Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao doesn't want to be a widow anymore

Chapter 289 Village Chief
While the two were still talking, You Yu came to report that the head of the Qiao family and several elders had also arrived to visit Qiao's mother.

This time it came quite quickly.

Qiao Rui just felt much more comfortable. Since his mother fell ill, the clan had only sent an experienced old woman to visit her and brought some gifts. After that, there was no more conversation.

As expected, he was right to write a letter to ask Qiao Wei to come. Now, even the head of the village came eagerly.

When Qiao Wei saw Qiao Rui's smug look, he couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, "Why are you so proud of yourself there? Why didn't he come to your house before? Why did he come to your house now? Don't you have any idea?"

Of course Qiao Rui knew that the person they were trying to curry favor with was not him, but the Sun family behind Qiao Wei.

The people of the Qiao family found out after a little inquiry that when Qiao Wei came back this time, even the daughter of the Sun family came with him.

Qiao Rui muttered quietly, "It's all the same!"

We are all family, we are all family!
Although Qiao Wei was somewhat dissatisfied with the people of the Qiao family, he still invited them to the main hall according to etiquette, had them serve tea and simple snacks, and politely sat in the upper seat with the head of the village.

"My niece has suddenly returned to Wan County, but she didn't even send anyone to announce your arrival. The clan should have made some preparations to welcome you back in a lively manner."

"I received a letter from my brother saying that my mother was not in good health. I was so worried that I traveled day and night and forgot to inform my family." Qiao Wei did not inform his clan members, but only then did he realize that they were so negligent in taking care of his mother. It was like this when my father was alive, and it is still like this now, without any change.

During my father's funeral, he made some promises that the clan would take care of my mother in her later years, but now it seems that they are all just empty words.

How could Qiao Wei not be angry?

Even though she married into the Sun family and became the marquis' wife, the people in the clan still looked down on her. It was simply because they were sure that they no longer had any biological sons, and that Qiao Rui, the adopted son, was not of the same mind as his father and mother and could not establish himself.

"You are so filial, it's really rare." The head of the village had a gratified smile on his face, "Your fifth house doesn't have a mistress yet, and some of the chores do need someone to take care of them.

I have just discussed with your uncles and have decided to let the eldest daughter-in-law of the third room take care of your mother's affairs for the time being. Do you think this is appropriate?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the third room is Qiao Rui's original brother and sister-in-law. What a fair calculation!

Qiao Wei certainly disagreed, "I don't think it's suitable, uncle, can you find another candidate?"

The village head didn't expect Qiao Wei to disagree, "How is this inappropriate?"

"My brother was originally adopted from the third house to support the fifth house. Now the fifth house is short of a child, and we have to trouble the eldest sister-in-law of the third house to take care of our mother. People without anyone to rely on will always have some concerns. If someone starts gossiping, I'm afraid it will cause trouble for the sister-in-law of the third house."

The fifth branch had no male heirs, so the people in the third branch adopted a son and sent their eldest daughter-in-law to take charge of the miscellaneous affairs. On the surface, this can be said to be a mutual support among the Qiao family, but upon careful consideration, this operation sounds more like an attempt to wipe out the entire family.

The village head heard this and thought it made sense. "Does my niece have any suitable candidate in mind?"

Qiao Wei pretended to be embarrassed, "After all, I am young and ignorant. Now that I have encountered such a big thing, I still have to rely on all the uncles. Until now, I still don't know why my mother suddenly fell ill. She has always been healthy, and even if she has some minor illnesses, they are mostly harmless.

I wonder if any doctors in the tribe have come to diagnose my mother, who has been ill for some time. What do they say?"

When it came to this, the village head and several uncles in the clan stopped talking. It was the sister-in-law of the third room who came out to smooth things over. "Actually, my aunt is old, and because of the previous wars and disasters, she has been running around everywhere. Who knows, she may have developed a disease!"

"Sister-in-law, are these speculations or the doctor's original words?" Qiao Wei continued to ask, looking at his sister-in-law Chen from the third room.

Chen had no idea whether the doctor had come or not, or what he had said. She had wanted to comfort Qiao Wei and avoid making things awkward, but she didn't expect Qiao Wei to catch her. She said in an embarrassed tone, "Since the doctor didn't say it was a big deal, it must be fine!"

After all, the family's own daughter was here. If she said that the old man was sick but no doctor was called, it would seem that the family was mean. So Chen had no choice but to bite the bullet and make her words as ambiguous as possible.

Qiao Wei was almost laughing at these people, "It should be fine. This is strange. I was worried about my mother's health, so I invited a famous doctor from Wu County, but she didn't say that.

The two sides' words are so different that I wonder if it's a misdiagnosis. Uncle, which doctor came to check my mother's pulse before? Can you invite Doctor Zhang to come and check her again with me? This will also make me, as a daughter, feel at ease! "

The village head had not expected Qiao Wei to be so well prepared, which caught him off guard. "The medical skills of the clan's doctors are probably just like that."

After Qiao Wei looked around and saw that all the elders from the other rooms were present, he invited the doctor out, "Doctor Zhang, what is my mother's pulse and symptoms like?"

Doctor Zhang was also very sad. "In his shock and anger, the blood rushed up and caused blood stasis in the meridians. Now he is in a coma. If acupuncture had been used earlier to remove the blood stasis, he might have been better. After delaying for so many days, his speech and limbs are already weak and he can hardly get out of bed."

The head of the village was also surprised. He thought it was just a minor illness, but he didn't expect it to be such a difficult disease. "The quack doctor is misleading people!"

Qiao Wei disagreed. "Uncle said that mediocre doctors mislead people, which makes sense, but as a daughter, what I want to know more is what could have made my mother so angry? Uncle, don't you want to know?"

The village head looked at Qiao Wei, "What's the matter?"

Qiao Wei looked at You Yu and asked him to bring Qian up.

When they saw Qian, the expressions of the people present changed, some were puzzled, some were disdainful, some were disgusted. Especially when Chen saw Qian, she obviously covered her nose with a handkerchief.

From this it seems that Chen obviously knew the origins of Qian and even had some interactions with Qian.

Chen looked at Qiao Wei in confusion, "Why did my sister bring this person here?"

"Because this person said that she knew how my mother became ill. So I would like to ask the elders of the tribe to testify whether what she said is true."