Chapter 149: Catching a Cold
Pei Hao had never understood any of this, and now he was just thinking about how to get the second branch to split up. He only vaguely replied, "Probably! We've been going to Baiwei Restaurant every day lately to wash the pig offal."
The other concubines also agreed with Pei Shun's words. They spent most of their time washing pig offal. So, the things made from the pig offal might be able to be sold for more than ten taels of silver.
After hearing all the assurances, Mrs. Pei Er also became interested and wanted to try to see if this so-called sausage was really that magical.
He then asked someone to go to the butcher's shop to buy some pig offal and meat, chop the meat into pieces, and naturally gave the job of washing the pig offal to the concubine's children.
Pig offal is not expensive, but this meat, which sold for more than ten pounds, cost a hundred coins in one go. It would be a lie to say that I didn't feel bad. The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't swallow the anger in Mrs. Pei's heart.
She used to be the high and mighty Second Madam Pei, so how could she feel bad about a few pounds of flesh? She bought jewelry, jade, silks and satins without blinking an eye, and sent them all in large quantities to the mansion.
Thinking of their previous luxurious life, she felt even more resentful towards the eldest wife. If it weren't for them, how could their family have fallen to such a state?
This time she must learn all the skills of Baiwei Restaurant and then sell the secret recipe to other owners. When the time comes, she will open a restaurant to compete with them. She doesn't believe that their big family will be no match for the orphans and widows from the first wife's side.
Due to limited funds, although the second house was purchased on South Street, the yard for more than a dozen people was not big, and the family only had one small room.
The house wasn't big, and the pig's offal smelled strong, so the people had no experience in handling it, so they just washed it up without a care. Pei Yuxuan pinched his nose as he passed by, saying in disgust, "Why did you bring it home? What the hell is that? It's really disgusting!"
"No, it stinks! It stinks! I'm going to tell my grandmother to kick you all out of my house."
The people who were handling the pig offal did not react in any other way. The more this happened, the angrier Pei Yuxuan, the young master, became. He held his head high, looked disdainful and condescending, and kicked these indifferent people hard with his feet.
The concubines' families already had objections to doing such work. Not to mention how dirty pig offal is, they might not even get the money earned from the sausages. Pei Yuxuan's personality was just too unpleasant. He spent the servants they bought with their money to eat, drink and have fun all day without having to do anything.
He even insulted them with words and actions, as if they were slaves that he could manipulate at will.
As time goes by, people's psychology will always be unbalanced, but they just suppress these emotions and dare not reveal them. But one day, once there is an outlet, these repressed and imprisoned emotions will rush out like a volcano erupting.
Although Pei Shun learned some basic skills in making sausages, it was just superficial.
Whether the pig offal can be cleaned thoroughly has a great impact on the sausage, as does the seasoning of the meat filling. If you don’t know the proportions and mix them randomly, the sausage you make will be inedible and it will only be a waste of food.
Pei Shun looked at the sausage in his hand, which looked like a real sausage, and felt very satisfied.
Look, how simple it is. As long as Pei Shun takes action, everything will be easy, right?
I heard that the sausages had to be hung for a few days before they could be eaten, so there were more than a dozen sausages hanging in their backyard.
Bai has been staying up late recently, doing embroidery work privately but she didn't dare let the old lady know because the money was saved secretly. As a result, she caught a cold in the middle of the night.
When Pei Hao saw his mother had a fever, he immediately wanted to go to the clinic to ask a doctor, but they didn't have much money, so they could only report the matter to the old lady, who didn't take it seriously after hearing the news.
He only glanced at Pei Hao calmly and said, "Why is your health so precious? It's just a cold, right? Just bear with it and it will pass. You won't die. You all know the situation at home!"
Pei Yanhan and Pei Hao looked at the old lady's indifferent expression, feeling inexplicably disappointed. They had no attachment to the second branch of the Pei family and knew that even if they made a big fuss, there would be no good result. They could only return to the small courtyard.
Mrs. Bai caught a cold, and the father and son took care of her for a whole night, but the effect didn't seem to be very good.
Pei Hao arrived at Baiwei Restaurant exhausted to work. His abnormality was soon discovered. After knowing that Bai had caught a cold, Pei Yian asked the doctor from the clinic to visit her privately and prescribe medicine. Of course, all these expenses were paid by Pei Yian.
Pei Hao was deeply grateful and expressed his gratitude profusely.
Pei Yian took out something and handed it to him, saying, "This is Astragalus membranaceus. After applying it externally, your whole body will turn red and slightly hot. There are no other harmful effects. Perhaps this is a good opportunity for you to leave the Pei family."
Pei Shun realized that this was indeed a good opportunity.
As long as his mother's condition becomes serious or even develops into an infectious disease, then Madam Pei Er will be driven away without them having to do anything, and get rid of these burdens.
Pei Hao's family applied Shaqi water, and their bodies turned red, which looked a little abnormal. In addition, the sound insulation between the rooms was not very good, and the family's coughing could be heard in the middle of the night.
The second concubine's daughter couldn't stand it anymore. She glanced at Pei Hao and others from a distance and found that these people were red and coughing. Thinking of Bai's cold before, could the whole family be infected?
Thinking of this, the second concubine was filled with hatred and hurried to find the old lady to explain the situation to her. She exaggerated the situation, as if Pei Hao and others had contracted some incurable disease.
Pei Haozhe's family was nowhere to be seen, even at work or at dinner. Old Madam Pei Er began to grow suspicious, wondering if it was Bai who had caught a cold in the first place. Why did Pei Hao and his son seem to be in trouble now?
At first glance, how does this look like an infectious disease?
She didn't dare to delay and took out money to hire a doctor.
The doctor had naturally been bribed long ago. After a quick glance at their symptoms, he shook his head repeatedly: "This is an acute cold, it's contagious. Just don't be in the same room or yard with others."
"Is there any way to cure it?" The second wife of a concubine asked. Their family lived next door to Pei Hao, so close to each other. What if... what if they were infected?
"It's so difficult!" After saying that, the doctor left in a hurry, unwilling to stay in the Pei family any longer, as if there was some terrible monster here.
A contagious disease...isn't this the same as a monster?
This news was not concealed. Everyone in the second branch of the Pei family was in a panic. They wanted to move away from here for fear of contracting the infection.
No one expected that a simple cold would develop into an acute cold and become contagious.
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