Chapter 51: Eldest Young Lady

20 months... Du Ruo gritted her teeth, buy it!

She painfully spent 2 points to buy 20 pills. With these, she wouldn't have to worry about Jiang Wan having a sudden attack, at least until she leveled up or found a famous doctor.

"Xiaotong, what's the next task?"

"What's the rush? It will be released when the time is right. Just wait, it should be soon."

Closing the communication with the system, Du Ruo finally fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, she fed the first Quick-Acting Heart Pill to Jiang Wan, then took her and the dog to check on those few plots of sandy land. Although the system said not to worry, since it involved the great cause of building a house for the family, she certainly couldn't slack off.

Just as they left the small dilapidated courtyard, they ran into a seven or eight-year-old brat. The child was carrying a cross-body bag made of gray cloth, and a large yellow dog followed him, looking very fierce.

Seeing Jiang Wan, the brat made a face at her, "Short-lived ghost, drinking medicine water, cursing parents, no wealth. Blehh."

Du Ruo: "...??"

Blehh your sister. Believe it or not, I'll beat you so hard your father won't recognize you? She glanced at Jiang Wan, and sure enough, the little girl's eyes were red, looking like she was about to cry.

"Tie Dan, go, he's yours now." Du Ruo said coldly.

Tie Dan had been full of anger for a long time. Daring to scold his little master, looking for death!

The dog leaped, tackled the brat to the ground, pinned him down with its paws, and bared its teeth in a terrifying "I'm going to eat a child" manner.

The brat started crying immediately and stopped making faces, "Huzi, save me!"

The large yellow dog was very protective of its master and rushed over with drooling teeth, but as soon as it got close, it was swatted away by Tie Dan. It did a 720-degree turn in the air, let out a miserable yelp, and landed in a mud pit several meters away.

The brat was dumbfounded, forgetting even to cry.

Huzi crawled out of the mud pit in a sorry state, glanced at its master, then at Tie Dan, and then tucked its tail and fled.

Jiang Wan covered her mouth and laughed, then looked up at her sister-in-law, her small face full of pride, "Tie Dan is the most powerful dog. I knew that when I picked him up!"

Du Ruo chuckled. Yes, yes, you're the youngest, whatever you say is right.

She walked over and asked the child kindly, "Whose family are you from, and what is your father's name?"

"My father, my father..."

The poor child was incoherent, tears rolling down one after another, "My surname is Li, my father's surname is also Li... I'm seven years old this year... I... waah!"

Du Ruo was speechless. She was just asking so that if she met his parents later, she could tell them to teach their child well, especially boys, not to gossip like the village women.

Don't they understand that trouble comes from the mouth?

Seeing the brat crying until he was out of breath, Du Ruo had to wave her hand to signal Tie Dan to let him go. The brat scrambled up, shaking, not even bothering to wipe his tears, and ran away very fast, clutching his bag.

"Covered so tightly, I'm afraid there's gold in the bag?" Du Ruo found it funny.

"It's not gold, it's books." Jiang Wan suddenly said.

Du Ruo looked down at her, the little girl's mood was a bit low, "He is Chunhua's younger brother. Chunhua's family is poor. She had seven sisters who were all sold. Except for the money used to marry off her eldest brother, the rest was saved for her younger brother to study."

So it was Zhu Shi's youngest son. That explained it; he was spoiled rotten.

She had heard from Yao Yulan about the situation in Zhu Shi's family. Her eldest son, Li Yaozu, was Jiang Zongbao's follower. The two of them hung out outside all day, dabbling in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, and were useless at farming.

Yet the couple loved their son and didn't treat their daughters as human beings. Let alone studying, they often couldn't even fill their stomachs.

Du Ruo's thoughts turned, "Wan'er, do you think what Chunhua's parents are doing is right?"

Jiang Wan shook her head, "I don't know. I just think, why can only the son study, why can't the daughter?"

Yo, the little girl has such advanced ideas, interesting.

"Then what about you, do you want to study?"

"No."

Jiang Wan answered without the slightest hesitation. Du Ruo was very puzzled, "Why? Didn't you just think it was unfair?"

Jiang Wan laughed, "Sister-in-law, it's useless for me to study. My illness won't get better."

Her eyes were clear and innocent, and she didn't seem to fear the tragic fate that was coming.

Du Ruo's heart suddenly ached.

Jiang Li and the others tried their best to hide it from their sister, but in fact, Jiang Wan was a smart and sensitive child. She had known everything for a long time, but she just didn't want to make her brothers sad, so she pretended not to know.

Du Ruo bent down, looked into Jiang Wan's eyes, and said seriously, "Who said your illness can't be cured? Didn't we go to the Herbal Hall last time? Dr. Sun recommended a miracle doctor to us. I heard he's very powerful. Even if someone is about to die, he can save them. So Wan'er, don't be afraid. Your illness can definitely be cured. Once the family earns enough silver, sister-in-law will take you there immediately, okay?"

A strange luster gradually filled Jiang Wan's eyes, as if she couldn't believe it, and she asked softly, "Really?"

Du Ruo nodded vigorously and swore, "Of course it's true. If sister-in-law lies to you, then, then may I be struck by lightning!"

She looked up at the sky silently.

Heavens, please watch carefully, don't strike blindly. She had no choice, it was all for the child.

Ancients valued oaths. Hearing Du Ruo's words, Jiang Wan believed it a few points more, and her pale little face even looked a bit rosy.

Although she had decided to leave it to fate, who wouldn't want to live? She couldn't bear to leave her brothers, and she couldn't bear to leave her sister-in-law.

With one worry resolved, Jiang Wan's spirits were much better, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law happily took the dog to the sandy land.

To Du Ruo's surprise, in just a few days, the Ghost Dudu had actually sprouted!

Although it was still very small, so small that you couldn't see it without looking closely, it didn't matter. Within a month, this place would become a mountain of gold and silver, worth a catty of silver. Just thinking about it made her happy.

After checking the Ghost Dudu, Du Ruo took Jiang Wan to the edge of the mountain to pick a few bunches of wildflowers to decorate the room. Tie Dan wasn't idle either; he didn't know where he had dragged out a fat, tender wild rabbit, and it was still alive.

Though it was living very nervously.

After returning, Du Ruo threw the rabbit into the doghouse and told Tie Dan to take good care of it; she had a great use for it.

Just as lunch was ready, Jiang Cheng returned, holding his stomach with a bitter face.

"What's wrong?" Du Ruo asked.

Jiang Cheng sighed, "I don't know if my master and mistress have been possessed lately, they always keep me for dinner."

The key was that his stomach had been spoiled by Du Ruo, and he couldn't get used to the boiled vegetables made by his mistress at all. Every time he ate them, he got diarrhea.

Du Ruo immediately became alert.

Dr. Gu's family were all stingy people. Let alone keeping Jiang Cheng for dinner, they hadn't even given him an egg. Now they were suddenly so good to him, this was not scientific.

Unsolicited favors are either evil or thieving.

"Then next time your master keeps you for dinner, find an excuse to slip back."

Jiang Cheng's face became even more bitter, "That wouldn't be good, would it? Mistress will be sad..."

Du Ruo rolled her eyes, "Suit yourself. If you don't want your mistress to be sad, then continue to hurt your stomach."

Jiang Cheng shut his mouth sheepishly.

At this moment, the courtyard gate was suddenly knocked, accompanied by a man's low voice.

"Is the Eldest Young Lady home?" ===== CHAPTER 52 =====