Dumb Widow 16
"What? My fourth sister-in-law knows medicine, how could she have taken it by mistake?" The eldest brother strode forward and looked at the blood on the ground, still unable to believe it. The person who was fine this morning...
Wu Laifeng sighed and said, "My condolences..."
Shen Wanyue walked to the door holding a basin of charcoal and did not choose to go into the house... This was not a good time.
The boss didn't trust an outsider. Seeing Chen Wanyue coming over, he asked anxiously, "As he said?"
Shen Wanyue nodded without hesitation. She bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes were red, and tears gathered in the corners of her eyes, trembling.
Sadness then flooded into the eldest brother's heart: "Why! Why!"
Shen Wanyue stood quietly aside, lowering her eyes. Wu Laifeng's body was still stained with blood from rescuing Chen Fang, and the deep red color was very obvious on his light-colored clothes.
Silence filled every corner of the room.
How could he suddenly die when he was still alive in the morning? He had many doubts in his heart, but sadness covered them up...
The news of Chen Fang's death quickly spread throughout the family.
As Chen Fang's husband, the fourth son of Li's in-laws' family is still out looking for Zhu Sao. The eldest son and Shen Wanyue have to deal with the aftermath.
Or it was the neighbors who came to see him.
The neighbor was a young and strong man. He finally found the fourth child and his group and said, "Something happened at your house! Go back and take a look, especially your fourth child."
There was still a thin layer of sweat on the forehead of the fourth brother. He frowned and asked, "What's the matter? Can you tell me clearly?"
The neighbor calmed down and said, "Your wife is dead!"
"ah?!"
Everyone was shocked, and Zhu's husband suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
The fourth brother's eyes trembled and he stared at his neighbor: "What nonsense are you talking about! My wife was fine this morning!"
"Hey! How can I make such a joke? Your eldest brother didn't go back to get your meal. When he entered the house, he saw a doctor. Then he looked at your wife lying on the ground! There was blood..."
The fourth brother had no time to listen to his nonsense, and unconsciously raised his voice: "Get to the point! How come the person is gone!"
The neighbor said: ".....your wife died from eating the herb Gelsemium elegans by mistake."
"Why are you eating heart-breaking grass?" Mrs. Zhu's husband interrupted.
The fourth brother handed the hatchet in his hand to Zhu's husband: "Brother, go find my sister-in-law first, I'll go back!"
"Okay, we'll go back after we find your sister-in-law. You... take care of yourself, life and death are not in our control."
The fourth brother appeared calm on the surface, but his heart felt like a hole had been dug in it, empty and without great sorrow. The news came too suddenly.
"Yeah." He just said hum and ran back with his neighbor.
The remaining brothers looked at the back of the fourth brother as he left and lamented, "What a sin! Do you think our family has violated a taboo? This..."
First my mother fell ill, then Sister Zhu suddenly disappeared, and my fourth sister-in-law passed away.
"Don't think about it, find Sister Zhu first."
After they rested for a while, they continued to search for people separately.
The fourth brother was running in the front, and the strong neighbor followed closely behind. Looking at the thin body in front of him, he wondered how come the person was running faster than him?
I wanted to call for help, but then I thought that anyone would feel bad if their wife died, and maybe if I ran back, I wouldn't have the energy to be sad.
It's all fate.
When they were going back, they happened to pass by the gate of Wang's house and bumped into a servant who was running out in a hurry: "Ah! You Zhang, don't you have eyes!" The servant cursed at them and ran away. The fourth brother lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The neighbor stepped forward and helped the man up: "What's wrong with this guy? He is justified in hitting others."
The fourth brother stood up, his eyes fixed on the Wang family’s gate.
The man was really running in a hurry, or maybe something happened in the Wang family, so the door was left open, allowing passers-by outside to see the entire scene inside the Wang family.
I saw a lady wearing an undyed, seamless, wide-sleeved linen dress holding a "person" covered in blood in her arms.
The fourth brother and the neighbors all recognized her - it was the wife of the Wang family.
She kept shouting: "My son..."
Looking more closely at her hands, they were so thin that only a layer of skin covered the bones, and the sides of her cheeks were sunken.
The neighbor was puzzled and asked, "The Wang family is also starving?"
Of course not.
Before the door was closed, the fourth brother kept looking at him like this, with no change on his face.
Until a woman's shrill scream was heard from inside the house: "Ah!! Dead... Hahaha..."
Another young lady's voice rang out: "Madam! Madam, please don't bite me...ah...Madam is crazy!"
The neighbor smacked his lips: "This Wang family is really..."
The fourth one said calmly, "Let's go."
"Yes, yes, yes, hurry back!"
They continued running towards home.
Shen Wanyue had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Wu Laifeng stood beside her and said solemnly, "Madam Li, I just felt your pulse... Time is running out. Why not notify your family while there is still some time?"
Chen Wanyue did not answer. She knew that when she left this body, it would really die.
Wu Laifeng sighed: "Fate is in the hands of God. Even Bian Que is of no use." (2)
Hearing this, Chen Wanyue chuckled: Her life cannot be taken away by heaven.
"Madam Li..." Wu Laifeng thought she was just smiling bitterly, and the words of comfort rolled around his lips and then returned to his stomach.
When he was young, he thought he could save many people, but in the end he watched lives disappear in front of him...
Having said that, the young man with eye disease is considered lucky, but I wonder what kind of trouble he will get into with such ability?
While thinking, it seemed as if there was something in my hand.
It was given to him by Shen Wanyue.
——It was a handkerchief with a peony embroidered on it.
"Thank you." Wu Laifeng's eyes misted over, tears welled up in his eyes, and his lips trembled as he seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Shen Wanyue shook her head: You’re welcome.
Wu Laifeng slowly unfolded his handkerchief, and saw that the half of the peony was now shining brightly. The petals overlapped layer by layer, and the lines were delicate and varied, with a natural transition from light pink to dark rose.
Even the added veins are lifelike, but the handkerchief itself is slightly aging.
"I... don't know how to thank you." Wu Laifeng held back his tears.
If Chen Wanyue could speak, she would definitely say: Don’t tell me, isn’t this the money for the last consultation?
By the way, I didn’t give Mr. Wu the money for the medicine that day.
If she missed this opportunity, she wouldn't know when she would be able to pay it back.
But what Chen Wanyue didn't know was that this day was not far away...
When the fourth brother arrived home, his head was covered in sweat, and Chen Wanyue handed the prepared handkerchief to the two of them.
The strong man wiped his sweat and said to the fourth brother, "Go and have a look."
The fourth brother didn't say anything and ran into the house with a handkerchief.
The sturdy neighbor returned the handkerchief in his hand to Chen Wanyue and said, "Please accept my condolences. If you have any problems, just come to me. We are all neighbors."
Shen Wanyue nodded.
Wu Laifeng, an outsider standing aside, looked a little awkward, and even his neighbor couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"
"I am a doctor. I happened to see a lady next to me asking for help, so I came to see her... but..." Wu Laifeng likes to leave things half-hearted, giving the other person room for imagination. Not saying it is as good as saying it out loud.
The neighbor sighed, "This is Gelsemium elegans... You are not the legendary Mr. Wu, so it is normal that you cannot cure it. Don't feel bad about it."
Wu Laifeng nodded: "Yes..."
But Doctor Wu couldn't cure it either.
What Chen Fang swallowed was a concentrated liquid made from crushed aconite. The quantity was so large that the drug took effect almost immediately, leaving no time for rescue.
After a day of hard work, the sky gradually darkened.
The setting sun made half the sky look yellow. Zhu Sao's husband and others came back with Zhu Sao covered in leaves, looking miserable.
The big men were extremely tired.
Mrs. Zhu is a big woman, and it was tiring to carry her on her back, let alone carry her back from the wilderness.
"Why did Sister Zhu go there?"
"Why are you in charge? Won't you know once the people wake up?"
Compared to the death of someone in the family, the disappearance and then finding of an independent person does not seem to be that serious.
Wu Laifeng asked, "Madam Li, what are your plans?"
Just as Shen Wanyue was about to take out the things in her hand, she was interrupted by a voice: "Don't tell my mother." It was Madam Li.
Chen Wanyue asked: Why?
"I don't want to make her sad."
Chen Wanyue: She will know sooner or later.
Madam Li hesitated again and again: "... whatever you want." She finally agreed. Yes, if my mother knew that I was dead from other people later, I'm afraid she would be even more sad.
After Madam Li agreed, Shen Wanyue took out something, which turned out to be a piece of paper. She had drawn it herself.
As an embroiderer, I know some simple painting skills, but they are still unfamiliar to me compared to embroidery.
Wu Laifeng took it and was wondering what it was when Shen Wanyue gave him another toy.
This is her own embroidery, and it contains what she wanted Wu Laifeng to do.
That piece of paper is for Aunt Zhang.
Wu Laifeng and Shen Wanyue exchanged ideas several times and soon understood what was said above: "Is this a letter for your mother? Why did you leave the embroidery behind?"
Of course, it was to prevent Zhang Daren from showing up. Li Madam had never painted before, so it wouldn't be exposed. Zhang Daren had seen both her and Li Madam's embroidery.
Shen Wanyue did not explain much to Wu Laifeng.
Although Wu Laifeng didn't know the reason, he still accepted it: "Okay, I will deliver the letter to your mother."
After saying that, Wu Laifeng left.
And Shen Wanyue was called back into the house by the boss.
"Sister-in-law, come in and look after mother."
"Yeah." Shen Wanyue entered the room.
There is a high possibility that the sister-in-law will wake up tonight...and there is also the uncertain factor of the mother-in-law.
She needs to hurry up and deal with Zhu's husband...
——
Xiao Zhaoming had already returned to his residence in the capital and was sitting by the window, looking at the moonlight outside.
Jileta sat directly opposite and rubbed his shoulders: "After traveling for so many days, I can finally have a good rest... Hey, the moon is quite round."
Xiao Zhaoming smiled and said, "Today is the fifteenth."
Gillette said "Oh" and said nothing more.
Suddenly, a figure appeared at the window.
"Sir."
Xiao Zhaoming calmly poured himself some tea: "Is it the news about Mr. Wu?" To be honest, he thought he had lost interest in the miracle doctor. He was just an ordinary doctor who brought some gimmicks.
The man said: "...No."
"What is that?"
"An epidemic has occurred in Tanzhou."
"Epidemic?!" Jileta was shocked and jumped up from his chair. "How could it be? We should be fine."
"Don't worry, Prince. We just found out. The news hasn't spread to Tanzhou yet."
"Phew...that's good. Make it clear next time!" Jileta curled her lips and drank a sip of tea to calm herself down.
Xiao Zhaoming put down the teapot, which made a slight sound against the wooden table. His voice was gentle and soft, like the sound of a piano: "Tell me slowly, don't rush."
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