A private house outside Lin'an City, unlike other places, stands alone at the end of the village. It is not far from the canal wharf, and there are many families in the village, most of whom are looking for a livelihood by the canal, and there are few households who actually farm.

"Ahem."

A few coughs could be heard from time to time in the house at the end of the village, and in front of the house was a small courtyard fenced with a bamboo fence. There were some vegetables planted in the yard, a few chickens were raised, probably no one cleaned up, some weeds grew on the ground, and there were more filthy~ things.

Leaning on the stove in the left compartment, a man glanced behind him worriedly, his face full of sadness. In front of him was a firewood stove made of a dirt pit, the firewood in the stove was burning vigorously, and a clay pot was placed on it, which "suddenly" gushed with water vapor, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine wafted out.

"Old Seven, what about the family?"

"Uncle Gen, go to the river."

Greeting him through the fence door was an old man, dressed in a short suit and wearing a bamboo hat, and carrying a basket on a long artemisia pole on his shoulder. The man put down the fan in his hand, ran out in three steps and two steps, and responded with a smile on his face.

"Your lady's illness is also a crime, you guard her every day, don't go out to make a living, but how is it good, even if the disease is cured, it is not old or young to spend money."

"Uncle Gen, I grabbed the medicine and came back, and when it was cooked, I went out to find a job, don't worry, the money owed is a lot, and let me stay for a few more days."

"Old Seven, you are busy, I'm leaving."

The old man shook his head, and without waiting for his answer, he walked straight to the embankment, where a small boat was tied underneath. The man watched in a daze as he let go of the tether and jumped into the boat to prop himself into the river, knowing that he had just said the wrong thing in a hurry, and the old man was probably just concerned about his situation, and did not mean to urge him to repay the money.

Back in front of the stove, he thought about the old man's words, people are right, if there is no accounting, there is no rule of law for this disease, the house is empty, and there is a house left that is not worth much, but where to get a sum of money? The more he thought about it, the more he didn't get to the ground, and the fan in his hand couldn't stop pressing, and a thick smoke came out of the stove, choking him and coughing.

"Seventh brother."

A feeble cry came from the room, and the man, ignoring the discomfort in his lungs, hurriedly opened the rag curtain and walked in. On the dilapidated couch lay a woman, about his age, pale, with fingers in the air, hanging feebly, and the man stepped forward and grabbed her, and sat down beside her.

"Lang Zhong said, the slave is sick, Seventh Brother, you better sit farther away."

"Lady, if you really live with me, you can get better, then it's worth it."

Despite this, the woman did not withdraw her hand, she stretched out her other hand and gently stroked the sideburns of her man, as if trying to engrave this qiē in her eyes.

"Stupid words, that will only take one more life, and it won't help."

"That's okay, let's go together, and you and I will still be husband and wife below."

The woman's tears kept falling, and when the man said such words, it meant that he was desperate, this is a disease that cannot be cured even if there is money, let alone no money at home!

"You go and bring Da Lang here, let the slave take a look, don't go into the house, it's at the door, it's been a few days, think about it."

Fearing that he would be suspicious, the woman added that the man thought that his wife was missing her son, went out to another room, and picked up a child who was still sleeping soundly on a bamboo mat. When he entered, he leaned the child on his shoulder so that his wife could see the child's face clearly.

The woman shook her head to stop him from wanting to step forward, and looked at the child who didn't open her eyes and smiled with relief, probably because of the lack of milk ~ water, the child looked very thin. The woman desperately suppressed the urge to reach out and hug her, and finally just waved them out.

"You rest first, I'll go and see if the medicine is ready."

The man thought she was tired, so he took the child and left the door, and the moment the curtain was lowered, the woman's tears were already wet with her clothes. After a violent cough, there was more blood on the ground, and looking at the bright red, she finally stopped hesitating, and struggled to crawl to the head of the bed, where there was a sewing dustpan with a small pair of scissors lying inside.

"This is his house?"

"Exactly, yesterday the little one came here with him, and left without entering the house, and after asking around, they have only been here for half a year, and their reputation is very good. It's just that his mother seems to have been sick recently, and she has been bedridden, it wasn't too serious, and now she can barely get out of bed, and she relies on him to handle it inside and out. ”

Liu Yu nodded and didn't ask again, after solving the Xue~ tide incident yesterday, Wang Entropy let him have time to go to Qiantang Station. Early this morning, he planned to come here to have a look, and then turn to the post station. The small courtyard in front of you is a typical Jiangnan water town layout, facing the canal, if in the future, open a farmhouse or something, the main green pollution-free, must be a hot business, but now I only feel desolate.

"Seventh brother, seventh brother is here?"

The pro-soldier was a loud voice, and even Liu Yu was startled when he roared, and was about to remind him to keep his voice quieter, when he saw a man coming out of the house. He also held a child in his hand, the child was very small, probably less than a year old, with two pigtails, and fell asleep on his shoulder.

"Official, how did you get here?"

"If you have something to do out of the city, I will stop by you to have a look."

Seeing the first sight of the visitor, the man was stunned, in fact, the two places are not on the way, one east and one west are far apart, because he wants to do private things, Liu Yu is wearing a regular clothes, looking like a rich son, this dark straight embellishment is Jing Niang's new work, just two or three days ago.

"This poor backwood, how to make it."

The man was a little at a loss, he didn't know whether to open the door and let him in, and from the first acquaintance, he could see that the other party was either rich or expensive. When I met again, I just blurted out in surprise, and I didn't think about climbing or anything, but I didn't expect that the next day, people came to the door in person.

"Come and ask for a glass of water to drink, what's the matter, Brother Seventh is unwilling?"

"Where, please come in, it's a faux pas, snubbing the distinguished guest."

He hurriedly stepped forward to open the deadbolt, but it was nothing more than a stick stuck on it, and anyone from the outside could easily remove it. Liu Yu walked in, this courtyard is a little dirty, like the kind of small courtyard in the countryside in later generations, but the people who have stayed on the battlefield are nothing.

"Please wait, go and put the child down."

The man confessed and hurriedly walked into the house, Liu Yu didn't think it was wrong, and looked at the small courtyard with his hands behind his back. At the moment when he saw the child, he had put his mind at ease, a person with a family and a mouth, he would work steadfastly, and he would have scruples in doing things, which has always been his criterion for selecting people.

Yes, after meeting this person again, he suddenly remembered that this person was a helper in Fengle Lou that day, and he was able to speak well with one mouth, and he was also very familiar with this Lin'an City. After Yang Xing absconded, he really needed such a person, and more importantly, according to this person, the two of them were still fellow villagers, both from Changzhou.

Don't underestimate this, in ancient times, fellow villagers were a very close relationship, even if they didn't know each other, as long as they reported their hometown, this is the best post to the door. People who ignore the villagers will be spurned by the whole society, the bigger the official, the more so-and-so, the same way to use people, the same is an important source of the same clan, in history those so-and-so gang was formed in this way.

Of course, before opening his mouth, Liu Yu still decided to take a look in person, knowing people and faces, especially those things he did, which required people to be very reliable. You can't see it with your eyes alone, you can only talk more and understand more, and the family background ~ scenery is naturally indispensable.

"Phew!" There was a crisp sound on the ground, as if some porcelain had fallen to the ground, followed by a heart-rending cry from the room.

"Lady! Lady, what's wrong with you. ”

The movement of the pro-soldier was very fast, Liu Yu just reacted, he had already flown into the house, and when Liu Yu hurriedly followed, the pro-soldier stood at the door of the inner room and shook his head at him. Liu Yu carefully stepped over a pile of porcelain tiles on the ground, and on the couch against the wall in the inner room, the man was holding a woman and crying.

Is it a sudden onset? Before coming, the soldiers only heard that his mother was sick, but they didn't know what the disease was, so Liu Yu also wanted to come to the door to take a look, maybe he could help. He didn't expect it to be like this now, he wanted to step forward to comfort him, but when he got closer, he found that the woman had a pair of scissors on her chest, trembling and still dripping blood.

"Hurry up and find a Langzhong in the city, be quick!"

Liu Yu stretched out his finger and probed under the woman's nose, there seemed to be a very faint breath, he turned around and ordered, and then took out a small bottle from the sachet tied around his waist, twisted the lid, and there was white powder inside.

"Don't cry, put your lady flat, don't touch the scissors, put this on her, stop the bleeding first, she's not dead yet."

Put the bottle in the man's hand and told him how to use it, Liu Yu turned around and walked out of the house, the other party was a woman and injured in the chest, and he was a strange man who was naturally not easy to deal with. At this time, the child sleeping in another room was awakened, and when he saw the adults there, he began to cry with a grin.

Because it was not far from the city, Lang Zhong came quickly, a middle-aged man carrying a medicine box on his back, and his own soldiers carried him into the courtyard on horseback. Liu Yu was holding the child in the yard to coax, as soon as he saw them, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the back room, where the sound had calmed down, Lang Zhong knew that human life was at stake, and he didn't say much, so he walked in quickly.

"Fortunately, you waited in time, and the wound medicine had a miraculous effect, so this life was temporarily saved. However, the external injury can be treated, and the heart disease is difficult to treat, you have to persuade your lady more, want to open more, her disease is more serious, but if it will be properly raised, it may not be cured. ”

After half an hour, Lang Zhong and the man came out, Liu Yu listened to his explanation, only to know that the woman's piercing position was wrong, and the strength was too small, only caused external injuries, and even the blood did not flow much, of course, if it was not bandaged in time, it would still be killed.

"Dare to ask the doctor, what kind of disease is she getting?"

"Fistula, there is already hemoptysis, the medicine residue on the ground has been seen, the symptom, but it must be taken all year round, and it will be recuperated for more time, not in a hurry or dry, after half a year, it should be able to go down to the ground."

Liu Yu didn't know the first two words, he understood hemoptysis, what disease would cause hemoptysis? Heart disease, tracheitis, or lung disease, Liu Yu didn't understand it in the first place, and when this ancient title came up, it was the same as not hearing it.

"That is, the lungworm lives in the lobes of the lungs and erodes into the lung system, so it becomes a stumble, hemoptysis is hoarse, and it will not work for a long time."

Seeing that he was puzzled, Lang Zhong deliberately explained again, this time Liu Yu at least understood that it was a problem with his lungs, thinking of the plot he saw on TV and novels, he suddenly thought of something.

"But tuberculosis?"

"It's tuberculosis."

It turns out that in later generations, it was called tuberculosis, which is a relatively intractable infectious disease, and it is no wonder that neither the children nor the men slept in that room, and most of them had already been admonished. And in this time and space, getting this disease is basically the same as declaring death, just looking at the length of time.

This also explains why the woman is short-sighted, the family is so poor, and as a hostess, not only can she not take care of the housework, but also has a man to wait for her. Especially after the child is born, the milk can't be held, and he doesn't dare to look at it for too long, such a day will indeed make life worse than death.