Farmhouse wife: Selling steamed buns to support her younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law

"Okay, I'll go now."

Wu Lei jogged out.

Wei Yuyan seized the time and plucked some more flower threads.

"Qianqian, gather up all the winnowing baskets in the yard and take them to the rooms—your brother's room, your room, or my room, it's fine."

If Doctor Qian were to come, he would immediately recognize these as valuable medicinal herbs, and the news of our family's wealth would likely spread.

"it is good".

Although Qianqian didn't understand why her sister-in-law said that, she still obediently did as she was told.

"Sister-in-law, it's not raining, why are you putting it away?"

Only after everything was safely stored away did Wu Qian ask the question.

“These are all for sale. If Dr. Qian finds out, others will know that our family is rich. We can’t let others know.”

Wei Yuyan patiently explained.

"Oh, I see."

Wu Qian nodded, keeping her sister-in-law's words in mind.

"Sister-in-law, Dr. Qian is here!"

The two had just finished talking when Wu Lei ran in, and a while later, Dr. Qian came in.

"Dr. Qian, I think I twisted my leg yesterday. It hurts a lot now and seems a bit red and swollen."

Wei Yuyan looked at Doctor Qian. Doctor Qian was quite old, probably around fifty.

"Let me see."

Dr. Qian asked Wei Yuyan to put her feet on the stool and examined her carefully.

"Does it hurt here?"

Dr. Qian pinched Wei Yuyan's instep.

"It doesn't hurt."

Wei Yuyan shook her head.

"Here~".

Dr. Qian pinched my ankle.

"It hurts~".

Wei Yuyan frowned.

"When you twisted your ankle yesterday, did it hurt? Were you still able to walk?"

Dr. Qian took out paper and pen, preparing to write a prescription.

"When I twisted my ankle yesterday, it was only slightly painful, and I was able to walk back. But when I woke up after a nap, it hurt to put anything on the ground."

Wei Yuyan recalled that she didn't feel much pain yesterday.

"There shouldn't be any problem, it's just a sprain. I'll give you a prescription, you'll have to go to town to get the medicine."

Because I don't have all the medicine here, I'll get five doses, one dose a day. I'll come back to check on you in five days."

Dr. Qian handed over the prescription.

"Oh, how much is the consultation fee?"

Wei Yuyan thought to herself, "This is really troublesome. I still have to go to town to buy medicine."

"Five coins will suffice."

Dr. Qian has some common painkillers and cold medicines here. He usually digs up the medicinal herbs himself, so he inevitably runs out of herbs.

Wei Yuyan happened to have a few coins in her purse, which she took out and handed to Doctor Qian.

"Okay, don't let your feet touch the ground, and don't eat foods that may trigger allergies or other allergens."

Dr. Qian took the money and left.

"Sister-in-law, I'll go find Brother Zhang. I just saw him at home."

Wu Lei picked up the prescription and spoke to Wei Yuyan.

"Okay, wait a minute~".

Wei Yuyan jumped into the room and took out a string of coins.

"Here, take this to get the medicine. It should be enough."

Wei Yuyan handed the money to Wu Lei.

"Okay, Qianqian, you stay home and take care of your sister-in-law. I'll be back soon."

Before leaving, Wu Lei made sure to give Wu Qian some instructions.

"Okay, Second Brother, go quickly."

Wu Qian urged.

"Qianqian, bring out the medicinal herbs to dry, and I'll peel the stamens off the flowers."

Wei Yuyan quickly pulled out the filaments, the sooner the better.

"it is good".

Qianqian brought out the medicinal herbs to dry one by one, and handed the flower threads to Wei Yuyan to peel.

"Sister-in-law, have some porridge. My brother cooked sweet potato porridge this morning."

Wu Qian went to the kitchen and ladled out a bowl of sweet potato porridge.

"it is good".

Wei Yuyan was also hungry, so she took the sweet potato and sipped it slowly. The sweet potato was quite sweet.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I heard you twisted your ankle?"

Wei Yuyan hadn't finished her porridge when Sister-in-law Xiuhua arrived and knocked on the door.

Wei Yuyan nodded, and Wu Qian went to open the door.

"Sister-in-law Xiuhua~".

Wu Qian greeted them.

"Hey, Qianqian, where's your sister-in-law? Sister-in-law, your foot was perfectly fine yesterday, didn't I hear you say it hurts?"

As soon as Sister-in-law Xiuhua came in, she saw Wei Yuyan sitting in the courtyard drinking porridge.

"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, I'm sorry to have worried you. I actually twisted my ankle yesterday, it was just a little sore, I thought it was nothing serious."

I could walk yesterday, but this morning it's red and swollen and very painful.

Wei Yuyan pulled down her socks to show her.

"Oh dear, it really is! It's so swollen, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk for the next two weeks."

Sister-in-law Xiuhua looked at her ankle and frowned.

"Xiao Lei and Brother Zhang went, right?"

Wei Yuyan finished the last mouthful of porridge.

"Yes, they went to town to get medicine. What's this, a flower?"

Sister-in-law Xiuhua watched as Wei Yuyan began to peel the silk threads.

"Well, to be precise, it's a kind of medicinal herb. I just wanted to supplement my family's income, so I went to the mountain yesterday to collect some medicinal herbs."

There was nothing for Wei Yuyan and her sister-in-law Xiuhua to hide.

"Oh, I see. Let me help you. How do we do it?"

Sister-in-law Xiuhua finally understood; they had gone to gather herbs.

"Just pull it out gently, don't use too much force."

Wei Yuyan gave some guidance.

"Sister-in-law, I didn't know you knew about medicinal herbs! You're really amazing."

Xiuhua's sister-in-law's praise came from the bottom of her heart.

"Sister-in-law, you're joking. Actually, I don't know many people. I just had a relative who was a doctor. He often went up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs, and I learned from him for a while."

Wei Yuyan then used the same excuse she had used before.

"That's good too, at least you can get some money from it."

Sister-in-law Xiuhua gently peeled back the silk threads.

"Yes, we are indeed short of money at home. Everything costs money, from food to clothes."

Wei Yuyan thought to herself that it was really not easy to earn this little bit of money, and she even twisted her ankle. She was afraid it would take a month before she could walk normally again.

The two chatted idly, and in half an hour they had finished shaving three baskets of saffron.

After harvesting, one winnowing basket was enough. Wu Qian placed it over to dry, where the gentle sun was just right.

"Sister-in-law, the medicine has been bought."

Wu Lei just happened to return at that moment.

"It's good that you bought it. Where is your medicine pot? Go find it, wash it, and you can brew the medicine."

Xiuhua's sister-in-law took the medicine and went to the kitchen to find the medicine pot.

"Oh dear, what's this? A wild rabbit?"

Sister-in-law Xiuhua was quite surprised to see the wild rabbit in the kitchen.

"Yes, I caught it yesterday, but unfortunately there's only one, so I can't keep it."

Wei Yuyan said it was a pity.

"My husband said he's going hunting this afternoon to see if he can catch a rabbit."

Sister-in-law Xiuhua seemed to be deep in thought, thinking that raising rabbits might not be a bad idea, and wondered why she hadn't thought of it before.

"Really? The main problem is that it's hard to catch alive. I made a trap with food, and the rabbit walked in by itself."

Wei Yuyan explained.

"That's true. Right now, there's a shortage of food, so it's no wonder that rabbits have come out."

Sister-in-law Xiuhua thought it was a good idea to remind the head of the household about this method.

"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, the medicine pot has been found."

Wu Lei found it under the bed.