Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Silver Bracelet
"Alas~ Ziwen's daughter-in-law, you see that Ziwen is the only one in our village who reads poetry and books, and everyone grew up watching it together, how can it be compared with the friendship of people from other villages", another uncle said with a smiling face, "Yes, yes, this is not another statement with our own family." ”
"You can't say that, who was it at the beginning, we Ziwen taught only a few copper plates, so we were beaten and scolded, it's better to settle accounts, and we don't work in vain", Shen Lingxiu said very angrily, in fact, he really disliked the shamelessness of the people in this village.
The people in the village saw that Shen Lingxiu was so determined and looked like she was going to eat people, and there was no room for relaxation at all, and they looked at Lin Ziwen who looked embarrassed but listened to his daughter-in-law, a little embarrassed, and everyone looked at each other.
"Everyone is an elder, and I won't treat everyone badly." Hearing Shen Lingxiu say this, the people in the village felt that this teaching had a little eyebrows, and everyone was overjoyed. However, no one expected that Shen Lingxiu continued, "That's it, don't ask for much, for the sake of everyone being a neighbor, everyone will give a total of one or two pieces of silver every month, and we Ziwen will go to teach, and write off the previous things." ”
Shen Lingxiu tried her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and pretended to be calm and said, "But if you don't do this, then I'd rather our Ziwen go to the village outside the sect or stay at home!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the villagers who originally had a glimmer of hope were frightened, and it seemed that Lin Ziwen was such a weak person who was firmly controlled by this tigress-like daughter-in-law. Everyone was grunting at the bottom, saying that Ziwen and his wife disregarded the feelings of the same village, eating inside and out, and said that they were simply inhumane, ignoring the future of the children, and not taking the elders of the village in their eyes, and secretly scolding Lin Ziwen in their hearts for being a white-eyed wolf, a poor scholar who was controlled by his daughter-in-law and couldn't speak. They saw that Ziwen and his wife were indifferent, so they had to leave in disgrace.
Shen Lingxiu saw them leaving one after another, and closed the door with a "boom", she usually hates this so-called moral kidnapping the most, and she bullied herself, how can she stand by and wait for others to bully her!
Lin Ziwen, who was guarding the side, saw Shen Lingxiu so angry, and when he thought about how angry she had been since she came to the Lin family, he felt very sorry for her, his weakness helped his daughter-in-law when she was bullied, and he still wanted a woman to take the idea to protect herself, and she was immediately ashamed.
"Lingxiu, don't be angry, it's all my fault, you...... Don't be angry, don't be angry. ”
Seeing Lin Ziwen comforting himself so nervously, the anger in his heart instantly disappeared a lot, and his frowning brows gradually eased. It seems that Lin Ziwen's personality is a bit progressive, it will take some time, and it needs to be improved, Shen Lingxiu thought to herself.
"Well, I'm not angry, it's you, when you should be tough in the future, your body will stand up, didn't you say that you want to take care of me and protect me!"
Shen Lingxiu put her hand on Lin Ziwen's slightly tight shoulder, seeing that the tension on that handsome face had not subsided, she felt that Lin Ziwen was quite caring, and she could be taught. Shen Lingxiu didn't say anything more about him, and went into the house with her husband.
Shen Lingxiu, who let go of her emotions, also began to prepare to cook, while decocting Father Lin's medicine. As soon as I washed the rice, I was ready to brush the casserole for decoction, thinking that I had been using it for several days, so I might as well wash it.
Clean up in the water, and it won't take long to clean up the dishes. I was just about to put the medicine into the casserole and fry it, but I found that the medicine was finished last night, and I haven't grabbed the medicine yet. Shen Lingxiu hammered his "elm head", blaming himself for being too careless and forgetting such an important thing.
Putting down the words in his hand, he wiped the water on his hands casually, and hurriedly entered his house, thinking about getting medicine for Father Lin when he found the money. As soon as Lin Ziwen came out of Lin's father's room, he saw his daughter-in-law walking out in a hurry, thinking that something was wrong, so he asked, "Lingxiu, what's wrong, so anxious?" Lin Ziwen grabbed her arm and said worriedly.
"It's nothing, it's just that our father's medicine is gone, I have to hurry up and buy some back, I can't delay drinking the medicine!" Shen Lingxiu didn't explain to him anymore and went out.
Lin Ziwen saw that Shen Lingxiu cared so much about her father and was not her biological father, so he felt that this girl was really kind-hearted, and if such a virtuous wife couldn't keep her, she would really regret it for life.
There was no stop along the way, and even Aunt Song, who was selling vegetables, wanted to talk to her, but she didn't stop and just said that she would talk later, which was a bit urgent.
Coming to the outside of the pharmacy, Shen Lingxiu hurriedly entered, the shopkeeper greeted and asked what medicine to buy, only to see her take out the money from the pocket of her clothes, pause, thinking that Father Lin was quite effective in drinking this medicine at the beginning, but the more later, the effect of the medicine was gone, and there was no sign that her condition was getting better. Isn't there resistance to this medicine?
Thinking about it this way, when I used to take cold medicine, I only focused on one type, and after taking it a few times, I didn't feel the good use of this cold medicine, and then I changed to one medicine and it was immediately effective. Is that also the case with traditional Chinese medicine? The shopkeeper saw Shen Lingxiu motionless and pondering, thinking that there was some difficulty, so he asked, "Girl, what kind of medicine do you buy?" A voice salvaged Shen Lingxiu's thoughts back.
"Oh, uncle, look at this medicine, my father has been taking it for a long time, and his condition has improved at the beginning, but why doesn't it work later?"
Seeing Shen Lingxiu's anxiety, the shopkeeper patiently explained: "This is a medicine that is poisonous, and eating too much will definitely have an impact, so it's better to try another one." ”
As Shen Lingxiu thought, if you want Father Lin's illness to get better quickly, you have to change the medicine.
Seeing that she was a little hesitant, she told Shen Lingxiu about the prescription that could be replaced, "Then girl, you see, this pair of medicines is more effective, and the things in it are better than the previous one, and they are less harmful to the body." ”
Hearing this, Shen Lingxiu felt that every penny was worth the price, and the price of this medicine should not be cheap, so she asked the store, it was indeed ten copper plates more expensive than the previous pair of medicines, and she couldn't bear such an expensive price. I also heard him introduce other prescriptions, in general, there are cheap but the effect is not good, and there are some that may damage the body, and some are about the same price as the original, and the effect is average.
Such a choice makes Shen Lingxiu very embarrassed, although Father Lin is usually a little stricter, he can still treat himself, although he is not Lin Ziwen's biological father, but the grace of parenting cannot be forgotten. After thinking about it again, she bought that expensive medicinal herb, hoping to make Father Lin get better soon.
After grabbing the medicine, he went back, lit a fire and set up a casserole to boil the medicine carefully. Soon, the medicine was boiled, and he immediately took it out and brought it to Father Lin. As soon as he entered the door, there was a heavy cough from Father Lin, as if he was about to cough out his lungs.
"Dad, drink the medicine, it's a little hot, you drink it carefully." As he spoke, he helped Father Lin get up and waited for him to drink medicine.
Father Lin frowned, and finally drank the medicine, in fact, the more he drank, the more he felt that something was wrong, how could it be different from the taste of the original medicine? Puzzled, he asked. Shen Lingxiu had no choice but to explain that the original medicine had been drunk and drunk, but it didn't work, so the doctor asked her to change the medicine to eat. After Father Lin found out, he wanted to know the price, so Shen Lingxiu had to tell Father Lin truthfully.
Unexpectedly, Father Lin was furious, "Do you know what the situation is at home now, how can you afford such expensive medicine, and what will happen to the family's livelihood in the future......
Shen Lingxiu was aggrieved, thinking that he was also worried about Father Lin's body, so he ruthlessly bought such expensive medicinal materials, and he was also very reluctant. "What can I do, Dad, your body is important, the doctor said that you can't drag it, and your condition will definitely worsen if you drag it!"
As she spoke, Shen Lingxiu's tears couldn't help but flow down and she cried, her kindness was exchanged for scolding, and she felt that her efforts were not recognized by others. "It turns out that the medicine is not working, the cheap medicine has no effect and will break the body, so what's the use of buying cheap medicine, so I bought a more expensive and easy medicine!"
Father Lin looked at Shen Lingxiu's aggrieved appearance, and felt that what he had just said was serious. He sees the efforts made by this daughter-in-law for this family, and tries to make money to support the family every day, but he blames her for the fact that the medicine is too expensive, which is his fault. Besides, she is also thinking about her own body, what qualifications do she have to speak and hurt her.
Father Lin was overwhelmed by his words, so he spoke: "Child, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you just now, alas~ Actually, I know that you are also for my good." ”
Father Lin's hand gently stroked her hair and continued to comfort her, "Blame me, your illness has dragged you down, and you have to spend so much for me, all blame me for my indisputable body", said, Father Lin patted his body, his eyes were full of helplessness and sadness.
Shen Lingxiu saw that Father Lin's emotions were gradually excited, and she was afraid that he would hurt her body, so she stepped forward to stop it. "Dad, don't say that, our family still has to rely on you, get better quickly." Shen Lingxiu was sincere, which warmed Father Lin's heart.
It's not that Father Lin doesn't know, it's not that he can't understand people's hearts, the daughter-in-law of the big house picks thorns everywhere, and everyone is unhappy in everything, and the character who loves to take advantage of small things will never repent, and it is hopeless to rely on her to support the elderly. Seeing that the second son is only a small one, he still needs someone to take care of him. Only these three sons, and this daughter-in-law, although weak, do not fight or grab, with the help of this daughter-in-law, life will definitely get better.
Father Lin trembled and took out a rag from an old box at the head of the bed, the dark red pattern had been blurred by frequent wiping, and gently unfolded, with a little dirty silver bracelet in it, I heard Father Lin say that this was passed on to the prospective daughter-in-law, and it was regarded as the heirloom of the Lin family.
"Child, you can take this, just as an affirmation of you, you are my prospective daughter-in-law, but hurry up and give birth to a big fat boy for your father to hug!" Father Lin said kindly, making Shen Lingxiu shy.