In Mujiazhuang, about three or four miles away from the town, in a low-rise house at the end of the village that looked old and old, Mu Qing was discussing with his mother about going to the Gu family to propose marriage.

"Qing'er, that girl Gu really doesn't dislike our family's poverty, and is willing to come to our house to suffer?" Mu Qing's mother, Liu, was an elderly woman in her sixties. With a thin figure and a dark and red complexion, he looks weathered at first glance. Mu Qing's appearance is not like her, and his figure is also Xiao like his father who died early. Hearing his mother's incredulous questioning, he was a little anxious: "Mother, how many times do you want me to say it?" Miss Gu is really good. You see, this is the purse she embroidered for me! In a hurry, he took out the purse he had been hiding close to him.

Liu squinted, picked up the purse, looked at the light, and looked at it carefully for a long time before he was satisfied: "Well, this stitch is dense, this girl is a sincere person." Her eyes cried too much when her husband died unexpectedly in the early years, so she can't see much now.

Seeing the old mother studying the purse given to him by his sweetheart so seriously, Mu Qing only felt extremely embarrassed. Hearing his mother's satisfactory judgment, he immediately snatched the purse from his mother's hand and hid it closely.

Liu knows Mu Qing's temper, this baby looks like five big and three thick, but in fact, he is very shy inside. Seeing her son's embarrassment, she couldn't help but smile slightly. "Qing'er, as long as you like it, you like it, your mother likes it, agree! I know that Miss Gu must be a good girl! Otherwise, Master Bai would not let her go to study medicine. Her family is poor, and so is ours. Don't dislike each other, and you can live a good life! Liu's words made Mu Qing completely relieved.

"It's just that we're going to propose. This dowry is indispensable. Qing'er, I can save all your wages for you in the past few years, otherwise, let's use all this money as a dowry, right? Liu thought of the most practical thing at the moment.

Mu Qing thought about it for a while, and then hesitated again: "Mother, our house is dilapidated and old. No matter what, you have to fix it well, right? If it's all taken as a dowry, what will happen to this house? ”

Liu also frowned when he heard this. Where the money needs to be used at home. It's just too much. Although she and Mu Qing have already saved money to the extreme, this encounter is still not enough. Hate only hate, I am now old and frail. Didn't help my son at all. She looked at Mu Qing apologetically. said: "Qing'er, it's all blamed for the mother's uselessness." Won't help you at all! Otherwise, sell the big bed in my house! Your father's carving skills are still good at it! ”

Liu's room has a carved solid wood bed. It was made by Mu Qing's father when he was alive, and he also carved it with his own hands. Mu Qing's father is a well-known carpenter, he not only has exquisite carpentry skills, but is especially good at carving. This solid wood bed was made by him when he married Liu. Later, he went up to the mountains to cut wood. Accidentally crushed to death by a felled tree. The Liu family took Mu Qing alone and suffered a lot. No matter how difficult it was, I didn't sell this big bed. Because they want to keep it, as a thought.

Now when he heard Liu mention that he wanted to sell this bed, Mu Qing's first reaction was to object: "No, mother!" This is the last thing Daddy left us. We can't sell! Mu Qing was very angry.

"If you don't sell it, what will happen to your dowry? Silly boy, don't be tough. Liu was a little helpless. That big bed was made by Mu Qing's father, she really couldn't help it, how could she propose it to sell it? However, if it is not sold, what about Mu Qing's marriage? It is a big deal for a son to start a family. For the sake of her son, she sold this bed, thinking that in the future she would go underground, and the old man would not blame her. If the son can't marry a daughter-in-law, he will really blame her!

"Mother, I don't care, I just don't want to sell this bed! I'll go to the mountains tomorrow, and maybe I'll be lucky enough to dig up ginseng. Mu Qing also has a bit of a bullish temper. Seeing that his son was so resolute, Liu no longer insisted. secretly planned that if her son didn't gain anything from entering the mountains this time, she would sell the big bed. Anyway, it's not like no one has asked her how to sell this big bed before.

On the second day, after Mu Qing took some snacks and dry food into the mountain, Liu also went out to the town to see if the people who usually worked had any clothes that needed to be washed. Usually Mu Qing is an apprentice at Master Bai, and the Liu family takes on some laundry work at home to supplement the family. Recently, because of the cold weather, Mu Qing was afraid that her mother would get sick, so she was not allowed to take the job. Now that I know that Mu Qing's family affairs are approaching, and there are so many places to spend money, how can the Liu family still be idle?

I went out for a day and didn't get any work to go back to. I helped the Wang family on the street wash the sheets for a day. By the time it got dark, it was already snowing. Braving the biting north wind, she walked back one foot deep and one foot shallow in the snow. Tired and hungry, coupled with the cold, Liu couldn't hold it anymore and fell down on the side of the road.

"Open the door, open the door, hurry up and save people!" The sky was dark, Gu Shuling helped Master Bai clean up the pharmacy, and just closed the door, she heard someone knocking on the door outside. She hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door, only to see a young man carrying an elderly woman on his back and squeezing into the store.

"What's going on?" She asked questions while helping people come forward.

After the young man helped her lay the person flat in the house, he said, "This lady fainted on the side of the road, and I saw it, so I helped her over." Girl, please ask Dr. Bai to come out and have a look! I'm still in a hurry, so I'm leaving. ”

When Gu Shuling heard this, and then looked at the woman's clothes, she knew that she was from a poor family again. Master Bai has a rule, if anyone from a poor family comes to seek treatment, if they can't pay on the spot, in addition to giving them treatment, they will also be given a dose of decoction. Gu Shuling actually doesn't agree with this rule. With so many poor people, all of them have to be relieved in this way, how can they be saved? Besides, the Bai family's foundation is not thick in the first place, where can it withstand such a toss?

Seeing that Master Bai was not there, she sank her face and said, "You put the person down and leave, what about the medical fee?" ”

The guy was stunned when she suddenly asked. After a while, he said: "Isn't your pharmacy saving people without money?" I heard someone say that I don't need money, so I specially sent this lady here! ”

Gu Shuling looked at him and said coldly: "Joke! We don't charge money to save people, what do we eat and drink? ”

The fellow shook his head and said loudly, "What's the matter with you girl?" How many years has this medicine been here, it has always been this rule! Don't pretend that I'm a stranger, I don't know the details! Is the main doctor here surnamed Bai? He's already set this rule. But girl, you look at your face, you just came, right? Don't know the rules, do you? (To be continued......)

PS: Second update