Reborn Doctor

Chapter 44

"Brothers and sisters, don't be angry!" Lian persuaded: "My aunt has no other intentions. She just thought it was strange and asked casually. She definitely didn't mean to torture or question you."

"It's Mudan's fault for this matter." Mrs. Lu said, "Peony, apologize to your siblings!"

Peony is the boudoir name of Mrs. Anping Hou.

Hearing what Mrs. Lu said, Mrs. Anpinghou said unhappily: "I'm not wrong... She was a criminal woman. Kou Junying committed such a crime. Although she was not removed from her name, she discredited the Kou family. The sinner of the family. I don’t talk about the dead ones, but the living ones have disappeared without a trace for so many years, and now they suddenly appear, so people can’t help but doubt it!”

Kou Tong's face was pale, and he pursed his lips tightly, forcefully suppressing the anger in his heart.

Although the father committed a crime, but this matter was to cover the vat for someone else.Concubine Mu Gui, who was the mastermind at the time, has now overturned the case. It is only because the Kou family has no one to defend her, so the father has always been wronged.

As for all these years, although the mother has not returned to Kou's house, she has written letters every year. How can she say that she has disappeared without a trace? It is obvious that the Kou family ignored them, so why blame their mother and daughter instead.

In the last life, she and her mother returned to the Kou family in ragged clothes, and what she faced was the slight contempt and ridicule in the words of the people of the Kou family. Now that she dresses a little more decently, she wants her mother to suffer such injustice .

"Big aunt!" Kou Tong couldn't bear it any longer, stepped forward and said, "There are a lot of secrets about what happened back then, my father is gone now, it's useless to mention it, and I don't want to argue with you. My mother has been away for many years, and my mother has worked hard to raise her daughter for the Kou family, and she has suffered so much for her father. When you come back, you don’t say comfort, but put such a big hat on my mother’s head. This is the way the Kou family treats guests. Dao? This is the Kou family’s way of dealing with people and things? I have opened my eyes today!”

"Okay! How dare a little girl come and teach me a lesson?" Madam Anping Hou was unhappy in her in-law's house, but in Kou's house she was an uncompromising master: "I'm telling the truth, just because of your impolite appearance , it proves that the Su family has not fulfilled the responsibility of education! Look at you, how can you be a girl from our Kou family?"

"I……."

"Tong Niang!" Kou Tong just wanted to defend himself, but was scolded by Mrs. Su: "When adults talk, children should not interrupt!"

"Mother..." Kou Tong looked at Su's angry look, curled his lips a little aggrieved.

"Okay!" Mrs. Lu said, "We're all a family, why do we get into a fight when we meet? You are the same, Mudan, what are you fussing about with a child?"

"Niece and daughter-in-law, don't blame Peony for not listening to you. Although the clothes are not the most expensive, they are definitely not affordable for ordinary people. It's your mother and daughter who have been outside for so many years. No family can protect you." , there is no man who can rely on it, but now he is wearing this expensive material, no one can help but doubt it!"

"My niece and daughter-in-law have been away for many years, and life has always been relatively tight. Later, Tong Niang learned medical skills from a genius doctor and treated people in the town, and her life gradually improved." Su paused: "Usually I also I didn't wear such good clothes, because the Kou family is a famous family in Nanjing, and Tong Niang and I haven't been home for many years, so we can't come to the house wearing shabby clothes, so we bought this kind of clothes specially, because we were afraid of discrediting the Kou family. Unexpectedly, the eldest sister and the fourth aunt still misunderstood."

"Oh!" Mrs. Lu said thoughtfully, "So that's how it is! I didn't expect that Tong Niang, who has suffered so much, would actually go out to practice medicine in public and treat people!"

"Tongniang knows medicine, how is this possible?" Mrs. Anpinghou looked in disbelief, and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Mrs. Lu's eyes.

"You mother and daughter are busy with travel and dust, and you have worked hard! Go down and rest first, and see that it is getting late, and I will have dinner delivered to your room later. Take a good rest tonight. If you have anything to do, we will leave tomorrow Say it again!"

"I brought gifts to some girls, I wonder if I can invite some of them to meet!" Su Shi said.

"Oh!" Mrs. Lu looked like she just remembered: "Look at me, it's true, I forget things when I'm old, besides Ajuan, Aying, and Ayan in our family, Brother Xuan is also with you. The eldest sister is here. They thought it was hot at home, so they went to the Zhuangzi to enjoy the shade a few days ago. They said they would come back today, and they probably won’t be able to come back until the sun goes down to cool off the heat! It’s not too late to see you tomorrow morning.”

"Yes!" Mrs. Su nodded, took Kou Tong to bow to everyone, and was led out of the house by Nanny Yuan.

After going around for a while, the group came to a small courtyard—Cicada Courtyard.

Yuan Nanny said very apologetically: "Madam Fifteen, this is here. The eldest aunt is here, and the young master is also here. There is no bigger yard now. Although this yard is remote, there is a big Willows and a big saponin tree are so cool!"

Su Shi stood at the gate of the yard and didn't speak for a long time.

Only now did Nanny Yuan think of it, she pursed her lips, and said with great apology, "Madam Fifteen, the courtyard of the sixth room has now been divided between the fifth room and the fourth room. It was used as a new house for the eldest grandson of the fifth house to marry a new daughter-in-law. As for our fourth house, the house was converted into a study room for the female husband to teach the young lady to read!

Now I can only wrong you and Miss 23 to live here!It's also because I don't have the ability... "

Su sighed, took a step forward and took Yuan Nanny's hand and said, "You don't have to be like this, Nanny, our sixth house is now in decline, and it's normal for people to... be. It's fine if it's an outsider. The old man and our six-bedroom old man are blood brothers, so it would be too..." for the fourth old lady to do this."

It's too chilling!
"That's all!" Su Shi said: "You have a lot of things to do, Mommy, go get busy first. I think they are still waiting to hear your reply!"

"Then I'll go first!" Yuan Nanny said: "If there is anything, Mrs. Fifteen, you can go to me anyway. Immediately I will ask the little maid to bring your luggage over, and then I will send two little maids to serve you With Miss 23."

"Thank you, Mommy!" said Su Shi.

"You are too polite." Nanny Yuan said a few more words before leaving

After Yuan Nanny left, Kou Tong and Mrs. Su walked into this courtyard called Cicada Courtyard.

The yard is small and exquisite, with three main rooms, three wing rooms, and a small kitchen in the outer house.The main room is fully furnished, and one of the wing rooms is simply furnished with two beds, two double-door cabinets, and a few chairs.It seems that the wing room should be a place for servants to live.

It's already evening, and the cicadas are singing non-stop, which is a bit noisy.No wonder it is called Cicada Court.Apart from being noisy, there is nothing wrong with it!

After Kou Tong and Su Shi looked around the yard, they both showed satisfied expressions.Compared with the house in Fanshui Town, this is much better.But both the mother and daughter understand that their six rooms also have their own houses, but they are occupied by others!
Kou Tong knew that her mother had let go of her grievances, but she must still be worried about Mrs. Anpinghou's questioning about the division of the six houses.

"Mother!" Kou Tong said: "The fourth uncle and grandmother don't seem to welcome us very much, I think it's better for us to rent a house outside?"

Kou Tong stared expectantly at Mrs. Su, as if she would leave Kou's house as soon as Mrs. Su nodded.

"Stupid boy!" Su Shi sighed, "Where can we go? This is your home! Don't think about it, the servants should deliver the food later, it's not good to let people overhear."

"Yeah!" Kou Tong nodded obediently: "I see, where my mother is, I will be there."

Su Shi forced a smile on Kou Tong's face, but she was even more worried in her heart.

Tong Niang is 15 years old!Seeing that it's time to get married.So, regardless of Tongniang's objection, she insisted on returning to Kou's family, hoping that her daughter could marry from Kou's family, so that marrying into Zheng's family would be considered as her mother's support.But looking at the situation just now, she really thought things were too good.The people in Sifang didn't treat their mother and daughter as their own, and Sifang treated them as if they were a poor relative.

Su sighed, she wanted to meet the Zheng family early and marry her daughter off in a good manner, so that she could rest assured!
After a while, a servant girl brought their salutes, and after a while, two women brought food.

Among the three maids who sent the salute, there was a maid who stayed behind, saying that Madam Yuan arranged to serve them.

But Kou Tong insisted on letting her go back: "...When we were in the country before, my mother and I never asked anyone to serve us. We appreciate my sister's kindness, but if she stays with her, there is really nothing for her to do! What do we do? It's a guest, how can you rob the master's maid!"

She said that she handed over a piece of silver to the maid: "We are very grateful for my sister's kind heart. I really dare not work hard for my sister. I will use this little money to buy flowers for my sister!"

The servant girl looked at Kou Tong and then at Su Shi, and saw that their mother and daughter insisted that she should not serve her, but she didn't insist, she finally bowed her knees, saluted and left.

"Mother, you are not angry that I drove people away without permission?" Kou Tong asked.

"It's a trivial matter, mother won't be angry!" Su Shi said: "But after all, this was arranged by Nanny Yuan, and it may even be arranged by your fourth uncle and grandmother. You just refuted the master's face like this. I'm afraid it's not right. Besides, even if you don't want her to serve you, just let her go, or just reward her with a little copper, as long as it makes sense! That's silver, how can I just give it? That money is your hard work. Hard earned."

"Mother!" Kou Tong said with a smile: "Money is something outside of the body, and you can earn it if you don't have it. I know that my mother loves me. But mother, think about it, the state of the fourth uncle and grandmother's house clearly treats us as poor people who come to fight the autumn wind." Relatives, they don't regard us as their own family at all. Since this is the case, we should be more careful, we have to separate from their family for food and clothing."

(End of this chapter)