The Barefoot Doctor said, "If you really want to die, next time go find a place in the woods where no one can see you and hang yourself again."
He was entirely focused on saving people, and seeing someone intentionally seeking death made him very angry.
The Old Woman dared not cry anymore; she wiped her tears and slowly sat up.
The Old Woman's Eldest daughter-in-law was unwilling for the Old Woman to wake up. "Shen Ruoxi, it would be great if she died. If you save her, then you will be responsible for her from now on."
The Eldest son still stood there silently, his gaze seemingly filled with hatred.
The Barefoot Doctor sharply rebuked, "She is your mother, how can you speak like that?"
"Mother?" the Eldest daughter-in-law said mockingly, "Outsiders are better than this old woman. Anyway, I won't accept her. Whoever wants her can take her away!"
Shen Wan Ni blamed her, "She is your Mother-in-law. No matter what, you shouldn't drive her out of the house."
The Eldest daughter-in-law scoffed, "You are so kind, why don't you take her home and care for her yourself!"
Shen Wan Ni was rendered speechless, "You..."
Shen Ruoxi spoke weakly, "Can someone tell me what exactly happened?"
The original plot didn't mention anything about this Mother-in-law; perhaps it was the plot she changed that caused some subsequent changes.
The Eldest daughter-in-law angrily recounted the whole matter—
The Old Woman had two sons.
The Eldest son was more honest and farmed at home.
The second son was smarter, and the Old Woman sent him to study. After succeeding, he was quite well-regarded in the County Town, which made the Old Woman extremely partial to her younger son.
While the younger son was studying, it was mostly the Eldest son who earned the money, yet after the younger son succeeded, the Eldest son gained no benefit whatsoever.
Not only that, but once when the Eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant and feeling unwell, preparing to see a Doctor, the money was taken by the Old Woman to subsidize the younger son instead. This resulted in the Eldest daughter-in-law having a miscarriage, causing the Eldest daughter-in-law to hate the Old Woman to death.
The County Town where the Old Woman and the younger son and daughter-in-law lived was quite comfortable, but three months ago, the Old Woman suddenly fainted.
Asking a Doctor for diagnosis and buying medicine cost a lot of money.
Once or twice was within the younger son's capacity to bear, but after several times, the younger son could not manage it, so he returned home to ask his elder brother and sister-in-law for help.
The elder brother and sister-in-law had never been treated kindly by the Old Woman, so naturally, they were unwilling to help.
The younger son had no choice. Thinking of how his mother had cared for him over the years, he gritted his teeth to pay for her treatment, but his mother's illness never improved, and their family savings were emptied.
The younger daughter-in-law felt uncomfortable and spoke sarcastically every day, constantly making veiled criticisms.
The Old Woman did not want to burden her younger son any longer, so she dragged her sick body back home. What she didn't expect was that the Eldest son and Eldest daughter-in-law would rather suffer a bad reputation than accept her.
Sitting alone in the dark for most of the night, the more she thought, the more desperate she became, and the Old Woman decided to end it all.
After hearing these words, Shen Ruoxi secretly cursed, 'Serves her right.' This Old Woman was reaping what she sowed.
She stopped speaking, having done enough by saving the person.
Shen Wan Ni, however, was somewhat persistent. "She is gravely ill. No matter what, she is your mother; you should give her a place to stay, right?"
The Eldest son spoke sarcastically, "You are so kind-hearted, why don't you take her home? You can personally take care of her from now on, watch her closely, wouldn't that be better?"
Shen Wan Ni was silenced by the retort.
She thought to herself, in her previous life, everyone would agree with whatever she said and help her; why was no one helping her in this life?
Shen Ruoxi glanced at Shen Wan Ni, thinking the female lead's brain wasn't quite right to speak like that.
Seeing Shen Ruoxi looking on like she was watching a show, Shen Wan Ni felt indignant. "Shen Ruoxi, you saved her, so what do you think should be done?"
Crap, she was being dragged into this!
Shen Ruoxi looked at Shen Wan Ni, thought for a moment, and said, "Someone go to the County Town and find the Old Woman's younger son. Tell him I can cure his mother's illness and ask if he is willing to pay for the treatment?"
Shen Wan Ni looked at Shen Ruoxi in disbelief. "Are you crazy? You just learned medicine, and you can cure her Difficult and complicated diseases?"
A villager said, "Exactly, Shen Ruoxi, this is no joke. Someone could die."
Shen Ruoxi calmly stated, "Grandfather has many Medical Books. If we flip through them, we can surely find a matching ailment. Then we prescribe medicine accordingly, guaranteeing Medicine cures all diseases."
The Barefoot Doctor quickly said, "Shen Ruoxi, you are simply making a scene. Treating an illness isn't that simple. If one could cure diseases just by flipping through Medical Books, why would so many people be incurable?"
Shen Ruoxi retorted, "Grandfather, if you don't even try, how do you know you can't cure her?"
She was confident in her ability to treat the illness, otherwise, she wouldn't have said such things.
The Barefoot Doctor: "..."
Shen Ruohao was anxious and scared. If someone died, their family would be completely ruined. "Shen Ruoxi, even Grandfather doesn't dare claim he can cure her. You are just a novice, what do you know?"
Shen Ruohan was also extremely anxious. "Shen Ruoxi, are you not going to stop until you've ruined all of us!"
Shen Ruoxi spoke unhurriedly, "Grandfather, if we don't find a way to treat the Old Woman now, and her sons and daughters-in-law won't accept her, what should we do? Should we just watch the Old Woman die?"
If the Old Woman wasn't treated, she would likely only have the path to death ahead of her.
The Barefoot Doctor felt Shen Ruoxi was right; this matter needed resolving. "Someone go to the County Town and deliver a message to her younger son, tell him there is a way to save his mother."
First, trick him into coming back, then discuss the matter of the Old Woman's residence. Otherwise, should they really watch the woman die?
A villager said, "I'm going to the County Town later; I'll take the message."
The Barefoot Doctor nodded, "Then hurry up."
The villager nodded, returned home briefly to fetch some things, and immediately left for the County Town.
Half an hour later, a somewhat haggard Young man appeared in Shen Ruoxi's sight. He wore blue brocade; his clothes were significantly better than those of the villagers and looked quite imposing.
He was the Old Woman's younger son, Shen Jingshan.
Shen Jingshan clasped his hands towards the Barefoot Doctor. "Doctor Shen, I apologize for troubling you."
The Barefoot Doctor waved his hand. "It's nothing." He changed the subject, "It's not easy for you to come back, so let's skip the pleasantries. Ruoxi just found an ailment in the Medical Book that closely resembles your mother's condition. This Prescription should be able to cure your mother. What do you think?"
During the half hour of waiting, Shen Ruoxi and the Barefoot Doctor flipped through Medical Books together, and Shen Ruoxi found a corresponding symptom.
It was fortunate they found one, otherwise, she would have exposed the fact that she knew medicine.
Shen Jingshan was not an ungrateful person either. "If Doctor Shen can cure my mother, that would be for the best. Please write the Prescription, Doctor."
The Barefoot Doctor nodded, then wrote down a Prescription. "Shen Yan, take this to make the Decoction."
"Yes, Grandfather." Shen Yan walked over, took the Prescription to Dispense Medicine, and glanced at Shen Ruoxi during the process. When did she learn to read?