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The work of a blacksmith is very heavy, with both hands, bellows, and hammers.

But Yang Yong never felt bitter, just with his hands, he fed a large family.

"Dad, it's time to eat!"

As he was swiping the hammer, a crisp voice sounded.

Yang Yong sighed, put down the work in his hand, and turned to sit down on a dilapidated table in the middle of the blacksmith shop.

The daughter poured a cup of tea, and when Yang Yong was drinking tea, the daughter had already taken out a few dishes from a bamboo basket.

A bowl of coarse rice, half a dish of greens, half a plate of pickles.

Coarse tea and light rice, but Yang Yong ate it very fragrantly.

"What's wrong with your brother?"

What worries Yang Yong the most is his son.

His son is his treasure, but unfortunately there is only one, which makes him always a little weak-hearted. When I was a child, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to support him, and I was reluctant to beat and scold, so I thought he could be better than himself in the future, and if he could be admitted to a show, it would be better if he could give birth to two grandchildren.

"Brother is much better. I got up and walked a few steps today. ”

Yang Yue said immediately, and there was some joy in her tone.

Yang Yong nodded, the corners of his eyebrows couldn't help but curl, his son is getting better day by day, and it's nothing if he is tired.

"Has your brother eaten it?"

Yang Yue said: "Brother has already eaten it." Sleep now. ”

Yang Yong said: "Okay." The doctor told him to rest more. ”

After eating a few bites of food, Yang Yong suddenly spoke again: "What did your brother eat?" ”

Yang Yue said: "I ate a big bowl of porridge. ”

Yang Yong sighed: "If there is a chicken, it may be better to replenish the body soon." ”

Yang Yue pursed her lips and didn't speak, there is almost no rice in the pot at home, where is there money to buy chicken.

Yang Yong finished eating, picked up and walked to the blacksmith furnace again.

Seeing that her father was going to work again, Yang Yue lowered her head and obediently cleaned up the empty dishes.

"Dad, I'll go back first, you come back early today."

My father has taken on a lot of more work these days than before, and he went back late every day, and once he was almost caught by the night watchman, saying that he had committed a night crime.

……

"Son, why are you up?"

The mother exclaimed, she heard the voice just now, thought that her son had something, and hurriedly ran to her son's room, but found that her son actually stood up and walked around the house, and twisted his waist, kicked his legs, stretched his arms and shook his hands, which was really scary.

"Mother, you see I'm fine. No need to stay in bed again. ”

Yang Chao didn't expect his mother to come in suddenly, and he was a little cramped, so he simply jumped twice to prove that he was completely well.

Since waking up, Yang Chao has actually quietly insisted on exercising, but it is all done secretly. Because every move you make will worry your family. But insisting on exercising does have an effect, and Yang Chao feels that his physical function has recovered seventy or eighty percent, which can be regarded as a complete recovery.

"No, lie down, be careful of hurting yourself!"

The mother's reaction did not exceed Yang Chao's expectations.

Yang Chao is the only son in the family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that thousands of favors are all in one. The father is not a strict father, but the mother is absolutely a loving mother. Yang Chao never had the impression of his parents being harsh in his memory, and he didn't even say anything serious.

It's just that there are no parents who don't want their sons to be motivated, and the mother's nagging in his memory is the most annoying thing for Yang Chao, of course, Yang Chao now understands his parents' desire for their son to become a dragon.

"Mother, I'm really fine, I'm going to rust if I lie in bed again."

Yang Chao was very persistent, and his mother was embarrassed for a while, watching her son toss back and forth in fear.

After some bargaining, after Yang Chao promised not to do strenuous exercise, his mother also agreed that Yang Chao could walk around the yard.

Yang Chao spun around in the courtyard.

I habitually looked at the structure of the house, all of which were brick and wood structures, the walls were blue bricks, the beams were wooden frames, and the roof was green tiles.

But this is already good, although in the most prosperous south of Nanjing, not every family can live in a brick house.

The courtyard of the Yang family is not small, entering the gate is a courtyard, the front of the courtyard is a row of main houses, a total of three, one bright and two dark, the middle is the bright hall, the two sides are the main house, the upper room on the east side is Yang Yong's husband and wife's, and the west is Yang Chao's. Yang Yue's house is a small room separated from a corner of the Ming Hall, which can be seen to have been changed later, and the walls are still nailed up with old wooden boards.

There are sandwich passages on both sides of the main house, which can lead to the backyard, and the backyard is also a yard, which is smaller than the front yard and has some vegetables.

There were no wings on either side, only a low house in the southeast corner, which was the kitchen, built with some broken bricks and stones, and the beams on the top were also arm-thick rafters, which was very simple.

Speaking of which, the Yang family is just a circle of walls with a row of houses in the middle.

It was getting late, and under the bitter words of his mother, Yang Chao had to go back to the room.

Lying in bed, I kept thinking about the way out in the future.

Thinking about slowly getting sleepy, I actually fell asleep.

As soon as I woke up, it was already the next morning.

When Yang Chao got up, his father went out early, and he hadn't seen his father for several days. Yang Chao knew very well what it was for, but he didn't say it in his mouth, but he felt a little sour in his heart.

When Yang Yue was feeding Yang Chao, she once said that she had leaked her mouth, saying that in order to wake Yang Chao up, her family bought a ginseng, and Yang Chao came back to life by hanging herself from this ginseng.

Ginseng was very expensive at any time, and it could only be more expensive in the Ming Dynasty, because there was no artificially planted ginseng in the Ming Dynasty, and it was all dug out of the deep mountains and old forests by the ginseng diggers who ran the mountains, how could it not be expensive.

Yang Chao thought that a piece of ginseng would definitely bankrupt the Yang family, so the family worked so hard.

Yang Chao still knows a little about his own situation, and after a year, after removing the shackles of food and clothing and his own study, there is basically no money left, and a ginseng is twenty or thirty taels, and with his own situation, he is obviously in debt.

In the past few days, I have repeatedly pondered how to improve the situation of my family as soon as possible, but I am very confused when I think about it, I am very confused, I am still a little early to say this, and the most realistic thing at present is how to make a sum of money as soon as possible, which is what Yang Chao is most concerned about.

It's just that his current identity is a scholar, and he can't hold his hands and shoulders and can't resist, and when he goes out to work for people, don't say if anyone wants it, his family won't agree to it first. When it comes to business, the family doesn't have a penny for themselves, and his father pins his life's hopes on himself, and he will never consider letting Yang Chao do anything other than studying.

"Brother, how are you?"

At this time, her sister Yang Yue saw Yang Chao walking in the yard and couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

In the past few days, not only has my father gone out early, my mother Zhao has picked up some needlework guys, and my sister Yang Yue will also get up early to work.

However, my mother received a lot of needlework from her neighbors, and she could only earn a little money for vegetables. Not to mention my sister, it is impossible to feed a family by washing clothes, and the family's livelihood depends on Yang Yong, the man in the family.

But the Yang family is not only Yang Yong, Yang Chao is also a man, at least he thinks so in his heart.

Yang Chao smiled and touched the head of his sister who ran to him, rubbed her head vigorously, and said that he would not have to stay in bed in the future.

The younger sister exhaled in pain and glared at Yang Chao.

"What does it hurt, dead girl, don't go to boil water and cook. I want to starve your brother to death. ”

At this time, the mother came over with a basket and scolded her, while muttering: My son is a scholar and has just recovered from illness, so he has no strength.

Yang Yue pursed her lips, she ran away, and if she didn't run, she would be scolded.

Eat quickly.

The dining table in the Ming Hall is probably the only piece of furniture.

An inch-thick rough plank with four table legs nailed, and this kind of broken table probably no one would want.

The three of them ate around, the rice was coarse rice, and there was only one dish, a plate of pickled radish.

Mother and sister only have a small half bowl of rice each, and it has always been like this in my memory, the Yang family has always been that only Yang Yong and Yang Chao can eat rice all night, and my mother and sister can only eat half a bowl. In the past, Yang Chao had a natural feeling, and he never felt that there was anything wrong, but now Yang Chao feels that it is a little too much.

Obviously, this is a privilege, and Yang Chao himself can't remember when it started.

In my memory, when I was twelve years old, Yang Chao passed the county examination in Jiangning County, and his status was very different, not only did his parents no longer care about Yang Chao's behavior, but also discussed with Yang Chao about family matters.

It's a pity that Yang Chao was fourteen years old last year, and he didn't take the college exam, otherwise Yang Chao is now a showman, and I'm afraid he will be in charge.

But today is a little different, Yang Chao did not eat rice all night, but half a bowl of porridge, plus half a bowl of chicken soup.

I don't know where my family got the chicken, boiled soup to replenish my body, there were a few pieces of chicken in it, it was stewed very badly, and there was a layer of oil flowers floating on it, exuding a strong fragrance.

"Ginseng soup!"

Yang Chao immediately smelled this taste, and ginseng was added to the chicken soup.

Hang yourself for yourself, the ginseng doesn't seem to be used up, Yang Chao found the secret with chopsticks, although the ginseng is not used up, there is still a little ginseng left.

This made Yang Chao feel a pity, if the ginseng was not eaten, it might still be sold, and it would be worth some money.

Finding that his sister peeked at the chicken in Yang Chao's bowl from time to time, Yang Chao smiled and gave her a few pieces of meat.

Mother immediately scolded: "You dead girl, this is for your brother's body." ”

Seeing that his mother's hands were raised, Yang Chao hurriedly said: "Mother, I'm just right, I can't make up for it, just drink soup." ”

Yang Yue stuck out her tongue, lowered her head and ate the chicken quickly, even chewing the bones.

Yang Chao suddenly felt sad: "Eat slowly, and I will give you meat every day in the future." ”

"Good!"

Yang Yue said vaguely, and stuffed another mouthful of rice in her mouth.

The mother's hand was raised, but she didn't fight in the end

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