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Chapter 90: One wave has not yet subsided, another wave rises
Chapter 90: One wave has not yet subsided, another wave rises
Shen Ziju returned home with his head wrapped in cloth. He thought it looked ugly, so he chose a less crowded road to go home, but he was still seen. The news soon spread to almost the entire Hebian Village, and the spread of his injury made it very serious.
Shen Ziju was a famous person in Hebian Village. He was already a student at the age of 15, and he was ranked at the top at that time, which was extremely rare among the children in the countryside. In addition, he was very handsome, and his speech and behavior were elegant, which made people feel that he would become a great man in the future. Almost everyone believed that he would definitely pass the examination for a scholar next year, and then continue to take the examinations, become a scholar, a Jinshi, and finally a high official. So although he was still young, he was treated with great respect in the village.
Now Shen Ziju was hit on the head, which is a big deal.
Many people were discussing this matter. Some people saw Shen Ziju coming back from Hebian Village, so they knew that he had gone to Shen Zian's house. Some people asked Doctor Huang and learned that he had indeed gone to Shen Zian's house to treat Shen Ziju. However, Doctor Huang was not a talkative person, so he did not say how Shen Ziju was injured. This made those who did not know the cause and effect of the matter start to think about it randomly.
When Shen's relatives and friends heard the news, they all ran to see Shen Ziju. They saw that he really had a cloth wrapped around his head. Then they thought of Doctor Huang's diagnosis and asked what was going on.
The Shen family didn't want Shen Ziju, a man, to have anything to do with Su Zhi's sister, a girl. Although it was the girl who accidentally hit Ziju with a stone, there was no ambiguity. But the rumors were getting more and more outrageous, and it might be spread outrageously. We couldn't say it was Lianhua who hit him, nor could we say it was the Zhao family. What if it was said that he had a fight with his sister-in-law's family? That would be even worse.
In the end, the Shen family just said that they just touched it, and they kept saying that no matter what other people asked.
Several women including Mrs. Li who were close to Su Zhi also ran to ask Su Zhi what was going on.
"Sister, you don't know. The villagers have spread this matter out of proportion, and that villain who is jealous of your family's prosperity has started to talk nonsense again."
Sister Li said to Su Zhi that she looked at Su Zhi and found that Su Zhi didn't look worried, so she was relieved. She had been close to Su Zhi recently, and Su Zhi had allowed her husband to make money with the blueprint. She really liked Su Zhi.
Sister Feng said, "It's just those few people who were talking nonsense. It's nothing. But sister, is brother Zi Ju's head okay? I heard it's serious."
Sister Shugen looked at Su Zhi and said, "I heard that you sent medicine to Fifth Brother and said that it worked. Is it true? If it really worked, then we wouldn't be afraid of anything."
"Don't worry, sisters-in-law. Fifth brother was just careless."
Su Zhi and the Shen family spoke in the same tone. She now knew what it meant to be frightened by what people said, especially the country folk. Every person was different. In the end, the only thing that was spread was the name of the person involved in the incident. Everything else was completely different!
Su Zhi told a few people that she knew a little bit about medical treatment, but she did have some prescriptions for treating external injuries. She also said that she had cured her own illness, so she wanted to treat Shen Ziju.
Seeing Su Zhi's face remain the same every day, several people believed it.
Sister Feng smiled and said, "I believe you. Look at your face, it's so white and smooth now. Just like a peeled egg. Just based on this face, if someone says you are a lucky star, I will be the first to disagree! This is not a lucky star, this is clearly a fairy from heaven!"
As Sister Feng spoke, she reached out and touched Su Zhi's face, which she found to be so smooth and tender. She was extremely envious, thinking that once this girl recovered from her illness, she would become a beauty.
Sister Li and Sister Shugen also noticed that Su Zhi had become more beautiful. Seeing Zhao Feng praising her, they also smiled and agreed.
Su Zhi sent a few people away, then returned to the house and sat down, thinking that it was fortunate that she had not been secretive before and had been nice to these villagers, which had changed their minds about her. Otherwise, now that Shen Ziju was injured, the responsibility would be put on her head again. It seemed that she had to work harder to make her prestige higher, so high that no one would say anything bad about her anymore. She began to think about inviting Bai Lang's family.
Everyone in the village got the same message, that is, Shen Ziju went to Shen Zian's house and accidentally bumped into him. Although many people did not believe it, the villagers still had nothing to say about Shen Zian's character. Su Zhi also spread the news about the kang, and since their family now had a big house and garden, no one said anything bad about them. Even if there were speculations, they were just talked about in private and passed over.
Su Zhi thought that although the medicine she had prepared for Shen Ziju was effective, it would take half a month to apply it, and she would have to keep applying it after the wound had healed. She didn't want him to be healed all at once, as that would be too much of a show. But it couldn't take too long, as she had to let others know that she still had some skills.
Su Zhi knew that in ancient times, there was a shortage of doctors and medicines, and many people could die from a cold or fever, so people respected doctors very much. For example, Doctor Huang only knew some simple medical skills, but his family lived a good life and was respected by others. Su Zhi thought that if she could also have these skills, she could also establish good relationships with them, which would also be a way to win people's hearts. So now she would just treat her own illness and Shen Ziju's injury as a good thing.
Su Zhi first prescribed medicine for Shen Ziju for a few days, and then put the matter aside. She still had a lot of work to do. Although the quilts and other things were done, the cushions and other things were not made. After finishing the cushions, she would start thinking about how to make money. There were many hawthorns and chestnuts in the house, which could make money.
God does not always grant one's wishes. The more one wants to live a peaceful life, the more troubles one will encounter.
Su Zhi was sitting on the warm kang sewing a mattress, while Shen Zian was sitting on the other side weaving a basket. Su Zhi asked him to weave it, and she also gave him various small suggestions. As a result, Shen Zian's baskets were not only fine and delicate, but also beautiful. Su Zhi asked him to weave a few more baskets to store things, and also asked him to weave small and large baskets, thinking that she would buy some silk scraps and make some flowers to put in the baskets to decorate the room.
The couple was working and chatting at the same time, when they heard the gate outside banging.
Shen Zian got downstairs, put on his shoes, opened the door, and saw it was Sister Li.
As soon as Sister Li came in, she said, "Sister! Your third sister-in-law had a miscarriage!"
Shen Zian glanced at Su Zhi. His wife had told him that eating too much red and sour fruit would cause miscarriage. Now his third sister-in-law had indeed had a miscarriage. He was glad that he and his wife had gone to persuade his third sister-in-law in front of so many people. Otherwise, his third sister-in-law might say that she had a miscarriage because of his wife. He remembered that it was she who caused the separation of their family!
Su Zhi sighed inwardly. She no longer liked Sun. After all, the loss was a child. She did not like this kind of thing, but she also thought that she had fulfilled her obligation to remind her, so she did not dwell on it too much.
Su Zhi asked Sister Li to sit down and tell her what happened.
Sister Li sat on the edge of the kang and said, "I also heard from Granny Fang that your sister-in-law had a miscarriage. Your third sister-in-law is fine, but she has to lie down to recuperate. You said that the red sour fruit couldn't be eaten, but she insisted on keeping it. Now she has got retribution. I guess she regrets it so much that she has nowhere to say it! But I'm worried that she will blame you. Your third sister-in-law is that kind of unreasonable person. You have to be prepared to deal with it."
Shen Zian and Su Zhi thought the same. They had all seen that Sun was unreasonable. But this time they had already made an agreement, so she couldn't cause any trouble.
As expected, Sun was noisy and noisy at home, which made her weak body even weaker. She insisted that Su Zhi cursed her child to death and wanted Su Zhi to compensate her son. Shen Ziping even wanted to find Shen Zian and asked them to compensate his son. He was scolded by Shen Youfu.
"You two are asking for trouble! Zi'an's wife told us not to eat the sour red fruit, but you insisted on eating it. Who can you blame? Now that you have lost your child, you still have to spend money to recover! You two should both be more down-to-earth and stop making trouble and embarrassing us! Whoever goes, I will break his legs!"
Shen Youfu scolded and went back to the house angrily. Shen Zhang also went back to the house. She had no expectations for Sun's child. She saw that all the children she had had no future. Having one more child would only cost her money to feed another mouth. Now this child was gone.
"Stop arguing. The boy has a head injury and needs to rest quietly."
Shen Zhu shook her handkerchief, turned around and left. Her third sister-in-law's room smelled really bad. She had better go out quickly. She had to change her clothes after going out. Her clothes were all smelly!
"Brother, did I disturb you?"
Shen Zhu walked into Shen Ziju's room and saw Shen Ziju sitting at the table, but he was not reading. She went over and looked at Shen Ziju with distressed eyes. They were born together as siblings, and her feelings for him could be said to be the deepest among all her brothers and sisters. She was also sad to see him hurt, and his injury was related to his future and his own future, which made her even more worried.
"This third sister-in-law is so restless. She's still so noisy even in this situation. Having her at home really affects the family tradition." Shen Zhu complained softly.
"I'm fine."
Shen Ziju smiled, but he was thinking about what happened just now. He thought about Su Zhi and what she said about pregnant women not being able to eat red sour fruit. It turned out that something happened to the third sister-in-law. She was right! (