Chapter 3: Old Things
"In the past few years, my father has been absent, Uncle Fu and the villagers have taken great care of our sisters and brothers, and they should have done all this, and they can't be thanked." Gu Qingzhu waved his hand again and again.
"Qingzhu's medical book is read in vain, and today it is the same uncle, but that's it!" The eldest girl happily hugged Gu Qingzhu's shoulders and said proudly with her chin slightly raised.
"I'm far worse than my father, and I can only look at the little problem of headache and brain fever, at most I help the village take care of the livestock." Gu Qingzhu was embarrassed by the eldest girl's praise, and lowered her head to wipe the blood stains on her arms with the old cotton cloth she gave.
"Qingzhu hasn't had breakfast yet." Sun, who was standing on the side, said with a smile, turned his head and instructed his daughter, "Big girl, you take Qingzhu to the kitchen to wash first, and then come to Qingshan Qingchuan House to drink a bowl of porridge to warm up." ”
"Brother Qingshan is better?" Gu Qingzhu saw her mention it and asked casually.
"He's much better, although he can't get out of bed yet, the wound is scabbed, speaking of which, our family still has to thank you, if you didn't take out the silver used by Qingsong to study, Qingshan is afraid that he would have died a long time ago." Gu Shifu said with deep emotion.
"What did Uncle Fu say, we live in a village, Brother Qingshan fights wolves, also so that everyone will not suffer, he was accidentally injured, it is already a catastrophe, I will pay some money to save the emergency, it is nothing." Gu Qingzhu shook his head.
Last year, just after Laba, there were three goose feather heavy snowfalls in the mountains, the snow came quickly and fiercely, and the mountains were blocked for a while, and many people's sheep have not had time to sell, let alone buy New Year's goods.
Just when the people in the village were worried that they would not be able to pass this year, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the wolves who could not find food on the mountain came down to snatch the sheep, and for three days in a row they harmed the sheep of several families on the edge of the village.
Natural disasters are expected, wolves are rampant, the young adults of Gu Jiaao are holding their breath in their hearts, secretly discussing to fight wolves, they are young and vigorous, where do they know that hungry wolves, for a bite to eat, they are not even afraid of people.
That night, in the melee between humans and wolves, Gu Qingshan was bitten through the stomach by a wolf in order to save Zheng Changlin, but fortunately, several elderly villagers found out in time and rushed to light a long firecracker prepared for the New Year to scare the wolves away.
Although Gu Qingshan, who was seriously injured, was treated by the abbot of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, the medicine for injuries in the town was ridiculously expensive during the New Year's Festival, and he spent thirty taels of silver before and after, borrowed all over his relatives and villagers, and owed a lot of debts, so that he could get better today.
Speaking of which, Gu Shifu and Gu Qingshan father and son are particularly able to endure hardships, serving the tea garden at home when they are busy, and working part-time outside the mountains when they are idle, and the family has more than a dozen sheep all year round.
On weekdays, his family can make up more or less thirty taels, but at the beginning of last year, the Sun family asked someone to tell Qingshan a family affair in Cuiping Town, and the woman's family asked for three new brick houses, as well as five stones of rice and three stones of wheat as a dowry.
According to the rules of the mountain, this is indeed a little more, but the Sun family fell in love with the woman's family in the town, and there was only such an only daughter, thinking that it would be more important at this time, and it would still be Qingshan in the future, so she persuaded Gu Shifu to take out all the family funds, build a house, buy food, and form this family.
Gu Shifu originally planned to sell the fattened sheep in the moon, and married his daughter-in-law into the door in the beautiful scenery, and also counted a matter of concern, which Cheng thought, the family affairs have not been done, but the son was so seriously injured, the first medicine will cost ten taels of silver, and the family's savings have been spent, so he can only borrow it from all over the village at this time, but fortunately, he gets along well with the villagers on weekdays, although everyone is not rich, but they have borrowed a little bit of ten or twenty yuan.
He didn't want to borrow from the Qingzhu sisters and brothers who had no father and no mother, but the money was too bad, and just when he was at a loss, Gu Qingzhu didn't say a word, and sent the five taels of silver saved by the family to lend him money, so that he could buy the medicine for the injury.
Gu Qingzhu knew that every penny was hard to come by, and the five taels of silver were earned by her busy picking tea and raising silkworms for a whole year, and she was going to leave it to her younger brother Qingsong for the New Year, and Jiaozhen went to school to tie her head, but at that time, Qingshan's life was at stake, and in an emergency, she didn't have a reason not to take it out to save her life first.
Seeing that three lambs had been added to the family at once, Gu Daya was in a good mood and resumed her chattering nature, she and Gu Qingzhu talked and laughed all the way to the kitchen to wash their hands, but when they raised their eyes, they saw the petite and delicate Zheng Zhaodi running over in a panic.
"What's wrong with you? Hell in the day! Gu Daya greeted him and asked with a frown.
Gu Qingzhu, Gu Daya and Zheng Zhaodi are the three girls of the same age, and the three of them are the best in the village, so Gu Daya talks very casually.
"Qingzhu, you...... Your grandma is at your house again! Zheng Zhaodi held on to the fence and stood still with one hand on her waist, she couldn't wait to catch her breath, and looked at Gu Qingzhu in the courtyard and said in horror.
"What?!" When Gu Qingzhu heard this, his expression changed greatly, he didn't care about washing his hands at all, rolled down his sleeves indiscriminately, pulled out his legs and ran home!
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