Shu Mingzhi cheated on his brothers as usual, "Miss Xu, don't think so much. It would be great if someone like my third brother can find a wife. How can there be any delay?"
Xu Ning twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at the honest Shu Mingli, and didn't know how to answer.
Sun persuaded her on the other side: "The most important thing right now is to pretend to be sick to deceive your sister-in-law. The marriage can be postponed until later. You are still young and you don't need more than three to five months. What do you think?"
After a group of people's earnest persuasion, Xu Ning finally nodded and agreed to the plan of pretending to be sick, but she had concerns in her heart, "I have never done such a thing. What if I can't pretend to be sick and my secret is revealed?"
"It doesn't matter, I can teach you!" Yan Yan volunteered to stand up.
Without waiting for the people around her to answer, she lay down on the ground skillfully, covering her stomach with her hands, pouting her little mouth and moaning: "Oh, my stomach hurts, my legs hurt, my head hurts, everything hurts, grandma
, am I going to die?”
Xu Ning was dumbfounded, "Is this okay? If the doctor comes over to check and there is no problem, won't the secret be revealed?"
Shu Mingzhi said: "It's better if the doctor can't find any problems. It means you are seriously ill! Now your sister-in-law doesn't know that the matchmaker has found a buyer. She is not defensive. As long as the acting is not too outrageous, the secret should not be revealed.
Do not worry."
Xu Ning nodded, "Okay, I'll make some preparations first, and then I'll do something else when I get back in the evening..."
*
At the end of the day, Xu Ning finished washing the last pile of dishes, washed her hands and returned to the grocery store next door.
Mrs. Liu, the Xu family's sister-in-law, lost her composure when she saw her. Her pair of drooping triangular eyes suddenly raised, her gaze sharp and mean, "Hey, you still know how to go home? You are eating and drinking outside all day long, I thought you were
I can’t bear to come back.”
Xu Ning lowered his head and did not dare to answer, and walked quickly towards his room.
Ms. Liu didn't intend to let her go easily. She stretched out her arm and roughly pulled her back, "I'm talking to you. Don't you have ears?"
Xu Ning's voice was muffled: "What do you want to say, sister-in-law?"
"Don't you know what you want to say?" Mrs. Liu glared at her fiercely, "There are so many good meats and vegetables in the restaurant next door, can't you find a chance to get some back while you're working there?"
Xu Ning raised his head, looked at her sadly and said: "It's easy to get some back, but if someone finds out, will my sister-in-law control what I eat and what I drink from now on?"
Ms. Liu was heartbroken by her vicious, wolf-like eyes, and pushed her with her backhand, "You bitch, who are you staring at?"
Originally, according to Xu Ning's strength and physique, her push was innocuous, but at this moment Xu Ning was worried about not finding a chance to act, so she pushed him and he simply lay down.
"Ah, my butt hurts so much, my stomach hurts, my head hurts, it hurts me so much...Sister-in-law, I'm going to die, I'm going to hurt so much..."
Xu Ning lay on the ground, curled up, waving his hands randomly, looking as if he was possessed by an evil spirit, which was very scary.
Mrs. Liu was startled by her sudden movement. She stepped back and scolded: "What are you pretending to do? Get up quickly. I just pushed you gently. How can it be so serious?"
"Sister-in-law, I really hurt. Everywhere in my body hurts. Please go get me a doctor to look at me. I beg you."
Xu Ning pretended not to hear her scolding, and crawled in front of her on both hands and feet, grunting every time he took a step, describing it as extremely miserable.
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Liu began to murmur in her heart, could this girl really have a problem with her fall?
Although she doesn't like this little sister-in-law who can eat, she still expects her to wash, cook and serve her. What if she really falls and becomes disabled?
But please call a doctor, it will cost money, it’s not worth it...
"Stop crawling. My sister-in-law will help you go into the house and have a rest. This shouldn't be a big problem for you. You'll be fine if you rest for a while."
Mrs. Liu stamped her feet angrily, stepped forward and hugged her arm, trying to help her up.
Xu Ning deliberately teased her. When he was about to stand up, his body tilted and fell back. Liu was unprepared and was taken down without paying attention.
Xu Ming, the eldest brother of the Xu family, happened to see the scene where the two fell into a ball. His first reaction was that his wife and sister were fighting. He was so frightened that he quickly ran over to start a fight while dancing.
Unexpectedly, halfway through, her foot slipped and she tilted forward, hitting Mrs. Liu on the head. The hit made Mrs. Liu roll her eyes and almost fainted.
"Xu Ming, do you want to kill me? Are you trying to kill me?" Mrs. Liu freed up an arm and beat and scratched the man.
Xu Ming struggled to sit up and was about to reach out to his wife when Xu Ning began to groan in pain: "It hurts, brother, my stomach hurts so much and my head hurts. Please call me a doctor quickly..."
"Why do you have a headache and a stomachache when everything is fine?" Xu Ming quickly left his wife to look at his sister. He found that his sister was already breaking out in a cold sweat and ran out without asking anything.
Not long after, he ran back with the doctor.
Although Mrs. Liu didn't have anything nice to say, people were here and they didn't have the nerve to stop him from checking his pulse.
Just as Xu Ning guessed, the old doctor almost wiped away the sparse beard on his chin without diagnosing what the problem was. Finally, he shook his head and said to Xu Ming:
"My medical skills are not up to par and I haven't been able to diagnose the cause of your sister's illness. However, judging from her symptoms, she may have suffered from an acute illness. We need to find out the cause of the illness as soon as possible and prescribe the right medicine. If we continue to delay, she may die of pain."
After saying this, the old doctor didn't even ask for a consultation fee, picked up the medicine box and left shaking his head.
There were two lines of tears in Xu Ning's eyes, and she stretched out her hand to Xu Ming tremblingly, "Brother, I don't want to die, I want to live...Brother, I'm still young, and I haven't lived a good life yet."
Xu Ming held her hand, tears streaming down his face, "Sister, don't cry, brother will definitely cure your illness, even if he tries to sell iron, he will cure your illness."
As he spoke, he wiped away his tears and hurried to the next room to get money to hire a doctor. But how could Mrs. Liu obey him? She blocked the door with her hands on her hips and refused to let him in at all costs.
"What do you want to do? Didn't the doctor just say that the cause of the disease cannot be found. Dr. Zhang is so powerful that he can't do anything about it, and others don't have that ability. You'd better rest as soon as possible and don't waste money!"
"But that's my sister, my biological sister!" Xu Ming covered his face in pain and started to cry.
Mrs. Liu was determined and unmoved, "What happened to my sister? The big and strong are still your biological sons. Why don't you think about them?"
Xu Ming was still crying, "What can I do? I can't watch my own sister lying on the bed and hurt to death, right?"
Ms. Liu pursed her lips and thought for a while, then quickly made a plan in her mind, "How about we send her next door? Let's say she is tired and sick from working in the restaurant, and let her be treated by a doctor next door."
"Can they agree?"
"They have to agree even if they don't agree. Everyone is watching. Xu Ning goes to their house every day and serves them plates and bowls. Isn't it right for them to give Xu Ning a doctor?"