The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

“That was when I realized this thing could actually be made into candy.”

"It's just too much work to make. Besides, if the wheat is used as seeds, it can produce a lot of food. No one would be willing to use it to make sugar."

"I've been idle in the mountains for a long time, and I've been eating too much, so I thought of trying this."

“I didn’t expect it to be successful all of a sudden.”

Qiuhong said this and took out the remaining candies.

"I still have some left. The two children like it. You can take it all home."

Yu Ruyue looked at the small pieces of candy in the bowl, and her eyes sparkled as she looked at Qiuhong.

"Sister-in-law, I'm planning to open some shops at the foot of the mountain. Are you interested in coming down with me? With your candy-making skills, you can make a lot of money down there."

Qiuhong's eyes widened in surprise. "Ruyue! I can make money with this, don't be ridiculous. There are many candy shops downstairs, and the variety they sell is not much wider than mine. I'm afraid I'll only be a burden to you if I go down there, and I won't make much money."

Yu Ruyue smiled widely, "Sister-in-law, don't worry! I said you can make money, and you can make money."

"This malt sugar will turn silvery white after being stretched several times. If you add some other colors to it, like spinach green or watermelon red, and then stretch these colors into strips and stack them into patterns, and then wrap the front with white candy, stretch it into thin strips, and then cut it into pieces, then the cross-section of each piece will be a pattern. Isn't that quite novel?"

"You can also add some dried fruits and biscuits to the candy and cut them into pieces to eat. It has a unique flavor."

"If we add some juice, flower petals, and adjust the color, it will surely be more popular."

Qiuhong knew Yu Ruyue's ability. Since she said so, she must be able to do it. Her eyes lit up, "It just so happens that I still have some malt here that I haven't made into sugar yet. Why don't we give it a try later?"

Yu Ruyue nodded immediately, "Okay!"

Yu Ruyue followed Qiuhong into the house and found that the old woman and the old man were lying on the kang, looking very uncomfortable.

When the two saw Yu Ruyue come in, they quickly struggled to sit up.

"Ruyue is here?"

"Uncle, aunt, what's wrong with you? You look a little unhappy."

The old tree man struggled for a few times, but finally lay down, and said a little embarrassedly: "Ruyue, I'm really sorry, old man, I just don't feel well, so I won't go down."

Shu Pozi struggled to get down from the kang, put on her cloth shoes with frayed edges, and walked over with a hunched back.

"Ruyue, is there anything you need our help with?"

"Come inside and sit for a while."

Yu Ruyue looked at the tree lady and saw that although she was smiling, she could tell from her eyes that she was trying hard to endure the pain.

"Uncle and aunt, tell me the truth. What happened to you? Where do you feel unwell?"

The tree lady smiled and shook her head. "It's just an old problem. It's nothing serious."

Yu Ruyue's face instantly darkened. "Why are you two elders still being so distant with me?"

"Tell me what happened?"

Seeing that Yu Ruyue was truly angry, Qiuhong sighed helplessly and said, "It's been raining for quite a while since you left. I don't know if it's because it's too humid, or if Dad and Mom miss my second brother, but their health is getting worse day by day."

"Especially on rainy days, my joints hurt like crazy. If I lie on the kang and light a fire, it will warm me up and relieve the pain. But the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the old couple feel sorry for me and really don't want to waste so much firewood, so they won't let me light the fire. They would rather endure the pain and be unable to walk just to watch over me."

Yu Ruyue looked at the embarrassed expressions of the old couple and instantly understood why Qiuhong thought of the malt sugar her mother had made before her father died. She was afraid that the two elders of the Shu family would be like her father and not have eaten anything good before they died.

"Have you asked Dr. Shen to take a look?"

"How could this be?"

Qiuhong sighed, "I've already consulted Doctor Shen, but Doctor Shen and Village Chief Shen's family also have the same symptoms. Only young people like us and those children haven't noticed anything."

"Old Doctor Shen would bring Little Doctor Shen here for acupuncture every once in a while!"

"I heard from Doctor Xiao Shen that this disease is called Bi syndrome, and it seems to be caused by excessive moisture and coldness."

“I don’t quite understand the details.”

Yu Ruyue listened to their description, took Shu Pozi's hand and took a look, confirming that they had rheumatism. The most taboo of rheumatism is staying in a damp and cold environment. Their condition is not that serious now. If they continue to delay, their joints will become deformed and swollen, and they may not even be able to walk.

Yu Ruyue suddenly remembered that after coming back, Yu Dehou muttered that the old guys in the mountains didn’t want to play poker or mahjong with him. It seemed that he was deliberately hiding it and didn’t want to make them worry!

Moreover, she guessed that this disease had a lot to do with their living environment. Even when the weather was dry, it was still very cool here, and even the lakes showed no sign of drying up, which showed how humid this place was.

Moreover, they lived very close to the lake and had many paddy fields that needed to be irrigated with lake water. There was also a dense forest next to them, which completely blocked the sunlight in this place. If they had not discovered the coal mine and burned a lot of charcoal in advance, they would have frozen to death in the winter.

Yu Ruyue thought for a moment and said, "Wait for me for a moment. I'll go back and find you something that might be of some benefit to your illness."

The tree lady quickly opened her hands to stop her, but Ruyue ran too fast and disappeared in a flash.

She felt a little helpless. "Why did you tell Ruyue all this? We agreed to keep it a secret from Ruyue's parents. We just didn't want to hold them back."

Qiuhong looked at the two elders of the Shu family with red eyes, "The rice has been planted, you two elders should stop hiding it. Ruyue is also capable. What if she has a way? And you saw it just now. If I don't tell Ruyue, I'm afraid she will be angry with us."

The tree lady sat helplessly on the edge of the kang. "We have already troubled the Yu family enough. Everything we eat now is grown from the seeds brought by the Yu family. The eldest and third sons were taken away by Shen Chou for Ruyue's sake to make achievements."

"Apart from our strength, we can't really help them."

"How can we let them distract us?"

Qiuhong felt guilty after hearing what she said. She just didn't want to make Ruyue angry and didn't think too much about it.

She now felt a little regretful. She was so immersed in the joy of making and selling candy that she completely forgot about the old couple lying in the house!

As soon as Yu Ruyue returned, Shen Zhiheng raised his head and touched the two children's heads. "You two keep writing. I'll go see what's wrong with your mother."