Ai Mingshan hung his head, and his whole body was paralyzed, and he was gasping for breath with difficulty.

No one spoke in the house for a long time.

Ai Yonggui and Ma Shi were all white-faced and at a loss.

Ai Yonggui was more disappointed in his heart, he was wrong, he always thought that the family recipe was secretly taken by his third brother Ai Jinghong.

Who knew the truth would be like this.

No wonder his father suddenly broke his leg, but when he came back, he didn't say a word, neither told them how the leg was broken, nor did he seek revenge from anyone.

Ai Yonggui's mouth moved, "Dad, do you remember who you lost to in that recipe?" ”

Ai Mingshan raised his head suddenly, "You still think about harming others!" You brute, it's not enough to hurt your third brother, you still want to harm others? ”

"The matter of the third brother really has nothing to do with me." Ai Yonggui said aggrievedly, "The recipe for making sausages was given to me by my master. ”

Ai Mingshan coughed twice suddenly, leaned forward, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Ai Qiaoqiao and Ai Daquan were startled, and immediately stepped forward to support Ai Mingshan's body.

The old man faltered, but refused to fall.

"Go...... Go find your father. The old man said to Ai Daquan with difficulty.

Ai Daquan didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly ran out to find Ai Tiancheng.

As soon as Ai Tiancheng returned to his small courtyard, he saw his son running to him.

When he entered the upper room, Ai Tiancheng was shocked by the scene in front of him.

The corners of Ai Mingshan's mouth were full of blood, and he was propped up on the kang with one hand, but the other hand wanted to push Ai Qiaoqiao, who was holding him, away.

"Rest assured...... Girl, your father can't die, your father owes your father's debt...... I can't close my eyes yet. ”

Ai Qiaoqiao's heart was sour, "Master, my father has never blamed you." ”

Ai Mingshan smiled reluctantly, "Don't look at your father's big grin, he understands it in his heart...... He didn't agree with the Lan family at the beginning...... He knew what our family was like, and he didn't want your mother to suffer, so he ran away with her...... Your father is a daring man, I'm not as good as him......"

As he spoke, he saw Ai Tiancheng walk in, so he pointed to Ai Yonggui and said, "Tiancheng...... You lock this beast up for me, and whoever dares to let him go, I'll break his legs!" ”

Ai Yonggui was horrified, "Dad, what are you doing with me?" ”

Ai Mingshan ignored Ai Yonggui's constant grievances, and ordered Ai Tiancheng to say: "Lock him up, save the immortals from getting drunk and let him run away when he came to the government to get people, he deceived people of three hundred taels of silver, if the government can't take people, they have to copy our family." ”

Ma Shi immediately shuddered, "Could it be that the money Yonggui owes us still has to be repaid?" ”

Ai Mingshan covered his mouth with his hands and coughed, but his eyes glared fiercely at Ma's side.

Ai Tiancheng and Ai Daquan couldn't, so they had to step forward and grab Ai Yonggui left and right, "Second brother, I'm sorry, I can't help but listen to our father......'s words."

Ai Yonggui struggled and wanted to break free of Ai Tiancheng.

But he forgot that in terms of strength, he was not at all the opponent of Ai Tiancheng, who was good at farm work, and he was not even as strong as Ai Daquan.

Ai Qiaoqiao listened to Ai Yonggui's voice in the courtyard gradually lowered, and he was dragged back to the house by Ai Tiancheng and them.

Ma Shi hurried to the door, and ordered Ai Tiancheng at the top of his voice, "You also nail up the windows, if the government comes to ask for someone, Yonggui runs away, and then let you two pay back the money." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao helped Ai Mingshan to lie down on the kang, and after listening to Ma's words in the courtyard, she glanced at the old man.

Each saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

Ma's is a wall-to-wall grass, and selfish and tight.

She was afraid that Ai Yonggui would run away and the government would come to them for trouble.

She still remembers the feeling of the board hitting her, and it still makes her sweat stand on end when she thinks about it.

So at this time, she didn't care how much she loved this son before, she just wanted not to provoke the government again.

"Master, I have the medicine given by the night doctor here, you can take it." Seeing that there was no one in the house, Ai Qiao took out a purse from his sleeve and poured out a pill.

Ai Mingshan was surprised, "This ...... How does this work? ”

The medicine of the Night Doctor is not something that everyone can take.

Seeing Ai Mingshan's refusal, Ai Qiaoqiao simply brought the water over.

"Master, you can eat with confidence, the night doctor said, I see that your complexion is not very good, I am afraid that it is a problem with the heart, so I asked him for a few medicines."

"When did the Night Doctor see me?" Ai Mingshan had no choice but to swallow the medicine in Ai Qiaoqiao's hand, and suddenly felt a lot more comfortable in his chest, as if he had removed a heavy stone, and he could breathe evenly.

"Didn't you go to my place today, the night doctor lives in the east room, and he saw you at the window."

Ai Mingshan's eyes widened in shock.

He really deserves to be a miracle doctor, and he can tell his illness by looking at him from a distance.

Ai Qiaoqiao gave Ai Mingshan the remaining few pills and put them under the pillow, "Master, don't tell me that this is the medicine given by the Night God Doctor." ”

"Hey, I understand." Ai Mingshan sighed lowly.

With Ma's temperament, if they knew that Ai Qiaoqiao could get the medicine of the night doctor, their family would probably not need to ask for a doctor in the future.

Ma Shi has a headache and brain fever, so he will send Ai Daquan to find her.

Even if Ai Yonggui did not directly admit that he had anything to do with the death of his third brother Ai Jinghong, at least he mentioned his master again, Ai Qiaoqiao felt that she should meet Ai Yonggui's mysterious master as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Ai Mingshan was also in a hurry to complete this matter.

On the second day after Ai Qiaoqiao went back, after Ai Mingshan's body recovered slightly, he asked Ai Daquan to send her a message, saying that he was going to the city to Tianxianglou to give Ai Yonggui's master a thank you gift.

Because Ai Mingshan's legs and feet were inconvenient, and it was too cold to ride a flatbed car in winter, Ye Lixian lent her the carriage of Yicaotang.

When the carriage stopped at the door of Lao Ai's house, Ma's face pulled the old man.

The last time she went to the city, Ai Qiaoqiao refused to lend her the car, causing her to die of cold on the flatbed.

"Master, what thank-you gifts have you prepared?" Ai Qiaoqiao ignored Ma's resentful gaze and entered the upper room.

Ai Mingshan changed his clothes early, sat on the kang, and watched Ai Daquan put out the thank-you gifts they had prepared one by one.

Ai Qiaoqiao glanced at the thank-you gifts.

Very generous gifts, including sausages made by her, as well as fine refreshments bought from the city, just by looking at the packaging, you know that the price is expensive.

"For these gifts, it cost five taels of silver." Ma muttered displeasedly, "With all this money, it's enough to buy several pork legs." ”

The money for the thank-you gift comes from the money from the sale of the house, otherwise they would not have the money to celebrate the New Year.

Ai Mingshan moved down the kang, because his crutches were broken, so he temporarily found a wooden stick to hold on.

"Let's go." He went out first.

Ai Daquan helped carry the things and followed behind.

Ai Qiaoqiao was the last to walk out the door.

Before going out, Ma Shi stopped her and said in a low voice: "Your father is dead anyway, even if he finds the murderer, he won't survive, your second uncle also knows that he is wrong, in the future, our family will still point to him to support it, you can't turn your elbow out, if he goes to prison, who will raise our old couple in the future?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao turned her head sharply, and Ma Shi was startled by her cold gaze.

"Milk, if you think my second uncle can support you, why don't you follow him and go out alone?"