Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11928

"I won't comment on the issue of favoring boys over girls, but I'll say that when you were toasting earlier, your Guiling was being too strict with Dabao, wasn't she?"

"Those who know them know they are a couple; those who don't might think Da Bao is her other son..."

"Shut up, you damned woman!"

"Fourth sister-in-law, please stop talking."

"Fourth Aunt!"

Several voices rang out simultaneously from different directions, all aiming to intercept Liu's words.

Yang Ruoqing was among them.

She glanced at Bao Suyun, who was standing there awkwardly, unsure of what to do with her hands, and then said to Liu, "Dabao has just recovered from his illness and shouldn't be drinking. But men sometimes can't resist temptation in certain situations."

"So at times like this, we women need to be a bit assertive and assertive, and use our 'tough love' to snatch their wine cups away. It's for their own good!"

Sun and Cao Bamei followed Yang Ruoqing's lead, all trying to help Bao Suyun out of her predicament.

Although Xiao Mo did not agree with Yang Ruoqing's words, she glared at Yang Yongqing and said, "You've been coughing on and off lately. I told you not to drink, but you still indulged in alcohol. I can't control you anymore. I'll have your daughter deal with you later!"

Yang Yongqing raised his head and said confidently, "At least you know your place. The only woman in this world who can control me is my daughter. I'm happy to be controlled by her..."

Yang Huaming and Yang Yongjin both gave Yang Yongqing a thumbs up.

Yang Yongjin, a doting father to his daughters, especially agreed with Yang Yongqing's words. Almost all of the savings Yang Yongjin had earned in the first half of his life were spent on the marriages of his two daughters.

Yang Ruoqing saw that Bao Suyun's embarrassment was only increasing, and just then, her granddaughter yawned.

Taking the opportunity, Yang Ruoqing said, "Fifth Aunt, I think your Niu Niu is sleepy. Why don't you go back to sleep first, so that Gui Ling won't worry?"

Bao Suyun quickly followed the lead, saying, "That's fine. Usually at this time, my grandson and I would be washing up and going to bed."

After Bao Suyun left with her granddaughter, Liu shook her head again in the dining hall: "I used to think highly of Jiang Guiling, but her actions tonight have made me disgusted with her!"

The hen crows!

Yang Huaming then loosened up and said, "Since my fifth sister-in-law was here earlier, I couldn't say too much. If I said too much, it would embarrass her and make it seem like we were trying to sow discord in their family."

"Jiang Guiling is too strong-willed. Being strong-willed is a good thing, but it's not always a good thing. Take tonight's incident, for example. Although it was for Da Bao's good, it was still too disrespectful to Da Bao!"

Yang Yongjin just smiled and remained silent.

Yang Yongzhi said, "Let's not argue about this. Every pot has its lid. Maybe Da Bao will like it!"

Yang Yongqing waved his hands repeatedly: "Stop it! Unless that man is crazy, no man would like to be controlled by his wife like this!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded secretly. As a wife, it's definitely worth encouraging her to care about her husband's health and thus restrain his behavior.

However, there are better ways to express concern and set boundaries than to give the impression of being domineering, arbitrary, or disrespectful.

Sun said, "What you say is all correct, but each family's situation is different."

"Think about it, Suyun and Mianmian are both so gentle and soft-hearted. They are too embarrassed to talk back when they are bullied."

"Their five households need a woman with a personality like Guiling to be the head of the household."

Yang Huazhong said, "That's true. Back when Mianmian and Jiang Xianjun broke off their engagement, it was thanks to Guiling's fiery personality that Mianmian was protected."

Everyone recalled what happened back then. Indeed, Jiang Guiling hadn't officially married into the family yet. Faced with her mother's provocations, Jiang Guiling, a young woman, was able to stand up and yell at the Jiang family...

“I think we should just talk about these things tonight and not say them again next time, so as not to upset Su Yun.” Yang Huazhong had been silent all night, but now he couldn’t help but step in to ‘take charge’.

"Every family has its own problems, and every family has its own way of getting along. Some people are assertive, while others are gentle. Some people like to take the lead, while others like to stay in the background. We can't make a one-size-fits-all approach."

"So from now on, let's not talk about the fifth branch anymore. They're both willing to give and receive, that's all that matters. Let's just focus on living our own lives well, that's more important than anything else!"

“My dad is right, brother. From now on, let’s not talk about this anymore, and let’s not even interfere with children’s health.” Yang Ruoqing said to Yang Yongqing.

Yang Yongqing scoffed, "I won't say anything even if you ask me to in the future. Today, I only spoke up because I was worried that such a cute child would cause trouble by messing around with her."

The Yang family had long heard about the fifth son's drinking Ganoderma lucidum powder and taking a bath with eighteen kinds of Chinese herbs before bed.

All I can say is, it's your own child, so you have to deal with it yourself; it's not anyone else's place to say anything.

Just like in later generations, many parents, even if their children are sick and have a fever for several days, are unwilling to take them to the hospital for an IV drip.

I insisted on trying to cool him down physically at home, and if I got really desperate, I'd take him to a barefoot doctor who would put a plaster on his belly button and insert pills into his anus...

Honestly, in this harsh environment where viruses keep mutating and evolving, if you already have a fever, are all those patches and stuffing really effective? Can they really eliminate the virus?
In the end, this will likely only delay treatment and cause unnecessary physical harm to the child.

……

The guests all left, leaving Rong Gu and a few others to tidy up the house. Yang Ruoqing took her two sons back to the house.

Sun and Yang Huazhong returned and came to Yang Ruoqing's room. At this time, Yang Ruoqing was arranging for the two little ones to soak their feet.

Unlike Jiang Guiling, who was so particular about bathing with eighteen kinds of Chinese herbs, Yang Ruoqing used hot water with two spoonfuls of salt to soak the feet of the two boys in winter. This salt water bath helped to remove the sweat from the soles of their feet, relax their meridians, and improve blood circulation, so they could sleep well at night. Even without a hot water bottle, they wouldn't be cold when they lay in bed.

This is basic health preservation, and it has been practiced and recognized by the public.

While they were soaking their feet, Yang Ruoqing would bring a stool and sit beside them, either telling them fairy tales or teaching them to recite three hundred Tang poems.

Tonight, Yang Huazhong and Sun returned, disrupting the rhythm of the mother and her two children's lives.

"Father, Mother, is something the matter?"

Yang Ruoqing led them to sit on the soft couch and asked them questions.

Sun glanced at Yang Huazhong, then said to Yang Ruoqing, "Your uncle and Tang Yazi haven't returned. There were too many people earlier, so we didn't ask too many questions." "What happened? It can't be as simple as leaving them a meal, can it? Even if they left them a meal, they should be back by now."

Yang Ruoqing smiled wryly, "Nothing can be hidden from my parents' sharp eyes! Sigh, it's not that we're inviting them to stay for dinner, it's just that Aunt Da'e has had another attack, and the two of them just happened to be there."

Of course, they were worried, so they accompanied Zhou Wang to take the person to the county clinic for treatment, or rather... emergency care.

"What exactly is Luo Da'e's illness? Has the doctor explained it clearly?" Yang Huazhong asked in a deep voice. "If it were a good illness, her condition should have improved within a month or so. But it seems like her condition is getting worse with treatment?"

Yang Ruoqing frowned slightly. "The doctor didn't say it explicitly, but the implication was clear: this disease is very rare and difficult to treat."

"Is it difficult to treat? Or is it incurable?" Yang Huazhong asked again.

Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "The doctor said that he had encountered similar patients before. Some took medicine for several years and gradually the lump on their neck disappeared and they got better. But others did not. So the doctor can't say for sure. He can only say that he will try his best to treat them and see what happens!"

In Yang Ruoqing's understanding, the lump on Luo Da'e's neck was actually a tumor.

The cases the doctor mentioned should be classified as benign or malignant, so the doctor himself was also confused.

Unlike in later generations where medical technology can be used to identify this, in this era, everything depends on luck and fate.

But one thing remains the same in both ancient and modern times: this type of disease can easily bankrupt a once well-off family, leaving them heavily in debt.

Because people have humanity, they can't just stand by and watch their loved ones be tormented by illness and taken away. Even if they know the hope is slim, they still can't help but want to struggle a little...

Hey!
Faced with birth, aging, sickness, and death, humanity is truly fragile. Many dreams and ambitions are inevitably confined within this fragile physical body...

No wonder so many enlightened beings throughout history have cultivated immortality, seeking to break free from the shackles of this physical body and attain true freedom...

Yang Huazhong and Madam Sun had both experienced a lot, and upon hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, they looked at each other with serious expressions.

Sun murmured, "These days I've heard you mention Luo Da'e's fluctuating condition repeatedly, and it reminds me of your grandmother."

"She was in a similar situation, but unfortunately, from the onset of her illness to her passing, it was less than half a year."

"Especially the month or so before I left, it was truly... worse than death!"

Even though many years have passed, tears still fall when the old stories are brought up.

Yang Ruoqing also lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes, and her nose felt sore.

During that period, although it was the first half of the year after the Lunar New Year and the beginning of spring was approaching, even though the sun was shining brightly outside every day, just thinking about what Grandma was going through made me feel like I couldn't see the sunshine anymore...

"It's all in the past, let's not talk about it." Yang Huazhong saw his wife and daughter's moods plummet instantly, and his wife even shed tears. Yang Huazhong could only awkwardly comfort them.

“Everyone has to leave us someday. My mother-in-law lived to that age, and her children are all around to take care of her. Even if she passes away, it was all worth it.”

“In our village, and in the surrounding villages, there are many elderly people who clearly have many children and grandchildren, and clearly have no serious illnesses and can eat and drink well, but in the end, because their children are unfilial, they don’t even have a shack to live in.”

"I met several elderly people like that. They grabbed my hand and cried, saying they didn't want to live anymore and were just hoping that the King of Hell would come and take them away. What a mess!"

Yang Huazhong's words, while comforting... didn't really have much impact.

No matter what happens to other people's elderly parents, they cannot replace the passing of your own elderly parents; the two cannot be equated.

So, Yang Ruoqing applied a beauty filter to Yang Huazhong's words.

“Dad is right. Compared to those old people who seem to live long lives but whose quality of life is terrible, I think my grandma, although she's only just over 60, is well taken care of by everyone. She has everything she needs.”

"Compared to those old people, my grandma is really lucky and happy. It's God who wanted to take her away and didn't let her live such a long life. There's nothing we can do about it."

Yang Ruoqing's words, which were a 'patchwork', made Sun feel a little better.

“Your grandma herself said that we are all filial children, and even if she were to pass away, it would have been worth it.” Sun sighed deeply. “Although your grandma suffered for the last month or two, unable to even drink porridge and only able to survive on rice water and milk, that period was truly painful. But compared to those elderly people who are bedridden for years, paralyzed, and incontinent, your grandma was quite lucky!”

Yang Ruoqing nodded gently. Actually, she really wanted to say that in the last month or two, she really didn't dare to eat in front of Grandma.

The old man was so hungry that his eyes were sunken and his cheekbones were high. He used to be such a plump and healthy old man, and his laughter was full of energy.

However, later on, when the disease flared up, the old man lost most of his flesh, becoming skin and bones, and so thin that he looked unrecognizable.

Even normal people like us can experience low blood sugar if we occasionally skip a couple of meals, resulting in palpitations, shortness of breath, blurred vision, and spasms in our back muscles...

And what about Ga Po?

For the next month or two, I was suffering from that kind of torment almost every moment...

Yang Ruoqing dared not recall it.

Every time I think about it, my heart aches.

Many times, she even felt that Grandma's departure was actually a relief.

Freed from the constraints of the human body—which is far too unreliable, bleeding when injured, aching when sick, tormenting the mind and soul—it's better to be free of it. An unfettered spirit existing in the world is another kind of carefree existence…

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Father, Mother, you've returned tonight. Is there anything else you need?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.

Sun looked at Yang Huazhong and said, "You tell me."

Yang Huazhong nodded: "I was thinking that there are only about 20 days left until the New Year. In previous years, Da'an and Xiaohua would have already returned from the capital by this time."

This year, he was transferred to Changhuaizhou as governor, supposedly to be closer to home, but it's already Laba Festival and his wife and children still haven't returned.

"I was thinking, should we send someone to Changhuaizhou in the next couple of days to bring Xiaohua and the children back?" He asked Yang Ruoqing for her opinion.

Because if we go to Changhuaizhou to pick them up, it's more than 300 li round trip, which takes more than a day to complete, and we have to spend the night on the road.

So it might not be safe for him to go alone, especially in the dead of winter. He was always worried about encountering highway robbers or lazy, lawless village bullies on the road, and then suffering a loss...