Chapter 13: Starting from Scratch

"I'll pay for the medicine and come back soon, Auntie, you will rest first. Ning'er, you take good care of grandma. Lin Jinxiu stood up and walked in front of the old man, "Doctor, thank you, how much does this medicine cost?" ”

"Girl." The old man didn't say how much, hesitated for a long time, and still opened his mouth, "What method did the girl use to wake up the old woman?" ”

Lin Jinxiu looked at him with a smile on her face: "Aunt Li can wake up because of the doctor's superb medical skills." ”

"Girl, don't laugh." The nagging old man just now was rarely serious, "Although the old man is old, he is not blind." Before feeding the old lady the medicine, the girl clearly poured the contents of another bowl into the medicine, if there was nothing in that bowl, why did the girl do such a superfluous thing? ”

"Doctor, that's because you're mistaken." Of course, the secret of the egg could not be exposed, Lin Jinxiu began to fool Lao Langzhong, "I didn't put the potion in another bowl?" ”

Lao Langzhong also heard that Lin Jinxiu didn't want to talk about this matter, thinking that it was afraid that it was someone's own secret: "Girl, since you don't want to say it, the old man doesn't ask much, but the girl listens to the old man." ”

"Please." Lin Jinxiu said.

"If the girl is interested, the old man is willing to ask you for this method of curing the disease and saving people, if the girl decides, come to me at any time in this medical center." Lao Langzhong said that he actually raised his hand and bowed, "I hope the girl can think about it." ”

Heavily? This word caught Lin Jinxiu's attention.

It's not that she loves money, it's just that what she lacks now is money.

If this method can allow her to save at least some money, then there is a little hope for the repayment of the debt of one hundred taels of snowflake silver.

"I'll think about it. Thank you. Lin Jinxiu nodded and bowed.

"Then it's a trouble girl." Lao Langzhong thanked Lin Jinxiu again, "By the way, there is one more thing." ”

"What?" Lin Jinxiu was puzzled.

Lao Langzhong pointed to the jujube cake that was thrown to the ground by Ning Er: "That good thing can't be thrown around, don't let the old man take it, don't waste it!" He looked distressed.

Lin Jinxiu thought it was something important, and burst out laughing: "Okay, as long as you don't dislike it, you will give it to you." ”

"Oh, really?" Lao Langzhong seems to like to eat jujube cake very much, "That's really thank you, girl!" ”

"Really, really." Lin Jinxiu couldn't cry or laugh.

Lin Jinxiu took the medicine that Lao Langzhong helped Aunt Li to and walked to Aunt Li's side, Ning'er had already helped Aunt Li up, Lin Jinxiu handed her the paper bag containing the medicine, and went to the couch to pick up Lele.

"Girl, go home, we can go back by ourselves." Aunt Li couldn't bear to let Lin Jinxiu take the child to send them anymore.

Lin Jinxiu shook her head: "Auntie, let's go." ”

The old man with the medicine also helped Lin Jinxiu speak: "You just let this good girl send you back first, she definitely doesn't have to worry about you!" After speaking, he timidly glanced at the broken case.

Lin Jinxiu turned around and glared at Lao Langzhong, tied Lele back to his back, took the medicine and helped Aunt Li out of the medical hall. Just now, she stuffed some broken silver to Lao Langzhong to make medicine money, but Lao Langzhong said that he didn't want anything, and said that he couldn't collect money if he had something to ask for, but his eyes kept glancing at the broken case.

Where is this because there is something to ask for, obviously he was frightened by Lin Jinxiu, and the reason for not charging money made Lin Jinxiu feel that he was actually a robber, and he came to force this old man to let him be treated.

Along the way, Ning Er and Lin Jinxiu helped Aunt Li to walk towards her home.

On the way, Aunt Li has been thanking Lin Jinxiu, Lin Jinxiu has a smiling face, but her face is slightly red, but she just responds.

In the blink of an eye, several people walked from the bustling street to the corner, stopping in an inconspicuous small place, Lin Jinxiu noticed a dusty sign hanging on a small shop: "Sun's Baked Cakes".

Ning Er led the way into this small shop, and through the empty front and back doors, a mud house surrounded by a low fence appeared in front of several people, and Lin Jinxiu couldn't help frowning.

After helping Aunt Li into the house, Lin Jinxiu found that the conditions in this house were worse than those outside, the walls were dark and damp, and there was not even an oil lamp.

The earthen walls divided the house into two rooms, each with nothing but a small stool and a tattered hardboard bed.

There are only a few chicken feathers in a small gated fence in the backyard that appears to be a chicken pen.

Lin Jinxiu noticed that there was still a kitchen in the shop outside, and there seemed to be some oil, noodles and other ingredients and firewood left in the corner.

The room is simple and dilapidated, but it is clean and tidy, and it seems that although the life of the grandfather and grandson is poor, it is not sloppy.

It's just that this family is surrounded by walls, and they don't have to think about it to know that they can't afford to pay back this amount of money at all.

It seems that if you want to have enough money in seven days, you have to start from scratch.

Retracting her mind, Lin Jinxiu hurriedly sat down in front of Aunt Li's bed: "Auntie, we have to think about how to repay Cui Shao's money." ”

"Girl, just settle this old body with Ning'er, you hurry up and ......" Aunt Li wanted to persuade Lin Jinxiu to leave, "You have already helped us a lot, we can't let the girl worry about us anymore." ”

Ning Er's face was embarrassed, and she told her grandmother about Lin Jinxiu signing the IOU with Cui Shao for her grandparents and grandchildren.

After listening to Ning Er's words, Aunt Li's face changed, and she looked at Lin Jinxiu's eyes with a little guilt and eagerness.

Aunt Li hurriedly took Lin Jinxiu's hand and said to her, "Girl, you should leave quickly." Don't let us hold you down! ”

"Auntie, I have signed the IOU, and I can't escape if you drive me away." Lin Jinxiu gently patted Aunt Li's hand and interrupted her words, "What we have to do now is to find a way to get through the difficulties together." ”

Originally, Lin Jinxiu had no intention of leaving behind the two grandparents to raise money by themselves, but after seeing the appearance of the four walls of this family, Lin Jinxiu was even more convinced of his decision.

If she really leaves, where can this Aunt Li and Ning'er afford this hundred taels?

I'm afraid that in less than seven days, Cui Shaola will be a slave.

Although he is alone, he has traveled from modern times, and there is a strange space, which has an advantage over the two grandparents and grandchildren in any way.

Aunt Li and Ning Er glanced at each other, still trying to persuade Lin Jinxiu to leave, but Lin Jinxiu interrupted again and changed the topic:

"Auntie, I see that the shop in front of your house has Sun's baked cakes hanging on it? It turns out that you make yakiniku at home?

Before Aunt Li could speak, Ning Er rushed to answer the question: "Dad's baked cakes are delicious, and when my father is still there, our Sun's baked cake business is booming!" ”

Speaking of this, Ning Er slowed down her tone, and listened carefully, it seemed to have some resentment, "But after Dad left, Grandma's baked cakes didn't taste as good as his made, and Dad's senior brother's craftsmanship was better, and slowly our store lost business." ”

Saying that, Ning Er seemed to have thought of something, and there was a look of hatred and disgust on her moist smiling face:

"Dad is gone, no matter the family, since a few days ago, there are often people in the family who come to collect debts, how can the family have so much money to pay off the debts to the father, and after repaying a few payments, they are getting poorer day by day, and the mother's relics are all used to pay off the debts to the father."

Lin Jinxiu frowned when she heard this, Ning'er's father is even worse than the original Lin Jinxiu's stepmother, at least Lin Jinxiu still has a place at home, work and eat.

Not to mention that Ning'er's father was the shopkeeper, he also brought debts to the family, which was completely a drag on the family.

Now even his daughter is going to lose it, but he still doesn't come forward, as if this home is his ATM.

"Ning'er, how much money did you make from selling baked cakes?" The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to scold Ning'er's father, so I can only think about the way out in the future.

Lin Jinxiu counted, and he still had sixteen or seven taels of broken silver on his body, but this silver was just a drop in the bucket for one hundred taels, and he had to find a way to have a stable income.

Thinking that Ning'er and the others had been selling baked cakes for a living before, in fact, it was a good way to continue selling baked cakes.

Ning Er opened the drawer next to the bed and took out a small yellowed notebook from it, the small notebook had no words on it, but it was full of paintings.

Ning Er stretched out her hand and counted this with her thin white fingers: "Sister Lin, you see, the baked cakes at home cost five cents a piece, and my grandmother and I can sell sixty a day, and that is ......." ”

Ning Er was still counting with her fingers, and Lin Jinxiu said, "Three hundred Wen." ”

Ning Er's eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, three hundred Wen, Sister Lin, you are so amazing!" ”

After speaking, Ning Er pursed her lips again, and said in frustration: "But if you have to deduct another fifty wen to buy noodles and oil, you can earn about two hundred and fifty wen a day." ”

250 ...... Lin Jinxiu calculated in his heart that one tael of silver is equal to one thousand wen, and the income of two hundred and fifty wen is more than one tael of silver in five days.

However, in seven days they had to find a way to make up a hundred taels...... Lin Jinxiu suddenly felt a little desperate.

"Sister, is this...... Too little? Ning'er clarified the situation of selling baked cakes with her grandmother before, and also saw Lin Jinxiu's face gradually darkening, her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally only mosquito language remained.

Although Lin Jinxiu wanted to comfort her, she didn't want to lie, so she could only nod: "It's really rare, but it's not completely useless." ”

Ning Er and Aunt Li both looked at Lin Jinxiu, as if she was their core, their only hope that they could get through this difficult time.

"The baked cakes still have to be sold." Lin Jinxiu took the small notebook in Ning Er's hand, "Is the bookkeeping pen still there?" ”

Ning Er's eyes widened: "Sister Lin, can you write?" ”

Lin Jinxiu nodded, watched Ning Er put the pen and ink that had not been used for a long time and a small inkstone in front of her, added a little water to the inkstone, and bent down to help her grind the ink: "This is what my father left before he wanted to take the exam, but my father didn't pass the exam, and grandma felt that it was a pity that she didn't throw it away." ”

Lin Jinxiu looked at the ink strip in Ning Er's hand, it was very indestructible, and it emitted an old smell.

If it might be difficult to write, it's okay to just keep accounts like them.

After washing the tip of the brush with clean water, Lin Jinxiu dipped the tip of the brush in a little ink and stabilized it on the paper.

She doesn't know how to use a brush, but only a little contact, used to using a pen gel pen, she can only write characters with a brush, as for whether it looks good, she really can't guarantee.

Besides, Lin Jinxiu's original body is not literate, this body does not have any experience in writing, Lin Jinxiu only feels that the characters are presented in his mind, but he can't write with a pen, and he is very stiff.

After getting used to it a little, Lin Jinxiu put down his pen and began to calculate, and the characters written were something that Ning Er had never seen before.