Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

"Dawei, what are you really thinking?"

Fang Qiang took the cigarette butt out of his mouth and glanced back at Fang Wei.

"Dazhi is still your second brother. He beat you up for all the bastard things you did in the past, so we're even."

"Even if his second brother's wife is angry, she will never stop him from helping his own brother."

"Brother, it's not that I'm too ashamed to admit my mistake."

Fang Wei sighed, his tone somewhat bitter: "I'm just... afraid of my second sister-in-law. You know her temper. I'm afraid my second brother won't get away with it either."

"Dawei, I need to tell you something."

Upon hearing this, Fang Qiang suddenly said, "My second brother's wife's father, who is also Dazhi's father-in-law, suddenly fell seriously ill a few days ago."

Fang Wei paused in his steps.

Fang Qiang continued, "I heard it was high blood pressure; the person fainted immediately and is now staying at the town hospital."

hypertension?

Fang Wei's eyes narrowed immediately.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Fang Qiang assumed he was hesitating and earnestly advised, "Dawei, think about it, if you went to town to buy some good medicine and some decent nutritional supplements to visit the old man..."

"They say you can't hit someone who's smiling at you."

Fang Qiang rubbed his pipe and said seriously, "When you go to visit his father-in-law, be more sincere in your attitude."

"Even if my second brother's wife was still angry with you, she wouldn't dare kick you out in front of our elderly father on his sickbed."

"As long as she doesn't kick you out, you'll be able to talk to Dazhi."

Fang Wei didn't speak, but he was thinking about something very important.

If he remembered correctly, when he went to the pharmacy to get some tonics in his past life, the doctor there said that Gastrodia elata seemed to have a very good effect on treating high blood pressure!

Fang Wei originally planned to go to the old forest farm to dig up a few top-quality Gastrodia elata plants and take them to Boss Wang in town.

He asked Boss Wang to help him make a connection and see if he could get rid of Song Xuezhuan at the police station by giving gifts and using connections.

But now, after hearing what his older brother said, Fang Wei immediately reconsidered his plans.

Boss Wang's relationship with him was ultimately just a business connection; whether or not he would help, and to what extent, depended entirely on his mood.

More importantly, it remains to be seen whether Boss Wang can find someone to keep Song Xuezhuan in check.

It's already quite an achievement for someone the restaurant owner knows to be able to speak with a police officer at the local police station. If they really want Song Xuezhuan to bow down, that would be very difficult!

But if you use the top-grade Gastrodia elata as a stepping stone to repair your relationship with your second brother's family, that's a different story!

Second Sister-in-law's biological father is the director of the town hospital. If he wants to deal with a small fry like Song Xuezhuan, it's just a matter of saying a word.

The more Fang Wei thought about it, the more he felt that this direction was much more reliable than the original plan.

Firstly, he genuinely wanted to reconcile with his second brother.

In his past life, he was estranged from all his relatives, and not a single family member was willing to visit him until his death. He never wanted to experience that feeling of dying alone in a hospital bed again in this life.

Secondly, this opportunity will help repair the relationship between brothers, giving them a powerful backer in town.

My second brother has lived in town for so many years, and he's a son-in-law who married into the family. His sister-in-law's family network must be much stronger than mine, an outsider!

"Brother, you're right."

Fang Wei nodded, his tone immediately changing, "I'll go to town tomorrow to buy some medicine and supplements to visit the old man."

"real?!"

Fang Qiang could hardly believe it.

"real."

Fang Wei twitched the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy a few cans of malted milk powder and a few bottles of canned fruit, then I'll take them to apologize to my second brother and sister-in-law."

I can't tell my older brother about the top-quality wild Gastrodia elata yet.

"Okay, okay!"

Fang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, and his smile became much wider than before. He patted Fang Wei on the shoulder several times.

"I feel much more at ease knowing that you think that way."

"It's been so many years since we siblings have sat down and had a proper talk..."

His voice suddenly choked, and he coughed twice before turning his head away.

Seeing his elder brother's appearance, Fang Wei felt a pang of sadness and quickly changed the subject, asking, "Brother, how's the tilling going, with you working alone at the old forest farm?"

"That land is too big; we're still a long way from it!"

Fang Qiang put the pipe back in his mouth and said slowly, "At this rate, you probably won't make any money this year."

The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at the old forest farm.

Fang Wei looked around and saw that although his elder brother spoke politely, he had actually turned over a considerable amount of new soil.

"It's okay, I wasn't planning on planting anything this year anyway."

The two brothers talked as they worked, and he continued, "This land has been abandoned for so many years. This year we can only soak the soil first, and we'll start planting next year."

"It's good that you have your own ideas."

The two worked until late afternoon. Fang Wei wiped his face with his shirt and said to Fang Qiang, "Brother, you should take a break. I'm going to go for a walk over there."

Fang Qiang: "Okay."

Fang Wei draped his T-shirt over his shoulder, picked up his sickle, and went for a walk around the west side of the old forest farm. He returned quickly.

He dug up five top-quality wild Gastrodia elata plants this time, which should be enough for medicinal use for a while.

"Brother, let's call it a day and pack up to go home."

Fang Wei walked over to Fang Qiang, picked up the water bottle on the ground, took a big gulp of water, poured the rest of the water on his face, and wiped it off casually.

Fang Qiang glanced at the sky, nodded, picked up the shovel, and hoisted it onto his shoulder.

The two walked out of the old forest farm together.

……

After a pleasant evening, Fang Wei held the naked Wu Shaoli in his arms, smelling the soap scent in her hair, and whispered, "Wife, I'm going to town tomorrow."

Wu Shaoli looked at him, her face flushed, and asked breathlessly, "What are you going to town for?"

"Go find my second brother."

Fang Wei told her about his plans for the day.

After listening, Wu Shaoli remained silent for a moment, then whispered, "Dawei, Second Sister-in-law... what if she..."

She witnessed firsthand the scene where Fang Wei's eyeballs were almost gouged out, and ever since then, she has never dared to speak loudly to her second sister-in-law.

I know what you're worried about.

Fang Wei gave a wry smile and joked to himself, "But so many years have passed. Even if my second sister-in-law is still angry with me, she wouldn't want to gouge my eyes out again, would she?"

"Don't worry, since I was able to get my eldest brother and sister-in-law to forgive me, I can definitely get my second brother and sister-in-law to stop being angry with me."

"This trip tomorrow isn't just about my daughters changing their names... I really want to mend my relationship with my second brother."

Wu Shaoli raised her hand and touched Fang Wei's face, saying softly, "Then you go ahead, I'll stay home and look after the girls, and we'll wait for you to come back."

Hopefully, her man won't have his eyes gouged out this time.