Chapter 26 Discussion
Although her words solved the predicament of the two of them for a while, they also fell into another predicament. Remembering the matter of paying the food, the old man Xu lamented again and again. After sending them away, he sat in the yard alone, holding He kept smoking his pipe, feeling very troubled.

Seeing his distressed back, Xu Baozhu couldn't help but feel heavy.

Their family really doesn't have that much food to hand over. What they eat now is some old rice left over from the year before last year, let alone this year, with only one mu of land, the harvest is not good, but it can be deducted by paying But where did the money come from? A few days ago, she had spent a lot of money in a fake marriage, and now the family really can't afford anything...

No, I can get it.

The golden knife that Zhu Yun gave her can solve the current predicament as long as it is deducted a little, but it is someone else's property, how can it be done like this?
Ugh!
"uh-huh!"

Zhu Yun groaned, and his two brows frowned slightly.

"Sorry." Xu Baozhu apologized to the person, and quickly picked up the sweat towel beside him to wipe it off. She was distracted just now, and she didn't pay attention, and put his whole foot into the hot water. The high temperature directly touched the wound, making it dry hurt people.

"It's okay." Zhu Yun reached out to take the handkerchief from her hand, "I'll do it myself."

"Are you sure you can do it?" Xu Baozhu was a little worried, Zhu Yun said: "It's okay, I have been using the medicine you prepared to support my waist these days, and it's almost healed, it's okay."

"alright."

After he said that, Xu Baozhu didn't force him, handed him the sweat towel, and walked out by himself.

"Father."

Old man Xu saw her coming out, quickly put away his pipe, and said, "Haven't you rested yet?"

"I'm changing Zhu Yun's medicine, and he wants to get me out by himself." Xu Baozhu explained, and asked, "Are you thinking about paying the grain after the autumn harvest?"

Old man Xu shook his head, "Actually, I'm fine. You're a girl. Brother Yun, look at the skinny and tender meat. It looks like a child from a rich family. If you really pay the last bit of food , and no money, what are you two going to do?"

Xu Baozhu was moved. Coming here, this honest village man really gave her a lot of care and love, which she never had in the past.

Xu Baozhu subconsciously walked over to hug him, and said, "Thank you dad."

The old man Xu was stunned. This intimate behavior made him a little at a loss. He didn't know how to put his hands down for a while. It took him a long time to slow down and patted her hand. "You girl, why are you so polite all of a sudden."

"Hey." Xu Baozhu smiled innocently, "Maybe the moon is better today."

She changed the subject and said, "I remember that I couldn't make it in previous years. It seems that I can replace it with something else, right?"

"Yes, but you have also seen this year. The spring rains came late, and the crops almost didn't catch up with the season. They were finally planted. In summer, there was a severe heat, and the heat was so hot that no seedlings grew. A rain, alas..."

The old man Xu had a sad look on his face, "Oh my God, the peasants are really not allowed to live."

Xu Baozhu said: "Actually... I was thinking, can the big guy protest, if you don't pay all the money, then the county master can't force it and arouse public anger, right?"

"You girl!" Old man Xu hurriedly blocked her mouth in a panic, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"What are you afraid of, Dad." Xu Baozhu didn't understand the old man's panic. Could it be that if he couldn't pay the bill, he would have to go bankrupt? Isn't that trying to be brave, let alone raising those officials.

None of them understood these peasants.

Why should farmers consider them.

"If everyone puts their hearts together, it will definitely work." Xu Baozhu said firmly.

The old man Xu shook his head again and again, "You girl, are you still young? How can we ordinary people decide these things? In the future, don't say anything like this. Let others hear it, but it will cause big trouble."

"These days, I went to see a doctor and saved some money. In the worst case, I will run more. There will always be a way."

"Then I will go with you in the future, and I can also go to the doctor."

"You're talking nonsense again. How can a woman be a doctor and go to see a doctor?"

Xu Baozhu blurted out in a moment of impatience, and then remembered that the rules of this place do not allow women to do this kind of business, even that stable woman is quite despised by others.

What an injustice!
"Okay, daddy is here to figure out a way, don't worry about it, just take care of Brother Yun at home."

Zhu Yun leaned on the door, watching the conversation between the father and daughter in the yard, thinking endlessly in his heart.

……

Although old man Xu told her to leave it alone, how could he really leave it alone?

Unable to see a doctor.

The only way Xu Baozhu could think of was to sell medicine.

Fortunately, these are what she is good at, and Huaihua Village is a place of outstanding individuals, surrounded by mountains, and there are many herbs on it, which are completely zero-cost and only need to pay for the sale of labor.

Thinking about it this way, she was so busy during this time that she went to the mountains to collect herbs before full light, came back in the evening, and started to grind the medicine powder after dinner in the evening. After several days of hard work, she finally became Small successes.

Of course, what is missing is people who buy.

The folks in this village are all worried about this matter, and they are not rich, so they don't have extra spare money to buy these things. After much deliberation, Xu Baozhu felt that he should go to the county.

Old man Xu originally wanted to make her feel at ease, so he followed others around, but when he heard this, he immediately objected.

"It's a long journey in this county. It takes at least one day to go back and forth. You, a daughter, go to such a far place. What if something happens to you, let alone..."

He looked at Xu Baozhu's bottles and jars, and said, "Does the county want anything? If you want to sell it, it's fine. If you can't sell it, it's a waste of time and danger. go!"

Xu Baozhu knew that he felt sorry for her, but she really didn't know how to persuade him to agree. The donkey got angry and almost quarreled with others. At this time, Zhu Yun who was on the side said, "Don't worry, Dad, I will go with Baozhu." , will not let her do anything."

Both father and daughter looked sideways at him, Xu Baozhu took the first step to deny his words, and said: "Your feet are not healed yet, where are you going?"

The old man Xu agrees with Zhu Yun's words. It is better to have a man follow her than to let her go to her daughter's house, but the daughter is right, Zhu Yun's foot injury has not healed yet, and the distance is too long, so it is really not suitable to go far. Okay, as a father-in-law, he should consider the health of his son-in-law, and as a doctor, he should also be responsible for the health of the patient.

Now Xu Baozhu saw what the old man was worried about, and said: "Don't bother me, I'll go with elder brother, isn't elder brother going to the county again in these two days?"

Xu Huai studied in a private school for several years, and now works as an accountant in a teahouse in the county. He earns five taels of silver a month, which is quite economical. It is only because his wife, Mrs. Wang, is about to give birth recently, so he took leave of absence and came back. to go.

Old man Xu pondered for a moment, then said: "Well, then I will accompany you to talk to your elder brother."

(End of this chapter)

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