"Hmm!"

Liu San'er let out a painful snort, and pulled his arm out of the box at once, but it was too late, and the blood flowed down his arm, and suddenly spilled onto the stone table, staining a large piece of red.

Rue Xiang didn't care about anything at this time, and hurriedly helped him: "Third brother! ”

I also looked at him nervously, only to see Liu San'er's face pale with pain, and large beads of sweat dripping down his forehead, and the people around him were in an uproar, and they all rushed up, stretching out their hands to protect him: "San'er!" ”

"Liu San'er, are you okay?"

"How's the hand?"

“……”

He didn't speak, in fact, he gritted his teeth to survive the most painful period of time, I stood beside him, I could almost hear his teeth clucking, after a while, finally relieved, raised his head, and shook his head gently at the people around him.

Then, with great difficulty, he lifted the bloody arm and let go of his hand.

With a bang, a few blood-stained copper coins fell on the stone table.

I'll count them - five!

He grabbed five copper coins!

No, it's not. He caught seven, but at the last moment, he put two back.

The villagers were all stunned for a while, as if they couldn't tell whether they should be happy or angry, and the officials were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

After a while, a government official sneered: "Hmph, you are very generous, and the child will help Lujia Village pay more than 20%. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere around them immediately became a little subtle.

An old woman muttered in a low voice: "You can avoid two percent, why do you want to throw two back?" ”

At this moment, the villagers immediately complained.

"That's it, obviously I caught seven."

"Liu San'er, what are you doing here?"

"Pay an extra 20% tax, do you dare to pay it alone?"

"Do you know how hard we work?"

Listening to these people's gossip and complaints, Liu San'er's face turned pale in pain, and he could only grit his teeth hard by grabbing his elbow and not saying a word. I stretched out my hand to help him, turned around and said coldly: "You work hard, aren't others not people, others won't work hard?" If everyone plants the same amount of land and asks you to pay 70% of the tax, and Lujia Village only pays 30%, do you think this is fair? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and although there were still some dissatisfied looks, they all kept their mouths shut.

Those officials originally looked successful in sowing discord, but they were suppressed by my words, and they were suddenly a little dissatisfied. One of them walked over, looked up and down, and said, "Who are you?" Why haven't I seen you here? ”

Oops!

Just now, I was only concerned about helping Liu San'er get ahead, and I forgot about myself. What if someone recognizes me?

Seeing that my face changed and I lowered my head timidly, Liu San'er hurriedly said: "She is me, my cousin, there is no one at home, and she came here to take refuge in me." ”

"Cousin?"

The official circled around me again, his eyes were a little frivolous, and he said, "I can't see that your kid still has such beautiful relatives." ”

At this time, I had calmed down, and I didn't look at him, but only helped Liu San'er and said, "Your injury must be dealt with immediately, let's go home quickly." After speaking, he pinched him carefully, Liu San'er was as kind as a stream, nodded and said, "Got it." By the way, cousin, don't tell my mother when you go home. ”

"Don't worry, if my aunt knows, she will die of sadness."

The two of us sang and harmonized like this, Rue Xiang watched from the side, and there was no squeak, and finally bluffed the government official. I helped Liu San'er and was about to walk back, he glanced back at the blood-stained copper coins on the table, and said in a slightly low voice: "Fellow villagers, I still think that this is fairer to everyone." ”

After that, he nodded, and left with me.

His arm was bleeding and I came home, and although I was still very weak, I gritted my teeth and helped him wash his wounds. Fortunately, he only suffered skin injuries, not muscles and bones, I took out a clean bandage and carefully wrapped it, and waited until the wound was treated, I felt that my strength was about to run out.

He held the injured hand and carefully moved his fingers.

There didn't seem to be anything wrong with his fingers, just a move touched the wound, and the pain made his face white.

I hurriedly said, "You still have to take care of this wound." Don't get wet these days. ”

"yes, I know."

I put away the rest of the white cloth, looked at his pale face, and said softly, "Why are you bothered?" ”

He looked up at me and said, "What you told them is what I thought." It's just that I can't say you're so good. If it were me, I would not be willing to bear the unfair consequences. So, that's the fairest thing to do. ”

With that, he smiled at me.

Looking at his child-like smile, I remembered that when I resolutely put my hand into the knife box just now, the perseverance and courage, as well as his choice, seemed to let me see another him.

Perhaps, he is not as poor as I see it.

There is indeed something wonderful about the world.

When I was sick and dying, Liu San'er took care of me everywhere; Now he's injured, but I'm able to walk. Although I still felt a little sweaty and wheezing after standing for a long time, when I thought that I was helping my benefactor, I gritted my teeth and was able to persevere.

I lifted the lid of the pot, and the milky white fish soup in the large chai pot was billowing and exuding a rich aroma.

Liu San'er just walked to the kitchen door, and when he smelled the fragrance, he immediately said, "It's so fragrant." ”

I smiled and served the fish soup.

After washing the pot, brush some oil on the bottom of the pot, wait for the oil to heat, wash the vegetables and cut them into pieces, put them down and fry them quickly, and a plate of green fried vegetables will come out of the pot.

In the middle of summer, the money on the pot table was inevitably scorching, I wiped the sweat on my forehead with my sleeve, and brought out the food, Liu San'er was already placing the dishes and chopsticks, I hurriedly said: "Be careful of your injury." ”

"It's okay, it's just a skin injury, and the doctor also said that if you don't take anything too heavy, it won't get in the way." As he spoke, he raised his head again and looked at me apologetically, and said, "Light, you're in such a bad health, I'm really sorry to let you do these housework." ”

I laughed and said, "Don't say that. You saved my life, and I don't know how to repay such a great kindness. ”

He hurriedly waved his hand and said not to mention it.

Before eating, I followed his example and brought rice, vegetables, and a bowl of soup into the back room.

As soon as I opened the flower curtain, I smelled a faint smell of medicine in the room, and an old woman with silver hair and wrinkles on her face was lying there quietly, it was Liu San'er's mother.

"Aunt Liu." I cautiously walked over to the bed: "It's time to eat." ”

She opened her eyes and looked at me, a smile in her cloudy eyes, "Okay." ”

I helped her sit up, people have been sick for a long time, and the body is weak, recalling that I have also been seriously ill like this, but in the end, I am still young, and I recover quickly, and as long as I get through any injuries and pains, it is actually nothing, but older people are really different.

Aunt Liu panted slightly, sat on the head of the bed, looked at the food in the bowl, and then looked at my sweaty appearance, and said softly: "Light girl, you have made all the meals in the past few days?" ”

"Hmm."

"I mean, no wonder it smells so good."

"Liu San'er's cooking is also good."

"He's good enough."

I laughed, carefully fed her the soup, and then spoonful by spoonful of the food to her mouth, while feeding her said, "Brother Liu is filial to you, just a man, it is natural to cook badly." ”

"Yes," she nodded, looking at me, "there should be a woman in charge." ”

When I heard this, the spoon in my hand trembled, and I didn't say anything, but still smiled and put the food in her mouth.

After feeding her, I helped her lie down slowly, I cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and went out to eat with Liu San'er, he took a big bite of the rice, and said while eating: "Light, the food you make tastes so good, it's better than my mother's cooking." ”

"Eat more if you like. I'll cook the rest of the dishes tomorrow. ”

"You'd better have a good rest, let me come."

I laughed and said, "Auntie said she doesn't want to eat your craft anymore." ”

"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment, immediately scratched the back of his head, and smiled embarrassedly.

I took a sip of the soup and suddenly remembered something, so I asked him, "By the way, the official that day said that you bought one or two ginseng in the town a month ago, what did you do?" ”

"Huh? No, nothing. ”

"A month ago...... Is it for me? ”

He glanced at me and knew that he couldn't hide it from me, so he nodded: "At that time, your body was too weak, and you drowned. That's why I bought it. ”

I let out a long breath, but my heart was a little heavy.

No wonder when I first woke up, the bitter taste in my mouth was so strong, it was the taste of ginseng soup.

Thinking about that time, I was afraid that there would be only that breath left, but I didn't expect that Liu San'er would actually use such a precious ginseng soup to hang that breath for me.

There was a hot warm current welling up in my heart, and I glanced at him, and my eyes were a little red.

"You, don't care," he said hurriedly, "in the end, it's a life-saving life, and it's all right." ”

My heart is even more sour.

In his eyes, human life is human life, no matter how much money and power, it is not as important as a living human life, so I almost gave my life in the hands of the richest man in the world, but was saved by a poor boy who couldn't even afford to eat.

Actually, I don't blame that man, the powerful need the courage to achieve ten thousand bones, I can only sigh that I am the one who was sacrificed.

I sniffed: "Where did you get so much money?" ”