Chapter 340
Chapter 340: Chapter 334_1 Chapter 340: Chapter 334_1 Lin Yue’s symptoms every time her menstruation came were abdominal pain and weakness in her legs. In front of so many people, Lin Yue didn’t want to be accused of behaving frivolously. Although she and Zhao Erhu were husband and wife, in that era, displays of intimacy between spouses were nonetheless considered something to be done behind closed doors. Therefore, she insisted on walking out of the workshop and only then leaned on Zhao Erhu, “Zhao Erhu, I can’t walk anymore, carry me back.”
By that time, the weather had already turned very cool. Having sat there in the cold breeze for so long, Lin Yue felt chilled to the bone, and now her belly began to hurt again. Cold sweat broke out in her palms, and she felt as if she didn’t have the strength to take even one more step.
“Wife, are you having stomach cramps again?” Seeing Lin Yue like this, Zhao Erhu quickly picked her up and asked with concern.
Ever since Jiang Ziqi had helped Lin Yue with her health issues, she had been very regular every month. Zhao Erhu had always been mindful of it and kept track of the days. He had simply forgotten momentarily due to the busyness of recent days. Now, seeing his little wife’s reaction, he immediately remembered and blamed himself. No matter how busy he was, he shouldn’t have neglected his little wife, especially on a day like today, allowing those damn fools to push her to this state.
Lin Yue nodded weakly in Zhao Erhu’s arms, looking utterly listless. She had forced herself to endure it earlier, but now, without any reservations, the pain in her belly seemed to worsen, so much so that she felt like crying; her eyes even started to redden. In front of Zhao Erhu, Lin Yue found it hard to control herself and became much more delicate.
Zhao Erhu, seeing his little wife in such pain, felt incredibly distressed, “Wife, hang in there a bit longer, we’re almost home.”
“Zhao Erhu, I’m in so much pain I could die,” Lin Yue groaned, pressing on her stomach, truly wishing she could just pass out.
Zhao Erhu rushed back to their room with Lin Yue in his arms, placed her on the bed and covered her with a blanket. Then he hurried to the kitchen to prepare some brown sugar water.
“Here, wife, drink this bowl of brown sugar water, it will ease your stomach pain,” Zhao Erhu said, letting Lin Yue lean against him as he fed her the brown sugar water and gently massaged her belly.
With a warm heating pad inside the blankets and Zhao Erhu pampering her like this, and after drinking a bowl of warm brown sugar water, Lin Yue began to feel much better. The warm hand on her belly gently massaged, as if breaking up the hard lumps inside. Lin Yue, now feeling completely exhausted, gradually fell asleep leaning on Zhao Erhu.
When Zhao Erhu saw his little wife was sound asleep, he kissed her forehead and gently moved her from his arms onto the bed. He stayed by Lin Yue’s side for a while before heading towards the workshop.
By then, Doctor Zheng had already arrived, examining Dahu’s injuries, “Don’t worry, the injury isn’t serious. It’s just a superficial wound; oral medications aren’t necessary. I will prescribe some topical plasters for him to change regularly every day, and that should suffice.”
“That’s good, that’s good. Thank you, Doctor,” Liu exclaimed. Although Dahu had said he was fine, Liu was still worried. Hearing Doctor Zheng’s words, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and thanked the doctor repeatedly.
After Dr. Zheng left, Zhao Erhu finally had time to settle accounts with Zhao Zhiguang. Zhao Zhiguang attempted to talk his way out at first but was left speechless under Zhao Erhu’s questioning. When it came to compensating Zhao Dahuo’s medical expenses, Zhao Zhiguang shamelessly retorted, “Zhao Erhu, you’re well aware of my family’s situation. I don’t have the money, just this worthless life.”
With such brazen defiance, Zhao Zhiguang was betting on Zhao Erhu’s inability to do anything to him, expecting at most to lose a few days’ wages. Zhao Erhu let out a cold laugh. After all, he wasn’t really after Zhao Zhiguang’s meager amount of money. He gave Zhao Zhiguang a sound beating and threw him out, venting the frustration within him. If it weren’t for these people creating such a fuss, his young wife wouldn’t have been so cold and in pain earlier on.
Having dealt with the matter, Zhao Erhu hurried back, worried about his ailing wife after being away for so long.
When he arrived at the room, he saw his young wife still sleeping soundly on the bed. Zhao Erhu went to the kitchen and stewed the pig’s feet he had bought earlier, set the soup on the stove to simmer slowly, then returned to the room to watch over her.
Lin Yue had slept for more than two hours, and when she woke up, it was already evening. Seeing Zhao Erhu by her side, she smiled knowingly, “Zhao Erhu, it seems like I’ve slept for quite a while. What time is it now?” Lin Yue rubbed her eyes, her voice carrying a trace of languor and softness, her cheeks flushed red from sleep, looking exceptionally naive and lovable.
Feeling a tickling fondness and fearing that Lin Yue might catch a chill, Zhao Erhu wrapped her up in the blanket and lifted her, “You lazy pig, you’ve slept for over two hours. If you hadn’t woken up, I was about to wake you up myself.”
“I’ve slept that long? Did you take care of the business at the workshop? That Zhao Zhiguang, I suspect he was deliberately incited by someone to lead the trouble. We must teach him a good lesson.” Once awake, Lin Yue immediately thought of the workshop incident. She had been feeling too unwell to deal with it at the time, but now, after a good sleep, she was feeling better and began to worry about the situation there once more.
“Don’t worry, it’s all taken care of. Zhao Zhiguang admitted that someone was behind his actions, but he wouldn’t say who. Seeing he was quite the rogue, I gave him a good beating to avenge you.” While speaking, Zhao Erhu casually stroked Lin Yue’s head, a habitual gesture of his. Seeing his young wife so compliant and close in his arms, Zhao Erhu couldn’t describe the intense satisfaction he felt.
“Such people need to be taught a lesson to deter others from causing trouble in our household in the future.” Hearing that Zhao Erhu had given Zhao Zhiguang a severe beating, Lin Yue felt truly relieved and was not concerned about Zhao Zhiguang being hurt badly. She believed that Zhao Erhu knew where to draw the line; at most, Zhao Zhiguang got what he deserved.
“Wife, with so much happening at home, why didn’t you tell me? If it hadn’t been for today’s incident, I wouldn’t have had any idea that the cancellation of contracts with the various mansions had spread throughout the village. Whoever is behind this must be taking advantage of the situation to try to bring us down.” Zhao Erhu didn’t mean to blame Lin Yue but felt sorry that she had to shoulder everything alone.
“I thought you were already tired enough from running around in the city every day. I didn’t want to trouble you with these petty matters. I didn’t expect Zhao Zhiguang to stir things up today. But it’s good that this happened; it gives us the chance to clear out those with ill intent. If we kept them around, they would only end up causing more trouble.”
“You’re right; times like these reveal people’s true intentions. But still, you must tell me everything from now on. Don’t keep things from me. Do you know how worried I was when I heard from the hired hands that there was trouble at home? I feared something might have happened to you.” As he spoke, Zhao Erhu tightened his arms around Lin Yue through the blanket.
Lin Yue nestled in Zhao Erhu’s embrace and obediently nodded. She was happy to accept her old man’s concern, “Mm-hmm, I understand, it won’t happen again! By the way, how did things go in the city for you? Did you find out anything?”