bookcurios Chapter 151
Chapter 151
The old doctor put his hand on Jiang Qin's and took his pulse. Soon he took his hand back, wrote a prescription and gave it to Jiang Qin. After explaining some precautions, he said, "Just go to the next door to get the medicine. The consultation fee will also be collected next door."
Zhong Ruyi asked him, "Doctor, is my brother okay? Is he injured internally?"
The doctor smiled and shook his head. "He just has some skin injuries and a little bit of blood deficiency. There are no internal injuries. He just needs to go back and take some supplements. He is so young and his body will recover quickly."
"Okay, thank you!"
Zhong Ruyi took the prescription and went next door to get the medicine and pay the bill. The total cost was one or two taels of silver, which was more expensive than the cloth she had just bought.
Jiang Qin silently noted down the money he spent today. When he had money one day, he would return the money from selling his body and today's money to Sister Ruyi, and then repay her well.
Back at the store, Zhong's mother was surprised to see several people go out empty-handed and come back with big and small bags.
"Why did you buy so much cloth?" She picked up a piece of cloth and touched it. "This is good for making underwear."
Zhong Ruyi put Jiang Qin's medicine down and said, "They can't always wear my and my second brother's clothes, so I bought them some cloth. Jiang Rong can make it herself, so I asked her to make two sets of clothes for her younger brother and sister and herself."
"I wanted to buy a set of ready-made clothes, but it cost two taels of silver so I didn't buy it."
"Next time you go out with mom, I'll buy it for you!" said Zhong's mother with a smile.
This scene caught the young Jiang Yun's attention, reminding her of her mother who was sold. She lowered her head with some sadness.
Suddenly, Jiang Rong and Jiang Qin, who had been standing beside her, reached out and touched her head at the same time.
She was stunned for a moment, but a warm feeling surged in her heart. Although her eyes were still red, her heart was very warm. She knew that although her mother was not around, she still had two brothers and sisters who loved her.
She also met the wonderful sister Ruyi and her family, and she believed that one day she would meet her mother again.
Zhong Ruyi told her mother that Zhang's wife was pregnant with twins. "I saw that her belly was very big, so I hinted that she might have two babies in her belly, but I'm not a doctor so I can't be sure. She found out after she went to see a doctor herself."
Mother Zhong exclaimed, "No wonder! Your Aunt Chen and I were talking about this. Maybe your belly is so big because you ate too much. It turns out you are having twins, which is normal."
"The Zhang family is very lucky. They run a rice shop and their mother-in-law is easy to get along with. That's why she only gave birth to two girls. Your Aunt Chen said her mother-in-law never urged her to have another child. She put too much pressure on herself. It wasn't easy for her to get pregnant with this baby when the two girls were in their teens."
This matter was just talked about and passed, but everyone lives in the same alley, so if something happens, it will soon be known to everyone.
Within half a day, everyone in the alley knew that Zhang Sheng's wife was pregnant with twins, but twins are rare.
There are already families who have just married and have not yet had children coming to ask for diapers for twins. Regardless of whether the baby is a boy or a girl, twins are a great blessing.
Zhong Ruyi laughed so hard when she heard that Mrs. Zhang's twin babies' diapers had been reserved. At that time, she was looking at tables and chairs in the woodworking room with her second brother.
There are many ready-made tables and chairs in the woodworking room, all placed in sets for people to choose from.
Zhong Ruyi looked for a long time and chose a table that was just the right size for two rows of five tables and matching long benches.
The carpenter wiped the sweat off his head and said, "We need ten tables of this size, and four long benches for each table, which means forty benches. Miss Zhong may not be able to finish them so quickly."
"I'm still working on two customers' orders. It will probably take another six or seven days before I can start working on your order."
"How long will it take to make ten tables and forty benches? If you can get it done quickly, I can wait."
After all, the store has not been renovated yet, so the Jiang siblings have been allowed to live there for the past two days and clean it every day.
"It would take about a month for me alone, but I have two apprentices who can help me, so it would take about fifteen days."
There are orders ahead that will take six or seven days to complete, plus her fifteen-day construction period, so it will take about a month.
The kitchen in the store has been connected to the utility room next door, but the stove has not been built yet, and the cabinets for storing bowls, dishes and condiments have not been made yet.
A month has passed, and she has to go back to the village to check on the rabbits at Chen Dongzhi's house.
Yes, that’s right. She and Chen Dongzhi had agreed that he would sell all his rabbits to her in the future.
Now Chen Dongzhi has built a house for rabbits and raises them there. According to him, there are at least a thousand rabbits in the house now. Sometimes he has to take them to the town to sell them for his own consumption.
She decided to use spicy rabbit meat as her signature dish, so rabbit had to be available.
After paying a deposit for some tables and chairs, Zhong Ruyi went to the restaurant. The three siblings of the Jiang family were cleaning.
The store, which had been idle for several months, has now been rented out again. It has been changed from a teahouse to a restaurant, and some parts that needed to be renovated are almost ready.
When the second brother builds the new stove tomorrow, the Jiang siblings will be able to cook here without having to run around.
There are three rooms in the store. Jiang Qin sleeps in one, Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun sleep in one, and Zhong Ruyi keeps the remaining room for herself.
The Jiang siblings were very happy to see her coming. After she came for several days, the three of them gradually became cheerful and talked more.
Zhong Ruyi gave the purchased food to Jiang Rong, "Are you used to living here?"
Jiang Rong smiled and nodded, "It's much better here than in the dental clinic before. There were dozens of people crammed into a large bunk bed in the dental clinic, and some people snore when they sleep, so they can't sleep well."
"That's good. Remember to lock the door before going to bed at night. If you have any problems, come to Zhongji to find me. If I'm not here, you can also find my second brother or my mother."
"Ok."
Zhong Ruyi entered the kitchen. After the two rooms were connected, it became much more spacious. Now she just had to wait for the tables and chairs.
The next day, Zhong Ruyi brought Jiang Qin back to Xinghua Village, and Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun went to Zhongji to help.
She happened to come back when there was a crowd of people blocking the door of her house. She couldn't squeeze in and could only stand outside the crowd and watch.
After standing for a while, she heard clearly that it was Zhou Yushou, who had been beaten up by Chen Dongzhi and his brothers before, who came to the house with his parents.
The villagers were so busy watching the fun that they didn't hear her shouting for her to come in.
Aunt Zhao, who was still inside, saw her and waved at her quickly, "Ruyi! Why are you back?"
"Get out of the way! Let the daughter of the Zhong family come in! You guys who are just looking for trouble, hurry up!"
After hearing what Aunt Zhao said, the crowd making way for her to enter.
Someone saw a young boy following her and asked her who he was.
Zhong Ruyi turned around and said with a smile, "Aunt, this is a relative from my mother's side, my distant cousin. Please make way and let him in."
After finally squeezing in, Aunt Zhao quickly told the story.
It turned out that Zhou Yushou had been recuperating at home after being beaten up, and he only recovered recently.
Zhong Ruyi felt sad that he didn't expect that it took more than a month for his injury to heal. Chen Dongzhi was really too powerful.
Jiang Qin had no internal injuries, but she was sure that Zhou Yushou must have suffered serious internal injuries. Otherwise, how could it take more than a month for a grown man to recover after being beaten?