A basket of eggs and pork was not light, so Li Yue Shu handed it to Shen Wei as a matter of course.
Although his mind was not working well, his strength was still there, and he would always help carry things.
Neither of them noticed how natural their actions were.
...
The Sun family lived at the very edge of the village. According to Aunt Liu, Zhou Shi had sold their house to raise money and rented a thatched shed on the slope from the village head. The family of three squeezed in together.
The thatched shed was somewhat dilapidated, like a piece of clothing patched and worn for many years, but it was much better than the old house Li Yue Shu had lived in when she first transmigrated.
The original host had never considered that place her home, so she occupied the best room for herself and ignored everything else.
Although the Sun family lived in a thatched shed, there were no weeds visible even in the cracks of the floor tiles at the entrance, indicating it had been meticulously cleaned.
The only person in the Sun family who could do these things was Zhou Shi.
Even before meeting her, Li Yue Shu had a general impression of Zhou Shi in her heart.
She took the basket from Shen Wei's hand and was about to knock.
But just as she raised her hand, the dilapidated door suddenly opened from the inside, and a woman came out with a basin of water.
The woman looked young, only in her early twenties, with two small dimples on her cheeks.
She seemed to have encountered something happy, with a smile on her face, looking very cute.
But upon seeing Li Yue Shu and Shen Wei, the smile on the woman's face instantly disappeared.
Holding the basin, she directly splashed it outwards.
Li Yue Shu stood still, and the steaming water brushed past her. However, as the water splashed on the ground, it still mixed with the dirt and wet the hem of her skirt.
Shen Wei subconsciously frowned, but seeing the person beside him with a calm expression, he did nothing.
Li Yue Shu acted as if she hadn't seen it, the curve of her lips unchanged. "The village head said that only Sister-in-law Sun is willing to cooperate with me in making medicine, so we specifically came to visit."
As she spoke, she handed the basket in her hand over, appearing as if she were visiting relatives and friends.
Zhou Shi didn't even glance at the basket, blocking the doorway and showing no intention of letting them in. "Just tell me what arrangements you have, and I'll do them."
To be honest, Zhou Shi was the cute type. Even with a world-weariness in her eyes that was beyond her years, she always seemed unable to look fierce.
Li Yue Shu smiled faintly. "Sister-in-law, may I come in and see Brother Sun?"
Zhou Shi's brow instantly furrowed, her face filled with anger. "What, do I need to see someone to make medicine for you? Don't worry, his leg is broken, not his hand. Even if he can't do any work, he still has me."
"Sister-in-law Sun misunderstands." Li Yue Shu was not angry at her words. "I am a doctor. Discussing making medicine today is one matter, and another is to see Brother Sun's leg."
"After all, Brother Sun was injured because of Shen Wei, so we have to take responsibility."
Her gaze was sincere, and her words were serious, making Zhou Shi pause instinctively.
But then, thinking of something, she let out a cold snort. "You don't need to pretend to be kind here! If my man's leg can't be healed, I can still support him!"
Sensing that her hostility seemed to intensify, Li Yue Shu said helplessly, "Brother Sun's leg was broken. Although it's been over a year, I..."
"We don't need your sympathy!" Zhou Shi interrupted her directly. "If you have too much sympathy, go back and show it to those children at home!"
With that, she closed the door without waiting for Li Yue Shu's reaction.
With a loud "bang," the dilapidated door swayed a few times, looking as if it might fall at any moment. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Li Yue Shu stared blankly at the closed door in front of her for a long time.
She really didn't expect that the seemingly cute and friendly Zhou Shi would have a temper like a firecracker, igniting at the slightest touch.
Shen Wei, who had been a silent background character all along, still hadn't spoken. He looked at the person beside him curiously, as if wondering what her reaction would be.
But Li Yue Shu just sighed and turned around. "Let's go."
Shen Wei was surprised.
The Li Yue Shu he knew was not someone who gave up easily.
"A Shu, is this how you repay a favor?"
Li Yue Shu looked at the basket in her hand and shook her head. "We approached it the wrong way. I'll have someone make something when we get back, and we'll come again next time."
She didn't seem discouraged at all, not looking like she had been hit by anything.
Shen Wei was curious, but before he could figure out how to ask, Li Yue Shu had already started walking away.
She didn't leave the things in the basket behind. Given Zhou Shi's personality, she would only think it was pity and would let them rot rather than accept them.
The Sun family's thatched shed was on a slope. As Li Yue Shu and Shen Wei walked down, they happened to meet Aunt Zhao, who was hanging out clothes.
Aunt Zhao, who had suffered at Li Yue Shu's hands, recognized Li Yue Shu's back immediately, holding a grudge.
She looked at the road behind the two and was surprised.
The only ones living on this slope were the Sun family. Why would Shen Lao San and his wife go there?
Thinking of something, Aunt Zhao stopped hanging clothes, put down her basin, and ran out excitedly.
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After driving Li Yue Shu away, Zhou Shi slammed the basin on the ground, so angry that her dimples were almost gone.
The room looked spacious, with a curtain dividing a space in the middle. There were few pieces of furniture around, and they were all dilapidated.
On a bed against the wall sat a man in his thirties.
The man looked sturdy, but his spirit was poor. Especially his eyes, which seemed to have lost hope in life, were dull and gray. This person was Sun Ming Da.
The room was not large, and he had naturally heard what happened at the door. "Shan'er, what you just said, wasn't it a bit inappropriate?"
Zhou Shi sat on the edge of the bed. "I was being polite by not splashing the water on her! If she truly had sincerity, why would she wait for over a year to visit? None of the Shen family are good people!"
Sun Ming Da was somewhat helpless. He looked at Zhou Shi with a little more amusement in his eyes. "You are just tough on the outside and soft on the inside. When Madam Yang of the Shen family asked you to ask the third branch for money, you felt sorry for those children being tormented by Madam Li and never mentioned it. Now that they are prosperous, and Madam Li is kinder to the children, why are you still so fierce towards her!"
Zhou Shi's expression was indignant. "Who knows if she has truly changed? Look at the current state of the Shen family. A large part of the credit is due to that Li Yue Shu! Who knows if her kindness to the children now is sincere!"
Her husband had become like this because of Shen Wei, so Zhou Shi naturally had grievances.
If she hadn't seen the pitiful state of Shen Yi Min and the other children, she would have already gone to Li Yue Shu's house with a knife to demand money!
Sun Ming Da was a country bumpkin who couldn't even read, and his mind didn't work fast. Listening to Zhou Shi, he thought it made sense.
He only hated that he could do nothing and had delayed such a good woman as Shan'er.
At this moment, the curtain hanging in the room was suddenly lifted, revealing a thin old man with a pale complexion and white hair. "Shan'er, who was just here?"
The old man was old and frail, and most of the time he slept. He hadn't heard anything that happened just now.
"No one," Zhou Shi quickly got up and walked over. "Father, do you want some water?"