After the cremation, Lu Jin watched with his own eyes the abbot collect Master Huijue's ashes and bury them in the pagoda forest before he went down the mountain with a haggard look on his face.
It was already noon when they arrived at Qingyu Village. Yu Qizhe was heartbroken when he heard the news. Although Master Huijue had previously told him not to go to pay homage, how could Yu Qizhe feel at ease? He said hello to Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling, then hurriedly followed Lu Jin out of the house and went to Fahua Temple.
Yu Jiao saw that Yu Qizhe looked unhappy and guessed that maybe Master Huijue had passed away, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried about him.
The wheat in the field had not yet been planted, and the people from the first and second wives all went to the fields early in the morning. Yu Hanshan slaughtered a pig at home and took it to the stall to sell. Because he was afraid that if he asked Yu Qiaoshan for help, the first wife would use the excuse of asking for wages, Yu Hanshan specially called on his good friends to help, and did not trouble his family.
Zhao used the excuse of making new clothes for Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan and stayed at home instead of going to the fields.
In fact, everyone knew the same thing as Mingjing. They all knew that Zhao was not good at working, so no one bothered with her.
Because they used a plow cart, sowing was convenient and did not require too many people. The first and second wives could take turns to do the work. Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling stayed in the field for half a day and were then sent back home.
When Yu Fuling saw Zhao making new clothes, she took out the newly bought cloth and asked Yu Jiao to cut it.
Yu Jiao knew nothing about needlework and couldn't understand the measurements, so she could only help thread the needle.
Yu Fuling wanted to make a dress for Yu Jiao in the style of the ruqun worn by the young ladies in the town, but Yu Jiao thought it was not necessary. It was really troublesome to sew stitch by stitch. Even if she didn't do it, she felt a headache just thinking about it.
Yu Fuling decided to make her a nice dress as a reward for Yu Jiao buying fabrics for the whole family. She looked very excited and sewed very attentively, so Yu Jiao had no choice but to let her do it.
In the afternoon, the old lady's youngest daughter Yu Huangqi came with her son-in-law.
Yu Zhou brought out all the good things in the house, took her little daughter's hand, and the two talked in the room for a long time.
"I had severe morning sickness a while ago, so I couldn't eat and didn't have time to go back to my parents' house to help with the wheat harvest." Yu Huangqi sat on the couch with a big belly, chewing on the melon that Yu Zhou had washed, and said, "I came here with Dafu as soon as I finished the work in the fields. You haven't finished planting the wheat at home, right? I asked Dafu to go to the fields to help."
Yu Huangqi turned around and was about to call her husband Dafu to go to the fields, but Yu Zhoushi stopped her and said, "The eldest and second sons and their wives are in the fields, they have enough people to use. You and Dafu have finally come here, so there is no reason to let your son-in-law work."
She smiled and said to Meng Dafu, "Don't listen to Qi girl, go sit down and have tea with your father-in-law."
Meng Dafu touched his head and smiled, then worriedly reminded Yu Huangqi, "Don't stay in the cold and eat less fruits." Then he turned and went out of the room.
Yu Huangqi looked impatient and complained to Yu Zhoushi with a smile, "Really? It's not the first child, and you keep watching over me all day long. You're so careful."
Yu Zhou smiled lovingly, "Da Fu really cares about you. It won't hurt to be more careful."
The marriage for the younger daughter was personally chosen by Yu Zhou. Meng Dafu has always been very concerned about Yu Huangqi, and Yu Huangqi has never suffered any grievances in these years since her marriage.
"Where is the third brother?" Yu Huangqi asked.
Yu Zhou said, "Your third brother has set up a pork stall at the intersection of Zhengjiazhuang. He just opened it today and is probably very busy right now. I don't know how the business is going."
"Third brother has set up a stall to sell pork?" Yu Huangqi was very surprised and said happily, "So third brother has gone out to make a living. This is a good thing. It is impossible to save money just by relying on the food from the fields. Third brother has always been smart. If he can make it work, I will let Dafu work with him in the future."
Yu Zhou agreed with a smile. She looked at Yu Huangqi's round belly and said worriedly, "Why is your body so heavy? You don't even look like a seven-month-old baby. You look like you're about to give birth. Have you seen the doctor?"
Yu Huangqi also looked down at his belly and touched it with his hand. "I don't know what's going on. I vomited so much recently due to morning sickness, but I haven't lost any weight. My belly is really heavy with this baby. I feel very tired when I move a little. Dafu asked the doctor to check my pulse, and the doctor didn't say anything bad."
"Since the doctor said it's okay, don't worry." Yu Zhou said with a smile, "Maybe you have two babies in your belly."
"That's not the case. If there were two, the doctor would have told me." Yu Huangqi had been feeling a little tired after sitting for a while. He pulled the pillow from the couch, stuffed it behind him, then lay down and talked to Yu Zhoushi.
Yu Zhou put the mattress behind her again and said, "How about asking your father to feel your pulse?"
Yu Huangqi yawned and said lazily, "Mom, don't worry about it. I've been pregnant with a girl before, so if there was anything wrong, I would have noticed it a long time ago. Let Dad check your pulse before we leave."
Yu Zhou stood up and found a tightly wrapped handkerchief from the corner of the cabinet. She took out two taels of silver from it and stuffed it into Yu Huangqi's pocket, saying, "This is the private money that mother saved. Take it. When you give birth, ask Dafu to buy you some food to nourish your body."
Yu Huangqi refused to take it, saying, "It will cost a lot of money for Jinshu and Jinyan to study, you should keep the money for them. Dafu has always been generous to me, and my mother-in-law also said that when I give birth, she will kill all the chickens at home to nourish my body."
"Take it quickly. Mother has money. The family has more income now, so we don't have to worry about the money for Jinyan and Jinshu's studies." Yu Zhou forced the money into Yu Huangqi's hand.
After hearing what Yu Zhou said, Yu Huangqi put away the silver. Although her mother had given her silver before when she went back to her parents' home, it was never as much as this time. She couldn't help but ask, "Did Dad make money from seeing patients recently?"
"Your father doesn't see patients anymore." Yu Zhou didn't know what to say for a moment. She figured out that she was able to save so much private money because the family had a lot of income from Meng Yujiao's medical practice recently.
"Dad doesn't see patients anymore?" Yu Huangqi looked surprised.
Yu Zhou nodded, and slowly told the story of Yu Jiao climbing into bed to seduce Yu Jinyan, and told Yu Huangqi all the changes in the family in recent days.
Yu Huangqi, who was originally listless and sleepy, became alert after hearing this. He was dumbfounded and said, "Are you really talking about Meng Yujiao from our Mengjia Village? The bride I bought for my fifth brother?"
Yu Zhou nodded.
"She knows medicine? Why have I never heard anyone mention it?" At first, the old man wanted to hold a wedding for his fifth brother, but when people in the nearby villages found out about Yu Qizhe's health, they were unwilling to marry their daughters to the Yu family and let them live as widows. Later, they came up with the idea of buying a girl to bring home for a happy wedding.
There was a widow named Liu Sanniang in Mengjia Village, the home of Yu Huangqi's husband. Her husband died a few years ago, and she lived a very difficult life with her two children.
Yu Huangqi leaked some information to Liu Sanniang's uncle's family, but he didn't expect that Liu's uncle's family would directly take the initiative to agree to the matter, took the money, and let her take Meng Yujiao away.
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