"It smells like fish!" Lin Zhiqiang not only smelled the aroma, but he could even tell what it was. "Mom, did someone from next door go to the river to catch fish?"

It has to be said, this family has a keen sense of smell.

Madam Xu said with no small amount of envy, "Without a net, it's not easy to catch fish. I didn't expect that people would have this skill. We'll be able to eat fish every day from now on."

Before long, they figured out where the aroma of the food was coming from.

Lin Momo led Lin Sanya out of the kitchen and headed straight for the courtyard gate, carrying a bamboo cage on her arm, the contents of which were unknown.

Anyway, the smell of fish became even stronger after the two of them appeared in the courtyard.

"Er Ya and San Ya, where are you going?" Xu asked immediately.

She thought those two brats were eating in the kitchen, but it turned out they had hidden something good. Instead of giving it to her, they were taking it out. Instantly, her anger soared to a fever pitch.

At this moment, Lin Zhiqiang also suddenly found the steamed buns in his hand unappetizing and habitually yelled, "You brat, if you don't bring the good food over, where else are you going to bring it?"

As she spoke, she dropped her chopsticks and steamed buns and tried to snatch the plates from the two sisters.

They were only three or five steps away from the courtyard gate. Lin Momo knew she couldn't outrun this guy, so she simply handed the bamboo cage in her arms to Lin Sanya and said urgently, "Sanya, take this to Doctor Ma."

After seeing Sanya off, she quickly closed the courtyard gate, then turned around and stood guard at the gate, waiting for Lin Zhiqiang to come over.

Lin Momo had just set up her formation when Lin Zhiqiang arrived and demanded, "Where did Sanya take the things?"

"Where else can we go? Of course, we'll send it to Doctor Ma. He's worked so hard to treat your father, can't he even accept a little something from your family? If you're not ashamed and don't mind being beaten by our grandpa, then go to our grandpa's house and take the things back," Lin Momo said sarcastically.

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiqiang glared at her fiercely, still relentlessly asking, "Did you catch that fish?"

"Where are the fish? Are you out of your mind to eat fish? It's just radish greens stir-fried in oil." Lin Momo decided to play dumb. "If you want fish, go catch some in the river yourself, and I'll cook it for you."

Long after she finished selecting the fish, she put the remaining fish in her basket into her spatial dimension. Even the scraps after slaughtering, such as fish scales and intestines, were thrown into the vegetable garden in her spatial courtyard to fertilize the fields.

Since there's no way to prove her innocence now that she's dead, she can deny it to the very end.

Unless he can turn the only person in the know besides her—Lin Sanya—to his side.

"No, it's definitely fish. Do you think I'm stupid? It's not like I've never eaten fish before. Do you think I can't tell the difference between fish and radish greens?"

A few years ago, someone in the village was raising fish in a pond. His father helped them clean the pond, and when he came back, the host gave him a fish. After it was cooked, it had a fishy smell and didn't smell nearly as good or tempting as it does today.

Judging that Lin Sanya had already gone far away, and that this coward didn't dare to actually chase after her, Lin Momo stopped arguing with him and decided to go back to the kitchen to drink her bowl of warm rice soup before it got cold.

But some people still weren't going to let her go.

Before she even got close to the kitchen, her grandmother, Xu Wangshi, scolded her: "You silly girl, you have good things but you don't keep them for your own family to eat. Why are you taking them out? Isn't that siding with outsiders?"

"Look at your mother, she's heavily pregnant and still worries about whether your father will wake up, and she has to take care of your whole family. It's not easy for her. If there's anything good in the house, shouldn't your mother eat it first?"

“If your mother can give you a big, healthy boy this time, then when you and your sisters get married, you'll have another brother to support you, right? But if your father can't be saved this time, and your mother's health isn't good either, who will your whole family rely on in the future…”

This old lady is incredibly talkative.

Lin Momo suspected that if no one interrupted her, she would talk until dark.

"It's simple, Grandma. Just have my brother go to the river and catch some fish and shrimp for me. I'll cook them for you. It'll save money and be good for your health, won't it?" Lin Momo said with a smile, trying to be perfunctory.

In truth, given her personality, she wouldn't bother with this old woman who spoke so unpleasantly; how could she curse her own daughter and son-in-law like that?

However, she was an old woman after all, and Lin Erya's maternal grandmother. As a junior and her granddaughter, it wouldn't be right for her to ignore her, and she was also afraid of upsetting the old woman and causing trouble for herself.

There's a saying that goes something like this: smiling at people you hate is a disgusting skill we all have to learn.

Lin Momo is still willing to be kind to those who are harmless in her life.

"Mother, look, this brat can really choke you with her words."

Xu was furious. She complained to her mother and then turned to Lin Momo, who was not far away, and scolded, "You brat, your grandmother is asking you why you sent food to that Doctor Ma? He eats better at your uncle's house than we do. Why would you go out of your way to send it to him? Even if you did, he might not care."

Ever since the village borrowed money, that brat has become more and more arrogant.

Not only did she dare to eat all the eggs in the house on her own, but she also delivered food to the old house today. Now she's even ordering her precious son around. We should take advantage of her mother's presence and teach her a lesson.

Back when she was that age, she wasn't nearly as bold as this brat. She was completely under her mother's thumb back then. If her mother told her to go east, she would never dare to go west.

I wonder who this brat took after?

She suddenly remembered how determined Lin Musheng was to marry her back then, and Xu Shi thought that this girl probably took after her father.

They usually seem honest and unassuming, but once they get stubborn, not even ten oxen could pull them back.

"What else could it be?" Lin Momo was speechless. How could someone have such a pig brain? "Of course, it's so that he can get proper medical treatment for Dad."

"What kind of doctor is he? He said your dad would wake up today, but did he wake up?"

They said there was a possibility of waking up, but they didn't say there was a certainty. Xu's statement was rather unreasonable.

He's a doctor, not a fortune teller. It's only a skill if he can predict things accurately.

In the past few days, according to Lin Momo's observation, Lin Musheng's brows on the kang (a heated brick bed) have relaxed a bit, and his wounds have stopped festering and are showing signs of healing. Everything is developing in a positive direction.

At this time, patience is the most important thing. You can't doubt a doctor's ability to treat patients just because the patient doesn't wake up as the doctor expected.

The doctor's medical skills are one aspect, but the patient's own recovery ability also needs to be considered.

In cases like Lin Musheng's, who suffer from chronic malnutrition and are past their prime, recovery will naturally be slower.

If he doesn't wake up today, we'll have to wait until tomorrow.

"Dr. Ma is a famous doctor at Huichuntang in the county. He must be quite confident to say that. Why haven't I seen any other doctors dare to say that? If he gets angry after hearing what you say and refuses to treat Dad, then you can go cry."

Lin Momo defended Dr. Ma, then gave Xu a subtle rebuke, before finally saying, "I'm going back to my room for dinner."

After saying that, she ignored what the three people in the courtyard were saying and went into the kitchen.