She vaguely remembered that when her mother and third sister came back in her previous life, she did not go to pay her respects to her mother in time because her condition worsened. However, when her father returned home a few days later, she wore the clothes and jewelry that her father brought back from Kyoto for her and went out to meet guests.
Because of this, the third sister Ren Yaohua disliked her even more.
Ren Yaohua hated her for not caring about her mother and being so heartless.
She also resented that her mother treated her elder sister a thousand times better than she did. She was willing to accompany her elder sister to the farm to suffer hardships, but left her alone in the mansion to be taken care of by her aunt. Even when she was seriously ill, she did not send anyone to see her, and she sent the doctor who came to see her to her third sister who was not ill at all.
Just when Ren Yaoqi thought she had forgotten, the past gradually became clearer. Looking back on those things, she naturally saw the trick behind them.
Someone was playing tricks in the dark, trying to sow discord between her and Ren Yaohua.
"Fifth sister? If you don't drink it now, the medicine will get cold." Jinjue saw her frowning as she looked at the medicine bowl, and hurriedly urged her with a smile.
Ren Yaoqi frowned as she took the medicine bowl and brought it to her lips. Just as Jinju was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that she was willing to drink, Ren Yaoqi moved the bowl away again, frowning even more tightly. "Why do I feel that today's medicine looks more bitter?"
Jin Ju's heart skipped a beat, and he glanced at the medicine bowl, forcing a smile and saying, "How could that be? Sister, you haven't even taken your first sip yet..."
Ren Yaoqi glanced at her out of the corner of her eye and said arrogantly, "I've been a doctor for a long time. I can tell today's medicine is bitter just by smelling it!"
"this……"
Jinju suppressed her temper and forced a smile, wanting to continue persuading her, but Ren Yaoqi said, "Go ask Aunt Fang for a dish of black plum shreds. They're the kind marinated with mint leaves and honey, and sprinkled with snow sugar."
Jinjue's mouth twitched. It turned out that the reason why she was so difficult to talk to him today was because of her greed. But she felt relieved in her heart. She stood up and said, "I'll go right away." Then she turned and left.
When Ren Yaoqi saw her figure disappear into the inner room, he put away the arrogance on his face, put on a thick cotton jacket, got out of bed, took the medicine bowl and walked behind the screen in the inner room, and poured the medicine into the toilet.
Then he returned to the bed and sat back, thinking for a moment before he put some of the remaining drops of medicine in the bowl on the corners of his lips.
Jinju came back soon. When he saw the empty medicine bowl, he couldn't help but be stunned. Ren Yaoqi said impatiently, "Why did you take so long? Are you trying to make me suffer?"
Jinju hurriedly handed over a plate of black plum shreds. Ren Yaoqi took a piece with the silver pick beside the plate and took a bite. Then he half-closed his eyes in satisfaction: "So sweet——"
Jinju's eyes secretly glanced at the medicine bowl, then looked at Ren Yaoqi. When she saw the residual medicine juice at the corner of her mouth, she was satisfied and her smile became more sincere. "This black plum silk is made by my aunt using her family's secret method. You can't eat it anywhere else. There was a lot of rain this year, and several gardens in the north that grow the best green plums were flooded. That's why my aunt only pickled this jar. Last time, my ninth sister wanted to eat some, but my aunt refused to give it to her. She wanted to save it for my fifth sister. My ninth sister was angry with my aunt for several days because of this."
Ren Yaoqi saw the curtain outside move, and suddenly turned her head to blink at Jinju, and said with a smile: "Thank you for telling me this. It turns out that the ninth sister is so stubborn. I didn't know it if you didn't tell me. But don't worry, I won't let her know the bad things you said to her."
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