Chapter 44: Chilling
"Borrowing money? Who else?? Li Shi continued.
Yu Hai glared at her, and there was a hint of anger in his words: "I naturally borrowed it, and I can pay it back!" Don't worry about this!! ”
"Second brother, don't forget, all the money you earn has to be handed over!" Li pouted, neither salty nor light.
"What?! The money I earn can't afford to treat my daughter? I'm a father, so I have to watch my daughter die of illness? In that case, am I still worthy of being a father? What am I doing with this money? What fish will I catch in the future? What kind of hunting? It's better to sit at home and starve to death with your daughter-in-law!! "The honest man finally broke out, and the outcropping bird Li became a punching bag.
Li Shi quit: "I didn't get a penny for the money you earned, what are you shouting at me?" ”
"Okay, you just don't say a word, no one treats you as dumb!!" Yu Dashan saw that his second brother was really angry, so he hurriedly came up and pulled his mother-in-law back to the east house.
Yu Hai's eyes full of sorrow fell on his father Yu Tou, and said in a blood-like voice: "Dad, Cao'er is your granddaughter, and it is also the blood and blood of the Yu family. Can't you bear to just look at her like that......"
The old man sighed deeply and said, "I'll go to your uncle's house to borrow some silver, and then you will hunt the prey and return it to others......"
Before his words fell, the door of the inner room slammed open, Zhang's face pulled the old man's face, his fierce hanging eyes were dripping round, and he shouted at the old man:
"People can fish and hunt, and their faces are much wider than this old face, and they still need you to borrow them? The price is high this winter, and there is no input, so if you continue to eat like this, you won't be poor at all? Later, breakfast is thin, and dinner cakes are rationed. ”
After saying that, he slammed the door shut, and the dust on the beams of the house fell down.
The girl's death is uncertain, but the child's grandmother only cares about how to save money. Yu Hai glanced at the family in frustration, went out with the child in his arms, and hurriedly walked towards the uncle's house.
Yu Hai's uncle, Yu Lichun, has two huge earth dogs at home, and they are good at pulling plows when it snows. The snow was heavy in the first two days, and he had to walk to the town with his child in his arms, and he couldn't get there for half a day. This time, he came to the door, not only to borrow money, but also to borrow a climbing plow.
With a wooden expression, Yu Hai knocked on the door of the uncle's house, and it was Xiaocao's third uncle who opened the door.
Yu Jiang looked at his cousin in surprise, his eyes touched the small figure in his arms, and his voice changed: "What's going on?" Xiaocao is sick again? Big brother, big brother...... Hurry up and put the climbing plow on the plow rack, the second brother wants to use it!! ”
Yu Lichun's two sons and daughters in the family, the eldest is five years older than Yu Hai, the second is younger than Yu Hai, and Yu Hai is the second, so he is called the second brother.
Yu Lichun's family was at home, and when they heard their youngest son shouting like this, they all hurriedly came out of the house. Yu Lichun didn't even have time to put on the big padded jacket, so he walked over quickly to check the situation of Xiaocao.
Yu Hai didn't say much nonsense, and directly said the purpose of the visit. Yu Lichun didn't say a word, and said to Yu Jiang and his mother Sun without refuting: "How much silver is there at home?" Take them all to the sea. ”
The old lady was not ambiguous at all, went into the house and took out a gray cloth bag, and without even opening it, she stuffed it directly into Yu Hai's arms, and advised: "Take it all, it's important to see a doctor for the child!" ”
The eldest Yuxi's daughter-in-law's mouth moved, and she muttered in a low voice: "The money is all for the sea, what will we eat for the New Year?" The children are waiting for the New Year to eat white noodles! ”
Boss Yu, who had set up the climbing plow, heard his daughter-in-law muttering quietly, glared at her, and said, "Is it important to eat, or is human life important?" ”
The eldest daughter-in-law was silent, but she was full of slander in her heart: other people's grandfather and grandmother have a lot more money in their hands than their own, which is their turn to pay for the little girl's medical treatment in a room? Her aunt is really a pick-and-can't get in!
For the uncle, Yu Hai has always been grateful. When his own mother just passed away, his uncle and aunt took good care of him and his sister. If it weren't for the support of his uncle, he wouldn't know when he would be able to marry his daughter-in-law.
Yu Hai bowed deeply to the uncle's family, didn't say anything superfluous, took the cloth bag containing the silver money, sat on the climbing plow, and galloped all the way in the direction of the village.
Not long after leaving the village, Xiaocao, who had been listening to the movement with his ears pricked up, pretended to have just woken up, and called "Dad" to Yu Hai, who was hugging him tightly.
Yu Hai finally had a trace of expression on his face, he pulled a smile, and asked softly to the baby girl who was wrapped in a ball: "Cao'er, are you awake?" Tell Dad, what's uncomfortable? ”
Yu Xiaocao struggled to sit up, shook his head vigorously, and said, "I don't feel uncomfortable." Dad, don't worry. I was just scared by my milk, so I fainted. It's okay now, let's go back! ”
"It's better to go to the town and let the doctor take a look, don't fall into the root of the disease." Yu Hai touched his daughter's little face and insisted on taking her to the doctor.
For Yu Hai's stubbornness, Yu Xiaocao was moved and helpless, and she continued to persuade her father: "Dad! I'm so fine! How can I say that I am half a doctor, can I still not know my body? ”
Yu Hai controlled the plow and said perfunctorily: "Dad knows what our grass is capable of. However, the ancients said: Healers do not heal themselves. Let the doctor of Tongrentang take a look, and my father can rest assured. ”
Yu Xiaocao was helpless and came up with a compromise method: "Dad, why don't you do it!" Let's go down a few traps on the hill first, maybe we can catch some prey. In this way, I think the doctor's money is also available. For the Chinese New Year, owing money is not a good sign. ”
Yu Hai saw that her daughter's face was flushed, and she spoke quite energetically. Seeing that the girl insisted repeatedly, she compromised. He scolded the two dogs to turn around and head in the direction of the mountain forest.
The snow on the avenue has been trampled hard by pedestrians and cars in the past two days. In the mountains and forests, the snow is soft and knee-deep, and the two dogs can only show their heads when they go in, and it is extremely difficult to walk.
Yu Hai simply unloaded the climbing plow from the dog and pulled his daughter into the mountain. He didn't worry about leaving his daughter alone on the cold mountain road.
At the beginning of the heavy snowfall, many hungry animals in the mountains and forests came out to feed. After walking a few steps, they saw a pheasant, flapping its wings, flying past them.
Yu Hai said with some regret: "It's a pity that I didn't bring the hunting tools here." ”
"It's okay, Dad! Go to the left, where there is the rope that Brother Han and I hid. Yu Xiaocao sat on the climbing plow, feeling very fresh, touching east and west, and from time to time a snowball smashed into the branches, watching the snow on the branches fall one after another, giggling and laughing.
Yu Hai saw that his daughter's spirit was good, and the heart that had been hanging finally let go of half of it. After a while, the two found the rope. Yu Hai broke some dead branches, and put down more than a dozen or twenty ropes of all sizes before stopping.
Yu Xiaocao kept making small movements in the back, either sprinkling some spirit stone water on the snow next to the rope sleeve, or pulling a handful of dead grass and dipping it with spirit stone water and placing it around the rope sleeve. Ever since he vacated the two medicine bottles for the spirit stone water, Yu Xiaocao had been carrying a bottle with him just in case. In order to prevent the riots of animals in the mountains and forests, Xiaocao also desperately diluted the spirit stone liquid with snow water before daring to spill it.
It's been more than an hour since the rope was put down. After all, Yu Hai is a veteran of hunting, and the rope is much more clever than her, specializing in picking up the path of animals. After returning the last rope sleeve, I found that many rope sleeves had already been harvested.
"Wow! Horned chicken! Partridge!! And the blue back!! Yu Xiaocao screamed excitedly. Fresh mountain birds, after such a heavy snowfall, should be worth a lot of money.
Yu Hai tied these small prey with ropes and put them on the climbing plow. Then a few more hares were harvested.
"Daddy! Look, what's that?? Roe deer? Yu Xiaocao saw from a distance that they had a small amount of rope and had a harvest. It looks a bit like his own little one.
Yu Hai took three steps and made two steps, pounced on the desperately struggling prey, and immediately pushed it down into the snow, and tied its four legs with a rope.
"Haha! Today's harvest is really good, and you can even hunt deer at the edge of the mountain forest! Girl, this is not a roe deer, it is an adult stag. Deer blood and venison are all good things, and the rich people in the town had the best bite! Yu Hai finally showed a smile in his eyes, this deer has more than a hundred catties, and if he sells it, he won't have to be in debt to see his daughter.
By the time Yu Hai's father and daughter came out of the forest, the plough was already full of prey. Re-set the climbing plow, the father and daughter took the climbing plow pulled by the dog, all the way to Tanggu Town.
When I arrived at the gate of Tanggu Town, it was already noon. The father and daughter left the plough in a house not far from the city gate and gave a pheasant as payment.
After the heavy snowfall, prices are rising, and such a fat pheasant can't take one or two hundred yuan each. The family was so happy that they repeatedly promised to take good care of the two dogs who were pulling the plow.
"Huh? Isn't this a sea brother? Come and give us the blessing of the prey? Hurry, hurry! Please inside!! The shopkeeper of Fu Linmen saw Yu Hai's father and daughter sharply, especially the prey on Yu Hai's shoulders, so that he, who had always been arrogant, couldn't help but greet him enthusiastically.
Yu Hai was very uncomfortable with his hospitality. often sends prey to the town, and Yu Hai naturally knows very well the personality of the shopkeeper Liu of Fulinmen. This man is very powerful, looks down on the poor, and the price of his prey is also pressed again and again.
The business of Zhenyulou is booming, and the amount of game required increases, so Yu Hai rarely deals with Fu Linmen. Today, this shopkeeper Liu is crazy, and he is actually commensurate with his brother.
Yu Xiaocao, who was carrying a few small prey, had a very bad impression of this shopkeeper Liu. In addition, he had a verbal agreement with Wednesday Shao before, and with the prey giving priority to the supply of Zhen Yulou, he naturally didn't want to deal with Fu Linmen, who was not authentic in business.