Chapter 108

Old Tietou stumbled, nearly taking a big tumble.

"You little wife, you speak so recklessly, you just say whatever comes to mind." He patted his chest to steady himself, both angry and amused. "Your husband is someone I watched grow up; although his life is bitter, he has been ambitious since he was young. I like him in my heart, so I asked a few more questions, don't think wrongly."

Oh, so that was it.

Du Ruo smiled. "I didn't think wrongly, my husband is so good, there are many people who like him; my uncle likes him very much, my three cousins like him, even the county magistrate likes him, isn't it normal for Old Uncle Tie to like him?"

The implication was that you were the one who thought wrongly.

Old Tietou laughed out loud. "Yes, yes, yes, I admit, this old man likes him too!"

Besides Yan Pozi and the blind, such a good child, who wouldn't like him?

While talking, they had already arrived at the Jiang family's Second Branch.

Zheng Shi had long been standing at the courtyard gate looking forward, and seeing her daughter return, her expression immediately relaxed, and she hurriedly went up to take the things from Du Ruo's hands.

Du Ruo thanked Old Tietou and went into the room to get a few eggs to stuff into his hands.

Old Tietou left happily.

After entering the room, Zheng Shi looked at the several large bags of things, her heart aching. "You child, you're truly wasteful, why buy so much cloth?"

"To make clothes," Du Ruo hugged her arm and acted like a spoiled child. "Mother, I want to wear new clothes."

So that was it, then it was no wonder.

A-Man had always been very wasteful with cloth.

"Alright, alright, Mother will sew them for you!" Zheng Shi put the cloth into her own room, thinking she would do it when she was free.

Du Ruo hurriedly reminded her: "Sew them in a few days, maybe I'll be thinner in a few days, and then they won't fit."

"You think beautifully, it's not that fast." Zheng Shi rolled her eyes at her. "Even if you didn't eat or drink, it wouldn't be possible."

Du Ruo laughed *hehe* and didn't make a sound.

That night, Du Ruo took out a stiff silkworm and carefully processed it using the bran-frying method. This method could effectively remove the odor of the stiff silkworm and also help remove bacteria on the surface without damaging the stomach.

After processing, she sifted out the bran and let it cool before taking it.

The taste of the stiff silkworm wasn't very good, but it wasn't particularly disgusting either; anyway, it was just a mouthful or two, so she endured it and it passed.

After eating the stiff silkworm, Du Ruo went to sleep feeling satisfied.

Perhaps because Qin Shi's matter was resolved and she had bought the stiff silkworms, Du Ruo's heart felt much more settled, and she slept very soundly.

Anyway, her son-in-law wasn't home, so Zheng Shi let her sleep.

It wasn't until breakfast was cooked that she carried a basin of hot water into her daughter's room.

"Oh, my little ancestor, the sun is already shining on your butt, it's time to get up!"

Zheng Shi put the hot water on the shelf, wrung out a towel, and nagged, "I've never seen a daughter-in-law as lazy as you. Wan'er and Chunhua have already been reading for an hour, and A-Sheng has been busy in the garden for half the day, and only you, the eldest sister-in-law, are as lazy as a worm."

Worm? Du Ruo sat up abruptly.

"Mother, quick, give me a mirror!"

"You haven't even washed your face, what mirror are you looking for?"

Although she said that, Zheng Shi still walked to the dressing table, picked up the small bronze mirror, and turned to hand it to Du Ruo.

The moment her gaze fell on her face, Zheng Shi's hand shook suddenly.

*Clang*, the mirror fell to the ground.

"Wh, why is it like this?!" Zheng Shi rushed to the bedside, holding her daughter's face in horror. "A-Man, what happened to your face? Why has it become like this?"

Du Ruo's heart was filled with joy.

The stiff silkworms were indeed effective; look, it had only been one night, and it had changed so much that even her mother didn't recognize her.

"Oh, Mother, why make such a fuss."

She turned her body and picked up the mirror from the ground. "Isn't it just becoming a little better-looking, your daughter, I was originally born..." *Ah ah ah! *

How could it be like this?!

Why was her face full of blisters? And they were dense, red, and swollen, and oozing disgusting liquid!

It was ten times uglier than before!

This, what happened??

Seeing Du Ruo's expression as if she had been struck by lightning, Zheng Shi hurriedly hugged her daughter tightly, comforting her with a choked voice: "Don't be afraid, A-Man, maybe, maybe you ate something you shouldn't have, so you got a rash, it will be fine in a few days..."

Could it be that the poison Du Mingzhu had put in A-Man's food before had taken effect?

Could it be incurable?

If her son-in-law saw A-Man looking like this now, would he dislike A-Man? Or even divorce her?

The more she thought, the more afraid she became, and Zheng Shi started crying herself.

In her mind, Du Ruo had already started talking to the system.

"Don't panic." The system was very calm, its voice slow and leisurely. "After the stiff silkworm is eaten, it triggers the residual poison in the Host's body to break out and disperse through the skin, which is why it has become so terrifying."

Once all the toxins were cleared, her face would naturally get better.

It was indeed so. Confirming her guess, Du Ruo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, she really didn't have the courage to face such a face.

It was truly too ugly!

The sound of Zheng Shi sobbing came to her ears, and Du Ruo hurriedly cut off the communication with the system.

"It's okay, Mother, I ate some 'hair-trigger' food with my husband in the county yesterday, I must be allergic, it will be fine soon."

"Really?" Zheng Shi wiped her tears.

"Of course it's true, if you don't believe me, wait for my husband to come back and ask him."

Zheng Shi was still a bit worried and hurriedly pulled her up. "Wait until we finish eating, Mother will take you to see a doctor!"

Du Ruo wanted to refuse, but suddenly thought of her plan and agreed to it.

"Okay, I'll go."

When they were eating breakfast, seeing Du Ruo's face that was too horrible to look at, the few children were stunned.

Du Ruo had no choice but to explain it again, saying she had eaten something that triggered it, so that was why it was like this, telling them not to worry.

After the meal, Du Ruo was just about to cover her face with a veil and go to Doctor Gu's house when the system spoke up.

"Host, this system suggests you don't let anything touch the affected area on your face, it will hinder the discharge of toxins."

Du Ruo: "... You win."

Fine, if she couldn't cover it, she wouldn't. Would bringing an umbrella be okay?

Du Ruo held an oil-paper umbrella, refused Zheng Shi's company, and went to Doctor Gu's house alone.

Some things were inconvenient to implement with Zheng Shi there.

As the couple entered the courtyard, they saw Wang Bujiu leaning against the osmanthus tree, looking bored.

Although she couldn't see her face, there was only one person in the whole village who was that fat.

"Now that you're a constable's wife, you're becoming more and more delicate, holding an umbrella when it's neither sunny nor raining, who are you acting for?" Auntie Lin sneered.