Huo Jincheng was a seven-foot-tall man after all, so he wasn't angry when he was teased as a woman. He was just curious about who had given Jian Ning the energy-saving lamps, and why so many of them, not only in the yard but also in every room.
This thing didn't look as delicate as the glass lamp, but it had something inside that wasn't candlelight, and I didn't know what it was, and it was brighter than the glass lamp. He couldn't understand why Jian Ning had to hide it and let him take the blame.
Since he took the blame for her without her knowledge, he certainly has the right to know who gave it to Jane Ning. He doesn't think that Jane Ning bought it herself. If she bought it, she could just say it directly. Why hide it?
"Aren't you curious about who gave it to your master? Or where did you buy it?"
"Not curious." Yang Jinyu shook his head. He didn't care about anything other than medical skills. His master wouldn't hide anything from him that he should know. His master had his reasons for not telling him. As a disciple, it was his duty to respect his master. Was there something wrong with that?
He thinks there's nothing wrong with it.
Xiao Shi woke up.
Yang Jinyu jumped out of bed and ran to call Jian Ning. Jian Ning was preparing to knead dough, and her hands were full of wheat flour. When she came over, the village head and the clan leader were all surrounding Xiao Shi.
"Move your fingers and see if you can."
"Yeah, move."
The head of the village and the clan leader both asked him to move his fingers, but Huo Jincheng told him to wait. He remembered that Jian Ning had said that he should rest well for the first two months, so he had to ask Jian Ning whether he could move.
"It's okay to try moving your fingers, but don't move your wrist, and don't use force," Jane Ning warned.
Several pairs of eyes were staring at Xiao Shi. His right index finger slowly and little by little lifted up. This made Huo Jincheng and the head of the village so happy that they almost lifted up the house.
The village head, the clan leader, and Mr. Ding Sanye all gave Jian Ning a thumbs-up, almost calling her a miracle healer. The head suggested she open a village clinic. As a doctor, Jian Ning hoped to put her life's learning to good use, but she was also well aware of human nature. Without prior notice, she knew that some villagers might attack her from behind.
"I can agree to see patients and teach you about some medicinal herbs for free. When I was young, I studied medicine for several years under a reclusive master. However, the suturing technique isn't just my own achievement; it's also my apprentice's. In fact, we learned from each other, and the suturing technique was something we discussed together. In addition, his grandfather, Doctor Yang of Puren Hall in town, also gave us a lot of guidance."
Master Ding San said, "That's quite impressive. You learned this when you were young. If you had studied with your master for a few more years, you would have become a truly amazing doctor!"
Ma Fuquan took over and said, "When I left home to go to Dongyang County to learn martial arts, my master once said that people with extraordinary talent can learn every move at a glance and never forget it. But people with extraordinary talent are very rare in this world. You Tian's wife is probably the kind of person my master described. She can learn it quickly. An ordinary person would probably not be able to learn it in ten or eight years, and would not be able to learn so much."
Hearing this, Yang Jinyu secretly steeled himself. He didn't know if he was gifted in medicine, but Jian Ning and his grandfather both praised his aptitude. He planned to start with his family's health regimen. They say hard work can make up for lack of talent, but he didn't believe it. He thought he couldn't perform a suture operation on his own even after three years of diligent study and practice.
Just as he was thinking about using his health to start surgery, Guoguo happened to sneak in from outside and into his sight. It was also a lively person and liked to go wherever there was a lot of noise. If Jian Ning hadn't told it to guard Qiu Ge and not let Qiu Ge come out and scare people after the village head and the clan leader came, it would have jumped out long ago.
This made Yang Jinyu take a look at it, and it felt a chill on its back for some reason. It bared its teeth and glared at Yang Jinyu fiercely, then slipped away to find Ding Youtian with its tail between its legs.
Ding Youtian took the initiative to take over from Jian Ning in the room where meals were usually served. People from the village head and the clan leader's families came with lanterns to greet them. Ding Youtian came over to say hello to him and made an appointment to bring people over early the next morning to start digging the cellar, and then said goodbye and left.
The village head and the clan leader met Mrs. Lu on the way. Mrs. Lu was carrying a bundle and holding her two-year-old daughter in her arms. The village head asked her where she was going at this time, but she didn't answer and just hurried away.
Mrs. Lu was carrying her daughter to her parents' home. Earlier, Mrs. Meng was kicked down the slope by Old Ding, injuring her waist and paralyzing one of her legs. She was carried back by the eldest brother, and she kept shouting in pain all the way.
When they got to the house, Old Ding started cursing and not only refused to give Meng money to go to the town to see a doctor, he also forbade her to cry out in pain or make any sound at all.
Because Meng was in the wrong, she endured the pain silently.
No one remembered the fifth son at first, but then the eldest son of the Lu family remembered that his father was still in the old house.
Old Ding sent the eldest brother over to check. The eldest brother quietly came over to listen to what was going on. He happened to hear Captain He say that since Old Five had dared to hit the constable, his life was over. Imprisonment for ten or eight years would be a light sentence! Then he heard Ma Xiaomai say that he would give him a hundred beatings and that it was unknown whether he would survive after that. His legs went weak on the spot.
Ding Youwang saw with his own eyes that Lao Wu was taken away by Captain He and his men, and then he crawled back to report the news. Meng had touched Captain Ding's sore spot and was too busy to care about whether Lao Wu was dead or alive. She didn't say a word and could only curse in her heart.
At this time, if you were to say who Old Mrs. Meng hated the most, it was not Old Dingtou, but Jian Ning.
She wished she could pull out her tendons, peel off her skin, and gnaw on her flesh to vent her hatred!
What made her even more devastated was that her waist was unable to move. She couldn't get out of bed or stand. When she needed to go to the bathroom, she could only call her daughters-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law, Liu, was the first to be called. She was so scared that she sat down on the ground, slapping her legs and crying, "Oh my God, I can't move. How can I have the strength to help my mother poop and pee? Besides the women in the Jian family, who can do that to my mother?"
In the end, Meng urinated on the bed, which made Old Ding so angry that he took off his shoes and beat her more than ten times. After that, he did not allow her to cry, saying that if she dared to cry, he would let his sons throw her to the back mountain to feed the wolves.
Meng couldn't get better in a short time, and she had to do all her defecation and urination in bed. The second son's wife Fang didn't want to serve her, so she was the first to go back to her parents' home with her luggage.
Seeing her return to her parents' home, Mrs. Lu thought to herself, "Old Five is obsessed with Mrs. Jian. Tomorrow, the whole village will know. She won't be able to stay here any longer." Furthermore, even if Old Five survived a hundred beatings, he would likely be left with a serious illness, possibly even a disability. If he were to be released after another ten or eight years, what use would he be? She would have to wait here and take care of Old Mrs. Meng's shit and piss.
She won't do that.
She hurriedly packed up her things, picked up her two-year-old daughter, and told the eldest child to tell her grandparents after she left that she wanted to divorce the fifth child.
Her two sons, Old Ding, wouldn't let her take them away. Even if she did, her parents wouldn't accept her. As for her daughter, she couldn't bear to leave her to suffer in Old Ding's house, so she had to take her back.
When the head of the village and his men passed by Old Ding's house, they heard Liu and Gao both crying loudly. They were in the same situation. Their brothers from their mother's side had separated from their families, and their sisters-in-law would not accept them if they went back. Thinking of Meng paralyzed in bed and relying on them, they felt dizzy and had no way out.
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