After returning home, Zheng Yu started to make breakfast, and Lin Yi went to fiddle with his little herbal medicine. It was only dried for a day, but it was not confiscated last night. It was covered with dew.

He plans to go up the mountain again this afternoon, dig more herbs, and earn some money to improve his family's life.

After wandering around the yard for a while, Lin Laosan also went to work. The table he made before has not come out yet, and now he will continue to make it.

Only Yuan Xiao was idle, running around and staying with someone for a while, even if no one paid attention to him, he was having fun alone, entertaining himself.

After Zheng Yu finished the meal, he asked them to eat. In the morning, there was vegetable porridge with pickles, which was not so good compared to last night, but they were used to it, so there was nothing they couldn't eat.

During breakfast, Lin Laosan asked Lin Yi, "Third boy, what are you going to do after dinner?"

Lin Yi said, "I want to go up the mountain to see the herbal medicine. When I went to the town yesterday, I found a job with the old doctor and sold herbal medicine to him, but let me try it first. I have seen it in the book, but I haven’t picked it myself, because I am afraid that something will go wrong.”

If this herbal medicine goes wrong, it is a matter of human life. After hearing this, Lin Laosan asked worriedly: "Then are you sure about this? If not, forget about it, and find another job, which is to open up these wastelands first." If you come out, you can plant some crops next year, and you won’t starve to death.”

For Lin Laosan, he didn't ask for anything else, as long as the family could have enough to eat and not starve to death.

However, Lin Yi felt that this requirement was too low, and he should wear warm clothes no matter what.

Lin Yi didn't intend to hide the money from Lin Laosan anymore, so he asked Zheng Yu to take all the silver left over from yesterday and put it in front of Lin Laosan, "Father, here is 60 taels of silver. It was yesterday that I asked the doctor who prescribed the medicine to hurt me to come. Daddy, how much money our family owes, you pay it first, and save what you save for our expenses. Look at our family, every dish can be eaten You have to go to someone else’s house to ask for it, and you can’t do without some money.”

60 taels of silver, Lin Laosan was a little dizzy when he heard this number, and he didn't dare to open the money bag to look at it.

"Is this true? Third boy, don't lie to your father, you can't do anything wrong?"

"Father, don't worry, it's definitely fine. The doctor was scared when I went to him yesterday. He took a lot of money from our house over the years. I just asked him to get it back. Father, you can use the money without worry."

The medicine that the doctor sells is indeed cheaper than others, but if you can’t stand it for two or three days, it’s just one patch, and if you can’t stand it, it’s five years. If you count it piecemeal, isn’t there such a number?

When it came to the matter of the medicine money, Lin Laosan felt even more uncomfortable. In order to treat Lin Yi's illness, the Lin family's old house had long been emptied, leaving only the house and fields, and the family ate and drank. He really didn't dare to move , plus the sum of money Ang Geer gave when she got married, all of them are gone, and now she still owes a lot of money. Thinking of these, thinking of Sun Xiu's work, Lin Laosan sighed again, feeling sad and uncomfortable.

It was almost driving them to nowhere.

Lin Laosan still opened the money bag, and after seeing the silver inside, he held it tightly in his hand, his eyes were red.

Lin Yi quickly comforted him, "Father, it's okay, this is our first money, it will be fine in the future, and I will make more money, as long as our family lives in harmony, there is no need to worry about earning money." Not enough money. Don’t you think so?”

Lin Yi also looked at Zheng Yu and asked him to say a few words.

Zheng Yu understood Lin Yi's meaning at a glance, and immediately said, "Father, Mr. Xianggong is right, as long as we live a good life, we will have a good life in the future."

Third Lin clutched the money bag and burst into tears, and waved to Lin Yi and the others after a while, "I'm fine, I'm happy, you're right, our family's life will always get better and better .”

After Lin Laosan finished speaking, he took out four silver ingots from the inside, and took some broken silver, "These are enough, the village chief, we owe 20 taels, we have to pay him back first, and you are welcome Brother, I have to pay him back 15 taels, I heard that your brother An was ill again two days ago, so we should go and see him, we owe him all."

Lin Laosan also felt guilty about this brother Lin An. After remarrying, Lin Laosan was the one who visited him the most.

Although Lin An is doing well now, Lin Laosan feels that the other party is a cripple after all, and they are the ones who are sorry for Lin An.

Sun Xiu's concealment did not only harm Lin Yi, but also Lin An. No wonder Lin Lao San was so decisive.

Lin Yi nodded and said, "It should be, Father, I'll leave it to you to pay back the money. Brother An, let's go and see him together this afternoon."

I live near here, but it has been more than half a month, and Lin Yi still hasn't seen Lin An once.

At first he was puzzled, Lin An didn't come when they were building the house, and Lin An still had contact with them after he got married, so it shouldn't be, and he only found out later that Lin An was ill, and he specifically told them not to visit him, Get busy with the house first.

It's been so long, and he fell ill again. Lin Yi wondered if something happened, and thought it would be better for them to go and have a look.

"I'll just go, you don't have to go, just a few steps away and you'll be back in a while, and when you brother An gets well, ask them to come over for a meal."

"No, father, let's go together. Brother An is so kind to me. I couldn't go out before, but now I can go. I must go and see Brother An."

In fact, Lin An hasn't been back to Lin's house for a long time, and Lin Yi hasn't seen him for a long time, so he thinks it's time to see him.

Lin Laosan thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, let's go together in the afternoon, there is nothing to take at home, I will go out and see if I can exchange some eggs, and bring them to him later Replenish the body."

"Okay, Father, you are in charge. After I finish eating, I will go up the mountain quickly, dig up the herbs and come back early. The village chief will come to eat at noon."

"That's fine, go after you finish eating, I'll go out to have a look later, let Xiaoyu bring Yuanxiao at home."

"Okay," Lin Yi nodded, and put down the bowl and chopsticks after a few mouthfuls of porridge.

After explaining to Zheng Yu and Yuan Xiao, Lin Yi carried the basket on his back and went up the mountain against the only hoe at home.

The day before yesterday, Lin Yi knew the way. The purpose of going up the mountain this time was herbs, which are actually much easier to find than wild vegetables and fruits.

The most common ones are plantain seeds and Ophiopogon japonicus. Lin Yao digs them and puts them aside, planning to bundle them up and take them back when he goes back later, so as not to have to share them one by one when he goes back.

It was very cool and quiet in the Tianshan Mountains in late autumn, there were hardly any birds chirping, and there were almost no wild animals in the woods outside, and he was the only one busy.

However, after digging, Lin Yi started to go inside, or he followed a road to meet each other, and there were a lot of herbs along the way.

When he reached the depths, he actually let him dig wild ginseng, which is much more valuable than soaked ginseng. Lin Yi was very happy, but after he finished laughing, he heard footsteps. Lin Yi looked to the left and saw no one, feeling a little bit Panicked, he ran behind a tree and hid himself.

After waiting for a while, I saw a person coming. This person walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He was lame. He carried a bow and arrow on his back and carried a pheasant in his hand. He was still alive. He was a hunter and a lame man. It's another hunter, and there is only one person in their village, so he is Brother An's husband.

Everyone in the village called him Liu Laizi, but no one knew what his real name was.

Lin Yi wasn't very familiar with the appearance of this lame Liu, but he could still recognize it when he saw it. When Lin Yi saw the face, he was sure that this person was lame Liu. Since he was one of his own, there was no need to hide Fell asleep, Lin Yi got out from behind the tree and walked over.

Limp Liu immediately raised his bow and set his arrow when he heard the sound, and then put it down after seeing the person clearly. Lin Yi hurriedly greeted Liu Zizi, "Brother, are you here to go hunting in the mountains?"

Liu Xizi is not good at words, and he doesn't like to talk too much. He just nodded when he heard Lin Yi's words, and didn't even ask Lin Yi why he came to the mountain in a polite manner.

Lin Yi just smiled and didn't care, this is a person's character.

Lin Yi took the initiative to talk to Liu Laizi, "Brother, I heard that Brother An is sick. My dad and I were still talking about going to your house this afternoon to see Brother An. I didn't expect to see you on the mountain. "

"Don't use it."

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Liu Xizi replied these few words, looking really cold.

"Brother, what is my brother An's illness? It has been more than half a month, is it better now?" Lin Yi thought that he should go anyway, and he gave Lin Yi Ann can take a look. If this is really a serious illness, if it is not treated in time, it will easily lead to serious problems.

"The doctor said it was a cold. I've been lying down for a while, but I haven't recovered."

This sentence is a bit long.

"Brother, in this way we have to go and see Brother An even more. If this doctor is not good, we can change to another doctor, maybe it will be all right."

"Ah."

Cripple Liu responded, and then fell silent.

The rest of Lin Yi's words were like a mouthful of old blood in his throat. It was about to come out, but he accidentally swallowed it...

I really don't know what to say next, and then Liu Xizi left in front of Lin Yi.

Lin Yi: "..." There was only silence left.

As a result, Liu Lizi walked forward for a few steps, then fell back, put the pheasant into Lin Yi's back basket, and said to him, "Don't go inside, it's dangerous."

Then go again...

Lin Yi thinks his brother-in-law is very cool.

Liu Laizi disappeared when he walked inside, and Lin Yi stared at the pheasant in the basket in a daze.

After a long time, he took out the pheasant and put it on the ground. Fortunately, his feet were bound so that he could not run away.

Lin Yi was obedient and didn't continue to go inside. Seeing that the herbs were almost dug up, he started to collect the stalls and go home.

Resisting the hoe, carrying the herbs on his back, and carrying a thumping pheasant in the other hand, Lin Yi just walked home.

This also caused Zheng Yu to focus all his attention on the pheasant in his hand when he arrived at the door, "Master, did you catch the pheasant when you went up the mountain?" Zheng Yu felt that this was really surprising.

Lin Yi handed the pheasant to him, "I didn't catch it, even if I wanted to, I couldn't catch it. I saw my brother-in-law on the mountain, and he gave it to me."

"Brother went up the mountain again today? He doesn't go hunting often, sir, do you think Brother An is seriously ill?"

Lin Yi didn't know much about Liu Laizi's going hunting, but Zheng Yu knew more than him. Before Liu Laizi went up the mountain, he was almost kicked by a wild boar, and Lin An was so scared that he gave birth prematurely. It's not good. Since then, if the family is not really short of money and has no money, Liu Zizi will go hunting. Otherwise, he would not go there. He and Lin An opened up a lot of wasteland, bought it and planted it. You can also go at home.

Lin Yi didn't know about this situation, and he didn't think much about it when he saw Liu Xizi before.

He asked Zheng Yu, "Xiao Yu, isn't brother-in-law a hunter? If he doesn't hunt often, what do they eat?"

"Sanggong, everyone kept the matter from you before. Brother-in-law almost stopped hunting after Jingzi was born. He only went when the family was short of money. I'm afraid this time he went to earn medical expenses for Brother An's medical treatment." of."

Then Zheng Yu told Lin Yi about Liu Laizi being raped by a wild boar, and Lin Yi also understood, "Just now my brother-in-law told us not to go, it seems like we have to go, Xiao Yu, you I stewed the chicken at noon, then took out a bowl of chicken soup, and sent it to Brother An when I went to see him in the afternoon, he is so sick, I am afraid that eating at home will be a problem.”

There are no elders in Liu Zizi's family. Lin An has been in charge since he married Lin An. Now that Lin An is sick, the family may be in some trouble.

Lin Yi felt a little guilty, why didn't he think of going to have a look.

Zheng Yu put the pheasant into the main room, and when he came out, he saw Lin Yi standing at the door unhappy and asked him, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Yi said, "I feel sorry for Brother An, I didn't go to see him before."

During the time when the house was being built, Lin Yi was still in poor health, and he was almost always cooking and watching the Lantern Festival, and he completely forgot about it at the time.

When Zheng Yu heard Lin Yi's words, he could only comfort him, "Master, don't think too much, we haven't seen Brother An yet, maybe Brother An just caught a cold, Sir, go and get your Let’s let the herbs dry in the sun, while the sun is still there, I’m going to cook too, Dad will come back with the village chief later.”

Lin Yi also knew that it was useless to think about these things, so he listened to Zheng Yu's words and went to play with his own herbs.

These two batches of herbs can be dried together, so Lin Yi sorted them out and put them together for drying. In order to prevent the herbs from mixing together, Lin Yi also found some stones to stop them, so that it would not be easy to mix. .

And he checked it carefully, fearing that something might go wrong.

When his side was almost done, Lin Laosan brought the village chief. After Lin Yi greeted the village chief, he went to see Zheng Yu's situation.

Zheng Yu was stewing chicken soup, and some other dishes had just been fried and put on the table. There were four dishes, and one chicken soup was enough.

The rice is cooked dry rice. After all, it is impossible for them to use porridge to entertain people. This is not modern.

Lin Yi washed his hands and walked over to ask Zheng Yu if he could help, Zheng Yu shook his head, "It's all good, we can eat after this chicken soup is ready, sir, go talk to the village chief!"

After looking around, Lin Yi found that there was really nothing to help him, so he was about to leave. When he was about to leave, he suddenly saw a bowl next to Zheng Yu, which contained several kinds of vegetables, but not much.

Lin Yi picked up the bowl and asked Zheng Yu, "Xiao Yu, what is this? Why did you make a separate serving?"

"This is the dish that Yuan Xiao and I ate. When we go to the house to eat, we will pack some separately."

This is to be eaten separately, Lin Yi understood as soon as he heard this, but why did he have to eat it alone?

As soon as he thought of this question, he would have an answer the next moment. With Zheng Yu alone, it was really inconvenient to eat with them, after all, the ancients were particular about it.

Lin Yi originally wanted to talk about eating together, but now he knows that he can’t. After thinking about it, Lin Yi went to the table and brought a plate, and then put some more dishes into the bowl, "You two eat, it’s too little. Not enough, decorate more, there are so many, we have enough to eat."

Lin Yi said so, but he didn't mean to ask Zheng Yu to do it, and he just finished it by himself.

Even if Zheng Yu wanted to stop him, it was too late, so he had no choice but to let him go. Fortunately, Lin Yi was a sensible person and didn't dial too much, otherwise the dishes on the outside plate would not look good.

After doing all this, Lin Yi went out to talk with the village chief, and Lin Laosan was telling the village chief about Sun Xiu with a sigh.

He didn't say everything, but he said that Sun Xiu was too partial to the two eldest sons, so he sent Sun Xiu back to the Lin family, and let him live with Lin Fulin in the future.

If this kind of matter is not handled by himself, the village head will generally not ask about it. After all, it is a family matter, and no matter how much he is the village head, he can't control it so much.

And the village chief also felt emotional when he heard Lin Laosan's words, "This husband of yours, I didn't say that, this is really too partial. You said that the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, how could he be so partial?" Woolen cloth?"

Lin Laosan also couldn't figure it out, "I don't care about them anymore, just let them make troubles on their own, and I'll just live with my third boy."

"That's how it should be. Even if you're afraid of this matter, you can't do anything about it. Your Lin Fu and Lin Gui are both restless when they go to the yamen. What can you do with them?"

The village head said very helplessly.

But later the county magistrate beat him up honestly. Originally, he said he would hit him with ten boards, but the words of these two people were harsh and he still didn’t admit his mistake. Said to hit hard.

It hurts to hear that cry, and it's quite pitiful, but as long as I think of what they did, I don't have any sympathy.

It's only been a few decades in this village that there is only one such heavenly stick. Who would have thought that Lin Laosan's family would bump into two more.

The village head wanted to remind Lin Laosan, "You also have to be careful of your two elder brothers. Your two sons are very close to them. I'm afraid you have listened to them in many things."

Lin Laosan is naturally clear about this point, he has seen who his two elder brothers are a long time ago.

But there are some things that are inconvenient to tell the village chief, Lin Laosan just nodded, "I will pay attention."

Speaking of this, it is actually hard to say anything later, just as Zheng Yu came to call for dinner, Lin Laosan quickly stood up and asked the village chief to go to eat.

Although there was no wine on the table, there was meat, not only that, but also chicken soup. The village chief was a little surprised when he saw it, "Just eat whatever you want. I just said something casually yesterday, why did you bring chicken? "

In fact, Lin Lao San didn't even know there was a chicken, but he was smart enough not to ask, the chicken was taken back by Lin Yi, and he was the one who wanted to explain it.

Lin Yi said: "Village Chief, this chicken was sent by my brother-in-law. The pheasant caught on the mountain was brought here in the morning, and it was cooked just in time for lunch."

I didn't buy it on purpose, and now the village chief is not so embarrassed, "Lao Lin, you have a lot of husbands in Ange's family. Although he is a cripple, he is much better than many people in the village."

Hearing that the chicken was sent by Liu Laizi, Lin Laosan was also happy to hear that, and the village head was even happier when he praised him again.

He smiled and said: "Yes, my brother An also often told me that he did not marry the wrong person. Although my brother-in-law is crippled, he is a very good person. He treats my brother An especially well." It's much better than the two unfilial sons Lin Fu and Lin Gui.

The village head and Lin Laosan ate and praised the lame Liu. They were in a much better mood than when they talked about Lin Fu and the others. They also enjoyed the meal and finished several dishes.

After dinner, Zheng Yu came out to clean up. The village chief sat for a while and then left. Lin Yi told the story of seeing Liu Laizi on the mountain in the morning, and also shared his guess about Lin An's serious illness. Lin Laosan listened.

Lin Lao San hurriedly went to see Liu Xizi's house after hearing this.

Lin Yi held him back and told him not to be so anxious, "Daddy, wait for Xiaoyu, when he finishes cleaning up, there is still a bowl of chicken soup left at noon, so I will bring it to Brother An, and, Daddy, then Do you have any money, I will give it to my brother-in-law later, and I want to ask a doctor for An-ge, so I can't let him delay."

Lin Laosan heard Lin Yi's words and quickly touched the money on his body, took it out and counted it, and put it back after making sure that there was no problem, "The money is all there, I will give it to your brother-in-law later. "

Lin Yi nodded, and then went to help Zheng Yu clean up, packed the chicken soup, and asked Zheng Yu to carry the chicken soup. He hugged the Lantern Festival, locked the door and went out to Liu Zizi's house.

Lin Yi was really unfamiliar with Liu Zizi's family. He was already sick when Lin An married Liu Zhizi, and before that, he had no contact with Liu Zizi's family, so he didn't remember it.

Although it looks like it's not far away, but when we actually walked, it took almost half an hour to walk uphill and downhill.

Before people approached the house, they heard dogs barking from far away. There were still two dogs. Lin Laosan used to come here often and was quite familiar with the dogs at Liu Xizi’s house. He started calling the dogs by their names when they heard them barking. , "Wangcai, Laixi, don't bark, you are not a bad person."

The two dogs were not on a leash, and were just locked in the yard. Although Lin Laosan called the dog's name, it didn't work. The two dogs seemed to be louder than anyone else, and they barked happily. .

As a result, when they walked in and took a look, the two dogs lay on the ground without moving...

Both Lin Yi and Zheng Yu had nothing to say.

Lin Laosan was still explaining to them that the dog didn't bite, and that it was a hunting dog raised by Liu Xizi.

The dog was barking so loudly, but Liu Laizi didn't come to open the door. It is estimated that the person has not come back, but after waiting for a while, they saw a small head popping out of the door.

Lin Laosan said: "That's the younger brother of your brother An's family. His name is Jingzi, and his real name is Liu Jing. He is about the same age as Yuanxiao."

"Jingzi, grandpa is here, come and open the door for grandpa."

Liu Jing stood at the door without moving. After looking at it for a while, she seemed to be sure that there was no danger before she came out and opened the door. He knew Lin Laosan, and he happily called grandpa.

But Lin Yi only felt that the child was too thin, much thinner than Yuan Xiao.

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