Chapter 76 It's Quiet
Lu Yao and the others prepared breakfast and returned to the yard to wake Haohao and Yueyue up when they heard screams from next door.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"Grandma, don't scare us."
“…”
Lu Yao and Rong Yanhui looked at each other. This voice was not unfamiliar to them at all.
"What happened?" Pu Zhiwen's wife Jiang Jingqiu whispered.
These days, the relationship between the two families has been getting better and better, and they talk much more freely and casually than at the beginning.
The two thought about what their brother said in the morning. If his guess was true, then it would not be surprising what was heard next door.
Instead of going to watch the fun, they took their two neatly dressed children straight to the guest room in the next yard. Lu Mingxiu gave the two children a simple wash and then they went to the kitchen to have breakfast.
During this period, it is inevitable to talk about what is happening over there, but the situation is unclear now, and we may know the details later.
Sure enough, after breakfast, when they packed up and returned to the front yard, they finally found out what had happened over there.
It turned out that the old lady had been groaning in discomfort all night, and because it had been like this for several days, no one paid much attention to it.
The key is,
There was no way to take it seriously. They had looked for a doctor before, but there was none around.
In this way, a night passed, and when everyone woke up in the morning, they found that the old lady was in a coma. A group of people shouted for a long time before she slowly woke up.
The person woke up, but was in a very bad condition.
The old lady who was full of energy before, aged ten years overnight. She looked listless, spoke weakly, and her eyelids opened and closed, as if she would fall asleep in the next second.
Not only that, she hummed softly, saying that her chest was stuffy and she felt like vomiting.
Shen Shiren was heartbroken, but there was no doctor available and there was no point in worrying. He could only ask Lin Hongyang, the responsible official, to help him find a doctor.
It was impossible for Lin Hongyang to arrange people to search alone. He said that if they passed through villages or met doctors along the way, he would not stop them, but as a prisoner, he could not think of leaving the main group to look for people.
Shen Shiren thanked him repeatedly. Intellectually, he knew that this person had done his best and was quite easy to talk to, but emotionally, he was still very sad. If nothing had happened to him, how could these people dare to be so perfunctory and indifferent?
They are all people who look down on others.
As usual, Wang Yalan picked up Mrs. Wang's breakfast on her behalf.
Because the other party's health condition was worrying and he could not cook for himself, Wang Yalan had to feed him.
Wang Yalan looked at the old lady who was once so domineering and now looked like a dead dog with only half her life. She couldn't help but feel happy and disgusted at the same time.
It is said that evil can last for a thousand years. This old woman is really lucky.
She put the bowl on the table beside her and said while breaking the steamed buns, "Mom, do you like this flower very much?"
"Hmm." The old lady hummed and stopped talking.
Wang Yalan smiled and didn't care about the other party's reaction. She continued to break the steamed bun. Maybe her hand slipped or something, but the steamed bun suddenly fell on the table and landed directly on the flower branch.
She hurried to pick it up, but accidentally scattered the bouquet all over the table.
This is getting more and more chaotic.
"Mom, wait a minute, it will be ready soon," she said.
He picked up the bouquet with nimble hands and feet, and gently placed it on the table. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he stuck it directly into the steamed bun.
Finally everything was cleaned up, Wang Yalan breathed a sigh of relief.
After breaking all the buns, he felt the temperature with the back of his hand and made sure it was not hot before he picked up the bowl to feed Mrs. Wang.
The old lady was not feeling well and had no appetite, but she still ate a small bowl of porridge with mantou.
She didn't want to die, so the only way she could recover sooner was to eat more.
Now, Old Lady Wang was placed on the cart, completely replacing Shen Shiren's position.
After listening to the gossip, Lu Yao and the others took Haohao, Yueyue and Xiaobao out of the front yard.
As usual, Lu Mingxiu took the three children in one carriage, while Rong Yanhui and Lu Yao still had their own carriage. Not only did they have to prepare ingredients for lunch, but there were too many things piled in the carriage, and it was too uncomfortable for the children to squeeze in with them.
I don’t know if it was because Old Lady Wang was unlucky or what, but throughout the day, Shen Shiren kept an eye on the people passing by, but throughout the day, he didn’t meet anyone reliable.
Seeing that the old lady's body was getting weaker and weaker, Shen Shiren and others were extremely anxious.
Fortunately, when he arrived at the next post station, a postman passing by knew that there was a barefoot doctor in a nearby village. He spent a piece of silver and asked the postman to help him invite the doctor.
The doctor came quickly. After seeing the old lady's condition, he felt a pang in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. He was thinking about the next countermeasures in his mind.
The old lady had clearly been poisoned, but who would harm an old lady on the road to exile? This must involve some secret, and he didn't want to cause himself trouble.
Don't say anything that's bad for your reputation.
These people have to travel every day. If they leave here, they will never see each other again in this life. What happens to the old lady later has nothing to do with him.
And he is not really doing nothing.
The other party spent a lot of money to invite him over, and he would prescribe some appropriate medicine. What happens next depends on the old lady's fate.
No matter how bad the situation is, it won't really be blamed on him.
These people are exiled prisoners. Judging from their words and deeds, they must have been extraordinary people before. Once something unexpected happened and they fell into the quagmire, no one could remain calm. They became angry, their liver fire rose, and their liver qi was stagnant...all these symptoms can be explained.
He calculated quickly in his mind, and took turns placing his hands on the old lady's wrist to feel her pulse. His face was so serious that the people around him dared not breathe.
After an unknown amount of time, he let go of the pulse and said solemnly, "Old Madam, you often feel dizzy, tinnitus, chest tightness, palpitations, fainting and nausea. Qi, blood, yin and yang are out of balance. This is a symptom of Qi and fire attacking the heart. What has triggered this old lady?"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but praise his own wit in his heart.
Hearing that the old lady was furious, Shen Shiren was worried and blamed himself: "Mom, it's all because of your son that you are in trouble."
Old Lady Wang shook her head: "Why would my son say such a thing?"
She sat up with Wang Yalan's support. "You were also harmed by evil people. If you want to blame someone, blame those evil-minded villains. What does it have to do with my son?"
As she spoke, the hatred in her eyes almost solidified into substance, and she rushed towards an unknown direction through the door.
This barefoot doctor is a well-informed man. What is there that he doesn't understand?
It seems that they are blaming all their faults on others?
If it were someone else, they would certainly be moved by the mother-son relationship, and would share the same hatred and curse the evildoers in their hearts, but he was the postman's uncle, and the other party was worried that he would be fooled, so he had already told him the specific situation of this family on the way here.
Back then, everyone in their village had received favors from Lord Rong. When they heard the list of crimes against their family, no one in their village believed it. Unfortunately, they were powerless and had no influence, so they couldn't offer any help and could only worry.
Now, Lord Rong's family has been vindicated, the evildoers have received retribution, and their village is celebrating big time.
Now that he saw the culprit and his family, he wished he could just give them a handful of poison!
Thinking of the teachings that Lord Rong had given them, he took a deep breath. It was not worth sacrificing himself for such a scum.
After some psychological suggestion and ignoring the shameless mother and son, he continued, "Old Madam, have these symptoms only appeared in the past two days?"
"Doctor, you are really an expert." When Mrs. Wang heard this, she instantly felt that this doctor was really capable. They had not said anything, but he had already described her symptoms in detail.
Her mood instantly improved. "Isn't it? I've been feeling unwell for the past two days, and last night I felt like I couldn't breathe. I almost died."
The barefoot doctor advised: "Madam, you need to keep your mood happy and not worry, so that you can get rid of the root of the disease."
Old Lady Wang sighed, "I didn't want to do that either. It's just that this is a sudden disaster, and it's hard to get rid of the frustration. My Shen family has been officials for many years, but ended up like this..."
The barefoot doctor sneered in his heart, thinking that it was a good thing that he was caught. Otherwise, if such a person were to stand in a high position, who knows how many good officials and people would suffer.
In order to justify the money he would accept later, he comforted her with a few words and gave her a few injections. After the old lady felt a little better, he prescribed medicine, collected the money and left.
But before that, he also reminded the old lady to remember to stay calm and not get angry, otherwise, her condition would only get worse and her life might be in danger.
With the doctor's reminder, Old Lady Wang just glanced at Liu Wan, her mother and daughter indifferently, without frowning or cursing like before.
Liu Wan and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were not afraid of the dead old woman, they did not want to be cursed every day, so this was good.
Shen Shiren gave the old lady the last bit of silver, sent the doctor away, and asked Wang Yalan to borrow a small stove from the postman to boil medicine for the old lady. Only then did he return to his mother.
With her son's company, the old lady finally couldn't bear the fatigue and fell asleep.
In this way, the old lady's health was up and down, and it lasted for several days. She had spent all the money she had and had no money to buy medicine. If the old lady did not get better, she could only wait to die.
The old lady naturally couldn't just wait to die.
She glared at Wang Yalan, her niece who had been her favorite since childhood: "You, really, have no money?"
Wang Yalan looked sad and aggrieved: "If I had money, I would have taken it out long ago. Why would I let you suffer?"
Anyway, she was determined not to admit it.
Unless, pull out her body.
She might have been worried when the old woman was in good health, but now that she was dying and had difficulty even lifting her hands, she was not afraid at all.
Seeing her daughter-in-law and niece being increasingly disrespectful to her these days, Old Lady Wang once suspected that this was her true face.
Soon, however, she no longer needed to doubt, but instead experienced the other person's true nature firsthand.
One day, they arrived at the post station. Everyone else was queuing in the yard waiting for food. Only Old Lady Wang and Wang Yalan were in the room.
Wang Yalan was also very tired, so she sat down directly on the big bunk. Old lady Wang was not far from her. She gritted her teeth and moved little by little towards Wang Yalan.
Perhaps it was the threat of death and the desire to survive that made her burst out with unprecedented strength. She grabbed Wang Yalan's clothes and pulled her towards herself.
Wang Yalan was not at all on guard against the current Old Lady Wang and was easily pulled over by her.
While the person was still not able to react, the old lady quickly gave her a circle, and while she was temporarily exhausted, she quickly searched several places where the banknotes might be hidden, and finally found a few banknotes in the interlayer of the other person's bellyband on her chest.
"Okay, okay," Old Lady Wang had forgotten the doctor's previous advice not to get angry. She clutched a stack of banknotes, and besides being delighted, she was filled with hatred and resentment towards Wang Yalan, her once beloved daughter-in-law and niece.
If it weren't for this woman, how could anything possibly happen to the Rong family? As long as the Rong family was there, and that woman was there, their Shen family would definitely not have fallen into this situation.
Therefore, this woman is the real jinx of their Shen family!
Wang Yalan recovered and saw that she had been found by the old lady even though she had been hiding and relying on you. This was her and her son’s future capital, and it must not be known to others!
She gritted her teeth and threw herself at the old lady. Old Lady Wang was almost suffocated by the sudden and powerful impact, but even though it was so uncomfortable, she did not loosen her hands that were tightly holding the things.
Wang Yalan didn't expect that this old woman would be so difficult to deal with. She held the other's hand with one hand and used the other hand to pry her fingers apart. Her moves were steady, accurate and ruthless, without any mercy.
Old Mrs. Wang looked at the other person's hideous and distorted face and finally began to feel fear. She felt so regretful that the niece and daughter-in-law whom she had loved for decades turned out to be so cruel.
Why didn’t I notice it before?
She used all her strength to hold on to the banknote tightly, but she was afraid that the other party would kill her to silence her because she was exposed, so she opened her mouth to call for help.
How could Wang Yalan let her succeed?
He immediately covered her mouth, but found that his hands were too small and it was not effective, so he simply pulled over a package of clothes and pressed it firmly on the old woman's mouth.
Old Mrs. Wang desperately scratched Wang Yalan with both hands, and then reached out to pull the package covering her body. As if it was a side effect of stimulating her potential, she gradually lost her strength, and the hand that had been tightly holding the banknote slowly loosened.
Wang Yalan held down the package with one hand, quickly grabbed the banknotes with the other hand and stuffed them into her chest, then fastened her clothes. After she was done, she found that the old lady Wang under her had finally calmed down.
She let out a long breath and released the package that was blocking Old Lady Wang's mouth.
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