Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Aspiring to succeed the throne This time Zhao Mingsheng has not yet...
This time, before Zhao Mingsheng could open his mouth, he heard Aunt Zou next door answer loudly.
"He's not here! Don't hang around here!"
As soon as Zhao Mingsheng opened the gate, he saw Aunt Zou holding a basin of dirty water, which she didn't know what it was used to wash, and she poured it towards the woman outside the yard.
The woman screamed and dodged, but the hem of her skirt was inevitably stained.
She was so angry that she stamped her feet and didn't care about pretending. She immediately started cursing like a shrew, "You old fool, you have no eyes! I came here if I wanted to. What's it to you? Is this road yours?"
The sharp voice was like a sharp knife, and the listeners wanted to cover their ears.
Aunt Zou ignored her and snorted.
Li was not the only widow in the village, but she was a famous widow in the village.
Li was originally the second wife of a hunter, and her husband was one of the richest men in the village.
Unfortunately, he died accidentally during a hunting trip, leaving behind Li and a pair of children, the daughter of whom was born to his first wife.
Why is she famous? Because she is cruel.
When her husband was alive, she pretended to be a good wife and mother. But after her husband died, she sold her daughter left by his first wife to the next village as a child bride before she was even eight years old. She raised her own daughter like a treasure.
There were also many bachelors in the village who coveted her beauty and wanted to marry her home, and they didn't even mind helping others raise their sons.
Because they were too poor, Li did not agree, but she was smart and did not refuse. She just stayed like that, and there was never a shortage of people to do the heavy work of chopping wood and fetching water at home.
Li was about to curse again, but when she turned around and saw Zhao Mingsheng, she stopped and restrained herself.
"Hey, this is the one who came back from the city, right? Look at her figure and temperament! People who grew up in the city are different!"
Li held a round fan between her fingers and gently waved it, her charming eyes darting around as she surveyed Zhao Mingsheng from head to toe. She wondered if this girl was good enough to marry a county magistrate, and how much dowry would she get?
Her gaze, as if she was examining merchandise, made Zhao Mingsheng very uncomfortable.
Zhao Mingsheng stood by the door frame, blocking Li's view from peeking inside, and asked, "My father is not here, is there anything wrong?"
Li covered her mouth and smiled, "I caught a cold these past two days and have a severe headache. I wanted to see Doctor Zhao."
Zhao Mingsheng looked up at the scorching June sun, which was both hot and scorching.
Aunt Zou sneered, as if she had just heard a ridiculous joke. "Where's the cool breeze in this hot weather?"
Li ignored her sarcasm and twisted her waist, waving her fan at Zhao Mingsheng and said, "Since your father is not here, I will come another day."
Aunt Zou spat fiercely at her back, "Bah! Shameless thing!"
Zhao Mingsheng was puzzled and thought that there was some grudge between Aunt Zou and Li. So he tried to comfort her, "Don't be angry, Auntie. It's not worth it to make yourself sick."
Aunt Zou tapped Zhao Mingsheng's head with her fingertips, leaving her confused.
"This Li comes to see your father every few days. Today he has a headache, tomorrow he has a stomachache, and the day after tomorrow he has leg pain..." Aunt Zou lowered her voice a little. "Every time she comes, she wears something glamorous and twists her waist around without worrying about hurting it!"
Zhao Mingsheng suddenly realized and found it a little funny. Is she attracted to her father?
In Qingshan Village, Zhao's father is considered a wealthy man. He usually prepares medicinal herbs and sells them in the town. He has enough food and clothing, and he can even support his brother who is a scholar.
I heard that Li's family has a six-year-old child who is of school age, so I'm afraid this is what they're thinking.
She smiled and tried to comfort Aunt Zou, "She's got the wrong idea. My father treats my mother very well and there's no way he'd marry her again!"
Aunt Zou sighed deeply and continued, "She has high standards and is not in a hurry to become your concubine. She heard from others that your mother is not in good health..." If Meng goes there, she will be able to enter the family.
Zhao Mingsheng slowly realized what was happening, and her delicate eyebrows were almost twisted into a ball. Was he planning to become her stepmother? Even Zhao Mingsheng, who had a good temper, was shaking with anger at the moment, feeling as sick as if she had swallowed a fly.
In the dream, it was true that Mrs. Meng hadn't survived the winter. If that were the case, after the mourning period was over, if Mr. Zhao wanted to marry again, she wouldn't stop him from marrying anyone.
But Meng is not dead yet, and Li is like a fly seeing meat, and Zhao Mingsheng suddenly feels disgusted.
If Mrs. Meng knew about this, she would probably be so angry that she would die!
Thinking of this, she quickly grabbed Aunt Zou and said, "My mother is weak, so don't say these dirty things in front of her ears..."
Aunt Zou was also a sensible person, and she immediately said that she would never say these things to Mrs. Meng.
Back in the house, Zhao Mingsheng stared at Meng who was taking a nap. It was not difficult to see that she was also a beautiful woman when she was young, but the years had turned her temples into white hair, and half a lifetime of hard work and illness had made her face haggard.
When Zhao Mingsheng thought about the fact that his mother was still thinking about him before she died in his dream, he became more determined to cure her.
In the evening, after a busy day, Mr. Zhao finally returned home and noticed something was amiss. To be more precise, his little daughter's attitude towards him had become much colder than it had been that morning.
"Are you tired from watering the fields today?"
"Not tired."
"Have you been bitten by mosquitoes? Let me prescribe some ointment for you."
“No.”
It was this conversation that left Zhao's father baffled. He was so well behaved that there was nothing to fault with him, yet he just felt something was off. He was fine before he left home this morning, so what had happened?
Father Zhao was right. Zhao Mingsheng's habit of daydreaming had come back again.
When she saw Zhao's father, she thought of Li in the afternoon.
Thinking of Li’s disgusting thoughts, I couldn’t help but wonder what Zhao’s father was thinking?
Did he also like Li's good looks and wait for his mother to come and take her in?
Finally, I came to the conclusion that all men are pigs!
Zhao Mingsheng was sitting on the swing, swaying unconsciously, when suddenly the swing stopped.
When I came to my senses, I found that it was Zhao's father who grabbed the rope of the swing with one hand and forced it to stop.
"Girl, there's something wrong with you today."
Zhao Mingsheng really wanted to know what her father thought of Li. She thought so in her heart and asked it out loud without even noticing.
"What do you think of the Li family?"
The question made Zhao's father stunned for a moment, "Which Li?"
"That's the Li who often comes to see you for medical treatment!"
Father Zhao thought for a moment and then answered seriously: "Pale face and thin body are signs of weak Qi and blood. In addition to regular conditioning, you also need to exercise more. I recommend using Rehmannia root, Schisandra chinensis, and Astragalus root..."
Zhao Mingsheng: ...
She interrupted Father Zhao's chatter and said, "I'm asking, do you like her?"
"How is that possible! Absolutely not!" Father Zhao hurriedly defended himself.
"Ms. Li is pretty, don't you have any other ideas?"
Father Zhao replied bluntly, "She's just my patient. Doctors don't differentiate between men and women. Speaking of appearance, your mother was hundreds of times more beautiful than her when she was young!"
Shul looked around and then asked nervously, "You haven't told your mother these things, have you?"
Seeing Zhao Mingsheng shaking his head, Zhao's father finally breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay, it's okay. If your mother heard it, she would think too much and I would be in trouble!"
Father Zhao stroked the top of Zhao Mingsheng's head, his words filled with emotions that she didn't understand at the time. "Your mother has suffered a lot for this family. In this life, it's enough for me to love only her."
Zhao Mingsheng, who was caught off guard and ate a handful of dog food: ...
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