Chapter 35: Family Meetings
Yan Erniang made Ling'er outside angry as soon as she announced, she picked up a few small pebbles, quietly left the yard for a long distance, hid behind a big tree, and then put down the back basket and aimed at Yan Erniang's back to throw stones.
Yan Erniang said happily, she felt a pain in her back, and the strength was similar to someone standing behind her and punching directly! She jumped up with a groan, and when she turned around, it was empty!
Mrs. Yang stopped her movements and looked back at her: "What's wrong?" Yan's daughter-in-law? ”
"It's like... Looks like someone is beating me! ”
Mrs. Yang looked around, "No one!" Second daughter-in-law Yan, there are only three people in this courtyard, you and me, and the old man, and no one beats you! ”
Yan Erniang looked suspicious, looked around a few times, touched her aching back, and sat back muttering. Her ass was not next to the bench, and there was another pain in her back, which was heavier than just now! Yan's second daughter-in-law jumped up with a scream: "Who?" ”
She looked around in a little panic, except for the three people in the courtyard, there was silence around, and Mrs. Yang was also a little surprised, she thought for a while and said, "Second daughter-in-law Yan, you... Who are you talking to? ”
"I ...... Aunt Yang, someone beat me again! ”
Mrs. Yang frowned and looked around a few times, shook her head and said, "Second daughter-in-law Yan, isn't it that you are cold and sick?" ”
Yan Erniang touched her forehead and muttered, "It's not hot!" Oops~~", she suddenly rushed behind Mrs. Yang: "Aunt Yang, someone really beat me, just... Right behind my back! ”
Mrs. Yang was also startled, paused for a moment, quickly put down the bowl, rushed into the house, took out a bunch of incense, candles, money and paper, stuffed it to Yan Erniang and said: "Second daughter-in-law Yan, hurry, hurry up and worship the mountain god, admit your mistake, hurry!" ”
Yan Erniang was stunned for a moment, quickly took it, really knelt down in the courtyard, and then hurried out of the courtyard. She rubbed her aching back and muttered as she walked: "In broad daylight, what the hell, hum!" This courtyard surnamed Yang is unlucky, maybe that stupid girl is possessed by evil ghosts! ”
Ling'er, who was hiding in the tree, heard it clearly, twisted the stone and smashed it at Yan Erniang, so frightened that she screamed again and again, and ran to the village while Amitabha Buddha and the mountain god atoning for her sins, until she entered the village and couldn't see a shadow of anyone!
Ling'er clapped her hands, pursed her lips and muttered: "Hmph, Sanba Po, dare to gossip about Miss Ben again, Miss Ben wants you to look good!" ”
She snorted and slid down the tree, carried the basket hidden behind the haystack, adjusted her expression, and jumped home. Ling'er pushed open the courtyard door and shouted happily: "Dad, mother, I'm back!" ”
This time, the old lady was not as enthusiastic as before, but she just glanced back and replied softly: "Oh, you're back?" The meal is steaming in the pot, go eat it! Then she just fed her father the medicine spoonful by spoonful.
Ling'er shrugged, the old lady must have listened to Yan Erniang's words, and she was muttering in her heart. She didn't have anything to do, put down the basket, responded with a smile, and ran to the kitchen to serve the food by herself.
When the lid was lifted, there was a bowl of rice inside, plus a plate of stir-fried wild vegetables, there was not a little meat in the wild vegetables, but it looked like there should still be enough oil! She sighed in her heart, by the way, the meat she bought last time has been eaten, and only wild vegetables are left for herself, and the old lady must have eaten the rice after stir-frying, and the only piece of meat is of course reserved for the father!
Ling'er took out the food and put it on the stove, took the chopsticks and began to eat, although it was a wild vegetable, it tasted really fragrant, she took two mouthfuls of rice, and found that there were two pieces of meat at the bottom of the bowl! Ling'er turned around and saw that the wrinkled father and mother in the courtyard were moving slowly, one slowly feeding the medicine and the other obediently opening their mouths, the scene was extremely harmonious, Ling'er was moved in her heart, and her eyes were sour.
Ling'er swallowed her saliva, opened her mouth wide to pick up the food, put it on the stove, and prepared to build a stool to wash the dishes, the old lady said: "Don't serve the stool, I'll come!" ”
Ling'er turned around and saw the old lady coming in with a frown, picked up the bowl that Ling'er had eaten and looked at it carefully, licked the rice grains on the bowl before putting it into the pot to wash.
Ling'er thought for a while and said, "Mother, I dug up a lot of wild vegetables and herbs and came back!" ”
The old lady didn't raise her head, and with a sigh, Ling'er said again: "Mother, I didn't see the foot doctor when I went to the town today!" ”
The old lady paused, her brows furrowed even tighter: "That... And your dad's medicine? ”
"I didn't buy it, this is the money you gave me in the morning!" Ling'er took out the money bag and returned it to the old lady, the old lady looked at the money bag for a long time, and sighed: "Hey, this is fate!" Forget it, Ling'er, you will stay at home in the future, don't run around, Ming'er, I will go to the town pharmacy to get medicine! ”
"Don't, mother, although I didn't buy medicine, but I have a better way, mother, how about we go out and discuss with my father?"
The old lady frowned and looked at her: "Ling'er, your father is still sick, we can't let him worry about it......"
"Mother, what is the situation of our family, Dad knows best, the more we hide from him, the more he is at ease, it is better to tell him directly!"
"Ahem~~" There was a sudden cough at the door, the two turned around, and saw that the father was standing at the door, the two quickly helped him in and sat down, and the father took a break and said slowly: "Old woman, Ling'er is right, we are a family, and we have something to discuss together!" ”
The old lady had no choice but to respond, and the family sat around and held the first family meeting.
Ling'er pondered for a while and said, "Father, mother, do you remember last time I said that a doctor who treated dead people in the provincial capital, everyone called him Xu Banxian, saying that he was a liar, but in fact... In fact... He's the guy who sells me cheap herbs! ”
"What! You dare to buy the medicine of the liar! The old lady was startled, and the old man raised his hand and said, "Old woman, sit down and listen to Ling'er!" ”
Ling'er said that she had met Xu Banxian one by one, and she didn't hide that she took him to the broken courtyard in the back mountain at noon, the old lady was always surprised, but the old father was very calm.
After Ling'er finished speaking, she hesitated: "Dad, mother, Ling'er thinks... I don't think Dr. Xu is a bad person, so... So ......"
Daddy sighed, "Alas, who doesn't have a time to fall in trouble in his life!" Ling'er, damn, you can go to the back mountain and invite that Dr. Xu home later! ”
"How's that going to work? Old man, we were originally from a foreign surname in the village, and Ling'er offended Wang Yuanwai's family a few days ago, in case the people in the village recognized that... That doctor, we can't stay in the village any longer! ”
Dad looked at the old lady and said, "Mother, think about how hard it was when we were wandering around?" We were still young and strong at the time, and there were two of them, and now that old brother is old, and lonely, if no one helps, he is afraid that he will not be able to survive this winter, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, let's take people back first! ”
The old lady opened her mouth to say something, but Ling'er hurriedly said: "Mother, Dr. Xu didn't come to our house for nothing, he will see a doctor, recognize herbs and dispense medicine, he is here, and Dad's medicine will be gone!" Think about it, if you go to the pharmacy, each package of medicine is 20 wen, and it can only be used for two days, and one day is 10 wen, so we will convert the ten wen into Dr. Xu's room and board expenses.
First, he has a place to stay, secondly, my father's money for medical treatment is also saved, and third, I can learn something from him, maybe I will dispense medicine for my father myself in the future, no matter how you think it is good, you can agree! ”
"This... This ......," the old lady hesitated for a while, "what about the people in the village?" Our family has three broken houses, and there is no place to live! ”
"Mother, I have a way, what do you think this is?" Ling'er took out a few ingots of broken silver and put them on the table.