Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty-Chapter 48 - 47 The Furniture is Ready

Chapter 48: Chapter 47 The Furniture is Ready

Chapter 48 -47 The Furniture is Ready

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Several people entered the room, allowed Alu to lie on the bed, wiped his sweat, changed his clothes, and prepared warm meals for them.

While eating, Mrs. Wang retold their journey to the capital city. The treatment for the illness was fairly smooth. However, Alu suffered a lot. During the bone setting, he passed out from the pain, and woke up to cry bitterly from the lingering discomfort. On hearing this, Chen Ming and the others were brought to tears.

Fortunately, the injury healed very well—it recovered faster than most, according to the doctors at Qianjin Medical Clinic. The medical treatment, medicine purchase, including over twenty packets of medication and dozens of ointments, totaled twelve and a half taels of silver.

Mrs. Wang continued, stating that Chen Shi’s family hosted them for more than half a month and had been greatly helpful. They even refused to take the silver dime she offered them.

Given the money left, Mrs. Wang bought bolts of silk from the fabric store to make clothes for each member of the family before leaving. The two silver dimes they initially refused, she left sneakily at their home.

Mrs. Wang also mentioned that life for the Shi family did not seem as comfortable as rumors had it. Their courtyard was very small and they lived frugally. They would stew some meat every day, but it was only for Alu to eat; the Shi’s three children couldn’t have any. Chen Shi had borrowed money to repair his house but had only managed to repay the debt a few months ago. Chen Shi’s wife, Mrs. Zhang, was full of complaints against Mrs. Hu and had no wish to return to Xiangluo Village ever again…

Chen Shi liked to keep up appearances, and as such, he only shared good news with Mrs. Chen and his brother Chen Ye. When he made money, he was always willing to give a portion to his mother and brothers. After being ruthlessly exploited by Mrs. Hu, he finally gave up on this pretense, letting Mrs. Zhang reveal their true circumstances. Their business in the capital city was small, they worked from dawn to dusk, and didn’t even make ten taels of silver a month. The cost of living in the city was high, plus they had to fund their two sons’ schooling…

Hearing this, everyone felt a sense of regret.

After sharing their own stories, Dabao reported that Qi Qi and Aunt Fu made a good deal of money and even formed a connection with Xile Restaurant. This greatly pleased Mrs. Wang and Alu.

Looking up to his sister even more now, Alu said, “Our third uncle’s business is not doing well, it’s hard to make money. But how does sister manage to make so much money so easily?”

Chen Afu laughed and replied, “You have to be shrewd to succeed in business. You need to do what no one else has thought of doing to earn more money.”

Chen Ming then advised Alu and Dabao, “Did you hear that? Afu speaks words of wisdom. Regardless of what you do, even if it’s studying, you have to use your brain.”

Alu and Dabao nodded in agreement.

After Mrs. Wang and Alu rested for a while, they asked Dabao to invite Mrs. Chen and Chen Ye over for dinner.

In not too long, Mrs. Chen arrived.

Mrs. Chen hugged Alu and burst into tears.

Mrs. Wang handed her the pound of candy she bought for her in the city and the pastries that Chen Shi bought her.

She then disclosed the total cost of their trip to Mrs. Chen, stating that they had spent twelve taels of silver.

Mrs. Chen was shocked, “How do you have so much money?”

Chen Ming whispered, “We made some money from selling sewing supplies, and Afu made some more money from selling sewing kits.”

Mrs. Chen looked at Chen Afu more fondly, “Afu, you’ve proven yourself as genuinely competent. You should forever remember how your father raised you and always express your gratitude to him.”

Chen Afu said with a smile, “Don’t worry, granny, I have it in mind. I will take care of not just my dad, but also you.”

Mrs. Chen seemed happier and once again advised, “You must never reveal how much money you made from sewing kits nor how much Alu’s treatment cost. That woman, Mrs. Hu, is quite nosy.”

Mrs. Wang went on to relay the actual state of affairs in Chen Shi’s household. When she heard this, Mrs. Chen began to wipe away her tears.

Mrs. Chen grumbled about Chen Shi, saying “That silly boy. His own life isn’t all that good, so why does he insist on building such a big courtyard for us?”

Mrs. Wang held herself back, not daring to mention the fact that Mrs. Hu had cried covertly about wanting a house.

As they were discussing this, Chen Ye, Mrs. Hu, Chen Dahu, and Chen Daya arrived.

Before Mrs. Hu even entered the house, she exclaimed, “My goodness, where did you get so much money? There’s such a large slab of meat hanging under the eaves, regardless of the season!” After she entered the kitchen and saw the half-pot of leftover pig’s feet soup and two bowls of leftover food, she cried out again, “Wow, you’ve cooked so much meat; where did this money come from?”

Afu replied, “We didn’t buy this meat, it was brought by Young Master Yang who came to play this morning.”

Ming further explained that Young Master Yang was the young owner of the Xile Restaurant and got along well with Dabao. Ignoring Mrs. Hu’s curiosity, he directly discussed Alu’s treatment situation with Chen Ye.

After dinner, they left and Mrs. Wang gave them the candies she bought for the main house and the snacks Chen Shi had bought.

Looking at the snacks in disbelief, Mrs. Hu asked, “Did Uncle Chen just send us this one bag of snacks?”

Mrs. Wang’s face turned red with anger as she loudly declared, “If you don’t believe me, ask him yourself when he comes back. I wouldn’t lower myself by keeping the things others left for you.”

Chen Ye hurried to defuse the situation, saying, “Don’t be angry sister-in-law; Aunt Hu didn’t mean it like that.” reproaching Mrs. Hu, “What is the matter with you? Can’t you speak properly? You’re getting more and more confused. Didn’t my sister-in-law just say that life’s not easy for my younger brother too.”

Mrs. Hu grumbled, “Even with that, it’s still way better than living in the countryside.”

Not wanting to save Mrs. Hu’s face, The elder Mrs. Chen scolded her, “You’re the only sister-in-law who constantly asks younger brothers for things. Did Chen Shi only bring me one bag of snacks too? Don’t you think he should be more filial to you than his own mother?”

Chen Ye went red in the face and shot Mrs. Hu a stern glare.

Mrs. Hu did not say anything more, but by the look on her face, it was clear she didn’t believe that Chen Shi had only brought her one bag of snacks.

This incensed Mrs. Wang to a great extent.

The next day, Afu arranged a nutritious diet for Alu, ordering him to drink milk in the morning, while having uninterrupted servings of bone broth at lunch and dinner, alternating between lean meat and pig liver. He was also advised to spend more time in the sun.

Every day when Mrs. Wang went to buy meat, if someone envied her for living well, she would simply say, “I bought just a little, for Alu’s strength recovery.”

In her spare time, Afu asked Mrs. Wang to teach her how to make clothes. When she saw Mrs. Wang cutting trousers, she told her that cutting them this way wasn’t good looking and wasn’t comfortable to wear. She suggested a different way to cut, but Mrs. Wang dared not try.

Afu used the fabric bought for Dabao as practice. To Mrs. Wang’s surprise, the trousers she cut were not only a good fit but also looked decent. They were relatively spacious but not as straight as the original patterns; the waist and the crotch were a bit narrower and shallower.

After Afu made hers, she made one for Ming. After wearing it, Ming said, “These are much more comfortable than the trousers I used to wear.”

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Mrs. Wang was happy and cut the rest of the trousers the same way.

In the late afternoon of the twenty-sixth day, Shitou ran over and said, “Auntie Fu, your furniture is ready, my dad and Uncle Er are about to deliver it.” He then ran off to the west of the village to play with Dabao who was bird walking and picking up firewood.

Hearing this, Afu was overjoyed. She and Mrs. Wang rushed to the New Courtyard to open the door, Ming and Alu, who was leaning on a crutch, followed to take a look.