Lucky husband

In Xiang Yiyu's story, there is a big family that specializes in buying and selling medicinal materials. The big family has a lot of property and a lot of right and wrong.

When the mistress of that family gave birth to two daughters, the old lady was worried that the mistress would not be able to give birth to a son, so she decided to take several concubines for the current head of the big family. Not long after, she became pregnant and gave birth to the eldest son of the master.

The eldest son of the concubine was originally very popular with the master, but after a few years, the mistress of the house unexpectedly became pregnant again, and gave birth to a son of the concubine who was five years younger than the eldest son of the concubine.

Unexpectedly, within reason, the eldest son who had been favored by the concubine immediately fell out of favor, and neither the master nor the old lady paid attention to him anymore.

How could someone else be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, the mistress naturally couldn't understand the concubine who blocked the way of her own son, until the eldest son of the concubine grew up, the matter of marriage was never put on the agenda, after the eldest son of the concubine, the mistress casually He found an excuse to drive him to a small county town to take care of the family business.

Then, when the eldest son of the concubine was 20 years old and the eldest son of the concubine was 15 years old, the eldest son of the concubine met a group of bandits on the way to collect medicinal materials, and he died like that in the field.

This story was told to Yi Yu very plainly, but Li Qiusheng was not stupid, and he could tell that what he told Yi Yu was about his own previous life.

It's not quite right to say that Xiang Yiyu's previous life, because in Xiang Yiyu's story, the eldest son was killed by bandits, but now, although he is lying on the bed covered in injuries, he Anyway, still alive.

Xiang Yiyu really didn't tell his experience completely according to the reality, at least he didn't say that he came from Xiang's family in Cang'er Province.

There is Nanliao Province between Cang'er Province and the original Han Province. Cang'er Province is the southernmost and westernmost. The terrain here is steep and mountainous. It is not very suitable for large-scale planting of grain. It is only suitable for some flat places. Because of the fertile land cultivated, most of the people in Cang'er Province are poor.

But there is no unparalleled road. Although the terrain of Cang'er Province is difficult to grow food, Cang'er Province is suitable for the growth of various medicinal materials. In addition, the deep mountains and old forests are inaccessible all the year round. The medicinal materials in it are everywhere. As long as you are brave enough to enter the mountains, A trip out is a large sum of money into the account.

In Cang'er Province, ordinary mountain people almost make a living by collecting herbs or engaging in medicinal materials related industries. In addition to medicinal materials, there are also tea. There are many natural tea trees here, and those who are unwilling to go to the mountains to collect herbs are located on the outskirts of the mountains Picking some tea leaves is also enough to feed a family.

The Xiang family is the master of medicinal materials in Cang'er Province. They collect fresh or simply processed medicinal materials from various places in the province and process them uniformly, and then transport them to other places to sell. It is very profitable to change hands.

The Xiang family is rich, although he is a bastard, but Xiang Yiyu remembers that when he was not very sensible before the age of five, he could see his father and grandmother every day, and his food and clothing were very delicate.

However, when he was five years old and his aunt gave birth to his younger brother, Xiang Yiyu's life in the Xiang family took a turn for the worse.

First of all, he can no longer call the two titles of father and grandmother, but must change them to master and old lady, because he is just a child of a concubine and cannot be completely regarded as the master.

At that time, he didn't understand because he was still ignorant. It took a lot of effort for his aunt to calm him down and slowly accept these changes.

What really made Xiang Yiyu realize the difference was after his younger brother was one year old, maybe because he thought that the child would not have to be taken care of as carefully as before, and his aunt began to deliberately make things difficult for them both.

Without the protection of the old lady and the lord, the servants would look at the dishes and target them in various places.

For example, the fabric sent to them looks fine on the surface, but when you open it, you will find mold spots on it, or the meat sent to their side yard is not fresh enough, and the vegetables are either immature or cooked. It's overdone and even a little rotten.

If it weren't for his aunt who still had some money and a mother-in-law who was loyal to both mother and son, it would have been difficult for him to grow up healthily in Xiang's family and learn to read, recognize medicine and make medicine.

After Xiang Yiyu became an adult, he started to change his strategy against his aunt by using all kinds of internal means, and sent him directly to a small remote county next to Southern Liao Province to be in charge of the medicinal materials business there.

For this matter, the aunt rarely begged the master, but she was stopped by the aunt, who said that the boy should go out and exercise for a while when he grows up. If he is not satisfied with that place, there are more "better" He can choose where to go, but there is no way, Auntie can only endure it.

After staying outside for a year, people from Xiang's house said that his aunt had died of a serious illness because of missing him. Xiang Yiyu was shocked, and immediately said that he would go home and have a look. Who would have thought that Master Xiang would be him His father actually ordered him not to go back, and his aunt asked him to keep mourning for his aunt for three years.

According to the rules of the Dayu Dynasty, the concubine is not the proper mother of the concubine's children, and the children don't have to observe filial piety for three years after death, but there is nothing wrong with the aunt's intentionally embarrassing Yi Yu to let him observe filial piety for three years.

Xiang Yiyu had no more affection for Master Xiang, and he did not refute his aunt's order, because he and his aunt had a deep relationship, even if his aunt said otherwise, he would take the initiative to keep his filial piety for three years.

Xiang Yiyu stayed outside for a total of two years, and the steward in charge of the medicinal material trading there was the aunt's person, who secretly made things difficult for him every time. Once he made something, it would be destroyed immediately, and if he didn't do anything Well, the superintendent wrote at once to tell the master what he had done wrong, exaggerating.

Two years later, his incompetent younger brother finally grew up to 15 years old and could start discussing marriage. The old lady and the master seemed to be disappointed with Xiang Yiyu's actions in the county, and the aunt finally couldn't help attacking him and asked someone to pretend to be him. Cheng Shan bandits intended to kill him directly on his way out to collect the medicine.

Because it was next to Southern Liao Province, Xiang Yi Yu rode to Southern Liao Province without hesitation, and the group of people pretending to be bandits followed him all the way.

I don’t know how long he ran along the way. When the horse was tired, he walked on his own legs. After driving for a few days, the horse died of exhaustion. He fell off the horse’s back. The group of gangsters scratched him. At that time, he should have reached the border of Southern Liao Province. After being scratched, he continued to run, and when he ran to the edge of a river, he was exhausted and fell into the river.

Xiang Yiyu didn't know what happened later, he guessed that the group of bandits watched him fall into the river and thought he would die in the river, so they didn't continue to search, and went back to his aunt to report back.

After being rescued, Xiang Yiyu didn't want to think about everything about Xiang's family. Xiang's family was like a magnificently dressed beast that would eat people up silently.

Xiang Yiyu has decided that he will not have any relatives from now on, his family only has the deceased Ah Mu, but the name Xiang Yiyu is named by Ah Mu, and he will continue to use it. He intends to place his household registration in Changping Shanghe Village in the county, he likes the atmosphere of this village very much, and what he likes even more is Li Qiusheng, who is strong and soft.

Li Qiusheng also knew that Xiang Yiyu definitely didn't tell what happened to him, but what he said was enough for him to understand the other party's experience. If he didn't lie, letting him stay in Shanghe Village seemed like There is nothing wrong with that.

Moreover, Li Qiusheng thought about what he told Yi Yu that he knew how to recognize and process medicinal materials, and he still wanted to learn a thing or two from Yi Yu.

After thinking for a while, Li Qiusheng guessed: "Are you really planning to live in Shanghe Village in the future?"

Xiang Yiyu said seriously: "Well, I can collect herbs and make medicines. During this time, I can earn the money you paid for my treatment and the money I settled in Shanghe Village by collecting herbs."

When he said these words, he kept looking into Li Qiusheng's eyes, which made Li Qiusheng see his sincerity. He really wanted to live here.

After being silent for a while, Li Qiusheng took away the ginseng that hadn't dried up with any expression on his face: "If you want to settle down in Shanghe Village, you should take good care of your wounds."

After finishing speaking, Li Qiusheng left without explaining why he took the ginseng, what he wanted to do with the ginseng, and Xiang Yi Yu didn't ask, but the corners of his mouth curled up slowly after Li Qiusheng left , lying on the bed with eyes closed in quite a good mood.

For this ginseng, he rushed to Shanghe Village overnight. He bled a lot without taking a break. Now he is very lethargic, so he should take a good rest and take care of his body.

Li Qiusheng didn't take the ginseng away because he wanted to take it as his own. He thought the ginseng was still fresh. Not to mention him, even his master Xing Langzhong might not be able to process the ginseng well. He plans to send ginseng directly to the pharmacy in the county to exchange it for cash.

Ginseng, a precious medicinal material, could not be delayed. After Li Qiusheng put the medicine box home, he packed ginseng and rushed to the county seat.

Because it was fresh and unprocessed ginseng, the pharmacy initially offered a price of 68 taels of silver. Li Qiusheng talked to the old doctor of the pharmacy a few more words, and finally settled the deal at a price of 70 taels of silver.

For 70 taels of silver, Li Qiusheng took out ten taels of silver to buy some good medicinal materials that can be used on Xiang Yiyu, and then returned to Shanghe Village with the remaining 60 taels of silver.

Early the next morning, when he went to change Xiang Yi Yu's dressing, Li Qiusheng brought the money with him by the way: "This is 60 taels of silver, you keep it yourself."

Although I don't know how much money is needed to settle in Shanghe Village, but if Uncle Santang is willing to help, maybe 60 taels is not too much difference.

Seeing that Yi Yu seemed a little unwilling to collect the money, Li Qiusheng put the money directly on his bedside very forcefully: "This money is for selling ginseng, and ginseng in deep mountains and old forests is hard to find. If you are short of money, There are many other herbal medicines nearby, and you can always make up the money by saving slowly, so there is no need to take such a big risk."

Li Qiusheng still didn't mention Li Chengshi's work in the county government, but he reminded Xiang Yiyu not to look for ginseng anymore, it was too dangerous to go in and out of the deep mountains.

Xiang Yiyu nodded and agreed. He had achieved his goal of looking for ginseng on the back mountain, and he didn't have to continue looking for ginseng in the future. Moreover, he noticed other valuable medicinal materials on the way back to Shanghe Village. He can wait for his health to recover. Afterwards, I concocted it myself and sent it to the pharmacy, which was more valuable.

After Li Qiusheng left, Xiang Yi Yu discovered that the medicine he sprinkled on the wound and the medicine he drank had added several flavors of more precious herbs. He thought of Li Qiusheng's cold face every time he saw him, and Xiang Yi Yu's face His smile became a little brighter than before.

Author's Gossip: Thank you for your support)