The doctor examined them carefully and said, "Both of you are recovering very well. At this rate, you will be fully recovered soon."
Upon hearing the doctor's words, Lin Cuiying and the others smiled.
Lin Cuiying then asked, "Doctor, do these two people not need any medication?"
The old doctor shook his head. "No need. You two are recovering very well. You just need to rest and recuperate. You don't need to take any more medicine."
"oh."
The old doctor weighed out forty-nine taels of silver and handed it to Lin Cuiying, saying, "Keep it safe."
"Doctor, you haven't calculated the fees for both of them yet."
"No need, I'm almost better, no need for a consultation fee."
The doctors at Anhetang are really good.
Lin Cuiying accepted the silver, thanked them, took the medicine, and left Anhetang with her family.
On the way, Mrs. Chen still couldn't believe it. "Yingzi, I didn't expect that he shou wu could sell for so much money."
"Yes, I didn't expect that either." Lin Cuiying touched the silver in the bag. "Now we can arrange a marriage for Tiandong."
Lin Tiandong, who was walking ahead, happened to hear the second half of the sentence and asked, somewhat puzzled, "What did you mean, 'kiss'?"
"I'm going to arrange a marriage for you! You're not getting any younger, it's time for you to get married."
Lin Tiandong blushed slightly, somewhat embarrassed, "Sister, um... I..."
Lin Cuiying, who was supporting Chen, teased, "What's wrong? Are you shy?"
"No..." Lin Tiandong scratched his head and said, "Sister, I don't want to get married right now. You should think about yourself first."
"I?"
Lin Cuiying was taken aback, then pointed at herself, "What kind of marriage do I need? I'm already so old, what kind of marriage do I need?"
She had never thought about getting married. After all, she had already become a mother without pain and had no interest in marriage.
"Sister, you're not that old, only in your twenties. How can you not get married?"
“Yes, Yingzi, you’re really not that old, you should really think about it,” Chen Shi chimed in from the side.
Lin Cuiying said helplessly, "Mother, Tiandong, you're really overthinking this. I don't want to get married."
"sister……"
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore." Lin Cuiying interrupted Lin Tiandong with a stern face. "After we get home, I'll have the village matchmaker come and find you a good girl."
Lin Tiandong wanted to say something, but Lin Changgeng glared at him and said, "Your sister told you to get married, so just get married. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Lin Tiandong shrank back, not daring to say anything more.
With the money, Lin Cuiying planned to take her family for a stroll in town and buy some food and other necessities.
Lin Tiandong and his two little girls rarely came to town, and everything they saw was a novelty to them.
"Sister, look, those are candied hawthorns." Lin Tiandong pointed to a stall not far away, a hint of nostalgia on his face.
Lin Cuiying looked in the direction he pointed and saw a stall filled with bright red candied hawthorns, which looked very tempting.
"Let's go take a look."
Lin Cuiying led her family over and bought several strings of candied hawthorns and some pastries.
Besides food, Lin Cuiying also bought a lot of necessities, such as cloth, cotton, oil, and salt.
The miscellaneous expenses totaled five taels of silver, which Chen felt was quite distressed.
However, upon further reflection, I realized that the items I bought were for urgent family use, so I didn't feel bad about the cost.
Having bought almost everything, Lin Cuiying prepared to take her family home.
However, after they sorted through what they had bought, they realized there was quite a lot, and they were afraid they wouldn't be able to carry it all back by themselves.
Just as Lin Cuiying was having a problem, she saw someone renting an oxcart, so she went over and rented one too.
Straw was laid on the oxcart, and the things were put on it. Six people sat on it, and it was very spacious.
Although renting an oxcart to go back would cost twenty coins, which Chen felt a little reluctant to spend, she had bought just too many things.
"Mother, twenty coins is a good deal." Lin Cuiying counted the coins and handed them to the driver, then turned to see Chen's pained expression. "I was planning to take the oxcart to town this morning."
"ah?"
“Father and Tiandong’s injuries have only just healed. If they relapse after walking for too long, it would be a loss.” Lin Cuiying comforted Chen Shi while gesturing for Lin Yuelan and Lin Yueju to sit down.
Chen understood Lin Cuiying's meaning, but having been frugal for so many years, it was normal for her to feel bad about spending money.
After the two little girls were seated, the cart shaft creaked and the old ox slowly made its way forward.
"Mother, this is my first time riding in an oxcart." Lin Yuelan nestled beside Lin Cuiying.
"Mother, me too!" Lin Yueju looked around on Lin Cuiying's other side, finding everything so new and exciting.
Lin Cuiying smiled and hugged the two sisters, "When Mother has money in the future, Mother will take you to ride in a horse-drawn carriage!"
As they were talking, the oxcart suddenly lurched.
The driver pulled on the reins with a "whoosh," and Old Huang wagged its tail uneasily.
"What's wrong?" Lin Cuiying hugged the two little girls, who had been startled by what had just happened.
Lin Cuiying gripped the cart floor tightly to steady herself, and when she looked out, she saw that there was a pile of cow dung on the ground.
The driver jumped off the cart, picked up the cow dung, and put it in the sack on the back of the cart.
Lin Cuiying was somewhat surprised; why was this coachman picking up cow dung?
However, upon further reflection, in ancient times there were no chemical fertilizers, and crops relied entirely on manure for fertilization.
Not only human excrement, but also animal excrement is in high demand.
Therefore, if a family's livestock defecated outside, they would carefully pick it up and take it back.
The driver led the ox to the side, took a sack, and used a branch to pick up the dung and put it in the sack.
The oxcart swayed, and the two little girls couldn't help but laugh when they saw the cow dung.
When the cart started swaying, both of them were startled, fearing it would overturn.
It turned out that it was simply because the cow had pulled.
After the driver picked up the cow dung, the oxcart started moving again.
Having learned his lesson, the driver became more careful, not daring to let the oxen wander off, and trying to choose flat areas to travel on.
Fortunately, although the oxcart was slow, it was stable, and in less than half an hour, we arrived at our doorstep.
The driver stopped the oxcart, Lin Changgeng and Lin Tiandong unloaded the things, and Lin Cuiying helped Chen Shi out of the cart.
After all the items were unloaded, Lin Cuiying counted out twenty copper coins and handed them to the driver.
When the villagers saw the Lin family return with bags and bags of things, they immediately started talking about it.
"Oh my, isn't this Lin Changgeng's house? Did they go to town to buy things?"
"My goodness, you bought so many bags and packages!"
"It seems that since Lin Cuiying returned after her divorce, the Lin family's life has been getting better and better."
"That's right. The Lin family used to struggle to even get enough to eat, so how could they dare to buy things like this?"
"Tsk tsk, look at that fabric, it's top-quality stuff, and cotton too. Is the Lin family making new quilts?"
"This Lin Cuiying is really capable. She can still make the Lin family live a good life after the divorce."
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