An Ziqi's ancient life

Chapter 17 Courage

That night, An Liji couldn't fall asleep, and kept thinking about the children.Because Zhao was tired and weak, she didn't know An Liji's struggle at all, but An Ziqi knew about it, but he didn't say anything.For this young son who is looking forward to maternal love, he has to figure it out for himself.

On the second day, An Ziqi went to the town with a bunch of money given by Mrs. Li, and met Hu Ziniang on the way.

"Aunt Liu, I still want to thank you for your help yesterday." An Ziqi thanked earnestly.

On the contrary, Aunt Liu was a little embarrassed, "Goro, are you going to town?"

"Yeah, I want to buy some meat for my mother to make up my body." An Ziqi said.

"It's good to eat meat," Aunt Liu sighed, "Yesterday, your mother came to my place, and I chatted with her. Didn't the tiger see you when you fell into the water, and he told me, your mother mentioned When I got to you, I told her what Huzi told me, how could I know that your mother didn't know about it at all!"

"Aunt Liu, it's none of your business. After all, it's not good to talk about it, so my grandfather suppressed it. I don't want my mother to know because I'm afraid she will worry."

"This is not pleasant." Aunt Liu nodded.

"I also want to thank brother Huzi. He was the one who came to save me at that time, and he helped me call so many people to come."

"Oh, when Huzi came home covered in water, I was shocked. I was terrified when he told me what was going on, but your second sister is really cruel." Aunt Liu lowered her voice. sound.

"Hey, actually my second sister was very angry at the time." An Ziqi also lowered his voice, "At that time, my sister accidentally washed a corner of her new clothes, how could I know that my second sister went crazy? If I didn't stop it in time, my sister would have suffered, my sister is a little girl, and she is not as strong as I am, so what would happen if I fell." An Ziqi had lingering fear on his face.It seemed that he didn't know that he had revealed the truth that Mr. An tried his best to suppress.To kill her younger brother just for a piece of clothing, and to ask her younger sister to help her wash clothes in the cold weather, An Zihui's beautiful and virtuous image was almost ruined.

An Ziqi knew that women in ancient times liked gossip the most, and they could tell everything in private. An Zihui wanted to marry a good family, but now it might be a bit difficult. You must know that these private rumors spread faster than anything else.An Ziqi couldn't deal with An Zihui directly, at least he had to get some interest back now.

"Ah, so what's going on." Aunt Liu looked at An Ziqi sympathetically. She had also heard about it. It seemed that An Ziqi's body was broken, and he might not live long in the future!Now listening to the gossip about An's family is what the women in Taoyuan Village like to do the most. For example, that old lady An went to find trouble with Sanfang before dawn, refused to feed Sanfang, refused to hire a doctor, and deducted money from the past. All the old accounts of the daughter-in-law's confinement egg have been revealed, not to mention the partiality of An's family.

"Goro, your body..." Aunt Liu asked very carefully.

"It's done," An Ziqi said nonchalantly, "Li Langzhong's skills are good, I'm completely fine now!"

"It's fine, your mother should stop worrying about it." Aunt Liu said this, but she didn't believe An Ziqi's words at all. She thought An Ziqi was pretending to be strong!

An Ziqi didn't say anything, "Auntie, I'm going to the market first."

"You go." Aunt Liu went in another direction.

An Ziqi went to the butcher's shop. The pigs in the morning were all freshly slaughtered and looked very fresh.An Ziqi didn't think it was too much trouble, he looked at each of them, and he wanted to pick the best one.

In the end, An Ziqi stood at a stall whose owner was Zheng and nicknamed Zheng Datu.An Ziqi took a fancy to his family's shank.The money Mrs. Li gave was not enough for Mrs. Zhao to eat the meat for a long time, so he decided to buy the bones and go back.

"Hey, little brother, didn't your adults come to accompany you? What did you like? My meat is definitely the best on this street." This tough-looking butcher saw a business coming, and greeted him enthusiastically.

"How do you sell this big bone?" An Ziqi pointed at the tube bone.

"Bones cost ten cents a catty, and if you buy more, they count as nine cents."

"Is there any pig heart left?"

"Of course, there's another one, thirty coins each." Zheng Datu bent down and took out a bloody heart from under the chopping board, "Brother, look, the pig just killed today is fresh!"

"Okay, give me the pig's heart, and give me that big bone too." An Ziqi nodded. The heart was very fresh, and it was just right for her mother to mend.I'll go buy some dried red dates and goji berries later.

Zheng Datu weighed the bones, and they weighed two catties in total.

An Ziqi counted fifty copper coins over, took the things wrapped in large dry leaves, and put them into the basket.

An Ziqi went to the grocery store again, bought red dates for [-] Wen, wolfberries for [-] Wen, and spent all the money in his hand.

Hey, spending money like water!An Ziqi decided that he must earn a lot of money in the future.He didn't worry about money in his previous life, but in the end of the world, money is useless, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

After shopping, An Ziqi hurried home.

Back at An's house, An Ziqi went straight back to the west wing room. There was a faint sound of arguing from the upper room. An Ziqi was busy looking at his mother, but he didn't pay attention.

Mrs. Zhao was alone on the kang, and An Liji and the two younger ones were gone!

"Mother, why are you alone? What about my father and the others?" An Ziqi put down the basket and straightened the quilt for Mrs. Zhao.

"Your father went to the room, but he hasn't come back yet, so I asked Ziqin and the others to take a look." Mrs. Zhao seemed a little anxious, "Ziqi, you should go and help mother to take a look, she is a little worried. "

"Don't worry, you can't move around. Can your body move around?" An Ziqi said angrily, holding Zhao's body that was moving around.

Mrs. Zhao rubbed her stomach and smiled sarcastically.

Seeing his mother's appearance, An Ziqi knew it didn't make sense, so he had to surrender, "Okay, okay, I'll go and have a look, mom, don't move around."

"Okay." Mrs. Zhao smiled immediately.

An Ziqi went up to the room.

"Third brother, how can you say such a thing? Do you take your parents seriously?" An Libo's scolding voice sounded, and An Ziqi frowned fiercely. Did An Libo catch his father for something? "Brother !" An Liji yelled loudly, "Second sister almost killed my family's Ziqi! Don't you even give me an explanation?"

When An Ziqi entered the upper room, he saw that An Liji was going to beat An Libo, but was stopped by An Lizhong.An Ziqin and An Zimin hid aside.An Ziqi was relieved when he saw that they were not at a disadvantage.

"Third son, I forbid you to talk about Goro. If you want to blame it, you can blame me." Mr. An said.

"Father, how dare I blame you?" An Liji's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked a little ferocious.

Mr. An turned his face away, "Third son, you have to understand my painstaking efforts! Dalang will take the entrance examination for children next year, and the second sister will almost be able to see her next year. If bad words are spread at this time, it will affect The future of Dalang, Second Sister and the An family."

"Father, all I know is that my son almost died, but everyone kept the truth from me and didn't tell me! Those who killed my son were not punished at all." An Liji said angrily.

"Third son, do you mean that you want Zihui to be buried with your son? Isn't Wulang alive and kicking now?" Sun interrupted.

Did his father come to seek justice for him? An Ziqi was a little happy that An Liji had finally done what a father should do.

"Third son, isn't your Jingui son very good? Now you are going to split up because of this reason!" Li yelled.

An Liji proposed to split the family by himself, and An Ziqi couldn't believe it for a moment.

"Mother! I don't want my son to be like me in the future, mother!" An Liji knelt at Li's feet, "Look at my son and daughter, and look at the elder brother's house, my child can't even eat I am full, my elder brother’s children only use japonica rice and white noodles, my children can only wear the old clothes that his elder sister doesn’t want, and my eldest brother’s family has several sets of new clothes made of high-quality cloth every year! My children are so young and go to work in the fields , the eldest brother’s family can’t even cook rice now! Mother, I feel bitter! Xiu Niang is obedient to you, but I still can’t get a good face from you!” An Liji burst into tears, and the two younger ones also Followed by crying.

"You can just call me partial!" Li Shi kicked An Liji's chest, An Liji didn't resist, and was kicked to the ground directly.

"What crime have I committed!" Mrs. Li slumped on the kang, "My son is going to be separated, and he despises me, an annoying old woman. I will go to hell and give birth to a white-eyed wolf! Thunder from heaven! Chop, you will die!" Li Shi cried, probably a little sad, Li Shi was used to being praised by An Liji, and suddenly he was accused, and he couldn't accept it all at once.

"Third son, it's really impossible to separate the family at this time!" Mr. An looked at Mrs. Li, and then at An Liji. "It's bad for the An family's reputation, and it's not good for you either! If you go out, what will people say about you?"

"Father!" An Liji kowtowed heavily, "Father, give me and the children a way out!" After finishing speaking, he kowtowed again.

Mr. An hurriedly got off the kang, trying to pull An Liji up.But An Liji still kowtowed, only thinking of giving him a way out, and couldn't get up at all.

"Master!" The third child also knelt down, "Master, give us a way out!" The two thin children looked at Mr. An miserably.

Mr. An's hand shook, and he couldn't say the rest.He didn't expect that the separation that An Liji requested would be the only way for Sanfang to survive.

Mr. An looked at his third son. The clothes were left by An Libo a few years ago. They were patched several times and they turned white after washing.His hair was yellow and dry, and there were even a few silver strands in it. His hands were covered with calluses and scars, and a long scar stretched on them. Mr. An remembered that it was his third son who was injured when he went to work for others. The money he brought back that time was covered in blood, and he smiled and asked him and the old woman to eat more.Obviously the youngest son, his elder brother and second brother still have black hair, but he is older than both brothers.

Mr. An's heart trembled. His wife didn't like the third child, so he ignored this son. He usually ate the least and did the most.Now this son, for his child, has finally exhausted the last bit of admiration and longing for family affection. He wants to fight for a promising future for his child, and does not want his child to suffer in this family!

"Third son, are you forcing your parents?" An Libo said angrily, An Liji's family was separated, and whoever would do the housework, Li howled even louder.

"Shut up!" Mr. An yelled at An Libo, his lips were trembling, and he didn't know what to say.

"Grandpa! Let's not separate!"

An Ziqi walked in from the door, helped An Liji whose head was smashed, and said decisively.

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