“Alright, we will stay here for a few days and help Third Brother sow the land.” The three sisters answered in unison.
“Third Brother, don’t be angry. In these two days, your brother and I will help you sow the land.” He Qin was honest and sincere and they were all family. Su Mian’s younger uncle’s eyes were not good. She and Su Jiang Hai helped him for a few days every year. This year, because they were making furniture, they could not even take care of their own land.
Grandma Su nodded her head continuously, “The eldest son’s wife is clever and has a good heart, unlike some white-eyed wolf.”
Now Grandma Su called Bai Yu Lan a white-eyed wolf behind her back.
Su Mian’s aunts all twitched their eyes. Their mother changed so fast. She used to praise Bai Yu Lan for doing things. No matter how good she was at doing things, she never told her to help Third Brother sow the land. Now she finally knew who was good-hearted.
During this period of time, because of Su Hong’s matters, Su Jiang Tao had not been able to hold his head high in the Su family’s house. Everytime he went to see Grandma Su on the west side, Grandma Su would either ignore him or blame him for not educating his child properly.
First Su Hong had been taken away by the military. Then Su Jin Biao had come out of the police station and within a few days of being home, he had fought with others again and had broken someone’s legs. Only then did Su Jiang Tao realise how serious the problem was and regardless of Bai Yu Lan’s distress and obstruction, he beat Su Jin Biao severely and grounded him at home for a few days.
Hearing this, Su Jiang Tao’s countenance became white and pale, “Mother, I will also help out after a few days.”
It was better for him to not have spoken. When she heard him say this, Grandma Su became anxious and the pitch of her voice had raised, “When I went to find you to ask for help that day, Bai Yu Lan would not even let me into the house for fear I would eat even a grain of rice from your house. She had said that because it was the spring ploughing season, there were many matters in the village and you couldn’t spare any time. Right, you are the village head, you are busy, if you have time then you should take care of your son so he will be less troublesome outside. When I die and have to see your father, at least I will still have face to talk.”
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In front of so many children and grandchildren, Grandma Su had even mentioned her husband who had died for 40 years. She did not show any respect whatsoever.
After listening to Grandma Su’s words, Su Jiang Tao’s expression became even more unbearable. No matter what, he was in his 50s and apart from his eldest brother and sister-in-law, everyone else in the house was younger than him.
He Qin hurried to mediate a dispute and changed the subject, “Mother, what’s wrong with Third Brother’s eyes? Since Xiao Mian is here these days, let her take a look.”
Grandma Su spared Su Jiang Tao and took Su Mian’s hand, patting it, “Xiao Mian, quickly take a look at your youngest uncle. He said he has been seeing double for the past few days.”
Su Mian’s youngest uncle had been born with cataracts and because of this condition, he had still not married even though he was almost 40. He had gone to the country hospital several times and had taken a lot of medicine, yet he still had not gotten better.
Her uncle’s cataracts had clearly been formed for many years and in this era, technology was not advanced. Families did not find the average hospital to be reliable.
Su Mian had learned from the tower space that in the 21st century, there was an advanced technology called phacoemulsification cataract extraction. This surgery had obvious advantages over traditional surgery and would only take 15 minutes. After one hour, movement would be possible. The incision was small and healing was fast, and vision would restore quickly.
Su Mian scanned her uncle’s eyes and she could estimate what was going on.
“Uncle’s condition must be operated on. I am just a little worried that uncle’s vision may not reach that of normal people.” Su Mian told the truth. It was truly difficult to restore vision to normal for this kind of naturally occurring cataract.
“Then how well would it be able to recover? Would it be better than now? If it can be better than now, I will do it.” Youngest Uncle had been tortured by these eyes over the years to the point where he had lost his temper.
