Mrs. Hong sighed with a sorrowful expression and said to Tong Huaqiong, "My illness is on and off, dragging Old He down with me. Ever since moving into this courtyard, he's been suffering too."
Tong Huaqiong said, "We are family, no need to talk about burdening each other. Isn't it normal to brew medicine for an illness? What's not normal is those bullies."
There was one thing Tong Huaqiong didn't say, but both she and Mrs. Hong knew; the neighbors in this courtyard weren't bothered by the medicine pot itself, they simply wanted to bully He Chao.
He Chao was no longer the respectable steward of the Zheng Family and was expelled for disgraceful reasons, provoking the evil in people's nature that bullies the weak and fears the strong.
Just like the old saying goes, "When a tiger falls to Pingyang, it's bullied by dogs," this is a direct manifestation of that evil.
Tong Huaqiong looked out through the window.
