The house of Li Dagong's family is the best among the five brothers. There are five large brick houses, and the yard is also paved with bluestone slabs. The walls of the courtyard were made of stone, and the perimeter of the walls was planted with thorns and vines. It was flipped over two years ago, and it was just a thatched hut before.

When the carriage entered the courtyard, the old lady closed the courtyard door. Li Xiaogang moved the gifts from the car one by one. Five catties of pork belly, an old hen, a baer's duck, fifty eggs, a burden on the ruler, and a few snacks and candies.

Seeing so many things, the old lady's face looked much better. But she secretly made up her mind to go back to the old housekeeper. lest the family lose all the money they had so hard to get at once. She can also take out some to help the old five families repair the house.

Summoned the four gods who were doing needlework to put things away, and the old lady took Li Xiaogang and Uncle Liang into the hall. Li Xiaojun got a bag of candy and slipped out to find someone to show off. Cousin Li Xiaoyan served tea and also went to the kitchen to help.

After a few sips of tea, the old lady said a few polite words to Uncle Liang, and asked Li Xiaogang to go into the back room with her to talk. Li Xiaogang obediently followed, his head lowered, a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes sparkled.

In the old lady's room, Li Xiaogang sat on the edge of the bed with her. The old lady changed Yan Sù's gloomy face before, and kindly took Li Xiaogang's hand and asked, "Xiaogang, I heard that you sold a few Ganoderma lucidum, which are worth a lot of silver." ”

Li Xiaogang nodded innocently and said innocently: "Well, we sold Lingzhi to the Tibetan Herb Medical Center. Originally, I thought it was the least worth of silver, but Dr. Qi said that it was a treasure, so he gave us two hundred taels of silver. However, later, my father and my mother went to see a doctor, and it cost more than fifty taels. Up to now, my father and my second uncle have not paid for their medical expenses and room and board. ”

The old lady still grabbed another word in Li Xiaogang's words. She asked uncertainly, "Your second uncle has also entered the hospital, and he is very sick?" ”

Li Xiaogang's face did not change, and he still replied innocently: "Hey, the second uncle is very sick, and half of his entire liver has been cut off." When the second aunt went to our house for help, the second uncle was about to die. ”

The old lady didn't pay attention to her son's illness, but asked, "Your second uncle also entered the hospital, and the medical expenses are also paid by your family?" ”

Li Xiaogang nodded obediently, and said a little helplessly: "The second aunt said that she begged everyone she could, and no one was willing to lend her money." Later, when I found out that my father was admitted to the hospital, she dared to come to our door and beg us. ”

Xiao Gang's words made the old lady excited. She patted the bed board and asked angrily, "Your second aunt didn't go to her two brothers?" They are so rich, can't they give you some money to govern your second uncle? ”

With this logic, if Li Xiaonuan was there, she couldn't help but sue her: that was her son, surnamed Li and not Li, and he was not a son-in-law. The house of the second uncle's family was not repaired by the brother of the second aunt's family. And over the years, they have supported the second aunt a lot.

Nowadays, it is a matter of human life. As a relative, as a biological mother, all she saw was that her uncle did not pay for her son. She probably forgot that people also have families, and they also have to support their families. Moreover, the second aunt is a daughter who got married.

But Li Xiaogang didn't analyze these too much, also because of his young relationship. Therefore, he replied like this: "The second aunt has already gone to find the two uncles." Because she came to you first, and you didn't care. Therefore, the two uncles were very angry, and the two uncles also said that they would no longer care about the life and death of the second uncle's family. ”

When the old lady heard this, she became angry again, and scolded into the air: "What do you mean we don't care, don't you give back a tael of silver from the fourth family." Those Langzhong, I still found them. Whatever you say, it doesn't matter if the second family lives or dies, I haven't seen them take care of it. will only ask the second child to work and take care of the children all day long, and he will not even let him drink alcohol, which is also to take care of them? Whoa, what kind of people are they? ”

"I think the second child just drank too much and got drunk, so he didn't need to go to the hospital. Xiaogang, go back and ask your second aunt to take your second uncle home, don't waste the money for the medicine. It's not easy for your family, but don't spend all your money on it. ”

Having said so much, Li Xiaogang only grasped such a key point. Her grandmother didn't care about her second uncle's body at all, so she didn't listen to him. Moreover, her grandmother only cares about their family's silver now.

Although he is not very old, he still knows a little about human affairs. Especially in the past few years, the situation at home has been so bad, and he has seen a lot of hot and cold worlds. Thinking of the purpose of this trip, Li Xiaogang sighed in his heart. No matter how bad your relatives are, they can't give them up.

The mood was a little low, and Li Xiaogang's face was no longer innocent. He replied dumbfoundedly: "Grandma, the second uncle took the medicine indiscriminately and was poisoned, and his liver was poisoned." Then he fell out of bed again and almost died. It was my sister who begged the holy hand of surgery to help the second uncle cut the rotten liver, so she barely saved him. ”

"Because my father and I both had a knife on our bodies, we can only live in the hospital for treatment now. The two hundred taels of silver that our family sells Ganoderma lucidum are not enough to pay for medicine. Now, my sister is still trying to find a way to raise the consultation fee. I see that she has been sad for the past two months, and the whole person has been so thin that only skin and bones remain. ”

As soon as the old lady heard that the silver was gone and she owed a lot of debts, she asked worriedly, "Xiaogang, didn't your sister let you borrow the silver?" I can tell you that your fourth uncle's family has no money, and he can't borrow a penny. Your fifth uncle's family has no money, so don't borrow it. Your third uncle's family, they don't have any money, otherwise they would have found a way to have a son. ”

"Also, you hurry back and tell your sister, since she caused the trouble, let her solve it herself. Didn't she let people quit her family, if she didn't have the money to pay others, she would go with them. It also saves the burden of staying at home with a bad reputation, which affects the family affairs of the sisters. ”

Li Xiaogang was disappointed at first, and now he is desperate. This is his own grandmother. These thoughts are so heartless and selfish to say. When he entered the door just now, he saw that the four gods and their cousins were wearing fine silk clothes.

In the city before, he also heard that the fourth uncle sold dried seafood this time and earned thousands of taels of silver. Recently, he has been going out to contact ships, planning to transport a batch of dry goods to other cities. But my grandmother said that the family didn't have any money, which was really sad.

In order not to make himself sad, Li Xiaogang hurriedly said: "Grandma, I'm not here to borrow money. My sister won't go with others casually. I'm here today just to invite you and the fourth uncle to attend my apprenticeship ceremony. I'm going to worship Dr. Qi of the Tibetan herbs as a teacher, just the day after tomorrow. ”

As soon as the old lady heard that it was not borrowing money, she was relieved. She smiled and grabbed Li Xiaogang's hand and asked, "It turns out that Xiaogang wants to apprentice." Who is that little Dr. Qi? ”