Chapter 1754: Are You Sick?

They did not leave; after waiting for over twenty minutes, they called again.

They heard the village chief panting heavily: "Liu Chuxue, I asked. Your Uncle Hu still has the last jar. What do you think? Should you come back to get it, or should I find someone to deliver it to you?"

He was just being polite; how could she really ask him to send someone? "Uncle Village Chief, I'll go back to the village to get it in a while."

After hanging up, Liu Chuxue looked at Fu Yan Cheng: "How about you go back to the village to get it? I'll wait here for Liangliang."

Fu Yan Cheng nodded and said, "Alright, then tell Mom."

Since it concerned his own mother, Fu Yan Cheng naturally did not hesitate.

As soon as he left, Liu Chuxue found a secluded spot, took out some peaches and melons from her space, and packed them into two mesh bags.

Only then did she carry them upstairs.

She handed a bag to her sister-in-law: "I ran into someone selling them downstairs just now. They looked fresh, so I bought some. Wash them for Mom to eat; it will supplement her vitamins."

A patient in the adjacent bed saw this and said, "Those peaches look so juicy."

Liu Chuxue did not respond to her words; she simply smiled at her.

Fu Yanwan's face was full of smiles: "Sister-in-law, you really have good luck. I just happened to crave a bite like this; I can finally satisfy my craving."

Liu Chuxue smiled and replied, "There's an orchard in the village not far from the garrison. Later, I'll have your fourth brother send some over to you."

Fu Yanwan did not stand on ceremony: "Then I'll be waiting."

Although Fu's mother was in severe pain, seeing her daughter and daughter-in-law getting along so well improved her mood considerably, making her feel as if her pain had lessened.

Fu Yanwan took two peaches outside and returned shortly: "Mom, taste this quickly. These peaches are incredibly delicious."

At that moment, the woman in the next bed spoke up again: "Miss, could you sell me one?"

That woman clearly did not genuinely want to buy; she was testing them. Liu Chuxue had no intention of letting her succeed: "I'm sorry, there aren't many to begin with. If you want to eat some, why not ask your family to go down and try their luck?"

The woman was about to say something else when the man accompanying her said, "Mom, stop talking. I'll go down and look right now."

The woman retorted, "If you go down at this time, I'm afraid the person will have left already."

She looked at Liu Chuxue: "You still have another bag there. How about you give it to us?"

Liu Chuxue's expression instantly soured toward this woman: "I'm sorry, I have other uses for that bag."

The woman became somewhat displeased: "You really are hard to talk to."

Fu's mother had been eating peaches and was in an excellent mood; she felt her pain had truly eased a bit, only to hear the woman in the next bed say such a thing.

She immediately flew into a rage: "Are you sick? Do we know each other? On what grounds do you speak about my daughter-in-law like that?"

Fu Yanwan also spoke up to support her: "Exactly. Your face is really thick. Just because someone disagrees, you call them hard to talk to? What are you up to? Don't think others don't know. What kind of person are you?"

Liu Chuxue patted her mother-in-law's and sister-in-law's hands: "Enough. One of you is an injured patient, the other is pregnant. Don't get so angry; what if something bad happens?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the family member accompanying the patient in the next bed grew anxious: "Mom, just say a few less words. If something really bad happens to them later, how will you handle it?"

Liu Chuxue had said that on purpose, just to make them quiet down.

This accompanying family member seemed mentally normal so far. Good, good; otherwise, she would really consider finding someone to transfer her mother-in-law to another ward.