The murmurs, growing louder and louder, flooded into Wang Chunfu's ears like a stream, making him momentarily flustered.
He originally thought that after his sister-in-law became intelligent, she would at most have learned some tricks from quack doctors, but he never expected that even Old Master Zhou would come to his house to ask for advice.
Although he had always lived in Qingshui County, he had often heard of Old Zhou's reputation.
Old Zhou's medical skills were unmatched in the entire Qingshui County, but his personality was extremely eccentric, and he stopped making house calls many years ago.
Moreover, there are rumors that he came from the Valley of Divine Healers.
There's a saying in the medical community: no secret can be hidden from a good doctor's pulse diagnosis.
If Su Hua is truly as they say, someone even Elder Zhou would personally consult on medical matters, then wouldn't it be...?
The man's heart skipped a beat at the thought.
Looking up, he saw that the girl's almond-shaped eyes had opened at some point, like a deep, dark pool, sending a chill down his spine.
The hand that had been extended was quickly withdrawn before anyone could even think.
She stood up abruptly, smiled at Madam Su and the Su brothers, and said, "Well... I suddenly remembered that I have some urgent business to attend to at the family store this afternoon, so I have to take my leave first."
Without waiting for their response, he grabbed Su Sui, turned around, and left the courtyard.
The sound of horses' hooves echoed, and soon disappeared from the end of the village.
More than twenty people were left behind, their eyes wide with astonishment. The front yard was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
It took Su Bai a while to come to her senses. Without even putting down her bowl and chopsticks, she came to Su Hua, her voice clearly trembling with anxiety, "Hua'er, why did he leave in such a hurry? Is there something wrong with his pulse diagnosis?"
She didn't actually hope that Wang Chunfu had any real problems.
After all, if he really has a problem, Su Sui will be the one who suffers in the end.
The best outcome would be that both of them are healthy, but it's just that they're not meant to have a child yet.
The sound, neither too loud nor too soft, was clearly heard by everyone present.
A look of realization flashed across their eyes simultaneously.
No wonder Su Sui hadn't conceived in the three years since she married into the Wang family in Qingshui County; it turned out she really did have a health problem.
However, judging from what the Su family said, the one with health problems is not Su Sui, but Wang Chunfu.
When Su Sui first married into the county, many girls of the same age from the nearby villages were filled with envy and jealousy towards her. However, Su Sui was the most beautiful girl in the surrounding area, and they couldn't be envious of her looks alone.
However, as the years went by, Su Sui's belly remained flat, and the people who had been envious and jealous of her suddenly changed their tune.
There were all sorts of nasty people saying things, and they had heard it many times: that no matter how good-looking and well-married the eldest daughter of the Su family was, she was just a barren hen in the end and would be divorced by the Wang family sooner or later.
Qian's mother threw down the cleaned chicken bones and rubbed her round belly.
“My dear in-law, the Wang family probably knows about their son’s situation and deliberately found a daughter-in-law from far away to cause trouble! After all, the grass near your home is all familiar to you, and it’s not easy to fool them.”
The blatant gloating made Su Bai's face turn as black as the bottom of a pot.
But one has to admit that what she said does make some sense.
If Wang Chunfu really has health problems, isn't this blatant marriage fraud?
Su Hua looked at the group of eyes, some gossipy and some worried, and her coldness disappeared. Instead, she sighed heavily, "Judging from the pulse, my brother-in-law's pulse is weak and thready, deep and slow, and he seems to want to move but is powerless. It is a clear sign of yin excess and yang deficiency. It is probably caused by kidney yin depletion and imbalance of the five internal organs."
"What kind of imbalance and depletion? What does that mean?" Su Bai was stunned on the spot.
She could understand each word individually, but when put together, she couldn't grasp the meaning at all.
Erlang, who had been quietly eating his meal, frowned slightly. "Auntie, why don't you say something that we ordinary people can understand?"
Otherwise, he would start to doubt whether he could understand human speech.
The eldest brother gave his simple-minded younger brother a sharp rap on the head. "Didn't Uncle ask Aunt earlier if he didn't have much time left and if there was no cure?"
"Yes!" Chunhua nodded in her childish voice. "Just now, Uncle's expression when he looked at Aunt was even darker than our Mo Bao's bottom. I'm afraid he was right!"
"What! He doesn't have much time left, and there's no cure? It's that serious?" Madam Su Bai's eyes were filled with disbelief.
If Wang Chunfu really dies, wouldn't his daughter Sui'er be forced to live a life of widowhood at such a young age?
Will she repeat the same decades as her? No, Sui'er doesn't have a single child now. Won't the rest of her life be even harder than all those years she spent in the Su family?
This won't do!
Everyone present gasped in shock.
The eldest son-in-law of the Su family is still so young, yet he already has one foot in the coffin?
Su Hua's lips twitched as she listened, and seeing that things were getting increasingly absurd, she quickly supported Su Bai's weak legs, "Mother, don't worry, he won't die anytime soon, it's just..."
"But what?" The woman clung to Su Hua, her eyes beginning to redden.
Su Hua sighed inwardly, "However, his health is too weak, and he will have difficulty conceiving recently."
Wang Chunfu's pulse and the bluish-black color under his eyes indicate that he has been engaging in sexual activity too frequently recently, leading to severe kidney deficiency.
However, the two pulse examinations performed on Su Sui yielded completely opposite results.
This all confirms one fact: Wang Chunfu has a new lover outside.
Moreover, it shouldn't be a simple matter of a new love interest; otherwise, Su Sui wouldn't have looked so embarrassed the whole time.
Logically speaking, family scandals should not be aired in public.
But Wang Chunfu wanted to keep the red flag flying at home while having colorful flags fluttering outside. The old couple in the Wang family even wanted to pin the blame for her inability to have children on her older sister, clearly treating her like a soft persimmon to be bullied!
Since the Wang family is so heartless, she'll first help them solidify Wang Chunfu's reputation for infertility.
If Su Sui wants to return to Shanghe Village at that time, she will no longer need to worry about such rumors.
As for her new love interest, she needs to go to Qingshui County to investigate him thoroughly.
Anyone who dares to bully her will pay the price!
The carriage, which was gradually moving away from the village entrance, was also quite unsettled at this moment.
Wang Chunfu looked at the person who sat far away in the carriage as soon as he entered, and a feeling of resentment suddenly arose in his heart. "Sui'er, didn't you promise before that you would never tell outsiders about anything at home?"
Why did you go back on your word and tell Su Hua everything?
All these years I've always thought of you first, and you, taking advantage of your mother's birthday banquet, set this trap for me!
"If I hadn't run fast, your sister probably would have exposed everything about the Wang family!"
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