The doctor arrived for a while, and it was almost noon.

The injury on Chen Yin'er's forehead has been properly bandaged, and most of the residual poison on Lu Qi's body has been removed.

But what was helpless was the cost of half a tael of silver for the injection and medicine, but Lu Qi couldn't pay it out.

The father and mother of the family died early, and the land allocated was not much, but fortunately, the cooked land was fertile, and the aunt and sister-in-law worked hard to weave, and the family was not poor.

It's just that two funerals have been held in the past six months, buying a coffin and inviting funeral rites, and all the savings have been squeezed out.

Lu Qi had no choice but to pawn everything that was worth a little money in the family, and he couldn't piece together half of it.

In the end, I really couldn't, but thanks to the doctor's kindness, I gave Lu Qi a discount.

Seeing off the doctor, Lu Qi dragged his tired body home. It was mid-November, but it hadn't snowed yet, and a bamboo boat was tied to the riverbank not far away.

Lujia Village is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and boats are an important means of transportation here.

Farther away, the twice-cropping rice is harvested in October, and the roadside is piled with human-tall straw, ready to be dried and taken home for fuel.

Looking through his memory, Lu Qi remembered more details - the emperor's surname at this time was Zhu, the year name was Hongzhi, the country was in Shuntianfu, and the other was in Yingtianfu, Jinling. Thinking of this, Lu Qi already knew when he was there.

However, I have never heard of the name of Yongchuan Prefecture, and from the geography of the dense river network, the warm and humid climate, and the production method of going out to sea for fishing, eighty percent of it is the southeast coastal area.

When he returned home, he couldn't help but sigh, Lu Qi looked around the house, the walls of the house were poor, and there was not even a mat on the ground, so Lu Qi could only sit down on the threshold to rest.

Chen Yin'er was holding a wooden box and was washing rice with a broken bamboo basket, and when she saw Lu Qi coming back, she couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, there is only half a pocket of brown rice left at home, if there is no income, there will be no rice in the pot tomorrow." ”

Lu Qi looked at the wooden box suspiciously: "Strange." Sister-in-law, you even took your own dowry, what is in this box, and you still keep it? ”

"This is the title deed of our family's farmland, so naturally we have to keep it, otherwise what will our sister-in-law rely on to eat in the future?"

Saying that, Chen Yin'er was about to get up and go to cook porridge, the two of them had not touched their teeth from morning to now, and they couldn't help beating the drum in their stomachs, but Lu Qi suddenly grabbed her.

"Sister-in-law, for today's plan, little sister, I have an idea, you can listen to it."

Lu Qi motioned for her to sit down: "Although we are still nominally members of the Lu family, you can also see that we have a disagreement with the elders and children of the clan in today's Lingtang fight for family property.

Especially Lu Huang's house, if they don't die in the future, I am afraid they will not be able to prevent it. ”

Chen Yin'er recalled the almost undisguised greedy gaze of those relatives in the morning, and still had palpitations: "Yes, if others don't mention it, Lu Huang's dog thing will definitely come to make trouble!" ”

Lu Qi continued: "And now it's winter, and there is nowhere to find wild vegetables in the fields, only with the surplus grain at home, I am afraid that we will have to starve to death if the grain is ripe in the field, so we can only find another way." ”

Chen Yin'er looked at the warm winter noon sunshine, but only felt a chill in her heart: "The way out, but where is it?" ”

"For today's plan, the only way to do this is to sell land and leave Lujia Village."

"What?!" Chen Yin'er stood up suddenly: "This is the ...... passed down by my father."

Lu Qi pulled her to sit down: "Sister-in-law, my father and mother passed on the field house for us, if even we are gone, then what does this field house want it for?" Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? ”

Chen Yin'er looked at the wooden box in his arms: "But after leaving the village, and without a farmhouse, and with no one to rely on, wouldn't the two of us have to sit and eat empty?" ”

"Then the two of us will depend on each other for our lives in the future."

Lu Qi winked at her slyly: "In fact, selling the field does not mean that you have to sit and eat empty, my sister-in-law is not bad, and she can still do weaving in the future."

What's more, your husband and I are considered to be talents, even if I go to a tavern and restaurant to be a bookkeeper, it is better than being trapped in the village and starving to death. ”

Chen Yin'er was amused by Lu Qi's sudden "manly spirit".

In fact, in addition to these reasons, Lu Qi also had some of his own thoughts that he did not say.

Even if you are in the prosperous and wealthy Jiangnan, if you don't engage in politics and business, what future can you have even if you work hard to cultivate and weave?

With the experience of modern people in the 21st century, Lu Qi knows that no matter the dynasties, the rise and fall are the truth of the people's suffering.

Get ahead! Fight for a place in an era where men are respected! In this way, you can better protect yourself and your sister-in-law and protect your loved ones in this cruel society.

Perhaps, it is also for the sigh that I vaguely heard when I first read the history of the Ming Dynasty, which has traveled through hundreds of years.

Lu Qi looked at the sun and clenched his fists.

Now that we know the course of history, how can we be willing to grow old under the forest spring?

……

"Yo! I heard that your family is so poor that you need food? ”

Suddenly, an arrogant and provocative voice came, and I saw Lu Huang drunkenly snorting alcohol and walking out of the alley step by step.

"What are you doing here?!" Lu Qi was furious when he saw it.

Chen Yin'er's face suddenly sank, and she turned around and went back to the house.

Lu Huang was holding a pot of celadon in his hand, which looked to be worth a lot of old wine: "You husband and wife are both virtuous!" Hmph, brother, I am willing to raise you for the sake of brotherhood.

Who knew that she was a little widow looking for death and life, and eighty percent of them had a look outside, okay? ”

Lu Qi pulled out a broken broom with only a few hairs left from the corner.

Lu Huang didn't notice it, and was still making provocative remarks: "Yo! You are so poor that you dare to be angry? In the past, Lao Tzu called you a brother in front of the third uncle, otherwise you are also worthy?

Look, they're coming tonight! Screw off your heads and make a night pot, and you'll all die!" Hahaha...... Oops! ”

But when he saw Lu Qi twisting his waist and stepping up, the broom in his hand broke through the air, hitting the bridge of the second cousin's nose, and instantly stuffed the rampant laughter back into his mouth, and the wine jug was shattered to the ground.

"Oops...... My nose! The second cousin, who was lying on the ground, covered his nose and kept screaming in pain, nosebleeds gushed out along his fingers, and most of the wine suddenly woke up. He didn't care about playing any more, he glanced at Lu Qi viciously, and hurriedly got up and fled out.

Lu Qi saw sweat on his forehead and gasped, and staggered to the threshold, the residual poison in his body had not disappeared, and this alone made Lu Qi exhaust his physical strength.

At this time, Chen Yin'er, who was looking for a guy, brandished a kitchen knife and came out of the back room: "Lu Huang's dog thing is killed!" ”

Waving all the way to the door, the imposing Chen Yin'er fixed his eyes and saw that Lu Huang had disappeared, leaving Lu Qi who was frightened by her sudden madness and shrank in the corner.

The two helped each other to the house, Chen Yin'er was about to cook some porridge to satisfy her hunger, and Lu Qi added fire to the side, but some doubts rose in her heart.

Lu Huang, who was so frightened that he fled just now, why did he suddenly have confidence again? actually said to her face that he was going to kill her?

Now it's not as good as just now, "Xiucai Gong" is still alive! I was forced to go to the yamen of the prefecture and county to report it, and the crime was to threaten and intimidate the famous literati, and even the patriarch Lu Taigong had to eat melons with him.

Lu Huang is a ruffian, he will only be in the nest, even if he is drunk, how dare he come to the door to find trouble with Lu Xiucai?

That celadon wine is expensive, and scoundrels can't afford to consume it, unless they ...... He has some big people to back on.

What big guy would be a backer for a country scoundrel?

……

At this moment, a rough man suddenly shouted outside: "Uncle! Sister! Is anyone home? ”

The person who came was a rare guest, tall, dark-skinned, with a crisp body and a loud voice, and a bamboo hat on his head - he was Chen Yin'er's eldest brother, Chen Hai.

Chen Yin'er was born in a small fishing village near the sea, and his father was a friend of Lu's father when he went fishing in the early years, and later married a family of children and daughters.

But now is the busiest season for fishermen, how can they come to visit?

Lu Qi straightened his clothes, hurriedly let his eldest brother in, and took advantage of the residual warmth on the stove to warm up some tea: "Something just happened at home, and it was messy, please don't be surprised." ”

Chen Hai put down the two live fish he was carrying, looked around the room and saw the two of them with sick faces, took the tea and sighed: "This world is really not peaceful anywhere!" ”

Lu Qi was stunned when he heard it: "I don't know what my uncle said, what else is not peaceful?" ”

There was no stool in the house, so Chen Snapper had to sit on the threshold: "I came to Lujia Village to tell you." This morning, my father quietly went on a boat with more than a dozen people from the same village to catch sea bass...... Ahem, dig clams.

I just walked to the vicinity of Liwang Mountain, but I saw a group of Japanese robbers coiled on the edge of the island and reef! ”

Wako!!