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Xu Xiaole went to her sister-in-law to ask for money first.

The price of ginseng is not low, and there is basically no time to hang his life with his five taels of silver. However, Tong Wanqing has already made up her mind, her life can be lost, and she will never take out the silver. This kind of resoluteness is no longer "treating money as life", and proper people die for money.

Tong Wanqing couldn't take her life seriously, but she was angry with Xu Xiaole. Xu Xiaole felt that her sister-in-law would rather die than spend money to see a doctor, that is, she would leave him to live alone in the world, that is, she was selfish and indifferent to him. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sit on the bed and hug his knees and cry secretly.

Until Hu Meiniang came in.

Hu Meiniang didn't mind avoiding suspicion very much, but staying in someone's young man's room in the middle of the night couldn't be said after all. There is a good reason at this time, my best friend is seriously ill and bedridden, and I just take care of my little brother-in-law who takes care of my best friend - not to mention that this little uncle is also in need of comfort, you see how sad he is crying!

Xu Xiaole saw Hu Meiniang come in, wiped away her tears, and squeezed out a smile that was similar to crying.

Hu Meiniang quipped: "Crying for a while and laughing for a while, what kind of trouble are you doing?" ”

Xu Xiaole felt that these words were like a warm wind, blowing away the rain clouds in his heart, but his usual cleverness was also blown away, and he didn't know how to answer.

Hu Meiniang sat down next to Xu Xiaole and said with relief: "Isn't it just that the county town can't find a doctor?" Tomorrow you will go to Jinling, where there are more doctors and more skilled medical skills, and you are afraid that your sister-in-law will not be able to save her? As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief and wiped Xu Xiaole's nose.

Xu Xiaole only felt a strange fragrance, opened his nose suddenly, blew his nose vigorously, and said, "I have decided to study medical books hard and find a way to save my sister-in-law." It's just that I have to take the silver to buy ginseng first, so that my sister-in-law won't be able to support it before I succeed in medicine. ”

Hu Meiniang couldn't help laughing, and said secretly: This is really a child's heart. Is medicine so easy to learn? People have been studying medical skills for decades, and they are still at a loss, and you only study for a few days and want to beat them? She said: "Your filial piety is good, but I'm afraid it will be a little difficult......"

Xu Xiaole continued: "My sister-in-law said that she would not give me the silver, and I was so angry that I felt uncomfortable. ”

Hu Meiniang suddenly realized, thought about it from Tong Wanqing's standpoint, and said: "You are still young, you don't know that this world is difficult. How many families ended up bankrupt because one person was sick. Your sister-in-law definitely doesn't want to drag you down, so she wants to keep the money for you to marry and start a family. ”

Xu Xiaole couldn't help but have a sour nose: "I grew up with my sister-in-law since I was a child, and I dragged her down for eight years, so why should I ask her to drag me down for eight years." How could she leave me alone! Father, mother, eldest brother, one by one, are gone, sister-in-law is also leaving now, and she refuses to wait even for a moment......" Speaking of this, tears can't help but come out again.

Hu Meiniang couldn't help but be gloomy when she saw Xu Xiaole's sincere feelings. She had no choice but to persuade: "Since you are determined to study hard to save your sister-in-law, you should go to bed early, get up early tomorrow and go into the city to buy ginseng, and come back to study hard." What good can just cry for? Can you become proficient in medicine by crying? ”

Xu Xiaole felt for the first time that Hu Meiniang was really reasonable, much better than what her sister-in-law said - her sister-in-law always spoke with a stick and a fist, which was really uncomfortable. He said, "My sister is right, I'll go to bed and get up early tomorrow." By the way, what kind of incense does my sister use? The smell on the veil was so good. ”

Hu Meiniang turned her head and left: "It's all in trouble here, how can there be incense?" You don't think too much and go to bed early. ”

Xu Xiaole saw Hu Meiniang turn around and go out, so she lay down on the bed and forced herself to sleep. I don't know how long it took, but when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was still dark and dreary outside the window, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. Turning over two more times, he heard the sound of vomiting coming from his sister-in-law's house, which was particularly piercing in the quiet of the night.

- Can't wait!

Xu Xiaole turned over, rubbed his shoes, touched the bookcase, turned out his good friends who were not pawned yesterday, turned them into a burden and carried them on his back, touched the silver and walked out.

There was no sound in the corridor, and Xu Xiaole's tiptoeing skills had been perfected, and he went out of the door without alarming anyone.

The sky was full of clouds, and there were no stars and moons, Xu Xiaole really felt that he had made a mistake and did not bring a torch out. But now that everyone has come out, there is absolutely no reason to go back, and there is only one way to go dark.

After walking for a long time along the road he was accustomed to, Xu Xiaole finally saw a little orange fire in front of him. The flames danced, full of temptations. Xu Xiaole walked fast unconsciously, and was suddenly shocked in his heart: it seems that not only moths can fight fires, but people can also put out fires, I heard that only bad people walk at night! Phew, I'm not a villain, don't I have to walk at night!

He thought wildly, and the people had already chased after him. But I saw that the person who lit the torch was not a villain, but an old man with gray hair.

Xu Xiaole relaxed and shouted; "The old man in front, let's go together!"

The old man stopped, turned his head slowly, and flicked the torch in front of him, revealing a deep resentment.

Xu Xiaole was almost taken aback, thinking that he had encountered some mountain spirit and water monster. But I heard the old man complain: "If it weren't for your cold-blooded ruthlessness, why would I rush back in the middle of the night!" ”

It turned out to be Li Xiqiang.

After Li Xiqiang left the Xu family, he went to the Xu Wang Temple, but was rejected by the temple. Because there were a few scholars living in the temple, for fear that the laity would be chattering, they took out a lot of money to wrap up the backyard and did not allow outsiders to stay overnight.

Li Xiqiang begged to no avail, and was reluctant to take the silver out to live in a hotel, so he had to ask for some waste cotton yarn, make a torch from pine branches, and hurried back to the city late at night. Who would have thought that halfway through, the two would collide again.

Xu Xiaole was also a little embarrassed, and finally glad that Li Xiqiang was not a villain. He stepped forward and said, "Let's also meet thousands of miles away, so let's go together." ”

Li Xiqiang rolled his eyes and said, "Whoever is destined for you, who will meet you!" Let's not call it a family that doesn't get together, it's best to break up in two when you get to the city, I'll take my Yangguan Road, and you take the single-plank bridge. ”

Xu Xiaole pinched his nose and recognized it, who let him borrow light.