Chapter 29: Xiaozhen’s Illness Can Be Cured

He went to the kitchen and saw that there wasn’t much flour left, so he decided to buy some flour the next day.

When Xie Lin’an came back that night, he told him about Ye Xiaozhen.

“She steamed twenty baskets of buns and dumplings by herself, she’s very capable. You know, she’s a fool, how can she be more capable than a normal person?”

Xie Lin’an looked into the house and whispered, “Grandpa, have you noticed, Xiaozhen doesn’t seem as silly as before.”

They were all from the same village, how could they not know what she was like before?

Lin Xinghua thought about it carefully and nodded, “It seems like she’s not as silly as before.”

“Then do you think her condition can be cured?”

“Cured? Can a congenital condition like that be cured?”

“Who said it was congenital? That’s what Ye Zhengguo and Sun Qing said. I think she’s not really stupid, she was made stupid by them.”

Lin Xinghua suddenly realized, “I think that’s possible, do you remember your Aunt Xiangyun? When she married into our village, she was fine, your Uncle Wang was a bad person, he was always beating and scolding her. She was pregnant and still had to work in the fields, she had to finish the work in the fields and then come back to serve him, even then she still got beaten.

After she gave birth, she had to go back to work in the fields, she didn’t even get a month of confinement, but your Uncle Wang was like he was in confinement. He was such a jerk, he even took the money she earned with her hard work and brought home other women. She was a good person, but he tortured her for a few years and drove her crazy. What does this tell you? If you live a bad life, you’ll go crazy.”

Thinking about Aunt Xiangyun, Xie Lin’an was even more convinced that Ye Xiaozhen wasn’t born stupid, she was tortured into being stupid by her stepmother and stepfather.

“Grandpa, if that’s the case, do you think Xiaozhen’s condition can be cured?”

“Yes, there was a person like that in my hometown, and she got better later.”

“How did she get better? Which hospital can treat this condition?” Xie Lin’an asked excitedly.

“It wasn’t the hospital that cured her, it was the person who beat her who died. That person was like your Aunt Xiangyun, she was unlucky, she was tortured crazy by her husband. Later, her husband got drunk and fell to his death. No one tortured her anymore, her children were filial, and she stopped being crazy after less than a year.”

His grandpa’s words gave Xie Lin’an great confidence.

He believed that as long as he was good to Ye Xiaozhen, as long as their whole family was good to her, she would definitely get better.

She’s not as silly as before, that’s the best proof.

“Xiaozhen, which do you like better, fruit candy or sesame candy?”

Xie Lin’an hugged her waist from behind, he had to bend over so that his chin could rest on her shoulder.

Ye Xiaozhen unwrapped the paper and put a candy in his mouth.

You silly goose, who told you to buy so much candy?

She thought, if I eat all this candy, my teeth will rot.

“Oh, my Xiaozhen isn’t stupid at all, she knows how to care for her man.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” Do you believe me if I say I want you to rot your teeth with me?

She couldn’t bear to let his teeth rot, after he finished eating, Ye Xiaozhen threw the toothbrush and toothpaste to him.

Xie Lin’an was startled, “What’s wrong? Do you think I have bad breath?”

Ye Xiaozhen thought, if your teeth rot, you will definitely have bad breath.

Xie Lin’an happily took it and muttered to himself, “She’s really getting better, she knows how to be picky now.”

Can a fool be picky about bad breath?

No way.

Since she started to be picky about his bad breath, it means her condition is really improving.

That’s good news.

…

The next morning, Lin Xinghua pulled a cart out of the house, he was going to buy flour.

Ye Xiaozhen saw him limping as he pulled the cart, she said to Xie Lin’an, “Grandpa should put something under his foot.”

Xie Lin’an was brushing his teeth in the yard, he turned his head and looked at Ye Xiaozhen, then quickly rinsed his mouth.

“Glug, glug, tui!”

He spat out the saliva in his mouth before asking in confusion, “How to pad?”

He had always remembered his grandpa like this, he was used to it.

Ye Xiaozhen thought, how to pad and you’re asking me? Am I the fool or are you the fool?

She thought for a moment and said, “Like the red shoes on the street, add a leg, then they’ll be the same length.”

The old man couldn’t wear high heels, she hoped that through her hint, Xie Lin’an could understand on his own.

Unfortunately, she thought too much, Xie Lin’an chuckled and said, “Silly, Grandpa is an old man, what kind of high heels would he wear? And only one, wouldn’t people laugh at him?”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…”

Let’s not talk about his super strong comprehension ability, let’s just say, it’s like being laughed at for being a cripple.

Look at the whole village, who doesn’t call Grandpa Lin Laogui?

Ye Xiaozhen ignored him, she turned around and took out Xie Lin’an’s rubber shoes, she tied a wooden block to the bottom of the shoe.

At this time, Xie Lin’an had finished brushing his teeth, he saw his silly wife doing something.

After tying it up, Ye Xiaozhen threw the shoes to him, “Wear them.”

Xie Lin’an: “With such a thick sole, won’t I become a cripple?”

Of course.

He took the shoes and smiled, “I know what you mean, you’re saying that if we add a sole to Grandpa’s shoes, he won’t be lame anymore, right?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded eagerly.

“Your idea is good, but if we do that, this leg will be so heavy. Forget about such a thick wooden block, even when we walk on the road, if there’s mud on the shoes, we have to get rid of it, otherwise it won’t be comfortable. One leg is long and one leg is short, he’s lame, one side is heavy and one side is light, he’ll still be lame.”

Ye Xiaozhen was about to be speechless, can’t you find a shoemaker to make him a pair of corrective shoes?

Anyway, you’re a contractor now, you’re not short of money.

Uh, uh… he probably didn’t think of that.

Ye Xiaozhen struggled for a moment and said, “Xiaozhen doesn’t know how to make shoes, does brother know how?”

Huh?

Xie Lin’an reacted, “You mean make a special pair of shoes for Grandpa?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded again.

Xie Lin’an rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, he said, “We can try.”

Wow, my wife isn’t as silly as before, she can even think of this?

Even he didn’t think of it.

After he rode his bike away, Ye Xiaozhen started steaming buns and making dumplings.

She would stop making them after today, Xie Lin’an’s two younger brothers would be back this afternoon.

There would be more people at home, it wouldn’t be convenient for her to use the kitchen alone.

Of course, she could use the firewood stove at home, it would just be more troublesome.

No, much more troublesome.

Just as Ye Xiaozhen was steaming buns and dumplings, Ye Zhengguo and Sun Qing came.

They walked towards her and talked.

“This dead girl was stupid and clumsy when she was at our house, but she’s been at someone else’s house for a few days? She came last Saturday, right? It’s only Wednesday, it’s not even a week, and she’s already learned how to do everything.”

“She steams ten baskets of buns and dumplings a day, she’s so capable. Do you remember when she was at our house, she almost burned down the kitchen when she was steaming buns? I said she did it on purpose, you stopped me from beating her.”

Ye Zhengguo said, “That’s because you wanted to hit her head, she’s already stupid enough, if you hit her again, she’ll become even stupider, she won’t be able to take care of herself, she’ll poop and pee in bed, will you take care of her?”