Qi Hao touched the gray gauze tent, which was originally supposed to be indigo, but I don't know how many times it was washed, and the color faded into this virtue.

Lifting the tattered quilt covering his body, and without looking at the rag shoes on the side, Qi Zhen stepped on the ground with her bare feet, and when she walked to the door, she pushed open the brown wooden door that was still intact, and walked to a small courtyard, where two old hens were raised in the corner.

"Giggles!"

The hen was glanced at by Qi Zhen and actually laid eggs.

Grunt......

There was a sound like a drum in her stomach, but Qi Zhen's eyes did not stop on the two old hens, and she kept walking forward, directly pushing open the wooden door of the other room.

"Ahem! Ahem! ”

A heart-rending cough came, and Lian Su, who was lying on the bed, had already become skinny and skinny, and when he saw Qi Zhen, a look of vigilance appeared in his eyes, and he said:

"What are you doing here? Want to see when I'm going to die? ”

Qi Zhen looked at Lian Su, who had lost her appearance, and knew that this man would die of illness soon, and she, as Lian Su's sister-in-law, didn't even come to mourn Lian Su's funeral, so she remarried directly.

"That's not what I meant."

Qi Hao lowered her head, walked to the side of the bed, watched her movements, and Lian Su struggled to prop herself up, wanting to see what this woman was going to do.

Stretching out her hand with a layer of calluses, Qi Zhen put her hand on Lian Su's forehead, and sure enough, Lian Su's forehead was hot like hot coals, and it was about to burn people to the ground.

"I'll get you some medicine."

Qi Zhen said this, and turned around and walked out of the house directly.

As soon as he walked out of the door, the sunlight outside hit his body, warm, making Qi Zhen's originally dead heart beat violently.

She Qi Zhen was supposed to die, died in the torture of a perverted old eunuch, where can this man with broken roots not change?

It's a pity that she was greedy for wealth and nobility back then, and was blinded by a little petty profit, so she abandoned her seriously ill uncle and two stepsons who were waiting to be fed, and married an old eunuch who came out of the palace.

Thinking of the days when she was tortured, Qi Hao's face became very ugly, but fortunately, she had done a lot of rough work now, and her skin was a little dark, and she couldn't see it.

She went back to her room and sat on the wooden bed, rummaged through the small cabinet at the foot of the bed, found a clay pot, took out the sealed cloth, and poured the loose copper coins on the quilt.

There was a bang.

Carefully counting these copper coins, there were a total of two hundred and twenty-six, Qi Hao remembered that Lian Su only had a cold, but because he had no money to treat his illness, he had been hungry for a long time, so he died.

With more than 200 yuan, you can also hire a doctor for Lian Su.

Qi Zhen stayed by the old eunuch's side in his previous life, and he was considered to have insight, so he naturally didn't take the more than 200 yuan in his eyes, but this Lian family only had this money left, and if it was spent, there would be no way to get the money at all.

Qi Hao had something in her heart, so she walked out directly, and was suddenly hit by a small radish head into her arms, almost knocking her to the ground, holding the door frame tightly with both hands, Qi Zhen stood firmly.

Seeing Qi Zhen, the little radish head showed a hint of horror on his face, and stammered:

"Mother."

Qi Zhen hummed softly, looking at the thin Lian Zhongqi, the clothes on this child's body were patched one after another, his complexion was dark yellow and blue, and his eye sockets were deep-set, and he looked like he hadn't eaten for a long time.

Lian Zhongqi looked only three or four years old, sallow and shriveled, with sunken cheeks and no flesh.

But Qi Zhen knew very well in her heart that Lian Zhongqi was five years old, but because she was hungry and full, she was thinner than ordinary children.

"Zhongqi, come here."

A slightly older child stood in the distance with a straight face, and walked over in a hurry.

This child looks seven years old, still skinny, with tattered clothes on his body, and looks thinner than Lian Zhongqi.

Lian Boyuan approached, as if he didn't see Qi Zhen, and said to Lian Zhongqi:

"Come back with me, I don't know when I will be sold to people!"

When Lian Zhongqi heard this, there was a trace of horror in his eyes, he sniffed, tears hung on his face, and said:

"Brother, Zhong Qi doesn't dare anymore! Don't sell Zhongqi to Yazi! Wow! ”

Lian Boyuan hummed softly, took Lian Zhongqi's hand, didn't look at Qi Zhen, and walked away directly.

Looking at the backs of the two brothers, Qi Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly, although she was greedy for vanity, her heart was not black enough to sell her stepson to Renyazi.

But even if she can't do this kind of thing, in the eyes of the Lian family, she is this kind of heinous wicked, otherwise how could she take the gift money collected by Lian Jun for the funeral, and all the subsidies for her mother's family?

Qi Zhen's husband is a tuberculosis ghost, named Lian Jun, who used to be a teacher when he was in good health, and he is considered wealthy in Dawan Village, and his life is better than that of ordinary farmers.

Qi Zhen's appearance is good in ten miles and eight towns, if Lian Jun is not good, how can he marry him as a house-filler?

Lian Jun died of his wife before, leaving two sons, the eldest Lian Boyuan is nine years old, and the younger Lian Zhongqi is only five years old.

This person who is not in good health is always willing to get sick, Lian Jun just got a cold, and later burned into pneumonia, and even Qi Zhen, the daughter-in-law who had just married the door, didn't have time to speak, so he died.

Qi Zhen married Lian Jun, originally because the Qi family fell in love with the money of the Lian family, who knew that this teacher was really poor, and there was no oil and water in his hands, because of this, after Lian Jun's funeral, Qi Zhen paid for the gift money to his mother's family.

Thinking about it now, Qi Zhen is also a fool, her mother's family obviously sold her for money, the first time she sold it to Lian Jun, and the second time she sold it to the old eunuch, anyway, Qi Zhen didn't even cover the silver, and she was tortured by the old eunuch to death.

After that, Qi Zhen didn't look for her mother's family, but her relatives were like blood-sucking leeches, with only silver in their eyes, and there was no such daughter of her, the water spilled by the married daughter, the old eunuch gave them so much silver, where would these ruthless and unrighteous people meddle?

Thinking that after he remarried, Lian Su died within two months, and Lian Boyuan and Lian Zhongqi are both dolls, so they must have no way to live.

Originally, Qi Zhen didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but when she was sixteen years old, she didn't believe it.

In this life, she wants to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, live a good life, and then end up being tortured to death.

Tightening the money bag, Qi Hao walked out of the door, went to a doctor's house in Dawan Village, and banged on the door.

"Doctor Liu! Dr. Liu! ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" There was a voice in the yard, and Dr. Liu opened the door and saw Qi Zhen standing at the door, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"What are you doing here?"

The villagers of Dawan are simple, and the villagers are very familiar with it, and what happens to someone's family can soon spread throughout the village.

Therefore, Qi Zhen used the gift money collected at Lian Jun's funeral to subsidize her mother's family, and Dr. Liu naturally knew about it.

Facing Dr. Liu's disgusted eyes, Qi Zhen had long been used to it, and she didn't pay attention to it, and said directly:

"Doctor Liu, my little brother-in-law has a fever again, please go and show him and prescribe a few more medicines."

As soon as Dr. Liu heard that Lian Su had a fever again, he didn't care about anything else, so he directly carried the medicine box and rushed to the direction of Lian's house.

Qi Zhen followed Dr. Liu and walked into the Lian family together.

When Lian Jun was seriously ill before, Dr. Liu came to Lian's house almost every day, so he was very familiar with Lian's house, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he went straight to Lian Su's house.

There was a heart-rending cough in the room, the wooden door was pushed open from the outside, and Lian Su looked at Dr. Liu who walked in, obviously surprised.

"Doctor Liu, why are you here?"

Doctor Liu looked at Lian Su's sallow and blue face, secretly said that it was not good, walked to the bed, and said while taking Lian Su's pulse:

"Your sister-in-law asked me to come and see you."

Hearing this, Lian Su squinted slightly, he felt that Qi Hao's woman was definitely not so kind, she regarded money as her life, and how could she be willing to spend money on medicine for him?

After touching his beard, Dr. Liu stood up directly, wrote down the prescription in front of the wooden table, and handed it to Qi Zhen.

"Grab the medicine according to the medicinal materials on the prescription, fry three bowls of water into one bowl of water, and then give it to Asu."

Qi Zhen nodded, took the prescription, took out the money from the money bag, and wanted to give Dr. Liu a diagnosis fee, but Dr. Liu refused.

"Your family doesn't have any money now, so let's keep it for Asu to recuperate."

Doctor Liu looked at Qi Hao's eyes a little complicated, as if he didn't expect such a greedy and vain woman to suddenly change her sex, but it is good that Qi Zhen has changed a little, at least the life of the three boys of the Lian family will not be too hard.

Hearing Dr. Liu's words, Qi Zhen didn't pretentiously let the family accept the money, just nodded, and followed Dr. Liu out.

There is no medicinal herb shop in Dawan Village, but because the village is close to the mountain, every household has collected some medicinal herbs and sold them to the capital, which can also make some money.

I bought all those medicinal materials according to the prescription, because Lian Su was not light, so Qi Zhen spent nearly 100 wen just to buy medicine.

The money bag was half lighter, and Qi Zhen felt how uncomfortable it was, but whenever he remembered that Lian Su died early in his previous life because he had no money for treatment, Qi Zhen couldn't care about the money.

Back at Lian's house, Qi Zhen followed Dr. Liu's words, decocted the medicine with well water, and boiled it in a porcelain jar, and suddenly there was a bitter smell in the kitchen.

Lian Su hadn't eaten well for two or three days, in the past, Lian Su cooked, this time he was a little sick, but Qi Hao thought he was pretending to be sick, so he wanted to starve him, but he didn't expect that the patient's body couldn't withstand the toss.

Looking at the two old hens in the corner, Qi Hao walked to the chicken coop, was nagged twice, and took out three eggs from the grass nest.

Back in the kitchen, Qi Hao walked to the rice jar, looked at the rice jar that had already seen the bottom, and felt worried.

There is only such a little bit of rice left, I'm afraid it won't be enough for them to eat a few meals, not to mention that adults can starve, children are weak, and when they are growing up, where can they survive?

It's August and the sweet potatoes are ripe.

Qi Hao's village is close to the capital, not poor, but not rich either, and the villagers in Dawan Village dig sweet potatoes in the fields one by one as rations.

These people are young and strong, and the harvest is not small, in the past, Lian Su went up the mountain to dig sweet potatoes, Qi Zhen was very lazy, so he was naturally reluctant to go out to do this kind of rough work.

But now that Lian Su is sick, even if Qi Zhen is unwilling, he has to go up the mountain to get the family's rations.

With the basket on her back, Qi Zhen took a small hoe in her hand and went to the back hill full of sweet potatoes.

The sweet potatoes in the mountains behind Dawan Village are not grown by the villagers themselves, but are naturally raised, so as long as they are a little diligent, they will not starve to death.

Although Qi Zhen is just a girl in the village, because she is very lazy and the Lian family is kind, she has not been allowed to go up the mountain to dig sweet potatoes a few times, but she still has to do rough work in her mother's house before, and according to her past memory, she tentatively began to dig up.

Fortunately, Qi Zhen is not a squeamish person, she has a lot of strength, and without much effort, she dug out a sweet potato.

Blowing the mud on his head, Qi Zhen made persistent efforts and dug a basket of sweet potatoes before walking to Lian's house.

Along the way, many people pointed at Qi Zhen and said everything.