Chapter 35 Why is the man still jealous?
"Brother Tian, just say what you want to say." Seeing that Tian Da Kui was hesitant to speak, Wang Ziru asked him out of consideration for the fact that he had given her some radishes: "I was outside your yard just now. Did you want to talk about Sister Xiu Xiang?"
"Yes! This is what happened..."
Tian Da Kui had been holding it in for more than a month, and now that the matter was about to be solved, he no longer wanted to keep it a secret.
On the spot, he told Wang Ziru that his wife might be ill.
There were some things that Tian Da Kui himself was embarrassed to say too clearly.
It was Wang Ziru who, based on her experience as an excellent obstetrician and gynecologist in her previous life, asked a few questions and immediately had a general understanding of Han Xiuxiang's physical condition.
"From what you said, my sister-in-law may have a gynecological disease. However, there are many types of gynecological diseases. I have to see what her condition is before I can tell her how to treat it." In an instant, Wang Ziru's habit as a practicing doctor came into play.
I made the initial diagnosis without even thinking about it.
When Tian Da Kui heard this, he was so excited that he almost cried.
"Baoer's mother, do you really know how to treat gynecological diseases?"
"Yes, I know a little bit," Wang Ziru looked at Tian Da Kui's hopeful face and said with a smile, "But if the disease is confirmed, you still have to go to the town health station to get the herbs yourself."
"There's no problem with that! Then..." Tian Da Kui wanted to take his young wife to his home right away and let her examine his wife carefully.
But it was broad daylight, with so many eyes watching in the village, and the two families didn't usually interact with each other.
For a while, he couldn't find a good excuse.
"Bao'er's mother, please go home first. I will go back and discuss this with your sister-in-law Xiuxiang, and then I will come to your house to find you."
"Okay, there's no need to rush this." Wang Ziru nodded.
Originally, Tian Da Kui wanted to use the excuse of helping his young wife deliver radishes to Zhai's house, but then he thought that this was somewhat inappropriate.
It would be bad if he went to Zhai's house rashly and was misunderstood by the young wife's husband.
The men in the village all knew to avoid suspicion. Even though the young wife's husband had returned home, everyone was afraid of gossip.
He helped kick the dustpan to the gate of the Tian family's yard and watched Wang Ziru and Baoer go home.
Tian Da Kui rushed into the kitchen, held his wife's hand, and said excitedly, "I just told Bao'er's mother about your situation. She said you have a gynecological disease and need to be checked to know what kind of gynecological disease it is. I asked Bao'er's mother to go back first. Why don't I bring her over tonight and check you!"
"Tian Da Kui, are you crazy?!"
Han Xiuxiang blushed and yelled at her man.
Her face turned red: "She didn't even see what was wrong with me, how dare she say I was sick?"
"Why are you still doubting her? Didn't you hear that yesterday at the town clinic, she not only helped her baby adjust its position, but also performed a more authentic delivery than the doctors at the clinic."
Tian Da Kui's eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, and the word "Chuan" was squeezed out between his eyebrows.
I was thinking about what to do to cure my wife's illness.
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Zhai family courtyard.
Zhai Ximo had already completed all the preparations in the kitchen.
The pig's trotters were also chopped into pieces, washed with hot water, and stewed into a large pot of pig's trotter soup.
The bracken and garlic sprouts to be stir-fried at noon have also been washed clean, and we are just waiting for the mother and son to come home from digging radishes.
So, Zhai Ximo frequently shuttled between the yard and the kitchen, standing outside the yard and looking at the back mountain of the village from a high place.
Seeing the woman walking down the slope, Zhai Ximo hurriedly trotted down and took the dustpan from the woman's hand.
"What took you so long?"
Baoer held her mother's soft hand, smiling, "Mom was talking to Uncle Tian."
"What did you say to Uncle Hetian? You told him when you went there, and now you're standing at the gate of his yard talking after you came back from digging radishes!" Zhai Ximo asked with some displeasure, lowering his eyes.
Wang Ziru then handed the hoe to the man.
"Zhai Ximo, what's your tone? It's as if I can't even talk to others."
"It's not impossible! I was waiting for your carrots, but do you know how long you were gone?"
"Not long."
"Half an hour."
Bao Er said with a smile: "Dad, I'll tell you a secret."
The boy immediately let go of his mother's hand, ran to his father, and then trotted up the slope.
Zhai Ximo walked with big steps and fast pace. This slight slope was not difficult for a soldier. He paused for a moment and looked at his son. "What secret?"
"Uncle Tian just told Mom a secret..."
The man holding the dustpan and Bao'er's mother who was following behind them were both startled.
Zhai Ximo turned around and glared at his wife.
Tian Da Kui is so bold!
What secret did you tell her?
Wang Ziru almost bent over with laughter. She walked behind Baoer and pinched the child's soft face.
Then she said to the man casually, "Tian Da Kui heard that I can deliver babies, so he wanted me to go to his house to help check on Sister Xiuxiang's body."
"Ah? What happened to his wife? Is she pregnant too?"
"No," Wang Ziru laughed, "From what Brother Tian said, she must have a gynecological disease."
Zhai Ximo was startled and looked at his wife with a strange look.
"...Can you treat women's illnesses?"
"I'll take a closer look."
"Have you learned this from the barefoot doctor in the village?"
Wang Ziru blinked and tried to get away with it.
When the family returned home, Zhai Ximo washed the radish, cut it into pieces, and stewed it in an iron pot with the pig's feet.
When Zhai Jiahao returned home from working in the fields, he went directly to the thatched kitchen behind the house to fetch water.
Seeing the third brother carrying a basket of big, white radishes to their room, Zhai Jiahao asked in surprise, "Third brother! Where did you get these radishes?"
"What's wrong? You don't want carrots too?"
Zhai Jiahao rolled his eyes at his brother, scooped a bucket of cold water and drank a few gulps.
Then he asked, "We have already dug up all the radishes in the back hill. Whose field did you dig these from? Don't dig up other people's radishes, or they will chase you into our yard and scold you."
Zhai Ximo looked down at the fresh white radish in the scoop and said, "You guys have dug them all up, didn't you think of leaving a few for us?"
"No, you kid are competing with us for a few radishes!"
Zhai Jiahao angrily dropped the wooden ladle, turned around and walked out of the kitchen.
Zhai Ximo brought the white radishes back to their room and laid them out on the ground to dry.
Turning around, he walked into the next door kitchen. "I just heard from the second brother that they dug up all our radishes?"
Next to the fire, Wang Ziru and Baoer were warming themselves by the fire.
Hearing the man's question, Wang Ziru smiled and said, "If you hadn't seen these things at home with your own eyes, I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me. Otherwise, you can ask Baoer, what has the land behind the Tian family become after being dug up by the two families?"
"Dad! The radishes are picked from Uncle Tian's field. There are no radishes in our field. We dug them in a mess." Baoer's voice was clear.
I heard that the radishes were also sent by Tian Da Kui.
Zhai Ximo snorted in disgust and warned his wife: "Bao'er's mother, I don't want you to easily accept gifts from others!"