After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 356 There are rats!

Upon hearing this, Su Ping'an was initially completely bewildered, but eventually he understood that his mother, Old Madam Wang, was faking illness again, trying to stir up some trouble.

He couldn't help but admire Su Xiaoxiao, thinking to himself that Su Xiaoxiao was really amazing, able to see through his mother's pretense of illness at a glance.

That's why he wasn't told to go home immediately. He figured if he went home this time, Old Madam Wang would use her illness as an excuse to cause some other trouble, demanding things and then using her illness as a pretext to force him to do so. In that case, Su Ping'an wouldn't be able to refuse.

After thanking the barefoot doctor who treated his mother, Su Ping'an returned home feeling very down. When Tang Xiaoman saw him, she thought that something had really happened to Old Madam Wang, which was why Su Ping'an was so upset. At that moment, Tang Xiaoman wondered if it was a mistake for her not to let Su Ping'an go home to visit Old Madam Wang.

So Su Xiaoxiao quickly went up to Su Ping'an and asked, "You seem to be in a bad mood. Is it because your mother is really sick? Is it serious this time?"

Actually, Su Xiaoxiao wanted to ask, "Is your mother really sick this time?" But she couldn't bring herself to say it. After all, she was Su Ping'an's own mother. If she was really sick and couldn't be cured, asking her that would make Su Ping'an very sad.

But then she saw Su Ping'an walk up to her, hug Su Xiaoxiao tightly, and rest his head heavily on Su Xiaoxiao's shoulder, not moving for a long time.

Su Xiaoxiao was starting to get scared. Was something really wrong with Old Mrs. Wang this time?

She asked Su Pingan nervously, "Tell me quickly, what happened?"

Su Ping'an finally raised his head and said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Wife, it's you again. Sigh! To tell you the truth, my mother was faking her illness this time. I almost fell for it again..."

Su Xiaoxiao was speechless.

"Is it all an act again?"

Su Xiaoxiao found it amusing. Hadn't Old Lady Wang read the fairy tale "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"? She was still making a fool of herself here. She had used the trick of feigning illness countless times, and even the barefoot doctor wasn't going to help her hide it anymore.

Thinking of this, Su Xiaoxiao still wanted to comfort Su Ping'an. Su Ping'an was kind-hearted by nature, and what would happen if things continued like this?

"Then don't worry about it too much. Think about it another way: isn't it a good thing that your mother isn't sick? Also, we didn't go back, and we didn't fall for her trick. These are two good things, a double blessing!"

Su Ping'an watched Tang Xiaoman chatting and laughing with him, and he hugged her tightly. "My wife, it has to be you!"

"Don't be sad, let's think about what to eat together tonight!"

Su Ping'an felt that he was being ruthlessly deceived by his mother, who took advantage of his pitiful filial piety. He felt like he was being slowly crushed.

Although the matter seemed to have been resolved on the surface, only Su Xiaoxiao knew that it was far from over, and that her workshop's shares were probably being coveted.

Sure enough, a few days later, Su Ping'an was called back by his honest older brother, Su Wangcai.

This time, they said his mother was really sick. When the family was eating together, she suddenly collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness.

Everyone was terrified and discussed going to call Su Ping'an back as soon as possible.

Su Ping'an rushed home and found his mother lying motionless on the kang (a heated brick bed), with Su Xiu'er wiping away tears beside her. Without saying a word, Su Ping'an was about to carry his mother to Ci'an Hall in town to find Mr. Wu to treat her.

Su Xiuer suddenly stopped crying and stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute, Third Brother, our mother is so old. If we send her to Ci'an Hall in town, the journey will be very bumpy. Don't bother with that. Let's ask my Uncle Liu to handle it!"

The Uncle Liu she mentioned was the barefoot doctor who had come to treat Old Lady Wang a few days ago.

When Su Ping'an saw that Su Xiu'er absolutely refused to let him take Old Madam Wang to town, he could only look up and see Little Peach Blossom beside him.

He said to Little Peach Blossom, "Little Peach Blossom, go and run an errand to call Doctor Liu over to treat your grandma!"

After Xiao Taohua agreed, she ran out, and at that moment Su Xiaoxiao followed her into the house.

However, this time Su Xiuer was not impolite to Su Xiaoxiao; instead, she greeted her for the first time.

Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself, "This is really strange."

However, she remained calm, thinking to herself that today was bound to be another good show, and she wanted to see how long this mother and daughter could keep up their act.

The barefoot doctor, Dr. Liu, was quickly summoned by Little Peach Blossom, who pulled him in with her.

Upon seeing Dr. Liu, he didn't want to come in. He had been fooled several times already, and when he heard that the old lady from the Su family was sick again, he didn't want to come at all.

The barefoot doctor, Dr. Liu, walked up to Old Mrs. Wang, looked her over, and found that she still kept her eyes tightly closed. He took her pulse for a while and then examined her whole body.

The Su family stood nervously on both sides, waiting for the result. Doctor Liu didn't know how to explain it to the family.

He couldn't say that his medical skills were bad and that he couldn't cure Old Lady Wang's illness. There's a saying, "You can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep," and now Doctor Liu couldn't wake Old Lady Wang.

He pried open Mrs. Wang's eyelids with his hands and found that her eyes were deliberately moving to one side. It was clear that she was pretending to be asleep. But how could he wake her up?
If Dr. Liu hadn't been deceived so many times, and each time he came only to leave empty-handed, and the Su family always wasted his time, he wouldn't have refused to make house calls, which would have violated his professional duties as a doctor.

If they come and don't treat the patient well, they'll give the doctor something to say about their medical skills, and no one will come to them for treatment anymore.

Dr. Liu was furious. He turned around, glanced at the people around him, and slowly stood up, as if to leave. Old Man Su was about to ask, "Are you leaving already? How is my wife's illness? How did she faint? When will she wake up?"

Suddenly, Dr. Liu screamed, "Oh no! A mouse has climbed onto the bed!"

There was only Old Mrs. Wang on the kang (a heated brick bed). While the others were still trying to figure out where the mouse was, they saw Old Mrs. Wang suddenly spring up from the kang, quickly jump to the edge, and shout, "Where is the mouse?"

Dr. Liu said with a helpless expression, "Look at him, he's so healthy, even healthier than me!"

Mrs. Wang looked extremely embarrassed. She saw that everyone in the room was staring at her, her face flushed, and she became somewhat at a loss.