Mei Sanniang had just locked the door, and suddenly thought of something, so she turned her head and lifted the rolling pin she had prepared before, and the momentum seemed to be about to dry the fight, Xu Erzhu couldn't help but ask when he saw it.

"Sanniang, didn't you say before that you shouldn't use force?"

Mei Sanniang clenched her rolling pin, completely unable to remember what she had said before.

"I'm here to protect myself, you're different, your fists are hard, look at my thin arms and legs, where do you have any ability to protect yourself, in case you get hurt, this weak body can't stand it."

Xu Erzhu told Mei Sanniang: "Li Gu's family has few men, he is a lone seedling, of course he also has a sister who picked it up, this sister is not very filial to the elderly, although the Li family raised her, but she was bullied by Li Gu everywhere, naturally this sister's twisted ass went out of Longfeng Village and went to the city to develop." I didn't come back during the Chinese New Year, so I sent some money, which was considered a nurturing grace for this family. ”

Mei Sanniang listened to Xu Erzhu say this, and suddenly felt that it was not easy to be a woman, not only to take care of men, but also to raise children.

If the children are not filial, they have been raised for decades, and it is better not to have children.

"Let's go, since he is alone in the family, I have nothing to fear." Mei Sanniang said that she was not afraid, but the rolling pin was held tightly.

After following Xu Erzhu for half an hour, he finally arrived at Li Gu's house, and before he entered the door, he heard a violent cough, and it should not be Li Gu's when he listened carefully, his voice was extremely rough, and he felt that he couldn't cough up thick phlegm.

As soon as they arrived at the door, the dog of the family barked and disturbed the man in the family, who was wearing an overcoat and coughing while leaning against the wall, standing and shaky.

"You are... Ahem, ahem... Who to look for. ”

The man who came out was wrapped in a coat and his ankles were still exposed to the air.

Mei Sanniang subconsciously touched the mask, and by the way, Xu Erzhu also covered it.

Xu Erzhu wanted to refuse, but was glared back by Mei Sanniang.

"I'm looking for Li Gu."

"I... The man coughed several times, and finally shook the words clearly, "My son is not here, is he the one who owes you money?" ”

"How much."

Mei Sanniang thought for a while and said, "One dollar." ”

The man didn't ask what money he owed, so he began to touch his pocket, and after touching for a while, he finally took out a red plastic bag of money, most of the money was a few cents, and a lot of dollars were stacked one by one, and there was not enough money.

Mei Sanniang frowned, she didn't dare to accept the money he gave, this money was full of germs, plus a cold virus, Mei Sanniang felt extremely scared when she thought about it, this money was terrible.

Mei Sanniang asked, "Where did Li Gu go?" Are you alone in the house? ”

The man coughed and replied, "I don't know where I went, my wife and I were at home, and my wife had a headache and finally fell asleep." ”

Mei Sanniang continued to ask: "Have you drunk the medicine?" ”

The man looked at Mei Sanniang suspiciously, and asked hoarsely, "What?" What cough, what medicine? ”

Mei Sanniang told the man: "Li Gu bought the medicine here and didn't give the money, didn't he say that the medicine was caught for you?" ”

The man shook his head, there was no medicine at all.

At this time, Mei Sanniang probably knew that this medicine was sold by Li Gu, so it attracted this group of people to her house to make trouble.

"Child, this money is not enough, cough cough, I'll go to the house to get it."

The man turned around and entered the house, and there was a coughing sound in the house all the time, and Mei Sanniang listened to goosebumps, and she was chilling when she listened.

After about fifteen minutes, the man didn't come out, Mei Sanniang looked inside, but he didn't come out, how long did he have to wait.

Saying Cao Cao Cao arrived, the man was carrying a bag of potatoes, and his calloused hands were clenched in a stack of money.

He coughed and said, "Kid, I'm still a few cents short, can you take this potato for it." ”

Mei Sanniang looked cold, and she didn't get enough money for fifteen minutes, and the old couple was sick again, Mei Sanniang asked:

"Do you cough like this and don't go to the doctor? The further it drags on, the worse it gets. ”

The man's voice was accompanied by a cough, which was inaudible, but Mei Sanniang heard it clearly.

It said: "I don't have money to see a doctor. Forget it, anyway, people are inherently dead, and they have to die early and late. ”

Mei Sanniang was shocked when she heard this, and she told the uncle:

"Forget it, I don't want the money for this medicine."

"It's... I owe it to you..."

Mei Sanniang shook her head, "It's not you who owe me, it's Li Gu, I only ask for it from me, I don't want your money." If you give your son money, I don't know. ”

"You are so old, if you want to get through the illness, how many springs and autumns can you survive?"

"People live not only to raise children, but also to live for themselves, you two have worked hard. For most of your life, don't you just want to rely on your old age? As a result, the son didn't get up, and you still got used to him. ”

"Your son asked someone to block in front of my door, if it weren't for your face, I really wanted to slap Li Gu to death, he called a bunch of old men to block the door of one of my women's doors, if it weren't for the help of Brother Erzhu, I might have had an accident a long time ago."

"Resell medicinal herbs to make the difference, your son really does everything."

The more ugly Mei Sanniang's scolding, the more the man in front of him lowered his voice and kept apologizing to Mei Sanniang.

"Yes... Ahem, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, ahem, ahem. ”

As she spoke, the old man knelt down, Mei Sanniang was flattered for a while, how could she have accepted such a big courtesy, or the older generation gave her luggage, this is going to be a long life.

"Don't, get up! Didn't I stop taking your money for a while? ”

"No, kid, it's all my fault that my son did such a thing, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. ”

The man has already knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mei Sanniang Mei Sanniang was in her heart. Yiheng, this old man is sick like this, and he is still thinking about his son, but what about his son, he didn't even see a figure, sometimes Mei Sanniang really sighed, raising children to prevent old age, this is obviously raising tigers for trouble.

"Leave him alone, Brother Erzhu, let's go back first."

On the way, Xu Erzhu asked Sanniang: "Sanniang, you just left like this, don't you want the money?" ”

Of course, Mei Sanniang couldn't do without money, but she didn't want this old man's money, how could the account owed by Li Gu be counted on a sick old man.

The cough was so serious, Li Gu didn't say that the medicine he bought back was for the old man to drink, so he didn't want to be a son.

When the time comes, I will ask Li Gu again, this medicine is estimated to have been resold by him, and he must have the money.

Xu Erzhu asked, "Then why don't you wait for Li Gu to come back?" ”

Mei Sanniang said: "When he comes back, the daylilies are cold, and it will take time, so I might as well do something else if I have this time It's like standing at the door of his house, listening to the coughing sound." ”

"I'll get some medicine for those two old men."

"I'll send it there by myself later."

After Mei Sanniang returned home, she sighed that she was lucky to take some out, otherwise she would have to go to the underground warehouse to get this medicine again.

If someone sees it back and forth, it is estimated that this medicine will be robbed in the middle of the night while the night is dark and the wind is high.

After Mei Sanniang grabbed the medicine, she went to Li Gu's house again, but Li Gu still didn't come back at this time.

As soon as Mei Sanniang came, Li Gu's father greeted him, and those who owe money this year have to keep their voices down, which is like before, the one who owes money is the uncle, you ask him for money, he said no, this is not, and he will not come back, he can only beg little by little.

Mei Sanniang told the man: "This medicine has three meals a day, avoid spicy food, and drink more water." ”

After the man took the medicine, he thanked Mei Sanniang again and again, but every time he coughed, Mei Sanniang did. Disgusted, he took a few steps back.

The man saw Mei Sanniang's little move, and he bowed deeply.

"Thank you. This money..."

Mei Sanniang told the man: "It is natural to repay debts, sometimes you are too concerned about future generations, have you ever thought about yourself in the future?" ”

"This medicine is separated, one is yours, the other is your wife's, don't let Li Gu see this medicine, if you take it and sell it, what will happen to your illness?"

Mei Sanniang's good deeds can only be done here, and it is none of her business whether these two old men live or die in the future.

"I'm leaving."

The old man's coughing still sounded around, and Mei Sanniang left after giving them the medicine.

She suddenly had a puzzle.

What is life for?

Mei Sanniang knew that she would grow old, but she was not happy at all now, but she was tired.

dragging her tired body, Mei Sanniang finally lay on the bed, looking at the beam, she slowly fell asleep.

Night fell quietly, she forgot an important thing today, that is, to send medicine to Uncle Li, and when she woke up, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, at this time every household had turned off the lights, Mei Sanniang was afraid of walking at night, she didn't dare, so Uncle Li put it aside until tomorrow.

But before she could set off for Uncle Li's house, Mei Sanniang heard a bad news.

Uncle Li is gone.

Mei Sanniang thought she had heard it wrong, but she learned from the villagers that Uncle Li died in the middle of the night.

Mei Sanniang felt as if she had been hit by a thunderbolt when she heard the news, and she kept muttering in her mouth, "Uncle Li is gone." ”

Uncle Li hasn't eaten a bite of sea fish yet, he hasn't seen the way he called him back to the church, and he hasn't...

Mei Sanniang suddenly realized that if she went to see Uncle Li yesterday, would it not be this ending, but she didn't even see Uncle Li for the last time.

Mei Sanniang was stunned, she couldn't believe the fact she heard.

Mei Sanniang also wanted to ask the villagers, but the vigilant eyes of the village made Mei Sanniang a little at a loss.

Before he could ask, the man walked away, as if he had seen a plague god.

Mei Sanniang stood in place at a loss, she looked at the entrance of the village with a dull gaze, and Uncle Li seemed to appear in the sky again, she wanted to tell Uncle Li and talk to Uncle Li again.

Tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of her eyes, Mei Sanniang kept sobbing, she still remembered that when she raised her head, the tears would flow back, but the tears seemed to be disobedient and kept flowing out.