Chapter 25 Dripping Grace, Yongquan Newspaper

When Zhang Lingyu saw Niujiazhuang, he remembered the escape scene ten years ago, lying on the head of the cow's grass pile at night, not to mention how comfortable it was to eat a hot and full meal in the morning. He secretly said, "I don't know what is going on with this Niu family now, I don't know if I need help, I must go and see it." Thinking of this, he followed the path and went straight to Niujiazhuang.

When the sun had already set in Niujiazhuang, Zhang Lingyu walked straight towards Niu Yao's house, and when he walked to the door, he saw that Niu's house was still the same. When he saw that the door was closed, he went to the door and knocked twice, and a woman's voice said, 'Who?' After a pause, the door opened, and it was You Funiang, who was much older than before. You Funiang saw a young man she didn't know standing in front of the door, looked at it, and said, "Who are you looking for this son?" Zhang Lingyu said: "Auntie, I am passing by, I missed the overnight stay in the evening, and I want to borrow a night at your house." There was a man in the house who said weakly: "Fu Niang, let him stay, it's not easy to go out, anyway, the pillar is not at home, there is a bed." After that, he coughed and coughed. You Funiang said: "Childe, please come in, Childe, there is a place to sleep, but there is nothing to eat, it is all pickles." ’

Zhang Lingyu entered the house and saw an oil lamp like a firefly, he said: "Auntie, I am disturbing you, it doesn't matter what you eat, you can fill your stomach." Zhang Lingyu looked around the room and said secretly: "It seems that this family is not as good as before, it is very poor, and there is a room full of herbs." So he asked, 'Auntie, there is a sick person in your house, why does it smell of herbs?' You Fu Niang said: "Yes, it is the child's father, it has been almost three years, and the light treatment has not been good, the cattle have been sold, the land has been sold, and the disease has not improved after taking a few loads of medicine." Zhang Lingyu said again: "It's dark, why haven't your children come home yet?" When You Funiang heard this, she shed tears and said: "Dissatisfied with the son, in order to support the family and cure the disease, the son went to work for a long time in other people's homes, and the daughter went to other people's houses to be a girl." Zhang Lingyu said: "I see. ’

The cow wanted to send it to the house and said, 'Why are you telling other people's sons to do this, making them sad, I said you can get some arsenic for me to eat, but you don't want to, you will nag endlessly when you see people, it's annoying.' He coughed again. Zhang Lingyu said: "Uncle is fine, I am a Langzhong, I will check your pulse to see if it can be cured." The ox said, 'I am a man who is about to die, and I am a burden to live.' ’

After Zhang Lingyu finished speaking, he went to the house, You Funiang hurriedly followed with an oil lamp, Zhang Lingyu walked into the house and saw that Niu was going to have a sick face, very thin. He walked to the bed, grabbed the wrist pulse of the cow and said for a while: "Uncle, aunt, you don't have to worry, this disease can be cured." When Niu Yaofa heard that his illness could be cured, he said excitedly, "Thank you so much." You Funiang also shed tears of joy and said, "Great, great, I finally met a miracle doctor." Niu wanted to cough a few times and said, "Childe, I haven't asked your name yet." Zhang Lingyu said: "Uncle, you don't recognize me at all, auntie." Niu Yaofa looked at it and searched for his memory and said, "Childe, have we met, why don't you have any impression at all." You Funiang said: "I can't remember." ’

Zhang Lingyu said: "Ten years ago, one morning, a child slept at the head of your haystack, and you called him into the house for breakfast and gave him some pancakes. Niu Yaofa thought for a while and suddenly said: "I remembered, there is such a thing, Fu Niang, do you remember it, or did you call me to see it before you saw it." You Fu thought for a moment and was pleasantly surprised: "Yes, yes, I remember that it seems to be called Ling'er, yes, it is called Ling'er, you are really Ling'er." Zhang Lingyu said: "It's true, it's my Ling'er." You Funiang smiled and said, "If you look closely, it's really a bit similar, but now it's more handsome, why do you learn to be Langzhong." Zhang Lingyu said: "Yes, I am a wandering Langzhong. You Fu Niang said: "Linggongzi, you haven't eaten yet, but we only have a nest." Niu Yao said, "You can't go to someone else's house and borrow some white flour and make two pots of oil cakes for your son." Zhang Lingyu said: "It's okay to eat wotou." Niu wanted to ask You Funiang to go out to borrow noodles and borrow oil, but Zhang Lingyu couldn't say anything, so she had to go.

Zhang Lingyu said: "Uncle, I'll give you a few injections first, and then I will prescribe medicine tomorrow." After speaking, he took off the burden and untied it, took out a brocade box, opened it, took out a few silver needles, disinfected it with wine and fire, and pierced several acupuncture points respectively (Jizhong, Lieqi, Lung, and Dazhu), which are important acupuncture points for the treatment of this disease. Before the needle was pricked, You Funiang borrowed a scoop of noodles and half a bowl of oil and came back. When he entered the house, he muttered: 'I borrowed some flour oil and ran to several houses, but they all said no, as if we couldn't afford to pay it back in our lifetime.' The cow said, 'What are you talking about, why don't you go cook quickly?' You Funiang didn't say anything and went to cook. After a while, Zhang Lingyu picked up all the silver needles and said, "Uncle, how do you feel now." The cow said, "It's much more relaxed." At this time, You Funiang made the cake and made two oil cakes for Zhang Lingyu to eat, Zhang Lingyu was only willing to eat one, and the other let the cow want to eat, and after dinner, they rested, and the cow had a cough significantly reduced this night.

The next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, Zhang Lingyu said, "Auntie, you go and call the pillars and grass back, and you don't have to go to help anymore." You Fu Niang said: "We can't even eat without help." Zhang Lingyu said: "Do you have any fields to sell in the village, I will pay to buy a few pieces of land for your family to plant." The ox said, 'Then what can I do, I will be grateful if I can be cured of my sickness, and how can I make you spend money?' Zhang Lingyu said: "The silver is of little use to me, so I will send it away." You Fu Niang said: "I heard that Zhuang Dongtou Li Guigui's family is going to sell their fields, and his family has moved to the city to do business. Zhang Lingyu said: "Is there anyone in his family now?" You Fu Niang said: "Usually a relative of his family lives in his house to see the house and rent his land to plant, every year to the Qingming Festival, his family has someone to come back to the ancestral grave, and in three days is the Qingming Festival, maybe come back." Zhang Lingyu said: "Uncle, let's go over and have a look." Niu Yaofa saw that Zhang Lingyu insisted on buying it, and that he really needed this field, so he agreed: "Okay, let's go and have a look." ’

The two came to Li Guigui's house together, only to see that Li's house was a large courtyard, with five main rooms, plus more than a dozen east and west wings, and the courtyard door was open to the south. Zhang Lingyu and Niu Yaofa walked into the courtyard, and Niu Yaofa said, "Is there anyone at home?" A middle-aged man came out of the east wing and said, "Who, is there something wrong?" raised his eyes and said, "It's Brother Niu, I see that your complexion is much better today, is there anything wrong with you?" Niu wanted to say: "I want to ask Uncle Li if he has come back." The middle-aged man said, "I'm back, I came home last night." ’

At this time, a man's voice in the main room said, 'Ah Ping, who is looking for me?' The middle-aged Ah Ping said: "Uncle Cousin is the eldest brother of the Niu family in Zhuang Xitou. Li Guigui said: "It's the cow that wants to send it, call him in, and I'll get up." Ah Ping let the two of them into the hall and sat down, and after a while, Li Guigui came out of the back room, and saw a handsome young man sitting next to Niu Yaofa, and asked, "Ah Fa, who is this young man from your family?" The cow squeaked, and for a while it was impossible to tell who it was. Zhang Lingyu said: "Uncle Niu is the benefactor of the next. Li Guigui said: "So that's the case, then what is the matter with you coming to me today, is the money for the medicine gone?" Zhang Lingyu said: "We are not here to borrow silver, we heard that your family has land to sell, and we want to buy some land." Li Guigui said: "Childe, do you want to settle down with us?" Zhang Lingyu said: "I am a person who is from all over the world, and I didn't think that the matter of settling down was bought by Uncle Niu." ’

Li Guigui looked at Niu Yaofa again, and said with a smile: "Ah Fa, you are really going to send it, I know that you have always been in difficulty, where can you buy land with money." Niu Yaofa smiled awkwardly, and Zhang Lingyu said: "Old man, I bought it for Uncle Niu's family." Li Guigui smiled and said, "I see, I want to sell the land and the house together, which is a lot of money." Zhang Lingyu said: "How much silver do you want, you can count it, see if I have that much." Li Guigui said: "I want to sell, I see that you also sincerely want to buy, and I don't ask you how much you want, give two hundred taels of silver together with the land and the house." Niu Yaofa was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Ling, I think it's better not to buy it, it's too much money." Li Guigui said: "Ah Fa, I don't want much for this price." The ox said, 'I'm not saying that you are asking for too much, I mean that you need too much silver.' ’

Zhang Lingyu said: "Old man, I sincerely want to buy, you don't want two hundred taels, the price is one hundred and eighty taels, if you agree, sign a contract immediately, if you don't agree, we will leave immediately." Li Guigui secretly wondered: "Is this kid sick, spend this lot of money to buy land and give it away, this cow is going to be sent this time, it is really a pie in the sky, I also have a little light by the way, I haven't sold this field for three years, I'm afraid there will be no store in this village." Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Okay, according to the price of the son, since you can give away so much silver, Ah Fa and I are in the same village, and I don't want twenty taels." Niu Yao said: "Young Master Ling, you are too expensive, I think it's better to forget it." Li Guigui said: "Ah Fa, don't shirk it, you are kind to others, and people are here to repay their kindness." Niu Yao smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of kindness is to have breakfast and give him a few loaves of bread." Li Guigui said with a smile: "I often hear that the grace of people dripping water, will be reciprocated by the spring, this is a legend, today I am eye-opening to really see the grace of dripping water, the spring retribution." Zhang Lingyu said: "Then let's make a contract, the buyer is Uncle Niu's name." ’

Li Guigui found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write the contract, and both parties signed and drew it, and the witnesses were Zhang Lingyu and A Ping. Li Guigui took out the title deed and house deed and handed it to Niu Yaofa, Zhang Lingyu took out four hundred taels of silver tickets, and took out two to Li Guigui, Li Guigui took the silver ticket and looked at it carefully. Zhang Lingyu said: "It can't be fake. Li Guigui said with a smile: "No, no, it is the national use of Sihai Qianzhuang." Li Guigui found another twenty taels of silver and gave it to Zhang Lingyu, and Zhang Lingyu gave the silver to Niu Yao and said, "Uncle, you take this silver, keep it for the medicine to eat, and buy a cow to farm." The cow was about to give a few excuses and put it away.

Zhang Lingyu and Niu wanted to say goodbye to Li Guigui and return home, seeing that the pillar and Xiaocao were at home, the pillar was about to smile when he saw the cow, and he didn't cough much, and said with a smile: "Dad, your illness has really been cured by Linggong." Niu Yao laughed and said: "Don't call Ling Gongzi in the future, you should call Zhang Gongzi, he is a great benefactor of our family, he has already bought the land and house of Li Guigui's family and gave it to our family, you don't have to go to other people's houses to help in the future." The brother and sister were very happy to hear this, and Xiaocao smiled and said, "Great, I don't have to serve people anymore, my mother told us that we still don't believe it." The ox said, 'Where is your mother?' The pillar said: "I gave some money to my mother from the owner's house, and my mother went to the street to drink and buy vegetables." ’

Zhang Lingyu said: "Uncle, I'll give you a pulse again." After saying that, he sat down and took his pulse, and after a while he finished taking his pulse: 'I'll prescribe a prescription, and I'll call the pillar to get the medicine later.' After finishing speaking, he took off the burden and opened it, took out a set of small pen and ink inkstones and a piece of paper, wrote the prescription and said: "Pillar, you go and catch ten pairs according to this recipe, one pair a day, and then see how the situation is after eating, if it is all good, you don't need to eat it again, if you feel that it is not all good, grab two more pairs, take the prescription and bring it back, to prevent recurrence in the future." The pillar took the prescription, took the money, and went to get it.

Zhang Lingyu saw Niu Yaofa at noon and drank medicine in the evening, coupled with acupuncture, the effect was really good, and the Niu family said goodbye to the Niu family on the first day, and the Niu family was grateful to send Zhang Lingyu away.

Soon the news spread, saying that the cow was going to be sent this time, and a few cakes for a breakfast were exchanged for a house and so many fields, and they were all envious, and they all regretted why this child didn't sleep on the head of our haystack.

The cow wants to make a fortune from now on, and it will become more and more prosperous, and it is really a good person with a good reward.

Zhang Lingyu left Niujiazhuang and walked on the road towards Qingzhou Mansion, he wanted to see whether the two sons of Fan Tongzhang's family were dead or alive.