She knew that she could not stop her husband from going up the mountain at this time. If the fourth child died, all the responsibility would be on her.

But it was really dangerous to go up the mountain in the middle of the night, and she really didn't know what to do.

Mrs. Wang was so anxious that she burst into tears: "I will go up the mountain with you, and there will be multiple people to take care of you."

"No, just wait at home and don't cause trouble." Gu Laoer refused directly without thinking.

At this time, Lin Shuangshuang took out his purse and poured all the silver on the ground and counted it. Only ten taels of silver were left.

"Is there any young hunter in the village? I will pay ten taels of silver to find a hunter and we will go up the mountain together."

"Whether we find the herb in the end or not, we can at least accompany him for a walk up the mountain."

"If you are injured or killed on the mountain, I will pay for the medical expenses and a hundred taels of solace."

Ten taels of silver is half a year's income for an ordinary farmer.

One hundred taels is an astronomical figure that farmers have never seen before.

As the saying goes, some people do the business of beheading, but no one does the business of losing money. No matter how dangerous the mountain is, after hearing about Lin Shuangshuang's huge bounty, there are still many people willing to go up the mountain.

"I go."

"I'll go as well."

Everyone in the yard expressed their willingness to go up the mountain together, and finally Lin Shuangshuang selected the most experienced hunter in the village to go out.

Only when Lin went up the mountain did he realize that there was a tail following him.

"Wang Hu?"

The young man was stunned: "Do you know me?"

Lin Shuangshuang smiled bitterly, how could she not recognize him? Until now, she could not forget Wang Hu's resentful and reproachful look at Gu Hanzhou after his death.

"I heard Brother Gu mention it."

"Why are you following me?"

"I'll go up the mountain with you, no money, as long as I can save Brother Gu."

Lin Shuangshuang was moved. Wang Hu's loyalty to Gu Hanzhou was unquestionable.

"Okay, thank you."

Lin Shuangshuang and his group went up the mountain, and there was still a large group of people surrounding the Gu family yard.

Mrs. Yang fed Gu Hanzhou sugar water according to Lin Shuangshuang's words, but she couldn't feed him any more. As much as he fed in, it came out.

"Uncle Zhang, come and take a look."

"What can I do? I can't feed it at all."

Uncle Zhang stepped forward to feel Gu Hanzhou's pulse, then shook his head.

"Hey, my medical skills are not good, you should wait for that Dr. Lin..."

"Uncle Zhang, tell me the truth. Can my son be saved?"

"Hey, it's hard to say, you guys... don't have high hopes..."

After listening to Uncle Zhang's words, Yang collapsed on the ground, crying hysterically...

Everyone saw Ms. Yang crying sadly and wiped away their tears. They are all mothers and they don't want to see any child encounter such a thing.

"Sister-in-law Yang, get up quickly, it's not the time to cry yet..."

"How about asking the village goddess to do some calculations for Xiao Si'er and let her point out a clear path?"

Yang stopped crying immediately. The goddess in the village was over a hundred years old. Not only did she live a long life, she also had some abilities.

Her fortune-telling is extremely accurate, and she can also perform magic tricks. Some people who have suffered from strange diseases or evil spirits have been cured by her bowl of talisman water.

"Yes, ask the goddess to figure it out."

"Boss, please go and invite the goddess over."

"Hey, let's go."

After the goddess arrived, she calculated that one of Gu Hanzhou's three souls and six souls had died, and the only way to save him was to be happy.

And it must be quick, to get the bride home before dawn.

Otherwise, the three souls will be exhausted and even the gods will not be able to save him!

"Happy?"

"Which girl would be willing to marry into a family with a situation like this?"

Mrs. Yang was crying so hard that her son could only wait to die.

At this time, Gu Shunxin, who had been in the room unable to get out of bed, called her in.

"The daughter of Laolai Hu's family at the end of the village has always been interested in Xiao Si'er. Why don't you go to the Hu family and ask?"

Yang's first reaction was to shake his head.

Hu Laolai's daughter is a good girl, hard-working, capable and beautiful, and is a famous village beauty in the village.

Three years ago, she went to the Hu family to propose marriage, but Mr. Hu asked for a dowry gift of ten taels of silver, so he directly persuaded her to leave.

The betrothal gift in the village is usually two taels of silver, which is only three to five taels in total. I have never seen anyone asking for more than ten taels.

"That guy Hu Laolai is a scoundrel. When Xiao Si'er was good, he dared to ask for ten taels. Now that Xiao Si'er has become like this, he can't even ask for twenty taels?!"

"Our family doesn't have much money. Let alone ten or twenty taels, we can't even get out one tael."

Gu Shunxin kept coughing, and his hair turned white due to worry, and finally made up his mind and said: "If it doesn't work, give him our land."

Now, the only thing the Gu family has that can be regarded as property is the few acres of thin farmland they have accumulated.

Yang sat paralyzed on the ground, crying so hard that farmers had no fields, how could they live in the future?

She is a mother and would rather die to save her child than starve to death.

But she had more than just four children, and she couldn't involve the other children for the sake of a dying child.

"Go quickly. I've thought about it. Even if the land is sold, no one will starve to death."

"We sell ourselves as slaves and farm for the landlords, so we can always have something to eat."

"As for my medicine jar, you don't have to worry about it. I'm just a drag..."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Old man, what did you say..."

Yang did not dare to delay. After some psychological struggle, she took all the money at home and the snacks, candies and meat buns that Lin Shuangshuang brought and hurried out.

Everyone saw that the Gu family was not busy, so they naturally dispersed.

But there were also some good-hearted people who followed Yang, wanting to see whose girl she was going to marry.

I’m also curious about whose family would marry their daughter to a dying man for joy?

After the Hu family learned about Yang's intention, Laolai Hu asked for a betrothal gift of one hundred taels.

Ms. Yang was so stunned that she couldn't even kill her for a hundred taels.

"You know what's going on in my family. Even if you kill me, I won't be able to get a hundred taels."

Hu Laolai took the buns and snacks and ate them in big mouthfuls, and said vaguely: "Since you know what's going on in your family, you still dare to come and ask to marry my daughter. What do you think?"

"If you don't pay more as a bride price, who would be willing to marry your daughter to your dying son?"

Mrs. Yang watched Hu Laolai and his wife show off their steamed buns and snacks in just a few bites, and felt heartbroken and bleeding.

She knew that this would probably not work, because she had no intention of taking the land away.

But she still came, relying on Hu Fangfang's love for her youngest son.

If she wants to get married, her parents can't stop her.

Although this thought was shameful, she really couldn't help it.

Mrs. Yang knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, just asking to see Hu Fangfang.

The Hu family naturally knew what she was planning, and they would definitely not let her see it.

After Hu Laolai finished eating the steamed buns and snacks, he started to chase people away. He asked for a hundred taels as an excuse, just to eat the steamed buns.

Hu Fangfang's mother, Mrs. Chen, whispered in his ear with a calculating face: "Master, come here."

"What are you doing?"

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