After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Li Xu blushed, and said unhappily to the middle-aged man: "Fourth Uncle, this is my savior, don't talk nonsense."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the bookshelf and led Chunniang, mother and daughter to a house surrounded by a dilapidated bamboo fence.

The house is dark, but clean and tidy.

"Mother!" Li Xu put down the frame and ran into the house.

A white-haired woman was lying on the wooden bed in the house. Hearing the voice, she struggled to get up from the bed: "Xu'er..."

Li Xu rushed over, knelt by the bed and cried, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

The white-haired woman was in tears, and stretched out her skinny hands to grope for her son: "Xu'er, is it really you?"

"Yeah, it's me, it's my son who's back."

Li Xu hugged the old woman's arm and began to cry, suddenly remembered something, took out a small bag from his bosom, squeezed out a pill and stuffed it into the old woman's mouth. "Mother, eat this. It was given by the little genius doctor. Only after eating it can my son come back to see you."

The old woman swallowed the pills, choked with sobs and said, "Xu'er, you're really back, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, mother, isn't it dreaming?"

Li Xu: "You didn't dream. My son fell ill in the inn. Fortunately, he was rescued by a little genius doctor, and he narrowly escaped death."

The old woman Anshi burst into tears when she heard the words: "My son, it's useless to be a mother. I received your letter and wanted to pick you up, but I fell on the road and sprained my ankle."

At that time, her ankle was so red and swollen that she couldn't walk at all, so she had to seek help from Xuer's uncle's family.

As a result, his uncle was not at home in those few days, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Li, directly rejected her, saying that she made a fuss out of a molehill.

In a fit of rage, An fell ill that night, and the illness lasted for several days.

Afterwards, Uncle Li came back and told her that Li Xu had been arranged to recuperate in the inn, saying that his family members did not need to worry about him, and that he would go directly to Fucheng to take the exam when he recovered.

An Shi felt a little relieved when she heard the words. After recuperating at home for a few days, the ankle injury got a little better, but her eyes became more and more difficult to see clearly, and now she is half-blind.

Li Xu obviously noticed that there was something wrong with the old lady's eyes, and quickly asked, "Mother, what's wrong with your eyes? Can you see your son?"

Because his mother embroidered for him to study all the year round, her eyes were burnt out, and she couldn't see clearly at night.

But it's daytime now, why can't she see it?
"Yes, I can see." An Shi was afraid that her son would be worried, so she wiped away her tears and struggled to sit up. "Since the guests come to the house, I have to go out to receive them, so as not to be rude."

"Okay." Li Xu helped his old lady up, and while looking for her shoes, he talked about sending a letter to his uncle in Anping County.

An Shi was startled, tears streaming down again.

Outside, Yingbao and Chunniang Chen Zhao stood under the eaves and waited for a while, then they saw Li Xu helping a white-haired woman out.

"Guest, please sit in the room." An Shi gave a slight blessing in the direction of the figure: "The family is poor, so you can laugh at me."

Chun Niang hurriedly returned the gift with her two children: "Where, we are the ones interrupting you."

Li Xu looked around, went back to the house and brought out some stools, and put them under the eaves for Chun Niang and the others to sit on.

Chunniang and An exchanged names and exchanged some pleasantries, and then they talked about Li Xu's stay at the inn.

At first Chunniang didn't want to talk too much, but An Shi couldn't stop her from asking.

When An Shi knew that her son was dying in the inn and almost died, she couldn't help covering her face and weeping.

It turned out that after Li Xu sent the first letter to his mother, he wrote two more letters to his uncle, hoping that his uncle would bring money to pick him up.

Because his mother, Anshi, had never traveled far, and her eyesight was not good, it was impossible to go to Anping County, more than 100 miles away, to pick up her.

Uncle Li not only ignored his nephew's request for help, but also didn't tell his sister-in-law the truth, which made Li Xu almost die in a foreign country.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper of the inn was kind, he didn't throw him out secretly, and he asked a doctor to get medicine for him, barely allowing Li Xu to support him for more than two months, until he met Ying Bao.

After talking with his son for a while, An Shi knew the whole story, and he secretly hated and felt sad at the same time.

Her husband left early, and she, a widow, worked hard to bring up her son, desperately earning money to send him to study.

His son was also up to the challenge, and passed the examination as a scholar at the age of 17. Although he was not a granary student and had no granary grain to receive, he had [-] acres of land under his name which was exempt from corvee tax.

I am a girl and can't do farm work, so I gave the [-] acres of tax-free quota to my son's uncle's family.

He really hoped that if something happened to his family, his uncle would help out a little bit, but he didn't expect that not only would they not help, but they would even refuse to help.

Seeing that it was noon, An stood up: "Miss Jiang, please sit here and rest, I will cook."

Chen Zhao stood up obediently: "I'll help you light the fire."

An Shi glanced at the little girl, and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to work."

Ying Bao ran to look through her own basket, took out some tangerines and put them on the table as gifts.

In Sanba Village, the news of Li Xu's return quickly spread throughout the village. Neighbors from left and right gathered outside one after another to look around and talk about it.

"Didn't you say that you only took the provincial exam in August? Why did you come back at this time? It's only the end of July."

"Hey, I brought a woman back, tsk tsk, could it be that she was held back by the widow and stopped going to the exam?"

"Not to mention, it's really possible, those two children are the little widow's oil bottle?"

The more people talked, the more outrageous they became. Someone even ran to tell Li Xu's uncle, Li Jishan, the head of the village.

Li Jishan was walking around at home with his hands behind his back. Hearing what someone said, he immediately regained his energy and rushed to Li Xu's house in a hurry.

As soon as he walked into the yard, he saw a beautiful woman sitting under the eaves. She was in her thirties and still had a charming charm. She was even more attractive than a young lady.

"Li Xu!" Li Jishan shouted loudly, "Come out!"

Li Xu was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden at the back of the house, ready to give them to his mother for cooking, when he heard his uncle yelling, he immediately walked over.

"Uncle." Li Xu asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

Standing with his hands behind his back, Li Jishan scolded angrily, "Why are you back now? Have you passed the provincial examination?"

Li Xu: "My nephew has been ill for more than two months in Anping County, and now he is recovering, so he is unable to go to the township examination."

"Don't make up stories for me! I think you are fascinated by women!" Li Jishan pointed at Chun Niang: "Tell me! Who is she? Why did you come to the house with you?"

Li Xu immediately understood what the uncle wanted to say, and was immediately annoyed, "Uncle! Aunt Jiang's family is my savior! She is a doctor!"

Now he can only say so, otherwise it will become darker and darker.

The quarrel between the two attracted many people to watch, and they even looked at Chun Niang and Ying Bao wantonly.

When Chunniang knew that these people were pointing the finger at her, she was a little flustered.

Ying Bao asked A Niang to go to the kitchen, and stood beside Li Xu and asked, "Li Xu, who is this person?"

"Xiao Langzhong, this is Xiaosheng's uncle." Li Xu replied, "He is also the village official of our village."

The old god Yingbao said: "Since you have an uncle and so many relatives, why did no one care about you lying in the inn when you were dying? Could it be that they didn't know that you were seriously ill in Anping County?"

Li Xu's eyes were red, and he sniffled and said, "Xiaosheng wrote two letters to ask uncle for help, but, but I couldn't wait for someone to save me."

Li Jishan's face darkened, and he scolded angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! When did I receive your letter?"

Li Xu wiped his eyes and looked directly at the uncle calmly: "Since the uncle has not received my letter, how does he know that I live in the Penglai Inn? You also told my mother that I have been placed in the Penglai Inn to recuperate. Uncle, When did you go to Anping County to resettle me?"