Chapter 16: Terminal Illness
"Mom, what should we say now?"
Jiang Dazhuang asked his mother.
But Mother Jiang just sighed.
What could be done about this matter? It was obvious that Zhao Chunmei was deliberately looking for trouble, but it was difficult to make a fuss about this matter.
Oh!
For some reason, Jiang's mother's attention gradually turned to her eldest daughter.
Although it sounds outrageous, after what happened in the past few days, she instinctively felt that her daughter might be able to come up with some ideas?
Receiving Jiang's mother's gaze, Jiang Anan coughed twice.
"Mom, eldest brother and sister-in-law, second brother, let's go back first."
After hearing this, Jiang's mother shook her head. She was really overthinking it. Her daughter was less than 20 years old, and she actually thought that such a young child could not come up with any solution.
"Go back."
Mother Jiang said.
The people working in the fields watched the Jiang family leave dejectedly and began to whisper.
"What's going on?"
"Didn't you hear? Accountant Li said that the Jiang family didn't get any assignments today!"
"What? No tasks assigned? Doesn't that mean that every family will get no work points today?"
"That's right, but I feel like there's a lot of work to do today. Why didn't the Jiang family get any work?"
"Who knows? Maybe it's just bad luck. The Jiang family has been really unlucky recently. Things keep happening all the time. I guess we won't get much food by the end of this year..."
Zhao Chunmei also heard the discussion and curled her lips in disdain: "People who work less will definitely not get much food. If any of you want to pity the Jiang family, then give them your food!"
As soon as this was said, everyone was silent. Only the village elder brother Liu Quanwang and his family echoed, "Chunmei is right. Why should we share the food if we don't work?"
Several families followed suit.
Jiang family.
Jiang Dazhuang walked around the house, unable to sit still, extremely anxious.
"Okay, stop swaying there. You're making me dizzy. Sit down!"
Jiang's mother said helplessly.
Hearing this, Jiang Dazhuang had no choice but to sit down, but his eyebrows looked as if he wanted to pinch a fly to death.
"What do you think we should do? A day's work points are not small, and if there is no work today, there is no telling if there will be any tomorrow. If there is no work every day, what will we do at the end of the year?"
Jiang Dazhuang became more and more excited as he spoke, and stood up again.
"You can't be idle every day. You can go to the mountain to pick up some firewood. We don't have firewood for cooking at home."
Jiang's mother had no choice but to send her eldest son away.
But just as Jiang Dazhuang was about to leave, he was suddenly stopped.
"Brother, I'll go with you!"
The person who spoke was Jiang Anan.
"What are you going to do? No!"
Jiang's mother stopped him immediately.
What happened to my old girl last time? Wasn't it just in the mountains? If something happens again, how can she live?
"It's okay, Mom. My big brother is with me. There's firewood at the foot of the mountain. We don't have to go into the mountain. It'll be fine!"
Jiang Anan quickly made an excuse.
She couldn't just sit at home like this, she had to take out the things in the space warehouse and sell them off, preferably in exchange for some meat!
"What if something goes wrong?"
Mother Jiang was still worried.
Surprisingly, Yang Shulan, who was usually taciturn, spoke.
"Mom, just let An An go. I'll go with you too. Can you feel at ease with the two of us accompanying An An?"
"this……"
Mother Jiang didn't understand why her eldest daughter-in-law suddenly spoke.
"Mom, I have nothing to do at home, why don't you let me go out for a walk..."
Jiang Anan was just making an excuse, but Jiang's mother was stunned. She thought that her daughter must be feeling bad after what happened in the mountain, so it would be good for her to go out for a walk.
"Okay, then you have to follow your brother and sister-in-law. Don't walk around alone!"
After repeated instructions, Jiang Anan and the other two finally set off.
On the way, Yang Shulan looked at Jiang Anan several times, but when she caught a glimpse of Jiang Dazhuang, she hesitated to speak.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Anan deliberately asked Jiang Dazhuang to walk faster so that they could see where the firewood was, while she herself moved closer to Yang Shulan.
"Sister-in-law, do you have something to tell me?"
Yang Shulan was stunned by the sudden question, but after she reacted, she whispered, "An An, I took a pill of the medicine you gave me last night. It was amazing. It actually didn't hurt that much anymore!"
Originally, she thought that the medicine would not be of any use, after all, her illness was so serious that she looked like she was dying. But she never expected that she would get so much better after taking just one pill!
"Yes, sister-in-law, after you eat the remaining few pills, the disease will be cured."
Jiang Anan smiled.
Yang Shulan couldn't believe it.
"An An, is this true? My illness..." She choked up a little when she said this, "Maybe it's a terminal illness. How can it be so easy to cure it by taking a few pills?"
"Terminal illness?!"
These two words almost made Jiang Anan doubt whether she had heard it wrong.
At most it's just a serious case of eating something bad, but it won't lead to a terminal illness.
"Sister-in-law, you think too much. My friend told me that you just had a stomach injury from eating too much. There is nothing else wrong with you. Why do you suspect you have a terminal illness?"
Yang Shulan stood there, opened her lips, and finally asked, "An An, are you telling the truth?"
The voice was still trembling.
She - she was even prepared to die at any time, and even felt that she wouldn't live long enough for her child to call her mom!
But now her sister-in-law actually told her that she didn’t have a terminal illness, but just had a stomach injury?
"Sister-in-law, why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, take the remaining few pills and then we'll ask the village barefoot doctor to take a look. I guarantee they won't find any problems!"
Jiang Anan guaranteed it.
Yang Shulan's eyes turned red, and she even wondered if she was dreaming. She pinched her arm, gasped in pain, but laughed.
Fortunately, she didn't have a terminal illness and didn't die so soon...
"An An, I really don't know how to thank you, your kindness is so great!"
Yang Shulan couldn't help but grab Jiang Anan's arm, her voice full of excitement.
"Why are you standing here?"
At this time Jiang Dazhuang came back.
"No, it's okay."
Yang Shulan quickly responded.
Seeing this, Jiang Anan also understood. It seemed that Jiang Dazhuang didn't know about this.
But it's also true that the original owner's sister-in-law was a person who would never speak of her suffering, not to mention that she suspected that she had a terminal illness. How could she tell Jiang Dazhuang? If she told him, it would make one more person suffer.
"Are you really alright?"
Jiang Dazhuang was a little bit unconvinced. He could see that his wife seemed to be about to cry.
But An An has no reason to bully his wife...
"Brother, it's really okay!" Jiang Anan responded.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, she quickly said, "It was my sister-in-law who said she wanted to go to the city!"
At this point, Jiang Anan blinked at Yang Shulan, "Sister-in-law, right?"
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