Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Meng Xiyue frowned slightly at the woman's eagerness to distance herself from the matter.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. She is sick and has sprained her foot. We need to get her a doctor right away."

"Well... let's wait for his grandson to come back." Mrs. Cai murmured, "When will his grandson come back?"

"Usually it's the You hour. Zhang Yan works for the master's family in the city, and usually comes back at the You hour."

Mrs. Cai explained, "I'll leave the food here. I still have a lot of work to do at home. I'll leave first."

"Wait a moment."

Meng Xiyue quickly stepped forward and grabbed the man, "By the time of You, I'm afraid he won't even be alive."

"Then there's nothing I can do. I'm just here to bring her a meal."

"Is there a doctor nearby? We need to ask a doctor to check him out first." Meng Xiyue frowned. She was almost dying, yet she was still talking about these nonsense.

However, it was obvious that Mrs. Cai was not on the same wavelength as her, and what she blurted out was.

"It costs a lot of money to hire a doctor, and I don't have that."

She delivered lunch at noon, and Zhang Yan only gave her twenty copper coins a month. Even if she didn't use medicine, the cost of hiring a doctor would be more than that.

"It's normal for a poor family to have a headache or fever. Just bear with it and it will go away."

"She is so old. If she gets sick and doesn't take medicine, how can she survive?"

Facing a life, Meng Xiyue's voice unconsciously became heavier.

"Don't worry, I'll pay for it. Just call the doctor. This is your errand fee."

Meng Xiyue took out a tael of silver from her pocket and handed it to Mrs. Cai.

Mrs. Cai's eyes suddenly lit up, and her face, which had been gloomy just now, instantly brightened.

You have to know that they can only save three taels of silver a year, and this one tael of silver is enough for their family to spend for most of half a year.

"Wait a moment, young lady. I'll go get the doctor now."

With the money, everything was easy. In less than half an hour, Mrs. Cai brought a doctor.

After checking her pulse, the doctor shook his head and said, "Mrs. Zhang has not been in good health to begin with. She has not taken good care of herself these days, and now she is sick again. I am afraid she will not be able to get through this difficult time."

"Is this unviable?"

Mrs. Cai asked in surprise, she didn't expect it to be so serious.

The doctor sighed and said, "I will write you a prescription first. You can go to the town to get the medicine and let her take it first."

"If she can wake up tomorrow, her life will be saved temporarily. However, she is old, so even if she can be saved for a while, she won't last long."

"What the doctor said is true. The old man will eventually pass away. Besides, Granny Zhang is already over 60 years old. If she can leave without pain, it is a good thing."

Mrs. Cai said, glancing at Meng Xiyue, "There's no need to hold on for just a little while."

"Doctor, please prescribe some medicine."

Meng Xiyue did not respond to her. No matter how many days he could live, she could not just stand by and watch him die.

"this…"

Mrs. Cai hesitated for a moment and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Although Zhang Yan is hardworking, he has used all his money to treat Granny Zhang's illness. He has no money to return to you."

"I didn't ask him to pay it back. I have a connection with Granny Zhang, so I can still afford this little bit of money."

Meng Xiyue said in a cold voice.

"This grandma really met a good person."

Mrs. Cai forced a smile and looked Meng Xiyue up and down.

Judging from the way she was dressed and spoke, she was definitely a lady from a wealthy family.

But how come this rich young lady appeared in this remote place without even a maid by her side?

She was a little confused, but seeing that she was kind-hearted and gave her money, she didn't say anything.

Holding the doctor's prescription, she asked cautiously, "Then I'll run the errand for you, girl?"

"Sorry to trouble you."

Meng Xiyue felt her body and found that she had no change left, but luckily she still had a silver note.

But this is a silver note worth twenty taels. Although the medicinal materials are expensive, you won’t need so much.

"After I get the medicine, please use the remaining money to buy some rice, flour, oil, etc."

She just saw that there was almost nothing in the house, even only a few grains of rice were left.

"Okay, my sister-in-law has taken note of it, so don't worry."

When Mrs. Cai saw so much silver, her fingers trembled with excitement.

How nice it would be if this money was hers.

But it's just a thought. Although Mrs. Cai can't be said to be a good person, she is not a bad person either.

This is Grandma Zhang's life-saving money, and she would never dare to have any bad thoughts about it.

While Mrs. Cai went to get the medicine, Meng Xiyue fetched a basin of water and wiped Grandma Zhang's body to cool her down.

Fortunately, the town was not far away, and Mrs. Cai used silver to rent an ox cart and returned in half an hour.

Meng Xiyue looked at the things she bought, her eyes flashed, but she didn't say anything.

I took the medicine and went to the kitchen. Grandma Zhang had to take the medicine as soon as possible, she couldn't wait any longer.

Mrs. Cai said with some guilt, "Miss, I bought all the vegetables, meat, rice and noodles. The noodles are also top-quality white flour, and the rice is good rice from Jiangnan..."

"I understand. Thank you, sister-in-law."

Meng Xiyue didn't want to care about the little money she embezzled.

"Well... I have kids to look after at home, so I'll go back first."

Mrs. Cai didn’t know whether Meng Xiyue had noticed it, but if she stayed any longer, she was afraid that she would be the first to reveal her true identity.

"it is good."

This time Meng Xiyue did not keep her.

After she left, Meng Xiyue boiled some medicine and fed it to Grandma Zhang.

I also applied medicine on my foot. The doctor said that I just sprained my foot and there was no bone injury.

However, the old man recovered slowly, and it was only skin and flesh, and it would take at least ten days or half a month to recover.

She saw that Granny Zhang still showed no signs of waking up. Although her body was not so hot anymore, it was hard to say whether she could survive the night.

After taking care of Grandma Zhang, Meng Xiyue saw that it was getting late and hesitated whether to go back first.

Grandma Zhang’s grandson won’t be back until the evening, and it’s already dark, so she can’t wait that late.

After hesitating for a long time, she took a wooden stick, wrote on the ground "feed Grandma Zhang medicine before going to bed", and left.

When she returned to the Meng family, it was almost dark and Qianxiang was standing at the door pacing back and forth.

When he saw her, he hurried over to greet her.

"Didn't the young lady say she was just going to take a walk nearby? Why did you come back just now? You must have worried me to death."

Since Meng Xiyue said she wanted to be alone, she did not go with them, but she did not expect it would take so long.

She searched the area everywhere but couldn't find her. Just as she was hesitating whether to tell the master and ask everyone to go out to look for the young lady, Meng Xiyue came back.

"I'm fine. I just ran into an old lady on the road who was injured. I took care of her for a while and came back late."

Meng Xiyue explained, "I'm sorry for making you worry."

"Miss, you must take me with you when you go out next time. I feel uneasy when I can't see you."

Hearing this, Meng Xiyue smiled, and at the same time felt warm in her heart, "Okay, let's go out together tomorrow."