I don't want to be wronged again

Chapter 6, The Plague

The mother and daughter had made a plan, and sure enough, Aunt Lin became more kind and Lin Ruyu more humble from now on.A few times when Li Haizhu was too busy, Lin Ruyu also took care of things, helping Li Haizhu to keep the house in order.Sun Zhangyang gradually felt relieved, and the time to inspect the property outside gradually increased, sometimes for one or two days, and as many as three or four days.Lin Ruyu is also good at making medicinal food, and often cooks some medicinal food for Li Haizhu in accordance with the doctor's prescription. Li Haizhu's body has gradually improved, and her cheeks have become a little rosy.Lin Ruyu cared more about Zhanyi and Qingdai, and often played with them. Qingdai was fine, but Zhanyi couldn't live without this gentle and considerate cousin for a day.

Sun Zhangyang no longer had to worry about the future, so he put most of his thoughts on business.He has not personally inspected the businesses of the Sun family for several years. The managers and shopkeepers from various places come to Yangzhou to report the accounts every year. Want to go and see everywhere.

At the beginning, it was the four counties of Yangzhou, and gradually went to Hangzhou and Zhejiang, and it was common to go there for a month.

It was already autumn on this day, and Sun Zhangyang took his people to Shandong, and it was estimated that he would not be able to return within a month or two.The autumn wind is getting colder, Li Haizhu has been suffering from cough and asthma since the beginning of autumn, and he takes medicine all day long to recuperate, so he can't be tired, and the housework is traditionally handed over to Lin Ruyu.It's just that Nanny Fan is still holding the key to the warehouse, and Li Haizhu will be notified when she pays the money.

On this day, Lin Ruyu was discussing with Li Haizhu about making winter clothes for everyone in the Sun residence. The door has been closed, and the entry and exit must be quarantined by the doctor at the city gate before they can be released, and every household is asked to report any patient with abdominal pain and diarrhea symptoms immediately.

The correct name of this intestinal colic is cholera, which is a severe infectious disease. Even in modern times, if it is not treated in time, the mortality rate is very high. , Maybe it will be a pandemic.

Since there are cases in the suburban counties, it is impossible to hide in Zhuangzi, and it is not safe to go out of the city.Lin Ruyu and Li Haizhu discussed it, and first persuaded Aunt Lin who was crying in fright, and then ordered the housekeeper to buy a lot of food, vegetables, chicken, fish, meat and eggs and store them in the mansion.They also asked someone to send a letter to Sun Zhangyang who was far away in Shandong, telling him not to come back in a hurry, and to go home after the epidemic dissipated.

Seeing Lin Ruyu's orderly assignment, Li Haizhu patted Lin Ruyu's hand in relief: "Good cousin, once your cousin leaves, I will lose my backbone. If you hadn't been supporting such a big event at home, this I don't know what kind of chaos the family has become. You still have to take care of your aunt and take care of the whole family, it's really hard for you."

Lin Ruyu smiled gently: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Ruyu helps my sister-in-law with housekeeping because I regard this place as my own home, and my cousin and sister-in-law are my relatives, so why bother to work for my own family? Not hard?"

Li Haizhu sighed and said: "Since you came, I have relaxed a lot, and this year's body is much better than in previous years. This is because you helped me work hard. With you, I can steal You're lazy. It's just that you are so nice, why am I willing to marry you off?"

Lin Ruyu was startled, and immediately turned shy again, and pulled Li Haizhu to Buyi: "Sister-in-law, you are not a good person, and you are teasing me again, why are you married or not? I want to stay in the Sun Mansion for the rest of my life, and leave you and my cousin behind." Brother eats poor."

Li Haizhu couldn't help her tugging, and covered her mouth with a smile: "You are sixteen this year, if you don't see someone else for you, will you still be an old lady? Your cousin has always taken your life's important events to heart. Yes. A few days ago he sent a letter saying that this time he met a young man in Laiwu County, Shandong Province. This year, he has been admitted as a scholar. It's very rare. I think you are a good match, so I want to ask you what you mean. If you agree, he will bring someone back to show you this time. If you like it, my cousin and sister-in-law will accompany you out generously. "

Lin Ruyu's heart turned sharply, but she read another meaning from Li Haizhu's words: Although they are scholars, there are more people who are scholars all their lives. Lift people.Kind-hearted, another way of saying it is stupid and simple?The most filial servant?He may not treat his wife very well. If there is any discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, such a person will definitely turn to his mother. It is not easy to be a daughter-in-law in this family.
She had already made up her mind, and now her eyebrows were furrowed like a distant mountain, with a slight sadness on her face: "My cousin and sister-in-law have bothered for Ruyu, and Ruyu is inexplicably grateful. It's just that my cousin doesn't think Ruyu is ignorant of good and evil——Ruyu Yu doesn't want to accept this marriage."

She drooped her eyes, and two lines of clear tears flowed down her jade-like cheeks: "Sister-in-law, don't dislike Ruyu and don't know what is good or bad. This person must be very outstanding, so my cousin will fall in love with him. But there is one thing, from here in Shandong. It's too far away. If Ruyu marries in the past, not only will she be thousands of miles away from her cousin and sister-in-law, but she will be alone in the future. If she is bullied, she will not be able to ask her cousin and sister-in-law to help Ruyu. What's more, it is impossible for me to bring my mother with me. Marry in the past. My mother has suffered so much all her life, and now she is suffering from illnesses all over her body. How can I be willing to leave her and marry far away in Shandong?"

She burst into tears: "Thinking of not being able to take care of my mother, even seeing each other is difficult, my heart is almost broken. Good cousin, please don't dislike Ruyu, let Ruyu stay in the Sun's residence for a few more days." Years will allow me to perform filial piety in front of my mother for a few more years."

The words were so miserable that when Li Haizhu thought of her mother, she felt a great pain in her heart. She felt the same for a moment, and she and Lin Ruyu hugged each other and cried.It took a long time to stop the tears: "I'm sorry sister, your cousin didn't think carefully, so this marriage is really inappropriate. Don't worry, I'll write to your cousin right away, this matter There is no need to mention the matter. When he comes back, let him keep an eye out for you in our Yangzhou city. If you young couple quarrel in the future, my cousin and sister-in-law will definitely vent your anger on you!"

Lin Ruyu went back to her room, dipped a handkerchief in cold water to freeze her eyes, and at the same time, she was working her brain quickly, and it took a long time to think about it.

On this day, Lin Ruyu was listening to Aunt Fu in the kitchen, when she suddenly saw a little girl from Li Haizhu's room rushing over: "Biao girl, Biao girl, something is wrong!"

Lin Ruyu frowned: "Why are you making such a fuss? Why is something so bad?"

The little girl was anxious and frightened, tears were about to come down: "Cousin girl, go and have a look, Mother Fan has diarrhea!"

(End of this chapter)