CHAPTER 682: CHAPTER 678 REVENGE STRIKES BACK (SECOND UPDATE)

Old Mrs. Mu pushed Mrs. Jin aside with her crutch, climbed onto the bed herself, and felt a bit relieved as she saw Mu Xiangxiang’s face regaining some color.

"Old man, Xiangxiang is cleaned up now, let Old Zhang come in."

Mrs. Jin was about to leave when Old Mrs. Mu stopped her.

"You can’t go, later you have to make the medicine, as the eldest sister-in-law you must take care of this."

Mrs. Jin felt extremely irritated, and more importantly, she noticed her hand was burning and throbbing with a numbness that was particularly uncomfortable.

At first, Mrs. Jin thought she had touched something she shouldn’t have and intended to wash her hands later, but the feeling grew stronger, and she started to panic.

"Mother, I want to wash my hands, my hands feel uncomfortable," said Mrs. Jin.

"Wash what? There’s no feces on your hands. I’m telling you, don’t think of slacking off, I’m keeping an eye on you." Old Mrs. Mu said, eyeing Mrs. Jin.

In the courtyard, Mu Dashan saw Zhang Huai Shu with his medicine box ready to diagnose Mu Xiangxiang and said,

"Uncle Zhang, please take care of Xiangxiang. If anything happens, call us."

Zhang Huai Shu gave no guarantee and entered the house.

On the bed, Mu Xiangxiang was still unconscious.

After taking her pulse, Zhang Huai Shu asked Old Mrs. Mu, "What did this girl eat?"

"What’s wrong with my daughter?" Old Mrs. Mu asked.

"You need to tell me what she ate before I can say," Zhang Huai Shu replied bluntly.

"You..."

Old Mrs. Mu didn’t respond, causing the room to suddenly become tense.

In the courtyard, Mr. Mu was still sulking and refused to step foot inside Mu Xiangxiang’s room.

But without him going inside, no one could control Old Mrs. Mu.

"Dad, why don’t we go in and take a look, I’m afraid mom might quarrel with Uncle Zhang. If something really goes wrong this time, no one from the Old Mu Family will ever come to see us for illnesses again," Mu Dashan said to Mr. Mu.

When Old Mrs. Mu had chased Zhang Huai Shu out of the Old Mu Family before, the family went on Zhang Huai Shu’s blacklist and he never treated their illnesses anymore.

People are inherently fragile, no one can go through life without getting sick.

The people of the Old Mu Family should never have offended Zhang Huai Shu.

Mr. Mu sighed and entered the room.

He spoke to Zhang Huai Shu, who hadn’t yet treated Mu Xiangxiang: "Old Zhang, Xiangxiang... she’s different from ordinary people; she eats the amount of food that three or four strong men would eat in one meal, sometimes even more.

After eating, she goes to the outhouse to gag and vomit everything up. This morning, she ate breakfast that belonged to the second brother’s household and the fifth’s as well, and somehow she vomited blood.

Then her mother had the fourth daughter-in-law give her chimney ashes to drink, and that’s how she ended up like this."

Zhang Huai Shu sighed three times after hearing Mr. Mu’s words.

"You people are messing around. This girl has been overeating for years, damaging her stomach, look at her, can you still see her face? Her head is too big for her body, she’s basically a big-headed doll."

Zhang Huai Shu pointed at the unconscious Mu Xiangxiang on the bed and continued.

"The blood vomiting is due to over-gagging, injuring her throat, but how could you have given her chimney ashes to drink? These dirty things went into her throat, her stomach; it’s going to be a big problem later."

Zhang Huai Shu, who has practiced medicine for decades, has seen stupidity, but never the kind displayed by the Old Mu Family. This isn’t treating a person, it’s risking their life.

Can chimney ashes be carelessly consumed?

"Stop talking nonsense, when we were young, chimney ashes were used for treatment, it’s a good thing." Old Mrs. Mu hurriedly refuted, but Zhang Huai Shu sternly scolded her.

"Hmph, if your ashes were useful, why call me? I’m telling you, if you want me to treat her, stop trying to argue."

Zhang Huai Shu sternly asked Old Mrs. Mu.

Mr. Mu quickly stepped up to restrain Old Mrs. Mu.

"You better not say anything now, saving Xiangxiang is the priority."

Only then did Old Mrs. Mu fall silent.

After treating Mu Xiangxiang with acupuncture, Zhang Huai Shu told Mr. Mu: "Your girl, even if she survives this time, must not overeat again, her food intake must return to normal levels.

She must not gag again, if it happens again, I cannot guarantee I can save her. Also, because you made her drink the chimney ashes, she probably won’t be able to speak for a while. How long it takes to recover depends on when the ashes are expelled from her body."

Mr. Mu nodded.

"I understand, thank you, Old Zhang. In the past, we were wrong to you, I will take good care of Xiangxiang."

"I don’t have the medicine on hand, later have someone from the Old Mu Family follow me back to get it, it’s a total of thirty doses, one dose a day. After finishing, I will come back to check."

"How much is the consultation fee?" Mr. Mu asked.

"The consultation fee is five copper coins, one acupuncture session is twenty copper coins, thirty doses of medicine, twenty copper coins per dose, it totals six hundred and twenty-five copper coins," Zhang Huai Shu replied.

When Old Mrs. Mu heard it cost that much silver, she was about to explode, but Mr. Mu forced her to sit down.

This time, Mr. Mu approached Mrs. Jin, who was scratching the back of her hand, and said, "Eldest daughter-in-law, if you have money, lend it for Xiangxiang’s treatment first. When the eldest comes, I will explain to him."

Mrs. Jin was full of shock.

The old man never asked his daughter-in-law for money, he usually went through Old Mrs. Mu.

"Father, I don’t have much on hand..." Mrs. Jin tried to say she was short on money, in fact, she didn’t want to give it up.

"Hand it over, don’t think I don’t know how much money the big house has, in all these years my old lady hasn’t taken a penny from your house, now we’re just asking you to help Xiangxiang, isn’t that reasonable?"

Mrs. Jin felt aggrieved, but her face remained calm and composed, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Mother, I’ll go take some of the travel money set aside for Dade’s exams, when he goes to the Capital, half a tael less should be okay, right?"

"Stop bringing up the eldest, now hurry up and get it."

Mrs. Jin quickly went to the room she shared with Mu Dade, and took out the consultation fee from her jewelry box.

At this moment, Mrs. Jin’s face was contorted, her hand gripping the Copper Coin was bulging with veins.

"Mom..." Outside, Mu Dandan and Mu Yingying’s voices rang out.

Mrs. Jin pulled herself together and opened the door.

The two daughters immediately came over and hugged Mrs. Jin.

"Mom, you’ve been wronged, we heard grandma scolding you," said Mu Dandan.

"Mom, let’s leave the Old Mu Family quickly, it’s terrible here," urged Mu Yingying.

Mrs. Jin just shook her head.

"No, I must watch the entire Old Mu Family fall from grace. Once your father’s affairs are settled, I’ll show them how formidable I, Jinyin’er, can be."

Mrs. Jin is now staying in the Old Mu Family just to see these people when they peak with joy.

She, Jinyin’er, who has been married into the Old Mu Family for so many years, has endured so much hardship and suffered so much.

How that old woman treated her, she must retaliate.