The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

“He Bao, you’re always worried about me taking money from your mother. From now on, you can do the chores that cost money, so I don’t have to be so frugal with every basket of eggs. I’ll do whatever’s available at home, and if there’s nothing, Xin He and I will go hungry with you.”

Su Aixiu wasn't just saying this to Hebao. The mother and daughter treated her like a thief, afraid that she would embezzle their money. They only gave her a few dozen copper coins a day for food and she was picky about what she ate and drank. How could delicacies be bought with just a few dozen copper coins?

Because of the mother and daughter's picky eating habits, each one was incredibly greedy, Su Aixiu never escaped being bullied over food. The best and most delicious food was always given to the mother and daughter, while she and her child could only eat some vegetables and soup. It didn't really matter whether she served such heartless people or not.

Liu Dalan was like an old monster; with a stern and repulsive face, she didn't say a word when Su Aixiu gave up. "Hebao, go buy the medicine!"

Seeing that she no longer needed her, Su Aixiu wisely turned and left. She and her daughter hadn't eaten yet, and her daughter Xinhe was still hungry.

Before she even stepped out of the door, she heard He Bao say with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Mother, do you really have to take tonics? The medicines Uncle brought you are made from precious medicinal herbs. Actually, you don't need to take any more medicine. It would be a waste."

"Hmph, you came up with the idea of ​​selling medicine, and after selling the medicine, you pocketed the money. When it's my turn to take the medicine, do you feel sorry for the money? My money is wasted on medicine, but it's not wasted when you use it as a dowry? Your sister didn't have a single penny of dowry when she got married."

“Mother, I didn’t embezzle your money. I handed over every penny of the money from selling the medicine to you.”

Liu Dalan, who was afraid of dying, began to roar: "I need to take some tonic medicine, you useless thing, go and buy me the medicine right now!"

Seeing this, He Bao grabbed the two taels of silver that Su Aixiu had just put down and hurriedly went to buy medicine for her mother.

She bought two ginseng roots for one tael of silver from a peddler who sold medicine. He also gave her a piece of lingzhi mushroom as a gift. She saw something that looked like ginger but wasn't ginger, and it was yellowish and dry. She asked the peddler, "What is this?"

"Girl, this is Coptis chinensis."

“Coptis chinensis? It’s good for cooling down. My mother is always getting angry, so I need to help her cool down.” As he spoke, he grabbed a handful and wrapped the Coptis chinensis in a piece of straw paper.

The peddler protested, "Girl, I can't give this away."

"You've already given away Ganoderma lucidum, so why can't I give away this? What's the value of Coptis chinensis?" With that, He Bao grabbed a handful of an unknown medicinal herb and ran away.

"Girl, this is robbery!" The peddler chased He Bao for a whole street but couldn't catch up. The ginseng was fake, the lingzhi was fake, but the coptis and euphorbia were genuine herbs!

He Bao ran home in one breath and threw the medicinal herbs to Su Aixiu, who was cleaning the kitchen. "Sister-in-law, brew the medicine for my mother. She's waiting to drink it."

Looking at the rough-looking He Bao, Su Aixiu asked, "Did you buy these medicinal herbs with money?"

He Bao said smugly, "Nonsense, not only did I buy it, I also have a tael of silver left over."

Su Aixiu looked astonished. To her, the medicinal herbs looked like they had been snatched by He Bao. "You bought the tonic for just one tael of silver?"

"If you don't believe me, open it and see!"

Su Aixiu opened it as expected. "This is ginseng?" It looks more like a root!

"Of course, these are the best ginseng. The two ginseng roots are the most expensive in here. Don't throw them away after you're done boiling them. Drain them and put them in the medicine pot next time you're decocting medicine."

"Repeatedly boiled? Will it still have any medicinal effect then?"

"Of course there is. I've consulted a doctor about this. Just follow his instructions. This ginseng can be used a dozen or twenty times without any problem."

Su Aixiu has learned a lesson today. This is the kind of daughter her mother-in-law has raised! She really knows how to save money from her mother-in-law.

She picked up a small mushroom and asked the lotus bud, "What is this?"

"Lingzhi! You don't even recognize it? How can a tonic be complete without Lingzhi!"

The Ganoderma lucidum sent by Prince Pang's mansion was as big as a fan, while the Ganoderma lucidum that He Bao brought back was only the size of an ordinary grass mushroom, and the color looked wrong. Moreover, it was not a pair. Could this be the great-grandchild of the Ganoderma lucidum?

"Then what are these two things?"

"Sister-in-law, aren't you annoying? The doctor prescribed these medicines, just put them together and boil them. Why do you care so much? Hurry up and boil them, or my mother will scold you."

Since it was a doctor who prescribed the medicine, Su Aixiu didn't think too much about it. She took out the medicine pot and poured in the herbs that He Bao had bought. She didn't want to be scolded.

No one knows what He Bao said to Liu Dalan, but when Su Aixiu brought the medicine in, Liu Dalan and He Bao were chatting and laughing. The filial daughter He Bao even peeled oranges for Liu Dalan to eat. It was truly a harmonious scene of a loving mother and a filial daughter!

Liu Dalan took the medicine and began to drink it in small sips. After one sip, she couldn't swallow it. She sniffed and squinted her eyes, as if she were drinking poison. "Why is this medicine so bitter?"

Once the medicine was brought over, Su Aixiu's task was considered complete. She had spent a full hour simmering the medicine in front of the stove to produce a bowl of it. She didn't even taste it to see if it was bitter or not. Even though she had perfect control over the heat and the time, the efficacy of the medicine was definitely preserved to the greatest extent. "Mother, this is the medicine that my younger sister bought. I simmered it according to her instructions. She said it's all good stuff."

He Bao chimed in, "Yes, Mother, drink it all up! This medicine is from a famous pharmacy in the capital; it's all good stuff. Drink it!"

For the sake of her health, Liu Dalan, who valued her life, pinched her nose and forced herself to swallow the medicine.

The bright moon hides behind the clouds, the stars fade from the sky, a cold wind blows through the courtyard, and the lanterns sway and reflect each other.

"Help! Someone save me!" A hoarse, aged voice came from the main room. He Bao, who was still fiddling with her clothes late at night, came out trembling upon hearing the voice.

She saw a head sticking out of her mother's room and screamed that there was a ghost. She then headed towards her brother and sister-in-law's room in the east wing.

He Bao pounded on the doors and windows, making a loud clanging sound. "Big brother, there's a ghost! Big brother's haunted!"

Cheng Tiezhu, feeling agitated, got up from his bed. "It's the middle of the night, and the ghosts are still causing trouble. What a misfortune for our family."

Su Aixiu and Cheng Tiezhu got up together. With all this noise, who could sleep? As soon as they left the room, they saw He Bao, terrified, pointing incoherently towards the main room, "Mother, Mother, Mother's room is haunted."

Cheng Tiezhu was furious. He pointed to the bag with the head sticking out of the doorway and said, "That's Mother, not a ghost!"

"Mother?" After realizing what was happening, He Bao still didn't dare to go forward to look. She hid behind Cheng Tiezhu and Su Aixiu.