Chapter 210 Bad Luck

Zhulan looked at Boss Zhou, who nodded. "We were afraid of the rain so we hurried home. We caught up with the Zhang family's ox cart after we left the city gate. I glanced at Wang Ru in a hurry. She was still unconscious but her complexion looked much better."

Li sighed, "The neighbor's luck is really bad. Wang Ru was already injured and got caught in the rain. Don't worry, she will have a high fever."

Zhulan watched the rain getting heavier and heavier. It was already autumn, and the weather was getting cooler with each rain. Wang Ru's luck was indeed bad. People in ancient times were afraid of catching a cold or typhoid, as it could be fatal.

Li saw her mother-in-law looking at the meat in her hand and laughed, "Mom, the pig we killed today is very fat. It is said to weigh 220 kilograms. Mom, take a look at the fat meat. It will definitely produce a lot of oil when fried."

Zhulan nodded, "She is indeed fat enough."

The pigs we raised this year are also good, estimated to be over 200 kilograms!

When Li thought about having hot pot in the evening, she carried the meat with great energy and said, "Mom, I'm going to make some pork fat."

"Go ahead. Oh, by the way, make the bone soup first so we can have a bowl of it at noon."

Li had already entered the kitchen, shouting, "I know, mother."

Zhulan sat under the eaves and continued sewing clothes. The house was too dark on a rainy day, and she didn't want to hurt her eyes by lighting an oil lamp, so she could only find a place with plenty of light to sit.

After sewing a piece of clothing, there was movement next door. She could faintly hear someone saying "be careful not to get wet in the rain". Wang Ru came back. There was a commotion next door and she could hear Wang Laosi's voice. She didn't believe that Wang Laosi was really worried about Wang Ru. He had been running around for Wang Ru yesterday just for money. He didn't have a cash cow and had been spending his savings. Wang Laosi has been a lot more low-key in the past six months!

Wang Laosi also wanted to make amends, but Wang Ru was stubborn. When she finally got the chance, she even suspected that Wang Laosi had deliberately angered Wang Zhang in exchange for a slap in the face.

The heavy rain did not last long and stopped at noon. After the rain stopped, the wind started and it was quite cool. Zhulan had a fire in her house and it was really comfortable to take a nap on the kang.

In the afternoon, Zhulan didn't have to worry about anyone coming, as everyone knew she had the habit of taking a nap after she had recovered. If no one came in the morning, no one would come in the afternoon, so Zhulan could sleep until she woke up naturally.

Li had a lot to say, and finally waited until her mother-in-law woke up, "Mom, Wang Ru has called the doctor again. She really has a fever."

Zhao replied, "With such serious injuries, I don't know if he can survive."

Zhulan had a fever as expected. Wang Ru's condition was such that no one could stand being exposed to the rain. She asked, "Did you call Doctor Lu?"

Mrs. Li was watching the excitement from the front door of her house and nodded, "We invited Doctor Lu."

Zhulan thought that since Mr. Lu came in person, "the Wang family must have given him a lot of money!"

Li said excitedly, "Mother, it was not the Wang family who invited us. It was Master Shi who came. Master Shi sent someone to invite us. Moreover, Wang Ru woke up for a while and chased Wang Daya away like crazy. Wang Daya was chased out and has been taken home by Sun."

Zhu Lan was surprised, "You only took Wang Xin away?"

Li nodded, "I heard it all at the door of our house. Wang Ru told Wang Daya to get out. I don't know what Wang Daya did, but Master Shi's followers brought Wang Daya out and also drove Wang Laosi and his wife out. But Wang Ru fainted again!"

Zhulan never expected that so many things would happen after she slept for only half an hour. "Has Doctor Lu left?"

As soon as Zhulan finished her words, Doctor Lu and his son entered the courtyard. Zhulan stood up quickly and said, "Doctor Lu, are you going back to the county? I'll ask the boss to harness the carriage now."

Mr. Lu waved his hands, "We are not going back to the city. We are here to stay. Sorry for disturbing you, Miss Xiucai. We will disturb you for a few days."

Anyway, he was not going to stay next door. A house full of cunning people was disturbing. At his old age, he just wanted to find peace and quiet.

Zhulan lowered her voice, "Is the situation next door bad?"

Mr. Lu did not hide it either, "It is indeed not good, with a high fever. I have given him strong medicine. Everything will depend on tonight."

Zhulan thought to herself that if Wang Ru had known what would happen, she would not have taken the risk. In the final analysis, it was Wang Ru who was stupid and acted rashly without understanding the situation clearly. What happened today was all Wang Ru's fault. "Doctor Lu, please come this way. I'm sorry to have you stay in my grandson's house for the next few days."

Mr. Lu said, "I should be the one feeling embarrassed. I don't feel wronged at all."

There was a new quilt at Zhulan's house. Zhulan first took people to the house and instructed Li to carry the bedding of the two grandsons to Changzhi's house. The two grandsons would live with Changzhi for a few days.

Then he brought out two new quilts and placed them on the kang, and said to Mr. Lu, "I'll ask the eldest son to come over and light the fire. There's a well in the yard for easy access. If you need water, there are kettles for boiling water. If you need anything else, just ask my eldest son."

Mr. Lu's son, Lu Lingzhi, said, "Excuse me, Madam Scholar."

Since Zhulan knew the name of Doctor Lu's son, she specifically asked why he named him Lingzhi. The old man said frankly that it was because Lingzhi was precious. His grandson was also named Lu Renshen. However, after the grandson strongly protested when he grew up, the name became Lu Renshen.

Zhulan felt sympathy for the younger generation of the Lu family. She smiled and went out, asking Boss Zhou to make some tea and send it over.

A fire was lit in the room of Doctor Lu and his son. Shi Qing's servant came to the door, holding a box with a purse on it.

Boss Zhou came out to answer the phone. After sending the people away, Zhu Lan came out and asked, "What do you mean?"

Boss Zhou put down the box and said, "Inside the box is a thank you gift for Wang Ru, thanking her for her help yesterday. In the purse is the loan and food expenses for Doctor Lu and his son."

Li was extremely curious, but she did not dare to open the box to see what gift it was. However, she had originally disliked having Wang Ru live next door to her, but the thank-you gifts she had received in the past two days had smoothed over her worries.

Zhulan opened her purse and found a silver ingot worth five taels. She was really generous. This amount of silver could last them a year!

Zhulan wanted to put the silver into a purse for Zhao to keep, but when she saw Li staring at the purse, her hands froze. Li had a talent for cooking, but she was not good at needlework, let alone embroidery. Li also liked to carry embroidered purses and handkerchiefs, but she could not make them herself, and the purses she carried were always ugly. This time she fell in love with the purse. Zhulan handed the silver to Zhao, "You keep the silver."

Zhao is used to managing household expenses. "I'll enter the money into the account when I get home."

Zhulan put away the purse in the face of Li's disappointed eyes. She did not open the box and had no intention of showing it to the eldest and second sons. Some things are better not known. The less she knows about the family's financial situation, the better she and Zhou Shuren can control the direction of the entire family.

Zhulan took the box back to the room, and she was the only one in the room who opened it to look. This time it was also filled with silver ingots, no wonder it was so heavy. There were four five-liang silver ingots in it, twenty liang of silver in total, as a thank-you gift. It was obvious that Shi Qing came from Pingzhou in a hurry and only brought silver with him!

After packing up the silver, Zhulan thought silently, August is a prosperous month for the Zhou family. This month is like the God of Wealth has come in, and the silver is running to the Zhou family like long legs. Only a few days have passed and a shop has been built.

Li knocked on the door, "Mom, I'm coming in?"