The items that Chen Yu and Niu Dajiang and Sister You wanted were all transported by land. Since the Four Seas had not yet opened up river and sea transport, they could only hire bodyguards to escort the goods.
Fortunately, pickled vegetables can be stored for a long time.
After the vegetables were delivered to the capital, You Sanmei also came to report that the goods had been received. Two months had passed between the two trips.
August has arrived.
The school has already started.
Sang Yu's younger brother, Sang Zhen, and younger sister, Sang Rong, also came to the Niu family. Twelve-year-old Sang Rong helped Niu Cuihua and Niu Yong with farming.
Niu Da has already made three juicers.
August has gradually cooled down, and there is no need to make ice anymore, but fruit juice is still very popular, so Niu Da bought a fruit shop.
And Mo Xiaomei…
Liu Quan has gradually lost interest in her, and he doesn't come home every night. Even when he does come back, he goes to Chunniang's room.
Chunniang had been holding back from openly dealing with Mo Xiaomei, but now that Liu Quan was neglecting Mo Xiaomei, she took advantage of her position as the mistress of the Wang County Magistrate's mansion to take away all of Mo Xiaomei's maids.
Furthermore, they made Mo Xiaomei do servant's work.
To prevent Mo Xiaomei from making a ruckus everywhere, she was locked in the west courtyard to pound rice.
Mo Xiaomei cried and went to find Liu Quan, but was beaten up instead. Liu Quan had some quirks that were hard for ordinary people to accept.
He also liked to give the whole thing... and even liked to bestow it upon the servant...
After that, he would use even more unacceptable fetishes on her.
Mo Xiaomei felt that she was not like a human being here, but like an animal.
If she hadn't tried to run away, she probably would have lost her life here. Just as she was about to try to run away, Liu Quan's servant returned.
He also had a doctor with him.
"Doctor, please take a look at our master! We don't know what's wrong, it seems like he has a serious illness," the servant said.
A serious illness?
Mo Xiaomei was startled. A few days ago, Liu Quan returned at the fourth watch of the night and they became quite friendly.
After that, she felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Mo Xiaomei followed closely to the window outside the house, and the servant locked the door.
"His eyebrows have fallen out, his nose is broken, and he can't speak! Your young master's symptoms probably didn't just appear in the last couple of days, did they?" The doctor examined Liu Quan's genitals and was somewhat shocked.
“It has been a while. A month ago, my master just felt soreness in his limbs, which then spread to his head and face. A few days later, several blisters appeared on his body. We thought they were just ordinary blisters,” the servant said.
"Afterwards, when scabs formed on my body, I asked this doctor, and he said it was a serious illness and that I would be fine after taking two doses of medicine!"
"I went to the brothel a few days ago, and my illness only got worse. Yesterday, I couldn't speak anymore. When I washed my face, all my eyebrows fell out, and my nose broke! It was terrifying."
Mo Xiaomei, who was outside the window, was terrified when she heard this. She quickly opened her hands and saw that both of her arms were covered in blisters.
"This gentleman suffers from venereal disease, a life-or-death struggle, more like being sawed or bound by ropes. Knowing it is incurable, he silently prays for death." The doctor picked up his medicine box and left.
The servant pulled the doctor back and said:
"Doctor, don't go! Don't go! As long as you can save my master, you can have as much money as you want!"
"This isn't about money; I can't save him! Even if you bring in the most skilled doctor, you can't cure his illness! You should just prepare for the funeral!"
Hearing how serious the illness was, the servant couldn't help but feel frightened. "How did I contract this disease?"
"Because it was born to a woman with malnutrition sores," the doctor said, and then left.
When they passed through the front hall, the doctor told Chunniang about the sick child. Chunniang immediately collapsed to the ground, terrified out of her wits.
"Doctor, please take a look at me!" Chunniang stretched out her hand, which was covered in scabs, and said, "Is there any hope for me?"
The doctor immediately understood what was wrong and said, "Luckily, the lady spoke up early; there is still hope!"
"I'm willing to pay any price as long as you can save me, just name your price!" Magistrate Wang had previously thought she had a serious illness and was quite disgusted with her, even refusing to let her hold her son.
He gave his son to a rather beautiful concubine to raise.
But since she had given birth to a son, Magistrate Wang did not ask her to divorce him. However, her treatment was not as good as before. But she had some savings from before, plus the money she had given to Liu Quan, as long as she could get it back, it would be enough for her to get cured.
Upon hearing the doctor's words, Mo Xiaomei was terrified, her mind filled with only one thought: how to escape…
She tried to climb the wall twice, but both times that bitch Chunniang caught her and brought her back. This time, Chunniang probably doesn't have time to bother with her.
Mo Xiaomei ran back to Niushan Village in a daze. It was already afternoon. She was hungry and thirsty, and couldn't help but knock on the open door of the Niu family's house:
"Madam Shen, are you home? Do you have any water?"
Chen Yu, Niu Cuihua, and Xiang Jinlan were busy preparing sauces in the innermost room and didn't hear the people outside talking.
Only Niu Baolan, who was sharp-eared and quick-witted, heard it and ran to Chen Yu's side, saying, "Mom, it sounds like someone is knocking on the door!"
Chen Yu put down her work, went outside, and asked, "Who is it?"
Mo Xiaomei said, "It's me, Madam Shen! Mo Xiaomei! Do you have any water? I'm so thirsty!"
Upon seeing that it was Mo Xiaomei, Chen Yu grabbed a discarded ceramic lid, quickly washed it, poured a lidful of water on it, and handed it to Mo Xiaomei.
"Little sister, what happened to your face? Why do you have so many spots?"
It wasn't that she still held a grudge against Mo Xiaomei, nor did she despise her; it was just that she saw Mo Xiaomei's body covered in hard lumps and feared she might have some kind of illness, and she didn't know if it was contagious.
“Madam Shen, my illness is not contagious, so don’t be afraid! I used to do a lot of terrible things, and I’m sorry for that! If I had just lived a peaceful life with Niu Er back then, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be in this state now,” Mo Xiaomei said.
"Why did you come here? Little sister, why did you come here? Niu Er is already engaged, how can you go back?" Chen Yu said.
"He's engaged? Engaged so soon?" Mo Xiaomei suddenly laughed, then burst into tears:
"Auntie, could you lend me fifteen copper coins? I need to go to the county!"
"You just came from the county, what are you going to do again?" Chen Yu asked, she was not very willing to lend money to Mo Xiaomei.
Mo Xiaomei suddenly knelt down and said, "Auntie, if you can lend me the money, I will repay your great kindness if I survive!"
She came hoping her parents would take her in, but they kicked her out. That's why she came to Niushan Village to see her husband.
She broke down when she learned that her husband was about to get engaged.
"So Liu Quan didn't give you a single penny?" Chen Yu asked.
Mo Xiaomei said, "Auntie, he's not some official's brother-in-law at all, he's just a swindler who lives off women! Now, he's barely able to take care of himself, he won't live much longer! How can he care about me?" "Auntie, I beg you!"
Shen Yu thought to herself that although her past behavior was shameful and hateful, she was now at her wit's end. Fifteen coins was nothing more than a way to send away a beggar.
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