Great Lawyer

Chapter 548 The Biscuit Lady ([-])

Cui Qiao's biscuit stall was still at its original location, and it was past breakfast time, and there was no one in front of the stall.

She sat in front of the stove and dozed off, looking haggard and tired.

"Mom," suddenly, a little boy about two years old ran out of her yard and shouted as he ran, "Grandma wants to drink water, and I poured water for her."

The little boy ran over, Cui Qiao woke up startled, laughed when she saw her son, hugged him and said, "My son is so good, he can help mother."

"Mom, are you tired?" the little boy asked.

Cui Qiao shook her head, "I'm not tired, for Xiaobao, mother will never be tired."

The little boy was grinning.

"Mr. Du," someone came from behind Du Jiuyan, she turned her head and said with a smile, "Chief Chai Bao."

Chai Bao said: "Are you still investigating the case today? What's the matter, do you need my help?"

"I was just going to find you. Let's go, talk as we go." Du Jiuyan and Chief Chai Bao walked to the edge of the dry well, "Did you check the bottom of the well carefully after you fished up the corpse?"

Chai Baochang nodded, "I remember checking it, and I went down there twice, but I probably didn't find anything useful."

"Are there any mice at the bottom of the well?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Chai Baochang replied: "There is no water down there, just some mud at the bottom of the well, there must be some mice."

"Hmm." Du Jiuyan asked casually, "Cui Qiao is very hard. She takes care of the young and old by herself, and also sells sesame seed cakes."

Chief Chai Bao didn't think much, and replied casually: "Yes, Hu Yin used to come back twice a year, but he didn't come back this year during the Chinese New Year. She is a woman supporting the family, it is really hard."

"How many children does she have?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Chai Baochang replied: "Only one son, as you saw just now, he is only two years old this year. Speaking of it, it is still a hard life. She married at the age of 16 and had no children for seven or eight years. She finally conceived two years ago. Come on, after giving birth to this son, the Hu family can be regarded as having a descendant."

No wonder, given Cui Qiao's age, if she got married earlier, the child would probably be eight or nine years old. This son is too young.

"Then why can't you have a baby? Husband and wife get together less and leave more?"

Chief Chai Bao replied: "I'm an old man, I don't know very well, let me ask for you." Then, he knocked on the door of his house, and his wife came out, holding his grandson in his hand and feeding the cakes. Jiuyan was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when Chief Chai Bao said, "This is Mr. Du. Speaking of which, do you know why Cui Qiao and Hu Yin had no children in the previous seven or eight years?"

"Ask this," Mrs. Chai said, "Cui Qiao couldn't give birth, and after seeing a bunch of doctors taking medicine, she gave birth to Xiaobao."

"She has a hard life, and it's thanks to her that she can bear hardships. It would be unbearable for someone else."

Du Jiuyan asked: "Didn't you say that the Songzi Niangniang Temple is very spiritual, haven't you been there?"

There are also monks in the Empress Temple. The reason why she didn't ask about it yesterday is because the Empress Temple is in the city, so she should know something about the cases in the city.

However, she had changed her mind now and should have asked.

"How can I go? I have gone to every temple, and I don't know how many women of all kinds have seen it."

"Fortunately, in the end Guanyin Bodhisattva took pity on her and gave her a son. Everyone was happy."

Du Jiuyan cupped his hands in thanks, "Which temple does she go to the most?"

"Send a child to the Niangniang Temple, people who are pregnant go to ask for a child. If they are not pregnant, they go to the Zhongshan Temple to ask for a Bodhisattva. It is very spiritual there." Mrs. Chai said: "Just the Liu in Wutong Lane next door. At home, the daughter-in-law at home has not given birth for more than ten years, and the husband and wife have been quarreling for five or six years. No, the year before last, I begged a vixen and came back, and I did not give birth for two years. I went to worship the Bodhisattva a few times last year, and I will have it when I come back."

"I just gave birth to a fat boy, white and tender, very pleasing."

Du Jiuyan laughed, "Is it just in Wutong Lane? That's really a blessing in disguise."

"It's okay, but Mrs. Gao will be pitiful in the future. The senior ones will be taken care of, and the young ones will be taken care of by the subordinates. Not only that, but she will also take care of the vixen who will be begged later. This is not a real wife, she is clearly an old mother. "

"Women have a hard life, don't talk about it, I'll get angry if you talk about it." Mrs. Chai said angrily, and went back with her grandson in her arms.

Chief Chai Bao was very embarrassed, "I'm sorry, Mr. Du, she's always been like this, she's always chattering in the wind and rain."

"Mrs. Chai is kind-hearted, so I have to make peace." Just as Du Jiuyan finished speaking, Mrs. Chai came out again and asked, "Mr. Du, I remember you are the Mr. Du who said that women are human, right?"

"What kind of brains are you, you didn't think of it until now." Chai Bao said long.

Mrs. Chai rolled his eyes at him, and said excitedly: "Mr. Du, do you want to help Mrs. Gao? Help her reconcile and leave. A good woman is not too old. Why don't you go home with your dowry."

"If she has this wish, she can go to Sanchitang to find me." Du Jiuyan said, "I will definitely help if I can."

Mrs. Chai was very happy, "I will tell her to go when I meet her later."

Du Jiuyan nodded.

"You just pick things up. You can pick whether she is doing well or not. If you break up the husband and wife and call you home, I don't care about you." Chai Bao said long.

Mrs. Chai spat, and said in a bluff, "Hit him, I'm afraid he won't succeed."

"Hurry up and do your business, listening to you will give you a headache." Chief Chai Bao pulled Du Jiuyan away, "Mr. Du, don't listen to this girl's nonsense. I think my life is too peaceful, so I have to mess with it." I'm happy when my chickens fly like dogs."

Du Jiuyan really liked Mrs. Chai.

When the two returned to the dry well, there was naturally no extra gain. Du Jiuyan resigned from Chief Chai Bao and went to Cui Qiao's pancake stall.

"Mr. Du," Cui Qiao saw her smiling and said, "Are you here to investigate the case?"

Du Jiuyan nodded with a smile, "I saw your son just now, he's very cute."

"Yeah, even though he is young, he may be eloquent, but he doesn't know who he looks like." Speaking of his son, Cui Qiao was very happy.

Du Jiuyan smiled and said, "Isn't his father coming back? Where does he work?"

"He..." Cui Qiao hesitated, and said in a low voice: "Actually, he was stoned to death when he was repairing the city wall last August."

"I didn't dare to say it to the outside world, for fear that it would reach my mother-in-law's ears. If she knew, she would definitely not be able to bear it."

As Cui Qiao said, she lowered her head and wiped her tears with her sleeve.

Du Jiuyan didn't expect her man to be dead. After a moment of silence, she asked, "How much does your mother-in-law cost for her medicine for a month?"

"Fifteen medicines a month, and one medicine costs four hundred Wen. In the past, when the days were good, I could still put two ginseng whiskers, but now I dare not put it. I really... can't afford it." Cui Qiao said.

"What disease?"

"It was when I was young that I lost my health, and now I can't sleep at night, and I vomit after eating. The doctor said, if it is placed in a rich family, it will pass after half a year of good medicine." Cui Qiao said His eyes were red, "But, but we can't afford it."

"If it's a good medicine, how much does it cost to take a pair?" Du Jiuyan asked.

"The doctor said nine taels of silver a pair, the best ginseng and the best medicine are used, and you will be fine if you take it for three months." Cui Qiao said with a wry smile, "Mr. Du, you are laughing."

Nine taels of silver for a pair of medicine, and it takes three months to take it, which costs more than 400 taels of silver.

For them, this is really nothing but a sigh.

"You go to the doctor and ask the doctor to show your mother-in-law again. I'll help you pay for the medicine." Du Jiuyan said.

Cui Qiao was taken aback for a moment, "If you want a lot of money, you can't... you can't."

"Go ahead. Listen to what the doctor has to say." Du Jiuyan said.

Cui Qiao looked at Du Jiuyan hesitantly, "This...how is this so embarrassing, I..."

"It's okay. I'll look after the stall for you. Go early and come back early." Du Jiuyan said, sitting down with a stool.

Cui Qiao wiped her hands, took off the apron, and walked away step by step.

After a while, an old doctor with a medicine box came over. When the other party saw Du Jiuyan, he said excitedly, "It's really Mr. Du! I thought Mrs. Cui was lying to me."

"It's me. You see Mrs. Cui's mother-in-law first, and diagnose her current condition."

The old doctor should be, and everyone went to Cui Qiao's home together.

The house is a compact courtyard, with six rooms in the main courtyard and side rooms. The main room is full of old furniture. Cui's mother-in-law, Wang, lives in the east wing room, which smells strongly of medicine.

When Du Jiuyan went in, he saw the old lady lying on the bed, dozing off in a daze, her face was sallow, thin and weak.

The old doctor checked the pulse, turned around and told Du Jiuyan a series of descriptions about the illness, and gave a conclusion, "It's not a serious illness, it's just that I suffered a lot when I was young. Now that I'm old, these illnesses come out together."

"It's like a leaky roof. There's a hole here and a pit there. There's no good place."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "Can it be repaired?"

"If you want to repair everything, it will cost you a lot of money. Even if it is cheaper, the old man calculates that this medicine will cost you seven or eight taels of silver. Take a medicine every two days for at least three months in a row."

"What about in three months?" Du Jiuyan asked.

"After three months, the old man can guarantee that she will be able to go out and do housework and cook a meal. But if she wants to be alive and well, the old man can't guarantee it."

"According to the old man, ordinary medicine is enough to hang your life, and it will be easy for everyone when you go. Otherwise, if you spend so much money on her, what will you do with your grandson? You will be in debt, and you will not live for the rest of your life." The old doctor sighed. Take a breath.

Cui Qiao wiped away tears.

"You can prescribe the medicine normally, how much money will be paid later with me." Du Jiuyan said.

The old doctor was also taken aback, looked at Cui Qiao and Du Jiuyan ambiguously, nodded his head and said: "If Mr. Du comes forward, the old man will prescribe the prescription." Then he said to Cui Qiao: "You go to the medical center later Get the medicine back, and I will teach you how to fry it."

Cui Qiaoying sent the old doctor out.

Du Jiuyan was sitting beside Cui Qiao's mother-in-law's bed, looking at her room.

Wang opened her eyes in a daze, looked at Du Jiuyan and asked, "Is Hu Yin back?"

"I'm not, he hasn't come back yet." Du Jiuyan said.

Wang said: "You are Mr. Du?"

"Yes, I'm Du Jiuyan."

Mrs. Wang struggled to sit up, then lay down again, "Qiaoer told me. My old life is not worth spending so much money!"

"It's not easy for you to earn money. Really, if you don't need to spend money, I will die a few days sooner or later."

Du Jiuyan said: "The value of life has nothing to do with age, take your medicine well."

Wang cried in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)