Chapter Thirty-Seven: Unraveling Threads

  Liu Rong, however, walked forward and lifted the Second Madam's clothes to examine her wound: "At that time, with so many people present, it was impossible to conceal anything, which is perfectly normal. It will hurt a bit when the stitches are removed later, Second Aunt, you'll have to bear with it."

  Xian Liuyong didn't care at all that people knew about her giving birth, but the second wife couldn't help but remind her: "The old lady is most concerned with the reputation of the Hou Mansion, if she finds out this matter has been spread around, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you."

  It's not maybe, it's definitely will.

  Mrs. Li on the side supplemented for Erniang in her heart.

  Liu Rong, however, focused her attention and gently pressed a few times near the wound of the second lady, observing the expression of the second lady. Seeing that although she frowned in pain, it was not severe, she then looked up at Li Mama: "Li Mama, go get the strong liquor and the small scissors I told you to prepare. We can remove the stitches now."

  "Rong Jie... " Second Madam couldn't help but call out again.

  Liu Rong knew that the second aunt was genuinely concerned about her, so she smiled reassuringly at the second aunt: "Second Aunt, don't worry and get anxious, it's all settled matters, why bother to worry? When the time comes, we'll just deal with it as it comes. You should focus on taking care of your body, that's what's most important."

  Liu Rong said with a slight pause: "Otherwise, who will take good care of Seventh Brother in the future?"

  "It's a pity there's no catgut here, otherwise we wouldn't need to remove the stitches and Second Auntie wouldn't have to suffer more. Liu Rong looked at Second Madam's wound with some regret, if only they had medical needles and thread, this wound wouldn't be sutured so roughly, and after recovery it would look better too, unfortunately..."

  "What's the 'sheep intestine line'? What kind of line is that, I've never heard of it?" The second lady's attention was diverted by Liu Rong's deliberate mention of the matter, and she was still very curious about why a young girl like Liu Rong who stayed in her boudoir would have such superb medical skills.

  Even Lian Taiyi couldn't cure it, but this 12-year-old niece who just passed the New Year can.

  "There's a special kind of medical thread used for stitching wounds, but what's special about it is that it gets naturally absorbed by the body. If you use this thread on a wound, you don't need to remove the stitches; after three to five days, it'll disappear on its own." Liu Rong explained habitually, and couldn't help but sigh at the end: "Unfortunately, we don't have such threads here."

  "Rong Jie, how on earth did you know so much about things we've never even heard of?" Second Madam suddenly asked seriously as she looked at Liu Rong.

  Liu Rong was taken aback for a moment, then reacted: "How could it be unheard of? It's just that Second Aunt doesn't like to study medicine, so she didn't know."

  Liu Rong said, bowing her head, fiddling with the thread on Er Nainai's wound: "But what I learned was all from a strange and obscure book of yellow magic, possibly rarely seen in the world. At the time, I just thought it was interesting, so I memorized it all, didn't think it would actually come in handy."

  Liu Rong said, quickly raising her eyes to glance at the second madam. Seeing that although she was suspicious, she still chose to believe Liu Rong, she let out a slight sigh of relief.

  At this time, Mrs. Li came back and handed the prepared small scissors to Liu Rong. Liu Rong didn't say anything else, washed her hands, dried them with a boiled and sun-dried towel, and began to remove the stitches.

  Compared to the normal medical suture method, Li's mother's suturing technique seemed a bit rough, which not only made it difficult to remove the stitches but also affected the appearance of the scar after healing. Modern scar removal surgery is actually more about fine suturing techniques that minimize the size of the scar.

  Moreover, the medical suture method uses two separate thread heads, one thread is used for fixation and the other is for suturing. After suturing, simply cutting off the thread head makes it easy to remove the stitches by pulling both ends of the thread, making removal easy without leaving any foreign objects behind.

  Unfortunately, there was no special suture thread, and nothing could be done about it. However, looking at the trouble of disassembling, she decided to add a few more things in addition to drawing experimental penicillin tools.

  "Ouch!" Liu Rong pulled out a thread, and Er Nai couldn't help but gasp.

  Liu Rong slightly paused her hand and casually opened her mouth, diverting Er Nainai's attention: "Er Nainai, can you help me with something?"

  "Ah, don't be polite to Second Aunt... just speak your mind."

  "I heard that my father's new concubine is pregnant, and my stepmother is feeling depressed..." Yulian pulled out another thread, roughly the same as before, but this time the second wife's face turned slightly pale, and she was sweating on her forehead, but it didn't hurt as much as before.

  "Mother Li, is this really happening?" Second Madam asked, slightly tightening her grip on Mother Li's hand as she inquired. Since becoming pregnant, the news had not been as forthcoming as before, and she had been focusing on taking care of her body.

  "There is, Old Lady Liu has been furious lately, but there's nothing she can do. The old master is just that kind of person, no one can stop him." Li Mama sighed slightly, how could the Hou Mansion possibly get better? If the beam is not straight, the house will be crooked. Even if the next generation of children come out, with examples like the old master and second master, it's likely to be difficult for them to become good in the future."

  While talking, Liu Rong had removed five stitches. Although there was still some bleeding from the wound, it wasn't serious and very little.

  "In fact, stepmother wants to lure back father, with father's personality, as long as in the house give father another concubine, isn't that enough?"

  Liu Rong's face showed a smile, but her hands didn't stop, and as she spoke, she took out two more stitches.

  The two grandmothers and Mrs. Li couldn't help but stare at Liu Rong, as if they hadn't expected her to suddenly bring up such a thing and say such words.

  Liu Rong, however, completely ignored the two people's gaze, continuing to unravel the thread while carefully choosing her words: "I just want to help my stepmother share some of the household chores, so that she won't have to deal with all the commotion at home."

  Mrs. Li gazed at Rong Jie'er and couldn't help but sigh, what a good young lady, with such a good status as the legitimate daughter, lost everything because of her mother's fault, yet after all that happened, she didn't have any resentment, not only did she save the second madam, but also thought for the family like this, the Wen Ding Hou Fu really accumulated good karma in the past to have such a good daughter, yet they don't cherish her.

  "What you said is a good idea, Big Madam will come over every few days, I'll mention it to her then. The only problem is choosing the right person." Second Madam, with her attention diverted, found that the pain wasn't so unbearable and couldn't help but think hard about this matter.

  Liu Rong didn't speak up immediately, waiting until Li's mother had suggested a few candidates and Second Madam had vetoed them. By the time she had unraveled seventeen stitches and only had three more to go, she slowly opened her mouth: "This candidate must be someone that Mother trusts the most, I think she trusts Xue'er the most, Xue'er is also very upright, she's the best candidate."

  When Dong'er heard Liu Rong's words, she was stunned. Isn't the young lady disgusted with Qiao'er? Previously, she even let her tell Cui'er about Qiao'er's thoughts, which were not small matters. How could she now be speaking up for Qiao'er in front of the second madam, and still wanting to help Qiao'er become a concubine? Isn't this exactly what Qiao'er had wished for?

  Miss, what exactly are you trying to do?