No matter what people outside said, Chu Yunli didn't want to make Ms. Qin better anyway, so she had to go outside to collect medicine when she had time.

While Ms. Qin was ill, someone from the Qin family came to visit her with snacks, but it was just a visit and no further questions. It was obvious that Ms. Qin’s relationship with her natal family was not good. On this day, Chu Yunli came to

When I came back from the mountain with a basket, I saw Zhu Mingxiu before I entered the village.

This girl was Dai Yushan's best friend, but she came over every three days to invite Chu Yunli out, and there was a large group of people every time. By chance, Chu Yunli heard them talking, and it turned out that every time Zhu Mingxiu

Those young people asked her to invite her, and even gave her a thank you gift.

No matter how much the thank-you gift was, Chu Yunli didn't want to be with such a friend. So, these days, whenever she was invited, she refused on the grounds that she had to take care of her mother.

Zhu Mingxiu probably also noticed the indifference of his friend. After seeing Chu Yunli, he took a few steps forward with a bright smile, "Tao Shan, are you back? My mother said she wanted to see you."

Chu Yunli was a little surprised, "What's the matter?"

"You'll know when you go." She said, coming over to hold her arm. "My mother told me to take you back. If you don't go, she will beat me."

Chu Yunli glanced at the basket, which contained the medicine she had picked specially for Qin. Fortunately, she was cautious and picked some wild vegetables to cover it. If you didn't pay special attention, you wouldn't be able to see it. Even if you could see it, these people wouldn't recognize it.

Medicinal materials, not to mention medicinal materials that are not currently used as medicine.

The Zhu family lived not far away. As soon as they walked in, they saw Zhu Mingyue in the yard. He saw the two people who came in. He seemed very shy. He said hello and hurried to the backyard.

Zhu's mother was drying pickled vegetables under the eaves. When she saw Chu Yunli, she smiled and said, "The taro is here."

Chu Yunli was a little confused, "Auntie, do you have something to do with me?"

Zhu's mother looked in the direction of the backyard, smiled and said, "Yes, come here, I have something to ask you." After saying that, she motioned for Zhu Mingxiu to leave.

There were only two people left under the eaves. Mother Zhu smiled and said, "I heard that your mother is ill. Are you feeling better these days?"

Good is impossible to be good!

Chu Yunli couldn't figure out what she was thinking. The Zhu family had no special relationship with Dai Yushan in their two lives. She just stood aside and said, "The doctor said, you have to raise her slowly."

"That's it." Mother Zhu put down the chopsticks she was holding for plucking vegetables, and said with a smile, "I am a straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush. You are already fifteen, do you have any ideas about marriage? For example, whether you will get married in the future.

People are still looking for brides, betrothal gifts, etc. To be honest, Ming Yue has mentioned to me many times that he wants me to find someone to come to propose marriage, but I think it is better to ask about this kind of thing in person. Originally, I was asking your mother,

But now that your mother is ill, you have to make your own decision. So, I will ask you personally."

"You and Mingxiu have a good relationship, and I quite like you..."

Chu Yunli frowned slightly, recalled carefully, and made sure that Dai Yushan did not promise Zhu Mingyue anything in her memory, and then said, "Now that my mother is sick, I have to take care of her."

After he finished speaking, he felt that this sentence sounded like he wanted to get married but couldn't, so he added, "I have no plans to get married for the time being."

Hearing her previous words, Zhu's mother couldn't hide her disappointment.

It can be seen that no matter how much she wants to take Dai Yushan as her daughter-in-law, it is impossible for the Zhu family to marry her as long as she has to take care of her bedridden mother.

Seeing her disappointment, Chu Yunli felt relieved and picked up the basket, "Auntie, my mother is still at home, I have to go back."

Chu Yunli carried the basket and went home. Not long after she walked out of Zhu's house, she heard rapid footsteps behind her. When she turned around, she saw Zhu Mingyue chasing after her.

He ran out of breath, "Tao Shan, if there was no mother, would you marry me?"

"Unwilling." When it comes to emotional matters, Chu Yunli has always been very straightforward in rejecting people. Being tactful or looking for excuses is a kind of harm to others, making them feel that there is no hope at all. At this time, the more rude you are,

The more it makes people give up!

Zhu Mingyue was so nervous that he stopped breathing, but his face turned red when he heard this, "You still like Chen Huiyu, right?"

Chen Huiyu?

Hearing this name, something in Chu Yunli's heart moved. Chen Huiyu was Dai Yushan's sweetheart. She had told Zhu Mingxiu.

But that was just Dai Yushan's sweetheart. In Chu Yunli's view, both Zhu Mingyue and Chen Huiyu were half-grown children, and it was impossible for her to marry them.

There is no need to tell Zhu Mingyue whether he likes it or not. Chu Yunli turned around and said, "It's none of your business."

Even after walking a long way, I could still detect Zhu Mingyue's reluctant eyes.

Back home, Mrs. Qin is still sleeping soundly. Recently, she has been lying down every day, no matter the day or night. She has feelings all over her body, so when she wants to go to the latrine, she will call Chu Yunli to help her get up, so that it is convenient for her later.

Lying back down would save a lot of trouble.

What Chu Yunli said to Zhu's mother that day was later spread, and then Chu Yunli discovered that when she went out again, she encountered fewer young people, and there were also fewer people waiting at the door to say hello to her.

Somehow, these words reached Mrs. Qin's ears. When Chu Yunli brought the food with medicine in her hands that day, Mrs. Qin looked at her with complicated eyes, "In order to take care of me, you refused

Did you know about the Zhu family’s marriage?”

Chu Yunli delivered the meal to her, "You are my mother. Now that you are sick, I should take care of you. As for the Zhu family, I had no intention of getting married. Mingxiu had a bad idea, so she asked me out.

, and also accepted gifts of thanks from others.”

Behind her words, she seemed very close to and trusting of her mother.

Mrs. Qin frowned and said, "You have bad intentions. Don't play with her in the future."

This was the first time since Chu Yunli arrived that Mrs. Qin did not curse and spoke to her seriously.

There was no trace of strangeness on Chu Yunli's face and she agreed softly. Qin finished her meal and said, "If you want to get married, don't worry about me. Your father has been gone for so long, so I should go and accompany him."

"That's not possible." Chu Yunli took the bowl and chopsticks, "You can't only focus on my father. You have children, so you really don't care about me?"

When she said these words, she paid careful attention to Qin's expression. Seeing that she was in a trance when she heard about the child, she realized that there was a 90% chance that Dai Yushan was not Qin's biological child. As for her biological child, she didn't know where it was now.

Which. And the reason why Dai Yushan died must have something to do with that.

A lot of stories about real and fake daughters popped up in Chu Yunli's mind instantly... Don't worry, wait at most two years, until Dai Yushan dies, no matter what kind of ghost is behind, he will show up.

The days were peaceful. Chu Yunli was no different from Dai Yushan before, except for collecting herbs secretly to sell in the next town, and meeting fewer young people by chance.

Since Mrs. Qin became ill, her reputation has improved.

Why did Ms. Qin look down on her in the eyes of everyone in the past? Now Ms. Qin is bedridden. Regardless of whether she is really sick or fake, she is taking care of her seriously. She is really a very filial child.

In the afternoon of that day, Chu Yunli was hanging clothes at home when Zhu Mingxiu ran over and said while still outside the yard, "Tao Shan, hurry up, Mr. Chen is here."

The Mr. Chen she refers to is Chen Huiyu, and his father is General Chen who is stationed here and looks after the iron mines.

He has a good family background and is handsome. It is said that he is still studying and will take the imperial examination in the future. Even if he fails, he can still join the army. Compared with these young people in the town who are just waiting to grow up and go to the mines to live or die.

Chen Huiyu can at least be an official, and his wife will be an official's wife in the future.

It can be said that all the unmarried girls in the iron town want to marry him.

Chu Yunli glanced at her and continued what she was doing, "Go ahead, I have to take care of my mother."

Zhu Mingxiu blushed, "What am I going to do? You obviously like him, so I came to tell you with good intentions and accompanied you, but you actually said this... It's so sad."

Chu Yunli said nonchalantly, "That's just right, you don't have to go."

Zhu Mingxiu: "..."

She stood outside the fenced courtyard and remained motionless for a long time. Seeing that Chu Yunli was hanging clothes slowly and without any movement, she tentatively asked, "Are you really not going? The last time he came was last month.

, I heard that he will return to the capital in a few days to take the county examination, and then he will also study, so he may not come again..."

Chu Yunli didn't even raise her eyelids, "No, you can go alone. I didn't say you liked him. You can just go and see the excitement."

Zhu Mingxiu looked at the street over there and saw that many people were heading to the main street and stamping their feet, "Then I'll go see the excitement and tell you when I come back."

Even though he said he couldn't go, Chu Yunli really didn't go.

Many families in the town relied on men working in the mines to earn wages to support their families, but there were also a few people who cleared wasteland and farmed the land. However, the harvest was not good. Fortunately, they cleared wasteland and did not have to pay grain taxes. In the blink of an eye, it was July.

Everyone who has land at home is preparing for the autumn harvest, but gradually the village is talking about Hu Laosi.

This man has disappeared for more than a month. He is alone. He usually hangs out with a few fair-weather friends. Most of the time he makes money with those friends. If he can't make it, he goes to work in the mines for a few days.

The first person who noticed that he was missing was his friend, but for someone like this who only came to visit him, it was just the right time for him to disappear, and no one mentioned it.

But as he disappeared longer and longer, some people began to murmur in their hearts.

Could it be that he fell into a ditch when he was drunk and died without anyone noticing?

People in the town were talking a lot. On this day, Chu Yunli was drying clothes in the yard again. Aunt Zhu next door was also drying clothes. The ropes between the two houses were close to each other. She glanced here several times and said with a smile, "Tao Shan

Ah, recently it was said that Hu Laosi fell to death, have you heard about it?"

"I heard." Chu Yunli looked coldly, "It doesn't necessarily mean that he fell to death. Didn't they all say that he always boasted that he had rich relatives in Manyun City? Maybe it's not necessarily that he went there..."

Aunt Zhu interrupted her, "It's all his bragging. He's from his own family over there in Manyun City, and they're just ordinary people selling tofu. How could they take him in?"

"Auntie, I can tell you clearly," Chu Yunli smiled at her, "Then tell me, where did he go after not seeing anyone for so long?"

Aunt Zhu looked at the road outside the yard and moved closer to Chu Yunli. "Tell the truth, did he see you before he disappeared?"

Chu Yunli looked surprised, "Why did he see me? We don't know each other!"

It is a bit far-fetched to blame such a girl for the disappearance of a grown man named Hu Laosi. Aunt Zhu smiled awkwardly and said, "I just want to ask."

While Chu Yunli was drying her clothes, she glanced at Aunt Zhu from the corner of her eye. Speaking of which, the two families had been neighbors for many years, at least more than fifteen years.

Before Dai Yushan died, Hu Laosi said that the money given to him would be enough to marry a good-looking wife, but that was not a small amount of money. If he could spend so much money to kill her, he must not be an ordinary family.

Thinking of this, Chu Yunli smiled and said, "It seems like you know a lot about this town?"

"Of course!" Aunt Zhu originally wanted to change the subject, but after hearing this question, she gestured, "There is nothing that can be hidden from me in this town!"

"Oh?" Chu Yunli looked unbelieving, "What do you think when people say that my mother can't give birth to a daughter like me?"
To be continued...