CH 26

Mrs. Wang regretted it for a while. She should have come to ask the price of medicine before buying other things. After all, the money for medicine couldn’t be saved, but other things could be saved – just like she thought about buying out only one bed. When they slept in the bunk in the inn, everyone had one bed. After that, the family would have to sleep separately, so she thought about buying two more beds.

But how could she spend that money?

She could just buy a new bed for Gu Yin, who was recovering from a serious illness, and the old one for her son. She could either squeeze with them, or just use a few clothes.

And she also spent ten cents to buy a pot of rice wine, thinking about celebrating the new house.

Her daughter-in-law didn’t like drinking, and the younger son was not old enough to drink alcohol, but she still wanted to drink.

Mrs. Wang slapped herself heavily.

People who were greedy should be beaten!

Just when she felt sorry for her daughter-in-law, a loud sneer suddenly came from beside her.

Mrs. Wang turned around and saw two young women dressed in rich and noble clothes, covering their mouths and smiling at her.

Seeing that the faces were still a little familiar, she didn’t recognize the people for a while, but the other party looked at her, and spoke first, “I didn’t expect to meet my aunt here.”

After careful recollection, Mrs Wang realized that the two in front of her were the two daughters-in-law of Mrs. Zou, the second sister-in-law.

“It’s you,” Mrs. Wang nodded lightly, even if she had said hello.

Unexpectedly, the other party did not let go, but instead stepped forward to chat with Mrs. Wang.

The taller daughter-in-law smiled and said, “Is my aunt here to buy medicine for my cousin?”

Although Mrs. Wang was in a bad mood and impatient, she was the junior of her parents’ family, so she still replied, “Yes, my daughter-in-law has just suffered a serious illness, and the doctor explained that she needs to take tonics.”

For some unknown reason, the two daughters-in-law giggled together.

One said, “My aunt is really a bodhisattva. This medicine that is several times more expensive was bought for the daughter-in-law. I don’t know how rich my aunt’s family is.”

Another said, “Sister-in-law, don’t forget that my aunt got twenty taels of silver from us before, but how can she not be rich? Only those twenty taels are a one-shot deal. She won’t come back to find us after buying medicine and spending all the money.”

Only then did Mrs. Wang understand that these two were not there to greet her, but to provoke her!

Mrs. Zou was a shrewd person, and the two daughters-in-law she picked were eloquent, and they lived in the back of the house left by the two elders of the Wang family. After converting it into twenty taels of silver, Wang Dafu took the money. The big brother counted it on the head of the second brother, and let them pay fifteen taels.

Because of that matter, the two families quarreled for a long time, and Mrs. Zou’s heart was not happy, so she asked the two daughters-in-law to pay the money.

Although the two of them had been married into the Wang family for many years, Mrs. Zou was shrewd and stingy.

Because of that, they hated Mrs. Wang and Gu Yin, so when they met Mrs. Wang, who was alone by chance, they fought hard.

Mrs. Wang had suffered that kind of loss under Mrs. Zou’s hands. Thinking that Gu Yin was not there and no one would help her, she couldn’t argue, and she didn’t want to pay attention to them.

But the two daughters-in-law continued to laugh.

“No way, didn’t my aunt say that she can make money by washing and sewing clothes, or even begging for food?”

“How much money can one make by washing and sewing? I don’t think it’s enough for a fraction of my cousin’s medicine! This person has to accept her fate. As the saying goes, do not wear a hat that is way too big for one’s head. Is my cousin worthy of this expensive medicine?”

Mrs. Wang’s sewing earned less money, but it was not a shame to rely on her own hands to eat.

So at first she endured and wanted to leave, until the two daughters-in-law started talking about Gu Yin.

She stopped and scolded while rolling up her sleeves, “If tigers don’t show their power, you think they are sick cats, right? Why isn’t my daughter-in-law worthy of taking tonics?”

The two daughters-in-law didn’t expect that the aunt would fight back, so they pulled back and said, “Cousin hadn’t undergone childbirth, but let elders like aunt work for her, isn’t it unworthy?”

Mrs. Wang sneered, “Who doesn’t get sick? Who has to work to support the family when she is sick? My daughter-in-law is very capable!”

Speaking of that , Mrs. Wang was a little stuck. What was her daughter-in-law’s skill? Immediately thinking of Gu Yin talking about the dream that day, Mrs. Wang, who was in a fit of anger, opened her mouth and said, “My daughter-in-law’s cooking skills are superb. No one can compare to her!”

The two daughters-in-law wanted to laugh again but were afraid of Mrs. Wang’s fist.

“Then we’ll just wait to see our aunt and cousin make a fortune!” As she spoke, the wind was blowing under her feet, and she ran away as if to flee.

When they were frightened away, Mrs. Wang snorted triumphantly and walked home with a burden.

As she walked, she calmed down and realized that something was not right.

The words came out of her own mouth. If she couldn’t do it later, then wouldn’t that be letting her second sister-in-law spread out the word and mock her for a lifetime?!

She then hurried home to ask Gu Yin about her dream.

Gu Yin, who heard the ins and outs:…

The process was different from what she thought, but at least the result was what she wanted.