Mrs. Liu's head was cut open and she was bleeding. She lay in bed for five days. Zhuang Sisi and her second sister-in-law Hehua temporarily took over the kitchen. Under the pretext of replenishing their mother's body, they served meat meals three times in five days, which made everyone in the Liu family very satisfied, of course, not including Lianyi.
She is still a baby who is fed with breast milk, and because her grandmother doesn't like her, she has only the nickname Daya, which is the most common nickname for rural girls.
However, Lianyi never treated herself badly. Occasionally, she would add a drop of diluted spiritual spring water to warm her body, and at the same time, she would also take care of Zhuang Sisi's health and her hardworking father.
When Mrs. Liu was able to get up, she discovered that there was less bacon in the kitchen. She felt like someone was cutting her own flesh, and immediately jumped up and started cursing in the yard.
Except for Old Man Liu, everyone else, including the baby Lianyi, was scolded by her. Then she was in misfortune again and fell flat on the ground in front of everyone who came back from the ground.
Moreover, when she fell, she also knocked down the logs that were standing by the wall to dry. These logs were cut by Old Man Liu and his three sons from the mountain. They were going to use them to build the house after drying. Before they were brought to the backyard, one of Old Man Liu's legs was broken.
Because it was time for everyone to go home for dinner, the neighbors of the Liu family heard the noise and curiously poked their heads out to look. They saw Mrs. Liu being crushed by a pile of wood, and they screamed in surprise, waking up the stunned Liu family members.
There was another chaos. Seeing the fainted old woman Liu and the blood on the ground, the Liu family members did not dare to lift the wood after moving it away. Finally, a boy from the village who worked as a medicine boy at the Puji Hall in the town came to take a look and said to the Liu family:
"Uncle Liu, my aunt's leg is probably broken. She can't be shaken, otherwise it will be difficult to set the bone. You should carry her back to the house first. I have some hemostatic herbs to apply first. Then you can quickly go to the town to find a doctor who is good at orthopedics. Doctor Wang from our Puji Hall is good at setting bones."
"Shunzi, I won't be polite with you. Please make a trip. I will get the money for you right away."
Old Man Liu thought it would be better to invite someone he knew, so he made the decision immediately.
"Okay, I'll go home and get the hemostatic herbs first, uncle, you prepare the silver."
Shunzi was also kind-hearted and agreed immediately.
At this time, the fainted Mrs. Liu had been carried back to her room by her three sons. Old Man Liu took out a key from the secret pocket inside his wife's belt.
Then he opened the lock on the kang cabinet, took out half a tael of silver, locked the cabinet again, and when Shunzi came, he gave the half a tael of silver to Shunzi in front of everyone and asked him to go and call a doctor.
It was not until sunset that Doctor Wang finally reconnected Mrs. Liu's leg and put on a splint. During this time, Mrs. Liu woke up from the pain twice and fainted again. Because Old Man Liu was reluctant to use anesthesia and the family did not have much money, he could only let his wife bear it.
Old man Liu felt a little resentful towards his wife. He had long told her not to scold people all the time, as it would drive away all the good fortune. Now she had broken her leg after scolding someone. He now had to consult a doctor, buy medicine, and ask for favors. All that money was gone, and the family could only save a few taels of silver in a year.
After feeding Lianyi, Zhuang Sisi went to the kitchen with Hehua to cook a meal for the whole family. The two looked at each other and saw gloating in each other's eyes. Although they couldn't show it openly, they were happy in their hearts.
My mother-in-law broke her leg. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. So her mother-in-law wouldn't be able to take care of them for at least half a year. So in the evening, Zhuang Sisi fried cabbage with lard, cooked sticky rice porridge, and made cornmeal pancakes so that the whole family could have a full stomach.
Of course, in order to show her care for her mother-in-law, she discussed with Hehua and decided to use the white flour at home to make dumpling soup and put animal oil in it. After it was out of the pot, the two daughters-in-law brought it to the mother-in-law's bedside. Old man Liu was very satisfied with this and felt that both daughters-in-law were filial.
Half of the white noodle dumpling soup went into the mouths of Zhuang Sisi and Hehua, and the rest went into Liu Pozi's stomach, but she didn't know it.
Zhuang Sisi had the right to eat because she needed to breastfeed her baby, and if she didn't eat well she would have no milk. As for Hehua, she wanted to get pregnant as soon as possible, so she ate well to replenish her body. Anyway, while Mrs. Liu was resting in bed, the two of them took care of her very attentively and diligently, and even their complexion improved a lot.
With white flour, eggs and meat to feed her, when Liu Po was able to walk on the ground with the help of a cane, He Hua also became pregnant.
Lianyi continued to eat and sleep, and took good care of herself. She also watched Old Man Liu make trouble for the demon. As soon as she felt better and was ready to make trouble for the demon, Lianyi would take action to pin Old Man Liu down. She either had a headache or a backache, or a sprained foot or a swollen tooth. In the end, Old Man Liu became impatient.
Finally, when Mrs. Liu started to scold her eldest daughter-in-law again, she angrily shouted:
"You damned old woman, can you please be quiet? Just look at how much trouble you have brought upon yourself this year because of your outspokenness!
You feel comfortable when you lie down on the bed, but why don't you calculate the money you spend? You will need someone to serve you at home, which will not only delay your work but also make you a laughing stock to your neighbors.
Da Hu hasn't even gotten married yet, and can't even raise the money for the betrothal gift. Do you want your youngest son to be a bachelor for the rest of his life? Or do you want Ping Ping to stay at home as an old maid? She's already 15 years old!"
After being scolded, Mrs. Liu finally shut up, went back to her room, opened the cabinet and started counting the copper coins. Then she found that it was just as her husband said. She had spent five or six taels of silver on medical treatment and medicine alone this year. It would be a lie to say that she didn't feel bad. This money was indeed enough for her family to find a wife for their youngest son.
Mrs. Liu finally stopped making trouble and started to shut up and work. Lianyi felt a lot quieter and suddenly felt a little bored.
After Mrs. Liu calmed down, Liu Pingping started to make a fuss again. The reason was that she had fallen in love with a student from the next village and wanted to marry him. However, the student's parents were not stupid. They wanted to find a wealthier marriage for their son who was good at studying so that they could continue to support their son's studies and imperial examinations.
After Liu Pingping came back, she started to pester Liu Pozi, wanting her to let her marry into Tongsheng's family with a high dowry. Unfortunately, family members knew their own business and it was impossible for the family to be interested in peasants like them, so Liu Pozi naturally refused.
However, Liu Pingping talked about many benefits of marrying into a boy's family, the most important of which was that she could help her parents' family, and finally persuaded Liu Po. But the fact was that they had no money, so the two of them turned their attention to Yuxue's lovely Lianyi.
These two people were too goal-oriented. They started discussing where to sell Lianyi, a one-year-old baby, right in front of her. This was truly intolerable.
Lianyi was too lazy to pay attention to these two inhuman relatives and decided to solve the problem directly from the root. The next day, she got the opportunity she had been waiting for. (End of this chapter)
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