Zhang Dahe didn't see his daughter-in-law and his party come back until midnight last night, thinking that Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Zhao are very assertive people, and there will be no trouble in thinking about it, it must be late to enjoy the lanterns, so he lives in the city, so he is not worried.

When he got up in the morning, the three girls were clamoring to find their mothers, and there were children in the school who came to inquire because they didn't wait for Mr. to go to class, so he was a little anxious, and left the two children at home, so he went to the village entrance to look.

Seeing that the sun had risen in mid-air, and there was still no one in sight, he was so anxious that he was spinning the ground, and was thinking about whether to go into the city to look for it, when he saw a carriage coming from afar, and after a while, he gradually saw Wu Yu sitting on the wheel, and knew that it must be Ruixue and his party.

He immediately waved his hand happily and ran forward, Wu Yu moved out of half of his position, motioned for him to sit up too, and said in a low voice, "Mr. was seriously ill last night and was unconscious. ”

Zhang Dahe's face turned pale in shock, "Can you ask for a doctor?" ”

"Please, I also drank the medicinal soup, but it's still a little bad."

Zhang Dahe rubbed his frozen hands, thought for a while, and said, "I'll go to the school and the clan elder first, you go home first, I'm hot on the kang." ”

Wu Yu responded, and Zhang Dahe didn't have time to say a word to his daughter-in-law and son, so he jumped out of the car and hurriedly ran to Lizheng's house.

Rui Xue and the others entered the yard, paid the fare and sent the coachman, settled Zhao Fengnian on the kang, set up a small stove, and just boiled the medicinal soup, Li Zheng, the clan elder and several villagers who were friends on weekdays rushed over.

Li Zheng and the clan elders carefully looked at Zhao Fengnian's face, as if it was much more serious than Chongxi's time, his eyes were full of worry, he sat in the hall, called Rui Xue over, and asked, "Zhao Niangzi, I don't know why Mr. committed the old disease again?" ”

Yun Sanye also said, "Originally, the school should have started today, but Mr. Zhao's illness, I don't know how long it will be delayed?" ”

Rui Xue heard some condemnation in their words, and because she had not rested all night, she was irritable and had a splitting headache, and she felt even more angry at this time.

Zhao Fengnian is already sick and unable to fall asleep, these people don't ask if they ask a doctor, they don't ask what medicine to take, they actually think about when the class will start, is Zhao Fengnian's life a "tool" for them to take classes? Well, since they think so, they simply say that the illness is more serious, and they all say that adversity can see the truth, and let her see the sincerity of these people.

"Back to the elders, the gentleman said that he had been bored in the village for a long time and wanted to go into the city to enjoy the lanterns, but the slave family couldn't stop him, so he went with him. As a result, when I was eating in the restaurant, I suddenly vomited blood for some reason, and the tables in the restaurant were red. The slave family was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, or the shopkeeper of the restaurant went to ask for a doctor, but the doctor said... Said that let the gentleman prepare for the afterlife..."

Rui Xue took out the handkerchief and pretended to touch her tears, but the corners of her eyes glanced at everyone's increasingly pale faces, and she sneered in her heart.

"The slave family didn't believe that Mr. was going to wait for death like this, so he ran to the street and pulled people to ask, thanks to an old man's guidance, he invited the best doctor in the city to come back, the doctor originally said that there was no help, but seeing that the slave family was crying pitifully, he prescribed a prescription, saying that he could hang Mr. by drinking one pair in the morning and evening."

Li Zheng hurriedly asked, "When can the doctor say that Mr. will wake up?" ”

"Can't wake up, the doctor said, this... The prescription can keep Mr. from dying, but... can't save him, just wait for Mr. to boil up the oil and dry up, and then it's time..."Rui Xue said, remembering that if she couldn't find a famous doctor or a good medicine, Zhao Fengnian would still die after two years, so she really cried and whimpered, and heard the pantothenic acid in the hearts of everyone in the room.

Li Zheng and the clan elders frowned into dead knots, looked at each other, and both shook their heads and sighed.

Rui Xue wiped two handfuls of tears, opened her red and swollen eyes, gave everyone a big salute, and said in a mournful voice, "Elders, although the medicine that Mr. took is a little more expensive, but it is Mr.'s medicine for life, as long as Mr. eats it, he will wake up one day, once it stops, I'm afraid it will be over immediately." I also hope that the elders and villagers will help you, and when Mr. It wakes up, he will definitely not forget your kindness. ”

Is this a loan of money? When everyone in the room heard this, they all started a small abacus in their hearts, if according to the doctor's words, if this medicine is taken, it will be able to hang Mr. Zhao from death, let alone teach in the future, even if it is not easy to wake up. Once Mr. Zhao dies, how can he afford to pay off his debts?

Li Zheng still has some conscience in the end, thinking that the Zhao family and his wife have been in the village for half a year, they have acted on weekdays, are generous and polite, and have never neglected the villagers, but now they are in trouble, so they can't care about it, so they slowly drank a few sips of tea and asked out loud, "If Mrs. Zhao is short of money, let's talk to everyone first, there is always a way to think about it." ”

Rui Xue saluted and thanked again, and then said, "The rest of the medicinal materials in that medicine are ordinary, only one is extremely expensive, after matching, a pair of silver will cost one or two, and Mr. will eat two pairs a day, although the slave family has opened a shop at the dock and saved a few taels of silver, but it is only enough for Mr. to eat for seven or eight days, and when this medicine is broken, sir... But what should I do? Saying that, Rui Xue cried again, this cry was sad for everyone to listen to just now, and at this time they were a little afraid to avoid it.

It costs two taels of silver a day for medicine, even if every household in the village pays a share, it actually costs as much as fifty yuan, and it is one or two halves in a month, not to mention that everyone is still a farmer who can only maintain feeding, and even the rich merchants can't afford it. What's more, throwing out these coins may not necessarily save people, but they will only hang their lives, and in the end, they will even be lost, isn't this not beneficial at all?

Rui Xue saw the change in everyone's expressions, and didn't say anything more, just took a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

In the end, Li Zheng also felt that this matter was really difficult to deal with, so he had to say perfunctorily, "Mrs. Zhao will take good care of Mr. first, and we will go back and discuss it with everyone." ”

Ruixue nodded in thanks, sent everyone out, stared at their backs and sneered.

Wu Yu stood behind her and asked in a low voice, "Sister, why do you want to lie to these people, won't Mr. wake up in a few days?" ”

Rui Xue slowly turned her head, her eyes swept over her dilapidated adobe house, and said lightly, "I don't like them to be too utilitarian, so they are in such a hurry, not because they are worried about Mr.'s illness, but because they are afraid of delaying the school." Mr. Thanksgiving, he often thinks about how to repay his kindness, and he doesn't even want to accept a penny.

Brother Yu, some people are good to you on weekdays, but they are not necessarily really good, maybe they are greedy for your power and want to get some benefits; Some people may speak ill of you on weekdays, but they are not necessarily bad, or they may be loyal. These good people and bad people are difficult to distinguish between them on weekdays, and only when you are in great trouble, will you see their true colors. ”

Wu Yu remembered the events of the day he suffered, the people who flattered him on weekdays were actually the ones who harmed him, but the little eunuch who was silent became his savior, as his sister said. He clenched his fists fiercely, "Sister, those bad people will regret it one day." ”

Rui Xue turned around and saw that his eyes were full of anger, and he was a little surprised that he said a few words, how could he provoke him like this, and hurriedly pulled his arm and said, "People live, in addition to having sharp eyes and being able to distinguish between good and evil, but also have a generous heart, many times bad people are not necessarily intentional, and some are forced to live, so we must know how to forgive people and things that don't matter." ”

"What are the people and things that don't matter?"

"Take today's events as an example, regardless of the poverty of the family, those who try their best to help us are good people, and those who take advantage of our family's difficulties and jump out to covet our family's property are bad people. However, those who have the heart to help, but because of their poor families, pretend not to know or say a few cool words, but do not really do it, it is irrelevant. ”

Wu Yu pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, let go of his fist, and pushed Rui Xue into the house, "Sister, you go and rest for a while, I'll go tell Da Zhuang and my aunt, so that they don't have to say anything." ”

"Go ahead." Rui Xue responded, went back to the house and touched the hot kang noodles under the futon, then took off her shoes and put on the kang, lay down next to Zhao Fengnian, and murmured, "I hope these people are worthy of your sincerity." ”

In other words, the clan elders and Li Zheng went out and went home, Mr. Zhao suddenly had an old illness, and the news that he was about to die was like the sickest cold wind in winter, quickly blowing all over the entire Yunjia Village, there were those who were anxious and worried, there were those who sighed and sympathized, and there were many people who secretly rejoiced.

But then I heard that the prescription for hanging life costs one or two silver, Zhao Niangzi asked everyone for help, and the village suddenly became silent again, that is more than one or two silver a month, it is all the income of every family, how can it be taken out?

Several clan elders, the children who lived in the village rushed back to the old house, persuading their father not to come forward, the clan elders were disappointed that Zhao Fengnian could no longer teach Mengtong in the future, and they didn't care about this matter, and they didn't want to end up in the name of being ungrateful and ungrateful. Now that I heard the persuasion of my children and talked to each other, I found Li Zheng's house, Li Zheng also had a headache, so he had no choice but to deal with the matter, called his wife, took twenty eggs, one or two silver, and asked her to send them to Zhao's house, and by the way, she informed Rui Xue of the result.

This result was completely unexpected by Ruixue, wiping two handfuls of tears, and the trick was enough.

Lizheng Niangzi and Rui Xue have met a few times, and they love her very much Affinity and Cheerfulness, now the villagers treat the Zhao family like this, and their husbands can't help much, she is also ashamed in her heart, and stuffed eggs and silver to Rui Xue, and comforted her for a long time before shaking her head and saying goodbye.

Wu Yu stepped forward and carried a bamboo basket to the East House, and when he came back, he saw his sister keeping accounts, so he said, "Sister, the Lizheng family is an inconsequential person, right?" ”

Rui Xue shook her head and chuckled, "No, you can be in the column of good people, although he is a good person, he can't influence the wishes of all the villagers, and when he sends money and things, he just thinks of his usual friendship." ”