Zhu Yanyi left some medicine behind. She said she needed to go out to deal with the gu worm, so she led everyone away. She believed the She family’s future arrangements were their own internal matter, and she had no right to interfere.
"Uncle," He Atu looked at Old He. "Do you think my mother was also done by Liangzi?"
Old He shook his head slightly. "I’m not sure. We’ll know when your mother wakes up. But I think it’s ninety percent likely it was Liangzi."
"If it really was Liangzi, then isn’t it my fault?" Ju Xiu spoke up.
"Ju Xiu, don’t talk nonsense. It has nothing to do with you," He Atu said seriously. "If he really did it, it only proves he has no humanity. A person with humanity wouldn’t eye his brother’s wife. As the saying goes, don’t bully your friend’s wife. If he covets his brother’s wife, he’s a bad person. You don’t need to feel sorry for him."
Ju Xiu sighed softly. "I’m not feeling sorry for him. I’m just confused. I never did anything to make him misunderstand. Since I started dating you, I only treated him as an older brother. I never thought he would do this."
"Don’t overthink it. Maybe Mother’s condition wasn’t caused by him," He Atu said, trying to comfort his wife. He knew deep down that this possibility was slim.
Ju Xiu sighed again. "Forget it. I don’t mind these things. I’m just curious. At least things are okay now." She said calmly. "If it was her, we can only blame ourselves for being blind. We chose an ungrateful wolf as a brother, and it dragged our mother into this."
Old she tapped her pipe nearby. "Actually, no matter what, we shouldn’t blame ourselves. We must live our own lives well first. Only when we are doing well can we settle scores with others. So, Atu, Ju Xiu, what you need to do now is protect your home. Especially you, Atu. You are thirty-four now. Although this isn’t Ju Xiu’s first pregnancy, it is the most likely one to survive. Ju Xiu is thirty this year, so her body might be more tired than a younger woman’s. You need to watch over her and protect her more."
"I know, Uncle. In the past, I made Ju Xiu suffer so much. Now that I’m better, I will cherish these things even more," He Atu said with a serious face.
She understood her uncle was right. Even if Wang Xiuliang had done all those things, they had no evidence. Without evidence, they couldn’t punish her by law. The most they could do was stay away from her. For herself, her priority now was to live well and protect her home. That way, even if Wang Xiuliang was behind it, she would see that their family would not break.
"Seriously, we really need to thank you, Uncle. If you hadn’t brought those divine doctors, we wouldn’t have been so lucky," Ju Xiu said gratefully to Old He.
Old He waved his hand. "I didn’t expect their medical skills to be so high. I only brought them because they were stuck in the snow. The weather was bad, and the roads were difficult. I just wanted to help a little. When traveling, helping others is a kindness passed down from our ancestors. Good deeds bring good rewards. If not for this, we couldn’t have saved your family. It shows we really should do more good deeds in daily life."
Old He spoke with emotion. He Atu and Ju Xiu nodded in agreement. They had to admit Old He was right.
"Old sister-in-law is awake," the old lady said, tending to she Daniang. She saw she Daniang waking up.
Ju Xiu couldn’t move, but He Atu could. He carefully went over and sat beside He Daniang. "Mother, how do you feel?"
She Daniang’s face looked much more relaxed. "I feel much better. My whole body feels lighter. In a few days, I’ll be able to carry one hundred jin of fertilizer."
"Mother, I’ll do the spring work. You need to rest and recover first. The little divine doctor said you need to slowly regain your vitality. You need to let your muscles recover, oh, your physiological functions. Then you need to walk slowly. So the most important thing now is for you to rest well," He Atu said seriously.
"Okay, Mother remembers. I still want to see my grandson born," she Daniang said. She knew about yesterday’s events and understood her daughter-in-law was pregnant again. This time, she wasn’t worried. She knew her son’s illness was cured, so this child wouldn’t be lost.
She Atu nodded seriously. "Yes. By this time next year, the child will be old enough for you to hold and visit neighbors."
She Daniang smiled. Indeed, by next year, the child would be ready to be shown off.
"By the way, Mother, why did you suddenly become paralyzed? I remember I found you sleeping on the ground in the morning. When you woke up, you were paralyzed. We thought you fell, but the little divine doctor said you were poisoned by a gu," He Atu said.
She Daniang thought for a moment. "That day, I was sweeping the yard. Liangzi came to find me. She specially brought me date paste cakes, saying she brought them from Guang City for me to taste. She said she was visiting me. I didn’t think much of it and ate one. Then I felt dizzy."
"In my daze, I saw Liangzi pack up the date paste cakes. He arranged the scene to look like I had fallen. I don’t remember anything else. After that, I was in a fog every day. But actually, my mind was clear. I knew my daughter-in-law was good, taking care of me every day. I also knew you, you debt collector, got drunk and hit my daughter-in-law. You’re just a debt collector, but I couldn’t wake up."
She Atu didn’t show any other emotion, only relief in her eyes. "It really was Liangzi. She must really hate our family to the bone."
"This Wang family brat isn’t good either. Sigh," Old He sighed. "But even if we know it was him, it’s useless without evidence. The only thing we can do is stay away from them."
No one knew if Wang Xiuliang was truly a villain with ambitions, so Old He could only say this.
Meanwhile, Zhu Yanyi and the others held the jar containing the soft gu. They waited until they reached a quiet place, then let Bing Lan handle it.
"It’s really good to have strange fire. No need to worry about anything else," Yi Yunfei said enviously. He knew strange fire was rare and hard to find.
"It’s not easy to find strange fire in this world. Finding Bing Lan was purely an accident. Other strange fires won’t appear in this plane," Zhu Yanyi said seriously.