She rushed over and, still in disbelief, checked again.
"Did Mother ask you to deliver this to me?"
"Yes, Mother knows you haven't slept all night. She told me to tell you to go get some sleep when you have a chance. The sky hasn't fallen, so no one will die."
Upon hearing this, Luo Zhiwan felt her eyes well up with tears.
"What about Dad? Has he gotten up and had breakfast?"
Jiawang pursed his lips and shook his head.
"No, Mother said Father is sick and has a high fever."
"Is Father sick?"
She let out a silent sigh of relief.
"It must be because I made him angry."
"I don't know, but Grandmother is sick too. Mother just brought her food, but she didn't eat it, and neither did Father. Sigh!"
Two of the three elders fell ill overnight, and she really turned this family into a complete mess.
I suppose Mother is just putting on a brave face!
She took the steamed buns and porridge from Jiawang and said to him:
"Go tell Second Sister not to come to the pharmacy today. Tell her to look after Yiming. Mother has to take care of Father and Grandmother and is too busy. Let Mother rest!"
"Um."
Just as Jiawang was about to turn and leave, he saw Zhiruo walking over from the backyard.
"Eldest sister, Mother said Father won't be coming to the pharmacy for the next couple of days. You can take care of the shop! And Yiming, she can manage to keep him in check..."
Father isn't coming to the pharmacy anymore? He probably doesn't want to see her!
But that's fine too. Anyway, business at the pharmacy hasn't been good these past few days, and with her father not coming, she can work with full force.
She gritted her teeth and nodded.
"Okay, let Dad rest! Let's keep going..."
After finishing her meal, just as she was about to bend down to work, Zhiruo whispered something in her ear.
"Sis, Brother Dajiang is here..."
Brother Dajiang?
Hu Xiucai, her former fiancé, broke off the engagement because she gave birth to Yiming.
What is he doing here?
She frowned, stood up, went to the doorway, brushed the dust off her hands, and asked curiously:
"Scholar Hu, what brings you here?"
Hu Xiucai shook his head somewhat awkwardly, then took two steps forward.
"Zhiwan, I've come to see you. Are you alright?"
When he asked that, Zhiwan guessed that he must have heard from others that she was crazy, which was why he came.
Hu Xiucai's real name is Hu Dajiang. He lives on Hukou Street, which is not far from Liulin Lane. Like Liulin Lane, it is located in the far suburbs of the capital. The two of them grew up together. Although Dajiang is rather stingy, he is not a bad person and treats her quite well. This time, the annulment of the engagement was forced by Dajiang's mother. I heard that he went on a hunger strike for three days because of this.
She took two steps forward, revealing a sunny smile.
"Okay, can't you see? I'm very busy. If you don't have anything else to do, you should go back, or you'll get scolded by your mother."
"I heard you've bought a lot of medicinal herbs here. I've come to see if there's anything I can help with."
Luo Zhiwan quickly waved her hand, not wanting her neighbors to see her and Dajiang gossiping about them.
She wasn't afraid, since her reputation was already ruined anyway. But Dajiang was different; he was going to the capital next year to take the imperial examination and might even become an official. She didn't want to affect him.
Thinking of this, she shook her head and refused.
"No need, we can handle it..."
But before she could finish speaking, Hu Dajiang had already walked past her, entered the house, and started packing the medicinal herbs with Jiawang.
She shook her head helplessly, decided to ignore him, and continued working.
According to her estimate, if they pack all the medicinal herbs together today, clean the shop all day tomorrow, and by the morning after tomorrow, the plague will have spread throughout the capital, at which point her medicinal herbs will come in handy.
When that time comes, let those unscrupulous merchants regret it. She only needs to sell these medicinal herbs to patients at the original price to earn the 30% difference. In this critical moment, this is neither making money unscrupulously nor is it doing a good deed for the people.
While she was pondering these things, she didn't notice at all that a woman was standing at the door with her hands on her hips, her face slightly flushed, and her mouth constantly panting.
Without saying a word, she launched into a tirade of abuse at the shop.
"You little slut, you've already given birth to a bastard child, and you still want to seduce my Dajiang? You're shameless. Dajiang, come home with your mother."
Hearing this, she frowned and looked towards the door. There she saw Dajiang's mother glaring at her fiercely. When she looked back, the mother pointed a single finger at her without any politeness and spoke again.
"Luo Zhiwan, it's true that my Dajiang and you are engaged, but you've already broken off the engagement. Who told you to be so unfaithful, giving birth to an illegitimate child before you were even married, and now you dare to seduce him? Don't you have any shame?"
"I?"
Luo Zhiwan felt as if all the blood in her body was rushing to her head.
However, Da Jiang's mother wasn't as shrewish as Li Da Zui. She simply believed what they said and followed the crowd. Besides, she was usually quite nice to Luo Zhiwan.
Thinking of this, she retracted the words she wanted to use to retort and said coldly to Da Jiang:
"Dajiang, you should go back with Aunt Hu. We don't need you here."
Dajiang, however, looked at Aunt Hu with disapproval.
“Mother, I told you before, don’t listen to other people’s nonsense. Zhiwan is not that kind of person.”
“How could a child be born if it wasn’t someone like that? Dajiang, you’re such a dull child. Hurry up and come back with your mother. Don’t embarrass yourself here.”
"I'm not going back."
"If you dare not go back, then don't acknowledge me as your mother."
"mother……"
Dajiang looked at his mother with some difficulty.
“Mother, Zhiwan and I have known each other for a long time. We’ve been playing together since we were little. Now everyone else can look down on her, but I can’t…”
"So what do you want? To become this bastard's stepfather? Do you know that you're going to the capital for the imperial examination next year, and you might very well pass with flying colors? What kind of woman won't you have then? If you're lucky, you might even become a prince consort. This woman is nothing but a worthless slut that nobody wants. Don't be foolish, come back with me..."
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