The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 10
Chapter 10Sick

The second child's family over there is talking, and the old family's house here is not idle.

As soon as Fang killed the chicken and stewed it, she wanted to go back to her room to see the little ones. Her mother-in-law was going to confine her and put the third, fourth and Gu Wan in the east wing.This must be taken care of carefully, otherwise the mother-in-law will not spare her.Thinking of Da Ya again, the baby was terrified. Fortunately, the father-in-law didn't pursue Da Ya, and it was because the mother-in-law just gave birth to the baby and didn't have much energy, otherwise there would be no good fruit to eat, and a beating would be indispensable.

Thinking about going to look at the chicken soup for a while, my feet got up quickly.Going over the east wing where the big house lived, a small room was added inside. The eldest son of the big house lived here with his two daughters, and now the third, fourth and Gu Wan are added.I went into the house and looked, the eldest son Dazhu had already woken up, there was no one on the kang, I thought he was up and ready to shoot pigweed, the pigs and chickens at home had to be fed early, and the younger ones were still sleeping on the bed, I didn't look too much, glanced at it twice, and hurried out again.

Walking to the front yard, thinking of persuading the baby's father to rest for a while, he will have to go to the field after breakfast.If she doesn't go to the fields today, she will lose a laborer.

As soon as Fang entered the east wing, he heard Dazhu and his father talking.

"Father, call Li Langzhong to show my sister. My sister had a fever in the middle of the night last night. Her forehead was hot. She wanted to call you, but my sister thought we were noisy, so I dipped some cold water and wet a cloth towel for my sister." My sister is cool, I changed it a few times at night, it looked better at first, but it started to burn again this morning." Gu Wanhai's nickname is Da Zhu, no matter how sensible he is, he is only a six-year-old child, and his sister has been terrified of illness for a long time. Well, I persisted until the morning, and it was not yet daylight, so I hurried to tell my parents.

"What? What's so good about this? Da Ya must have been frightened yesterday. It's all because I didn't take care of her yesterday. Her grandma won't punish her. Dad, why don't you ask Li Langzhong to come and have a look? I Go and see Da Ya."

When Fang heard that Da Ya was sick, she immediately panicked. She also blamed her for being too tired yesterday. She only cared about resting and ignored Da Ya, and hurriedly went back to see how Da Ya was doing.I heard that there is a baby in the neighboring village who has a fever. I was foolish not to see the doctor.

"My baby, how can we have the money to see a doctor? Hey, go and see, if it's really bad, I'll tell dad." Gu Chengli became anxious when he heard this.When Fang entered the room, he saw that the eldest daughter was really red with fever, so she hurriedly put on clothes for the eldest daughter, and carried her to the front yard.

Gu Chengli also saw that the daughter's fever was severe, took the eldest girl and went straight to the room, Fang Shi and Da Zhu also hurriedly followed.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Father Gu resting on the kang in the outer room.

"Father, take a quick look at Da Ya, it's burning badly, let Langzhong Li take a look!" Gu Chengli didn't care that his father was resting, he was already extremely anxious.

Gu Lao had just swayed on the kang for a while, feeling a little dazed, when he was woken up by Gu Chengli's anxious voice. "Boss, what's the matter?"

"Father, I don't know. Da Zhu said that Da Ya had a fever last night, and it didn't get better this morning. What if the fever is stupid?"

Old man Gu was silent for a while, and called Li Langzhong to come to spend money. Originally, the girl from the farmer's family survived on her own when she got a cold, but it was serious, so she only went to see a doctor. !

Lu Shi, who was already about to fall asleep in the room, woke up again when he heard Gu Chengli's words outside, and immediately became anxious.

"Boss, this big girl has a fever, just cover it with cold water. How can our peasant family be so expensive? It depends on the doctor every now and then. How much money can you have left all year round? Let alone a girl, even a kid can't have one." If you have a headache and fever, you should see a doctor, right?"

Gu Chengyu became sober when Mrs. Lu shouted.Hey, it's really not easy to be a woman in this ancient times!It seems that they are very patriarchal, and now I am glad that he has become a boy.And listening to this, it is not easy for this farmer to see a doctor, and the illness is all on their own?

This little baby can't be sloppy when he has a fever, maybe he will be stupid, and he doesn't know what kind of serious illness he needs to hire a doctor.He is a baby now, and he can't help much. I hope my father will agree!After all, it would be a crime for a good child to be a fool.Don't think about counting on his old mother. After this period of contact, I feel that his old mother is an iron rooster.

"Mother, I'm really confused by the fever. You haven't woken up yet, mother, please ask Mr. Li to take a look!" Gu Chengli shouted towards the inner room.

At this time, the eyes of this hard-working man are already red. Although he usually values ​​his son more, the daughter is always his own. Let him watch her burn like this, I really can't bear it!This eldest daughter is usually the most obedient, works hard without causing trouble, and is also very kind to her eldest son and sister, always asking her parents to save the child.

"Father, mother, please save the big girl, I beg you, I will kneel down for you." Seeing that her parents-in-law refused to agree, and she was afraid that something bad would happen if the child burned, she was already extremely anxious, La Wa'er His father and Da Zhu knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces.

"Boss, it's not like you don't know that the family is struggling, how can you have any money left? Why does this big girl have a fever? Could it be that you just sleep by yourself at night and don't take care of your baby?" Mrs. Lu refused to let go, and she was also dissatisfied. Well, if this sets a precedent, then everyone in the family will ask for money for something, will they give it or not?Lu Shi was worried that he would not be able to keep the money, so he was also worried.

The second old couple came before the elders knelt down. Gu Chengyi and his wife listened at the door for a while, and then Gu Chengyi realized that the elder sister was ill, and the elder brother was begging his parents to invite Langzhong Li to come and see.

It should be said that the elder brother is usually the most honest, but if the elder sister can survive, she will not come to beg her parents.He looked at the big girl in the big brother's arms again, he hadn't even opened his eyes for so long, it was really impossible not to look at the doctor.

"Oh, sister-in-law, the children of our farmer's family are very skinny, how can we call a doctor for a little fever? Maybe it will be fine in the afternoon. Don't make things difficult for your parents." Mrs. He saw that the father-in-law sitting there was a little nervous. Embarrassed, he rolled his eyes, thinking that he just offended his in-laws, so now is the opportunity to make meritorious service?

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt Gu Chengyi pull her, and then nodded Gu Chengli.

Following Gu Chengyi's gaze, He fell silent for an instant.Just now, Gu Chengli turned his back to her, and the big girl he was holding was blocked by Gu Chengli, so he didn't see it, but now He's body was tilted to the side, it's really good to see big girl's face flushed from burning, and her lips chapped. You're talking nonsense, be good, it's terrible, why is it so serious?Look really bad.

The boss and his wife are really stupid. The Gu family has no separation, and all the wages are handed over to the company.

The baby's father can be said, the boss and he both got five cents more, but the boss was so stupid that he handed it all over to the parents, leaving nothing on him.But seeing that the second younger brother left five coins, he didn't say anything. At that time, his father saw that the eldest brother opened his mouth, and thought that the matter was going to be revealed, and thought that the five coins would not be kept.After all, they are brothers, and they still have some sympathy.It was rare to get a bounty, and there was no discussion on the way. Gu Chengyi took it for granted that the bounty can be kept, who can't keep some?Just like the big girl is sick now, if the parents refuse in the end, why don't they just watch it, it's better to have money in hand.

In the past few years, the public has not saved much money, and the medicine jar needs to be drunk every three days, and all the money of the family will be emptied.At this time, Gu Laoer and his wife were very grateful that they had kept their private money in a tacit understanding.

At first, Mrs. Lu was quite satisfied when she heard the second daughter-in-law's support, so she finally winked.

"Ah", "ah", Gu Chengyu also felt that the little girl was a bit pitiful, and wanted to help her, so he wanted to divert his mother's attention so that she had no time to stop her.

Lu Shi still wanted to speak, but in a blink of an eye, he saw that the youngest son next to him was also woken up, and he was a little unhappy again.Just as she was about to coax her son, it suddenly occurred to her that the three younger ones of her family were also living in the big room for the past two days.

He hurriedly ordered Gu Laopa, "Old man, quickly bring the third, fourth and daughter here, so you don't get sick."

Old Gu became anxious when he heard that, if they were all sick, wouldn't it make things worse? "Second child, the family of the second child, can you see if they are awake? Go and bring them here." After thinking for a while, "Look at the fourth child, this child is weak, don't get sick again. Look at the second child again." Ah, Dazhu also has to take a look, the second family went to cook a bowl of ginger soup and they drank it."

"Hey! Dad!" The couple took the order and went out. If the third and fourth children are over sick, with the partiality of father and mother, they must see a doctor, won't they cost more money?That's public money, and every penny is less than one penny.

Father Gu raised his eyes to look at the big girl in the boss's arms, his face was indeed flushed with fever, forget it, it looked serious, so he let go. "Boss, please go and invite Langzhong Li to come over!" Originally, he could take the big girl away, but Father Gu wanted to let Langzhong Li take a look at the children in the family.

"Thank you, dad!" Gu Chengli thought that there was no hope, but his dad agreed.Although the eldest daughter's illness is still not cured, seeing the doctor feels a little relieved.Fang's holding Dazhu was also very happy, thanked Father Gu and went back to the house with Daya in his arms.

After Papa Gu and the others left, he went into the inner room, "Damn my baby, you should bring out one hundred Wen first, I'm afraid it won't be enough if I don't have enough."

Father Gu was also worried, he wrinkled and took out the cigarette stick at his waist to light up a few puffs, but then saw the little son on the kang looking at his direction with dark eyes, and put it away again.Even though he knew that the youngest son couldn't see anything now, he went to the kang to tease the little bun again.Looking at his youngest son's cute face, Old Gu's frown loosened, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became.

"Father, this medicinal material costs too much money? I'm afraid it will cost a lot now, why did you agree?"

Although Mrs. Lu was dissatisfied with Mr. Gu's agreement, she was still a woman after all, and the head of the family had to show it no matter how unwilling she opened her mouth.He got up slowly, found the key on his body, and opened a locked and unpainted cabinet beside the Kang.He took out a black-painted box from the cabinet. The box was quite exquisite and small, with patterns of magpies climbing plums carved on it.

There was still a lock on the box, so he took another key and opened the lock, only to see two small silver ingots lying in the box, a dozen scattered silver coins, and three strings of copper coins beside it.

Mrs. Lu took out one of the three strings of copper coins and gave it to Father Gu, which happened to be one hundred Wen.Papa Gu took the copper coin, and it was a little funny to see Lu's pained face.

"Okay, the baby is sick, so I have to hire a doctor, otherwise it will chill the boss and the others? The boss and his wife are obedient and willing to work hard. The three children in the family are still young, so we can't count on the boss and the second child? What's more, the three little ones this time I also live in the boss’s house, so what if I’m over sick? Let’s show it to Mr. Li.” Mrs. Lu heard what the head of the family said, thought about it, and didn’t care about money anymore.

(End of this chapter)