Changsheng's family has a fairly large yard because they usually dry herbs there. When they are not drying herbs, the yard is kept very spacious, unlike other people's yards which are filled with firewood and other messy things.

Seeing that Changsheng had no intention of driving them away, the villagers also swarmed into the yard.

The originally empty yard suddenly became crowded.

At this time, Sixth Grandpa came out from the main room and saw the child in Lou's arms. "What happened?"

When Changsheng saw his grandfather coming out, he immediately stood beside him, staring at the Gu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, with an attitude of protecting his grandfather.

He saw that these people looked fierce, so he wanted to protect his grandfather.

"Doctor Shen! You are at home!" When Mrs. Ma saw Shen Lianchuan in a long robe, she lowered her head unconsciously.

The villagers usually go to the fields to work, and they all wear short clothes. Only the respectable people and scholars in the city wear long gowns.

In Taohua Village, they usually only saw the head of the village, Wang, and the patriarchs of the Shen and Gu families wearing long robes for a while when they had something to do. Most of the time, they worked in short clothes.

The person who is seen wearing long gown the most is Doctor Shen, besides the scholar from the Gu family.

In the minds of the villagers, people who wear long robes are capable people, so naturally everyone has a little more respect for people who wear long robes, and Old Ma is no exception.

There are many people like Lao Ma who are typical bullies who bully the weak and fear the strong in the village.

As soon as Mrs. Ma said this, she immediately realized the fear in her heart. She looked around and didn't see her eldest son, and she immediately became angry.

The eldest son is unreliable, and there are 19 grandsons in the family waiting to get married, so Mrs. Ma is determined to take the risk.

She did not give Shen Lianchuan a chance to speak. She sat down on the ground, slapped her thighs, and started crying at the top of her lungs. However, anyone with eyes could see that Mrs. Ma was just making thunder without raining.

"Oh my God! My poor granddaughter! How did you become a fool? How will you get married in the future? Oh my God, please open your eyes..."

Old Ma was sitting on the ground, crying and howling. She had a mean look on her face to begin with, and now she was trying hard to act like she loved her granddaughter, and the look of wanting to cry but not being able to was really an eyesore.

"Mom, don't be too sad. Cao'er was ruined by Changsheng's wife. We all know that Doctor Shen is a most compassionate doctor and he will not ignore it." The third daughter-in-law covered her face with a handkerchief and advised loudly.

She didn't say this to Mrs. Ma, but to put Doctor Shen in a bad light.

But the villagers are not fools.

Old Ma's acting skills were extremely poor. Her daughters-in-law, who stood by and wiped away their tears from time to time, were no less good at acting than Old Ma. They were obviously not sad at all, but they insisted on pretending to be sad in front of everyone, causing the villagers who were watching the show to laugh.

"Mrs. Ma, what day is it today? Are you here with your daughters-in-law to perform a big show?"

"Hahaha...this is such a bad acting! He's been crying for a long time, but I haven't seen a single tear."

"Exactly. Do you take us for fools?"

"Maybe they think we don't give them any reward!"

"What a farce! They are here to ask for compensation. We live nearby, and everyone knows that the child in the Gu family's eldest wife's house has been burning for several days, and no one has checked on him. He might have been burned stupid and is trying to blackmail us on purpose!" Ergouzi has a good relationship with the Changsheng family, so naturally he can't stand seeing Old Ma slandering Sixth Grandpa.

He is a rich man now, very confident, and his voice is much louder than before. When he shouted, the villagers who were watching the fun heard it clearly, and those who were usually taken care of by Shen Lianchuan immediately echoed him.

"That's right. I've never heard of anyone being made stupid by medical treatment. Either they fell down and became stupid, or they had a fever that damaged their brains..."

"Yes! Even if Changsheng's wife is not very good, she has been studying with Doctor Shen for more than a year. No matter how poor her medical skills are, she can't turn a good person into a fool!"

"Oh! Everyone knows that Mrs. Ma only wants a son. There are nineteen grandsons in the family waiting to get married. Shouldn't she seize such a good opportunity?" Feng jumped out from the crowd again and immediately expressed what Mrs. Ma was thinking.

When Mrs. Ma heard this, she didn't dare to look back to see who said it. A trace of guilt subconsciously flashed across her face, which was seen by Mrs. Lou.

The arms of the child she was holding stiffened. She raised her numb eyes and looked in disbelief at old Ma who was sitting on the ground in front of her.

She thought that Mrs. Ma came to extort money this time for her daughter's future plans, but she didn't expect that it was for her precious grandsons to find wives.

How could she be so stupid? She should have thought of this earlier...

There was a flash of hatred in Grandma Lou's eyes, but no one noticed.

Shen Rong brought the bowl into the kitchen and came to the yard, where she happened to hear what the Gu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and the villagers were talking about.

Seeing that the villagers were reasonable, Shen Rong finally felt better.

She came to Sixth Grandpa, cleared her throat, and said loudly: "Gu Ma, please don't spit blood on me!

The child had a fever for several days in a row. She was already delirious when your eldest daughter-in-law brought her to me. My grandfather had not come back at that time. I felt sorry for your granddaughter's high fever, so I got some water for the children to help her reduce her temperature. Your child caught a cold. She had not eaten enough all year round and her health was very poor. I did not dare to prescribe any medicine for her. I only made her a bowl of ginger soup. Can ginger soup damage the brain?

Anyway, I have never heard that drinking ginger soup can damage your brain."

Shen Rong's words were well-founded.

The villagers who were watching the fun nodded repeatedly.

"Yeah! I've never heard that drinking ginger soup can damage your brain!"

"This old Ma is really unreasonable. The child is delirious with fever. What was he doing earlier?"

"What else can I do? I just can't bear to part with a few eggs!"

"Doctor Shen usually treats the villagers very cheaply. If you go to see a doctor outside, it will cost at least a dozen coins. Just go to Doctor Shen and get a few eggs. You won't get such a good thing anywhere else!"

"Who says it's not true? But in the minds of some people, a girl's life is not as important as a few eggs!" Liu Jinfeng howled again in the crowd.

In the past few days, Lou had begged Ma countless times for a few eggs to use for her daughter's medical treatment, but Ma refused to give them any. Liu Jinfeng couldn't stand it anymore and tried to expose everything Ma had done.

"Isn't it? Twelve granddaughters are not worth one egg!" Feng immediately agreed.

The two of them sang in unison, reminding the villagers of old Ma's great achievements. The little sympathy in everyone's hearts disappeared instantly.

A woman who can kill a dozen granddaughters in one breath doesn't need their sympathy!

When Mrs. Ma heard the villagers' discussions, she stopped crying and her eyes began to roll around.

She knew that she could only achieve her goal today by being unreasonable and rude.

In order for her grandson to get married, Mrs. Ma had no choice but to take the risk.

She stood up from the ground all of a sudden, with her hands on her hips, and she scolded her daughter-in-law with the same vigor she usually had at home, "How come it's okay? It's because your grandfather didn't treat her in time that her brain was damaged. Don't you have any reasons?"

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