Chapter 12 Cruelly Abandoned
Huang Ying frowned, but still managed to prop herself up and get out of bed.
Shi Yu pressed the man down, looked up, and said to Shi Daqiang in an annoyed tone, "Didn't you see that your mother is sick? She has hands and feet, so if she wants to eat, she should cook for herself."
"Is she sick?" Shi Daqiang looked at Huang Ying with suspicion, then turned and left without saying anything.
Before long, he helped Shi Liushi go and then returned.
Clang!
The cane was first slammed heavily to the ground by Shi Liushi, and then she spoke in a sarcastic and mean tone.
"What's going on? I heard that some lazy bum is lying and claiming to be sick so he won't have to serve me."
"Cough cough cough... Mother, I'm not sick." Huang Ying explained, "I don't know what's wrong, I have no strength at all, I'm really sick."
"Hmph!" Shi Liu snorted coldly. She naturally didn't believe it. "The truth can't be hidden, and the false can't be made true."
“I’ve already sent Jiaojiao to fetch the barefoot doctor. If he says you’re faking illness, I’ll skin you alive.”
Just then, Shi Jiaojiao arrived with her entourage.
"Doctor, please take a good look at my aunt and see what's wrong with her." Shi Jiaojiao gave Shi Yu and Huang Ying a malicious look.
She shared the same idea as Shi Liushi.
Huang Ying is the hardworking and reliable ox in the family, she's made of iron, how could she possibly get sick?
It's an act!
She must be faking it.
"no problem!"
The barefoot doctor stepped forward, took the pulse, and examined the tongue and eyelids, and couldn't help but frown.
"Doctor, how is it?" Shi Jiaojiao couldn't help but ask.
The barefoot doctor glanced at the people in the room a few times, and finally said to Shi Liu in a mysterious tone, "Sister-in-law, let's go outside and talk."
“Fish…” Huang Ying was made nervous by him.
Seeing this, Shi Yu quickly took her hand and gently comforted her, "Mother, it's alright."
...
Upon entering the outer room, Shi Liushi's expression also became somewhat solemn.
Because in their practice, doctors only speak privately with family members when the patient has an incurable, fatal disease or is about to die.
"Oh dear, tell me quickly, what happened to her?"
"The illness is very serious, and it's impossible to cure it completely. We can only keep it alive with medication."
The symptoms are obvious, but the cause cannot be found.
It's not that the illness is very serious.
"What kind of medicine should we use to keep it running?" Shi Daqiang asked hurriedly.
"Hmm!" The barefoot doctor thought seriously for a moment, "Ordinary medicine definitely won't work, ginseng, let's use ginseng!"
"What? Ginseng?"
Shi Liu almost cried out in surprise.
What a pipe dream!
She's so old and she's never even tasted ginseng, such a precious medicinal herb. Does that lowly Huang Ying deserve it?
After the barefoot doctor left, Shi Liushi pulled Shi Daqiang into her room.
“Daqiang! You know our family’s situation. How can we afford such a precious medicinal herb as ginseng? Besides, we’re a farmer’s wife, we’re not that delicate.”
"Listen to your mother, and continue to raise her like this for now."
Shi Liu looked very earnest.
Shi Daqiang moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.
Huang Ying lay in bed all day.
Shi Yu took care of her for a day.
Although she didn't go out, some of her aunts came over for a visit, so Shi Yu still heard some news.
Song Li has been found.
The man was nearly dying of thirst. He had just been pulled out of the dry well when he grabbed Lin Zhicheng by the collar and howled as he warned him that the price of the fresh water sent to Black Mountain Island must not be raised under any circumstances.
Otherwise, she would die.
Lin Zhicheng had no choice but to agree.
When the mother and son returned home, they were devastated.
My house has been completely emptied!
Could it be that we've been robbed?
The Lin family searched frantically everywhere, inquiring about their neighbors.
If a thief really broke in, with so much grain and furniture, they would have to make a fuss and leave traces if they wanted to take it away.
But……
Everyone was completely bewildered.
Everything seemed to have vanished into thin air overnight.
Ultimately, the only explanation for the helplessness can be attributed to paranormal events.
The Lin family became completely impoverished.
Lin Zhicheng and his mother Song Li looked like wilted eggplants, their faces ashen...
night.
While everyone was asleep, Shi Jiaojiao entered her own space.
Her status is different now. She used to be reluctant to spend money, but now she wants to treat herself well. She'll start by taking out a piece of cured meat to enjoy.
As soon as she entered, she noticed the change in space.
The space has become larger, the soil is fertile, and the light is bright.
A faint earthy fragrance lingered in the air.
Could it be...?
Space can improve on its own, and in the future, it might even evolve into other functions and buildings.
Thinking of this, Shi Jiaojiao was overjoyed.
She didn't even care that she couldn't take the cured meat out of her space, thinking it was just a self-imposed restriction during the space's upgrade.
Huang Ying fell ill and remained ill for three days.
Tomorrow is the day my whole family will be sent to the countryside.
When Shi Yu went to serve Huang Ying lunch at noon, Shi Liushi and Shi Jiaojiao were both there.
This time, surprisingly, no one stopped her.
He was even somewhat "amiable".
When she went to get the food before, the two of them were all very hostile, as if they were afraid that she and her mother would eat even a single extra grain of rice.
As she turned around, Shi Yu's mocking gaze swept across Shi Liushi and Shi Jiaojiao's faces, and she sneered inwardly.
As intelligent as she was, she immediately realized that the time had come.
Sure enough, not long after Shi Yu returned to the house, a large group of people arrived in a flurry.
Shi Liushi, Shi Daqiang, Shi Nian.
The second uncle of the second wife, Shi Dashan, and Shi Jiaojiao, as well as her younger brother and sister, Shi Feng and Shi Cao, were not present.
Huang Ying bit her lip.
Realizing what was happening, she struggled to sit up with Shi Yu's help.
“Ying!” Shi Liu’s face was full of wrinkles with a rare kindness. “You have taken care of this family and your mother all these years. Your mother knows everything.”
"Therefore, your mother has decided to grant your wish and let you two live separately."
"Ha! What? Aren't you afraid of people talking behind your Lin family's back this time?" Shi Yu said sarcastically, arms crossed.
It's just that they disregard their mother's life and death and are about to abandon her, this burden. Why make it sound so elegant and refined?
Everyone looked embarrassed.
Shi Liu glared at Shi Yu fiercely, but surprisingly didn't argue with her.
"Ying! What do you think?"
Huang Ying gripped the blanket tightly, her eyes trembling as she looked at Shi Daqiang. "Husband, you...you agree too?"
Shi Daqiang avoided Huang Ying's gaze.
He rubbed his hands together, and after a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a weak sentence from between his teeth, "I'll listen to Mother!"
Huang Ying froze, as if struck by lightning.
She stared intently at the man she had lived most of her life for, the man for whom she had borne children, and her nose stung with tears. She hurriedly and hastily closed her eyes.
Two lines of clear tears slid down her cheeks.
My heart...it really hurts!
After a few seconds, Huang Ying slowly opened her eyes. "Okay!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The old man was overjoyed and quickly seized the opportunity to divide the family property.
She kept complaining about being poor, and in the end, she only gave Shi Yu and her mother a bag of small grains, two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and two pairs of quilts.
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