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Chapter 70 Sweet Dreams
As soon as the medicine entered her mouth, Lu Jinyan frowned slightly, but quickly returned to normal. She glanced at Ruohan, said nothing, and obediently drank the entire bowl of medicine.
Seeing that she had finished her medicine, Ruohan smiled and took the bowl from her, saying, "I won't disturb you two sisters' conversation any longer. But Chuchu, Miss Lu has just woken up and shouldn't overexert herself. Don't talk for too long."
"Okay, Brother Ruohan, don't worry, I'll be out in a bit!" Chu Chu nodded obediently.
"Alright, Miss Lu, please rest well. I'll be going now!" Ruohan said, then left with the medicine bowl. Lu Jinyan watched Ruohan's departing figure, then turned to Chuchu and said, "When did you become so familiar with him? You're even calling him 'brother' now!"
“Brother Ruohan is older than me, so isn’t it only right that I call him brother? Besides, Yanyan, you’ve been in a coma for the past two days. Brother Ruohan has been taking care of you day and night, and he even put his own blood into the medicine, saying that it would help you recover faster.”
Chu Chu tilted her head, looking puzzled. She was close to Ruo Han because he was kind to Lu Jin Yan, and he even gave Lu Jin Yan his blood to drink. Even though his own body was already very weak, he still drank three bowls of blood every day, and no one could persuade him otherwise.
She will naturally treat those who are good to her well in return!
"As expected!" Lu Jinyan sighed. She had noticed it when she drank the medicine earlier. There was a faint fragrance in the medicine that was very familiar to her. She thought it smelled a lot like Ruohan's blood.
Previously in the cave, Ruohan had fed her blood once. Although the taste was somewhat masked by the medicine just now, she could still taste it. Now that Chuchu has said this, it's confirmed that there was Ruohan's blood in the medicine!
"Chuchu, go tell your brother Ruohan that he mustn't do this again next time. I'm awake now, and I'll be fully recovered soon. Tell him to stop giving me blood to drink, or I'll get angry!"
Ruohan's body was already very weak. Now that she had just escaped the tiger's den, she should have been recuperating properly, but instead they were going to bleed her. How was she any different from the Wang family members?
Besides, this is a backlash from tearing the talisman, so drinking his blood won't do any good. She can go back to the system and ask if there are any special medicines, and take a couple of pills.
"I understand, Yan Yan. You just woke up, and Brother Ruo Han said it's not good to overexert yourself. You should rest now. I'll talk to Brother Ruo Han, don't worry!" Chu Chu nodded obediently, tucked the blanket around Lu Jin Yan, and then left quietly.
Lu Jinyan did feel sleepy after taking the medicine, so she didn't force herself to stay awake and simply closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Perhaps because of the medicine, Lu Jinyan felt that the pain in her body had lessened a bit. She slept soundly and even had a sweet dream.
In her dream, she returned to the small rural village where she was born, back to when her grandparents were still alive. She was a little girl of seven or eight years old. Her grandmother was stewing her favorite cured pork ribs in the kitchen, her grandfather was helping her grandmother tend the fire in front of the stove, and she was hiding in front of the kitchen door playing with the neighbor's kitten.
The kitten, named Grey, belongs to the next-door neighbor. It's quite chubby and loves coming to her house to play. Watching her grandparents chatting while busy with their chores, Lu Jinyan felt very happy.
Grandpa and Grandma have a very good relationship, so good that it's enviable. Sometimes Lu Jinyan wonders if there were such happy young couples in the era when Grandpa and Grandma lived.
Lu Jinyan remembered that her grandfather once told her that in her grandparents' generation, there was no free love; all marriages were arranged by parents and matchmakers. At that time, Lu Jinyan's grandfather was tall and strong, and had dark skin. His family's financial situation was neither good nor bad.
However, because Grandpa Lu looked somewhat fierce and was not easy to get along with, the matchmaker proposed marriage twice, but the other party refused both times. On the third attempt, they mentioned Grandma Lu Jinyan's family.
Grandma Lu has six siblings. She is the fifth oldest. Apart from her fourth brother and her younger sister, all the others are married.
Grandma Lu's family wasn't well-off, and her fourth brother hadn't found a wife yet. So when the matchmaker came to propose marriage, Grandma Lu's family saw that the dowry offered by the Lu family was quite good, and they agreed without hesitation, thinking that with that dowry, they could find a wife for their fourth brother.
In Lu Jinyan's grandparents' generation, newlywed couples usually never met before marriage. Their understanding of each other came from the matchmaker, and they only met for the first time on their wedding day.
Grandma Lu was short and timid. On the day of their wedding, everyone who saw the difference in size between the young couple thought that their future life together would probably be difficult.
There were even many people secretly waiting to see what would happen. After all, in those days, men were the pillars of the family, the only ones in charge. Men made all the decisions in the family, and women didn't have much of a voice, much like women in ancient times.
At home, a woman obeys her father; after marriage, she obeys her husband; and after her husband's death, she obeys her son. For a woman like Grandma Lu, who is short, timid, and weak, life in her husband's family would be even more difficult.
Even Grandma Lu thought so at the time, after all, Grandpa Lu's appearance was too frightening. But who knew that Grandpa Lu was very happy with this young wife. Although he looked fierce, he was actually a very good person.
After the marriage, Grandpa Lu treated Grandma Lu very well, and the two elders of the Lu family also treated Grandma Lu very well. In other families, daughters-in-law not only have to serve their husbands, but also their parents-in-law, sisters-in-law, etc., and they also have to do housework and farm work.
The Lu family only has two sons. Grandpa Lu is the eldest, and there is a younger brother. However, the younger brother is still young and not yet of marriageable age. After Grandma Lu married into the family, everyone treated her very well. She only needed to do what she wanted to do and did not need to serve her parents-in-law because they were not old and could take care of themselves.
Grandpa Lu doted on his daughter-in-law and rarely let her do anything. Grandpa Lu and his brother did all the dirty and tiring work at home, while Grandma Lu and the two elderly people did the easiest jobs.
In other families, daughters-in-law have no say in the household; the family finances are either controlled by the mother-in-law or the husband. But in the Lu family, ever since Grandma Lu married into the family, the mother-in-law has handed over the reins of household management to her.
And tell her that she can decide for herself what she wants to eat and what she wants to buy, without having to ask them.