Chapter 30: Gossip and discord

No one paid attention to Chu Sangning's abnormality, except Jiang Xingyan, who narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had noticed something and his face darkened.

The next day, when Chu Sangning was racking his brains to find a reason to ask for leave in the house, Jiang Xingyan stood in front of Chu Sangning's door with a crutch, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked on the door.

"Jiang Xingyan, what's wrong with you?" Chu Sangning opened the door and waved in front of him.

"My legs are already like this, don't worry about it." Jiang Xingyan looked at Chu Sangning, whose rosy little face looked haggard after a day of running around.

"I said it, Jiang Xingyan, you have to believe me." Chu Sangning was anxious. She had already found a solution, and Jiang Xingyan couldn't be so pessimistic.

"I..." Jiang Xingyan took a deep breath and suddenly grabbed Chu Sangning's wrist. His big hand was strong and powerful. Chu Sangning only felt the burning heat on her wrist. She subconsciously struggled to break free.

"Take me with you next time." Seeing Jiang Xingyan's insistence, Chu Sangning had no choice but to nod, "Okay, no need for next time, let's do it today."

"Today?" "Yes, today."

The two of them set off as soon as they said they would. Chu Sangning and Jiang Xingyan traveled light and took a walk around the back mountain. Jiang Xingyan then understood why Chu Sangning fell asleep as soon as he got home. It was because the journey was too rough.

He had to take the most difficult path, and what Chu Sangning was looking for was just in an inconspicuous place.

Chu Sangning's face was covered with dust. She squatted on the ground and saw the herbs in the weeds. She was surprised to open the others and carefully packed the herbs she wanted. She raised her eyes and smiled, "Jiang Xingyan, look, I found it."

Her smile was too bright, and her curved eyes looked like crescent moons.

Jiang Xingyan's eyes were dark, staring straight at her, "Yeah."

After returning, Chu Sangning told Lin Xiuzhi everything about herself. Lin Xiuzhi knew that Chu Sangning did it for her son, and her face was about to break with laughter.

"I will talk to the captain about the pig grass myself. Sang Ning, just do your best."

With the help of Lin Xiuzhi, Chu Sangning no longer had to do farm work. He spent the whole day at home cooking medicine and scooping herbs to apply on his legs.

No one could keep secrets from anyone about what was happening in the village. If Chu Sangning didn't go to work for two or three days, everyone in the village would know about it.

The gossiper went straight to Pan Wenlan and said something provocative: "Wenlan, you have been married to the Jiang family in Changxing Village for several years, and your mother-in-law didn't ask you to take a few days off."

"Unlike Chu Zhiqing, she has only been in your house for a few days, and your mother-in-law treats her as her own daughter, even better than you."

Pan Wenlan smiled, cursing the instigator in her heart. Chu Sangning was living in her own home, so her mother-in-law could cook more delicious food, and the family would have better food.

People cannot be without conscience. After Chu Sangning came, the family ate pork lard and drank fish soup several times a week.

Pan Wenlan wished her mother-in-law would be nicer to Chu Sangning.

She still had to save face. Facing the ill intentions of the gossipy women in the village, Pan Wenlan smiled softly: "It doesn't matter who my mother-in-law treats well. I don't care."

Her words made those gossipy women almost faint with anger. They didn't know before that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jiang family was so weak. She didn't even dare to confront her mother-in-law at home.

Lin Xiuzhi was just wiping her sweat when she saw her daughter-in-law surrounded by other people, all with sarcastic faces. She shouted, "What are you guys talking about? Let me hear it too."

Her voice attracted the scorer, and under the scorer's roar, several gossips left in shame with their hoes.

The other members of the Jiang family were working in the fields. Even Jiang Pan'an had gone out to collect grass for the pigs. Only Jiang Xingyan and Chu Sangning were left at home.

Chu Sangning felt embarrassed to eat and drink for free at home, so she planned to cook from today so that she could have a nap after dinner when they came back.

In order to cure Jiang Xingyan's physical problems, Chu Sangning found a lot of nourishing foods in the space, including mutton, ginseng, bull whip, leek and deer whip.

In order to prevent Jiang Xingyan from noticing, Chu Sangning specially cooked it in the steamer in the space.

Jiang Xingyan was in the house tidying up his military uniform, folding it neatly without a single wrinkle.

When he went out, smoke had already started to come out of the kitchen chimney. Chu Sangning, wearing a worn apron, looked very pretty in the kitchen.

She was wearing a white long-sleeved dress with wide hems embroidered with flowers, and her slender waist and every graceful and lovely gesture were all seen by Jiang Xingyan who was standing at the kitchen door.

He watched for a while and went in to help. Looking at the dish in front of him, Jiang Xingyan was a little embarrassed, "You, what is this..."

Whose family eats leeks for dinner? This......

"Oh, I just made a few. There are other dishes, such as cabbage vermicelli and pork stewed with potatoes."

After the Jiang family had eaten and drunk their fill, they went back to sleep. When Jiang Xingyan was clearing the dishes, Chu Sangning whispered beside him, "Go to the yard later. I have something for you."

When Jiang Xingyan cleaned up the kitchen and went to the yard, Chu Sangning walked in holding a large bowl, and Jiang Xingyan smelled a very strange smell.

The soup in his hand was very white, and the unpleasant smell in the bowl made Jiang Xingyan frown: "What is this?"

"Oh, don't worry about it. I won't hurt you. Just drink it." Under Chu Sangning's instigation, Jiang Xingyan held his breath and drank it in one gulp.

After drinking for three days in a row, Jiang Xingyan couldn't explain why he felt hot and energetic every morning, even... cough, which caused him to get up early every morning to do the laundry.

Until... Chu Sangning watched Jiang Xingyan finish drinking the tonic soup and his nose started bleeding, but he didn't realize it himself.

Chu Sangning stretched out his finger, nervously stepped forward and lifted Jiang Xingyan's head: "You have a nosebleed."

Because they were so close, Jiang Xingyan could even feel Chu Sangning's breathing beside him, and her soft hands.

"Hey, I'm fine." Jiang Xingyan took a step back helplessly, covering his nose, and ran into the house in panic.

Chu Sangning reflected deeply and felt that he had given Jiang Xingyan too much nourishment. He shouldn't have given him nourishing soup every two or three days.

With concern for the injured, she asked through the door, "Jiang Xingyan, how is your leg injury?"

Jiang Xingyan moved his right leg and felt a slight stinging pain, but it was much better than before. He didn't expect the herbal medicine to be so effective. He was afraid that it would be completely healed in another month.

Even though the military hospital said that she might not be able to recover, Chu Sangning did not give up and actually cured herself. Thinking back to her previous assurance, Jiang Xingyan's heart was filled with ripples.

Reply loudly: "It's almost done."

It's good enough that he's healed. Curing Jiang Xingyan is also a good deed. After all, he is a soldier, a respectable person who serves the people. Chu Sangning is also happy.