Chapter 179 Follow Me and Strive to Live Another 20 Years
Upon hearing this, Chen Cui'e quickly looked at Bai Qianqian and asked in a low voice: "Qianqian, what's going on? Who has a problem between you and Baocheng?"
Bai Qianqian blushed and explained quickly: "Mom, Baocheng and I are fine, it's just that I want to get pregnant as soon as possible. My sister-in-law said that she got pregnant in the second month after her marriage, and it was all because of the folk remedy you found for her, so I want to..."
Chen Cui'e understood what she said. She smiled and looked at her daughter-in-law, comforting her: "Don't listen to your sister-in-law's nonsense. I just gave them some tonic soup, it's not that magical..."
Before she could finish, Bai Qianqian's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Chen Cui'e's hand and said, "Mom, it's the tonic medicine. I think we need it too." She didn't want to say that their bodies were also weak.
"This," Chen Cui'e was a little hesitant. Although this medicine would not harm anyone, she saw that the third brother and his wife did not seem to be weak. So there was no need for them to drink it, right?
Seeing her mother-in-law's hesitation, Bai Qianqian quickly reached out and held her hand, saying, "Mom, you also want to have a grandson soon, right? Just buy us a few pairs!"
Chen Cui'e was so pestered that she had no choice but to agree.
After returning home, Chen Cui'e complained to her husband Jiang Youtian with some dissatisfaction: "You said that Hehua has a loose mouth and tells everything. Guess what Qianqian said to me before she left?"
"What? Are you going to tell you about my old family?"
Chen Cui'e waved her hand, "That's not the case. She just asked me for a remedy to help her get pregnant. She said that the old lady got pregnant after drinking that. Why is she so anxious? Hehua, I thought of giving her some supplements because I saw that she was skinny. Qianqian looks healthy, so I don't think it's necessary."
When Jiang Youtian heard about this, he replied easily, "What's the big deal? Since she wants it, just give it to her! It won't hurt to drink it, it just costs a little money."
Chen Cui'e rolled her eyes at her husband and complained, "Old man, do you think I don't want to pay for this? There is no rooster at home. I have to go to the village to see if there is one. I will at least pick one up first. Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I will go to ask Mrs. Sun if she has any medicine."
After Chen Cui'e finished speaking, she changed her route and went to the home of the barefoot doctor, Mrs. Sun.
"Mrs. Sun, you're at home," Chen Cui'e smiled and walked into the Sun family's yard.
Granny Sun was drying the herbs she had dug from the mountains in the front yard. When she saw Chen Cui'e, she grinned and said, "It's Cui'e, what's up? What herbs did you dig up again?"
Chen Cui'e waved her hand. "No, I went to my youngest daughter's house today, not to the mountain. So, I just wanted to ask if you still have the tonic soup you prepared for my eldest son and his family a few years ago?"
"What kind of tonic medicine is this?" Mrs. Sun was confused by the question.
"That's it. My eldest son and daughter-in-law got pregnant in the second month after drinking it. Yes, I added a little rooster to it." Chen Cui'e was a little anxious. She was not a doctor. If Mrs. Sun had forgotten the prescription, then she would really be helpless.
Grandma Sun understood immediately, "Oh, you mean that one? Why? Who in your family uses it? Oh, I remember your third child doesn't have any children yet, right? It must be used by them."
"Yes, yes, you are right. Do you have any ready-made herbs? Please pack a few for me and I will bring them over when I have time."
"Yes, but not that much. Let me write down the prescription for you and you can let your son get it himself." Mrs. Sun said as she prepared to go back to the house to find a pen to write the prescription.
Chen Cui'e looked at the herbs all over the yard, smiled and looked at Grandma Sun and asked, "Grandma Sun, why don't you take in an apprentice? Otherwise, your medical skills will be gone."
Grandma Sun came out holding a piece of paper and said helplessly, "I want to, too. My daughter Banxia likes it, but she doesn't have the talent. After studying for several years, she can't even recognize the most basic herbs. You say this is a life-threatening matter. Can I let her continue to study without worry? Forget it, that's it. While I can still move, I will save some dowry for her. It will be fine when she gets married, and I will have completed my mission."
Chen Cui'e regretted bringing this up. She slapped her lips several times and said with an apologetic smile, "You see, it's all my fault. Why did I bring this up?"
"Well, it's none of your business. I'm just an old woman like this. As long as Banxia can find a good home, that's enough."
Speaking of Sun Banxia, Chen Cui'e had an idea in her mind. She asked tentatively: "Grandma Sun, do you have any plans for Banxia?"
"What arrangements?" Mrs. Sun didn't quite understand.
"Oh, do you want to marry Banxia off or find a son-in-law to stay at home?" Chen Cui'e looked at Grandma Sun's dilapidated stone house. She felt that with the current conditions, no one would be willing to find a son-in-law.
Granny Sun naturally knew her family's conditions. She waved her hand and said, "Well, why bother looking for a son-in-law? Given my family's situation, it would be great if Banxia could find a good family to marry into."
"But didn't Old Sun say he wanted to find a son-in-law for Banxia when he was here?"
The old Sun mentioned by Chen Cui'e is the old partner of Mrs. Sun, who has been dead for several years. The reason why the two have the same surname is that Mrs. Sun was a child bride, so she took the surname of the Sun family.
The couple originally had a son, but unexpectedly he was also short-lived. Banxia fell off the mountain and died before he was even one year old. When the daughter-in-law saw this, she abandoned the child and ran away, refusing to suffer this punishment no matter what.
In this way, the old couple Sun and Sun Banxia depended on each other for survival. Although the three of them lived a poor but happy life. Since the old man Sun passed away a few years ago, the family has become even quieter.
Grandma Sun smiled bitterly and said, "Cui'e, finding a son-in-law is something that only rich families do. For poor people like us, why would they be willing to be a live-in son-in-law? I have finally figured it out. Banxia is already eighteen years old this year. Find her a good family to marry. If I can live a few more years, I will take care of her children for a few more years. This will be the last thing I can do for her as a grandmother."
Chen Cui'e felt sorry for what Grandma Sun said, so she tried to comfort her, "Grandma Sun, look at what you said. Even if Banxia gets married, you can't fall down. You know that we women need the support of our natal family to live well after we get married. You don't want to be bullied by others when you go to Banxia, do you?"
Grandma Sun felt distressed when she thought of what Chen Cui'e said, but how long could an old woman like her live? This was fate.
Chen Cui'e also saw what Grandma Sun was thinking. She rolled her eyes at Grandma Sun and said, "Although I call you Grandma Sun, you are only five or six years older than me. I am trying to live another twenty years. Can't you live up to me?"
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