Siheyuan: The beauty Xueru Huizhen, the birds are jealous

Although Jia Dongxu had the urge to question Yang Ming together with his wife, the memory of being beaten by Yang Ming in the past was like a lingering haze, which made him give up his original idea.

"Yang Ming, why do you treat me like this?" Qin Huairu asked angrily.

"Didn't we agree on this before? I'll give you fifty yuan and you'll stop preventing Dongxu from going home?" she continued to ask.

"Besides..." Although Qin Huairu did not directly state her contribution, her expression was enough to convey her dissatisfaction.

"What's wrong?" Yang Ming responded calmly, "Jia Dongxu didn't return home?"

"He is indeed back." Qin Huairu said.

"Then why are there still problems?" He continued, "I promised you that Dongxu's charges would be dropped so that he could go home. Aren't you worried that he would be fired by the steel mill because of this? Now that these have been resolved, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"But..." Qin Huairu couldn't help but say, "My mother-in-law is still in there!"

"That's another matter." Yang Ming said calmly, then he raised his head, his eyes fell on a specific place, and said slowly: "The matter we discussed last time..."

Qin Huairu immediately protected her chest vigilantly, with a look of alertness on her face.

"Forget it." Yang Ming shook his head. "Jia Zhang is old and has no job. Even if she comes out, she will just stay at home idle. In my opinion, it's okay to let her stay in there for a while."

"Or..." He changed the subject, "If your family pays another fifty dollars, I will drop the charges against her, how about that?"

These words made Qin Huairu fall into deep thought. She really felt that her mother-in-law was idle at home and often nagged her. Now that Jia Zhang was imprisoned, the family was much quieter.

After returning home, Qin Huairu confided her dissatisfaction to her husband. Although she did not express her thoughts directly, she also revealed the pros and cons.

Although Jia Dongxu seems to be filial, he also has some complaints about his mother.

Especially this time, he felt that if it weren't for his mother's instigation, he would not have made such a big mistake.

"Fifty yuan is indeed not a small amount." Jia Dongxu said after deep thought, "Our family is short of money right now and we can't afford so much money. Besides, this isn't the first time Mom has been in jail, so let's just let her go back to the countryside and experience life for a few days."

Soon, the Military Control Commission issued a verdict: Jia Zhang was sentenced to one year in prison for theft and occupation of other people's houses. Jia Zhang herself, until the moment of being sentenced, was still hoping that her son could rescue her.

After being formally confined, she suddenly realized that her son, who usually regarded himself as filial, was actually indifferent to her life or death.

"Do not!"

"Dongxu, how could you do this? I am your mother!"

"It must have been that evil woman Qin Huairu. She must have instilled something in Dongxu. Otherwise, how could such a filial child like my Dongxu treat me like this?"

"Qin Huairu, you evil woman!"

"When I regain my freedom, I will punish you severely!" To a certain extent, Jia Zhang inadvertently touched upon the outline of part of the truth.

In Yang Ming's view, the disputes in the courtyard were just a small setback in his life journey. At least, Jia Zhang's absence made the atmosphere in the courtyard much more harmonious, and allowed Yang Ming to focus more on other matters. He was not fighting alone. Although Xu Huizhen's tavern and Chen Xueru's silk shop seemed to be run independently by the two ladies, Yang Ming's wisdom was behind them, giving them advice and solving problems. In addition, Yang Ming never gave up his study of martial arts and medical skills. However, compared with the slow progress of martial arts (bhec), his medical skills made rapid progress with the help of the medical book left by Sun Renxiang, and he easily reached the fifth level. Although Yang Ming did not know what kind of attainments the fifth-level medical skills represented, when he fully understood the contents of the medical book, he had the intention to ask Sun Renxiang for advice. In Baicaotang, Yang Ming came with a gift, but heard the sound of conversation coming from the inner hall. He had an idea and guessed that maybe Sun Renxiang had a distinguished guest visiting him, or there was a patient who was seeking medical treatment for something he was reluctant to talk about.

"Friend Yang, how come you have time to come here today?"

Sun Renxiang's voice came from the inner hall, and then he walked out. He showed a hint of surprise when he saw Yang Ming.

"Mr. Sun,"

Yang Ming respected this close friend of his senior brother very much. After all, Sun Renxiang not only gave him medical books, but was also his half-teacher.

"I haven't been to Baicaotang for a long time. I happened to pass by today and came to visit you." He explained while handing over the gift in his hand.

Sun Renxiang looked at the gift and knew what was going on, but he snorted deliberately, "You understand the ways of the world better than your senior brother."

"Every time that old man Chen comes to my place, he never comes without a reason, let alone bringing gifts. I'll be satisfied if he doesn't take a few of my herbs."

Hearing this, Yang Ming just smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

"alright,"

Sun Renxiang said, "I happen to have two old friends here today, you can come in with us." Then he led Yang Ming to the inner hall.

Yang Ming followed closely and entered the inner hall. In addition to Sun Renxiang, there was also a white-haired old man who was in high spirits and was talking to them.

Beside the old man, a middle-aged man with elegant manners stood quietly, his temperament revealing an indescribable deep elegance.

This middle-aged man gave Yang Ming a strange feeling of déjà vu, as if he had met a shining star in his previous life.

Yang Ming secretly speculated that this middle-aged man might be a famous person he had seen in movies and TV shows. However, the specific name was like a flower in the fog, and it never emerged clearly in his mind.

Seeing this, Sun Renxiang introduced the two directly: "This is Chen Yunfeng's fellow apprentice, Yang Ming. Before, Chen Yunfeng asked me many times, hoping that I could teach him medical skills. To my surprise, Yang Ming's comprehension ability was very high. In just one hour, he understood the essence of the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine without any mistakes."

As soon as these words came out, both of them couldn't help but look at Yang Ming with admiration and curiosity.

"Brother Yang is truly gifted, and Master Sun has found a great disciple." They all congratulated Sun Renxiang.

Sun Renxiang was also very pleased. Although he and Yang Ming had not formally established a master-disciple relationship, Yang Ming had inherited the essence of his medical skills, so he naturally regarded him as his most proud student.

"Yang Ming," Sun Renxiang pointed at the two people beside him, "This is the Chinese painting master Qi Baishi, and this is the Peking Opera star Cheng Dieyi."

Hearing these two names, Yang Ming's heart was also throbbing. He didn't expect that Sun Renxiang's circle of friends was so wide, and he actually had a deep friendship with these two master-level figures.