All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

The Gu family's six tiled houses were divided into two courtyards, east and west. The front courtyard was separated by a low wall, while the backyard was open and had a large vegetable patch. There were six people in the Gu family: Gu's father, Gu's mother, Gu Jiye, and his three children. The adults were now cleaning up the mess in the courtyard, while the children were also playing there. Lin Ruan was the only one in the main house in the west courtyard.

She followed the memory transmitted by the system and found the 500 yuan that the original owner had received. She placed the money on the kang and left the room, saying, "Gu Jiye, come in. I have something to tell you."

Gu Jiye wasn't bad looking; he had the gourd-shaped, baby-like appearance that the older generation favored, but Lin Ruan didn't like men with that style. Seeing Gu Jiye enter the room, Lin Ruan handed him a handful of five hundred yuan.

Gu Jiye didn't answer. He looked at Lin Ruan and said with pursed lips, "Do you regret it?"

Lin Ruan explained, "No, I didn't really want to take the five hundred yuan at the beginning. I mainly wanted your family to give up. But even if we get married now, we can be considered to have achieved what we need. You must marry me in order not to affect your future. And I will be considered to have a proper rural household registration by marrying you. I am not considered an educated youth, and I can find a job in the town or county. We owe nothing to each other."

After she finished speaking, she thought for a moment, took out another ten-dollar bill and put it in the thick stack, saying, "This ten dollars is to thank you for saving me."

Seeing Gu Jiye opened his mouth to say something, Lin Ruan didn't give him a chance and said with a smile: "I'm only twenty years old this year. I can't be a stepmother to your child. I'm still a child myself and need a subsidy from my family every month. So starting from this month, I will give your family five yuan a month as rent for this house. We just built a stove in the main hall. I have my own industrial coupons. I will go to the county town tomorrow to buy a pot for myself and won't cook with your family."

She smiled brightly and said, "Let's just call it a relationship of revolutionary comrades. If you meet someone you like, or want to divorce for some other reason, or if I meet someone I like, or have the opportunity to return to the city, then we can divorce. No one will be a burden to the other. What do you think?"

Lin Ruan had explained it so clearly, so Gu Jiye didn't argue. He took the money, put the 10 yuan on the kang, and said, "I saved you because I'm a soldier, not for the money. I can agree to the divorce, but I have to go out and discuss the rest with my parents."

Lin Ruan said readily: "Okay, I'll wait for your news in the room."

Before leaving, Gu Jiye suddenly asked, "Isn't there a possibility that we can live happily together and not get divorced?"

Lin Ruan said sincerely, "Gu Jiye, logically speaking, you are young, handsome, have a good job, your parents are reasonable, and your children are sensible. You are suitable for a good person, but you are not suitable for the best person like me."

Gu Jiye was so angry that he laughed. He said, "Thank you for your good wishes" and left the house.

He returned to the house after dark and said, "My family has accepted the five hundred yuan. Everything is up to you. After I leave, you can live in the west courtyard by yourself, and the three children will live with my parents. But they said you don't have to pay rent. We have a pot at home. If you are willing to marry me, it will be a great help to my family."

Lin Ruan said, "I don't want it. Let's put it this way. I'll pay the rent, and I'll give you the pot at its depreciated price."

After a few short chats, Gu Jiye had almost understood Lin Ruan's character. He knew that she was the kind of person who would not change her mind once she made up her mind. The only thing he had miscalculated was that her family was really willing to spend 500 yuan to marry her.

Gu Jiye nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell them tomorrow. I'm going to sleep in the west room. Call me if you need anything."

Lin Ruan nodded and closed the door.

The next morning, Gu Jiye told his parents what happened last night. The old couple was silent for a long time after hearing it. Although they felt a little regretful, they also understood that forced melons are not sweet, so they finally chose to respect the decision of their son and Lin Ruan.

Before leaving for the county town, Lin Ruan saw Gu Jiye's three children, timidly looking at her from the east courtyard. She squatted down and gently stroked their hair, her eyes full of tenderness. She said softly, "From now on, you can just call me Auntie. You can also come to play with me when I'm home, but you have to be obedient, okay?"

Gu Jiawei was five years old after all, and he understood some things. He asked, "Don't you want to be our mother?"

Lin Ruan nodded and said, "Yes, I'm not willing to do it yet, but it's not because you're bad. Just like you suddenly feel awkward having another mother, I'm just not used to being someone else's mother. You understand, right?"

Gu Jiawei nodded, he understood.

After the marriage certificate was issued, the brigade moved Lin Ruan's household registration to the Gu family. She asked Gu's mother for the household registration book, and borrowed a bicycle from the brigade leader Gu Baohua, who was Gu Jiye's cousin, and rode all the way from Gu Erbao Village to Liaozhong County. The place she wanted to go was Liaozhong County Hospital.

Arriving at the hospital entrance, Lin Ruan put his bicycle away and said to the system, "Seventeen, please confirm again which director is in urgent need of ginseng."

The system said, "Search again, confirmed. Sun Xingtang, director of the Second Internal Medicine Department at Liaozhong County Hospital, is in urgent need of ginseng that is over a hundred years old."

After obtaining the information, Lin Ruan made an appointment with the Department of Internal Medicine II and found Dr. Sun Xingtang.

There were no other patients in his clinic at that time. To be precise, people of this era rarely go to the hospital for treatment. They only think of coming to the hospital when they really can't bear it anymore.

"Hello, please sit down. Are you feeling unwell?" Sun Xingtang asked.

At that time, the hospital did not have any cameras, so Lin Ruan took out the ginseng from his arms and handed it to Sun Xingtang from under the table, saying, "My stomach always hurts. Doctor Sun, please take a closer look at me."

Sun Xingtang frowned when he saw Lin Ruan handing over something. He wanted to refuse, but when he took a quick look, he saw that the thing was only wrapped in a thin layer of red cloth, revealing its shape. It looked like a ginseng!

He took it and squeezed it gently. It was indeed ginseng. It was not too fine to touch. Sun Xingtang asked cryptically, "How long have you been in pain?"

Lin Ruan said, "Oh, that's a long time ago. My mom and my grandma both had this problem. If it's not two hundred years, it must be over a hundred years."

Is it really more than a hundred years?

Sun Xingtang was eager and asked quickly, "When did the pain start this time?"

Lin Ruan said, "I got up early this morning and went to the mountains to chop firewood. Not long after, my stomach started to hurt. I thought the pain was not serious, so I wanted to go to the hospital to see if it was something serious."

Just dug this morning? Then the ginseng should be fresh and not processed yet. Sun Xingtang pondered in his heart and asked: "Do you take medicine regularly?"

Lin Ruan took out a piece of paper and handed it over, saying, "Doctor, take a look. I usually take this medicine. Do you think it works? If it does, please prescribe me some more."

Sun Xingtang opened the paper and saw beautiful handwriting on it, which listed Lin Ruan's home address, marital status, education background, and his desire to change to a doctor's position. He also wanted a house in the county town, preferably a bungalow, and 10,000 yuan.

This price was calculated using the system's big data. A single century-old wild ginseng in the world of True and False Thousand Gold would be worth around two million yuan, which translates to roughly twenty thousand yuan in purchasing power. A job and a house definitely wouldn't cost ten thousand yuan, but after all, Lin Ruan wasn't really that desperate for the money. Otherwise, wouldn't she have just gone to the black market? Why bother digging into Sun Xingtang's fortune here?

And to be honest, with the system's precise calculations, so much money was stuck at a point where Sun Xingtang would not hesitate to give up.

Sure enough, Sun Xingtang thought for a moment before saying, "Your medicine is a bit expensive, and we don't have many in our hospital. How about this? I'll prescribe you half the medicine first, and replace the remaining half with something else. You go downstairs to pay for the medicine, and then come back with the medicine. I'll tell you how to take it, okay?"

Lin Ruan smiled and said, "That's fine. As long as the disease can be cured, thank you, Director Sun."

Sun Xingtang also smiled and sighed: "Yes, as long as the disease can be cured, that's enough."