Chapter 199 Why bother with a dying person?
The old man didn't close the door either. He just quietly looked at the old lady who had been tortured to the point of losing her human form. He said in a calm tone, "The doctor said you are sick. Why don't you take the medicine?"
The old lady looked at the bowl of medicine that had already cooled down with uncertainty, and with great difficulty, she calmed herself down and said, "I'm not sick."
"No need to take medicine!"
"No illness?"
The old man sighed in an ambiguous tone, and followed the old lady's frightened gaze towards the medicine bowl on the bedside: "Are you really not sick?"
The old lady shrieked, “No!”
"I'm fine! I just got a little frightened. I'll be fine after a while of rest... Yes... I'll be fine after a while of rest..."
The old man seemed to have heard a funny joke when he heard this, and he paused and laughed out loud.
"Yes, sometimes doctors' words are not always accurate. Whether it is a physical or mental illness, no one knows better than you."
"If you say you've never been sick, then you probably really haven't been sick, right?"
The old lady scratched her palms tightly and didn't dare to look at the old man's expression. The old man looked down at the man who looked like a frightened evil ghost, and the mockery in his eyes became more and more intense.
"Even though he wasn't sick, fainting outside isn't a decent thing to do. It would also easily lead to gossip and ridicule."
"Rest well at home. This large hall is the best place in the house. You can rest peacefully without being disturbed. I think you will recover soon."
"You must remember to take good care of them, don't make any more mistakes, and don't let down the children's filial piety towards you."
The old lady stammered in panic and fear, unable to speak through her dry and cracked lips, but the old man had completely lost his patience to listen to her.
Watching the old man's figure disappear at the end of her sight, the old lady's eyes were red and she nervously bit her wrist, muttering with her eyes wide open like a demon: "I'm not sick... I'm not sick at all..."
"I won't give you the chance to harm me... No one can harm me..."
"The medicine you sent is all poisonous..."
"I won't drink... You all want to poison me... You all want to poison me..."
With a crisp sound, the old lady struggled with her last bit of strength and smashed the medicine bowl to the ground.
Hearing the noise, Uncle Xu came out with a sad face, looked towards the main hall, and sighed, "Father, Mother..."
"Let's get a doctor in tomorrow. You can take some time off every day to bring the medicine in. It's up to her whether she takes it or not. Don't worry about anything else."
After hearing this, Uncle Xu scratched the back of his head with a headache and said worriedly, "My mother's temper is getting more and more strange. How about I go to the city tomorrow to call my second brother back?"
The old lady felt from the bottom of her heart that he was a useless and foolish boy.
Ever since Second Uncle Xu came to the city to work as an accountant, the old lady has been finding fault with him in every way.
His advice may not work.
What Uncle Xu said may not work.
The old man sneered behind his back and said slowly, "Invite the doctor to take a look. Just tell your second brother the truth. It's up to him whether he comes back or not."
Uncle Xu grimaced and hummed.
The old man looked at the endless night, his eyes becoming increasingly gloomy.
If a blunt knife is used to grind meat for too long, the tense string in someone's heart will be almost worn out.
Maybe it’s time once I’ve finished all the things I need to do at home.
The next morning, Uncle Xu reluctantly put down his work in the winery and rushed to the county town early in the morning.
In order to save time, he rode the horse that Xu Yu brought back and hurried all the way.
The villagers who got up early to go to the fields saw this and were filled with sighs.
"Are you rushing to get a doctor for your old lady? I heard she was making a scene yesterday."
The Wu family's sister-in-law smiled bitterly and said, "Aunt, please stop talking. Yesterday, the old lady of the Xu family was frightened by the mule cart driven by our eldest brother, and she fainted on the spot."
"The Xu family is kindhearted. After sending the old lady back, they were busy asking the doctor to prescribe medicine. They didn't say a single harsh word to Changgui. When the two elders found out after they got home, they felt so guilty that they couldn't sleep all night. They were just waiting to go to the Xu family today to see her."
Someone nearby who I had seen yesterday curled his lips and said, "Hey, why are you so anxious to take the blame on yourself?"
"Yesterday they said she was startled by a collision, but in reality, the mule cart driven by your Changgui was still quite a distance away from the old lady of the Xu family. That's not the case at all."
"Speaking of which, the old lady of the Xu family is eccentric. All her children and grandchildren are so filial to her. When she fell ill, her daughters-in-law took turns serving her tea and water by her bedside, fearing that they would be inconsiderate. But the old lady doesn't seem to appreciate any of this. I heard that she would throw things around and lose her temper at the slightest provocation, and she's never nice to anyone."
Mrs. Wu couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "It's more than just a fight."
"Yesterday, I followed Changgui to the Xu family to apologize, and the old lady almost threw the medicine bowl in Xu Yu's mother's face. If it weren't for the old man of the Xu family going there, I don't know how it would have ended."
Some people secretly smacked their lips in amazement after hearing this: "Xu Yu's mother is as gentle as a clay figurine, and the Xu family sisters-in-law are also very kind to others. How could they have such a tyrannical old woman?"
"It's true, the old lady of the Xu family has never interacted with anyone in the village. She always looks down on everyone. When she comes home, she only makes things more difficult. It's hard for the good-natured people in the Xu family to gather around and serve her..."
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The news about the old lady of the Xu family's strange temper spread quietly in the village, and then the doctors hired by the Xu family, who changed every day, confirmed what the villagers said.
The doctor who came that day had a hot temper. His face was dark and before he even left the Xu family's gate, he said angrily, "This is unspeakable!"
"Your son and grandson traveled eighty miles to invite me here, not to be bothered by your suspicious nature!"
"I've been practicing medicine for half my life and no one has ever questioned me. But you've made me a quack who kills people? You're so sick that you're barely hanging on. How far do you think you are from hell?!"
"You are such an ungrateful person, even if you are..."
"doctor."
Xu Yu presented the agreed fee with a look of apology, and said with a wry smile, "The old lady is in great pain from her illness, so her words are bound to be unpleasant to the ear. I beg you to be more lenient and not take offense at her harsh words."
The doctor was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. Seeing the Xu family's faces full of shame, he waved his hands in frustration and said, "Forget it."
"Why would I bother with a dying man?"
He pushed Xu Yu's hand away, frowned, and said, "I can't accept the consultation fee because I didn't see the patient."
"If you feel bad about it, you might as well help me find a car to take me back."
Xu Yu readily agreed. Uncle Xu San, with an apologetic smile on his face, sent the doctor, who was completely offended by the old lady, to the village entrance.
After sending the doctor away, the uncle and nephew looked at each other, and they could clearly see helpless expressions in each other's eyes.
Uncle Xu rubbed his face irritably and said depressedly, "I've already called your second uncle three times. He was willing to see me the first two times, but as soon as I mentioned going home, he immediately jumped up and down and got angry with me. He didn't even show any intention of coming back!"
The old man was seriously ill before and Uncle Xu didn’t come back.
Now the old lady is too sick to get up, but this guy still doesn’t come back!
Uncle Xu already had a lot of grievances against his half-brother, and after these two incidents, he wanted to pick up a knife and fight someone to the death.
"This black-hearted bastard has no filial piety! I think Minghui took too much care of him in the county town. Now he's so full that he can't think about anything else except eating and drinking!"
Uncle Xu could say such words, but Xu Yu could only listen.
When Uncle Xu San went to the winery cursing all the way, Xu Yu lowered his eyelashes and hid everything in his eyes.
Although he knows a little about everything, he only knows a little bit.
No matter whether it was the old lady or Uncle Xu, the old man would never let him and Xu Minghui interfere at all.
The old man explained the matter to them in detail at that time just to prevent someone with ulterior motives from taking advantage of the situation and causing them to be wary and suspicious of each other. Apart from that, he did not expect them to do anything.
Xu Yu couldn't tell whether the old lady's illness was caused by human factors.
But one thing is certain.
The old lady probably won’t be able to see the first snow in the northwest again...
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