The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 716

Chapter 716: Chapter 644, Critically Ill_1

After the Dong Family left, Daohua’s spirits were low for several days, and afterward, she followed Madam Li every day, reviewing and calculating the accounts in addition to preparing for the end-of-year gift exchanges.

Once the accounts were settled and seeing the Yan Family’s wealth grow thicker, Madam Li’s smile deepened, "Before, when I found out that your father took over as the Magistrate of Ningmen Prefecture, I was rather reluctant."

"Ningmen Prefecture is vast with a sparse population, and most of the counties under its jurisdiction have barren land and impoverished people, making it difficult to manage. But now that I think about it, coming here really is the most suitable for our family."

Being sparsely populated, they could acquire more manors and farmland.

What might not be cost-effective for other families was almost certain to be profitable for theirs, as they possessed high-yield grain varieties.

Thinking of the origins of those grain varieties, Madam Li looked at Daohua with affection, "The old lady was right, a daughter is indeed a blessing to the family."

Seeing Madam Li staring at her, Daohua asked with a smile, "Mother, why are you looking at your daughter like that?"

Madam Li smiled and patted the account book on the table, "With the family’s current assets, I can now prepare a decent dowry for you."

The smile on Daohua’s face faltered.

Having witnessed her third brother and Jingwan being forced to part, and then seeing Yuanyao and Sun Changze elope, she deeply understood that in these rigorously traditional ancient times, free love was not tolerated by society.

It was their own lifelong affair, yet they didn’t have a say in it.

Xiao Yeyang... he wore even more and heavier shackles. Could there be a future for her and him?

The daily bustle made time fly, and before they knew it, it was New Year’s Eve.

Early in the morning, everyone in the Yan Family gathered in Old Madam Yan’s courtyard for breakfast.

Right after breakfast, while everyone was chatting merrily, Wang Manman hurriedly approached Daohua and said in a low voice, "Miss, Dongli has come."

At those words, Daohua was momentarily stunned. Why would Dongli come to find her at this time? Worried that her master and mother-in-law might be in trouble, she quickly excused herself from Madam Li and left the house.

Soon, she met Dongli at the Chuihua Gate.

Upon seeing Daohua, Dongli immediately said anxiously, "Miss, the old madam’s chronic ailment has relapsed."

Daohua’s expression darkened, "What happened? The mother-in-law was perfectly fine when I went to deliver the New Year’s gifts a few days ago."

Dongli hesitated for a moment before saying, "Just the day before yesterday, the Little Prince came to Taohua Temple and took the old master away. After that, the old madam fell ill."

Daohua looked surprised, "Master and Xiao Yeyang left? Where did they go?"

Dongli hung her head in silence.

Daohua frowned, "If the master has left, then who is taking care of the mother-in-law now?"

Dongli quickly said, "Caiju is taking care of her."

Daohua pondered for a moment, "Wait here; I’ll speak to my family, and then I’ll go with you to Taohua Village."

Hearing that Old Madam Gu was ill and Gu Jian had gone out, Madam Li didn’t stop Daohua, telling her to hurry over and take care of her.

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Taohua Temple.

When Daohua arrived, Old Madam Gu was lying in bed with a high fever, and Caiju was so anxious she was almost crying. Seeing Daohua, she appeared as if she had seen her savior.

"Mother-in-law!"

Daohua leaned over the bedside and softly called, but Old Madam Gu was already delirious with fever, mumbling incoherently.

Seeing this, Daohua quickly worked to cool her down and then prepared a prescription to reduce the fever, asking Caiju to brew the medicine.

After bustling about for most of the day, Old Madam Gu’s fever finally subsided.

Daohua breathed a sigh of relief, then went to the pharmacy, found the prescription Gu Jian had previously used to treat the old illness, and followed it to prepare the medicine.

After drinking the medicine, Old Madam Gu finally settled into a stable sleep.

By this time, the moon was already high in the sky.

Daohua asked Wang Manman to stay and watch over Old Madam Gu in the room, then she went to the main house to see Caiju and Dongli.

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Caiju and Dongli looked at each other, and it was Caiju who opened up, "Miss, we really don’t know. The Little Prince came in a rush the day before yesterday, and whatever he said to the old master, we didn’t hear a thing."

Daohua frowned deeply at them, observing for a long while, but she couldn’t discern anything from their faces. Finally, she asked, "Since it was Xiao Yeyang who took the master away, there probably wouldn’t be any trouble. Why then did the mother-in-law’s old illness recur? And why did it become so serious all of a sudden?"