After Chen became mentally impaired, she lost her ability to take care of herself and was no longer able to raise her two young daughters who were still too young to understand.
The parents-in-law had no choice but to take Chen and her two children to live with them. The elderly couple were already struggling financially, and with three more mouths to feed, their lives became even more difficult.
Less than two years later, the old lady passed away due to overwork. Fortunately, Chen's health improved somewhat. Although she still suffered from dementia, she was much better than before.
The two children have grown up a bit and are very sensible. Chunni often takes Erya to help with chores around the house and dig for wild vegetables, which lightens the old man's burden.
Recently, Chen's condition has improved somewhat. Sometimes she suddenly becomes lucid, but when she thinks about the past experience of being robbed, she is in great pain and becomes confused again.
After recounting these events, the village head sighed.
"Currently, Old Master Chen is in charge of their family. Chen Zhenggang is his only son, and he only left behind two granddaughters. His family line has ended."
That plot of land will be sold sooner or later. I'll take you to Old Master Chen's house now, and you can talk to him about it."
Zhao Xian nodded; he also wanted to see the family and see if he could help them.
At Old Master Chen's house, Old Master Chen was hunched over, picking wild vegetables. In the basket by the door, some millet was drying. Madam Chen was sitting on a broken stool, lost in thought. It seemed that she had fallen ill again.
Chen was around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, which would be considered youthful in today's world.
However, in ancient times, girls married very young, and a woman who was twenty-six or twenty-seven years old was already considered middle-aged.
When Old Master Chen saw the village head and Zhao Xian arrive, he immediately got up to greet them.
The village head was the highest-ranking official in the village, and the scholar was the most learned person in the village. These two had done a lot of good things for the village recently.
Especially now, the scholar's family's purchase of millet has saved their lives; otherwise, someone in their family would surely have starved to death.
"Come in and sit for a while," said Old Master Chen, leading the two into the house.
As soon as Zhao Xian entered the room, he saw Chen Shi. She was staring at him and the village head, wanting to say something but unable to, her expression seemingly pained.
In his previous life, Zhao Xian had a friend who was in a car accident and suffered a brain injury that led to dementia. In addition to medication, this condition also required nutrition, communication, and exercise.
Clearly, the Chen family lacked all of these qualities. Given the harsh conditions of ancient times, it's already quite remarkable that the Chen family has survived to this day.
However, Mr. Chen is still relatively young. With active treatment using modern medicine and adequate nutrition, he may be able to recover his health.
“In the past two years, my wife’s illness has improved a lot. When she is lucid, she can do some small things at home, but most of the time she is mentally impaired and dazed. I don’t know when this will end,” Old Master Chen sighed.
“Grandpa Chen, don’t worry. I know a miracle doctor. He has superb medical skills and has cured countless people. A disease like your sister-in-law’s is nothing to him. He can easily cure her.”
Zhao Xiucai was the most learned man in the village, so Old Master Chen naturally believed what he said.
When he heard that his wife's illness could be cured, he was overjoyed and immediately knelt down.
"Please, sir, lend me your help and find that divine physician to save my daughter-in-law. I will never forget your great kindness."
The old man's kneeling startled Zhao Xian, who quickly helped him up.
"No need for formalities, sir. I'll go find that miracle doctor soon and ask him to help. Your sister-in-law will recover quickly."
Zhao Xian's words made Grandpa Chen very happy. The thought that his daughter-in-law would recover soon made him straighten up.
"Lord of the village, is there anything you two need? Please let us know."
The village head knocked the ash out of the pipe and filled it with a new one.
"Old Chen, your son's plot of land has been abandoned for a long time. What are you going to do with it?"
“Alas, what can I do? My son died in battle, leaving me with two granddaughters. My family line has ended. If anyone is interested in that plot of land, please ask the village head to help sell it.”
My daughter-in-law needs medical treatment, and I don't know how much it will cost. I hope the money from selling the homestead can help with her medical expenses.
The village head nodded. Since Old Master Chen was willing to sell his homestead, things would be much easier.
"How much are you planning to sell that plot of land for? Name your price."
"I really don't know how much that plot of land is worth. Let me give you an estimate, Lord Village Head."
“How can that be? You’re selling your homestead, so you should be the one to set a price first. I’m the village head, how can I set a price for you?” The village head quickly declined.
Old Master Chen looked troubled. He had spent all his savings, three taels and five qian of silver, to buy that plot of land and build a mud-brick house for his son.
Over the years, the value of the homestead has increased to some extent, but he doesn't know how much it should be worth.
Seeing that Old Master Chen remained silent for a long time, the village head spoke up again.
"Old Chen, to tell you the truth, it's the scholar who wants to buy your family's plot of land. Since you're hesitant to ask, why don't you two discuss the price?"
"Ah, so it was the scholar who bought that plot of land." Old Master Chen stood up abruptly, seemingly a little embarrassed.
"What's wrong? You don't want to sell your homestead to the scholar?" Zhengli asked, somewhat puzzled.
"That's not what I meant. The scholar has saved our Chen family many times. Last time, my two granddaughters picked some dried mushrooms, and the scholar bought them for 360 coins."
During this period of harvesting millet, our family has been earning a hundred coins every day. If it weren't for this money, we would have starved to death long ago. Why would we be selling the homestead? Since it's a scholar who wants to buy this homestead, I certainly can't accept the money."
So that's what happened. The village head and Zhao Xian both breathed a sigh of relief. They were really worried that Old Master Chen wouldn't sell the land.
Zhao Xian also remembered that the two little girls who sold him the mushrooms were Grandpa Chen's granddaughters. To be honest, Zhao Xian felt that he should thank the two little girls.
It was because he had exchanged a steamed bun for the ground mushrooms in the hands of the two sisters, and then exchanged them for thirty coins in the system, that he had the start-up capital. He felt that the two little girls were sent down by heaven to save him.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xian quickly spoke up.
"Old Master Chen is overthinking it. Actually, I didn't help you with anything. What happened in the past was just a transaction. I paid for what I bought, which is normal."
There's also the matter of finding a miracle doctor to cure my sister-in-law's illness. This miracle doctor is a reclusive master who, despite healing countless people, has never accepted a single penny from his patients. Whether he can treat you depends entirely on the fate between you.
So, the old man is selling the land to me. Don't worry about anything; I'll sell it for whatever price is due. Just name your price.
After a long while, Old Master Zhao finally spoke.
"I spent three and a half taels of silver to buy this plot of land back then. You just need to give me three and a half taels of silver back, how about that?"
Old Master Chen is too honest. You definitely can't buy this plot of land for three or five taels of silver these days.
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