"I see." Xia Xingchen nodded firmly.

The next day, Xia Xingchen first wrote to the village head Fulang, saying that he had arrived in Liuzhou and left a detailed address, because he often wrote to the village head Fulang to ask about the three children, and he would tell the village head husband wherever he went. Lang's own detailed address, so as not to arouse anyone's suspicion, and then rushed from Jinzhou to Liuzhou. Liuzhou is a prefecture and county that is relatively close to Zhangzhou. If you take a fast horse, you can reach Qingyuan in three days.

When Xia Xingchen arrived in Liuzhou, Xia Heyan secretly drugged the three children. The three children couldn't eat well at home, so they would often go up to the mountain to set up a rabbit and pheasant and secretly roast them on the mountain or by the river. But because they had no experience, The three children couldn't get into anything for a month or two. Xia Heyan often went up the mountain, so he naturally knew which traps were set by the three children. Sometimes he caught rabbits and chickens and threw them into their traps, lest they really The three children were starved.

It's just that he gave some medicine to the rabbit that was thrown into the trap this time. The three children don't know what is sick or not. Excitedly peeled off the skin and roasted it by the river, he started to have a fever that night.

Xia Yuxiang didn't care much about the three children. The next day when he woke up the three children to work, he discovered the symptoms of the three children, but he didn't take it seriously. For a minor illness like a cold, he walked slowly and invited the old doctor over. Several rashes had already appeared on the faces of the three children.

The old doctor stepped forward and looked shocked and said, "This is smallpox."

The youngest of the three children was four years old and the oldest was seven years old. It is true that none of them had a rash yet. Smallpox is extremely difficult to treat and there is a risk of infection. Adults are no exception. Xia Yuxiang heard that it was smallpox, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose to Take a step back.

"It may be that one of the children had a fever first, and you didn't pay attention, and it infected the other two as a result." The old doctor is old, and he is not afraid of life and death. He felt the pulse of the three children and rolled his eyelids to make sure it was Symptoms of smallpox.

"This disease can't be cured in our village, so hurry up and take the child to the town, and everything in this house must be disposed of and destroyed." As soon as he finished speaking, the youngest child vomited a foul-smelling sour water Xia Yuxiang took another step back in fright

"Smallpox is contagious. You have to tell the village chief. Ask people from door to door who has been playing with the three children these days. They have to be checked. Smallpox can cause a fever for three or four days before the rash appears. "

"This..." Xia Yuxiang has already retreated to the outside of the door, "Hurry up and find a car, let the child get on it," the old doctor said angrily

Xia Yuxiang hurried outside to find a car as if he had followed the order.

There are children in the village who have smallpox, which may infect the whole village. People who have been in contact with the three children these days are worried. No, the village chief and the villagers felt sorry for the children, and one of them paid for the medicine for a few days, or the three children would have been thrown out on the street by the hospital.

As expected, Liu Yuran wrote a letter to Xia Xingchen. Xia Xingchen didn't dare to waste any time, so he hurried back to Qingyuan, went to the medical clinic to confirm the child's condition, and then went to Xia Yuxiang.

Xia Yuxiang didn't expect Xia Xingchen to come back so soon, Xia Xingchen scolded him for not being able to take care of the child, so he laughed at Xia Xingchen for only caring about his own fun and not caring about the child's life or death.

The quarrel between the two soon attracted many villagers to watch.

"If you hadn't blocked me from seeing the children and said bad things about me in front of them, how could I have ignored them?" Xia Xingchen trembled angrily.

"If you care about your children, why don't you send more money back to them to live a good life? You earn money outside to eat delicious food, so you don't care what your children are doing."

Xia Xingchen sneered, "When I send the money back, how many pennies can I spend on the child when I send the money back? Why don't you use it to make fun of yourself? You are also the father of the child. Do you deserve your conscience for letting the child live like this?"

"I have to work in the fields every day and go to work outside to earn money to support them. It's good to be alive. If you didn't abandon them cruelly, how could you make them sick?"

"Who am I to abandon them and do that shameless thing with others first?" Xia Xingchen took a few breaths and said, "Forget it, I don't want to bring up that bad debt again, just say this time, the child is sick." It’s okay if you don’t take care of them, but you don’t even pay for the medicine, how can you be so cruel, they are your children too.”

"My children would have had a better life without them," Xia Yuxiang couldn't help blurting out. It turned out that someone had promised Xia Yuxiang a kiss a while ago, but it was a pity that Xia Yuxiang's three children were a burden and he was unwilling to marry in as a stepmother.

The matchmaker who said kiss was naturally brought by Xia Qingming, the purpose was to give Xia Yuxiang another bargaining chip to lose the child.

"Okay, okay, you don't want me, and from now on the three children have nothing to do with you." Xia Xingchen finally said this happily

"Xiao, if you want a child, bring the money first. I have raised this child for so many years, and you want to leave for nothing."

"In your eyes, what is a child that hinders you? Is it something that can be exchanged for money?"

"That's enough, stop arguing." The village chief couldn't help but stand up, "Whether the child will survive or not, why are you arguing here?"

With such a reminder, Xia Yuxiang also remembered that the three children had smallpox, and children who contracted smallpox rarely survived.

"Let me just put it this way, whoever takes care of the children and pays for the medical treatment will give these three children to whoever" the village head said, "Xia Yuxiang, don't you want children? The villagers paid a total of five taels of silver, and the medical center uses ginseng every day." Hanging the child, will you give me money?"

"I... I don't have any money, I owe it first." Seeing that Xia Xingchen couldn't be persuaded to come back, and his child was about to be lost, if he had money, he could marry another one. He had to think about his future.

"It's okay to owe, first write the IOU, there is a car in the village, now I will take you to the town to take care of the three children"

"This... I... I still have to work to make money"

"You are a bastard who is not as good as a pig or a dog." Liu Yuran couldn't see it and cursed with anger, "You can also be regarded as the child's father. You are so selfish that it makes people feel chilling. You watched the three children grow up, so you don't have any heart at all?"

"Village chief, I will pay this money, no matter how much it is, and I will take care of the child. I will definitely make the child better, so give the child to me." Xia Xingchen cried, "You can also see what kind of person Xia Yuxiang is. How can you rest assured that he will take care of the children, they are all the flesh that fell from my body, he doesn't hurt me, he hurts me."

Liu Yuran poked the old man's waist, the village chief coughed and said, "Xia Yuxiang, do you agree?"

"I don't agree. I have raised this child for so many years. Why does he want to leave without doing anything?" Xia Yuxiang said rascally

Xia Xingchen immediately retorted: "You have been raising the child for so many years, have you ever given the child a poo, fed the child a bite of food, made a piece of clothing for the child, and taken care of the child overnight when he was sick? Do you dare to say what kind of life your child has been with you for a year? Do you have any qualifications to ask for money? You have been earning money outside these years, and I have not worked hard to take care of the child at home, child

The child is half of one person, why do you say that you have raised it for so many years?"

"It's still the same sentence, whoever treats the child and takes care of the child will give it to him, Xia Yuxiang, you should choose first, do you want the child?" "I" Xia Yuxiang remembered the portrait of the sister that the matchmaker showed him a few days ago, Although she is a widow, she has no children and is rich, and I heard that she looks fair and tender, and her appearance is also good. "I...I don't want it anymore," Xia Yuxiang said with a bow

Seeing him so heartless, the villagers couldn't help shaking their heads and curling their lips.

The village chief issued the paperwork at that time, went to the ancestral hall to build a genealogy, and crossed out the three children from Xia Yuxiang's name to Xia Xingchen's.

The two signed the document and each held a copy.

After doing this, Xia Xingchen felt a big stone in his heart let go, and hurried to the town to take care of the children.

Xia Yuan had already given him the antidote in advance, and fed the three children a little bit every day, and the children would wake up slowly.

Xia Yuan's medicine is not a poison, but it stimulates the sickness of smallpox at once, and it will not be life-threatening. After taking it, smallpox will never occur again. This medicine is only effective for children under the age of ten. .

The three children were also very happy to see Xia Xingchen when they woke up. After Xia Xingchen left, they realized that Ah Mo was good. Without Ah Mo, they didn't have hot meals, hot water, thick clothes and a heated kang, but Father said yes. Why did they abandon them, so they hated Xia Xingchen.

Xia Xingchen didn't say anything, just took care of them day and night, wiped their bodies, picked up their excrement and urine, fed them food and medicine, and heard other villagers tell them that Xia Yuxiang didn't want them, so his heart naturally turned to Xia Xingchen's side .

For a few days here, Xia Xingchen said that their illnesses could not be cured here, and that they would be taken to Qingzhou for treatment. The eldest child had already learned a lot and knew that seeing a doctor would cost a lot of money, so Xia Xingchen was told not to save him. , Xia Xingchen kissed his forehead and said, "No matter how much it costs, as long as I can save you, I will be willing."

Xia Xingchen hired a carriage and took the three children to see a doctor. Since then, no one in the village has seen them again. . .

Some people said that the three children died, so Xia Xingchen was sad and could not return to Qingyuan, and some said that the three children recovered from illness, and Xia Xingchen led them to live a good life.

After receiving the letter that Xia Xingchen had temporarily settled down in Qingzhou with his sick child, Luo Xiaohan felt relieved, and also hoped that the man Xia Xingchen mentioned was really reliable, could accept three children, and the family would live a good life.

"Qingming, look at this." Luo Xiaohan stretched out his hand, and there was a ginseng the size of a palm lying on his palm. "Ginseng, where did it come from?" Xia Qingming picked up the ginseng and looked at it and smelled it. "It seems good."

"Didn't I say that the space was much bigger a while ago, and later I was able to enter a small mountain road, and this ginseng was dug on the mountainside?"

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