Little Chen Qin still felt resentful. Seeing her daughter crying, she muttered, "Ying just said a few gossips. How could it be spread to the He family? Ying is about to get married. It's so embarrassing to kneel down to a poor and sold daughter-in-law."
Chen Genfu scolded in a low voice, "Stop talking. Big brother loves Ying and Arou equally. It's Aying who said those nonsense. It's better for us to teach her a lesson ourselves than to offend her and be punished by her in the future."
Chen Ying's eyes were red and swollen from crying. Chen Qinshi tried to smooth things over and comforted her, "Arou, take your sister to the house to rest. Your uncle was a little too harsh just now because he was afraid that Miss Meng would not give up and tell those things to Master He. You have to understand your uncle's painstaking efforts."
Chen Rou took Chen Ying's hand and led her into the house, saying softly, "The Li family sent two rolls of pink gauze a few days ago. They were made into thin and gorgeous summer dresses. They will definitely look good on Ying."
Chen Ying was at the age when she loved to be coquettish. When she heard Chen Rou's intention to give the Susha to her, she burst into laughter. However, she hated Yu Jiao deeply in her heart.
Little Chen Qin also heard what Chen Rou said, and her dissatisfaction with Chen Gensheng immediately subsided a lot, and her expression softened a lot.
Chen Qin whispered to comfort him, "Your eldest brother is also being forced into a difficult situation by Yu Qizhe, that's why he is like this, let's not let this cause any rift between our family members."
Little Chen Qin smiled and said, "Of course not. You and big brother have always treated Ying as your own daughter. I just complained because I felt sorry for her."
The two of them went into the old lady's room while talking.
The old lady of the Chen family had difficulty walking and had difficulty walking. She had just heard the commotion in the courtyard and shouted a few words at the top of her voice, but she coughed so hard that she almost died. When she saw her two daughters-in-law coming in, she asked with a sullen face, "I heard that the eldest son was very angry. Why did he hit Ying girl?"
Little Chen Qin added fuel to the fire, "It was all caused by Yu Wulang's wife who came to get married. She was so respectable, and Ying girl just said a few gossips about her, but Yu Wulang came to support her and forced our Ying girl to kneel down and apologize to her."
The old lady of the Chen family pounded the bed in anger when she heard this. "A daughter-in-law of a poor family who sold herself dares to bully the girl of our Chen family. How can the Yu family have such a big face..."
Before she could finish her words, she started coughing again. Chen Qin hurriedly came forward with a spittoon. The old lady of the Chen family coughed until she was out of breath. Her skinny body was hunched like a shrimp before she spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm.
Chen Qin took a quick glance and her face changed drastically. There was even a trace of blood in the thick yellow-brown sputum. She hurried to call Chen Gensheng.
The old man of the Chen family passed away early. As a widow, Old Mrs. Chen suffered a lot with her two sons. She worked hard and gritted her teeth to support Chen Gensheng to study. Chen Gensheng became the head of Qingyu Village because of his knowledge, so Chen Gensheng was quite filial.
When he heard that his mother had coughed up blood, he immediately wanted to ask Yu Jiao to come and treat the old lady again, but the old lady stopped him firmly.
"I know my own health. If the wife of a poor family who sold herself really had good medical skills, Yu Wulang's health would have been cured long ago. Don't lose face and beg her. Arou is not married yet, Aying is not engaged yet, and I still have a lot of time to live!" Old Mrs. Chen said hoarsely, her throat already hoarse from coughing.
Chen Gensheng had no choice but to give up and urged Chen Qinshi to make medicine for the old lady according to the previous prescription.
Yu Jiao and the other two returned home. No one mentioned what happened at the Chen family. However, Yu Ruhai asked a few questions about the consultation fee. Yu Jiao just said that the Chen family looked down on female doctors and did not let her see the old lady of the Chen family.
Yu Ruhai smiled flatteringly, "The tribute will be due in a month. My second and fourth brothers need to buy some writing brushes, inkstones, and clothes. Grandfather is not well-off, so you can give us some money, little girl Meng."
This was a shameless attempt to take advantage of the medical fee in Yu Jiao's hand.
Yu Jiao stared at him coldly for a while, then laughed sarcastically, "Only those unruly families rely on their daughters to support the family. My second and fourth brothers are both going to take the imperial examinations to become officials. If this gets out, people will laugh at us. Since you have adopted me as your granddaughter, there is no reason for you to ask for private money from your granddaughter."
These words made Yu Ruhai's old face blush, but he couldn't find any fault. Only poor families who were not presentable would search their daughters' private money. Now that Yu Jiao had become a girl in the Yu family, and the youngest, it made no sense for her to support her brothers. Yu Ruhai felt deeply what it meant to shoot himself in the foot. Fearing of angering Yu Jiao, he didn't dare to force her to take the money, so he had to give up.
Yu Jiao turned around and gave Song two taels of silver, asking her to go to the town to buy meat more often to improve the family's meals. Although the Yu family lived better than other people in the village, they did not have meat often. She was in the period of growing up and did not want to suffer.
Although Yu Qizhe was tall, he was very thin. She wanted to take care of his health, not only to treat his illness, but also to nourish his body. It was better for men to be stronger.
Song took Yu Jiao's money and had no intention of saving it. She ran to the town every few days to buy meat and bones. There was meat on the Yu family's dining table every day. Although Yu Zhou and Zhao complained a few times that Song Chun should not spend money so lavishly, they still ate a lot of food all day long.
Yu Jiao carefully kept the Yaocao in a small jar with water, and it lived well. Yu Jiao picked a leaf every five days to make medicine for Yu Qizhe. Life was very peaceful for a while. Occasionally, there were patients coming to see a doctor, but none of them had serious illnesses. Yu Jiao prescribed medicine and they all got better soon. Gradually, the villagers began to call Yu Jiao Doctor Meng.
It rained several more times, and in a blink of an eye it was mid-July. The weather had turned a little cooler, and the villagers were already busy sowing wheat seeds.
One day, Yu Fuling came to Yu Jiao and said with difficulty, "Grandma Chen is in a very bad condition. She has been coughing up blood for days. Chen Rou cried and begged me to go and see her."
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