When Su Mian woke up the next day, it was past 9am. Ever since she had the tower space, this was the first time she had woken up so late and her strength had recovered a bit.
He Qin saw Su Mian wake and quickly told her to get up, wash her face, and eat breakfast. Early in the morning, someone had come to see Su Mian again. He Qin had said that Su Mian was not feeling well and had stopped them.
When she entered Su Mian’s room, she felt distressed again, “Xiao Mian, are you unwell? I see your complexion is not good.” When Su Jiang Hai had returned home yesterday, he had been scolded severely by He Qin who had told him he must never reveal the news of Su Mian having returned home in the future. If it were not for his big mouth, how would Su Mian have been so tired if she had been able to take a good rest after coming home from the county town yesterday?
Su Mian felt her body was much better than yesterday, “It’s alright, Mother, I will be fine after resting for two days. It would be great if you could make me some delicious food to bring with me today.”
Hearing this, He Qin chuckled, “I have prepared everything for you. Eat breakfast quickly, I will stew a pot of meat for you at noon.” She had not gone to the farm all morning and had been preparing meat sauce for Su Mian to bring back to school. She had boiled 20 eggs, fried a whole can of peanuts, and taken a few salty cucumbers and diced them up. Su Mian had loved to eat this since she was young. She packed them all in canned bottles for Su Mian to bring back.
Su Mian had just finished breakfast when her youngest uncle came in excitedly, “Aiya, Xiao Mian, I really can see people clearly with my eyes. I could see people in front of your house from my door! I thought it was just an illusion and had come over to see that there really was someone at your door, this operation worked so quickly!”
Normally, vision returned to normal the day after cataract surgery. It seemed that her uncle’s operation had been very smooth. Su Mian had been worried yesterday that her uncle’s vision would not recover much, but it was great that he had fully recovered.
“Uncle, this is normal. However, you must pay attention to rest these few months. Do not overuse your eyes and use eye drops regularly on time. When the sun is intense, stay inside. Your vision will stabilise after three months. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, go and find Dean Li directly. Don’t be afraid of being troublesome, your eyes are important!”
Su Mian’s uncle was introverted and coupled with his bad eyes, he had always felt inferior. He had been too embarrassed to speak up when anything happened in the Su family, let alone finding Su Mian. Cataract surgery would have some postoperative complications which were all normal. Su Mian was afraid that he would be embarrassed to speak up and would delay the condition.
“Alright, I will go if I feel uncomfortable.” This time, her uncle did not keep formalities with Su Mian and had a smile on his squarish face.
Actually, her uncle was quite handsome. It was just that his eye disease had tortured him for years until he did not like to talk. Just with this smile, he would definitely find a good marriage.
When Grandma Su came in from outside, a woman was following her. Su Mian recognised this person, who was a famous matchmaker in the village with the surname Bao. She was very enthusiastic and eight out of ten matches made by her were successful. The villagers all believed her and called her Old Grandma Bao.
“Sister Su, good news, great news, this time the woman agreed!” Grandma Bao patted her leg and followed Grandma Su into the house.
Grandma Su sat down on the brick bed and took out a pipe, filling it with tobacco but did not smoke it. She asked Grandma Bao, “What kind of woman is she?”
“The woman has been divorced before. She has an 18 year old child who has gone with the father. It’s just that her legs are bad and sometimes they hurt. Her surname is Liu and she lives on the east side of the river, less than 10 li away from our village.”
Grandma Bao had not yet finished speaking when Su Mian felt her temples twitchin. She felt that this woman being introduced was her third aunt from her previous life.
“How old.”
“After the new year she will be 43. Although she is five years older than Su Jiang Bo, she works well when her legs don’t hurt.” Grandma Bao also thought that she was a little old, but she had no choice. Younger ones did not like Su Jiang Bo!
