Chapter 51: Chapter 51 The Female Lead Seeks Medicine (2)_1 Chapter 51: Chapter 51 The Female Lead Seeks Medicine (2)_1 Auntie Wu saw the Ruanlin Family and immediately pushed Ruan Jianguo away. She looked at the Ruanlin Family as if she had seen a relative, rattling on, “Auntie Ruan, I remember a few days ago your Jiaojiao had a fever and got some medicine from the clinic, right? Hurry, give me some. That worthless girl of mine suddenly got a high fever, and it’s not coming down. Give me some medicine quick.”
The way she spoke, it was as if the Ruanlin Family were supposed to give her the medicine.
“What are you saying, each person has their own illness, how can you just take medicine recklessly? If you want medicine go to the clinic and get it, it won’t cost you more than a few cents,” the Ruanlin Family refused, they had just had an argument a few days ago, and she was not generous enough to just give her medicine.
“But this is urgent, isn’t it? Give me some now, and next time, I can pay you back, can’t I?”
“Pah! Who wants your medicine! Are you cursing someone in my family?” the Ruanlin Family cursed in anger.
“Yes, yes, yes, I misspoke. Auntie Ruan, you’ve watched Tingzi grow up, your family has medicine, give me some,” Auntie Wu smacked her own mouth.
“No!” It wasn’t that the Ruanlin Family was stingy, but rather that the medicine should not be taken without care—who knew what problems it might cause if taken improperly? The clinic was located at the end of the village, a ten-minute walk away at most, or five minutes if you ran, and yet she insisted on asking for medicine from their house, how stingy!
“Ah, Auntie Ruan, don’t be so stingy, just a little bit, just enough to reduce the fever.”
“With the time you’re wasting arguing with me, you could have gone to the end of the village to buy medicine. Go now, the clinic isn’t closed yet,” the Ruanlin Family still flatly refused, and as she spoke, she pushed Auntie Wu out the door and slammed it shut.
Auntie Wu got pushed outside and immediately flared up, forgetting she had come to ask for medicine. She started cursing loudly at the door, “We’ve been neighbors for so many years, and who would have thought, Auntie Ruan, that your family is heartless enough to watch someone die without helping, all these years of being neighbors for nothing!”
The Ruanlin Family was furious; she opened the door, grabbed a pole, and swung it at Auntie Wu while cursing, “I haven’t even settled the score with you, and you have the nerve to be shameless, scram! Even if I had medicine, I’d give it to a dog before I gave it to you!”
Auntie Wu was startled by the pole the Ruanlin Family swung at her, hopping back several steps and barely dodging. She even fell on her butt. Seeing that the Ruanlin Family seemed ready to hit her again, she quickly turned and ran, but she kept cursing as she ran away.
“What rubbish!” the Ruanlin Family snorted coldly and closed the front door.
“Grandma? Is Wa Yiting sick?” Ruan Jiaojiao asked from the entrance of the main hall.
“Oh dear, Jiaojiao, why did you get up? Not wearing enough, it’s cold at the drafty spots, come inside quickly,” seeing Ruan Jiaojiao come out in slippers and without a coat, only in thin indoor clothes, the Ruanlin Family hurriedly wrapped her arms around her and walked her inside.
“Grandma, is Wa Yiting sick?” Ruan Jiaojiao asked again.
“Yes,” the Ruanlin Family scolded Ruan Jie on the side for not watching Ruan Jiaojiao. She checked Ruan Jiaojiao’s small hands and feet to make sure they weren’t cold before replying, “Her aunt came to our house asking for medicine, who knows what she was thinking.”
“What was she thinking, she just didn’t want to spend the money,” Ruan Jie said from the side with a sarcastic tone.
“What’s it to you, child, don’t go talking about everything under the sun, go on, go back to sleep,” the Ruanlin Family said impatiently, waving her hand.
“Well, you really are a sterling example of burning bridges,” Ruan Jie clicked his tongue in disapproval.