of herb you mentioned yesterday. Would you like to come with us?"

Ning Huan thought that one of the medicinal herbs in the snake oil ointment she was making for the little ones had to be picked from the mountain, so she nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, after arriving at the mountain with several aunties, Ning Huan saw Aunt Xiufen also picking herbs on the mountain.

"Jing'an's wife is here too! That's wonderful! I just picked a few herbs, but I'm not sure if they're the right ones. Could you come and take a look at them for your aunt?"

Aunt Xiufen waved to Ning Huan and called her over.

Aunt Guihua pursed her lips. Although she had disliked Ning Huan before, she stopped causing trouble after Ning Huan taught her about herbs.

However, she was too embarrassed to take the initiative to talk to Ning Huan, after all, she had previously joined Yao in causing trouble for Ning Huan.

Ning Huan showed Aunt Xiufen the herbs she had picked and nodded in praise, "Aunt Xiufen, the herbs you picked are of very good quality. Whether you keep them for yourself or sell them at the clinic, they're fine."

Hearing this, Aunt Xiufen was very happy: "Oh, it's all thanks to Jing'an's wife for telling us so well. She even gave us herbs to pick, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pick such good ones."

Then Ning Huan helped Aunt Xiufen find a few more high-quality medicinal herbs, which made her very happy. During a break, Aunt Xiufen leaned against a tree and talked to Ning Huan: "I heard your mother-in-law went to stay at our house. Are you and Jing'an getting used to it?"

If Yao had gone there normally, she would have turned Zhou Jing'an's house upside down, wanting the whole village to know what was going on, and in the end, the village chief would have had to clean up the mess.

But this time, Yao stayed for two days without making a sound, which made the old women in the village restless. They all wanted to know what had happened after Yao went there. They talked about it endlessly in secret.