Chapter 60: Seeking Medicine
"Given the feng shui of your mother's family, you dare to bring someone home."
Ge Shuanniang pursed her lips and said to Jiang Tangtang, "Don't listen to her. Her family's feng shui is bad. Anyone who lives in the courtyard will go blind. If she hadn't married early, she would be blind by now."
Jiang Tangtang didn't believe that feng shui could make people blind. She asked Ge Sanniang about her mother's home address and learned that her mother's home was also in Zhounan Village. She immediately decided to go and take a look.
Seeing that Jiang Tangtang didn't listen to her advice, Ge Shuanniang snorted in displeasure. "Don't blame me for not trying to persuade you. There were exiled prisoners in the past who refused to believe in evil and stayed in her yard, but what happened? Not long after, something bad happened. The child in her family became blind for no apparent reason. You have three children! As a mother, you don't care about yourself, so don't you care about your children too?"
"It's obvious that Zhao Quezi is living in my mother's house and doesn't want to pay, so he deliberately made such a scene."
Ge Sanniang looked at Ge Shuanniang, angry and disappointed, and said, "Shuanzi's mother, our two families live next door to each other. I usually tell you about any good things that happen to me, but I never thought you would be such a person!"
Just for such a small amount of rent, he stabbed her in the chest again and again without caring about their years of friendship.
Ge Shuanniang stiffened her neck and said, "I'm telling the truth. What's wrong? Why can't I tell the truth?"
Ge Sanniang ignored her and turned to Jiang Tangtang and said, "You've just heard about my parents' situation. If you still want to rent my house, I'll go back and tell them. If you're afraid, forget it."
Jiang Tangtang smiled and said, "I don't like to listen to what others say about what I do. I like to believe what I see myself. Let's go with you and take a look!"
"good!"
Ge Sanniang took Jiang Tangtang back to her parents' home.
Jiang Tangtang secretly observed the Ge family and found that it was the same as she had guessed.
The blindness in the Ge family only occurs among the children, and the daughters-in-law who married into the family from outside are not blind.
This shows that it is not a feng shui problem, but a genetic disease.
It’s just that because medical care was underdeveloped in that era and people didn’t know about genetic diseases, they attributed it to feng shui issues.
While Jiang Tangtang was secretly observing the Ge family, Ge Sanniang also briefly explained the situation to her family.
When Mrs. Ge heard that Jiang Tangtang was here to rent a house, she was somewhat tempted.
The man in my family has poor eyesight and can't do many jobs. Our family has always been in financial difficulty, so it would be great to have some extra income.
However, she was also afraid that the same situation as what happened to Zhao Quezi's family would happen again. He lent them his house for two months, and not only did he not pay them the last penny, but he also turned the tables when he left, making his family's reputation in the village even worse.
Jiang Tangtang saw her worry and said, "If I decide to rent the house after seeing it, I can pay the rent first. If we can have a separate courtyard for us to use, the price can be negotiated."
"Yes, my family used to have many people, so my parents-in-law built another yard next to the original yard. I can vacate the old yard and rent it to you." Mrs. Ge said, and took Jiang Tangtang to visit her family's old yard.
Jiang Tangtang was very satisfied after seeing the old courtyard of the Ge family. Although the courtyard was old, it had three main rooms and a ready-made stove, which made it convenient for cooking on weekdays.
Jiang Tangtang rented it on the spot for 200 wen a month. To show his sincerity, Jiang Tangtang paid a month's rent first.
This price was considered very high for the villagers in the countryside. The Ge family was very excited and immediately moved their things to clear out the yard.
Jiang Tangtang also brought people into the courtyard to settle in. They didn't have much stuff, so they settled in quickly. It wasn't long before Jiang Tangtang and his family settled down in the courtyard.
"Madam, what should we do with these pheasants?" He Qiuniang looked at the pheasants, not knowing what to do with them.
Lu Shiyan caught a total of five pheasants in the woods, two of which were seriously injured, but the other three were only slightly injured.
Just now, in order to take care of Lu Zhixi, Lu Shiyan gave a few pheasants to two servants. A few pheasants were also moved here with them.
Jiang Tangtang thought about the boxes of pheasant eggs in the space and immediately decided, "Care for the two severely injured pheasants and make soup with them, and keep the other three."
As she spoke, she took out the rabbit that Lu Shiyan had killed in the morning and asked He Qiuniang to clean it up.
He went back into the house, took out the clothes of the three children, and started boiling water in a big pot.
The children had not had a proper bath since they were exiled. Now that she had the conditions, the first thing she wanted to do was to give them a good bath, otherwise she was really afraid that they would get lice on their heads.
While busy, Chen's howling voice was heard outside, "Nephew's wife, please open the door quickly, I know you have medicine in your hand, please save your sister's life!"
Jiang Tangtang didn't want to pay attention at first, but Chen kept howling outside. Seeing that the Ge family members were alarmed by her, they all went out to check.
Jiang Tangtang thought that since she was renting someone else's house, she didn't want to cause trouble for them, so she got up and opened the door.
"Mom!" Lu Tiantian looked at Jiang Tangtang with some concern, but Lu Jingcheng directly grabbed a stick, held it in his hand, and made a defensive posture.
Seeing his brother holding a stick, Lu Jingheng also found a stick in the corner and picked it up.
Seeing the children looking as though they were facing a formidable enemy, Jiang Tangtang found it funny, but at the same time, a warm feeling spread in her heart.
These two stubborn and awkward kids actually care about her in their hearts.
Jiang Tangtang raised her hand and touched the heads of several people and said, "Don't worry! I can handle this little thing. Just stay in the house, okay?"
Lu Jingcheng said stubbornly: "When Dad is not around, we have to protect Mom!"
Jiang Tangtang's eyes widened in surprise, "Is this what your father taught you?"
Unfortunately, the eldest son was very frugal with words, and no matter how much she asked, he refused to say more.
The children insisted on protecting her, so Jiang Tangtang had no choice but to take the children out of the yard.
In a short while, the courtyard was already full of people.
"Is this someone from Kenjing Manor? How come they were infected with miasma and brought it to our manor? What if they infect the people in our manor?"
"That's right, if you want medicine, you should go back to your sister's village. Why are you here in our village?"
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People were talking about it and were very dissatisfied with Chen's behavior.
Chen was furious. "I came to look for my niece-in-law, why can't I? Besides, weren't her family members also infected with miasma? Her sister is covered in blisters, much scarier than my daughter. Why didn't you chase them away?"
"Who said my sister was poisoned by miasma?" Jiang Tangtang said, "My sister was bitten by an insect. Now she's fine after taking the antidote. But for safety reasons, my husband asked me to rent a house alone, and he and my mother-in-law will take care of my sister."
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