It's settled...
Just like that?
"How did you persuade her?"
Li Wanming stood up.
She had talked to their eldest sister for several days, saying all kinds of nice and tough words, but failed to soothe her. Instead, she almost ran back to the Chen Family.
But their second sister managed to settle it in just a short conversation?
Wanmo snatched the tea from her hand and poured it into her own mouth.
"I told her that the Chen Family was already up to their necks dealing with Chen Lin's hidden illness. There was nothing she could do if she went back now. Instead, it would be better for her to learn some medical skills here so that she could help Chen Lin recuperate when she went back in the future."
"You want her to go back and help Chen Lin recuperate... Wait a minute. What did you just say?"
Li Wanming was suddenly startled, and her mind went into a whirl: "Chen Lin has a hidden illness?"
Wanmo looked at her for a while and frowned: "You've been wandering around for so long. Don't you even know this? Chen Lin, the only son of the Chen Family, is impotent! He can't have children!"
...
"How did you know that?"
It took Li Wanming a while to digest this news. Then she looked at Li Wanmo in confusion.
Wasn't it said that their second sister had been locked up in the back house of the He Family and had no contact with the outside world? How did she know such a confidential matter?
"Xia He told me!" Li Wanming said matter-of-factly.
Li Wanming was even more puzzled: "Wasn't Xia He locked up in the He Family with you? How did she know that?"
Li Wanmo put down the teacup and looked at her like she was a fool.
"I said, how did you act as the mistress? You can't even figure this out?"
"How did Xia He know that? Of course, Qiu Ying told her!"
"Their maids grew up together since childhood. They were sisters who shared everything. The fact that the eldest young master of the Chen Family was impotent would affect the happiness of their eldest sister's whole life. How could Qiu Ying not be anxious? How could she not tell them?"
Li Wanmo continued: "Not only did Xia He know this these two days, but Chun Tao knew it even earlier."
"What? Chun Tao knew it too..." Li Wanming was even more shocked and stammered, "Then... Why didn't she tell me...?"
Li Wanmo snorted: "It's not because of a certain self-righteous mistress who told the maids that since she was the shopkeeper now, they should be cautious in their words and deeds, talk less and do more. As a result, Chun Tao didn't dare to come and tell you anything."
Li Wanming was at a loss for words.
Indeed, there were several times when Chun Tao came to report the accounts to her. She wanted to say something idle, but was interrupted by her and given a lecture.
After that, when Chun Tao came again, she didn't say much anymore.
Wanmo raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Li Wanming, and looked extremely disappointed: "Tell me, what should I say about you?"
"Chun Tao, Qiu Ying, and Xia He have served us since childhood. They are our most intimate people and our eyes and ears."
"Many things that we can't say, can't do, and can't inquire about all rely on them to say, do, and inquire."
"You're good. Before others did anything, you cut off your own arm and blocked half of your way to obtain information. You're really stupider than all the fools in the world combined."
Li Wanming blushed and pulled at her sleeve, coquettishly: "Okay, second sister, I was wrong. I will definitely let Chun Tao keep her eyes and ears open in the future. If there's any sign of trouble, she will come and tell me first."
Wanmo snorted and said, "Fortunately, your husband's family has a clean background and is not a big and powerful family. Otherwise, a stupid girl like you would be eaten up by them without leaving a single bone after you get married."
"Yes, yes, yes. Second sister is the smartest and most capable." Li Wanming kept shaking her sleeve and acted submissively: "Tell me quickly. What's going on with the Chen Family?"
A man's impotence... This was a big deal.
Chen Lin was the only son of the Chen Family. Was this news reliable?
Wanmo said, "Do you still remember that when our eldest sister had been married into the Chen Family for a year without giving birth to a child, that old hag took her infertility as an excuse to take two concubines for Chen Lin?"
"Remember!"
Li Wanming nodded: "At that time, our eldest sister came back and talked to our mother. We two eavesdropped on them. We were both very angry. You almost rushed out and said that you were going to castrate that Chen Lin..."
Li Wanmo knocked on her forehead: "What eavesdropping! Gathering information for the family is not eavesdropping! We two are the scouts of the Li Family!"
She paused for a while and then continued, "Later, those two concubines didn't give birth either. That old hag got anxious and started stuffing women into Chen Lin's room constantly. She didn't know how many maids and concubines she had arranged secretly, but Chen Lin was like a castrated rooster and couldn't produce a single egg."
"The Chen Family finally realized something was wrong and started secretly looking for doctors and remedies. But this matter was embarrassing. They didn't dare to make a big deal out of it, so they could only look for quacks everywhere and try folk remedies."
"I heard that in the past year or so, Chen Lin has become a medicine jar. He doesn't know how many frog eyes, sheep testicles, and mouse tails he has eaten, but it never worked."
"Chen Lin couldn't stand it anymore. He simply moved out last month. Now he lives in Anyefang and refuses to go home no matter what. Chen Jinde is sick again and has no time to care. The Chen Family is in a complete mess now."
Ah...
So that was it.
After hearing this, Li Wanming couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to Chen Lin.
Frog eyes, sheep testicles, and mouse tails... How could anyone eat such things?
"So," Li Wanmo sighed and said, "Our eldest sister has a mental block."
"She married Chen Lin, so it's natural for her to regard Chen Lin as her responsibility. Chen Lin is such an unlucky weakling and coward. He is evil, but also pitiful. Our eldest sister won't feel at ease until she rescues him from the fire pit."
Li Wanming thought thoughtfully: "After all, our eldest sister is too kind..."
"Our eldest sister is just such a person. Even if others hurt her a hundred times, as long as they suffer a little, she can't bear it. Moreover, Chen Lin is her husband."
Li Wanmo stroked Li Wanming's hair and said, "Give our eldest sister some time. Sooner or later, she will see the true faces of the Chen Family."
Yes, no matter how pitiful Chen Lin was, he deserved it.
When his mother made things difficult for Li Wanxin, he never stood up to defend his wife. For the concubines his mother arranged for him, he happily accepted them all.
He wasn't blind to the torture and suffering his wife endured, but he just turned a blind eye.
Such a man was a heartless bastard.
But... He was Li Wanxin's husband.
"Is eldest sister really going to treat him?"
Li Wanming's voice was muffled. She felt it was not worth it for Li Wanxin.
Who would have thought that Wanmo's eyebrows twitched and she said, "Treat him? Who said we're going to treat him?"
Ah...?
"But you just said..."
Wanmo stared: "Is your husband some kind of miracle doctor or famous doctor in the medical field?"
"A man's impotence is such a difficult disease to treat... With your husband's two tricks of a quack doctor, do you think he can cure such a stubborn disease?"
"Then... Why did you tell eldest sister..." Li Wanming was confused.
"If I didn't say that, could I coax her?"
Li Wanmo crossed her legs and said very justifiably, "First talk to her nicely and let her learn here."
"As for how much she will learn in the future and whether she can cure him... I think it will be better than frog eyes and sheep testicles."
After Li Wanmo finished speaking, she drank up the tea in the cup and swaggered out of the door.
Only Li Wanming was left in the room, digesting her words for a long time.
She suddenly felt that the reason why her second sister could survive in the He Family was not by force at all, but by wisdom!