"Have you had lunch? Shall I make you a few dumplings to eat? Today, I chopped the minced meat, I was going to make buns, and now I will make dumplings quickly. Liao asked.

"I just ate it in Suji."

Ren Jianbai put the bag on his body on the table, "Mother doesn't have to be busy anymore." ”

"It's good to have eaten it." Liao Shi smiled on his face, "How many days will you stay at home when you come back this time?" ”

"I think I can stay for two days."

Liao Shi took Ren Jianbai's hand to change clothes from the bag and paused slightly, "Just stay for two days?" ”

"The county school homework was originally intense, I passed the scientific examination this year, and next year I will have a big competition, and the masters also value it very much, urging me to study hard every day."

Ren Jianbai said, "Originally, I also wanted not to come back in the county school, but the weather was getting colder, and I was worried that you would not have enough money here, so I came back." ”

"This is the silver issued by the county school, plus the silver I get from copying books and fighting poems on weekdays, so my mother will take it as a family first."

A small bag of broken silver weighed about ten taels.

Liao waved his hand again and again, "There is still money at home, I am the only one on weekdays, and I can't eat or drink much, so you should keep it." ”

Reading is a costly affair.

Although Ren Jianbai is often among the best in the county school because of his diligent study and talent, not only does he not have to pay the due constraints of the academy next to him, but he can also receive the government's subsidized food and silver every month, plus the love of the master, and the books and pen and ink are often given to him.

Therefore, on weekdays, Ren Jianbai does not have any expenses for studying.

But in the county school, in addition to reading, there are often some due entertainment, drinking tea, eating wine, etc., and in the end, it is a show of talent, which can not be too eye-catching.

In short, silver is needed everywhere.

"I still have some here, enough for my daily needs." Ren Jianbai stuffed the silver into Liao's hand, "The master said that the weather is getting cold this month, and he is ready to apply for more silver from the county school every month." ”

"In addition, Master Lu wanted to invite me to teach his grandson to read, just go once every three days, I agreed, and I can earn another six taels of silver every month in the future."

"Don't instigate my mother's food and clothing, otherwise if others look at it, I am afraid that I will say that my son is not filial, and my mother should also take care of my reputation."

"I see." Liao nodded, and then accepted the silver.

Packed up the change of clothes in the bag, Liao took it to the courtyard to wash, and when washing, he put some more soap and horn liquid that he boiled.

In this way, the clothes can be washed more cleanly.

Ren Jianbai packed up the pen and ink books and placed the small square table in a well-lit place under the corridor.

I didn't read or practice calligraphy, but sat at the table, pondered for a long time on a piece of rice paper, and then took the pen next to me, dipped it in the inkstone, and put the pen on the paper.

In addition to reading, Ren Jianbai's chess skills and Danqing are also very good.

At this time, with a few strokes, a delicate and graceful image jumped on the paper.

It's just that the person in the painting has a beautiful face, the eyebrows are flying, the corners of the lips are smiling, and the action of holding flowers is even more charming, but only where there should be eyes, it is still blank.

Ren Jianbai's hand holding the pen paused again, and he didn't put down the pen for a long time.

Such a pair of eyes as deep as a pool of water and as bright as stars are not good at drawing by themselves......

Ren Jianbai sighed, and finally put the pen aside.

Liao rubbed the clothes in the basin with gentle movements.

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Su Yujin has been a little distressed these days.

Because I have been in the county for several days, I have not found a suitable business opportunity.

Thinking that the hundreds of taels of silver lying quietly in his makeup couldn't give off, and if he left it empty, he was losing money, Su Yujin felt a heartache.

As a result of the heartache, Su Yujin began to take revenge consumption - went to the grocery store to buy some various seasonings suitable for cooking and kitchen utensils to use.

No, not some, it's many.

When wormwood carries the bamboo basket in his hand, he feels very difficult.

However, in front of the girl, she also refused to show her incompetence, only gritted her teeth and carried a bamboo basket, and followed Su Yujin step by step.

Su Yujin stopped suddenly.

Wormwood, who was carrying a bamboo basket, almost hit her.

"Why did the girl stop?"

"There seems to be a disturbance up ahead."

Su Yujin looked around, and when he saw Zhou Ji hanging high above the shop, he sighed, "It seems to be Mrs. Zhou's medicinal herb shop." ”

When the words landed, Su Yujin saw the figure of Li in the crowd, and through the gap in the crowd, she could see the anxiety and composure on her face.

Someone in the medicinal herb shop is making trouble, is it because the quality of the medicinal herbs is not good?

Su Yujin thought for a moment and walked a few steps quickly, "Let's go take a look." ”

"Girl, wait for me." Wormwood trotted up with her things.

The two of them arrived at the door of Zhou Ji one after the other, and saw a middle-aged woman sitting in the open space surrounded by the crowd, with a teenage girl.

The little girl's face was flushed at this time, her eyes were closed, and she was slumped in the woman's arms, and her forehead was sweating, and the strands of hair stuck to the skin one by one because of sweating.

The woman was very emotional at this time, and while crying, she shouted at the Li family, "My daughter drank the medicinal materials taken from your family's medicinal herb shop and became like this, you are more seriously ill than before, and everyone fainted at this time. ”

"The doctor next to this recipe has also seen it, only said that there is nothing wrong, a few days ago I grabbed a pair of medicine from the side, and I was worried that the medicinal properties of the small pharmacy were not as good as Zhou Ji, and the second medicine was grabbed from Zhou Ji, and something happened after eating, dare to say that it is not the problem of your Zhou Ji medicinal herb shop?"

"It must be because the medicinal materials you sell are not of good quality, and you sell those medicinal materials that have lost their medicinal properties or are moldy to us ordinary people, so that's why it's like this!"

"Your Zhouji Medicinal Material Store is a complete black shop!"

After the woman yelled, she hid her face again and wept bitterly.

The little girl in her arms was about awakened by the woman's roar and cry, opened her eyes faintly, her chapped and pale lips opened and opened, and she spit out a few words with difficulty, "Mother, I, am I going to die......"

"I won't die, I won't die, my orb will definitely not die." The woman rested her chin on the little girl's forehead and burst into tears.

The people around me couldn't help but wipe their tears.

"It's pathetic."

"I was pregnant for ten months, and I gave birth to a child desperately, but I lost my life because of a pair of medicines......"

"If you want me to say, this week's medicinal herb shop is really hateful, and it actually used a bad medicinal herb, isn't this harming people's lives?"

"The heart of the doctor's parents, this seller of medicinal herbs should also be like this, this week's note, it is really hateful!"

“……”

Li's face gradually turned a little pale in the righteous indignation of the people around him.