Chapter 198 Why don’t you want to take the medicine?
Sang Zhixia didn't know how big a hole Xu Yu had dug for her at this time. When she got home, she couldn't contain her excitement and told him about her trip to the city today.
Xu Yu listened quietly at first, occasionally asking questions midway through. When Sang Zhixia had finished speaking, he smiled and said, "I underestimated your and Second Aunt's abilities."
Sang Zhixia was a little proud: "That's right."
"You didn't see Boss Liu's face when he was being haggled over. I think his face turned green."
"But after counting the inventory, Second Aunt whispered to me that Boss Liu actually made a profit, but since we both made concessions, we didn't suffer a big loss."
Once Boss Liu and his family move out, Aunt Xu will be able to officially take over the embroidery shop.
There were a lot of trivial matters during this period. When Aunt Xu returned home, she pulled Xu Wenxiu and Aunt Xu San over to help plan and come up with ideas. However, Sang Zhixia was more concerned about the rice in the field.
She said, "How's the rice harvest going today? How much has the one in the easternmost part, which I asked you to be the first to harvest, managed to harvest?"
"Where do you keep all the harvested rice? Forget it, I'm afraid you can't count it all."
Sang Zhixia stood up impatiently and said, "I'll go look for it myself."
"Stop here first."
Xu Yu hadn't expected her to be so anxious. He reached out to stop her, feeling both amused and helpless. "You've been tossing around in the city all day, don't you feel tired?"
"Why are you so energetic?"
Sang Zhixia laughed and said, "If I just sit there and chat with Boss Liu and haggle over prices, and the inventory and transportation are all done by others, why should I be tired?"
"There's no rush."
Xu Yu asked the man to sit down again and said slowly, "The rice was threshed on the spot and weighed. I have recorded the exact number in the book. You can check it clearly by looking it up."
"Don't go out at this time, or you'll get into trouble."
Sang Zhixia sensed something was wrong and narrowed her eyes suspiciously: "What could possibly happen?"
"Could it be that something went wrong at home when Second Aunt and I were not at home?"
Xu Yu knew he couldn't hide it anymore, so he paused and whispered, "Not long after you left, the old lady also left."
"old lady?"
Sang Zhixia subconsciously glanced outside the house with a strange look on her face: "How could our old lady, who is so skinny and looks like she's lost her soul, go out alone?"
Xu Yu sneered silently after hearing this, and said calmly, "It's true. Everyone thought she was exhausted, but I never thought she would want to go out for a walk today."
The old lady has been afraid to eat or drink for some time for fear of being plotted against. She is always worried that the knife hanging on her neck will fall and kill her. Everyone she sees seems to be someone who might harm her, and she lives in fear.
No one did anything, and no one said a word, but she relied on her own abilities to scare herself into a ghost, and in just a few months she had tortured herself beyond recognition.
Xu Wenxiu and others were unaware of the true situation and tried to persuade the old lady to ask a doctor to take a good look at her to avoid any mistakes.
But what did the old lady do?
She was guilty and afraid that others would be like her and tamper with the medicine to kill her. No matter who tried to persuade her, she would dismiss them.
After a long time, good intentions will be turned into donkey liver and lungs. Who dares to persuade?
Xu Yu lowered his eyes, concealing the sarcasm in his eyes, and said slowly, "Didn't the old lady want to call Second Uncle back? There's been no movement from Second Uncle, and she probably really thought we didn't get through to her, so she wants to go to the city on her own today."
The road into the city is not far and difficult, but that is only for ordinary people.
The old lady had been hiding for a long time without seeing the light of day. Coupled with her weak heart and frail body, she became a burden. As soon as she trembled out of the village entrance, she was frightened by the oncoming mule cart and fainted. She was then rushed back by the villagers driving the cart.
Before Sang Zhixia and Aunt Xu returned home, the doctor they had hired had just left.
This matter could not be concealed, so Xu Yu simply told everything at once.
He chose his words carefully and said, "The old lady probably didn't trust the doctor's skills. She refused to take the medicine he prescribed. She looked unhappy after waking up."
"Uncle San said he would ask another doctor to come back tomorrow to take a look. You should not go to the main hall for the time being, so as not to incur the old lady's wrath."
Sang Zhixia could never quite understand what the old lady was thinking about.
All the old lady's strange behaviors seemed very bizarre and unpredictable to her.
Life is good, but what is this man doing at his age?
Sang Zhixia didn't think much about it, she just smacked her lips. "She refuses to take medicine, doesn't want to eat at home, and often closes the door to herself and acts like she's on a hunger strike. How can this old lady's body ever get better?"
Xu Yu pinched her nose to suppress his laughter and whispered, "Don't say such things again after you get out."
No matter how many old ladies there are, they are still grandmothers in name only. If this word gets heard by others and spreads out, it will not be a good thing.
Sang Zhixia slapped his claws away with a groan, and said sullenly, "I'm not a fool."
"But it's strange that the old lady is like this. She looks like she doesn't trust anyone in the family. She looks at everyone with suspicion. Could it be that someone in this family is trying to harm her?"
"What do you think about behind closed doors all day?"
Xu Yu smiled but said nothing. Sang Zhixia muttered a few words but didn't take it to heart anymore. He was too lazy to go to the old lady's bedside and cause trouble for no reason.
The old lady didn't like her in the first place and she just didn't like her anyway.
At this time, people who approach her are not wishing the old lady a speedy recovery, but cursing her to die soon.
Xu Yu managed to persuade the person not to go out and cause trouble. In order to divert Sang Zhixia's attention, he simply took out the notebook he had written today and showed it to her.
At the same time, Xu Wenxiu and others were talking about the same thing.
Xu Wenxiu couldn't help but sigh in worry, "You didn't see the scene today. The doctor prepared the medicine and brought it to the old lady's bedside. She clapped her hands with a gloomy face and lashed out. She even knocked over three bowls of medicine and refused to drink it. It was a very embarrassing scene in front of the Wu family."
Aunt Xu wasn't home and didn't know what was going on. After hearing this, she asked in surprise, "Why won't you take the medicine?"
"Who knows what's going on?"
Aunt Xu said angrily, "Everyone says our family is doing well now, and we're considered a decent family in the village, but look at what the old lady looks like now! If you didn't know better, you'd think we, her daughters-in-law, were too picky about her food and drink. Otherwise, how could she have such a healthy complexion?"
The family members are willing to show filial piety and think they have done their best to take care of the old lady, but what is the effect?
The more Aunt Xu thought about it, the more bitter her mouth became. She said angrily, "Luckily for the Wu family, they've been around a lot and have a general idea of what kind of family we are. Otherwise, if they had seen that scene today and gone out, I don't know how much gossip the village would have started."
"Finally, the old man who had rushed back after hearing the news spoke up. He just said that the old lady was mentally unstable due to her illness and was inevitably agitated and upset. He just told us to put down the medicine and go out on our own to avoid making the old lady angry again. That was how the matter was reluctantly resolved."
Everyone in the family, young and old, eats well and dresses well, but the old lady looks weak and frail, with a thin body and a thin soul. How can one not think too much when seeing this?
Second Aunt Xu frowned secretly and asked hesitantly, "What did the doctor say? What exactly is this illness?"
"What else can I say?"
Xu Wenxiu smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that I'm worried too much and my mind is too exhausted."
"But I've thought about it again and again. There's nothing at home that worries the old lady. I don't know what she's worried about."
"Sister-in-law, you've got it wrong."
Second Aunt Xu thought of her husband, whom she hadn't seen for a long time and whose condition she didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and sneered, "Apart from that useless guy, what else could you be thinking about?"
"What a pity! That's a piece of useless mud. No matter how much effort we put into it, it's all in vain. I'm afraid our old lady's motherly heart will be completely wasted. It's a pity that she doesn't even realize it."
Xu Wenxiu patted her hands to signal her not to be so blunt. Aunt Xu snorted disapprovingly.
That's all.
Life is good, but the old lady does whatever she wants to make trouble.
She didn't want to get involved in such a bad thing at all.
There was a constant chatter of subdued voices on both sides of the east and west rooms, but the main room was dead silent.
The doctor was not exaggerating; the old lady's health was indeed not very good.
She fainted and woke up again, but she didn't even have the strength to sit up, and could only lean weakly against the headboard.
But when she looked at the person walking towards her, she was so frightened that she tightly grasped a corner of the quilt.
She is scared.
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