Looking at the whole bottle of medicine, Leng's mother was stunned. People in the village went to the medical point to prescribe medicines, and at most they would prescribe four meals of medicines. How many cents would it cost for just a few medicines?

This girl buys a whole bottle, where does she get the money, even if she has money, she can't spend it so lavishly!

Leng's mother, who hadn't taken medicine for several months, felt distressed when she saw the medicine. The medicine was different from the medicine prescribed to her by the medical center. Holding the medicine bottle tightly in her hand, she stared at Leng Nuan again for a long time.

Leng Nuan was a little flustered by Leng's mother, but fortunately, Leng's mother never asked anything.

Compared to the Leng family who had enough to eat and drink, the Ye family looked sad now.

Everyone in the Ye family gathered at the dinner table. Old man Ye, Mrs. Ye, and Uncle Ye’s big family could fill up with a pound of cornmeal and some wild vegetables for each meal, but Mrs. Ye saw the bottom of the cornmeal. The previous one catty per meal has been changed to the current eight taels per meal.

Eight taels of cornmeal, seven adults plus the little fat man on National Day, wild vegetables became scarce after late autumn, not to mention Erfang's family, even their table was hungry.

Old man Ye sat at the table with a sad face:

"Our family now spends 200 yuan for work points and tickets all year round. We spend more than half of that on cornmeal for a year, and if we take out the usual medical treatment and medicines, it's good if we can save 10 yuan a year. "

"In another ten days or so, Nansong will go to the county to take the college entrance examination, and he will have to pay ten yuan for a new suit, so that he will have no money when he comes home."

"As soon as the new year is over, Nansong has to go to the provincial capital to go to university. Then we will spend all day with the children in the city. We can't be too bad. After a year, we will have to spend 100 yuan."

After hearing that he would be given 100 yuan every year, Ye Nansong straightened his back proudly.

"It's time to go to elementary school next year on the National Day, and the tuition fee is 15 yuan for half a year. In this way, our family will not even be able to eat next year."

After Old Man Ye finished speaking, the room was silent.

Old man Ye knew Ye Qingshan, who was smacking his pipe and pot, asked after a long time:

"Second, what do you think?"

Father Ye was taken aback by the question, holding the cigarette pouch in his wrinkled hand:

"Father, you also know that I can farm and do hard work, how do I know this?"

Old man Ye's old eyes were shining, he was silent for a long time, and asked Ye Nanhuai again:

"What do you say, Nan Huai?"

Ye Nanhuai just sat there silent.

What can he say?How can they have the second room to talk in this family?Wasn't it always up to grandma and uncle's family?

Even the fact that the parents can live in the earthen house is due to the warmth and comfort?

This was the first time in four years that Ye Nanhuai thought of Leng Nuan. Although Leng Nuan had spoken harshly to him because he gave Song Zhenzhen the potatoes that day, he didn't know what kind of temper Leng Nuan was.

Speaking of which, how did Leng's mother's family spend the past two days?Now that there are fewer and fewer wild vegetables, the four of them are still hungry. Isn't it worse for the Leng family?

It is estimated that tomorrow Leng Nuan will have to carry Xuanxuan back. Ye Nanhuai thought back to what his grandfather said just now. The life of the Ye family will become more and more difficult in the future. If the two come back and only eat, Grandpa will definitely not agree.

Seeing that Ye Nanhuai hadn't spoken for a long time, old man Ye said slowly:

"I heard that there is a private coal mine in Shixi. After the autumn harvest, people need to carry the coal. They pay 30 yuan a month, and they don't care about food and lodging..."

"Father, I heard that the coal cellars were all secretly opened by private individuals. Not to mention being caught and going to the police, the people who die in that coal cellar every year can pile up into a hill."

Ye Qingshan interrupted Old Man Ye.

"How about 200 yuan for the funeral after death? There is still 30 yuan for a month. Where can I find such a job?"

Old man Ye stared, Ye Qingshan immediately shut up obediently.

"Anyway, Nanhuai is not like Nansong. Nansong is a college student in the future who still takes care of his family. Nanhuai doesn't know a few big characters. Once the year is over, Nanhuai will go to carry coal!"

"But Nan Huai also has a family and a wife and children!"

Ye Qingshan is 1 unwilling.

"His wife has already run away with the baby, so she is no longer a family man."

Mother Ye had no idea, but when she heard Old Man Ye's words, she covered her mouth and ran out of the house crying.

Ye Qingshan and Ye Nanhuai remained silent.

Old man Ye waved his hand:

"That's it, let's go!"

Ye Nanliu was angry but couldn't let it out. After talking for a long time, he dared to let his elder brother go to the black coal mine to carry coal, and leave the work in the village to his father, mother and her. If he continues to support this big family, he will have to pay for Nansong and National Day go to school!

……

Leng Nuan slept all night, got up early in the morning, lit a kerosene lamp and baked a catty of cornmeal egg pancakes, and Leng Wen felt the aroma and wanted to come.

"Sister, we can't do this even if we have money!"

"Sister said, I want you to live a good life."

The fluffy tar=yellow tortilla was served, and four eggs were boiled warm or cold.

This family's body is too weak, even if they are so fat, their bodies are still very weak, and they all need to be replenished.

Leng Wen ate five tortillas in one go, and she was reluctant to eat eggs. After eating, she vowed:

"With these five tortillas, I earned two more work points today."

After speaking, he put the eggs in his pocket and left with a sickle.

Leng Nuan shook his head, this Leng Wen still had the temperament of a little girl.

She ate two pancakes and one egg, put the remaining pancake and two eggs into the pan to heat up, and then went up the mountain with the sack.

When the sun rose a foot high, Leng Nuan had already rolled ten sacks of leaves.

It’s better not to be seen in the village, so Leng Nuan put nine bags in the space, and carried one bag on his shoulder back to Leng’s house.

Pour all the leaves into the wing room, and then enter the room after being cold and warm.

I saw Leng's mother sitting on the bed and sewing a quilt at this time, and Xuanxuan was playing with eggs that she couldn't bear to eat.

Seeing Leng Nuan coming back, Leng's mother said to Xuan Xuan:

"Xuan'er, your mother is back, you go out to play for a while."

Before at Ye's house, he had to go out to dig wild vegetables with a basket on his shoulders all day long, and he was very envious when he saw other children playing in the village. Now that he can go out to play, he ran out happily.

Leng's mother folded the quilt, and said softly to Leng Nuan:

"Ai'er, come, sit here."

After Leng Nuan sat down, Leng's mother held up Leng Nuan's big black face and burst into tears:

"Although the girl Ai'er is not my own, in my heart she is my daughter just like Wen'er."

"I know you're not her, tell me, where did she go?"

Leng Nuan was startled, did not expect Leng's mother to see that she was not the original owner?Unexpectedly, this sick and weak mother Leng has sharp eyesight!

"Mother, I don't know where the real warmth and coldness went. I woke up inexplicably on her body that day, and I still have all her memories. I can feel Mother's care and love for her..."

Seeing the weak mother Leng crying non-stop, Leng Nuan also shed tears.

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