Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Even if Xiaolan didn't believe it, Xu secretly prayed that Xiaolan would be soft-hearted and not expose the matter for Daya's sake. She had just said so many words and talked about Daya's grievances, just to make Zhang and Xiaolan sympathize with them.

She didn't want to hurt anyone, she just wanted herself and her children to live a better and more decent life. The room fell silent for a while. She had said everything she could say. Next, it was up to Zhang and Xiaolan to see how they would react. It was obvious that Zhang was still digesting what Xu had said, because people in ancient times were too awed by ghosts and gods. As for Xiaolan, she was thinking about Cui. Cui had always been strong and healthy. She cursed people with full energy every day, which made everyone think that she was a strong old lady. But recently Cui had become more and more superstitious. Because of the limitations of ancient medical treatment, no one thought that Cui had a mental problem. And there was no instrument to detect mental disorders in this era. Xu was now being forced into a corner by Cui. She couldn't let Cui go on like this. What she said just now was also a helpless solution. Listening to Xu's words, there was almost no flaw. It seemed that she had been thinking about this matter for a long time.

Xiao Lan pondered for a moment, then asked Xu, "What medicine is the old lady taking now?"

When Mrs. Xu saw Xiaolan talking to her, she quickly perked up and looked at her, hoping to find something on Xiaolan's face. But in the end, she found that the little girl had a calm face, without any emotion at all.

Cui often took medicine, and after the old man passed away, she took even more medicine, but she took some health-preserving pills. Xu was worried, but her expression was calm, "... the old lady bought pills from Chunshengtang in the town every month..." Then Xu told her about the several kinds of pills Cui often took.

Cui's love of taking health pills did not start after the old man passed away. She had taken pills before, but at that time, the family conditions were limited, and she had to support Sheng Nuo and Sheng Hong to study. Although she loved to take pills, she could only take a limited amount. In addition, the old man was in charge of her at that time, so she was not as open as she is now. At that time, no matter how difficult it was, Cui would try her best to buy a pill to take. At that time, a lot of Zhang's dowry was used by Cui to buy pills.

Now that the old man is gone, there is no one in the family who can control Cui. She is now more financially comfortable. She uses the money to buy pills for health preservation. It must be said that Cui's thinking is ahead of the times, because in that era, farmers generally lived very frugally. People who were not seriously ill would not ask doctors to prescribe medicine, let alone spend money to buy medicine when they were not sick.

However, wealthy families in this era would take pills to nourish their bodies all year round, and Cui's habit was surprisingly the same as those of the wealthy families. Xiao Lan had heard before that Cui was from a wealthy family, and her habit of taking pills whenever she had nothing to do really made people recognize her background. But apart from this, many of the elegant behaviors of wealthy families had disappeared from Cui.

Xiaolan's family knew that Cui had been taking pills all year round. Sheng Xuan had also tried to persuade her, saying that she was not ill and did not need to take medicine, but was scolded back by Cui. Cui said at the time that she did not ask Sheng Xuan for extra money, so he should not feel bad for such a small amount of money. After several times, Sheng Xuan finally gave in to her, because Cui would not listen to him. He knew that the pills Cui took were nourishing. Although they could not cure diseases, they were not harmful to the body. It was just a waste of money. Since she would not listen to him, he just followed Cui's temper.

Xiao Lan also talked about this matter with Zhang privately, and finally came to the conclusion that Cui was too afraid of death, so she always wanted to take pills to save her life. Maybe she was also influenced by Mr. Sheng. When the old man was dying, he also realized that his body was not good. He was also anxious at that time, but he was anxious about the future and livelihood of the eldest son's family. Cui was just afraid of death, and wanted to rely on pills to let her live a few more years...

"I just heard from my sister-in-law that the old lady keeps taking pills like this, and it seems to be of no benefit. I think we should ask a doctor to come and take a good look at the old lady. Maybe if he prescribes some medicine, the old lady's swearing disease will be cured." Xiao Lan said.

"I said the same thing before, but the old lady didn't listen. When we said we wanted to call a doctor, she said we were cursing her." Mrs. Xu said.

"It's OK if she's not sick, but if she is, no matter what it is, she has to be treated." Xiao Lan said, "Even if it's not a serious illness, we can't just leave it alone. Sister-in-law, look at how other families deal with it and do it your own way. We have nothing to worry about you... Sister-in-law, please pay more attention. As the old saying goes, the elders should be filial to the younger ones, and if we let them do everything, it will be bad. We should take care of what we should do and say what we should say."

Zhang also spoke up, "Your uncle and I both know what the old lady's temper is like, and the neighbors in our village also understand it. Don't be afraid of what others say. Just say what you should say and do what you should do."

Xu agreed, and she also understood what Zhang and Xiaolan meant.

The three of them continued talking for a while, but this time Xiao Lan took the initiative and did not turn the topic back to Cui.

"Aunt San, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you..." Xu suddenly changed the subject.

Zhang said, "What's the matter? Just tell me."

"......Even the output of my family's six acres of land is only enough to support our family. Daya's father... Hey, Third Aunt also knows that your nephew... His family doesn't have any way to make money..."