Liu Ruonan had been going up the mountain to collect herbs recently. After Chen Lei accompanied Liu Ruonan that day, he was scolded by his mother when he got home, and since then, Chen Lei has rarely been around. But for some reason, he's suddenly been going to Chen Jianmin's house more often again.
Hearing that Liu Ruonan was going up the mountain to collect herbs again, Chen Lei decided to go with her, and Liu Ruonan naturally wouldn't refuse. Zhuang Sheng knew that the mountain was dangerous, and with Chen Lei's company, he felt more at ease.
Just as the two of them reached the village entrance, they happened to meet Chen Guihua and Zhuang Qiang who were returning from the fields.
"Hey! Isn't this the burden of Xiang Dong's family and the daughter-in-law of Zhuang Sheng's family?" Chen Guihua shouted in a shrill voice with a look of contempt on her face.
"Hey! Isn't this the heartless, ruthless stepmother of the Zhuang family?" Liu Ruonan retorted, unwilling to be outdone. There was absolutely no need to respect such a person. If it weren't for her, Zhuang Sheng wouldn't have reached this point.
"Liu Ruonan, how can you talk like that? You're worthless, don't be so shameless!" Chen Guihua was furious and almost rushed over to fight Liu Ruonan. But Liu Ruonan was accompanied by a burly and strong Chen Lei, and Chen Guihua was timid for a moment.
Although Chen Lei looks silly, he is just like his second uncle Chen Jianhua. He is a desperado who fights to the death.
"That's right! Your life is noble, why are you blocking the way of my worthless life?"
Liu Ruonan was neither angry nor annoyed, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.
They say a good dog doesn't block the road. This is a disguised form of insult! Chen Guihua was furious, but there was nothing she could do. She didn't know when this girl had become so sharp-tongued. Moreover, she was no longer as timid as before.
Zhuang Qiang tugged at Chen Guihua's sleeve, signaling her not to get angry with such a person. But Chen Guihua didn't care! The news that Liu Ruonan was possessed by her short-lived mother had spread throughout the village. Chen Guihua wasn't stupid enough to believe such a strange thing. She just thought Liu Ruonan was using this to scare Xiangdong and Liu Ergou.
Unexpectedly, the girl who seemed timid on weekdays could be so vicious when she played tricks, and even brought out the ghost of her own mother.
Chen Guihua looked at Liu Ruonan with disdain, carrying a backpack on her back. She remembered that everyone in the village had been talking about how Liu Ruonan had been going up the mountain to collect herbs in an attempt to cure Zhuang Sheng.
This was the biggest joke she had ever heard.
At that time, Zhuang Qiang was counting on Zhuang Sheng to get better and return to the army to make money for him, so he specially invited an old Chinese doctor from the city. However, the old doctor was helpless at the time. He waved his hands repeatedly and said that the disease was incurable.
That's why Chen Guihua discussed with Zhuang Qiang to kick Zhuang Sheng out.
A disabled person who couldn't be cured by a century-old Chinese medicine doctor, how could a little girl like her who knew nothing have such ability?
Thinking of this, Chen Guihua suppressed the anger in her heart and looked at Liu Ruonan's weird smile.
"Okay. You're young, so I won't be angry with you today. I heard you've been going up the mountain to collect herbs a lot lately. Do you want to treat Zhuang Sheng's illness?"
"Oh, you're quite well-informed!" Liu Ruonan sneered in response and said calmly, "Why, do you want to take care of this too?"
"It's not that I care, I can't care, right? It's just that I've watched you grow up, and I'm here to advise you that Zhuang Sheng's disease cannot be cured. What are you wasting all this energy on? Didn't you originally think that marrying Zhuang Sheng would leave you with some money to spend? Now you really regret not marrying Liu Dazhuang!"
"What you see in a person's eyes is what he gets! If you only care about money, you might as well ask Liu Ergou if he wants a divorce, or you can be his mistress. He is a millionaire in our village and he is very rich!" Liu Ruonan was very impatient and didn't want to continue to argue with her. Unexpectedly, Chen Guihua kept blocking her way. She was really annoying.
"How could you be so ungrateful, little girl? I'm doing this for your own good. Mr. Zhuang's illness was treated by a doctor your uncle invited from the city, but the doctor has already given an ultimatum: he can never be cured."
She would be happy if she couldn't cure him! Her brothers Lai Di and Zhao Di were both counting on Zhuang Sheng's money!
"Then, what if I say that I can cure it?" Liu Ruonan slowly approached Chen Guihua, with a sharp light flashing in her eyes, and stared at Chen Guihua arrogantly.
Chen Guihua was shocked. The girl's eyes were so sharp and intimidating that it made her feel terrified. She had changed so much that if she hadn't been looking at the person in front of her, she would have thought she wasn't Liu Ruonan!
Chen Guihua concealed her inner guilt, straightened her back and smiled disdainfully.
"Can you cure it? A wild girl who has never left the village, never been to school, and can barely read, brazenly says she can cure illnesses? This is the biggest joke I've ever heard."
"I just want to ask you, what if I can cure it well?" Liu Ruonan pressed again.
"Hmph! If you can cure it, I will give you the west room of our house." She didn't believe it. Everyone in the village knew how Liu Ruonan grew up. How could she have the ability to treat illnesses after she broke the sky?
At this time, the villagers who had been working in the fields gradually returned. Seeing Zhuang Sheng's stepmother and his wife arguing, they stopped to watch. As the crowd grew, they became witnesses of Liu Ruonan's actions.
"My dear uncles and aunts, did you all hear this? Zhuang Lai Di's mother said that if I can cure Zhuang Sheng Ge's illness, she will give him the west room of their house."
"I heard it."
"I heard everything."
Everyone agreed. Liu Ruonan accidentally saw the village chief standing aside with a calm expression. Liu Ruonan walked up to the village chief and smiled gently.
"Village Chief, when Zhuang Sheng was kicked out of the house, you were the one who testified. You also heard what my mother said today. She was the one who said she wanted to give us the west room. Please be a witness here."
Before the village chief could even speak, Chen Guihua came over and stood in front of Liu Ruonan. "Don't be so confident. Whether it can be cured is still unknown. What if you can't cure it? We agreed that there's no rush to ask the village chief to testify. Since this is a bet, there has to be a winner and a loser, right?"
Liu Ruonan was actually interested. It seemed that Chen Guihua was determined to win this time! Liu Ruonan pretended to be thoughtful. After a moment, she looked up at Chen Guihua and said, "I don't even know what valuable things I have that are worth your gambling. Why don't you tell me yourself?"
"I can tell you what I'm talking about, but can you produce it?" Chen Guihua raised a smug smile at the corner of her mouth.
"Of course!" Liu Ruonan responded firmly.
"Alright! I heard that your betrothal gift to Zhuang Sheng was four great items plus eight hundred yuan. You took all of this back to your husband's family as a dowry. If you lose, you can give him all your dowry. What do you think?"
It seems that he is thinking about her betrothal gift? This man is really greedy!
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