Chapter 1864: Chapter 950: A Difficult Matter (2)

"Yeye, let me tell you something..." Lian Manman said softly, telling Lian Yeye about the matter with Yan Daopo, "My mother really believes in her, but I don’t. I just feel she’s all talk, just selling fake medicine to cheat people out of their money. If you take her medicine and nothing happens, fine, but what if it makes you sick? If you go find her then, she’ll just say it wasn’t meant to be."

"I can’t persuade my mother, but I can’t keep this from you either. When the time comes, pay attention and help my Third Aunt make decisions." Lian Manman added softly to Lian Manman, "In my opinion, if we can afford a good doctor, we should see one and take the medicine. As for people like Yan Daopo, it’s better to be cautious."

Lian Yeye nodded repeatedly.

"I’ve got it, Sister Manman. Actually, I feel the same as you."

Lian Yeye spoke, then lowered her head, and only after a while did she look up again, casting a glance towards Lady Zhao with some hidden resentment in her eyes.

"Let’s go to the other room to talk." Lian Manman suggested, seeing that Lian Yeye had something she couldn’t say here.

The two sisters got up and went to the west room.

At this time, Lady Li had already awakened, just washed her face, and was sitting on the kang. Seeing Lian Manman and Lian Yeye come in, she was delighted.

"When did you get here, is your mother here yet?" Lady Li asked, motioning for Lian Yeye to sit on the kang.

"Just arrived, my mother is chatting with my Fourth Aunt in that room." Lian Yeye replied with a smile.

Lian Yeye was very close to Lady Li, partly because Lady Li was kind and gentle, and partly because Lian Yeye herself was lonely. Lady Zhao’s family did not maintain contact, and while there was Lady Zhou as her grandmother here, she treated her granddaughter like a thief and enemy. In the past, Lian Yeye used to say she wished Lady Li were her grandmother. Now grown, she no longer said such things but remained just as close to Lady Li.

"My mother wants my Third Aunt to go to Prefecture City..." Lian Manman explained to Lady Li about how Lady Zhang wanted to help Lady Zhao and mentioned the situation with Yan Daopo.

Being older and more experienced, Lady Li pondered after hearing Lian Manman’s description of Yan Daopo.

"These things of ghosts and gods should not be completely dismissed, and sure there are miraculous remedies, but they’re very hard to come by." After thinking it over, Lady Li said, "Most of us spend the money just to get peace of mind."

"Actually," Lian Yeye hesitated and then said, "my dad and mom are not as hopeful as they used to be."

After Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao moved out, they had some money and found a little peace, although they secretly put in effort without making a big fuss about seeking doctors or medicines. There was indeed a period when every time Lian Manman went to the Yeye Household, she was enveloped by the persistent smell of medicine.

As Lady Zhao told Lady Zhang, "We’ve consumed several huge jars of medicine," some prescribed by honest doctors and others from various remedies and spiritual medicines and charms prayed for at temples, all at considerable expense.

The family, being thrifty by nature, had to economize on food, clothing, and everyday expenses due to the large sums spent this way.

However, as the saying goes, having anything is better than being sick, because seeking medical treatment and taking medicine has always been costly. Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao were willing to spend money on this, but after several years, Lady Zhao still had no children, and the money spent was like water poured away.

Judging by how Lian Yeye spoke, it seemed Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao were finally disheartened.

"We’ve spent a lot of money these years, seen many miracle doctors, and made many offerings. I heard my dad telling my mom one day, maybe we should just accept our fate. If it’s not meant to be, no matter how hard you try, you can’t force what isn’t destined."

"Things have been better these past two years, but my mom’s health, and my dad’s, the root of the problem from back then, has never gone away."

"Sister Manman, there’s something you don’t know." Lian Yeye told Lian Manman, "Just a few days ago, there was a woman in our West Village, Yang Jun’s wife, who died while giving birth."

"Yang Jun’s wife, why does it seem like I’ve never heard her mentioned?" Lian Manman pondered, as if she had no memory of this person.

"Sister Manman, of course, you’d never have heard of her. I only learned of her when I heard this incident." Lian Yeye told Lian Manman. Yang Jun was an old bachelor from West Village. He was poor and hadn’t married until over forty. Last year, he finally married a wife from a far-off mountain area. She had been married before and had a child, but was widowed early.

Now, her child had grown and married. Who would have expected that her daughter-in-law couldn’t tolerate this widow’s presence? With her son being weak-willed, she was pushed out, forced to remarry, and married Yang Jun.

An old bachelor getting married naturally hoped for children. His wife became pregnant, and the Yang Family was overjoyed. Unfortunately, things didn’t end well.

"...It was our next-door aunt who said the doctor had come to see her but couldn’t save her, said that this wife seemed healthy usually, but having not given birth for many years and with her age..." Lian Yeye concluded.

What Lian Yeye didn’t say was that Lady Zhao turned pale upon hearing these words.

It was after this that Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao became disheartened.

"I also heard about this from others over the past two days. When this unfortunate woman died, her son and daughter-in-law actually came. Everyone thought maybe they had some humanity to mourn. Who knew they showed up, didn’t shed a tear, and stopped the Yang family from burying her, demanding money instead!"

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