Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 982: Girl Saves Boy

Tian Xiwang’s wife wanted to call on her man and son to move Tian Hui’er down from the mule cart, but when she realized Tian Hui’er had really fainted, she cried out anxiously, "Her father, her father, come quickly and see, our Hui’er has really fainted."

Gu Dagui: "..."

So Tian Hui’er was pretending to faint earlier?

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiwang and his son felt scared too, fearing Tian Hui’er might have something serious and wouldn’t be able to marry into the Gu Family to support her own family. They then said to Gu Dagui, "Take us to the clinic quickly!"

They decided to have Hui’er treated first, knowing the Gu Family wouldn’t escape. Once Hui’er recovered, they would revisit the marriage proposal.

With a snap of the whip, Gu Dagui drove the mule cart and took them to the Liu Family Clinic.

Doctor Liu had just returned from the Shi family, and as soon as he came out of the bath, he heard there were patients at the door, arriving by mule cart, suggesting they must be from a wealthy family. He couldn’t miss such an opportunity, so he skipped dinner and personally went to diagnose.

But before the diagnosis, he kindly asked Tian Xiwang’s wife, "I am the best doctor in Liu Family Clinic. If you want me to diagnose personally, the fee is a bit high."

Tian Xiwang minded the silver and asked, "How high is high?"

Doctor Liu: "Not very high, just the same as what rich families’ young masters and misses pay for medical treatment."

Tian Xiwang hesitated upon hearing this, knowing well that the medical fees for young masters and misses of wealthy families were never cheap.

However, Tian Xiwang’s wife cursed, "What are you dawdling about? It’s only a dozen or so taels for the diagnosis. Once Hui’er marries into the Gu Family, she could bring back tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Tens of thousands of taels of silver!

Doctor Liu straightened his back upon hearing this and, adopting a miraculous tone, said, "This girl’s life is precious and needs careful examination, or it may affect her offspring in the future."

Tian Xiwang’s wife panicked, "What? My Hui’er’s illness could affect her offspring? Oh no, that can’t wait. Please quickly take a look."

If Hui’er couldn’t bear children, even if she married into the Gu Family, she would be divorced and sent back home.

After hearing this, Doctor Liu started taking Tian Hui’er’s pulse, but... the pulse felt a bit wrong, as if she had a blood-spitting condition; the pulse was weak but she didn’t look like she was dying.

And it seemed this girl was poisoned?

However, Doctor Liu couldn’t be sure, as he couldn’t determine whether the girl was poisoned just by feeling her pulse. He needed to test.

Strangely, after examining the girl’s blood for an hour, the result showed no toxins in her body.

Tian Xiwang’s wife saw Doctor Liu toiling for an entire hour and thought Tian Hui’er had some terminal illness, almost fainting with fear.

But fortunately, Doctor Liu finally said, "We can’t be sure now. You should stay in the clinic tonight, and we’ll observe after your daughter wakes up tomorrow."

If she wakes up without any issues, then there is no major illness. If she wakes up spitting blood or faints again, she might be poisoned or suffering from a terminal illness.

Tian Xiwang’s family had no choice but to stay. However, staying there cost silver as well. They wanted to ask Gu Dagui for money, but Gu Dagui was nowhere to be found.

Tian Xiwang’s wife cursed, "Miserly Gu Dagui, ran away faster than a rat. Bah, do you really think we would borrow money from you and not return it?"

Once Hui’er marries Gu Jin’an, their family would have endless silver to spend.

...

Gu Dagui had already returned to Gu Jinli’s house, telling them about the events at the clinic and that sentence from Tian Xiwang’s wife, "Our Hui’er really fainted this time," to everyone there.

"That Tian family girl must have been pretending to faint earlier."

Mrs. Chen, hearing this, raised her chin and proudly said, "I knew from the start that girl was pretending, just wanting to cling to Xiao Yu’s family for a chance to marry Brother An. Who doesn’t know such tricks? If she really wants to marry Brother An, she should use another method, like saving the man and bringing him home." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"If a man spends a night in the girl’s house, he learns the girl saved him, and for the girl’s reputation and gratitude, he has to marry her immediately, right? That Tian family girl just used the wrong method. In such times, who still tries to cling to a man’s family using such delicate means. Do you think just by clinging to a man’s family, they’ll marry you? Are their parents fools? They won’t let a vixen like that get her way!"

Mrs. Chen spoke passionately, spitting on the snacks on the table as she talked.

The Third Grandma glared at her in disgust and scolded, "Talking is one thing, but why are you yelling? Your spit is all over these snacks; how are we supposed to eat them?"

Mrs. Chen laughed, "If no one’s going to eat, I’ll take them to my room. I’ve been feeling very hungry in the middle of the night lately and need something to fill my stomach."

The Third Grandma angrily replied, "In your dreams, these snacks were sent as a gift from the Magistrate. You can’t eat them all by yourself."

With that, she took the upper layer of snacks and placed them on the yellow paper, then took the ones underneath, along with the plate, and left.

Mrs. Chen didn’t get angry. Instead, she happily picked up the snacks on the yellow paper and ate them.

While she was enjoying her food, she noticed Gu Dagui staring at her as if he’d seen a ghost and immediately yelled angrily, "What are you staring at? Haven’t you seen me before?"

Gu Dagui raised his hand, pointed at her, and, trembling, asked, "Back then when Little Tyrant Lin from the neighboring village set dogs on me, leading me to fall into the pond, you rescued me and brought me clean clothes... Was that your plan all along? Did you pay Little Tyrant Lin to bully me?"

Gu Dagui and Mrs. Chen weren’t brought together by a matchmaker but because he took a liking to her himself.

He was taken with Mrs. Chen precisely because she saved him and, despite the risk of being beaten by her family, stole her brother’s clothes to give him, and even gave him food to eat.

Even though what she gave was only two wild vegetable and sorghum cakes, causing his throat to get scratched up, he was still so moved, feeling that Miss Chen was so kind to him and willing to help even if it meant getting beaten by her family.

From then on, their relationship developed from returning clothes and returning food to pleading with his family to go to the Chen family to propose marriage and asking to marry Mrs. Chen.

But just now, what did he hear?

Could it be that the life-saving kindness he thought of years ago was actually Mrs. Chen’s own design?

"When Brother Wang turned one year old, I went to town to buy items for his celebration and met Little Tyrant Lin. He said it was his credit that I was able to marry you. At that time, I didn’t think much of it, only thinking that our fate was thanks to him bullying me. But now I realize he meant something else!"

Gu Dagui was about to explode with anger, roaring, "You wicked woman! I have been so good to you, and you were scheming against me!"

Mrs. Chen slapped her own mouth. This mouth of hers, why couldn’t it keep a secret? One slip of the tongue and everything came out.

However, Mrs. Chen wasn’t afraid of Gu Dagui discovering the truth about back then. With her hands on her hips, she shouted, "So what? Even if I was the one who liked you first, and arranged for Little Tyrant Lin to set dogs on you, what of it? If I hadn’t done that, when would a wooden blockhead like you ever notice me?"

Her family was notorious for being down and out across the ten miles and eight villages, with no decent family daring to propose marriage. The only ones coming were widowers wanting her as their second wife.

She refused to marry those people and actively sought good young men across the ten miles and eight villages. Eventually, she filtered out a few, one of whom was Gu Dagui.