At this moment, in the landlord's room, Mrs. Zhao sat cross-legged on the kang to sew clothes for her younger son, the youngest son Xu Huaiyu is the most promising one in this family, he reads well, looks handsome, has a sweet mouth, and has her heart the most.

As a future Xiucai Gong, of course, you have to dress decently, the whole family wears the cheapest coarse linen clothes, patches when they are broken, and you can't expose the flesh, only him, wearing soft and comfortable fine linen, wearing it closely, and not grinding the skin, making it a light blue kaftan worn by students, standing with these rough men in the countryside who wear short fights, it is simply a difference between cloud and mud.

Mrs. Zhao thought about this, the corners of her mean mouth were raised, and the good mood continued until her eldest daughter-in-law Wang Suyun came in, "Dad, mother......"

Xu Maoshan leaned against a stack of folded quilts, was napping in a daze, and when he heard the sound, he only rolled his eyelids and closed them again.

Mrs. Zhao didn't raise her head, and asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Suyun smiled carelessly, "It's nothing, I just saw his third uncle lock the door and go out......"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao raised her eyes and looked over, her voice was a little sharp, "What did the third child do when he went out?" ”

Wang Suyun hurriedly shook her head, "How can this daughter-in-law know?" His second uncle asked just now, but his third uncle didn't pay attention to it, and left in a hurry......"

Mrs. Zhao narrowed her old eyes and was silent for a while.

Seeing this, Wang Suyun said tentatively, "Could it be that his third uncle went out to find someone to borrow silver?" ”

Mrs. Zhao sneered, "Who to borrow?" Who in our village can pay ten taels of silver for him to go to the water? Don't look at how many pounds and taels you have, besides, who would dare to borrow him without me nodding? Do you want me to help him pay off his debts? Dream on! ”

After saying this, Wang Suyun was finally down-to-earth, she was worried about Xu Huaiyi's debts, and she wanted to drag the whole family to help him pay back, but fortunately, the old goddess was as mean and hard-hearted as ever.

After she left, Xu Maoshan opened his eyes and said lightly, "It's really not good, you just take a little bit for the third child, you can't afford the medicine of two or two pairs, and you can make do with a few pairs of dozens of papers." ”

Mrs. Zhao refused without thinking about it, "No, our family's silver is counted, you spent it on the side, what should Huaiyu do when she reads?" The whole family can point to him to get ahead, the third child is a stuffy gourd, and it is useless to marry a daughter-in-law, he has not laid eggs for two years, he is easy to give birth, and he is still a money-loser, so he still wants to take two taels of silver and a pair of medicine? Does she have that blessing? ”

"It's not good, it's embarrassing to make the third child embarrassed, make up a few pairs of dozens of dollars, and it can be regarded as giving him an explanation, the province will chill his heart again, there are so many jobs at home, but they all point to him......"

Xu Maoshan's reminder, Mrs. Zhao couldn't listen to it at all, and asked her to take out the silver, which hurt as much as cutting meat, "What are you afraid of him doing?" There is no sac-shaped thing, he crawled out of my belly, I just eat his flesh and drink his blood, and he has to suffer it, otherwise it will be unfilial! A mouthful of spit on a person in the village can drown him! ”

Xu Maoshan listened to her more and more unspeakable, frowned and patted the kang table in front of him, "I think you are confused, have you forgotten how he married his daughter-in-law back then?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao's face finally changed, but she was unwilling to bow her head, snorted lightly, and said disdainfully, "With the courage of the two of them, do you really dare to live in the Gu family?" The Gu family, with neither clan support nor relatives to help them, has a bare pole, and must not be bullied to death when they go out? ”

When Xu Maoshan heard this, he nodded at her with his hand, and after sighing, he stopped talking, closed his eyes, and recuperated leisurely.

At this time, Xu Huaiyi, who was thought to have no courage to move out and set up a household, was standing in front of a small courtyard, thinking hard about how to move here with his daughter-in-law without seeing the blade.

This is his father-in-law's house, in the westernmost part of the village, next to the foot of the mountain, with a single courtyard, and there are no neighbors around.

The original owner eats the worst, does the most, and is the least treated, it is the lowest wave of the old Xu family, anyone can rub it twice, the more Xu Huaiyi thinks about it, the more aggrieved he becomes, and he is simply sad and angry with the original owner.

Obviously holding a good card, but playing poorly, the last life whine, is also sad and lamentable.

Since he was sold to the Gu family as a son-in-law for fifty taels of silver by his mother-in-law, and the paperwork was signed, how good is it to take this opportunity to break away from the old Xu family's gang of beasts who eat his flesh and drink his blood?

But he didn't, and dragged his daughter-in-law and children together, and continued to be a cow and a horse for the old Xu family. Not only did they not receive it, but they also despised these two people more and more, and they were simply stupid and weak!

Now that he has passed through, he must not drag his daughter-in-law to live this kind of life.

Thinking about it in his heart, he turned around and went diagonally opposite, about fifty meters away from the Gu family's house, and there was also a small courtyard with three brick houses, which was Dr. Jiao's home.

Xu Huaiyi pushed the door in, and saw that the courtyard was full of dustpans, and there were some traditional Chinese medicines drying in them.

Doctor Jiao was picking up medicinal herbs, heard the movement, looked up and saw that it was him, and couldn't help but be stunned, "Huaiyi? What are you doing here? It's your daughter-in-law......"

"Doctor Jiao, excuse me......" Xu Huaiyi greeted politely before he said the purpose of coming, "Please grab a few pairs of medicine for my daughter-in-law." ”

Doctor Jiao subconsciously said, "It only works if you have two taels of silver, you, your mother is willing to give you silver?" ”

Xu Huaiyi suddenly made a sad and helpless look, shook his head, took out the silver bracelet from his arms, and put on a reluctant and guilty expression, and after rubbing it again and again for a while, he handed it to him like a broken boat.

Doctor Jiao hesitated to take it, looked at it carefully, and asked in surprise, "This is your daughter-in-law's dowry?" ”

Xu Huaiyi nodded sadly, "It's the last thing, I originally wanted to keep it as a thought, but now...... My life is gone, what's the use of keeping it? ”

Dr. Jiao has lived in the village for several years, and knows a lot about the affairs of the Xu family, Mrs. Zhao is eccentric, gave birth to five sons and two daughters, and dislikes Xu Huaiyi's third son the most, think about it can understand, the boss of the Xu family works as an account in a restaurant in the town, and can take silver from home every month, the second child is lively, will coax people, the fourth child has hunting skills, and from time to time adds meat to the family to eat, the fifth child can read is a baby pimple, only this third child, no decent ability, the mouth is not good, in the Xu family, there is no sense of existence, Such children are the easiest to ignore when they are parents.

However, it is still too much to ignore it to the point of disregarding life.

Doctor Jiao sighed in his heart, and said with relief, "You don't have to worry too much, there is such a bracelet, five pairs of medicines, enough to match, hold your hands tightly, seven pairs are also possible, according to my previous pulse situation, after eating these seven pairs, you can get better, and the rest will have to rely on slow recuperation, and you can't ...... in a hurry."

When Xu Huaiyi heard this, he immediately thanked him happily, and made a gesture.

Doctor Jiao smiled, but he felt that the person in front of him was a little different from before, his face was still the same face, but his temperament was obviously lively, and his mouth was no longer clumsy and couldn't squeeze out a few words, which made people look anxious, and his eyes fell on the wound on his forehead, and he felt that his changes were also reasonable, and he had suffered this series of blows, if he didn't open his mind, it would be really an elm head.

After preparing the medicine and explaining the way to eat it carefully, Dr. Jiao helped him deal with the wound on his forehead again, and it had stopped bleeding for a long time, but it was red and swollen, and there were bruises around him, which made him miserable to look at.

After finishing the work, Xu Huaiyi was worried about his daughter-in-law, so he quickly got up to say goodbye, and hurried to Xu's house with the medicine.