When Du Mei arrived at Du Shicheng's house, he carefully picked out the cigarette paste the size of a small fingernail with chopsticks, put it in a large blue-rimmed bowl, and then washed it with boiling water, stirring it carefully until it completely melted, and the room was filled with an intoxicating strange aroma. When the water was warm, Wei helped Du Shicheng get up, and after slowly drinking the bowl of medicine, he put him down and lay down.

Wei sat on the small pestle in front of the bed, Du Mei and Du Huaibing sat at the table, the three of them looked at the bed with six pairs of eyes, the atmosphere was solemn and depressing, and there was nothing to say for a while, only to feel that the night outside the house was invading and chaotic, and the jumping light was even more crumbling.

"Uncle." About half an hour, Du Shicheng on the bed suddenly spoke, and his voice sounded much lighter.

"Master!" Wei waited anxiously, heard his voice, and immediately threw himself on the bed.

Du Shicheng was skinny, how could he withstand her tiger pounce, he was pressed by her, he almost couldn't breathe, he struggled to pull, but he couldn't move for half a minute. Du Huaibing walked over, couldn't help but say, and slipped Wei Shiti to the side, without looking at him.

"Are you feeling better?" Du Huaibing sat down next to the edge of the bed to look at him.

"Plum gave me cigarette paste?" Du Shicheng took a breath and did not answer Du Huaibing's words, but asked disheartenedly. His body was already like a floc in the wind, how could he magically lose his pain because of a bowl of thin potion.

Because the cigarette paste has a strong analgesic effect, doctors generally only use it as a last resort on death, it has no curative effect, and it will become addictive for a long time, it is simply a symptom but not a cure, but it is just a delay in time, and because it is extremely rare and expensive, ordinary people cannot afford to eat it, although Du Shicheng has not eaten it, but it does not mean that he has not heard of it!

"Hey, where do you want to go? I'm going to eat that. This is just Dr. Zhong's new lung-clearing medicine, which just happens to your symptoms, isn't it too painful for this time? Du Huaibing had already taken out a small jar from Du Mei, and when he saw the black ointment inside, he knew it, but he just squeezed out a smile to comfort Du Shicheng.

"Uncle, I'm so sleepy, I've been in pain for a few days and nights and haven't slept for a few days." Du Shicheng yawned, tiredness came up, he closed his eyes quietly, and after a while he heard a slight snoring.

"Meizi, it's not early, you're tired, go back, you can sleep tonight." Du Huaibing whispered to Du Mei.

"Since this ointment is for your grandfather, why do you want to take it!" Wei Shi saw that Du Mei was holding the small jar as if it were a treasure, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Stupid woman! You don't think about how to take care of your own man, but you think about these things that you don't have. Du Huaibing scolded angrily in a low voice, and his saliva sprayed Wei's face.

"I ...... I'm not in charge of the house. Wei seemed to be aggrieved.

"You're embarrassed to quibble! If he hadn't been angry with you, how could he be what he is today, what kind of sin is this! Du Huaibing saw that she was cunning and mean, and couldn't help but feel sorry for Du Shicheng, what days have you lived for most of your life, every day, how can you not fall ill!

"What does this have to do with me? It's all the trouble of the Daikin family. Wei Shi saw Du Huaibing's fierce words, and he raised his voice not to be outdone.

"The so-called upward and downward effect, you are used to bullying the soft and afraid of the weekdays, but now you are bullied by your daughter-in-law, it can be seen that your mother-in-law is doing too badly!" Du Huaibing drove Wei out of Du Shicheng's house and stood in the courtyard to admonish her unceremoniously.

"To ...... What if it ......" Wei stammered for a long time, and finally held back a sentence, "What if the head of the house wants to drink medicine?" ”

"This medicine is very expensive, and you can't use it unless you have to! As for when to drink this medicine, how to drink it, and how much to drink it depends on Du Mei. Du Huaibing said solemnly.

"Also, let me warn you again, don't tell Shicheng about those messy things in the future, just don't tell him about it, it will bother him in vain!" Du Huaibing then added.

"Got it." Wei Shi was scolded by him for being much more honest, and hung his head and muttered in a low voice.

"Let's go, if he wants soup and water at night, you sleep vigilantly, if you lose him, you won't have a good time in the future!" Du Huaibing frowned again and admonished.

Wei Shi stood in the shadow under the corridor, she looked at Du Huaibing with wide eyes, and then looked at the small jar in Du Mei's hand, as if she understood something, her face instantly faded with blood, and she was so white that she was terrible.

Walking out of the courtyard, a round of ice wheels hung in the cold night sky, Du Mei and Du Huaibing separated and went home directly.

Today, Du Zhong brought the Lin family to do farm work, and Xu didn't know when Du Mei would come back, so he beckoned them to eat first, and left her a separate meal in the pot.

The women of the Lin family were tired from doing work during the day, and they couldn't wait for Du Mei, so they washed up and rested early. Du Mei was eating in the kitchen, and Xu came in with the soles of his shoes and needlework.

"How is your grandfather?" Xu Shi sat next to Du Mei and asked in a low voice.

"I don't look good." Du Mei didn't want to scare Xu, so he said vaguely.

"It's not been the first anniversary of your father's death, and your grandfather can't have another accident, otherwise, the people in the village will say it's unlucky." Xu Shi lowered his head and carefully tucked the soles of his shoes, and said worriedly.

"Dad is an accident, Grandpa is sick, how can this be all together." Du Mei disdained these rumors.

"Forget it, don't talk about this." Xu Shi looked up at Du Mei, in her eyes, Du Mei was still a child, and some of the words circulating in the countryside should not be told to her, so as not to scare her.

"Mother, what's the red and glamorous in that basket?" The kitchen lamp was moved to Xu by Du Mei to illuminate her, and the stove was far away, and in the haze, only a little color could be recognized.

"Your third uncle sent four red eggs today to report the good news, I sealed him a tael of silver, and you will send some eggs and an old hen tomorrow." Xu got up and brought a small basket on the stove to Du Mei.

There are really four eggs dyed red in the basket, give birth to a child and send eggs, there is an unwritten rule in Dujiagou, if a boy is born, the red egg is sent to the odd, if the birth is a girl, the double number is sent. In this way, people don't need to ask, just look at the number of eggs, and they will know whether the family has given birth to a boy or a girl.

"It's not enough for you to give her a tael of silver, you also need eggs and hens, the third aunt is also greedy, and the last time I gave the third aunt a needle, she didn't pay a cent." Du Mei thought in her heart, the third uncle has always been a master who doesn't care about things, and it must be the third aunt's idea to ask for chickens and eggs at this time!

"Your third uncle didn't ask for it, even if I gave him a tael of silver, he was embarrassed to take it, he just wanted you to go and see the newborn cousin, after all, you are a widow, you want to be auspicious, but your third aunt is in confinement, I don't want you to go empty-handed, it seems rude." Xu Shi glanced at Du Mei with disgust.

"Ming'er, I'll take twenty eggs. The hen keeps the eggs and waits until the winter is nine, and stews to replenish your body. Du Mei bent down to hold Xu's hand, her mother's hand worked every day, and it was no longer as soft as before, Xu took too much needle and thread, and a thin callus appeared on the tip of her index finger.

"This ......, forget it, it's up to you to decide this matter." Xu put down the soles of his shoes and wrapped Du Mei's hands in his own.

She is always too soft-hearted, and when she lives under one roof, she is always bullied by two concubines, and now that she is separated, she doesn't need to wronged her own children to accommodate others.

"Uncle Zhong is back, are you angry when you see the new house?" Du Mei asked a little weakly. She came back late and didn't meet Du Zhong, but this matter will have to be faced sooner or later.

"I didn't say anything when I saw him, just ate with my head bored, but Du Shu was very happy." Xu Shi thought of Du Shu's smile that he couldn't hide, and he smiled himself.

"They shouldn't have slept yet, I'll go over and see." Du Mei stripped the rice in the bowl in two bites.

"Look at you, you're in a hurry, you can't see the black lights outside, can't you say it tomorrow?" Xu Shi saw that Du Mei got up to leave, and hurriedly persuaded.

"I'm not just talking about this one thing, but I also have one of the most important things to ask Brother Shu for help." Du Mei smiled crookedly.

"What's the matter, you have to Du Shu?" Xu asked suspiciously.

"Mother, all our Songhua eggs have been collected by Drunken Immortal Building! Are you high or not?

I originally planned to pickle the next batch today, but it was delayed until now, and the shopkeeper Dong is still looking forward to it, I really can't wait for tomorrow. Du Mei took off the lantern and lit it with a fire breaker.

"Is it really sold for ten cents?" When Xu heard the good news, he was very happy.

"Of course, but the shopkeeper Dong wants to mourn you for helping to pickle chili peppers, so I agreed on my own initiative." Du Mei said with a smile, sticking out his tongue mischievously.

"What's this, it's just a gesture, but at this time, the pepper is hard to find." Xu couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Shopkeeper Dong will find a way, the drunken immortal building in Jiangling City has shopkeepers in the south and north of the world, and it shouldn't be difficult to buy some chili peppers." Dumay went out the kitchen door with a lantern.

"Stone, you can accompany Du Mei to Du Shu's house." Xu couldn't stop it, and when he saw Shi practicing swords in the courtyard, he hurriedly said.

"Okay." Regardless of the reason, the stone took away his sword, put it back in his room, and went out after Du Mei.

"It's so troublesome, I can do it alone." Du Mei was a little embarrassed.

"I was originally sent by my lord to protect the widows, and I should do it, don't bother." After walking for a while, the stone said lightly.

"Three...... Has King Yan been busy lately? As soon as Du Mei asked this question, she immediately regretted it, and her face was hot and red.

Chu Lin has not had any news at all since he said goodbye to the Double Ninth Festival, and he accidentally mentioned it tonight, Du Mei was willing to ask sincerely, but she was afraid that the stone would think too much, so she asked like this, is it too unreserved?

"Lord led the troops to the south to suppress bandits and disaster relief on September 11, and I heard that there have been several victories, and it will be triumphant in a few days." The stone replied quickly, his tone still faint, without the slightest fluctuation.

"Oh." In the dark night, Du Mei answered softly, and the red tide on his face calmed down.

Du Mei thought to himself, the stone was probably related to the Ye Qing brothers, otherwise how could he know so clearly about the affairs of Jiangling City?

Du Mei thought about his thoughts, and the stone had always been silent, and the two walked silently for a while, and in front of them was Du Shu's house.

"Dad, how nice is this big house, spacious and bright, there are so many of us, why do we have to sleep in a low house?" Du Shu complained loudly.

"You unruly boy, this is made by other people's plums, you don't say a word, just move in and live!" Du Zhong scolded angrily.

"This must have been made for us by plums, so I'll live casually!" Du Shu raised his head and retorted unconvinced.

"Stinky boy, your wings are stiff, aren't they? What I said doesn't work, see if I don't hit you! Du Zhong picked up the broom next to the wall and was about to hit Du Shu.

"Hmph, adults are the most unreasonable, if you don't convince people, you have to beat people!" Du Shu spread his feet and ran away.

"Stone, please go to the patriarch's house, and just say ......what I said," Du Mei heard what their father and son said, stopped, and whispered to Stone.