Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 718: Cursing Won’t Kill You

Both women cried, realizing that Brother Wu had run away from home because he was given an infertility drug.

"Brother Wu, why is your life so bitter?" Third Grandma, who loved the children the most and had also suffered from being childless, cried uncontrollably upon hearing that Luo Wu had been poisoned with the infertility drug: "How could such a good child get poisoned like this? Who is the merciless person that did this to you?"

"It was Xia Gu." Luo Wu said, "On Dongzhi day, he and his wife approached me wanting me to roast venison. I didn’t eat it at that moment, so they gave me a package of roasted venison, which was poisoned, but I didn’t eat it. However, Xia Gu had someone send me a letter, stating that he had already given me the infertility drug before."

In the main room of the front courtyard at Gu Jinli’s house, Luo Wu repeated everything regarding the infertility drug.

Finally, he knelt down and said: "This is my fault. The first mistake was not telling everyone about everything, no matter how difficult it was to speak of, it should have been spoken. The second mistake was having private dealings with the Xia Family; after the first time I knew they despised me, I should have exposed the true face of the Xia Family to everyone, so that everyone would be on guard. If I had spoken out, the Xia Family wouldn’t have been able to carry out these schemes."

But the Xia couple were great actors. Although they mocked him at the time, they spoke various kind words that seemed to be in favor of the Gu Family People. He thought that the Xia couple just hated him, feeling that he was not worthy of Sister Xiu, therefore they verbally humiliated him, hoping to drive him away.

Everyone felt greatly relieved to hear his words.

The most relieved was Gu Jin’an; actually, he most hoped that Gu Jinxiu could marry Luo Wu. The three of them had grown up together, and the kind of good Luo Wu showed to his sister was not something any other man could offer.

If there were someone in the world willing to die for his big sister, it would definitely be Luo Wu.

Gu Dashan and Mrs. Cui, hearing about the great suffering Luo Wu endured, couldn’t bear to see him kneeling any longer, quickly said, "Brother Wu, it’s good that you know your mistake, get up..."

Just as Gu Jinli’s parents were about to forgive Luo Wu, he hurriedly said: "Dad, Mom, while Grandpa Wu is here, let’s quickly take Luo Wu to have his pulse checked and test for poison."

Although Luo Wu was harmed by Xia Gu, he had also caused his big sister to be heartbroken. They couldn’t forgive him so quickly - he needed to be left out in the cold for a while, to suffer enough so that he would never dare to repeat the mistake.

But it seemed his big sister couldn’t bear to make things difficult for Luo Wu, her eyes full of worry as she looked at him.

Gu Jinli: "..." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Truly, a grown daughter can’t be kept at home.

Brother Cheng: "..."

Clearly, his family’s cabbage always has legs, running into someone else’s field.

Third Grandpa, upon hearing this, hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, we must check for poison."

If Brother Wu really was poisoned, how would he carry on with his life?

Luo Wu didn’t dare delay, and followed the two families to the pharmaceutical workshop.

Three years had passed, some bamboo in the pharmaceutical workshop’s large residence outside had been cut down, and a few houses were built for Wang Yongfu, Tong Family, Old Zhu Family and other servants with families, so the third courtyard had quite some space freed up, allowing Elder Doctor Wu to have his own yard.

He was having dinner when he saw them braving the cold to come over and asked, "Who is seriously ill?"

Gu Jinli smiled: "You really are divine, Elder, you guessed it right to a great extent."

Elder Doctor Wu took a sip of hot soup: "If it wasn’t for a serious illness, you wouldn’t have come at this time. Who is sick? Quickly come here, sit down, let me take your pulse."

Luo Wu sat down and stretched out his hand: "The Xia Family wrote me a letter, saying I was poisoned with Duan Yang Powder, a kind of infertility drug from the former dynasty’s palace, could you please check if I am really poisoned?"

He also took out an airtight box from the cloth bag at his waist: "Inside here is the poisoned venison, which hasn’t spoiled due to the cold weather; I haven’t thrown it away."

He didn’t throw away that letter either, but pieced it back together; all these were evidence that Xia Gu harmed him, with this evidence, he could report Xia Gu to the authorities anytime.

"Duan Yang Powder! The Xia Family actually has such a drug." Elder Doctor Wu became spirited and immediately took Luo Wu’s pulse, but alas: "I can’t tell from the pulse, the symptoms of Duan Yang Powder won’t appear in the pulse but will only become apparent after you have been childless for many years."

The explanation was exactly the same as Doctor Liu and Doctor Xiao, it seemed that Duan Yang Powder was indeed formidable.

"What about the method for poison testing?" Luo Wu asked again, feeling uneasy. If the method of poison testing was the same as what Doctor Xiao said, what should he do then?

However, Elder Doctor Wu’s explanation turned out to be exactly the same as Doctor Xiao’s and Doctor Liu’s.

Ms. Chu became anxious, "Is there really no other way?"

Before Elder Doctor Wu could reply, Gu Jinli continued to ask, "Grandpa Wu, will the poison from Duan Yang Powder accumulate in the blood?"

If it did, then she had a method.

Luckily, Elder Doctor Wu answered, "It does accumulate in the blood, but it requires being poisoned for over three months before the toxins will deposit in the blood."

Luo Wu hurriedly said, "The letter Xia Gu sent me stated that he poisoned me the first time I went to the manor, which adds up to almost a year now."

Elder Doctor Wu laughed, "That’s good."

Then he asked Gu Jinli, "Tell me about your method for testing the poison, let’s see if we have the same idea."

Gu Jinli explained the method of using blood for poison testing, which seemed quite simple: it involved feeding Luo Wu’s blood to fetus-borne male animals and then testing the male animals’ functions to see whether they were poisoned.

"Rats and rabbits are the best as they are small in size."

Once poisoned, they might fail completely, directly affecting their breeding ability.

However, she didn’t say the second half of her sentence aloud. With so many people around, if she mentioned it, Mrs. Cui would probably get anxious again.

Elder Doctor Wu understood, nodding, "Hmm, I understand."

This method was the same as Doctor Xiao’s and Doctor Liu’s direct feeding of poisoned deer meat to rabbits, just that this girl had thought of the deposition of toxins in the blood, which was superior to the two doctors.

Then Gu Jinli proposed another argument, "Considering Doctors Xiao and Liu fed poisoned deer meat to rabbits, the potency of the drug in Duan Yang Powder is very strong. Once small male animals are poisoned, it doesn’t need to settle and will quickly be apparent. You can first feed poisoned deer meat to male rabbits and then, after they are poisoned, drain their blood and feed it to other male rabbits to see if those rabbits get poisoned too."

Elder Doctor Wu listened and nodded vigorously, eager to try. He put on white cloth gloves, took out his instruments, and immediately began drawing blood from Luo Wu, collecting five porcelain vases before stopping.

Luo Wu, already ill, became dizzy from so much blood loss that he couldn’t see clearly.

Gu Jinxiu saw him swaying while sitting on a stool, and hurriedly pushed Brother Cheng to help support Luo Wu.

Brother Cheng, being clever, not only supported Luo Wu to prevent him from falling but also helped his elder sister by asking, "Grandpa Wu, with Luo Wu losing so much blood, he won’t die, right?"

o(*￣︶￣*)o Haha, he deliberately said this, since Luo Wu had bullied his elder sister, and cursing a few words wouldn’t really kill anyone.

Elder Doctor Wu said, "He won’t die; this young fellow is very robust."

Robust to an excessive degree!

Despite not fully recovering from a cold, and even after running around sleeplessly, Luo Wu had surprisingly not dropped dead, so draining a few vases of his blood certainly wouldn’t kill him.