Married to a Villainous Minister

Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.

Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...

Chapter 79 Blacksmith Shop

Mrs. Zhang felt comforted when she heard that. She looked at Yu Jiao's watery eyes with a cunning light and the smile on her face became genuine. She was a smart person who could understand things at a glance and it was a pleasure to deal with her.

After meeting up with Yu Zhixing in the front yard, they left Zhang's house through the back door. Seeing that it was still early, Zhang Zhuangtou asked with a smile, "Miss Meng, do you want to buy anything? Do you want me to take you for a walk on the street?"

Yu Jiao had something on her mind when she came. She had previously asked Yu Qiaoshan to help her order the prosthetic limb connection parts at the blacksmith shop in town, but had not yet gone to pick them up. She had planned to pick them up at the blacksmith shop while she was in town.

"Then please go to the blacksmith shop on South Street." Yu Jiao said.

"Okay!" Zhang Laosan drove the donkey cart towards South Lane.

"Is there anything you want to buy? I have some money here." Yu Jiao turned around and asked Yu Zhixing and Yu Fuling. Knowing that the two of them definitely didn't have any money, she asked kindly.

They both shook their heads, "No."

Qingshui Town was not big, and the donkey cart soon arrived at the blacksmith shop. A strong man with bare arms was forging iron. When he saw Yu Jiao coming in, he smiled and asked, "Little girl, what do you want to forge?"

Yu Jiao gave Yu Qiaoshan's name, and the blacksmith's eyes lit up. "I have already prepared the things. I will take them for you right away."

After saying that, he put down the hammer in his hand, lifted the curtain, went in, and soon came out holding something.

The big stove in the middle of the room was sending up tongues of flame, making the whole room steaming hot. Yu Jiao stood there for a while and began to sweat lightly.

"These objects are so exquisite. Do you know what they are used for, young lady?" the blacksmith asked curiously.

Yu Jiao picked up the parts from the blacksmith's hand, and a look of satisfaction flashed across her eyes. Although these things could not be compared with the exquisite accessories in her previous life, at least they were made. She accepted the things and said with a smile, "They are not very useful, just some small gadgets."

The blacksmith knew that she was not telling the truth and obviously did not want to tell him, so he did not continue to explore.

The last time Yu Qiaoshan came to the blacksmith shop to order these things, he only paid a deposit of forty cents, and Yu Jiao added another string of copper coins. The blacksmith was very happy. Normally, it only cost fifty cents to make a kitchen knife. Although these small things were troublesome to make and many of them were ruined, not much iron was used.

After getting the things, the few people were about to leave the blacksmith shop when someone suddenly came out from the alley beside and blocked Yu Jiao's way. "Miss Meng, our doctor Jiang would like to invite you over."

Yu Jiao narrowed her eyes. Although she didn't know how Jiang Qinghe knew she was here, she knew without thinking that Jiang Qinghe must have come to her for the prescription for carbuncle. She had no intention of making this trip, so she said to the man who stopped her, "Tell Doctor Jiang a message. The prescriptions used to treat diseases vary from person to person. For carbuncle alone, there are three types: Yin deficiency and fire, Qi deficiency and double deficiency, and heat and yang excess. Even if I sell him the prescription, it will be useless. We still have to treat based on syndrome differentiation."

The one who came to invite Yu Jiao was a waiter from Huichuntang. He was embarrassed after hearing this, but he still stopped Yu Jiao and refused to leave. He was afraid that he would not be able to complete the task assigned to him by Jiang Qinghe, so he said stubbornly, "Doctor Jiang said he wants to see you."

Yu Jiao stepped sideways and passed by him, saying calmly, "Just take my words back."

The man wanted to argue, but Zhang Laosan stepped forward and stopped him, looking fierce, "Didn't you hear what Miss Meng said? Hurry and leave!"

Seeing that Zhang Laosan didn't look like someone who was easy to mess with, the guy didn't dare to say anything more and had to leave with a bitter face.

"Thank you." Yu Jiao said to Zhang Laosan with a smile.

Zhang Laosan also grinned and said, "Nothing, nothing." Not to mention that he was truly grateful that Yu Jiao cured Qi Ge'er's epilepsy, if the eldest lady's illness was really cured by Yu Jiao this time, he would definitely win face in front of the master and the mistress.