Traveling through: I rely on space to raise the sick Wei Wang

Chapter 36: Misfortune Picks Hardships

Night Owl: "..."

Not long after, the group went down the mountain smoothly.

The peaceful small mountain village is located at the foot of the mountain. Zhang Dalong's family is the most impoverished and down-and-out family in the village, and they live in the most remote corner of the village.Xu Ruqing and the others also went back and forth several times before arriving at the gate of Zhang Dalong's courtyard smoothly.

The harvest is good today, everyone is very happy.You must know that hunters live by hunting, the gamble is whether their lives are big or not, and the second is to see if God is willing to give them food.Usually go hunting in the mountains, this time it takes a few days or more to ten days and a half months. It’s good to say that the family will not be hungry if they hunt. If they can’t hunt, they will either starve to death or be strangled by wild beasts on the mountain. up.

The courtyard walls of the Zhang family were built with yellow mud mixed with stones, and a bamboo fence was built around the courtyard. The tops of the bamboo pieces were sharpened, which should be built to prevent wild animals from attacking.

There are about five houses, all of which are simple thatched huts built with thatch.There are also a few old hens raised in the yard, and they are not eaten when they are so old, probably for the purpose of laying eggs.There was still a big black and thin dog tied outside the gate, and it was listless and not angry at all.

Thinking about the difficult living standard of this family, the three of them can still be accommodated for one night under such conditions, which shows that Zhang Dalong is a kind-hearted person.

"Dalong, my brothers and I brought the wild boar back for you. You have to give me some dirty water to take back later. My mother-in-law just needs this." Several hunters helped carry the wild boar to the dam of Zhangjiayuan. , and did not forget to ask Zhang Dalong for some benefits.

"Brother Li, if you don't say so, I'll give it to you. I'll dissect the pig later, and I'll ask my sister to deliver the meat to you tomorrow morning."

"Then thank you Brother Dalong."

"Good talk, good talk."

The other hunters left after getting a guarantee from Zhang Dalong.

"Mother, we're back." Zhang Dalong walked into the courtyard first, and then shouted at the main room.

Then a thin woman with very agile hands and feet came out.Seeing the wild boar caught by her brothers, she smiled happily, but when she saw Zhang Dalong's limping leg, the old woman's smile turned into worry again: "It's good to be back, Dalong, you It's not a good time to be on the mountain these days, your leg..."

Before the old woman finished speaking, Zhang Dalong waved his hands and said, "Mother, I'm fine. Look, I'm back well. Don't worry."

The old woman sighed helplessly, but she couldn't bear to blame her son for half a sentence: "I told you to rest at home and let your uncle go, but you didn't listen, if something else happened to your leg, Will you still marry a wife in the future?!"

Saying this in front of outsiders, Zhang Dalong's face was a little embarrassed: "Okay, mother, don't talk about it. There are guests at home today, you and Dad take this wild boar and cook some delicious dishes to say hello Let's have a guest"

Hearing this, the old lady Zhang noticed Xu Ruqing and the others standing in the yard, her eyes slightly surprised: "This is..."

"Mother, this is Mrs. Xu, her brother-in-law Su and his good friend Ye Gongzi. They went to the mountain to play and lost their way. They happened to meet us, so I let them go down the mountain together."

The old woman Zhang is a gentle and kind person. She could not help showing a worried look on her face when she heard her son say this. She has lived in this mountain all year round and knows how bad it is: "How long have you been in the mountain? Hurry up into the house, I'll ask his aunt to make some ginger tea for you to warm up."

When Xu Ruqing saw that old lady Zhang had a kind face, her kind smile reminded her of her mother who loved her dearly in her previous life, and her heart felt warm for no reason: "Okay, then thank you, auntie."

Xu Ruqing walked to the main room of Zhang's house with Su Yichen on his back. Aunt Zhang hurriedly found a wicker chair and stretched Su Yichen to sit down, and then asked her aunt to bring warm ginger soup to the three of them.The three of them were all numb from the cold air in the mountains, and after drinking this ginger soup, they warmed up a lot.

Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang's sister-in-law, cleaned up the bowls that the three of them drank: "Sit here and rest for a while, my sister-in-law is off to cook, so I will stay at home for a light meal tonight, and there is no rush to leave."

Xu Ruqing also had the same intention: "Okay."

Zhang Dalong walked in and took the bowl from Aunt Zhang: "Auntie, let me do the washing."

Aunt Zhang didn't want to, Zhang Dalong must have been exhausted after going to the mountains these days, and she hadn't had time to take a breath yet, how could she be willing to let him be tired. "You child, go, rest, when will my aunt need your help?"

Zhang Dalong insisted on snatching the bowl from Aunt Zhang: "Auntie, you stay with Mrs. Xu and the others. They must have been frightened a lot on the mountain, and they must not be used to it when they are new. You stay and talk to them." , you know, I'm an old man with a rough mouth."

Aunt Zhang heard this for the same reason, so she had no choice but to give up.

Zhang Dalong turned around and walked out of the house with the bowl, but his limping legs hurt Aunt Zhang's eyes.

"Hey..." Aunt Zhang seemed to sigh softly, looking at Zhang Dalong's back with helplessness written in her eyes.

Aunt Zhang had nothing to do, so she brought needlework from the back room to be a maid. Sitting on the blackened wooden bench, she chatted with Xu Ruqing and the others without saying a word, but whenever Zhang Dalong was mentioned, Aunt Zhang would always Showing a look of regret and helplessness.

Aunt Zhang and Zhang Dalong look somewhat alike, they both look honest and responsible.Xu Ruqing caught the emotion in her eyes and asked, "Aunt Zhang, why did Brother Zhang's legs become like this?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Aunt Zhang sighed heavily again, and she lost all thoughts of needlework: "Hey, it's all because of the poor lives of our Zhang family, and we have encountered all kinds of natural and man-made disasters... Dalong The child's leg was hit by a landslide in May of this year. He was broken by a rock rolling from the mountain in order to save the boy from the village leader Tian's family. Our family has no money, so we can't invite a doctor to treat him. If he can be supported by earth recipes, his legs will become like this..."

Aunt Zhang is a self-made girl. The person she loved when she was young died and never loved anyone else again.Aunt Zhang also lost her husband when she was young, leaving her a son and a daughter to raise.Now Zhang Dalong has reached the crown and has become the pillar of the family, but he became disabled at this time, which is a big blow to the whole family.

The saddest thing is her own sister-in-law. Every night, she always hides in the bed and cries secretly by herself. A woman has suffered too much in the first half of her life. Now it’s hard for her children to grow up and enjoy it. It's a blessing, but unfortunately something like this happened.

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhang had tears in her eyes, but in order not to worry the guests, she quickly retracted her eyes: "Sit down first, it should be almost done, I will go to the kitchen to help my sister-in-law bring the dishes .”

(End of this chapter)