After Xu Zhiyi finished her farm work in the afternoon, she strolled to the health center where Chu Jueming worked.
Chu Jueming was sorting the dried herbs and preparing some new medicinal materials.
"Master, can you cure Mr. Gao's illness?" Xu Zhiyi asked.
Chu Jueming shook his head. "Mr. Gao has been ill for a long time. It's basically difficult to cure him. We can only treat him while observing his condition."
After Chu Jueming put away the medicinal herbs he had prepared, he carried the backpack and small hoe from the corner of the wall.
"Let's go into the mountains to collect herbs."
Chu Jueming was ready early in the morning, waiting for Xu Zhiyi to come and go into the mountains together.
Xu Zhiyi and Chu Jueming went up the mountain to collect herbs, leaving Song Lan, who came to see Chu Jueming, empty-handed.
After Song Lan's house was renovated, it became Fu Huaijin and Song Lan's new home, and Fu Huaijin soon moved out of the educated youth site.
Life at the Song family was much better than at the educated youth camp.
Although she was newly pregnant, the two were newly married and in love. Song Lan was devoted to Fu Huaijin, felt sorry for his hard work, washed clothes and cooked for him, and took care of him wholeheartedly.
Fu Huaijin still went to work as usual every day, but his work points were still very few.
But when he was at the Song family, Song Lan found ways to get him food, and his living standard rose sharply.
Fu Huaijin felt that this marriage was a good one. He accepted Song Lan's care with peace of mind, but he said that he felt sorry for Song Lan and asked her to be careful with the baby in her belly.
But there was no mention of helping her share some of the work, especially since Song Lan was a pregnant woman.
However, Song Lan enjoyed it very much. She felt very happy when she washed the hands, cooked soup and mended clothes for her beloved.
Ever since Song Lan and Fu Huaijin got married and moved in, Li Dadi had been nagging her many times, asking for money to help Song Bao get married.
Song Bao is still a brother. Now his sister is pregnant, but he has not found a wife yet.
Li Dadi was anxious.
After a lot of effort, the matchmaker finally found a girl from the neighboring village. She was about fifteen or sixteen years old, the second child in the family, with an older brother and a younger brother.
The family favors boys over girls, so they hope that this girl can get married and get a lot of dowry to use to marry her brother.
Song Bao followed the matchmaker to meet the girl and fell in love with her at first sight.
But the girl's family asked for a huge amount of money, insisting on a dowry of 300 yuan, otherwise they would not agree to the marriage.
The woman's name was Su Qiuhe. After Song Baoxiang met her once, he decided that he must marry her.
Su Qiuhe saw that Song Bao looked stupid, obeyed her, and was not very old, so she thought he was a good young man she could meet.
If she didn't choose him, her parents would go look for that man in his forties whose wife had died, just for the high bride price.
Su Qiuhe secretly found a matchmaker to inquire about the Song family and learned that the Song family was well-off and could afford the money.
Su Qiuhe was unwilling to marry the forty-year-old man, so she had to ask Song Bao to go back and prepare the betrothal gifts.
Su Qiuhe is not bad looking. Although she has been doing farm work for a long time and busy at home and outside, her appearance is getting more and more beautiful.
Song Bao fell in love with her at first sight, and Su Qiuhe said that she would marry her as long as the betrothal gift was enough.
Song Baodang went back and pestered Li Dadi, insisting on marrying her.
Li Dadi was happy that her son and the girl were attracted to each other, but when she heard that the bride price was three hundred yuan, she felt that even if she emptied her family's savings, it would not be enough.
Li Dadi naturally didn't want to do that and wanted to give him a new look.
Unable to bear it, Song Bao went on a hunger strike to show his determination, insisting on having Su Qiuhe and no one else.
Li Dadi felt sorry for her son and had no choice but to compromise.
The issue of the bride price has been a hot topic during this period. The Song family couldn't afford the bride price, so they turned their attention to Song Lan.
Song Lan was getting annoyed by Li Dadi's nagging. After using the money she had to renovate the house and buy a bed and furniture, she didn't have much left.
Li Dadi was naturally unhappy because she couldn't get money from Song Lan.
When Song Lan asked Li Dadi to do something, Li Dadi procrastinated and dithered, and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
"My brother is getting married, so what if my sister pays a little betrothal gift? But you're marrying a city girl, and the man only gives you a hundred yuan as a betrothal gift. That's like giving money to a beggar."
"I don't care. If you don't pay your brother's betrothal gift today, I'll go ask my son-in-law for it."
"We're all family, so what's wrong with you helping your brother as a sister?"
Song Lan was so upset and depressed that she even had a slight stomachache when she woke up in the morning.
At first Song Lan didn't pay attention, but in the afternoon, the pain in her stomach became more intense and she started to panic.
Since no one was at home, she had to go to the village clinic to find Chu Jueming carefully.
Unexpectedly, Chu Jueming was not in the clinic.
She couldn't find anyone to take her to the hospital at the moment, and thinking that her stomachache wasn't severe, she decided to wait here.
Chu Jueming took Xu Zhiyi to pick a basket of herbs and went to the health center together.
I met Song Lan who was waiting for Chu Jueming at the clinic.
Seeing that there were outsiders around, Xu Zhiyi calmly said a few words to Chu Jueming. They were a little far away, so Song Lan couldn't hear clearly at all.
Seeing Song Lan looking at him with a probing gaze, Xu Zhiyi nodded slightly and signaled to leave.
"Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Chu Jueming's question interrupted Song Lan's gaze towards Xu Zhiyi.
"Doctor, my stomach hurts." Song Lan then explained why she came.
Chu Jueming asked her to put her hand on the table and he took her pulse.
"You're worrying too much. You need to stay in a good mood during pregnancy and not let your mind wander. Just rest in bed for two days. No need to take any medicine."
When Song Lan heard Chu Jueming say this, her worries immediately dissipated a lot.
"Thank you, Dr. Chu." After expressing her gratitude, Song Lan stood up and prepared to go back.
She asked casually, "Doctor, what did Xu Zhiyi do just now? Is she sick?"
Chu Jueming was still writing in a medical book, and he looked up at her.
Song Lan's expression tightened. She didn't say anything wrong.
"It's okay, it's on the way." Chu Jueming said casually.
Song Lan could tell that this was just a perfunctory response, but she said nothing more and turned away.
Song Lan returned home and didn't want to see Li Dadi making trouble anymore. In order to ensure the safe birth of her child, she had no choice but to ask Li Dadi to calm down.
The only way to stop it is to pay money.
Song Lan gave her one hundred yuan, plus the one hundred yuan she gave her last time, two hundred yuan was enough. As for the rest, the Song family would figure it out on their own.
Li Dadi stopped talking when she saw that Song Lan had no money left.
Of course, we can't offend Song Lan too much. She might become rich again in a while. She is our daughter, so we must ask for money.
After the betrothal gifts were collected, Li Dadi found the matchmaker from last time and went to the Su family.
Li Dadi had met Su Qiuhe before. She was a well-behaved and obedient girl, and she worked efficiently. She liked her very much.
Li Dadi was looking for someone who was timid and obedient, so that she could always control the Song family. As the housekeeper, even the men in the family had to listen to her.
Unexpectedly, the evil mother-in-law Li Dadi made a mistake and chose the wrong person.
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