After a moment's thought, Jiang Yue gestured for the two elderly people to rest assured, assuring them there was nothing seriously wrong. However, once they were outside, she said seriously:
"Sister Liu, could you please take a look at the medicine the doctor prescribed?"
"Is there something wrong with the medicine?"
Liu panicked. If anything happened to her parents-in-law while she was taking care of them, how could she face her husband in the afterlife?
"Don't panic, maybe I'm seeing things."
Jiang Yue comforted her, saying that she couldn't draw any conclusions without seeing the medicine.
"Okay, I'll go get it right now!"
After finishing her speech, Liu hurried back to her room. Although it was cold, there were still rats in the kitchen. To protect the medicine, she put it in a basket and hung it from the rafters in the room...
Jiang Yue felt uneasy. Normally, when she went to see a doctor and get medicine, it was done at Huichuntang.
However, the symptoms and the medication did not work; on the contrary, it seemed as if the wrong medicine had been taken.
With the highly skilled manager Zhao overseeing Huichuntang, how could they possibly prescribe the wrong medicine!
Filled with confusion and doubt, she opened the medicine packet and began to examine it carefully...
"Sister Liu, how many doses of this medicine have you brewed?"
"Not many, only two sets, the rest are here."
"Okay, I'll have Qingshan send you more medicine later. I'll take these medicines with me for now, and this matter should not be made public."
"Okay, I'll listen to you~"
A chill ran down Liu's spine; judging from her mother-in-law's words, there was something wrong with the medicine...
Jiang Yue rewrapped the medicine and tried her best to comfort her:
"Don't panic, I'm here, everything will be alright."
"Hey, I don't know what happened here, but you have to be careful."
Liu was not stupid; the more she knew, the more dangerous it was, so she wisely refrained from asking too many questions.
But her in-laws treated them so well, especially during the heavy snow; she didn't want to see them get into danger.
"It's alright, this little thing won't affect me. You just stay home and take good care of the two elders. If Xiaoxue is bored during the holidays, ask her to come to my house and keep her sister and Xiaohuntun company."
Jiang Yue looked relaxed, gave some instructions, and then left under the pretext of having something to do.
"Yes, be careful on the road."
Liu waved her hand, watched her in-laws walk away, and then closed the courtyard gate...
If the sky falls, those who are capable will hold it up. The best help she can give is by not causing trouble!
The fox fur was very large, and Jiang Yue wrapped herself up tightly. It seemed that the mastermind behind the medicine bag was not only targeting her, but also Manager Zhao!
It's best not to alert them; she needs to secretly arrange for someone to carry this out...
As luck would have it, she had just gotten home when she found an uninvited guest at her door.
"This humble woman, Zhao Xiuniang, kowtows to the County Magistrate."
After speaking, the woman, dressed in a thin cotton coat, knelt down before her with a thud.
"Bang!"
The stone slabs at the entrance are very thick; even with snow on them, knee-deep drops from them are still quite painful.
"You...you're Old Li's daughter-in-law?"
Jiang Yue's gaze was sharp, but was her saintly heart overflowing?
Oh no, having experienced so many ambushes, she was very wary.
"Yes, my husband's family is the Li family, but my daughter and I have been living a miserable life in the Li family. You see—"
Zhao Xiuniang rolled up her sleeves, revealing her numerous wounds.
Fearing the county magistrate wouldn't believe her, she lifted a corner of her collar, revealing fresh burns...
"Stand up and speak."
Jiang Yue sighed; her soft-heartedness was really...
"Thank you, Your Excellency. I beg Your Excellency to have mercy. My death is not a pity, but my daughter Honghong is still very young, only eight years old."
"This humble woman is willing to be a slave or a maid, and to serve the county magistrate with her life, only begging the county magistrate to save her daughter from this sea of suffering."
Zhao Xiuniang kowtowed and prostrated herself on the ground.
Tears fell onto the snow, quickly melting away...
"Hmm? You're really willing to give your life for this county magistrate?"
Jiang Yue crossed her arms, a flash of inspiration crossing her mind; she seemed to have a plan...
"I am willing. I only ask that Your Excellency take good care of my daughter, Honghong. As for my life, I am willing to offer it up..."
Zhao Xiuniang looked up, revealing a pale yet resolute face.
"Very well, I will agree."
Jiang Yue looked away. The hearts of parents are all the same; she was a mother herself, and it was hard not to empathize…
However, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
If you want her protection, you have to do things for her and complete her tasks!
For this, Zhao Xiuniang had no regrets. She wanted her daughter to never have to suffer humiliation in front of the Li family again, and never have to worry about being beaten and frozen with her again!
........
Another scoundrel has emerged from Wujia Village!
Fortunately, it wasn't someone from our clan; it was someone from another clan who had settled in Wujia Village.
Old Li poisoned the well water at the pharmaceutical factory last night, intending to destroy the foundation of Wujia Village!
Unforgivable! The Li family must get out of Wujia Village!
What?
The old man was indeed arrested and handed over to the authorities. Everything is over!
What? Dad got arrested? What about his second wife?
Get out of Wujia Village?
No, that's not right! His house and land are all in Wujia Village!
"Li Xiaoshan, your father planned this all along. You and your mother are in cahoots, aren't you!"
"Nonsense! I don't know anything! I don't know anything!"
"Don't know? Let me ask you, which of your relatives has become successful? Tell us, and we'll see which relative it is~"
"Get away from me, don't scare my son!"
"Old Zhang, weren't you so smug? What, are you scared now?"
"What do I have to be afraid of? It was my old man who figured out how to drug her, not us. My son and I knew nothing about it."
"No, you're lying. I heard everything. It was you three who plotted for many days!"
Fellow villagers, I am a daughter-in-law of the Li family, but for years I have been bullied by my husband's family because of the issue of having children. Look at my arms, my neck, and other places I can't show—they are covered in wounds, both new and old…”
"Ah~ that's terrible, such a serious injury!"
"Oh my god, she's still bleeding! Xiu Niang, you've suffered so much! Auntie will go home and get you some medicine!"
"Old Li and his family are no good. Look at what they've done to Xiu Niang!"
"A dog that bites doesn't bark; that's the kind of family we're talking about, isn't it?"
......
The villagers who had been hibernating all winter came out to watch the commotion, and they were especially furious when they heard that Old Li had almost destroyed the pharmaceutical factory!
Their whole family relies on the pharmaceutical factory for a living. They finally made a living, but someone wants to destroy the factory, which would ruin their future!
Public opinion immediately turned against him, with everyone condemning him for his misfortune.
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