Ke Meiyu took out a listening talisman from her spatial storage and slapped it onto her body.
This talisman can hear what others are thinking, but it can only last for ten minutes and can only be used a limited number of times per day. It is indeed the best weapon for eavesdropping on secrets!
“Housing is scarce now, so my older brother will definitely inherit the house where my mother lives,” Huang Fangbin said, his eyes flashing coldly. “This house is perfect. It’s close to my school, it’s an old welfare house, and it’s quite spacious. It’s good for me whether I stay at the school or work in the provincial capital.”
"After all, renting a place costs several dollars a month!"
His parents said they loved him the most, their youngest son. But instead of retiring him early and letting him take over their jobs, he listened to his sister-in-law and caused so much trouble. They still sent him to the countryside!
Did you think he didn't know?
My father had already switched jobs with someone else and given the job to my eldest brother, lying that it was my brother's in-laws who helped him find it. Meanwhile, my father used his connections to find temporary work at the factory, and he went to work and left work as usual every day.
The whole family knew, but they kept it from him alone.
When he first went to the countryside, his family felt guilty towards him and would send him delicious food and drinks, even with money and coupons. But as his sister-in-law gave birth to one grandson after another, he had long since become superfluous!
Huang Fangbin didn't do nothing during his years in the countryside; he spent his days scheming with Li Shuisheng about how to maximize his limited network of contacts.
So all these years he has kept quiet and pretended not to know anything, just to take advantage of their guilt and seek a bigger advantage.
Now, through his own efforts, he has earned the opportunity to study at a university in the provincial capital. After graduation, he will not only have a job, but will also become a key candidate for leadership positions!
Sure enough, he received an unprecedentedly warm welcome when he returned home.
The parents felt proud, and within a short time, everyone in the chemical plant knew about it.
His older brother and sister-in-law, as well as his sister and brother-in-law, wanted him to take care of them and their children in the future, so they stuffed him with a lot of good food and drinks. Their attentiveness made his resentment of many years dissipate a lot.
So when he vaguely described his predicament and offered a solution, they all rushed to help him.
“Sigh,” Huang Fangbin suddenly sighed, “I originally thought that Ke Yunyue’s uncle sends a stipend home every month, so her parents must have some money saved up. If I borrow some from my friends, I can buy a house.”
"Given the attitude her family has towards me, I...I..."
His older sister quickly said, "Xiao Bin, you don't need to worry about this. When we came, Mom said that although the family has been struggling financially these past few years, we still have money saved up for you and your older brother to get married."
“Your family didn’t contribute a single penny to your wedding. Your parents covered most of the cost of the house, and we siblings chipped in a little more. We’ll guarantee we’ll help you get that house! You don’t need to pay it back. We’re family, so why should we be so calculating? Just consider it our wedding gift to you,” his second sister added with a smile.
Huang Fangbin was unimpressed; it was normal to get married for five or six hundred yuan in the city. But in their mouths, it became a form of charity!
But with a look of surprise on his face, he was too embarrassed to refuse: "That won't do. The house isn't just a hundred or two hundred yuan, it'll cost five or six hundred."
After Huang's two older sisters offered some more words of comfort, Huang Fangbin, with red eyes and choking back tears, said, "I... I always thought that since I went to the countryside, I had become estranged from my family and hadn't given them any help. Instead, I still have to rely on my older sisters and brothers to support me."
Looking at their younger brother, they felt a rare pang of sadness. "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by 'holding hands'? This money is a lot for you now, but once you start working, you can earn it back in less than a year."
“We’ve all felt bad for you all these years, and buying you a house is some consolation…”
The three siblings lingered together for a while before going their separate ways.
Huang Fangbin stood there and sneered: "I'm not a rag on the table that you can throw around and pick up later when you need me. What's rightfully mine, I'll make sure you get back everything you owe me!"
Ke Meiyu silently raised an eyebrow and chuckled. Huang Fangbin had quite a few inner monologues; the term "ungrateful wretch" suited him perfectly. He and Ke Yunyue were truly a match made in heaven, both believing the world had wronged them.
The faculty and staff residential compound of the provincial agricultural university, right? If she doesn't stir things up, can she live up to her reputation as a little drama queen?
Before leaving, Ke Meiyu gave Ke Yunyue and Huang Fangbin a truth-revealing talisman each.
This "truth-revealing talisman" looks magical, but it actually uses the stimulation of bodily fluids to make people uncontrollably speak their inner thoughts, somewhat similar to the effect of speaking the truth while drunk or using angry words to hurt others.
Last time, Ke Yunyue broke the village chief's heart. Maybe this time she can reveal some valuable information!
When she got home, Ke Meiyu saw that the man was still fast asleep on her kang (a heated brick bed), and angrily turned and went to the next room.
Lying on the soft bed, the faint scent of tea that always lingered around Qin Yuanjiu drifted into her nostrils.
Feeling annoyed, Ke Meiyu immediately immersed her consciousness into the space, first performing hand seals to work in the fields and her homemade farm, then meditating and resting before beginning her daily research and drawing of talismans.
Two full days later, she went to study medical books again, this time specifically looking at the content about tuberculosis.
The reason why the houses in the provincial agricultural university's staff quarters are so cheap is not only because the homeowners are eager to sell their houses to raise money for medical treatment, but also because the disease is contagious and difficult to treat with current medical technology.
However, in later generations, this disease was just one of the common ailments, and even the most severe cases could be cured with more than a year of treatment.
Ke Meiyu hardly needs to draw talismans; she can treat tuberculosis patients using only a multi-functional medical room and Western medicine.
However, the battle lines were stretched too thin, and she didn't have that much patience.
Therefore, Ke Meiyu continued to study books about lung diseases, understood the causes of the disease, and then looked for corresponding talismans to replace the initial two to four weeks of Western medicine anti-tuberculosis treatment, and continued to use Western medicine as an adjunct in the later stages.
Infection-type talismans have relatively basic inscriptions, but they can vary greatly depending on the situation!
Just like antibacterial drugs in Western medicine, there are many taboos to ensure the full therapeutic effect, and they can also cause great harm to the body.
These types of talismans are highly effective, and the person who draws them must have a precise grasp of the degree of power; otherwise, too little will result in poor effects, and too much will be too much for the patient to handle.
Ke Meiyu drew talismans with different effects and tested them repeatedly on the simulator, carefully perceiving them with her divine sense.
Without the protection of a powerful figure, Ke Meiyu has to rely on her own abilities to protect her family and herself, and also to punish bad guys. Without real skills, it would be difficult to take any steps!
She also tasted the sweetness of hard work, and it wasn't too bad.
The five days and nights in the space each day passed quickly and were fun, not difficult at all.
Ke Meiyu emerged from the space, clutching her empty stomach. Looking at everything unfamiliar, she belatedly realized that she was already married!
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