At night, Wang Caiwei lay in bed and tossed and turned like a pancake when she thought of her mother’s words. Han Ze was awakened by her movement and asked in a hoarse voice: “What’s wrong?”
Wang Caiwei was startled: “Husband, did I wake you up?”
Han Ze yawned: “No, what’s wrong with you?”
Wang Caiwei thought of her mother’s words again and said softly: “Husband, you stopped taking the medicine and your body got better. There was no treatment afterwards. I don’t understand why you got better after not taking the medicine…”
Han Ze sat up as if frightened and asked her, “Do you know why I insisted on stopping the medicine?”
Wang Caiwei was startled by him. After she recovered, she thought, isn’t it because her husband didn’t want to take the medicine that he wanted to stop taking the medicine?
Han Ze lay down again and said in shock, “I dreamed that Uncle Wang killed someone with his medicine…”
Wang Caiwei was shocked again, not because of her husband’s dream. Instead, she thought that her husband’s health was getting worse in those days, and he had such a dream at night, which must have frightened him, causing him to be nervous and weak, so that he began to doubt the medicine prescribed by Uncle Wang. Under the shadow of the dream, he didn’t want to take the medicine prescribed by Uncle Wang anymore, so he begged his mother-in-law to stop taking the medicine. But her husband stopped taking the medicine and he recovered. What all these problems show is self-evident.
Could it be that Uncle Wang’s medicine was really wrong, and even God couldn’t stand it and sent a dream to her husband?
She bit her lip tightly, trembling as she asked, “If it’s true that Uncle Wang’s medicine is problematic, wouldn’t it be in vain that my husband has suffered so much?”
Even if that was eldest sister-in-law’s father-in-law, who had helped their family a lot, she still felt resigned. If it weren’t for her father-in-law’s poor medical skills, why would her husband have suffered so much, why would he owe them so much money?
Han Ze said nothing.
Wang Caiwei’s eyes were red, and she choked up and said, “They can’t bully people like this.”
It was obvious that she was already determined that the medicine that Han Daya’s father-in-law had prescribed was problematic.
Han Ze hesitated, “I don’t know if Uncle Wang knows that the medicine he prescribed is wrong, and if he knows that his medical skills are not good? If he knows…”
He didn’t say the rest of the words.
Wang Caiwei’s eyes widened, and she was obviously shocked again. She said hurriedly: “If he knew and still continued to prescribe medicine for you, he deliberately harmed you.”
After that, she frowned, and confusion appeared on her face: “We are relatives, and we have no grudges. Why would he harm you?”
Han Ze pondered and said: “Whether he is harming me or not, we will know if we try it.”
Wang Caiwei said carefully: “How do we try?”
Han Ze thought for a while: “Just ask Uncle Wang for the prescription directly. If he is reluctant to give it, it means that he knows that there is a problem with the prescription.”
Wang Caiwei asked again: “What if he gives us the prescription directly?”
Han Ze smiled and said: “That means he didn’t harm us deliberately, which shows that his medical skills are not good.”
Wang Caiwei was very angry. If he was not a good doctor, why would he treat people? Isn’t this harming people?
The next morning, the two hurried to find Doctor Wang. When they arrived at Doctor Wang’s house, Han Ze said: “It’s best to avoid my elder sister for this matter.”
Wang Caiwei looked at him in surprise. Han Ze explained: “What would the elder sister think if she knew that we suspected her father-in-law’s medical skills were not good? It’s best to keep this secret from her.”
Wang Caiwei nodded and said: “I haven’t been feeling well these past two days, so I want to see Uncle Wang.”
Han Ze smiled and said: “Yes, we are here to see a doctor.”
Ever since Han Daya instigated her family to split up and had a conflict with her family, she rarely went back to her family. But she lived close to her family and lived in the same village. Seeing that her family’s life was getting better day by day, and Han Ze might take the imperial examination again next year, she felt like she had buried gunpowder in her heart, and her body was always tense.
This time, when she saw Han Ze and his wife coming to her house, she didn’t show them a bad face, but smiled and asked: “Why are you two here?”
Now it seems that she still needs to ease the relationship with her family, otherwise how can she care about her brothers from her family? She doesn’t want Han Ze to get better and take the imperial examination.
Wang Caiwei was afraid that she would be suspicious, so she said shyly: “I’m not feeling well, and my husband said to ask Uncle Wang to check my pulse.”
Han Daya smiled and said, “My father-in-law is in the room. I’ll take you there.”
Han Ze looked at her holding a basin of clothes in her arms and said, “You go and get busy. We’ll go in by ourselves.”
Han Daya really thought that Wang Caiwei was unwell, so she didn’t think much about it. She just said, “You go and see. I’ll wash the clothes and come to see you.”
It was New Year’s period, and she hadn’t sent New Year’s gifts to her parents’ home yet.
After watching Han Daya leave, the two looked at each other and went straight to find Doctor Wang. Han Ze said with a smile, “Uncle Wang, I have a classmate who also has a weak body. Knowing that I’m well, he wants to see my prescription.”
Doctor Wang frowned and said, “Without taking his pulse, how can we know his physical condition? Let him come over and prescribe medicine after we see him.”
Han Ze explained, “His home is far from Xiaohan Village, so it’s not convenient for him to come here.”
Doctor Wang said in a deep voice, “How can you take random medicine if you are weak?”
Han Ze asked hesitantly, “Uncle Wang, is it not a prescription? Is it inconvenient?”
Doctor Wang shook his head. “It’s not inconvenient. You can show him the prescription, but you have to make it clear to him that this prescription is based on your original condition. It may not be suitable for him. He may not be cured after taking it. Maybe his condition will get worse.”
Han Ze frowned and thought, “Uncle Wang, do you think this will work? Write down my original condition and pulse on a piece of paper, and give it to him, so that he can decide for himself how to get the medicine.”
Doctor Wang did not doubt him. He sat down and recalled Han Ze’s original condition and pulse, wrote them down one by one on paper, and then gave them to Han Ze together with the prescription.
To play the whole play, Wang Caiwei said that she was not feeling well and asked Uncle Wang to check her pulse. After checking her pulse, Doctor Wang said, “It’s a bit of a lack of qi and blood. Do you need medicine?”
Since she doubted Doctor Wang’s medical skills, she would not take his medicine anymore. She shook her head and said, “I’ll go back and recuperate slowly.”
Doctor Wang knew the situation of the Han family and did not persuade her. When the two came out of Wang’s house, Wang Caiwei said, “It seems that Uncle Wang didn’t mean to harm you.”
Han Ze had the memory of his original body, so of course he knew that Doctor Wang would not harm him. He also knew that Doctor Wang’s medical skills might not be as sophisticated as the doctors in the town, but he could still cure minor illnesses. The one with poor medical skills was Han Daya’s husband.
Han Ze said, “How good is Uncle Wang’s medical skills? We have to take the prescription to other doctors.”
Wang Caiwei agreed, so the two went to the town without stopping. After the doctor in the town looked at his prescription and the pulse case, he pondered and said, “If it is this condition and pulse, this prescription is not perfect, but there is nothing wrong with it.”
Wang Caiwei asked hurriedly, “Will the patient get better after drinking this medicine?”
The doctor in the town stroked his beard and said, “The effect is slower, and drinking it for half a month is enough.”
Wang Caiwei glanced at Han Ze, her heart sank, “But that patient drank it for a full month and a half, his body still hadn’t improved.”
The doctor glanced at her and said, “It’s impossible that there is no effect.”
Wang Caiwei smiled bitterly and said, “It’s true that there is no effect at all.”
Being questioned, the doctor was a little unhappy and shouted, “Although the prescription is not good, it can still cure the disease. Since you don’t believe me, why bother asking?”
Han Ze suddenly asked from the side, “The prescription is fine, is it possible that the medicinal materials are wrong?”
The doctor said without thinking, “Then it depends on the person who dispensed the medicine, whether he dispensed the wrong medicine.”
Coming out of the clinic, the two felt a little heavy-hearted. They confirmed a fact that the problem was with the medicinal materials.
Han Ze saw that she was frowning and said: “Since we want to find out the truth, let’s ask Uncle Wang to get a prescription for the medicine and take it to the doctor in town to see if the Wang family’s herbs are wrong.”
The two were worried and didn’t think about saving money. They took a bullock cart back to the village and went straight to Doctor Wang’s house. At this time, Han Daya went to the Han family to give New Year gifts and was not at home. Han Ze directly asked Doctor Wang to get a prescription. Although Doctor Wang was reluctant, he didn’t say anything because Han Ze was his son’s brother-in-law, so he got it for him.
Carrying the medicine, the two took a bullock cart to the town again. After the doctor looked at the package of herbs, he said: “There is no problem.”
Wang Caiwei asked anxiously: “The prescription is fine, the herbs are fine, why is the patient’s body not good?”
The doctor said: “The prescription and herbs are fine. A bowl of medicine, from prescribing the prescription, picking the herbs and boiling the herbs, needs to go through several links.”
The doctor stopped there.
Wang Caiwei was shocked.
After leaving the clinic, Wang Caiwei didn’t know whether to comfort Han Ze or herself, and hurriedly said: “Eldest sister can’t hurt you.”
Since her husband fell ill, it has been her eldest sister-in-law who has helped to boil medicine and pour out the dregs. No matter how busy she is, she never asks others to do it. She couldn’t believe that her eldest sister would harm her husband. Her husband is her biological brother, and she has no reason to harm him, but everything shows that the problem is likely to be with her eldest sister.
Han Ze looked at her: “Why would eldest sister harm me?”
Wang Caiwei lowered her head and said nothing.
Han Ze added, “If she didn’t harm me, why did I get better after I stopped taking the medicine? It doesn’t make sense anyway.”
Wang Caiwei looked up at him suddenly, “Husband, you also think that elder sister…”
Han Ze had a wry smile on his face, “See, even you are suspicious of elder sister. If I tell this to my parents, what do you think they will think? You and I know how elder sister treats me. I don’t want to suspect elder sister, so I have to find out the truth and clear her name.”
Wang Caiwei asked him, “But how do we find out the truth?”
Han Ze’s eyes were sharp, “If there is a problem in any of the three links: prescription, medicinal materials, and boiling medicine, it is all the Wang family’s business. I want to see who wants to harm me.”
Wang Caiwei was stunned. Her husband was right. From prescribing the medicine to getting the medicine, and finally boiling the medicine, all were done by the Wang family. If there was a problem, the suspect could be anyone in their family.
They had tried to find out, Uncle Wang was honest and had little suspicion. If Uncle Wang was ruled out, then other people in the Wang family would be suspects. It was impossible for the eldest sister to harm her own brother, so it could be the eldest brother-in-law. After all, the eldest brother-in-law also knew medicine. Thinking of this, she shuddered, as if being stared at by a poisonous snake.
Han Ze said in a deep voice: ” I am well now so we can’t get the medicine residue. Without evidence, it is difficult to find out the truth. But we don’t have to rush to find out the truth. Since that person wants to harm me, if he fails once, he will probably do it again. I’m waiting for him to harm me again.”
Wang Caiwei refused: “How can my husband take risks?”
Han Ze patted her shoulder and comforted her: “The Wang family knows about medicinal materials. The person who harmed me came from the Wang family. If they wanted to harm me, they would probably tamper with the medicinal materials…”
Wang Caiwei interrupted him, “Husband, I don’t agree with you pretending to be sick.”
The father and son of the Wang family are doctors. Although their medical skills are not very superb, they should have no problem with basic pulse diagnosis. Whether her husband is pretending to be sick, they will know it at a glance. If her husband really gets sick, it will be more trouble than gain. Han Ze said solemnly, “I won’t pretend to be sick to find out the real murderer. If it weren’t for what happened today, I wouldn’t have speculated too much. With what happened today, I vaguely feel that every time I fainted during the examination, it might be related to the tonic soup that my eldest sister stewed for me.”
“What?”
Wang Caiwei looked at him in disbelief, “The soup was stewed by my eldest sister, there should be no problem…”
But the medicinal materials for the tonic soup came from the Wang family, and she didn’t dare to think about it too much. If she continued to think about it, she was afraid that she would not be able to help but kill the Wang family to settle accounts with them.
Han Ze looked at her and asked, “Do you believe what I said?”
Wang Caiwei looked back at him, “I know you won’t talk nonsense, and I don’t want to wrongly accuse eldest sister. After all, she is so good to us, why don’t you believe her?”
She would rather believe that it was her eldest brother-in-law who harmed her husband.
Han Ze nodded: “Whether there is a problem with the tonic soup or not, it has been a long time and there is no evidence. It is just our guess. If that person still wants to harm me, next April, before I take the imperial examination, I will see if my elder sister will stew tonic soup for me and see if he will use my elder sister’s tonic soup to drug me again.”
Wang Caiwei frowned: “We have to wait until next April, which is still a few months away.”
Thinking of the man who made her husband faint in the examination room and fall seriously ill, she was very angry.
Han Ze said: “No matter how that person wants to harm me, as long as we live a good life, he will not be happy. If I pass the examination next year, he will be even more uneasy. We don’t need to worry. He should be anxious.”
Wang Caiwei thought so. Since that person wanted to harm her husband, he probably couldn’t bear to see her husband being well. The better her husband was, the more anxious he would be. Maybe he would use her elder sister to drug her husband in a hurry, and they would have evidence.
Han Ze warned, “When you return home, don’t show any strangeness when you see elder sister and her husband, so as not to alert them.”
Wang Caiwei nodded carefully.
Han Ze thought for a moment and said, “Don’t tell our parents before this is confirmed. Wait until there is evidence. They are old, so don’t worry them.”
Wang Caiwei said worriedly, “If it is found out that the Wang family wants to harm my husband, my parents will be worried. How will my elder sister live after marrying into the Wang family?”
Han Ze smiled bitterly and said, “They can’t worry about it. They can’t let the murderer who hurt me go.”
Wang Caiwei knew that her parents-in-law valued her husband. If they knew that someone wanted to harm her husband, they would be more anxious than she was. Even if that person was from her elder sister-in-law’s in-laws, they would not let him go. If their medical skills were not good, and she could pretend not to know because of the relationship between relatives. Intentionally harming others, such a bad behavior, they don’t consider their husband as a relative, so why worry so much?
The two returned home and saw Han Daya helping to cook in the kitchen, without showing any emotion. Han Daya asked with concern: “How is Caiwei?”
Wang Caiwei smiled and said: “It’s nothing serious, I’m sorry to make you worry.”
Han Daya said with a frown: “You are Han Ze’s wife, my sister-in-law, it’s normal for me to worry about you.”
Wang Caiwei smiled on her face, but she was suspicious in her heart, and said: “Sister is generous, it’s me who is narrow-minded. I shouldn’t take Jinxiu to become a disciple, so Chunxue didn’t become a disciple.”
Han Jinxiu became a disciple of Granny Lu. Han Daya still feels upset when she thinks about it now, but she has to smile and say: “It’s okay. You are just imagining. Chunxue has been spoiled since she was a child. Granny Lu doesn’t like her, and you can’t blame anyone. Besides, Jinxiu is my niece, it is better for her to have Granny Lu as her teacher than to let others have the advantage.”
Old lady Han heard her words outside and smiled knowingly: “You are right to think so. Mother was still worried that you were angry with us.”
Han Daya smiled and said: “How can it be? Jinxiu is my niece, and there is no difference between her and my daughter. I love Chunxue and Jinxiu, so how can I be angry with her?”
Wang Caiwei looked at her and saw that she smiled sincerely. She glanced at her brother-in-law and found that he was sitting on the stool in a simple way, looking at them with a smile. The more suspicious she was in her heart, the more her brother-in-law looked honest. Although he was not good at medicine, he made her believe that he was the real murderer who killed her husband. She was very suspicious.
She was a little suspicious at this time. Since she knew that someone in the Wang family wanted to kill her husband, she thought that everyone in the Wang family was the murderer, even her eldest sister was also suspicious. When she found that they did not look strange, she felt that they could not be the murderer.
Next year, Han Ze will take the scholar examination. He prepared gifts and went to the town school to meet the teacher of the school. The teacher’s surname is Zheng. He was a scholar in his early years. He took the imperial examination several times but failed. So, he gave up and taught in the school. When Han Ze recovered from his illness, he came to the school to meet him. Zheng Xiucai also knew that Han Ze was going to take the exam again next year. He sighed that Han Ze had talent but lacked luck.
People say that those who survive a great disaster will have good fortune in the future. He didn’t know if he can survive this time. Regardless of whether he can survive, as a teacher, he will support him to continue taking the scholar examination. Han Ze had participated in the scholar examination several times and was familiar with it. Zheng Xiucai didn’t need to say much, but he still reminded him: “Pay attention to your diet before the exam, and don’t faint in the examination room again.”
In February, the weather is getting warmer and the day of the scholar examination is getting closer. Everyone in the Han family is ready. Han Ze is fully focused on studying. In order to pass the exam in one go, after the New Year, he bought the examination papers of the previous examinations from the system, tried to do them repeatedly, and took them to the town to ask Zheng Xiucai to review them.
Zheng Xiucai was very satisfied after reading the test papers he had done. He felt that with Han Ze’s current knowledge, it should not be a big problem for him to pass the exam.
He then told him to read more books on law. As for mathematics, Han Ze had no problem. He was a little weak in poetry and prose, which was understandable. Han Ze was born in a farming family. The whole family saved money to support his studies. However, he was not in good health. He was able to learn other aspects well, which was a gifted talent.
Zheng Xiucai stared at his test paper and praised: “After being sick, your handwriting has improved.”
Han Ze said in a gentle tone, jokingly: “I had an epiphany.”
Zheng Xiucai nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Han Ze borrowed books on law from the library, and then went home and read day and night. He was very serious in everything he did. When he put his mind into it, his reading speed was very fast. Of course, he not only read law, but also read some other essays.
The time for the scholar examination was set for April 12. As soon as April came, Han Daya could not sit still. In previous years, a few days before Han Ze’s imperial examination, she would stew tonic soup for him at her mother’s house and let him eat it for a few days. Should she continue to stew tonic soup for him this time?
After thinking about it, she still decided to give him some bad medicinal materials in the name of a tonic soup. Otherwise, Han Ze would definitely pass the examination with his current body. How could she feel at ease?
After her husband died in her previous life, she followed her children to identify many medicinal materials. She knew that some medicinal materials were toxic. If you are not sick, you can’t eat them randomly. Eating too much will harm your body.
Han Daya bought ribs, took the medicinal materials at home, and went to Han’s house.
After hearing her purpose, Old Lady Han was very satisfied. The whole family was worried about Han Ze’s imperial examination. Although he is in good health now, he has been traumatized by the previous imperial examinations, and they are afraid that he will faint in the examination room again. It is good that the daughter is willing to stew tonic soup for her son to nourish his body, just in case. In her heart, she sighed that her daughter was not born in vain and always thought about her mother’s home.
Han Ze and Wang Caiwei looked at each other, and Wang Caiwei said with a smile: “Sister, why don’t you give me the herbs so that I can make a tonic soup for my husband? You help us all day long. My brother-in-law must be angry.”
Han Daya didn’t know what Han Ze and his wife were thinking, and said with a smile: “If your brother-in-law knew that I was making a tonic soup for Han Ze, he would not be angry, but would praise me. Don’t worry, your brother-in-law is also concerned about Han Ze’s examination.”
Wang Caiwei’s heart sank. This meant that it was not her brother-in-law’s intention for her to come here to make a tonic soup for her husband. She asked again: “Does my brother-in-law know that you are coming to our house?”
Han Daya said again: “Your brother-in-law is on a medical visit. He is not at home.”
Hearing this, Wang Caiwei’s face looked a little bad. She shook her body and looked at Han Ze hurriedly.
Han Daya frowned and asked worriedly, “What’s wrong with you?”
Han Ze held Wang Caiwei and looked at Han Daya, “Sister, you go and get busy. Caiwei was worried about my exam these two days and didn’t get enough rest. She feels a little uncomfortable. I’ll help her go to the house to rest.”
Han Daya really didn’t doubt it and said with a smile, “Go, go.”
The two returned to the house. Wang Caiwei sat on the edge of the bed and said impatiently, “Husband, sister…”
Han Ze said with a gloomy face, “When lunch is ready, please ask Uncle Wang and brother-in-law to come over for lunch.”
Wang Caiwei looked at him hesitantly, “What do you mean?”
Han Ze looked at her, “We can’t wrongly accuse sister, but we can’t wrongly accuse anyone. They will all be here, so we can find out the truth.”
Wang Caiwei nodded slightly and sat on the bed with a heavy heart. She couldn’t believe that it was her elder sister who harmed her husband, but all signs showed that it was her elder sister who harmed her husband. But she didn’t understand why her elder sister wanted to harm her husband. She had no reason and no logic to harm her husband.
After Han Ze came out, he walked to the kitchen and looked at Han Daya who was burning the fire. He smiled and said, “Eldest sister, have lunch at home at noon. You don’t have to cook when you go home.”
Han Daya didn’t doubt him. In the past, she would eat at home when she was busy at her mother’s house. She smiled and said, “Go to my house and tell your brother-in-law for me. I’ll cook.”
Han Ze smiled and said, “I’ll go later.”
Zheng Shi and Wu Shi looked at their eldest brother with envy. In order for their eldest brother to pass the exam, their elder sister came to stew a tonic soup for him. When they smelled the meat, they swallowed their saliva. The elder brother couldn’t finish the tonic soup, and they didn’t know if they could drink some. Even if they couldn’t drink it, the children could drink some. It would be good to nourish their bodies with their uncle.
They also knew that this idea was wishful thinking. The most important thing for the family was the eldest brother’s exam. The mother-in-law would not allow the children to share the eldest brother’s tonic soup.
When the food was served, Doctor Wang and his son came over and were led into the house by Han Ze.
Seeing their figures, Han Daya panicked. Why did her father-in-law and husband come? She looked at Han Ze, and Han Ze said, “Uncle Wang and brother-in-law have helped us so much. I will go to the provincial capital for an exam in a few days. I thought of inviting them over for a meal to show my gratitude.”
Doctor Wang smiled and said, “We are all relatives. Why do you say thank you? It’s too polite.”
Han Ze smiled and said, “We are relatives, so we should visit each other often. As long as you give and we do nothing, wouldn’t that make you feel disappointed?”
Doctor Wang laughed, “You are worthy of being a scholar. You know how to talk.”
Han Ze smiled shyly, “No, no.”
Han Youtian invited everyone to the table. Han Ze sat at the dining table and said with a smile, “Is this the tonic soup you stewed for me?”
“Drink it while it’s hot.”
Han Daya clenched her hands, not daring to do anything more, for fear that they would notice something. Her father-in-law and husband came too suddenly, and she had no time to deal with the herbs in the tonic soup.
But as soon as Han Ze smelled the soup, he started to retch again. Everyone at the table looked at each other. Doctor Wang and Han’s brother-in-law looked at him. Wang Caiwei hurried over and asked, “Husband, what’s wrong?”
Han Ze turned his head away and frowned and said, “I thought I could smell the medicine after so many days, but I still can’t smell it. I retch as soon as I smell it.”
Wang Caiwei asked hurriedly, “What should I do?”
Han Ze lamented, “I don’t have that kind of luck. Bring the tonic soup and share it among you.”
Zheng Shi and Wu Shi were very happy. They also felt that their eldest brother didn’t have that kind of luck. They made a special tonic soup for him, but he couldn’t smell medicine. So, they got it for free. The children were also very happy. They had smelled the meat a long time ago, but the meat was for their eldest uncle. Now that their eldest uncle couldn’t eat it, they should be able to eat two pieces of meat.
Han Daya said in a panic, “No.”
Everyone in the room looked at her. She smiled stiffly and explained stumblingly, “This, this soup is for Han Ze. Isn’t it bad for us to drink it?”
Han Ze waved his hand and said, “No. I don’t want to vomit everything in my stomach because of drinking the tonic soup. It tastes too uncomfortable and affects your meal. I am in good health now. It’s okay if I don’t drink the tonic soup. Caiwei, go and bring the tonic soup and scoop it out for everyone to drink.”
Wang Caiwei replied, “Okay.”
She turned and went to the kitchen.
Han Daya was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. She was about to get up and go to the kitchen to destroy the evidence. Old Lady Han pulled her back with a scolding look, “You have been busy all morning. Let the eldest wife do the work. Sit down and eat.”
Han Daya had to sit down, but she felt very uncomfortable. She picked up the dishes absent-mindedly and prayed secretly that Wang Caiwei would not scoop out the herbs.
Although Wang Caiwei didn’t know if there were any harmful substances in the tonic soup, she saw her elder sister-in-law’s appearance just now and thought that she must have tampered with the tonic soup, so she took out all the herbs in the soup, scooped them into the soup bowl, brought it out, and placed it on the table in front of Doctor Wang.
Doctor Wang frowned when he saw the herbs and couldn’t help asking, “Is this the tonic soup for Han Ze?”
Han Daya’s heart tightened, and she sat there calmly.
Wang Caiwei nodded blankly, “Uncle Wang, what’s wrong?”
Doctor Wang took a deep breath and said, “You can’t drink the tonic soup randomly. These herbs will harm your body if you drink it. Han Ze is fine. Drinking this soup once or twice may not be a problem. If he drinks it for a few days in a row, he will get sick again, not to mention the scholar examination.”
Everyone in the room was stunned except Han Ze, Wang Caiwei and Han Daya.
Old Lady Han came to her senses and stood up suddenly, “How could it be? This soup was made by Daya for Han Ze? How could it harm his body?”
Doctor Wang and his brother-in-law looked at Han Daya. Han Daya’s heart was pounding. She comforted herself not to panic, forced a smile, and asked ignorantly, “Dad, is there something wrong with this soup? How, how could it be?”
Old Doctor Wang shook his head and said angrily, “You don’t know medicine, how can you make tonic soup for Han Ze randomly? It’s really a mess.”
Han Daya’s eyes turned slightly, “I, I don’t know medicine, I’m doing it for Han Ze’s good…”
With a snap, she was slapped in the face before she finished speaking.
Everyone in the room was shocked by this scene, especially Zheng Shi and Wu Shi. In their eyes, the eldest sister-in-law was always gentle and had no temper. She could hold back no matter how angry she was. She didn’t expect that she would slap their eldest sister, which showed how angry she was.
The old couple didn’t say anything. When they thought that the tonic soup their daughter made for their son would ruin his health, they were so angry that they wanted to slap her in person, and they would never blame their eldest daughter-in-law.
Han Daya covered her face and looked at Wang Caiwei angrily. She blushed and said, “Wang Caiwei, who gave you the courage to hit me?”
Wang Caiwei’s eyes were wet, and she shouted, “You deserve to be hit.”
Han Daya trembled and pointed at her, “You…”
“What about me? You don’t know medicine. Why do you help him make soup in the name of doing good for my husband? I don’t believe you don’t know that it will harm him. In previous years, every time my husband had an exam, you would make nourishing soup for him for several days. Who knows if that nourishing soup was the culprit that caused my husband to faint? If my husband hadn’t invited Uncle Wang to come for dinner today, wouldn’t we still not know that there was something wrong with the soup you stewed? What are you thinking of? Do you want to harm my husband?”
As soon as Wang Caiwei finished speaking, the shock that others felt was gone. The old couple only felt their ears buzzing and dizzy, and Old Lady Han was even more shaky, about to fall down. Obviously, they also thought of the crux of the matter. It was true that Han Ze was weak, but he was not weak to the point of fainting during the exam. Could it be that it was because of drinking her daughter’s nourishing soup?
Han Ze supported Old Lady Han and said worriedly, “Mom, are you okay?”
After Old Lady Han stood firm, she stared at Han Daya with her old eyes and said, “I won’t die.”
She broke free from Han Ze’s hand and asked Han Daya grimly, “Tell me, do you know that the herb is harmful to the body?”
Han Daya’s face turned pale, “Mom, how could I know?”
Han Ze suddenly asked, “Since you don’t know that the herb will harm the body, and you probably don’t know the medicinal properties of the herb, then why did you put the herb in the pot and boil it for me to eat?”
Han Daya clenched her fists. She panicked, “I, I…”
Han Ze smiled bitterly, looked at Doctor Wang and said, “Uncle Wang, since I stopped taking the medicine, my health has been getting better day by day. Now I am even better without taking medicine. I once doubted your medical skills, but after I took the prescription and the medicine you prescribed to the town and showed it to the town doctor, he said that although the prescription was inadequate, the condition would improve after taking the medicine for half a month. But after I took your medicine, I didn’t see any effect, and sometimes my condition would get worse… There is no problem with the prescription and the medicinal materials, so there is a problem in the process of boiling the medicine. My medicine has always been boiled by my elder sister, and the dregs are also poured by her…”
Han Daya shouted: “Han Ze, don’t lie, I didn’t do anything with your medicine.”
Her voice was sharp and urgent.
Han Ze looked at her and said disappointedly: “Sister, I didn’t say you did anything with my medicine. You are so eager to explain, are you guilty?”
Han Daya looked at him hatefully: “You wronged me, why should I hurt you?”
Doctor Wang looked at his daughter-in-law with a dark and gloomy look. During that period, he often found that some medicinal herbs were missing from his home. He thought that he was old and had seen it wrong. He secretly mocked himself, but now he felt that he might not have seen it wrong. It was very likely that his good daughter-in-law had taken it away. Not only did she take it away, but she also harmed her own brother.
Poisonous woman! He actually married a poisonous woman to his son.
Han Ze looked at her: “You know whether I have wronged you or not. I just don’t understand why you want to harm me. I am your brother. If I am not well, can you be well?”
“I didn’t harm you.”
Han Daya refused to admit it.
Old Lady Han pointed to the pot of tonic soup and asked sternly: “Since you didn’t harm Han Ze, what’s the matter with this pot of tonic soup?”
“I didn’t know that the medicinal herbs can’t be eaten randomly.”
Han Daya’s defense was pale and powerless. Not to mention Old Lady Han, even Han Jinxiu felt that her words were unreliable.
Han Jinxiu thought that her father had been in poor health because of the medicine boiled by her aunt. She was angry when she thought that her father was lying in bed unable to move and had difficulty getting out of bed. The whole family was worried about his health, but her aunt was the culprit.
She asked crisply: “My aunt is so good to my father. She stewed herbs whose properties she doesn’t know for him to eat, and said it was for my father’s good. Why didn’t you stew it for yourself?”
Han Daya was rebuked by a child. She was angry and resentful. She glared at Han Jinxiu: “Shut up, you are uneducated. Why do you interrupt adults when they are talking?”
Han Jinxiu looked at her angrily, pursed her lips and said nothing. It is better to be uneducated than to be a vicious person. Besides, she didn’t think she was uneducated.
Han Ze stepped forward and said, “I think what Jinxiu said is quite right. Since you didn’t know the medicinal properties of the herbs, why did you put them in the tonic soup under the name of stewing it for me? Obviously, it’s not like what you said, that you don’t know the medicinal properties of the herbs.”
Han Daya stiffened her neck, pursed her lips and said nothing. She didn’t know what to say. The evidence was irrefutable, and whatever she said at this moment seemed to be a quibble.
Old Lady Han stepped forward, pounded her chest, and cried, “Tell me, why do you want to harm Han Ze? He is your own brother. How did he offend you that you want to harm him? Beast, beast.”
Han Daya staggered after being hit by her, and tears flowed down. She sniffed and still didn’t speak.
Zheng Shi and Wu Shi were stunned. Sister, are you sick? Why did she want to harm her brother? It turns out that the soup was not meant to nourish her brother, but to harm him.
Thinking of this, they both shuddered. The eldest sister usually spoke with a smile, but she was so vicious that she would even murder her own brother. How big a hatred must she have to poison him every time? Even if they were dissatisfied with their eldest brother, they didn’t want to harm him.
Erlang and Sanlang couldn’t believe that their eldest brother’s illness was caused by their eldest sister. Thinking about how much worry and money they spent on their eldest brother’s illness, they also hated their eldest sister. Why did she want to harm their eldest brother? Although their eldest brother was arrogant, he was relatively gentle and treated them very well. How could his eldest sister hate him so much?
Erlang asked in a deep voice: “Sister, what are you doing? Tell us if you have any grievances. If you don’t say anything, how do we know that you have been wronged?”
Han Daya laughed sarcastically. If you have grievances, just speak out, but what’s the use of speaking out? Will they care or ask? It’s better not to say anything.
Erlang was about to say something, but Old Lady Han said, “Don’t ask any more. Let her continue to be obsessed. I don’t think I have done anything wrong to her, but she still resents me. It shows that she is a born ungrateful person.”
Erlang sighed and stopped talking.
Han Daya laughed mockingly again. No one is born ungrateful, it’s just that after being treated unfairly, they know how to resist.
The old couple looked at her expression and became even more disappointed with her. Even Erlang and Sanlang were extremely disappointed.
How could the eldest sister become like this? The matter was clear. It was Han Daya who harmed Han Ze. But why? She wouldn’t say it even if they beat Han Daya to death.
The eldest brother-in-law has been in a daze. Didn’t they come to their in-law’s house for dinner? Why did they suddenly talk about his wife harming his brother-in-law? Why did his wife harm his brother-in-law? The two are biological siblings, with no grudges or hatred. Why did she do this?
“Daya, why did you do this?” He said bitterly. “Do you know the consequences of doing this? Have you ever thought about the children and me?”
Han Daya looked at the man’s extremely disappointed face and finally panicked. She could ignore her family, but she couldn’t give up her man.
Her purpose after rebirth was to change the fate of her family. If he knew what she had done, could he still treat her the same way as before?
“Husband, I didn’t do it.” Apart from this, she didn’t know what to say.
Brother-in-law Wang looked at her disappointedly: “You are still unwilling to admit it now?”
“Believe me. I didn’t do those things.” Han Daya took a step forward and hurriedly grabbed his arm.
Brother-in-law Wang lowered his head and said in a low voice: “The evidence is there, I can’t believe you.”
Han Daya was stunned and fell to the ground in despair.
Han Youtian looked at her, his whole body was listless, and said, “No matter why you want to harm Han Ze, just treat it as if I don’t have a daughter like you. You guys go.”
Han Daya looked up at him suddenly and laughed wildly, “For the sake of your son, you abandoned me again. What do you mean your daughter? I think I was just picked up.”
Old Lady Han said hatefully, “I really hope you are not my child, but picked up. How could I give birth to such a heartless thing like you? Which of your three brothers is as vicious as you? You even want to harm your own brother?”
Since they have determined that she harmed Han Ze, Han Daya has nothing to say. She said, “That’s because you never treated me as your daughter. You always side with Han Ze. Whenever I do something that is not good for him, I am definitely the one who gets scolded.”
Old Lady Han thought she was very good to her only daughter, but she still hated her, even to the point of harming her brother. She couldn’t believe that this was her daughter.
Han Daya wanted to say something, but Han Youtian didn’t want to listen to her. He waved his hand and said, “Go away, go away. Just pretend that I didn’t give birth to you.”
Brother-in-law Wang called him dad, and Han Youtian waved his hand again, saying sadly, “You go away. I won’t pursue what Daya did, but she is no longer my daughter.”
After he said that, he looked at Han Ze and asked, “Do you have any objection to this?”
Han Ze smiled, with a helpless look on his face. So what if he has an objection? He has already spoken, what else can he say? He could only say: “No matter why my elder sister hurt me, I can let her go for the sake of my parents, but I will not recognize this elder sister anymore. Let’s just treat it as if we don’t have a brother-sister relationship.”
Doctor Wang said nothing and dragged his son away. In his opinion, his in-laws were very good to his daughter-in-law, and he didn’t understand why his daughter-in-law had such a big grudge against her family? She hated him so much that she hurt her own brother. Such a daughter-in-law would be a disaster if she married into the family.
Living with such a daughter-in-law, he was afraid that one day he would be hurt by her if he was not careful, and he would not know how he died.
Han Daya looked at the backs of her father-in-law and husband leaving, collapsed on the ground, and cried silently.
Wang Caiwei looked at her without any sympathy. She hurt her husband, what right did she have to cry? They should be the ones crying.
Zheng Shi and Wu Shi sighed, why bother to hurt others and themselves? They just saw clearly that Doctor Wang looked at the eldest sister with a wrong look in his eyes. Maybe he will ask the eldest sister to divorce her brother-in-law. After all, who would want such a vicious daughter-in-law?
She deserves it.
Her parents don’t want her, and if she is divorced by her husband’s family… they shook their heads. As women, they dare not think about that life.
Han Youtian glanced at Han Daya expressionlessly and said, “Erlang, send her out. Our temple is small and can’t accommodate a big Buddha like her.”
Han Daya stood up suddenly and said coldly, “No, I have legs. I can go by myself.”
After that, she turned around and strode away without even looking at them.
The whole family looked at her back without saying a word.
Suddenly, Old Lady Han collapsed on the recliner, “What sin have I committed to give birth to such a thing?”
Han Youtian said in a muffled voice: “The child has a bad heart, how can we blame you?”
Han Ze and Wang Caiwei looked at each other. At this moment, they didn’t know how to persuade their parents.
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