Chapter Sixty-Nine: Another Disaster
During this time, Xiao Qi not only learned martial arts literacy in the Hua family, but also made a lot of money with Pear Blossom, and his life was very smooth.
But this kind of happy day was soon broken, on this day Xiao Qi returned home from selling vegetables, and saw his father Liu Dahe lying on the bed asleep, and the house was full of medicinal smell.
Liu Dahe rarely goes to bed when the sky is still bright, he is a diligent person, even if he doesn't go out to work, he will not be idle at home, he will always find something like this and that to do.
Xiao Qi had a bad premonition in his heart, and when he heard a sound in the stove, he walked over, Ah Fu was sitting in the stove and burning the fire, his eyes were full of tears, and when he saw Xiao Qi, his tears couldn't stop falling, and he choked up: "Sister, today I went to the town with my father to deliver goods, and when we were about to arrive in the town, our horse was startled by the oncoming horse, the carriage overturned to the ground, and my father was smashed by the cabinet and broke his leg." ”
"The Crazy Horse soon ran away without a shadow, and I don't know whose house it is." Ah Fu wiped his tears with his hands, and the ashes on the bottom of the pot on his hands immediately turned into a cat face.
Xiao Qi took out a handkerchief and handed it to Ah Fu, and asked, "You've seen Lang Zhong, right, what did Lang Zhong say?" ”
Ah Fu: "Lang Zhong has already taken over the broken bones for his father, saying that he has to raise them for two or three months, and it is difficult to say what his father's leg will be restored into after two or three months." Dad is now sleeping with a soothing pill. ”
Xiao Qi: "Brother, do you remember the hundred-year-old Lang Zhong in Xiaozhao Village?" I think he's pretty good, so I'll pick him up and let him look at Daddy's legs too. ”
Xiao Qi reached out and lifted the lid of the pot: "I'll take a few steamed buns and leave." ”
Ah Fu: "Don't lift it yet, sister, you wait a while, the steamed buns haven't been steamed yet." ”
While the two were talking, Niu walked into the stove with a pair of pig's trotters in his hand, "I heard that eating pig's trotters is better for people with leg injuries, so I went to buy a pair of pig's trotters." ”
In order to be in a hurry, Xiao Qi borrowed a mule from the Hua family, she and Hua Xi'er have been learning riding skills for many days, and riding a mule is not a problem.
At the entrance of Liujia Village, Stinky Duck Egg was talking about girls with a few boys in Wangjia Village, and Xiao Qi rode away on a mule.
Wang Dazhuang of Wangjia Village sighed: "This little chubby dun riding a horse is the one in your village, you warn us that we must not provoke the little seventh girl, look at how handsome this horse riding is, I have only ridden a donkey." ”
The rotten duck egg corrected him: "This is a mule, not a horse." ”
Wang Dazhuang: "Okay, what you say is what, anyway, I can't tell whether it's a mule or a horse." ”
Xiao Qi rode a mule to Xiao Zhao Village, but did not find the hundred-year-old Langzhong, who said that Langzhong had not been seen for many days.
By the time Xiao Qi returned to Liujia Village, it was already dark.
Liu Dahe woke up leisurely at night, and when Niu saw it, he quickly brought the hot rice to Liu Dahe, and Xiao Qi and Ah Fu were all around Liu Dahe.
Ah Fu: "Dad, I'll feed you." ”
Liu Dahe: "Dad's hands are good, I can eat by myself." ”
Xiao Qi: "Dad, it hurts." ”
Liu Dahe pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled reluctantly: "It's only a little painful." ”
Niu: "Ah Fu, Xiao Qi, you go to eat first." Dahe, is the furniture on Mr. Wu's side in the town almost finished? ”
Liu Dahe sighed and said, "It's still far away, I've only done less than half of the work, I'm like this now, and Ah Fu can't stand alone." ”
After Liu Dahe finished eating, he told Ah Fu, "Ah Fu, you go to the town tomorrow to talk to Master Wu, I'm really sorry, he asked someone else to do those furniture, and we won't collect the wages of the previous day." ”
The next day, Ah Fu rode a donkey to Master Wu's house in the town, and when he came back, he said to Liu Dahe with a bitter face: "Dad, Master Wu said that we delayed his big event, let us compensate one hundred taels of silver." ”
Niu was very angry: "What, you actually let us pay a hundred taels of silver, what is the difference between this and robbery." ”
Ah Fu: "Master Wu said that if he didn't pay compensation, he would pull us to see the official." ”
Liu Dahe frowned: "What he uses at home is a good pear blossom tree, and it is really worth some money." ”
Ah Fu drooped his head and said: "Master Wu said that finding someone again will delay the construction period, and the subordinates of the Wu family who are guarding the door told me that Master Wu is the brother-in-law of the county master, and he also said that if we go to see the official, we will definitely not be able to end well." ”
Niu heard that Master Wu was the brother-in-law of the county lord, and his body couldn't help shrinking, since ancient times, the people did not fight with the officials, and I heard that last year there was a family in the town who went to sue the official, and was beaten to death by the board.
Xiao Qi clenched his fists: "Dad, I'll go to them now, you and my brother have helped his family do the work for many days for free, and he can find others to help him do the rest of the work, how can we lose so much money." ”
Niu Shi heard Xiao Qi's words and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Qi: "This is our adult business, you little child don't talk nonsense." ”
Niu turned to Liu Dahe again: "Dahe, otherwise, we will find a way to compensate Master Wu for this money." ”
Liu Dahe hesitated: "One hundred taels is too much." ”
After the children were asleep, Liu Dahe discussed with the Niu family all night, and finally decided to pay one hundred taels of silver to Master Wu to destroy the fortune and eliminate the disaster.
Niu's got up early in the morning and was about to go to Hua's house to borrow money, but Liu Dahe stopped her: "Let's go after lunch, the village is particular, and it's best not to mention anything about silver money before noon." ”
In the evening, the old man came to see the willow river.
The old man handed the two packets of brown sugar in his hand to Niu's, "Chrysanthemum, put away these brown sugars, go back and use it to scramble eggs, and make up for Dahe's body." ”
The old man Hua took out a hundred taels of silver tickets from his purse and handed them to Liu Dahe himself, and said to Liu Dahe: "This is the silver ticket of Wantong Yinzhuang, you carefully put it away." ”
Liu Dahe trembled and took the silver ticket and put it under the pillow.
Old Man Hua continued: "During the day, your daughter-in-law told me the reason for borrowing the one hundred taels, is the old man Wu in her mouth the famous Wu million in the town?" ”
Liu Dahe: "Exactly, I have been helping his family to make housekeeping for about half a month, and now I have become like this, delaying Master Wu's ......"
Old man Hua: "It is said that Wu Million is a person who is not benevolent to the rich, I think that Wu Million is a bit too much to let you lose 100 taels, Dahe, do you think we have to think of a way, or ......"
Liu Dahe has a cowardly personality, he has always been a person who is afraid of things, since he has borrowed one hundred taels of silver, he will send it to Wu Million in the town tomorrow.
He didn't want to make any more trouble, so he said: "I have already discussed it with the child and her mother, and decided to pay the silver to Wu Million, which can save a lot of trouble, don't worry, we will save money in the future, and we will definitely return the money to you." ”
The old man Hua was a little speechless, and said in his heart, "Aren't I trying to fight for you?"
In the end, the old man Hua didn't say anything else, and said to Liu Dahe before leaving: "Your leg injury is quite serious, just rest at home, don't worry about money, my family's money is quite spacious, you can pay it back slowly." ”
Xiao Qi sent the old man home with a lantern, and the old man asked a lot of questions about martial arts training on the way, and when he arrived at the door of the flower house, he said to Xiao Qi earnestly: "Martial arts training is not an overnight thing, you must persevere, you have talent, don't waste it." ”
Xiao Qi nodded.
"You saw today's events, the Wu family is rich and powerful, and they are bullying your family, so you must fight for your strength and practice your kung fu well, only by making yourself strong, others will not dare to bully you at will."
Xiao Qi's eyes were red, and his voice was loud, as if he was swearing: "Grandpa Hua, I remember, I will definitely work hard." ”
When Mrs. Zhao heard the movement, she had already turned on the lights to greet the door, and the old man said to Xiao Qi: "Go back quickly." ”