Shen Wanyue
It was Wu Laifeng who buried Madam Li's body.
Sister Zhu woke up the next day, and her mother-in-law was able to speak. They all told about what Shen Wanyue had done. Everyone was extremely angry after hearing it, and even suspected the cause of the fourth sister-in-law's death.
Fortunately, Wu Laifeng explained clearly after the burial, saying that his fourth sister-in-law had indeed eaten the food by mistake.
Strangely enough, as Chen Fang's husband, the fourth brother was unexpectedly calm.
An outsider would not speak for a stranger, so they didn't care. Wu Laifeng said, "As for why that lady treated them like this, I think she must know it in her heart."
After that, Mrs. Zhu and her mother-in-law stopped making a fuss. Now that the person is dead, fussing about it will only make them dirty.
After the announcement of Lady Li's death, everyone tacitly agreed not to arrange a funeral, as if the person who died was a stranger.
Wu Laifeng saw through this family and didn't stay for long. After dealing with it, he returned to the inn to pack his luggage and prepare to go on the road to deliver a letter to Li Niangzi's mother and take a walk.
Aunt Zhang's home was not far from here. Wu Laifeng took a horse carriage for an hour to get there. On the way, he looked outside from time to time and found that there were not many pedestrians.
I asked the driver, and he replied, "It seems that many people have caught a cold and are recuperating at home. It's like this every year."
Wu Laifeng thought that people were more likely to get sick in this season, so he just attributed it to the season and didn't think any more about it.
When he arrived, he found many fabric shops on the street. The person who showed him the way proudly said: "We are famous for our fabrics. People from neighboring places come here to make clothes. The embroiderers' skills are among the best in Beijing!"
"Really?" Wu Laifeng smiled. No wonder Madam Li's cooking skills were so good.
After a while, the guide stopped and said, "We are here. Aunt Zhang, the one you are looking for, said yesterday that she would come to this embroiderer to get the goods. You just wait. Hey, this embroiderer is famous for her good craftsmanship. I see that your clothes are a little torn, so go ask her to mend them."
Wu Laifeng smiled and said, "Thank you." He thought he had arrived at someone's door.
The man waved and left.
It was already 3 p.m., and Wu Laifeng felt that Aunt Zhang might have already arrived.
Just when he was thinking about finding a place to stay, a man wearing a coarse cloth shirt and black baggy pants walked towards him.
She rolled up her loose sleeves as she walked. After seeing Wu Laifeng, she slowed down her pace until they looked at each other and asked, "Are you looking for Madam Shen?"
Wu Laifeng shook his head and said, "I'm here to look for an old lady named Zhang Xiang. Please ask someone to lead the way and send me here."
The woman's eyes were filled with vigilance: "What do you want to do with someone?"
"Her daughter asked me to deliver a letter to her." After saying that, Wu Laifeng revealed a corner of the envelope to show that he was telling the truth.
Unexpectedly, she retorted: "Nonsense, her daughter is illiterate, how can she write a letter!"
This sentence made Wu Laifeng ask involuntarily: "...Are you Aunt Zhang?"
"It's me. You look so good but you're lying to me!"
Wu Laifeng patiently explained: "I am not lying. This is the letter from Madam Li to you. She drew it on it."
Aunt Zhang still didn't believe it: "My daughter didn't know she was sent here. It's not far away. I tell you, if you keep talking nonsense, I will report you to the police."
"This... Madam Li passed away last night."
"What! How can you curse someone to death!" Aunt Zhang said nothing, picked up the hoe in front of the door and hit the man, "Come on! Follow me to the government office!"
inside the house.
Everything was still the same as when Shen Wanyue left, even her movements when she was unconscious were exactly the same. This also made her feel sore all over when she woke up, and her throat felt dry and painful as if it had been polished by sandpaper.
When she woke up, the pain in Madam Li's body seemed to be engraved into her soul. The pain still lingered in her body, intertwined with the discomfort in her body.
She didn't want to care about anything, she didn't want to think about anything. She just wanted to have a good rest. The exhaustion of her body and mind made Shen Wanyue not want to move a finger.
I finally climbed back into bed, planning to go out to seek medical help when I felt better, but then I heard a loud noise outside the door: "Auntie! I didn't lie to you!"
“Hey! Hey!”
"Come on, follow me to the government office."
So noisy.
Chen Wanyue curled up on the bed, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the corner of the quilt.
The chaotic noise outside the door shocked her nerves. Shen Wanyue was powerless to cover her ears, her arms were soft and without strength.
"Don't make noise..." She spoke in a low voice, almost as soft as a mosquito. Her eyelashes trembled.
"You! I'm not a liar, Madam Li really passed away..."
"Bah! You're still lying!"
Hearing Lady Li, Shen Wanyue realized that the man making noise outside the house was Wu Laifeng.
The other person was Aunt Zhang. Madam Li's "One Hundred Babies" was still with her, so she must have come to get it.
Chen Wanyue slowly stood up, holding onto the bed rails. Her outer coat wrapped around her thin body, she held onto the furniture around her and moved to the door with unsteady steps.
Her hair was loose and not tied up.
“Hmm…” Shen Wanyue didn’t bother to clean up, she just wanted to deal with it quickly so that she could have a good rest.
With a creaky sound, the door opened from the inside out.
Outside the door, Aunt Zhang grabbed Wu Laifeng's collar fiercely, and they were both stunned when they saw the door open.
Chen Wanyue was seen wearing a light pink coat with a few crabapple flowers embroidered on the cuffs and wrinkles at the wrists.
She stood in the door frame and asked, "Aunt Zhang, what are you doing?"
Aunt Zhang didn't let go: "Humph, he cursed my daughter, I was just about to send him to see the official!"
Wu Laifeng quickly explained: "I'm telling the truth, please don't frame me?" It's natural to feel bad when you're wrongly accused for doing good things. Even a person with such a good temper like him feels uncomfortable.
Shen Wanyue was about to speak, but all that came out of her mouth was a few coughs. She held onto the door frame with one hand and leaned her upper body against it.
Aunt Zhang was so worried that she even loosened her grip on her clothes: "Are you sick? I was wondering why you didn't come to see anyone this morning. It's windy outside, so go in first."
Wu Laifeng took the opportunity to escape, and ran to Shen Wanyue with a medicine box on his back. His movements were a little funny, and he said helplessly: "I really didn't lie."
Chen Wanyue lowered her head, covered her mouth and coughed lightly, and said with an imperceptible tremor: "Auntie, you might as well listen to what he said. Who would use this reason to lie to you? What's the benefit of lying to you. And I think he... doesn't look like a bad person." After all, she couldn't say that she commissioned it.
Wu Laifeng took the opportunity to hold up four fingers and promised: "I swear, if I tell a lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
Aunt Zhang calmed down and tore open the letter she had just snatched.
The picture above shows myself when I was young and my daughter when she was a child.
Suddenly, thoughts flooded my mind: "It's Lanlan..."
Wu Laifeng adjusted his breath and said, "This is indeed what your daughter asked me to give you before she died. I am the doctor who treated her. I think her in-laws will send us news soon."
"Is this true?" Aunt Zhang couldn't believe it.
"You can go and ask around. A lot of things happened in Madam Li's in-laws' family..." Wu Laifeng didn't say it clearly.
Chen Wanyue opened her thin lips and said, "I am not feeling well today. Please come back tomorrow, Auntie." Her tone was gentle, with deep weakness and fatigue.
Aunt Zhang wiped away the tears from her eyes and smiled: "I'm so sorry to bother you. And..."
"My last name is Wu."
"Brother Wu, I'm sorry..." As he spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes.
Wu Laifeng expressed his understanding: "It's okay, just go and take a look." Then he told the location of Madam Li's tomb.
Aunt Zhang held the painting in her hand and walked away quickly. She should have taken her daughter back home instead of letting her stay at her husband's house...
How could a healthy daughter die of illness?
After watching Aunt Zhang's distraught figure go away, Shen Wanyue put down her hand, narrowed her eyes slightly, and her eyes dimmed. I wonder what kind of explanation Li's in-laws will give.
All this had nothing to do with her after he left Madam Li's body.
Wu Laifeng observed the lady in front of him——
Her cheeks were a sickly red and her lips were pale.
"If you don't mind, would you like me to treat you?"
Shen Wanyue supported herself on the door frame with both hands, slowly raised her head, and looked at him: "Trouble."
The two entered the house, and after Wu Laifeng felt her pulse, he said, "My wife has caught a cold. I'll prescribe some medicine."
Chen Wanyue half-lay on the couch, her black hair casually falling on her shoulders like a waterfall, her bloodless lips opened: "Thank you..."
Wu Laifeng had heard too many thanks, and while writing the prescription, he said, "Thank you, my lady, for coming out to help me today. Otherwise, I would not be able to explain myself for a while."
"It was Aunt Zhang who got emotional for a moment." Shen Wanyue coughed twice.
Seeing that the man was really weak, Wu Laifeng asked, "I wonder if there are other people in your family?"
Chen Wanyue said: "It's just me."
"Hmm..." The more Wu Laifeng looked at the other person, the more pitiful he felt. He always felt that the person's brows were full of sorrow.
After giving a few brief instructions, he left.
Shen Wanyue looked at the messy house and felt irritated.
But she was so tired that she had no energy to clean up. She even forgot Wu Laifeng's advice to take medicine and fell asleep on the couch.
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Wu Laifeng was walking on the road and wanted to find a place to rest. There was less medicine in his medicine box, so he happened to come to a drugstore and went in.
As a result, I saw a room full of people covering their faces with thick cloth.
He found it very strange and observed them consciously, and found that the exposed skin of these people had pustules... smallpox? !
The number of such patients in the pharmacy has increased sharply in the past few days. After discovering something was wrong, the government was notified immediately.
But no one took it seriously.
Wu Laifeng observed the symptoms displayed by the people and soon had a guess in his mind - could it be the scar of Feng Zhen?
He hurriedly asked, and then found the person with the most serious symptoms to verify his illusion.
It was indeed a scar! After calming down the patient, Wu Laifeng walked out of the pharmacy and planned to go to the government... But as soon as he walked out of the door, he was knocked unconscious by a nimble man and fell into a coma...
On the other side, Chen Wanyue slept until midnight, and felt even more uncomfortable after getting up.
Just cook some simple dishes and drink the boiled medicine, and you will feel better.
After doing all this, I went back to sleep.
I didn't wake up until noon the next day.
After taking the medicine, she felt much better. She first packed up Li's embroidery, and then picked up the needlework scattered on the floor.
Just as I finished cleaning up, there was a knock on the door.
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