Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 481 - 431: Farewell to Madam Feng (Part 2)

"Are you Yu Xiaolian? Sun Chunfang’s daughter?" Madam Feng was extremely shocked, and even her voice grew stronger.

Yu Xiaolian gave a gentle hum, "Auntie, let me check your pulse first. We can catch up afterward."

Madam Feng still didn’t extend her arm. She struggled to get up from the kang, then put her all into kneeling before Yu Xiaolian, "Since you are Xiaolian, you’re considered one of the children I watched grow up.

I beg you, after I die, take in my Zhao Ping. He is obedient and kind; he’s not like his father..."

"Auntie, don’t talk about dying. It’s not auspicious. Whether this illness is an epidemic is still uncertain. Even if it is, it’s not incurable."

Yu Xiaolian was indeed extremely helpless. Madam Feng was obsessed with believing that she was beyond saving and just wanted to arrange things for her son Zhao Ping before her last breath. No matter what Yu Xiaolian said, she selectively ignored it, only continuously kowtowing to Yu Xiaolian.

"Auntie, I’ve promised you. If you pass on, I will take care of Zhao Ping! Now, will you let me feel your pulse?"

Madam Feng hesitated but finally shook her head, "If I let you check my pulse, it would be a pitfall for you.

You should take Zhao Ping and leave. Don’t worry about me. If the Luo Family finds out you’re Yu Xiaolian, they won’t let you go.

After your family left the village, the Luo Family’s house caught fire, and they’ve always wanted to settle the score with you."

Yu Xiaolian no longer feared the Luo Family. At this moment, she was glad she brought along Cao Gen, believing he could handle things without her lifting a finger. She didn’t want to dirty her hands unless absolutely necessary.

"Auntie, if you don’t let me check your pulse, I might go back on my word!" Yu Xiaolian straightforwardly resorted to threats.

Madam Feng, having no other choice, extended her arm, but she covered her mouth and nose with the other hand to prevent her breath from reaching Yu Xiaolian.

Yu Xiaolian, who had studied medicine, knew that a forensic doctor was still a doctor. Sometimes, a forensic doctor’s knowledge was even more diverse than a regular doctor’s. Although she had no interest in treating illnesses and saving lives, it didn’t mean she didn’t understand it.

She immediately recognized the pulse as one of a woman whose life energy was almost extinguished, even worse than her grandmother’s was back then.

Yu Xiaolian sighed. There was indeed no necessity to save Madam Feng. Although she had pills mixed with her blood in her space, she wouldn’t take them out for Madam Feng.

Now that she no longer had the Longevity Gu, those few pills were exceptionally precious, something she would only use on her closest kin.

"Sister, how’s my mother? Can she still be saved?" Zhao Ping looked at Yu Xiaolian with hopeful eyes.

Yu Xiaolian shook her head, "Auntie, you should have seen a doctor earlier."

If you had taken medicine earlier to control it, things wouldn’t have become this severe.

Madam Feng pulled back her arm, "I know my body’s limits well. Don’t worry about me. Ma Dashan will soon bring people over. You must quickly take Zhao Ping and leave. Whether they burn or kill me is up to them. But you mustn’t return or clash with them, or you might get implicated."

This Ma Dashan is a relative of the Luo Family. If the Luo Family wants to take revenge on Yu Xiaolian for burning their house, Yu Xiaolian might not get out of this village alive.

"Our Great Liang has laws. Even if the County Magistrate wants to execute someone, it requires three petitions before a decision is made. What right does Ma Dashan have to burn people?

Auntie, don’t be afraid. With me here, they wouldn’t dare!"

Even though Madam Feng’s body was at its limit, there were a thousand ways to die. She absolutely couldn’t let Madam Feng be burned alive.

"The village chief said those with the plague must be burned, or else the entire village could be banned by government officers. If the whole village gets infected, the officers will set the village on fire.

It’s better that I alone die than implicate the entire village!" Madam Feng now seemed to have no will to live.

Yu Xiaolian looked around but didn’t see Zhao Kuo’s parents, "Auntie, is it just you and Zhao Ping left at home?"

Madam Feng nodded gently. Perhaps it was due to a burst of terminal lucidity, but she seemed more spirited than before. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Nine years ago, your Uncle Zhao died outside for some unknown reason, without any injuries on his body. The forensic doctor said he had hidden ailments, and it was a sudden attack of these that killed him.

Soon after his death, I found out I was pregnant with Zhao Ping. If not for the child’s sake, Zhao Ping’s grandparents would have sold me off." Madam Feng was filled with grief when she thought about those miserable times.

"Heaven had mercy, and my belly was strong, granting Zhao Kuo a descendant!

But the next year, a severe drought hit, and my heartless in-laws took all the Silver and left, abandoning the three of us.

I was penniless, with two children to care for, and had nowhere to go. I had no choice but to take them to rely on my maternal family. When I arrived, I discovered my parents and brothers had already fled, leaving without a word."

Speaking of this, Madam Feng cried even more sorrowfully.

"Luckily, our fate was not sealed. On the road to Yangcheng, we encountered the son of Zheng the doctor, who used to run a pharmacy in town. Since my maternal family had ties with Zheng the doctor, I begged Zheng Xiao Langzhong to save us, the three of us.

Zheng Xiao Langzhong had an estate in Yangcheng with a spring, where we survived the worst three years of the drought."

Upon leaving Yangcheng, Madam Feng left Zhao Chunyu behind to repay Zheng Yuanfeng. Whether she became a close servant girl, a maid, or a concubine was entirely up to Zheng Yuanfeng.

Of course, Zheng Yuanfeng gave Madam Feng some Silver, supposedly to buy Zhao Chunyu, but in truth, he knew Madam Feng was penniless and acted accordingly.