Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 2
Ever since Li Houzhong gambled and sold girls, he couldn't hold his head up in Li's house.During those days, Mrs. Liu cried and scolded him that he deserved a thousand dollars. His elder brother and third younger brother didn't give him good face, let alone the eldest son who was about to discuss marriage at that time and the second son who had grown into a young man. up.Since then, his status in the Li family can be said to be the lowest. Liu Shi said that he dared not reply when he scolded him. In fact, he himself felt that he was not a thing.

But there's still an upside to this.From then on, Li Houzhong changed his habit of gambling, and concentrated on cleaning up the family's three-acre land. After a few years, the life of the family has become peaceful, and the Liu family has less resentment towards him.

Now that his daughter is back, he thinks that he must let her live well no matter what, so as to make up for his debt to her.

Li Fei didn't delay after hearing his mother's words, and immediately ran out the door with his bag on his shoulders. Mrs. Zhang called her mother-in-law, and seeing her father-in-law with his head shrunk and his mule following behind, he called his father-in-law in a low voice.

Mrs. Liu entered the main room and asked where Li Xin was, and Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said, "My sister is lying in my room." Mrs. Jiang looked at her mother-in-law's face, and whispered, "I cleaned up the west room yesterday, sister. Is it okay to live in the Westinghouse?"

Mrs. Liu hummed, turned around and entered Li Fei's room to see her daughter.

The Li family is a standard farmyard with four houses in total.The main house where Li Lao Er and Mrs. Liu live, there is a room on the east and west sides, Li Dalang lives in the east room, and Li Erlang lives in the west room.Li Sanlang lives in a small room separated from the main house behind the main house.The other is a main room, which is used for entertaining guests, eating and other trivial matters.The Westinghouse Jiang mentioned was the room where she and Li Erlang piled up debris next to her house. Jiang cleared out all the things and put them in the firewood shed in the backyard.Although the house is a bit narrow, the current situation of the Li family can only spare so much space for Li Xin to live in.

Li Houzhong tied up his mule and went into the main room. Seeing that his second son and second daughter-in-law were still there, he asked embarrassingly, "Is Miss Xin okay?"

Li Qiu said angrily, "Do you think my sister is okay?"

Li Houzhong didn't speak, but Jiang tugged at Li Qiu's sleeve.Although she also felt that her father-in-law had ruined the life of this eldest sister-in-law who had never met, but filial piety was on top of her head, so people could not say that Erlang was unfilial.

Li Houzhong put the mule's burden on the table, sighed, and without saying anything, went to the stove to light a fire and cook. Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Jiang went to help, while letting his father-in-law go to rest.

There were only father and son left in the main room. Li Dalang went to invite Meng Langzhong, and he would not come back for a while.

Li Ming is 12 years old this year. Because of his elder sister, he has seen all the eyes of the villagers early on. He is sensible and intelligent. Now, we are all one family, don't mention the past, I'm afraid my sister will be sad..."

Li Qiu's eyes are still red, and he has the most violent temper in the Li family.Li Dalang is steady, and Li Sanlang is too young to tell, but everyone says he is smart and has a lot of tricks.Just this Li Erlang, who usually doesn't show his mountains and dews, seems to be a very gentle and reserved person, and it's almost fatal to lose his temper.At that time, because someone joked that the missing sister was a broken shoe factory girl, he could pick up an iron ax and chop at people.

Sometimes Li Houzhong was also afraid of this son. Seeing the youngest son say something, he glanced at the second son, pouted his mouth and said, "Sister Xin is back, I must take care of her..."

"How many more years can you take care of your sister?"

Li Qiu didn't speak, and when he spoke, he was full of anger, "Brother said, the person who came to report said that my sister was exhausted, and she didn't have much work left, and she just wanted to be buried in the village when she came back. Now you You know you have to take care of your sister, huh? What did you do back then? If you hadn't bet, my sister would have become what she is now?"

This matter was a stain on Li Houzhong's life, he couldn't refute it, and he couldn't refute it, he just lowered his head, his nose turned red.

Li Qiu scolded for a while, feeling quite relieved, and was about to say something, when Mrs. Liu shouted in the east room, "Everyone come here, Xiner is awake."

The family hurriedly entered the east room, with Zhang Shi and Jiang Shi standing behind.Li Xin was half lying on the bed, with her back leaning on Mrs. Liu's arms. When she saw her father and two younger brothers, she smiled and called them: "Father, Qiu Zi, Ming'er."

When Li Xin left home, Li Ming was young, and the only elder sister in the family called him Ming'er.Li Ming bit his lip, his eyes were slightly red.Li Houzhong never thought that his daughter would recognize him and call him father, and couldn't help crying.

Mrs. Liu asked Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Jiang to come forward and introduced her, "This is your elder sister-in-law, surnamed Zhang, and that is your second younger sibling, surnamed Jiang."

Li Xin called his sister-in-law and younger siblings on the bed, and nodded slightly as a courtesy.Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Jiang have never met her before, and they were still worried at first, fearing that she would come back after staying in that place for five years and learning some bad customs. Uneasy, she stepped forward and called her younger sister affectionately.

Li Xin looked around, but she didn't see her elder brother, so she asked Mrs. Liu, and Mrs. Liu said that she had hired a doctor for her.Seeing that his sister-in-law was there, Li Xin didn't force his elder brother to be present, so he nodded and asked her about her burden.

Li Ming hurriedly went to the main room to bring her baggage, Li Xin stood up and sat up, untied the bundle, spread out everything, took a breath and said, "Father, Mother, I don't know how many days I have left. Whether the illness is good or not, God has the final say. If I am really ill, I can’t take these things with me. I might as well leave them for my parents and brothers and sisters now. It’s a thought and can help Some at home."

Mrs. Liu pressed her hand, and said in a harsh voice, "I just got home, so what are you talking about..."

"I know my body, and Mama Yan is not unreasonable. These are all my own private houses. I took them away, and Mama Yan didn't say anything else." Can the dilapidated body survive? These things were originally intended by the original owner to redeem himself. Now that he has paid the money for the redemption, there is still some money left. After returning to the village, the original owner probably wanted to leave the things at home.

As he said that, he took five half-new gauze clothes from the bag. The material was much better than the linen worn by the villagers, and it felt smooth to the touch, but the color was brighter.Li Xin gave Mrs. Zhang a blue one and a dark red one, and said, "Sister-in-law, you can keep these two. You can wear them yourself or sell them at a pawn shop. They can be regarded as meeting gifts from my sister." .”

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly took it over, feeling a lot of emotions for a moment, feeling a little bit fond of this younger sister of her man.

Li Xin gave Jiang another light yellow and pink one, and said, "This is for the second brother and sister, just like my sister-in-law. Whether you wear it yourself or sell it, the second brother and sister are up to it."

Jiang Shi also took it, thanked him and leaned next to Li Erlang, his eyes became red like his own man.

The remaining one is plain white, but that white is really white, and it seems to be able to glow when reflected on it.Li Xin touched the dress and knew that it was the original owner's favorite, so she couldn't help sighing, and handed the dress to Mrs. Liu, "Mother, take this dress, it's my favorite, but I've worn it three times. This material is durable, if you want to keep it, wait until the third brother gets married and give it to the third brother and sister, if you don't want to keep it, you can make some money."

Liu sobbed and hugged the clothes in her arms, unable to speak.Li Houzhong squatted on the ground and leaned against the edge of the bed, covering his head with his hands and shaking.

In the past, Mrs. Liu scolded him for committing crimes, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with the scolding.Isn't it a sin to see yourself now?A good girl, because he became like this...

Li Ming came up and sat next to Li Xin, holding Li Xin's hand, but now he was speechless but couldn't say anything.

"Don't be like this, I'm very happy to be back." Li Xin patted Li Ming's hand and smiled slightly: "Father, mother, you make me feel uncomfortable like this, and I don't want to see everyone crying when I come back of."

Mrs. Liu wiped away her tears, nodded and said, "Mother listens to you, don't cry."

Li Xin nodded, "I wore these five clothes in private, and the maids around me saw them at that time, and no one else saw them. They are not dirty things."

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Jiang understood that Li Xin was afraid that they would dislike the clothes worn by women from brothels, and look down on these clothes.Mrs. Zhang immediately said: "What my sister gave must be a good thing, there is nothing dirty or not." Mrs. Jiang also echoed.

Li Xin smiled, and took a pure gold bracelet from her bag and handed it to Zhang Shi, a jade finger ring to Jiang Shi, and a small but round and shiny pearl to Li Ming.These were all given by the businessman who wrapped her up.He didn't say a word after handing over the things, and continued to take things out of the bag.Opening a small cloth bag, there are five silver ingots inside, each weighing five taels.Such a sum of money is enough to feed a family for two or three years.

Li Xin gave each of Zhang, Li Erlang, and Li Sanlang a silver ingot, and said, "This is for my elder brother and younger brothers. My elder brother is not here. My sister-in-law can help my elder brother put it away. This is what I have saved the most over the years." Something." He said and handed the remaining two silver ingots to Mrs. Liu, "Mother, don't scold daddy from now on, daddy knows he was wrong, quit gambling, and I'm back too, let's live a good life. You take the money on."

Li Houzhong raised his head, his face was full of tears, "Daughter, I'm sorry..."

"It's good if father can change it. The son will not say anything about his father's mistakes. Don't say such things in the future."

After saying something, Li Xin also felt tired, leaned back into Liu's arms, and fell asleep again in a daze.

When Li Fei invited Meng Langzhong, it was already dark.Mrs. Liu was afraid that Li Xin would be hungry, so the family simmered Li Xin's share over a slow fire after eating, for fear that she would be hungry and would not be able to eat hot food after she got up.

Meng Langzhong's medical skills are good, and people in Lijia Village are willing to see him because he doesn't charge much money, and the medicines he prescribes are honest, and he won't deceive people. You can call him Uncle.It's just that other people are a bit tired and lazy, and they don't want to move when they are far away. Generally, when people go to see a doctor, they can only go to the door by themselves.

Li Fei went through a lot of hardships to invite him to the door and took Li Xin's pulse. Meng Langzhong pondered and said: "It seems that the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, but in fact it is not. There is a breath of energy holding on, so I can't die for the time being."

Mrs. Liu has some respect for this kind of skilled craftsman. After hearing this, she hurriedly asked respectfully: "Then... will Xiner survive?"

"If you can live, you need to raise them more, and take some medicine to supplement them. If you take good care of them, you will be able to raise them back in a month or two."

The whole family was overjoyed when they heard it, and Liu stammered again: "But... someone said before that my daughter doesn't have many days..."

Meng Langzhong also knew something about Li's family, he rolled Li Xin's eyelids carefully, and took a long time to feel his pulse, and then said: "This girl is also destined, she survived, and her life is not in danger. "

Li Houzhong thanked Meng Langzhong gratefully, and brought him a basket of eggs and a piece of pork leg.Mrs. Liu ordered Li Ming to send Meng Langzhong, and bring back the medicine, but Li Ming hurried away.

Li Xin didn't know that her soul had already adapted to the original owner's body, neutralized it two by two, and recovered her vitality from the disease, and now she is truly reborn.

(End of this chapter)