Several people came into the house, let Chen Lu lie on the kang, wiped the sweat off his face, changed his clothes, and heated up food for them.
While eating, Wang briefly recounted her trip to the capital. The treatment went smoothly, except that A-Lu suffered a lot. He fainted from the pain when his bones were broken, and cried in pain when he woke up. Chen Ming and others shed tears when they heard it.
However, the injury recovered very well, even the doctor of Qianjin Medical Clinic said that he recovered faster than others. He treated the disease, bought medicine, and brought back more than 20 packets of medicine and more than 10 ointments, spending a total of 12 taels and 5 cents of silver.
Wang also said that they had been living in Chen Shi's house for more than half a month. Chen Shi's family had helped them a lot, and they said they didn't want any of the money they were given.
Because there was still so much money left, before leaving, Wang went to the cloth shop and bought a piece of silk for each of the five members of his family to make clothes, but she still secretly left the two silver coins at his house.
They also said that Chen Shi's family's life was far from as good as these people said. The small courtyard was very small, and they were very frugal. They stewed some meat every day only for A Lu to eat, and the three children in the family could not eat it. Chen Shi borrowed a few taels of silver to repair the house for the eldest wife, and only paid it back a few months ago. Chen Shi's wife Zhang complained to Hu that she never wanted to return to Xiangluo Village again...
Chen Shi was very concerned about his reputation. He always told Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye brothers about good news and not bad news. When he made money, he was willing to honor his mother and two brothers, and often brought money and things home. After being ripped off by Mrs. Hu, he no longer cared about his reputation and let Mrs. Zhang tell him all his secrets. They were doing a small business in the city, working from dawn to dusk every day, and they made less than ten taels of silver a month. Life in the city was expensive, and they had to support their two sons to study...
Hearing this, several people sighed.
After they talked for a while, Chen Dabao reported that Qiqi and his mother had made some money and had established a relationship with Xile Restaurant, which made Wang and A Lu very happy.
Ah Lu looked at his sister with even more admiration and said, "Third Uncle's business is not easy to run and it's not easy to make money. How come my sister is so capable and makes so much money so easily?"
Chen Ahfu laughed a few times and said, "You have to be good at using your brain to do things that others haven't thought of. This way you can make more money."
Chen Ming educated A Lu and Da Bao, "Did you hear that? A Fu's words are good advice. No matter what you do, including studying, you must be good at using your brain."
A Lu and Da Bao nodded.
After Wang and A Lu rested for a while, they asked Dabao to go to the main room to invite Old Lady Chen and also invite Chen Ye to come for dinner.
Not long after, Old Mrs. Chen came running over.
The old lady hugged Chen A Lu and cried again.
Wang gave her a pound of candy that she had bought for the old lady in the city, and also gave her the snacks that Chen Shi had bought for the old lady.
Then the old lady asked about their expenses this time, and Wang honestly said it was twelve taels of silver.
The old lady was surprised, "How do you have so much money?"
Chen Ming whispered, "I made some money from selling sewing baskets, and Ah Fu made some more money from making sewing kits."
The old lady looked at Chen Ahfu with more satisfaction and said, "Ahfu is really capable. You must remember how your father raised you and respect him all your life."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Don't worry, grandma, I've always remembered it. I must be filial to not only my father, but also you."
The old lady was even happier, and warned again, "Don't tell them how much money you made from making sewing kits, and don't tell them how much money A-Lu spent on his treatment. Mrs. Hu is such a short-sighted woman."
Wang then told the old lady the actual situation of Chen Shi's family, and the old lady began to wipe away her tears.
The old lady also complained to Chen Shi, "That silly boy, his life is not easy at all, why did he build such a big yard for us?"
Wang endured it and didn't dare tell anyone about Hu crying and asking for the house.
As they were talking, Chen Ye, Hu, Chen Dahu and Chen Daya arrived.
Before Hu entered the house, she shouted, "Wow, how much money did you make? It's not a festival, but you still hang such a big piece of meat under the eaves?" When she entered the kitchen, she saw the remaining half pot of pig's trotter soup and two small bowls of leftovers on the table, and shouted again, "Wow, you still cooked so much meat, where did you get the money?"
Chen Ahfu explained, "We didn't buy this meat. Young Master Yang came to our house to play this morning, and they brought it."
Chen Ming also said that Master Xiao Yang was the young master of the Xile Restaurant and was good friends with Chen Dabao. Then, ignoring Hu's curiosity, he directly told Chen Ye about A Lu's treatment.
After dinner, when they were leaving, Wang gave them the candies she had bought for the eldest wife and the snacks that Chen Shi had bought.
Mrs. Hu looked at the snacks in disbelief and asked, "Uncle San didn't just send us this bag of snacks, did he?"
Wang's face turned red with anger, and she said loudly, "If sister-in-law doesn't believe it, wait until Third Uncle comes back and ask him. I'm not so shallow as to embezzle the things that others bring to you."
Chen Ye quickly explained, "Don't be angry, Third Sister-in-law. That's not what Agui Niang meant." He then scolded Hu, "What's wrong with you? Do you know how to speak? You are getting more and more confused. Didn't Third Sister-in-law just say that my Third Brother's family is not having a good time either?"
Mrs. Hu muttered, "No matter how bad it is, it's still much better than our life in the countryside."
Old Mrs. Chen didn't give her face and scolded, "You are the only sister-in-law who would ask your brother-in-law for things every day. San'er only brought me a bag of snacks. Does he respect you more than me?"
Chen Ye's face flushed and he glared at Hu again.
Mrs. Hu didn't say anything else, but judging by her expression, she still didn't believe that Chen Shi only brought her a bag of snacks.
Wang was so angry that she felt panicked.
Starting from the next day, Chen Afu prepared a nutritious meal for A Lu. He had to drink milk in the morning, have bone soup at noon and in the evening, and alternate between lean meat and pork liver. He also let him spend more time outside in the sun.
Every day when Wang went to buy meat, whenever people envied her family's good life, Wang would say, "Buy less, so that A-Lu can have more to eat."
In her spare time, Chen Ahfu asked Wang to teach her how to make clothes and pants. When she saw Wang cutting pants, she said that it was not good-looking and uncomfortable to wear. She suggested Wang how to cut, but Wang did not dare to start.
Chen Ahfu used the cloth he bought for Dabao to practice. What Wang didn't expect was that the pants he cut out not only fit well, but also looked good. It was only relatively speaking, it was still relatively wide, but not as straight up and down as before, and the waist and crotch were smaller and shallower.
After Chen Fu finished making the pants, he made one for Chen Ming. After Chen Ming put them on, he said, "They are much more comfortable than the pants I made before."
Wang was happy and cut the rest of the pants in the same way.
In the afternoon of the 26th, Xiao Shitou came running and said, "Aunt Fu, your furniture is ready. My father and second uncle will deliver it soon." Then he ran to the west end of the village to play with Chen Dabao, who was walking his bird and collecting firewood.
Chen Afu was delighted to hear this, and hurried to the new courtyard with Wang to open the gate. Chen Ming and A Lu, who was on crutches, also came to see.
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