Dazhuzi smiled grimly. The money in the family could be given to his third brother to spend. He could know where they hid the money. It was only him and his uncle, so they were no different from outsiders.
Since they are not kind, he dares to be unfilial. The current family situation is no different from that before his grandfather. After his parents pass away, he will probably not get any share of the family property because of his hard work and dedication.
You can't steal now, the money in the family has been squandered by grandparents, wait, wait... wait for him to get married, do something big, and then take his wife with him to separate from the family. In the future, she will farm the land and he will copy books, and his little family will surely prosper.
The two days after Zhao Dawen returned home, the family was in chaos. His daughter seemed to be greatly shocked and kept clamoring to go to the capital for treatment. She did not think that the medicine prescribed by Old Madam Qian would not be easily cured by them, nor did she think about their family's financial situation and how they could afford to hire a famous doctor in the capital. She did not think twice before doing anything.
What made him most angry was the doctor in the county. As a doctor, how could he talk nonsense? Just a few random words from him made his family furious.
"Dad, I want the city of Qianfu. You have to return the money that the Qian family gave you. That was the money I earned from selling my body. I want to use Qianfu to treat my illness."
"Can you stop making a fuss? There is no cure for this medicine. The Qian family doctor is here? Do you think Mr. Qian doesn't know about the dirty things his wife has done? What can you do about something that he can't do anything about?"
"But the doctor said that a famous doctor in the city can cure it?" Zhao Ruxin said stubbornly. She felt that the doctor's words must be more reliable than her parents', and they just didn't want to spend money.
"Mother, take her back to see that doctor and ask him clearly who in the city can cure her, how much it will cost, and whether he is sure that the disease can be cured?" Zhao Dawen didn't believe that the baby could sprout after being nailed shut. It must be that the doctor himself couldn't make up nonsense to excuse himself.
"Yes, yes! Mother, let's go!" Zhao Ruxin pulled Wang straight to the clinic. If the doctor said he could cure her, she would have to sell the house. It was only natural that the money she earned would be used to treat her illness.
Anyway, this county town has lost its reputation, and she doesn't want to live here for a day. She will sell the house she just bought and start over in another county town.
Wang was extremely helpless. She understood her daughter's thoughts and she also understood the head of the family's thoughts. If she had to blame anyone, she should blame the doctor. Why was he talking nonsense and making his family suffer? What good did it do to him?
"Doctor, please tell me clearly, which doctor in the city can cure my daughter's illness? How much money will it cost? To be honest, my daughter has been making a fuss about this matter these past two days, and she wants to sell the house to get treatment. We just want to hear the exact news, please tell us the truth."
Doctor: ...So you two are not in a master-servant relationship, and the poison was not administered by someone from a noble family?
"I thought your family was well-off and that you could find a good doctor, so there might be a glimmer of hope. For someone like you, you'd better give up. Even if you spend a hundred taels of silver, it might just be a waste of money. There's little hope."
Zhao Ru couldn't hold back her heart and cried bitterly in the clinic, "Doctor, didn't you say that I still have great hope?"
"I just said too much because I was afraid you would be upset. I'm afraid there's no cure for your condition."
Wang was satisfied with the doctor's answer. She thought her daughter would stop making trouble if the doctor said so. She would pack up and go back to the village, rent a house in the county town, and change the environment. She would do some farm work every day and would not think too much. She was just free now.
That's right, Wang also wanted to go back to the village to live. The head of the family was right. They could save a lot of expenses after returning. Now she had to cover her face when she went out of the county town to buy vegetables. When she met people she knew, they looked at her as if she were a joke. It was so uncomfortable.
Go back to the village and hide for a while first. People here tend to forget things. Wait until a day or two passes and then we can talk about it.
"Mom, what should I do?"
"It's okay. When we find someone to marry you, we'll find you someone with children. I'll prepare more dowry for you. It will be okay. Don't be afraid!"
Zhao Ruxin said nothing. She didn't want to be someone's stepmother. How could a child who wasn't born from her belly be close to her? Didn't her third uncle refuse to accept other people's children, even if they were close relatives?
"Don't cry, your crying breaks my heart. Let's go home."
Wang tried hard to pull her daughter on the ground, but she couldn't get her up.
The other doctors were sympathetic, thinking that this girl might have an incurable disease and would not live long. She cried so sadly, but the doctor kept telling her to think positively.
"Ruxin, the ground is cold. You can't get cold. Have you forgotten that?"
Zhao Ruxin's heart was colder than the ground.
She knew that her mother had not bribed the doctor, because her mother had never been out before, and she was indeed beyond help.
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