Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Chapter 666: Work You to Death

The old nanny from the Xia Family had just left not long ago when the mule cart from Xuanhu Fang arrived.

Doctor Wu saw Gu Jinli and asked, "Little Xiao Yu, what are you doing here?"

This place wasn’t at the entrance of the village, but rather half a quarter of an hour’s journey away from the village entrance.

Gu Jinli smiled and said, "We came here especially to wait for you, Elder."

Doctor Wu snorted, "You’re just flattering an old man, do you actually have the heart to come out and meet me?"

Gu Jinli smiled, climbed onto the mule cart of Xuanhu Fang with Xiao Ji, and asked Doctor Wu, "Grandpa Wu, does the Xia Family have someone who is sick again?"

Doctor Wu said, "Indeed, someone is sick again, but it is Zhan Er from the Zhan Family, not Master Xia and his wife."

As for what illness Zhan Er had caught, Doctor Wu did not find it appropriate to discuss with a young lady.

Gu Jinli did not ask further, knowing Zhan Er was ill was enough, and the fact that Zhan Er was ill was all her doing.

This stud horse likes sowing his seeds, doesn’t he? Well, she let him sow to his heart’s content, better if he just dropped dead from exhaustion.

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A quarter of an hour later, when they returned to the workshop, Gu Jinli thought of running away but was stopped by Doctor Wu, "How can you be so lazy, girl? You haven’t made any medicine for several days now, have you? You’re not gathering herbs today, so just stay in the workshop and make medicine."

Gu Jinli’s rebuttal was impeccable: "Making medicine is for San Qi and the others to do; I’m only responsible for research and development, not labor. Besides, I still have to deal with the Mingya Grass we’ve received. After processing this batch, we’ll start collecting herbs again tomorrow. Please let me rest, Elder, otherwise I’ll work myself to death. I’m still a child, you know."

Doctor Wu scoffed, "You’re still a child? You’ve got some nerve saying that. In a few months, you’ll be fifteen, old enough to marry."

But Doctor Wu did not insist on Gu Jinli staying to make medicine. After all, collecting Mingya Grass was indeed a big job, requiring intermittent work for about half a month. It would be good for her to relax for a day or two.

After she finished the task of collecting Mingya Grass, she still had to make anti-itch hand cream, which was also a significant task requiring manpower.

"It’s time to buy some help, don’t be so stingy."

Gu Jinli said, "I know, Uncle Mu Tong and elder brother always check the broker when they go out, and they’ll buy someone suitable. We’ve bought quite a few over the past three years, but this can’t be rushed; we must buy wisely."

Apart from Xiong Family, Mei Family, and Ma Family, our family has also bought quite a few people over the past three years, but these people are placed in the manors along the expressway, not in the pharmaceutical workshop.

"Grandpa Wu, you go ahead and make medicine. For lunch, just tell Tong Dayu or Ah Shi what you want to eat; they will arrange it."

Nanny Tao thinks highly of Tong Dayu and Ah Shi, bringing the two of them by her side to teach them so that they can help Gu Jinli manage the accounts in the future. Xiao Ji is also learning how to manage household affairs from Nanny Tao.

After saying that, Gu Jinli slid back home, greasing the soles of her feet, and told Gu Jin’an the news of Zhan Er’s serious illness.

Gu Jin’an, knowing that Gu Jinli could make Poison, wasn’t surprised she had poisoned Zhan Er. Without asking for details, he simply said, "Don’t cause a fatality; after all, Zhan Er is a noble son, and the Zhan Family will not let it go if he dies."

Gu Jinli replied, "Big brother, rest assured, Doctor Wu has already seen Zhan Er. Even he did not realize that Zhan Er was poisoned. Even if Zhan Er died, other doctors would not be able to detect it."

They would just assume he died from that thing.

But she didn’t want Gu Jin’an to worry and said, "Zhan Er won’t die. I poisoned him because I was afraid he would bother big sister. At most, he will be tormented and bedridden for a few months, nothing serious will happen."

With Zhan Er’s constitution, he can withstand this poison, but he will suffer greatly.

Speaking of Gu Jinxiu, Gu Jin’an started to worry again, putting down the book he was looking at.

Gu Jinli saw this and asked, "Big brother, are you worrying about Sister and Brother Luo Wu’s affair?"

Gu Jin’an nodded: "Mhm."

Luo Wu used to like Sister a lot, wholeheartedly intending to marry her. But starting this year, for some unknown reason, he’s been avoiding Sister, yet Gu Jin’an could tell that Luo Wu still liked Sister, given that he has not sought marriage with any other girl.

Gu Jinli said angrily, "If he wants to marry, then marry; if not, it’s not like our sister has to marry him or no one else."

However, Gu Jin’an shook his head and said, "But Sister likes him."

That’s what makes it so difficult.

Sister isn’t a block of wood; she has feelings, and Luo Wu has been protecting her since they were young. How could she not have feelings for Luo Wu in her heart?

Since Luo Wu began avoiding Sister, Sister has been unhappy. Although she did not show it too obviously, Gu Jin’an, sensitive as he was, still noticed it.

What made Gu Jinli the angriest was this: "What is he actually thinking? He used to beg to marry her, and now he gives her the cold shoulder. Isn’t this harming our Sister?"

Damn it, I really want to drag Luo Wu out and beat him up.

"Luo Family used to think Luo Wu was not capable enough, fearing he wouldn’t be able to protect Sister, so they never proposed marriage. But does our family need their protection? With Sister Li looking after Sister, when she marries, our family will also send servants who know how to fight to accompany her. Big brother will take the exam in the future; once he has an official position, he can better protect Sister. We don’t need the Luo Family for protection. What is Luo Wu hesitating about?"

"If he doesn’t want to marry, he shouldn’t have been so good to Sister. After being kind to Sister for so many years, he made her fall for him, and now he’s playing coy, not wanting to marry!"

If you have the nerve to provoke, why don’t you have the guts to come and propose?

Gu Jinli was really about to explode with anger. Such a fine catch like their sister has been eagerly waiting for him to come and marry her, and yet he doesn’t show up.

Gu Jin’an is also very distressed about his elder sister, but unlike Gu Jinli, he is not as impatient and said, "When he comes back for Dongzhi, I’ll go and feel him out."

The day they returned from the Xia Family, their parents discussed the matter. Originally, dad wanted to go and ask Luo Wu himself, but Gu Jin’an stopped him, saying that as an elder, it would seem his family was at a loss to ask such a thing of a junior, so he said he would go in his stead.

"Big brother, Second Sister, are you two whispering again inside the room? Open up, Sister has made some chestnut cakes and brought them over for you." Brother Cheng knocked on the door, munching on a piece of chestnut cake.

"Brother Cheng, you can’t bang on the door like that. You need to knock," said Gu Jinxiu behind him.

Gu Jinli quickly opened the door and pinched his face, "Don’t think just because you don’t have school, you can play all crazy. Help collect the herbs tomorrow."

Then she took the jar of soy milk that Gu Jinxiu was carrying, "Sister, you don’t need to bring so much, it’s too heavy."

Gu Jinxiu smiled, "It’s just a few jin, Sister can carry it."

While speaking, she followed Gu Jinli into the study and said to Gu Jin’an, "Sister made you a pair of leather boots, wear them to school tomorrow, even if it gets colder, your feet won’t freeze."

Gu Jin’an took the plate of chestnut cakes from Gu Jinxiu’s hands and smiled, "Thanks, Sister."

Then he said, "We can buy boots. Sister doesn’t need to always make them for us; needlework is hard on the eyes."

He didn’t like Sister doing needlework; every time he saw Sister and Mother sewing, he would remember the days in their old home when they had to work on embroidery day and night to earn a few bites of food for their little family.