Mrs. Chen was chattering along the way, and Yun Jiao quickly understood.
This family is the Sun family, the same Sun as Sun’s, and this is also the maiden family of Sun.
Their family not only has about two hundred mu of land in the countryside, but also a shop in the county town.
The husband of the woman in labor, Sun Yuan, also took the scholar examination last year and married the County Magistrate’s niece, making the family even wealthier and more powerful.
However, Sun Yuan did not attend the autumn exams this year; the teacher at the academy said he wasn’t ready yet.
In this village, everything spreads quickly, and by the next day, the story of Yun Jiao saving the Sun family’s daughter-in-law was already spreading around the village.
When Yun Jiao followed the Sun family, it was noon, and many villagers saw her running into the Sun family’s house.
She and Mrs. Chen came out with a medicine box, and some people saw that too.
Soon, even Mr. Jiang knew that Yun Jiao had saved the Sun family daughter-in-law and received five taels of silver as a consultation fee.
When he heard the news, Mr. Jiang was watching people play chess, surrounded by several other elderly men. Someone laughed and said, "What a blessing for Lao Jiang to have married such a capable granddaughter-in-law into the family."
An old man next to him chimed in, "This granddaughter-in-law is indeed capable. She earned five taels of silver in less than an hour just for a consultation. Many families don’t even earn five taels of silver in a year!"
"Such a good granddaughter-in-law, and she’s already been separated from the family."
The old man glanced at Mr. Jiang, "What a pity, five taels of silver, tsk tsk tsk!"
Mr. Jiang, already regretting splitting up the main house, felt even more vexed by the man’s ridicule and went home feeling depressed.
Once home, he locked himself in his room, pondering bitterly if there was a way to bring the main house or Yun Jiao back into the big family.
This really makes one envious!
The next day, Gu Mei also heard at home, and Sun added, "You’re all born from the same parents, how come your younger sister’s medical skills are so great, and you haven’t learned a bit?"
Gu Mei was infuriated and mulled over it in her room for a while. No wonder Yun Jiao came home and took the ancestral medical books and the Golden Needle, she had prepared in advance.
The more she thought, the angrier she got. Wasn’t it just reading a few medical books?
It was the ancestral medical books that were amazing, not Yun Jiao!
She was literate too, she could cure diseases by reading medical books!
Once Gu Mei figured it out, she couldn’t wait to run over to the Jiang family side.
As she passed Jiang Youzhi’s room, Gu Mei couldn’t resist taking a look inside.
Jiang Youzhi was leaning against the bed, reading a book.
Gu Mei’s gaze roamed unrestrained over his handsome face.
He had some minor scratches on his face; Yun Jiao hadn’t applied any medicine, so the cuts had scabbed over. Even so, that face still made people want to keep looking.
Jiang Youzhi suddenly looked up, his gaze as piercing as lightning as it landed on Gu Mei.
He found Gu Mei a very peculiar woman and had no interest in her, though he was somewhat interested in the secrets she carried.
Gu Mei curled her lip, scoffing; a cripple, no matter how good-looking, was just that.
She quickly walked past, reaching the side room, knocked casually on the door twice, and went in.
Yun Jiao was also reading a book, and not only that, there were several books on the desk.
Gu Mei reached out to grab a book from the desk, Yun Jiao shot up, and pushed her away, "What are you doing?"
Gu Mei answered confidently, "I’m taking a book!"
"These books were passed down by our ancestors; I have a share in them too. Why should you have them all to yourself?"