Chapter 28

“Zhan Xinyue, if I thought it was wrong to hit people, would you still hit people in the future?” Grandma Sheng asked without answering her question.

“Huh?” Zhan Xinyue blinked, thought for a moment, and said, “If it was the same situation today, and someone was cursing me for no reason, I would definitely still hit them. I can’t be bullied and remain indifferent, and I can’t repay evil with kindness.”

Even the great sage Confucius said, “Repay evil with kindness? How can you repay kindness?”

“But,” Zhan Xinyue raised her eyebrows playfully, “I’ll find a place where Grandma can’t see to hit them. Hehe, that way you won’t be scared.”

Zhan Xinyue thought that the old lady was old and more Buddhist, she would let things go if she could, and she didn’t like to solve problems by hitting and scolding.

“No, I’m old, and my eyes aren’t good, and I don’t have much strength. Otherwise, I would help you hit them.” Grandma Sheng’s blurry eyes shone with light.

“When I was young, I fought the Japanese with your grandpa.” The old lady recalled her beloved, a smile appeared on her face.

“Your grandpa was a carpenter, he had strong hands. One year, the Japanese came to our village to sweep through. The village arranged for the children and the elderly to go up the mountain. The young and strong, regardless of whether they were men or women, were left behind to fight the Japanese.”

“Five Japanese soldiers came, not many, but they had guns. Everyone was afraid to be the first to attack. Your grandpa was skilled and brave, he used homemade hidden weapons and took out two of them. Old Man Zhan took the opportunity to pick up a gun. He was a hunter, he knew how to shoot, and he shot one. I and the rest of the villagers knocked down one, and the last Japanese soldier wanted to escape. Your grandpa chased after him, and the Japanese soldier shot at your grandpa, injuring his leg. But we arrived in time and subdued the Japanese soldier.”

Grandma Sheng chattered on about her old man’s heroic deeds in his youth, her pride couldn’t be hidden, it bloomed in her wrinkles.

Zhan Xinyue held Grandma Sheng’s hand, unconsciously placing her fingers on the old lady’s pulse, and said with a smile, “Grandma, you and Grandpa are so amazing.”

“Of course.” Grandma Sheng patted Zhan Xinyue’s head, “So, you’re my granddaughter-in-law, don’t be afraid. If anyone hurts you, just hit them.”

“Okay.” Zhan Xinyue nodded, her hand left the old lady’s pulse, and she stood up to massage Grandma’s eyes.

She had just taken her pulse, and the pulse showed that Grandma Sheng had liver qi stagnation. Based on her experience, Zhan Xinyue judged that the reason why Grandma couldn’t see clearly was probably because of liver qi stagnation leading to retinal vein occlusion.

This was easy to treat. All you had to do was adjust the “Sheng Puhuang and Xuefu Zhuyu” decoctions.

The herbs were not rare, they were available on the mountain. You could dig them up, dry them, and then decoct them. After drinking them for three to five days, there would be a noticeable effect.

After drinking it for a month or two, it wouldn’t be completely cured, but her eyes would recover to six or seven tenths of their youthful state.

However, Zhan Xinyue was a little puzzled. When she took her pulse just now, Grandma’s body was only suffering from liver qi stagnation, and then there were the usual minor ailments of old age, such as constipation.

But there were no fatal lesions, at least she could live for another ten years. However, in her previous life, Grandma died of illness in the winter of this year, half a year later.

Could it be that she wasn’t skilled enough and couldn’t feel it?

“Grandma, when Tunan comes back, how about we take you to the hospital for a checkup?” Zhan Xinyue was quite confident in her medical skills. In her previous life, she had apprenticed under the best old Chinese doctor, and her master said she had talent.

However, in her previous life, Grandma did die in the winter of this year, she didn’t fall, it wasn’t a sudden accident, she just died of illness.

To be safe, Zhan Xinyue decided to take Grandma to the big hospital for a checkup.

Grandma Sheng was a good person. When Zhan Xinyue’s grandparents passed away when she was a child, Zhan Ai Guo and Chen Ju Xiang didn’t care about her at all, they didn’t even give her food. It was Grandma Sheng who gave her food, so she didn’t starve to death.

Zhan Xinyue didn’t want Grandma Sheng to leave too early, good people should be rewarded.

“Xinyue, I’m an old woman, I’m almost in the grave. We shouldn’t spend that money.”

The old lady had been frugal all her life and was reluctant to spend money on herself.

Zhan Xinyue didn’t persuade her anymore, she just smiled. When Sheng Tunan came back, she would directly take Grandma to the hospital.

The two of them enjoyed the shade for a while, and it was already past three in the afternoon. The weather in May is like a child’s face, it changes quickly.

Seeing that dark clouds were gathering, Zhan Xinyue quickly took the blankets, sheets, and pillows that were drying in the sun and put them back in the room. Grandma’s eyes weren’t very good, so she didn’t cause any trouble. She went to the private plot and picked a bunch of greens, washed them, and put them in the kitchen for later use.

“Rumble,” Zhan Xinyue had just made the bed when she heard thunder. The raindrops began to fall, and the people working in the fields rushed home in the rain.

Zhan Hongyan was also among them. When she got home, she was soaked to the bone. She quickly changed into dry clothes and ran to Zhan Ai Guo, holding out her hand, which had blisters, asking for money.

“Dad, give me 50 yuan. I need it for Li Jian. May 18th is a good day, ten days from now. I’m planning to marry Li Jian that day.”

She couldn’t stay in this house for another day.

If it weren’t for the fact that the marks on her body hadn’t disappeared yet, she would have gone to Li’s house today.

Zhan Ai Guo only cared about his son. When Zhan Xinyue was still here, Zhan Hongyan could slack off. Now that Zhan Xinyue had gone to Sheng’s house, and Chen Ju Xiang had been beaten half to death by Zhan Ai Guo and was lying in bed, unable to even turn over, all the housework had to be done by Zhan Hongyan, and she also had to earn enough work points to come back.

That’s right, she had only been working for half a day, and her hands were already blistered.

Zhan Hongyan rubbed her sore waist, feeling resentful. Even if she had to work, she would only work at Li’s house.

At least, if she suffered at Li’s house, when Li Jian became rich and powerful, he would still remember her kindness, and she, Zhan Hongyan, would be able to become a wealthy wife.

But if she worked at the Zhan family’s, even if she worked herself to death, Zhan Ai Guo would only think it was natural, that his sister should contribute, that she should give everything for the only male member of the family.

“You can dream on! I just found out that your mom gave Zhan Xinyue 300 yuan. Now we only have 75 yuan left, and it has to be saved for your brother to study. You won’t get a single cent.”

Zhan Ai Guo was almost driven mad by Zhan Hongyan and her mother. How could he go out for a night and come back with a big green hat and lose 300 yuan?

He couldn’t go ask Zhan Xinyue for the 300 yuan. She was Commander Sheng’s wife now, he didn’t dare.

He could only vent his anger on his wife and daughter.

“I won’t give you any money. If you want to marry Li Jian, let him give me 100 yuan as a dowry.”

Zhan Ai Guo grinned, showing his big yellow teeth, and threatened, “If he doesn’t give a dowry, I’ll marry you off to the fool in the county. His father can give 300 yuan, just enough to make up for my loss!”