After the twentieth day of the lunar month, Liu Xiaoying took Lin Shuang back to the countryside. The family has been away for more than half a year, although it is said that I usually go back every once in a while, but in the end there is no such fine cleaning as living at home all the time. So I have to go home a little earlier and do a big cleaning. In addition to cleaning, the New Year's gifts to be given to others, and the same New Year's goods to be used for the New Year must be prepared.

The Lin family doesn't have many New Year's gifts. Liu Xiaoying's maiden family doesn't have any relatives anymore, but people with such a big family still have to go for a walk. And the Lin family, in addition to preparing the New Year's gift for Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin in the old house, they also have to prepare the New Year's gift for Lin Zhihong's grandmother. Speaking of which, Lin Zhihong's grandmother is eighty-six years old, but her teeth are very good, and it is not difficult to eat broad beans.

Lin Zhihong is still busy on the street. In addition to the accidents in the shop, the small benches and chairs made by Lin Zhihong are also particularly popular. Nowadays, although it is said that large furniture cannot be beaten, it is now possible to make some dinner tables, benches, and so on. If you can continue to follow this situation, the way it will be next year after tomorrow, the long-term debts of the family will be paid off.

On this day, Liu Xiaoying took Lin Shuang to clean up the pig's intestine at the back of the house. The large intestine of the pig is delicious but not easy to clean up. Since buying it from the market in the morning, Liu Xiaoying's mother and daughter have spent a lot of time packing up this thing. The two of them were busy when they heard someone shouting in front of the house, "Is there anyone at home?" ”

shouted several times in a row, Lin Shuang heard it, and hurriedly responded: "Coming, coming!" Liu Xiaoying was dealing with the oil stain in his hand, pushed Lin Shuang with his elbow, and asked Lin Shuang to go to the front to receive him, and he washed his hands and came.

Lin Shuang obediently went to the front of the house, and saw that it was a familiar but unnamed lady. So Lin Shuang greeted him with a smile: "Niangniang, my mother is packing up at the back of the house." You wait, she'll come after washing her hands. Although this lady's face didn't look very good, Lin Shuang still poured tea and served melon seeds to entertain her.

Waiting for the things to be put on the table, Liu Xiaoying also washed her hands and came out. As soon as he raised his head, he smiled: "Yueying, why are you here." How is my uncle's health? I was still talking about it yesterday, and I want to go to your house to see my uncle. "The lady with a bad face is called Yueying, and she is the daughter-in-law of Liu Xiaoying's uncle." It's cold, you have a teacup to warm your hands. ”

Liu Xiaoying is called someone's little aunt, but in fact, it is not the mother-in-law's uncle, but the uncle's uncle who is separated by several rooms. Uncle Mu has always been a warm-hearted person, and Liu Xiaoying was taken care of by Uncle Mu when she was at her parents' house.

Winter in Gangnam is very sad. It's not like in the north in winter, you can burn a kang, or there is heating to supply. But Jiangnan also has a way to spend the winter in Jiangnan. The most commonly used is to make a fire bucket. If there are a little older children at home, make a log barrel, put a rung in the middle of the barrel, and then install a wooden partition, and put a pot of slightly burning charcoal under the wooden board, so that the children can sit or stand comfortably in the bucket for the winter.

That's all the adults can do, and the barrel is directly changed to a hollow log stool. There is still a pot of slightly burning charcoal underneath, and the person sits directly on the stool, and the knee is covered with a windshield cloth, and the person is comfortable.

Just now, Liu Xiaoying and Lin Shuang were both busy processing the pig's intestine at the back of the house, so none of the fire barrels in the house were lit. Now seeing Yueying coming, Liu Xiaoying hurriedly went to fetch charcoal to warm Yueying's body. Yueying didn't shirk it, she rushed so many ways to come over on a cold day, and her body was fine, but her feet were already numb from the cold. Yueying stuck both of her feet to the edge of the fire bucket to keep warm.

After a long while, Yue Ying eased up. After taking a sip of water, Yue Yingcai spoke: "Sister, Mom won't call me here." But I can't help it. Yueying's words were filled with tears. When Liu Xiaoying heard this, she suddenly felt bad.

"Something happened. You and I talk slowly. Liu Xiaoying pulled a bench over and sat next to Yueying. Lin Shuang obediently shrank behind Liu Xiaoying, afraid that Liu Xiaoying would ask her to go back to her room.

"Mom's health has not been very good since the winter. Cough terrible. I want to take her to the doctor. But my mother didn't want to, so she boiled some loquat leaves and water at home to eat. As a result, I don't know what happened a few days ago, and the person fainted all of a sudden. Xiaojun and I took my mother to the hospital, and the people in the hospital told me that my mother had tuberculosis. This disease is optimistic about asking for a lot of money. Yueying was crying while talking.

Lin Shuang didn't understand what tuberculosis was, but Liu Xiaoying did. If you can't get it right, it's going to kill you.

"The doctor said that for this disease, isoniazid and rifampicin should be used, as well as some other drugs. A month down, a lot of money. Mom knows, so she doesn't want to look at the problem. Mom, she said that she couldn't watch it anyway, so she wouldn't watch it, and the family itself had no money. Or don't drag down the family. For this matter, Xiaojun was so anxious that his mouth was full of bubbles. I really can't stand it anymore, so I sneaked here with you. ”

Liu Xiaoying understood, the little uncle is ambitious, and he is unwilling to drag down the juniors in the family. But how can the children of the family watch their relatives leave like this? Yueying's arrival is a signal for help.

Liu Xiaoying touched her pocket, and when she came back this time, she brought a hundred yuan, and the day before yesterday she went to pay off the debt of thirty yuan, and she was going to pay off the debt of fifty yuan tomorrow. I'm afraid that now I can only drag it back a little longer.

Liu Xiaoying patted her head and pointed at Lin Shuang: "Shuangshuang, go and get the two bottles of malt milk essence in the room." "This was originally prepared for Liu Xiaoying's parents. Now it's time for Yueying to bring it back. People who have tuberculosis can't stand it, and they need to supplement more nutrition. Fortunately, my uncle is not the pillar of the family, otherwise this day would be even more difficult.

When Yueying heard this, she jumped up: "Sister, I just want to find a place to spit out my bitterness, not to ask you for something." ”

"What to ask for. This in itself is a New Year's gift that I want to give to my uncle. You're here just in time, so I don't have to run away. Wait a minute, you can take it back directly. Get it! "Liu Xiaoying knows what her uncle is. If you directly say that you are not in good health, so I will send you. Then this malt milk essence will definitely not be able to be sent. It's better to make it a New Year's gift directly, and the little uncle still accepts it.

"By the way, Yueying, you will take fifty yuan and leave in a while. Take it back and give it to Xiaojun. Let Xiaojun tell his uncle that it was the salary advanced from the unit. You go directly to the hospital to prescribe the medicine. When it came back, the little uncle lost the money, so he naturally had to eat up the medicine. Liu Xiaoying helped come up with ideas.

Yueying really wanted the fifty yuan in her heart. However, Yueying also understands the difficulties of the Lin family. The Lin family is also not wealthy, and they have a lot of debts in order to start a new house. Later, Lin Zhihong's leg also had problems. took the fifty yuan, for fear of missing Lin Zhihong's repayment plan. But don't take it, the family really doesn't have the money to see the problem for my mother. Yueying sat there with fifty yuan in her eyes and didn't leave.

Liu Xiaoyingxiao is what Yueying is thinking. So he patted Yueying on the shoulder: "Go back." Zhihong and I opened a haberdashery store in the city. Payouts are made every month. I still have to sell vegetables in the morning, so I can still get the fifty yuan. You can go ahead and prescribe medicine with peace of mind. If it's not enough, you come again. Always let your mom take care of it. ”