Assi put the hairpin into the box, and as soon as it was covered, the visitor had already entered the house.

"Abba, Sister." The person who came was Song Bei, the younger brother of Axi.

Abba Song has been married for 20 years, and only has this son and a daughter, whose names are all given by their grandmother. When they were pregnant with Axi, their grandmother said that she dreamed that she was reading a book in her mother's boudoir at night, and saw a poem: "There are tall buildings in the northwest, and the clouds are on the same level." I am willing to fly high for the double birds. After waking up, I remembered it very clearly, so I touched my stomach and decided to give birth to a boy with the word "north" and a girl with the word "west". Unexpectedly, the children and daughters all came up with a good word, and both names were used.

Ah Bei originally went to study in the school in the town, and his aunt said that boys, although they can eat by heaven and earth, they must always be literate and identify, so no matter how nervous the family is, they insist on sending Ah Bei to the school. Later, his aunt fell ill, and the family's savings were quickly exhausted, and he dropped out of school when he had no money to pay the tuition, and went home to dig medicinal herbs and sell them to supplement the family. His body was strong and strong by labor, his skin was wheat-colored, his eyebrows were distinct, and his black hair was tied high on the top of his head, tied with a strip of cloth. When he entered the house, he squatted on the ground and washed his hands, and said as he washed:

"I dug up a ginseng today, Abba, you will take a look in a while, how many years, I see that the ginseng beard is so long, it is estimated that it can be sold for a good price."

When Assi heard this, he was anxious: "You went to Wushan?" She jumped off the kang and carefully checked whether Abei was injured in the dim light.

Ah Bei smiled and withdrew his hand, and turned around in place: "Sister, look, I'm fine, and I'm not hurt a little." It's just that I've gone a little farther, and I'm hungry. ”

Seeing that he was indeed well dressed, Assi said to wait, and went out to the kitchen.

Abba Song couldn't support it anymore and lay down again, his breathing was like a wind breaker: "Abei, come here." ”

Ah Bei took out a small cloth bag from his arms, took the oil lamp and sat on the side of the kang, he opened the cloth bag, revealing the ginseng that was about one and a half long fingers and a thick thumb. It was gently held up in front of Abba Song as if offering a treasure.

"Ah Bei, don't go to Wushan in the future, the forest is deep and the trees are thick, and there are so many mountain birds and beasts, what happened to you alone, what should Abba and your sister do." Abba Song began to cough again, coughing and coughing when he saw the ginseng held up by Abei in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he suppressed the cough that was about to come up.

"Abba, the side of Osan near the village has been dug up, the birds and beasts have already fled into the deep mountains and old forests, and I haven't gone far, but I happened to come across this ginseng hidden in the cracks of the stones, if I hadn't looked at it carefully, I was afraid that I would have missed it." Ah Bei handed the ginseng to Abba Song.

Assi came in with food at this time. Porridge with bud rice grits, bud rice noodles and two plates of boiled wild vegetables. As soon as Assi put the rice on the table, he heard Abba's snort, and when he turned his head, he saw Abba falling heavily on the kang, holding the ginseng tightly in his hand.

"Abba! Abba! Ah Xi and Ah Bei's hearts sank at the same time, and Ah Bei hurriedly jumped on the kang to touch Song Abba's neck, and he didn't bother to take off his shoes.

"Sister, you help me lift Abba up." Abba didn't die, Abba just held his breath in excitement.

Ah Xi and Ah Bei helped up Song Abba's upper body, Ah Xi pinched Song Abba's mouth with his hand, Ah Bei took a half-burned oil twist and put it into Song Abba's mouth, the oil twist touched Song Abba's throat, the strong smell of kerosene and the touch made Song Abba vomit a mouthful of phlegm all of a sudden, and after the sputum with blood clots was spit out, Song Abba regained consciousness.

"Abba, what do you think?" Assi helped Abba Song to lie down and covered the quilt up. Ah Bei put back the oil twist and sat down next to Abba Song and looked at him worriedly.

"Abba's fine." Abba Song was thinking about the ginseng, raised his hand and put it in front of him slowly, squinted his eyes and looked at it again, sighing with satisfaction and a smile on his face.

Abba hadn't laughed in a long time. Asia looked at each other in the north, what happened to Abba?

"Your grandma often says that there is no way to heaven and man." Abba Song looked at Ah Bei, and then at Ah Xi: "Sure enough, sure enough." ”

Ah Bei reacted first and asked happily: "Abba, you mean that this ginseng can be sold for a good price?" Sister doesn't have to marry that fool anymore? ”

Ah Xi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he reacted, he looked at Abba Song with a little expectation.

Abba Song nodded hard: "Don't look small, it's not young, at least fifty years, the beard is thin and thick, just that beard can be sold for one or two taels of silver." He smiled and closed his eyes, "After selling it for a good price, I will return the Xu family's relatives to Axi, and find a good future for Axi in the future, and then repair the house, rent some land, and then give Abei a daughter-in-law after the New Year, so that Abba will feel at ease, and he will have the face to go down to see your grandma." ”

Abba Song asked Assi to take the burden, and with trembling hands, he took out another wooden box from it, opened it, and inside was a jade pendant.

"Your grandmother left these two things for you, Axi's is a golden hairpin, and Abei's is a jade pendant. I have given it to you today, you take it as a thought. Abba Song fell into memories:

"Abba went out of the house once when he was young, and he didn't earn any money, but I met your grandma in Jinwan." A smile appeared at the corner of Abba Song's mouth:

"She met bad people at that time, and I helped her get rid of those people with my young strength, and she said thank me, and we got along after coming and going. But your grandfather didn't agree, so your grandmother made trouble with him, and then he was locked up. At that time, I couldn't even enter the gate of your grandfather's house, and I couldn't contact your grandma in a hurry. Abba Song paused and opened his eyes a little:

"Then one day I secretly climbed through the wall and found your grandma, she didn't eat, she lost a lot of weight, and when she saw me, I asked me to go out and wait for her in the inn for three days, and if she didn't come after three days, I would forget her. How could I forget her, thinking that I would wait for three days, and if she didn't come, I would climb over the wall in the middle of the night and sneak her away. I was waiting for her at the inn. On the night of the third day, your grandmother came with a bag on her shoulder, saying that your grandmother felt sorry for her daughter, and she was moved by her, so she took the key and let her go. I was so happy that I took her back to our Lishui Village overnight. Abba Song sighed:

"I didn't let her live a good life for a few days. Your grandmother broke off the relationship with her mother's family at that time, and I didn't thank your grandmother in person. You remember, your grandfather's family is the Wang family of Jinwan, your aunt is the second lady of the Wang family, and there is a sister and an elder brother above. If you have the chance, kowtow to your grandmother on my behalf. You are also older, Abba may not be there one day, and there are only two of you left in this world," Abba Song lowered his voice: "I don't know if the Wang family recognizes you." ”

"Abba." Ah Xi has red eyes, it doesn't matter if she marries or not, if she can cure Abba's illness, she is willing to marry Master Xu as a concubine. As long as Abba is alive.

Ah Bei rubbed his eyes, and he hung the jade pendant around his neck and took it close to his body. Grandma is gone, and he can't let Abba have anything to do with it.

With a sparkle in his eyes, Bei carefully wrapped the ginseng and put it in his arms, planning to go to the town to sell it when he got up tomorrow. Sold a dozen or twenty taels, returned the Xu family's dowry, and part of the remaining money was left for Abba to see a doctor, and part of the house was repaired. If you have more money left, you can buy some land, and the future will get better and better. Bei looked through the gap in the wood at the light of the starlight outside the house, if only Grandma was still there.