"Let me tell you, second son, if you dare to agree to your daughter separating from the family today, I will kill myself right in front of you," Zhou's mother said threateningly.

"Mother, please don't do anything rash! I won't separate from the family!" Zhou Lao Er said hurriedly, terrified.

He turned around and scolded Zhou Zhaodi, "Zhaodi, I think you've gone mad. What kind of girl is like you?"

Zhou Zhaodi lowered her head.

A hint of pride flashed in Zhou's mother's eyes. She knew that her second son was the most filial son.

Shen Banxia didn't want to watch their farce, so she looked at Zhou Lao Er and said, "I've already written the prescription. You need to go to the county town to get the medicine."

"What? We have to go to the county town to get medicine? Don't you have herbs there?" Zhou's mother thought that Shen Banxia was deliberately going against her.

If it weren't for her kind grandfather, she would have torn her mouth apart today.

If she hadn't been such a troublemaker, the second son's family wouldn't have made a fuss about separating the family property.

Don't think she's blind; she saw it clearly just now. The second son was actually tempted too.

You see, the second son's family is the main workforce. If they were to leave, would she expect her husband and she to go work in the fields? She's not stupid.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, are you saying this on purpose?"

“It requires ginseng and deer antler, which I don’t have here,” Shen Banxia said, not being the kind of person without medical ethics.

"What? My God, ginseng too? What kind of precious person is this?" Zhou's mother's face changed. Is ginseng something that people like them can afford?

"I'll say it again, if you don't believe me, you can find another doctor," Shen Banxia said, ignoring Zhou's mother's words.

Li Erya knew, "Sister-in-law, I believe you, really."

"Don't rush, and don't move around. You need to rest right now. Anyway, you should get the medicine as soon as possible and decoct it for the baby. The child is quite fragile." If she weren't about to become a mother herself, Shen Banxia wouldn't have said that.

Li Erya looked at Zhou Lao Er pleadingly.

Thinking of his long-awaited son, Zhou Lao Er looked at his mother pleadingly, "Mother, please let me go get the medicine. I... I also want a son."

Asking for money is almost like asking for Zhou's mother's life. "Why don't you weigh how many pounds of flesh I have, and then you can use that to pay for it and sell it?"

Zhou Lao Er's face turned pale; he had always been clumsy with words.

Zhou Zhaodi thought that because they didn't have a younger brother, the villagers said their family line had ended. Coupled with the tragic fate of the three sisters in her previous life, she also felt that it was all because they didn't have a younger brother.

Although it's uncertain whether the baby in the mother's belly is a younger brother, what if it is?

“Grandma, you broke my mother’s head. If you don’t treat her, I’ll report you to the police,” Zhou Zhaodi said resolutely.

Zhou's mother's face paled.

The crowd of onlookers fell silent for a moment, partly because they felt that Wang Cuihua was too ruthless.

On the other hand, they also felt that Zhou Lao Er's daughter, despite her young age, was ruthless in her actions, even more so than her grandmother. They were truly a family in the same boat.

Since they were there to watch the excitement at the brigade leader's house, they knew to speak quietly.

Shen Banxia saw things clearly, but as she said before, these things must be established by oneself.

"Slap."

No one expected Zhou Lao Er to make a move.

Zhou Zhaodi covered her cheek in disbelief, "Father, you, you actually hit me?"

"Who told you to talk to your grandma like that? What happened to the filial piety I taught you?"

Zhou Zhaodi was silent for a moment, then looked at her mother, and Li Erya immediately lowered her head.

Zhao Di stopped talking; she suddenly didn't know the meaning of her rebirth.

She used to think that it was because her grandmother was a bad person that her family had become like that.

But now, she suddenly realized, when did the father she had always respected change?

Or has it always been like this?

Shen Banxia sighed silently. What does it mean that every pitiful person has something hateful about them? This is exactly what Zhou Lao Er is all about.

She walked up to the little girl and said, "Zhaodi, let your aunt take a look," her face flushed and there was blood at the corner of her mouth.

Zhao Di looked at her aunt, she had so much to say, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

After treating Zhao Di's facial injuries, Shen Banxia prepared to leave.

Zhou's mother immediately blocked her way, saying, "No, you can't leave. You haven't even finished preparing the Chinese medicine yet."

“I’ve already said that the clinic doesn’t have those medicines.”

Zhou's mother argued unreasonably, "Aren't your medical skills really that great?"

When people are speechless, they can actually laugh in exasperation. "I really appreciate your high regard, Mother-in-law, but I'm not as amazing as you say."

"I think you just don't want to save people properly."

"Say whatever you want," Shen Banxia thought, as long as she had a clear conscience.

Grandma, fresh from her birth, came over and said, "Didn't you hear what my granddaughter said? Without medicine, do you think you can conjure something up out of thin air? Don't you all know what 'even a clever housewife can't cook without rice' means?"

"What do you mean by this and that? I wasn't talking to you."

“You didn’t speak to me, but you can’t make things difficult for my granddaughter,” Madam Zhou said, disregarding what her mother thought.

When facing Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou always felt inferior.

He watched helplessly as Shen Banxia left.

As for Zhou Zhaodi, she has given up hope. She realized that she was doing something futile. No matter what she said or did, her parents thought she was unreliable.

Meanwhile, at the village clinic, Shen Banxia was also busy, immediately starting to prepare and dispense medicine.

Back at the Zhou family's house, Zhou's mother, seeing that Li Erya seemed to be alright, habitually instructed, "Second daughter-in-law, what are you still lying there for? The whole family is waiting for your meal."

Li Erya didn't want to agree, but she didn't know what to say. She looked at Zhao Di expectantly, but Zhao Di turned her head away.

Li Erya's eyes darkened, and she felt a surge of anger. She then looked at her man.

Zhou Lao Er thought for a moment, "Mother, my wife's head hasn't healed yet."

"What? Should I take a beating from her too as an apology?" Zhou's mother was furious, feeling that nothing was going her way.

"Mother, that's not what I meant."

"So what do you mean? Do you want me to kneel down and beg for forgiveness from you two?" Zhou's mother became increasingly sarcastic.

"Mother, I was wrong," Zhou Lao Er knelt before his mother.

Zhou's mother was finally a little satisfied and looked at Li Erya, "Should I come and invite you myself?" In her opinion, what's a little blood loss? Does everyone have a history of childbirth?

In the past, she would give birth to her children in the fields, and she would still go to work in the fields the next day.

Zhou's mother said this every day, and eventually she started to believe it herself.

Li Erya dared not lie there any longer and got up to prepare the meal. Zhaodi felt sorry for her and said, "Mother, why don't we just forget about it? You were just now..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Erya interrupted her, saying, "Alright, it's none of your business," still thinking about how her daughter had turned her head away earlier.