Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 472 Ignorance

Song Ying looked at the man and quickly recognized him. "So it's the peddler. Hasn't he been to Xinghua Village to sell things in the past few years?"

Before the peddler could answer, the people around him became curious. The man surnamed Wang, who was being pulled by the peddler, asked in surprise, "Brother Li Wu, do you know each other? I haven't heard that your family went to the city to see a doctor in the past few years?"

Although compared with Guoxiang, the distances from several nearby villages to the city are closer, they are still far away. If people have minor pains or illnesses, they go to the market in Guoxiang. Only those diseases that cannot be cured by Doctor Cheng in Guoxiang will be treated in the city.

If someone in Li Wudi's family is seriously ill and cannot be cured by Doctor Cheng and has to go to the city, the people nearby will definitely know.

The peddler waved his hands and said, "I didn't meet her when I went to the city for treatment. A few years ago, I was asked by Mr. He to go and find out the candidate for his daughter-in-law. Among all the girls in their village, this girl impressed me the most.

A small girl, as thin as a bamboo pole, carrying a basket of pine needles on her back. The pine needles were piled up so high that you couldn't see her on the back. You could only see the pile of pine needles moving. It was said that she also raised her cousin and was very capable.

At this point, the peddler paused and looked at the man surnamed Wang suspiciously, "Brother Wang San, isn't this your niece? Don't you know her?"

"Niece?" The man surnamed Wang was confused.

Song Ying was also confused.

"Yes, this is your third sister's daughter. If not your niece, then what is she?"

The peddler was stunned, and then he looked at the bewildered Song Ying and shook his head, "You two uncle and nephew are really something, the uncle doesn't recognize the niece, and the niece doesn't recognize the uncle. Girl, this is your youngest uncle, your grandmother's youngest son."

The man surnamed Wang slowly turned his head and looked at Song Ying's face seriously. "Ha, I was wondering why she looked familiar. Her features are somewhat similar to my third sister, haha."

The people around were all very surprised. Someone said, "Wang Xianzhang, you are really good relatives. Even though the sister is dead, the two families should still visit each other. At least you should acknowledge your niece."

Some people subconsciously wanted to blame the niece for being a disrespectful younger generation. How could she not come to visit her grandma and uncles during the holidays? But thinking of Doctor Song Ying's identity, they did not dare to blame her and simply criticized the Wang family.

Wang Xianzhang was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into. When his sister died during childbirth, his family believed that the Song family had treated her harshly, so they went to make a big fuss. After the fuss, they talked about the child's breastfeeding. The Song family wanted his sister-in-law to help feed the child, but his mother got angry on the spot. The Song family also got angry, and the two families stopped communicating from then on.

When the child was young and needed feeding, we didn't have any contact with him. After he was weaned, we didn't have any contact with him. It continued like this.

Who would have thought that we would meet today, and it would be really awkward for the uncle and nephew to be strangers to each other.

Song Ying was also very embarrassed. Although no one blamed her, and although the decision was made by the elders of the two families and she had no decision-making power at all due to her young age, as a junior, she could only take some of the blame on herself at this time.

She forced a laugh and said, "It's my fault as a young person. I didn't come to visit my grandmother and uncles, so it doesn't make sense for the elders to visit me first."

"Young doctor, you are really polite, but this matter is not your fault. You were young before, and you didn't know the way even if you wanted to. Besides, these matters are decided by your parents. You live under someone else's roof..."

At this point, the villagers looked at Song Ying with extra pity, "Oh my, your maternal family doesn't care about you, and I don't know what kind of life you've been living these years."

These words made Wang Xianzhang even more embarrassed and ashamed.

Although he had no feelings for his uncle, he also had no hatred. Now that they knew each other, they would have to maintain the relationship of relatives every year. Song Ying naturally couldn't let everyone continue to blame his uncle, so he said, "I'm not a doctor now, and the hard days are over."

"That's right, she is really capable. Who would have thought that an orphan girl could become a doctor in the city."

"That's right. In this case, the Song family is still a kind family. They are willing to spend money to send their daughter to learn skills."

"Needless to say, if the Song family was not kind, how could they afford to give so much food to someone to feed a motherless girl who was drowned when she was born..."

Song Ying wanted to roll her eyes after hearing these words. Her grandmother was willing to give out food to feed her because her father insisted on raising her and not remarrying, so she had no choice but to compromise.

But to outsiders, this was also the kindness of her grandmother and her family. She couldn't refute it, so she only explained the first point: "I didn't ask for money to study medicine. When I was doing odd jobs, I caught the master's eye and he accepted me as his apprentice."

The villagers' enthusiastic praises paused, and Wang Xianzhang frowned and said, "Doing short-term work?"

The villagers' expressions suddenly became interesting. Song Ying was only fourteen years old now, and she could have been even younger before. Such a young girl could not do the hard work like adult men, so it was not easy for her to find a suitable temporary worker. There must be a lot of secrets behind this.

The peddler also sighed for a while, and finally remembered the important matter, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wang San, you have to come with me quickly, and you two uncles and nephews can recognize each other properly later."

"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Xianzhang nodded quickly, feeling relieved that he could finally escape from the embarrassment.

Song Ying wanted to nod, but suddenly she remembered that the family was her youngest uncle's in-laws, so she was also related to them, so she asked, "Since they are my aunt's family, should I go over and burn some incense?"

For these relatives who are roundabout and unfamiliar to you, it’s okay if you don’t know about them. But since you know about them, you should still ask them first and don’t be impolite.

Wang Xianzhang was stunned for a moment, then nodded again: "Yes, you should also go and burn some incense."

Song Ying followed him.

When they arrived at Zhang's house, the middle-aged woman who had helped the old woman of the Zhang family leave came up to them and said, "Finally, you are here. Head of the family, go to the mountain with your eldest brother and cut some trees to carry the coffin. Make sure they are thicker."

As he spoke, he saw Song Ying next to him and asked in surprise, "Who is this girl?"

Although she had been married for many years and didn't know the girls from her natal village very well, she could tell from the girl's clothes and her demeanor that she was not from the village.

Wang Xianzhang cleared his throat and said, "This is my third sister's daughter."

"Your third sister?" The woman was surprised. "Which third sister of yours could have such a beautiful daughter?"

Many people who helped out at the Zhang family also looked over. Wang Xianzhang was embarrassed again, "Who is the third sister? My dear third sister, this is our niece."

Mrs. Song Ying nodded slightly and called softly, "Aunt, I'm here to burn some incense for Sister Zhang."

The woman said "ah" in response, and after thinking for a moment, she finally realized, "It's you, the third sister who married into Xinghua Village, right? Oh, I haven't seen you for so many years, and your niece has grown up to be so beautiful."