There was a rapid knock on the door of the Zhao family's old shop at the end of the North Street, and after a long time, he couldn't hear the sound of answering the door, and the helpless Zhao Yongzhong had to drag his heavy steps and leave in disappointment.

Zhao Yongzhong's little daughter, Zhao Siniang, fell into the pond two days ago, and she had a high fever that night. Seeing this, Zhao Yongzhong hurriedly invited Li Langzhong in the village to come and see, Li Langzhong shook his head, and hurriedly said that he couldn't cure this disease, so he had to be sent to the town for treatment immediately.

Zhao Yongzhong and his daughter-in-law Jiang hurriedly borrowed a mule cart from their neighbor Zhao Yongfang and took Zhao Siniang to the town to see the doctor. The doctor in the town shook his head and said that the person was sent too late, and the minor illness was dragged into a serious illness, and some precious medicinal materials had to be added to the prescription to save his life, and the medicine money had to be at least five times, so there was no guarantee that he would be able to save life.

Zhao Yongzhong has not been separated, he scavenges in the field on weekdays, and the output in the field is all returned to the public, so there is no cash in his hand. Even if he came to the town to do odd jobs during the slack time, he would be loyal and honest and give the money he earned to his mother Zhao Qiaoshi without a penny. Now he can't even make up a string of money in his hand, and the money he just saw is still lent to him by Zhao Yongfang, who can't stand it.

Zhao Yongzhong's father, Mr. Zhao, has a total of four sons and two daughters, Zhao Yongzhong is the third, and there are two older brothers. When the old man was young, he also saved up his family business and opened a grocery store in the town - the old shop of the Zhao family. Zhao Yongzhong's eldest brother left home more than ten years ago and had no news, and when he got older, Mr. Zhao handed over the shop to Zhao Yongzhong's second brother to take care of, and returned to his hometown to farm. Usually the second room of the Zhao family lives in the courtyard behind the grocery store, and Zhao Yongzhong, who is anxious to raise money for medicine, hurriedly goes to the grocery store to find his second brother. I saw that in broad daylight, the grocery store actually locked the door, and no one came to answer the door after shooting for a long time.

In addition to his brothers, Zhao Yongzhong also has two younger sisters, the younger sister is still in the boudoir, and the eldest sister married into a wealthy family in the town three years ago. Zhao Yongzhong really couldn't think about it, so he could only go to the eldest sister's house to borrow money cheekily, but who knew that he would have a closed door again.

Zhao Yongzhong and his daughter-in-law Jiang hurt her body when she gave birth to Zhao Siniang, and the doctor said that she could never conceive a child in the future, and Zhao Siniang was weak since she was a child, so the couple treated the little girl as an eyeball.

Now that they can't raise money, they see that the child is about to be saved, and the couple is sad. "No, we can't watch Siniang wait for death. I went home and asked my dad to borrow money. Zhao Yongzhong clenched his fists and walked out.

Jiang wiped his tears, grabbed him and said: "The child is his father, the mother is ......" Jiang knew that the silver money in the hands of his mother-in-law Zhao Qiaoshi was tightly pinched, and when Siniang first burned the day before yesterday, she begged Zhao Qiaoshi to invite Siniang to Langzhong, but it was just a matter of dozens of big money, and Zhao Qiaoshi was not willing to give it up. Now that it costs five yuan, Zhao Qiaoshi is afraid that it will not come out. Thinking of this, Jiang felt remorseful in his heart, even if he begged his father-in-law at that time, he had to grind Lang Zhong back.

Zhao Yongzhong didn't understand the situation of his own family, when he came out of the house before, he asked his mother to take a string of money out as a medical fee, but his mother refused to pay it. But he thought about it again and again, and the only way to go home for help was to go home. Zhao Yongzhong shook Jiang's hand and instructed: "Child, mother, I'll go back as soon as I go, you take a good look at Siniang." ”

Although he didn't report any hope, maybe his father-in-law would be willing to pay to save Siniang's life if he knew? Jiang Shi, who was lucky, lowered his head and sighed, and choked up: "The child is his father, go early and return early." In the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhao Yongzhong drove the mule cart and went straight to Lao Zhao's house.

In the upper room of the old Zhao family, the old man Zhao sat on the kang and smoked dry cigarettes, listening to Zhao Yongzhong say that he wanted five yuan for medicine, frowned, and before he could speak, Zhao Qiaoshi next to him had already jumped up and shouted: "That dead girl is not worrying on weekdays, she is afraid of the heavy, and she is lazy to eat." What? Five-run money! It's not worth selling that money-losing goods. ”

Old Man Zhao raised his hand, stopped Zhao Qiao's, and said slowly: "Third child, you also know that Da Lang just went to the county seat to participate in the county test, and our family's cash money was used by Da Lang as a plate, and the family really can't come up with so much money!" "Dad, don't dare to ask for five times of money, borrow a little!" Zhao Yongzhong knelt down for his biological father and mother with a "plop", and pleaded in his mouth. A man who is almost thirty is already in tears.

Zhao Yongzhong has two sons and three daughters, and his sons Zhao Sanlang and Zhao Shilang have been anxiously waiting for news at home since their father and mother took their sister to the town to see the doctor. As soon as I saw Zhao Yongzhong come back alone, he went to the upper room by himself, and he kept hiding outside the door and eavesdropping. Hearing that the family refused to pay for his sister's treatment, he hurriedly came in and knelt down, kowtowing and begging: "Master, save your sister!" ”

Old Man Zhao looked at his children and grandchildren who were kneeling on the ground, his face seemed to be loose, and he opened his mouth to Zhao Qiao's and said: "The child is his milk, or ......" Zhao Qiaoshi didn't wait for Old Man Zhao to finish speaking, and hurriedly interrupted: "Didn't you hear that you want five times the money?" What's the use of giving him a few sons? Waste of money. Old Man Zhao knocked on the cigarette pouch and sighed: "Alas, what a sin!" It's all fate! He lowered his eyelids and said nothing.

Daddy...... "Zhao Yongzhong's father and son all had blue foreheads, but no matter how hard they begged, Old Man Zhao just refused to agree. Zhao Qiaoshi kept counting Zhao Yongzhong on the side, saying that he didn't go to work in the town for the sake of that dead girl today, and he earned a day's wages for nothing.

Zhao Sanniang, who had been busy cooking dinner on the stove, heard about it, rushed into the house, pulled Zhao Yongzhong up, lowered his head and shouted to the two younger brothers who were still kneeling on the ground: "What do you kneel, it's useless to kneel until dawn!" Even now, you still count on them? The brothers couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Zhao Sanniang's words, the two glanced at each other, and slowly got up and stood up.

Zhao Sanniang sneered, and swept her cold eyes at Old Man Zhao and Zhao Qiao's family, she wanted to remember the faces of these "relatives" who didn't care about her sister's life or death.

Zhao Qiao's heart was furious because of Zhao Sanniang's cold gaze, his eyebrows were upside down, and he said angrily: "Third child, do you see if there are any elders in your daughter's eyes, and you dare to stare at her grandmother?" Unfilial things! "Filial piety to the elders also points people, my father is too filial!" made cattle and horses for the old Zhao family, and in the end, he didn't even have a penny left, so he could only watch his daughter die! Zhao Sanniang was sad and indignant.

Zhao Yongzhong's youngest sister Zhao Chengqing has been sitting silently by the kang, and when she saw her niece in the third room and her mother, she couldn't help but say angrily: "What? Our family just has no money, and it's useless for you to make a fuss. ”

Zhao Sanniang's eyes swept to the side of the kang, and the girl who came into view wore some fashionable hairpin rings on her head. In the afterglow of the setting sun, those hairpin rings shone brightly, looking extraordinarily golden, and at the same time, they also deeply stabbed Zhao Sanniang's eyes.

Zhao Sanniang took a deep breath, resisted the urge to tear off the golden hairpin on Zhao Chengqing's head, and pulled Zhao Yongzhong out. Although she is only thirteen years old, she can see more clearly than her father and mother who are blinded by "family affection", as early as three years ago, when this group of so-called "relatives" pushed her eldest sister into the fire pit, she understood that the blood of these people is cold.

When Zhao Qiaoshi saw the red-eyed Zhao Sanniang, he was stunned, and hurriedly grabbed Zhao Chengqing, who wanted to chase him out. Among Zhao Yongzhong's three daughters, the eldest daughter Zhao Erniang can't beat a stuffy fart with three sticks, and the little girl Zhao Siniang is even more timid and cringe, but this second daughter Zhao Sanniang is a spicy person, and if she dares to fight with you if she is in a hurry, it is better to provoke her less.

Old Man Zhao watched the people in the third room walk out, opened his mouth, and finally didn't make a sound.

Zhao Yongzhong also knew in his heart that he would not be able to raise money when he came back this time, but when he really saw his father and mother leaving Siniang to fend for herself, he still couldn't help but mourn in his heart.

Walking to the gate, Zhao Yongzhong said to the three sisters and brothers who came out: "Dad went to the town to see Siniang, you stay at home." Sanniang, take care of your younger brothers at night. ”

Zhao Sanniang shook her head and said firmly: "No, I also want to see my sister!" ”

Zhao Sanlang and Zhao Shilang also pulled the corner of Zhao Yongzhong's clothes and insisted on going together.

Zhao Yongzhong lowered his head and thought about it, if he couldn't raise money for medicine tonight, Siniang probably wouldn't be able to save it. Let's just let their sisters and brothers go to see Siniang for the last time!

At this moment, Zhao Yongzhong's younger brother Zhao Yongxiao stopped him. Among the four brothers of the Zhao family, only twenty-year-old Zhao Yongxiao has never married, and he went to the town early this morning to do short-term work for others, and he didn't come back just now to hear about the medicine money. Zhao Yongxiao took out three strings of money from his arms, stuffed them into Zhao Yongzhong's hand, and said: "Third brother, although this money is not enough to catch medicine for Siniang, let's buy something for her to make up for it!" After that, for fear that Zhao Yongzhong would resign, he walked away quickly.

"Yongxiao ......" Zhao Yongzhong wanted to catch up with Zhao Yongxiao, but he stopped as soon as he took a step, grabbed the money in his hand, and hesitated. Zhao Yongzhong thought about how he got this money, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red. Zhao Yongzhong and Zhao Yongxiao brothers will go to the town to do odd jobs in their spare time, and they can get 30 yuan for a day of short-term work, but these money are all returned to the public school, and they have to be handed over to Zhao Qiao's family after returning home. Zhao Yongxiao was able to save these private money, all because he was young, others carried two bags at a time, he carried three bags at a time, and the owner rewarded him with a few more dollars when he saw that he was diligent. I don't know how long I saved these three strings of money, this is my brother's hard-earned money. But Siniang is still waiting for money to save her life......

"Dad, it's important to save my sister, collect this money first, let's go to town quickly!" Zhao Sanniang persuaded. Zhao Sanlang also persuaded: "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely earn this money back and return it to the fourth uncle." Zhao Shilang nodded vigorously on the side.

Zhao Yongzhong put the money in his arms, only to feel that Wow Cool Wow Cool's heart gradually warmed up. He turned around to drive the mule cart, but saw that Zhao Yongfang and his wife were already waiting by the mule cart.

"Second Brother Zhao, I still have to go to the town again, this car ......," Zhao Yongzhong muttered. Brother, don't say anything. There's still two bunches of money here, you take them first! It is important to see a doctor for your child. Zhao Yongfang took out two strings of money from his arms and stuffed them into Zhao Yongzhong's hands. Zhao Yongfang's daughter-in-law, Liu, handed Zhao Yongzhong a burden and said, "Big brother, I'm afraid you haven't eaten yet, right?" This is a cake baked by my sister-in-law, take it to the town and eat it. ”

After that, the couple urged Zhao Yongzhong to leave quickly. Watching Zhao Yongzhong's figure disappear into the twilight, Liu couldn't help but say to Zhao Yongfang: "Second Uncle Zhao's family is not doing this properly. Although people's hearts are biased, this is too much, it's a human life! Zhao Yongfang said in his heart, who said that it was not, it was separated from Mr. Zhao's house by a wall, and outsiders could understand right and wrong.