285 Two Families turned Rivals
Lu Jiao could tell that Li Yuyao was truly thankful and shook her head, “Lady Li, you don’t have to be so polite. I’m a doctor and it’s my job to save patients.”
Before Li Yuyao could speak, an older woman opened her lips, “That’s right, Yuyao, she’s a doctor. It was her job to save you and your son. Plus, the Hu family paid her for it.”
Lu Jiao turned and recognized the woman speaking to be Li Yuyao’s mother.
Lu Jiao clearly remembered that this woman fought against having Qi Lei in the room in fear of Hu Shan leaving Li Yuyao. She said it was inappropriate for a man to be in the delivery room.
A mother who was willing to risk her daughter’s life for reputation was a mother Lu Jiao looked down on.
However, Lu Jiao didn’t comment. Li Yuyao’s eyes darkened but her expression remained soft. Her words, however, were full of spikes, “That’s true. Lady Lu charged money for the treatment. It’s also true that she saved our lives at a time when everyone else had given up on us.”
A lot of people in the room were intrigued by that comment and stared at Li Yuyao and her mom.
They knew that Li Yuyao gave birth with her family around. If they were to think through what she was saying now then they could easily tell that something went wrong. Did the Li family give up on her and her son?
Li Yuyao’s mother noticed the look in everyone’s eyes and her expression dropped. Her first reaction was to sneer at Li Yuyao.
Beside her, Li Yuyao’s sister-in-law pulled their mother away, “Mother, come and see. The baby just smiled.”
Li Yuyao’s mother finally suppressed her anger and went to check out the baby.
Li Yuyao exhaled deeply. It wasn’t that she wanted her family to look bad, she just felt so bad every time she thought of what happened back then.
Her own son and she were so close to death all because of her own mother. When her mother commented that Hu Shan would leave her, she had thoughts of dying. If it weren’t for Lady Lu, she truly would’ve died.
Li Yuyao grabbed Lu Jiao’s hands, “Lady Lu, thank you, really.”
Lu Jiao was almost embarrassed to be praised so much, “Lady Li, you’re too kind.”
Li Yuyao grinned, “Okay, then we can act more like friends going forward.”
She then gestured for a young girl to come and said to her, “Xiaoxiao, this lady here saved my life and your brother’s life. From now on, treat her like your real aunt.”
Li Yuyao then introduced to Lu Jiao, “This is my young daughter, Lingxue. Her nickname is Xiaoxiao.”
Lu Jiao took out a little pouch and brought it to Hu Lingxue, “Xiaoxiao, this is penta-colored fruit. It’s a gift for you.”
The penta-colored fruit was something Lu Jiao asked Aunt Hua to make. She used a little bit of spiritual water when making it. Therefore, despite its rather normal appearance, it would condition the body very well.
Hu Shan’s eldest daughter, Hu Lingxue was only five but was very docile. She was respectful and polite. After taking over the gift, she thanked Lu Jiao happily, “Thank you, aunty.”
Lu Jiao really liked this gentle girl and patted her head, “Feel free to come and play at my house anytime.”
Hu Lingxue turned to Li Yuyao, who smiled in response, “I’ll bring you to aunt’s house later.”
“Okay, mom.”
Lu Jiao then introduced the four little ones to Li Yuyao, “These are my quadruplets. They’re four years old this year and I refer to them as the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Born.”
She then asked the four little ones quickly, “Greet your aunty.”
The four little ones crisply answered, “Aunty Li.”
Li Yuyao answered them happily before she asked her servant to bring out the gifts she had prepared for the four little ones.
She prepared four jade pendants, all of which were carefully picked out by her and wrapped up nicely in a pouch.
The four little ones happily took over the gift and thanked Li Yuyao, “Thank you aunty.”
Li Yuyao patted the four little ones’ heads and said happily, “Good boys. How about you go play with Xiaoxiao in the west wing?”
There were only adults here so Li Yuyao asked her daughter Hu Lingxue to take the kids and go play in a different room.
He Lingxue was only five years old. Since the four little ones and the other children here today were all very little, Hu Lingxue didn’t object. After she stared at the quadruplets in amazement for a while, she gestured for them to follow her.
The women outside started to ask Lu Jiao about where she came from and how old her children were.
Before Lu Jiao could answer, Li Yuyao introduced to everyone, “You may not know her, but you must know her husband. Her husband is scholar Xie Yunjin, who attended school here. When he took his scholar exam a while back, he placed first and was quite famous around here because of it.”
Everyone knew who Lu Jiao was then and started to treat her with much friendliness.
“Ah, so you are scholar Xie’s wife. It’s the first time I’m meeting you, please forgive my obliviousness.”
“You lived in the countryside until recently?”
“I’ve heard that scholar Xie is highly knowledgeable. My father says he will for sure place first during the exam next year and will likely pass the imperial exam later on. He’s going to become an official.”
Most of the women here were wives of businessmen. In this era, businessmen were ranked low in society and they all wanted to form alliances with families of officials. Given Xie Yunjin’s great potential, everyone was treating Lu Jiao with much warmth.
Lu Jiao very naturally conversed with the women. After a while, the conversations became about her medical skills.
Everyone was having a good time when a new group of people walked in.
As the matriarch, Li Yuyao got up to greet the new guests.
The new guests were the four entrepreneurs of the Qinghe District. Zhang, Liang, Cao, and Wang. The two leading the group were Liang and Cao, who’s been involved in many controversies lately.
The two families bumped into each other as they walked and glared down at each other.
Liang Ziwen may have kept his life but his bottom half was essentially useless. The Liang family acted like the heavens had collapsed and therefore hated the Cao family.
How could they just let the Cao family pass by them when they walked?
“Cao, if my son’s health doesn’t get better, I will not forgive you. Cao San is a person who should suffer in hell. We are never going to let him go.”
The Cao family reputed angrily, “Why aren’t you lecturing your own son? He got himself involved with the woman my third uncle had his eyes on. The two of them even slept together. Of course, my third uncle was angry. If you want to blame anyone, blame your own son. He forgets how to walk when he sees a woman.”
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