In the nineteenth year of Jiahe, there was a great drought in the Northern Liang Kingdom. Two-thirds of the country's grain production has been reduced, leaving the treasury of the Northern Liang State, which was not rich in the first place, empty, and the people are struggling to make a living. The western part of the Northern Liang Kingdom is a continuous mountain, and the trees on the mountain are listless in the sun, and the leaves are yellow, losing their original vitality. Many of the trees at the foot of the mountain have lost their leaves, and the crops in the fields are sparse. There were a few big men on the side of the field discussing something, and from time to time there would be a sigh. "Village Chief, look at that...", a big man suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain. "What's wrong?" An elderly man turned his head as he spoke, and several people all turned to look at the mountain. On the mountain path of the mountain, a few people stumbled from a distance, and several people met them. When I got closer, I could see it a little more clearly. Running at the front was a woman, with her stomach in her hands, her clothes and face were covered with dirt, two tear stains were left on her cheeks, her clothes were wet, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. The woman was followed by a teenage boy dressed in a school uniform. At this point, the color is no longer visible. The boy was also carrying a seven or eight-year-old girl on his back, and the girl was unconscious. At this time, the two of them were covered in blood, and drops of blood flowed down the girl's head, to the boy's neck and back, and down the clothes to the girl's hands and neck. The girl had a bean-sized birthmark on her neck, and in an emergency, no one noticed that the birthmark was absorbing the girl's blood. Not far from them, an adult man stumbled over with a little boy of three or four years old. The man was also covered in blood, but he hugged the little boy tightly. They are getting closer, closer and closer. "Isn't this the second and fifth eldest of the Shen family? What's going on? "A big man recognized the man. "What, go check it out." Another man who looked to be in his forties ran. While running, he shouted loudly: "Old Five, Old Five, what's wrong with you?" Several people on the mountain road heard the sound and ran towards them.

Xiang'er, what's going on? What happened to you, why are you covered in blood? The big man ran to the woman, took the little girl from the boy's back, and took her in his arms. While asking the boy, he looked anxiously at the man who came down from the mountain.

"Uncle, let's ......" Before the boy who called Xiang'er finished speaking, the woman next to him fell. The boy hurriedly hugged the woman, "Mother, mother." The big man also stretched out his hand to support the woman, "Brother and sister, what's wrong with you?" Dahan asked anxiously. Uncle, my mother is pregnant and frightened, take her home quickly. ”

"What, how can this be, I'll carry your mother back." As he spoke, the big man put the girl on the boy's back, picked up the woman and ran to the village. At this time, several big men in the back also ran over, some took the girl, some went to pick up the boy in the man's arms, and some carried the man on his back, and the group didn't have time to ask what was wrong, so they hurriedly ran to the village.

In the Shen family in the east of the village, Shen Maosheng took his eldest son Shen Xiaohai, third son Shen Xiaolin, and fourth son Shen Xiaoyan to work in the fields. Shen Maosheng's wife, Chen, led several daughters-in-law to work at home. "Second aunt, second aunt," shouted the big man who was carrying the woman on his back as he ran. "Meng, go and see who's coming," Chen shouted when she heard the voice, she was busy in the kitchen, so she asked her eldest daughter-in-law Mengshi to go out and have a look.

"Second aunt, second brother and sister fainted. Lao Wu and Sister Yu were also injured. The big man stepped into the courtyard and shouted, followed by a group of people.

"Mother, mother," Meng Shi saw this posture, and suddenly collapsed to the ground, shouting Chen's in his mouth. At this time, several daughters-in-law also ran out. The fifth daughter-in-law, He Shi, ran to the fifth child, "Brother Yi, what's wrong, hurry up, carry it into the house." The Shen family was suddenly in a hurry.

Half an hour later, the Shen family and the whole family came back, and the people in the village also helped invite a doctor. The doctor bandaged the wounds of the little girl and the fifth child, and gave needles to the pregnant woman.

"Doctor," as soon as he saw the doctor come out, Shen Laohan hurriedly stepped forward, not knowing how to ask the child first.

"Alas, brother, the two of them are traumatized, and they are bleeding too much, and they need to be taken care of. It's just that pregnant women are a little troublesome, I just had an injection, and the fetus was temporarily saved. But I can't be stimulated anymore, and I use good medicine to raise it slowly. I don't have it here, you guys go to the county and look for it. The old doctor shook his head. He wanted to say that it was too mysterious to keep. But looking at such a miserable family, he never spoke.

"Thank you, doctor, the third child, you go and follow the doctor to get the medicine. How much will I give you? Shen Laohan said. What he said is very unconfident, this year is not good, not to mention that there are four students at home.

"Forget the consultation fee, five taels of silver for the medicine. There are a few flavors of medicine that are more expensive," the old doctor was afraid that he would sell expensive, so he specially explained.

"What, it's so expensive." Meng Shi screamed when he heard this.

"Old man, our family doesn't have so much money, my God, what's going on." When Chen heard this, he also sat on the ground and began to cry.

"Brother, I really don't want much, the pregnant woman's body is too weak, and she usually doesn't take good care of it, and it is more expensive if there is ginseng in the medicine, how can you get twenty taels and one pair of medicines in the city." The old doctor explained helplessly.

Shen Laohan also looked helpless. He also knows that there is no money at home, who will let the family have trouble. "Doctor, see if you can owe it first, and when I receive the grain, I will sell it and pay you back immediately." The doctor is from this village, and Shen Laohan tried to discuss.

"Okay, I'll catch you a few fewer first." The doctor saw that Shen Laohan really had no money, so he agreed.

At this time, the boy named Xiang'er came out of the house. He bowed to everyone in the courtyard. "Xiang'er, thank you for your help today. My father was killed and is still in the mountains, so please ask your uncles and uncles to go and carry him back. He made another big salute.

"Why are you kid following your family to see you out like this, the eldest child, the third child, the fourth child, you go with a few brothers." Shen Laohan said. At this time, another group of people came, and as soon as they entered the door, they said, "Second child, what's the matter, I heard that Zhong'er's family and the fifth child had an accident." "Big brother, they have an accident and are about to go up the mountain. More on that later. Shen Laohan said.

The old man, who was called the eldest brother by Shen Laohan, turned around, "You guys follow along,"

"Let's go to Daddy." "Oh, grandpa, we'll go right away." As he spoke, seven or eight of the men in the group walked out.

"A few of you go too." Li Zheng also said, ordering a few young men to follow.