Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 348 The Son's Fault of Not Teaching His Father (Two in One)

That night, Jin Xi tossed and turned several times for the first time, and finally couldn't bear the heavy eyelids. When the clapper in the watchman's hand outside came three times, she fell into a deep sleep.

Perhaps Dr. Zheng's medicine was right for the disease. After Liang Yuzhong drank the medicine juice at night, he slept better this night than the night before, which is really a blessing.Except for getting up and taking a pee, the rest of the time is very peaceful.

Because she only fell asleep in the middle of the night last night, Jin Xi opened her eyes the next day and saw that Sun and Liang Yuzhong were awake, Cai Qingyang was not in the house.

Mrs. Sun got off the ground fully dressed, and was sitting sideways beside Liang Yuzhong's bed, feeding Liang Yuzhong the concoction that he had made in the morning.

Liang Yuzhong had a good night's sleep, and he recovered a little bit, but his face was still sallow, his cheeks were obviously thinner, and his eye sockets were obviously sunken.

Seeing Jin Xi wake up, both of them turned their gazes to the bed here.

"Girl, it's still early, sleep again?" Liang Yuzhong smiled at Jin Xi, his voice low and weak.

"Sleep well, it's time to get up." Jin Xi said, sitting up from the bed, and began to quickly put the jacket and outer clothes on her body.Liang Yuzhong was about to say something more, but Sun's spoon was brought to his mouth again.

"Mom, my dad seems to be getting better today, that's great!" Jin Xi said.

"God bless, this test is finally over. But this time, your father has lost most of his vitality, and it will take a long time to make up for it after he goes home!" Sun looked at Liang Yuzhong's thin cheeks with a distressed expression.

"It's really a disease brought on by a stick. You've been frightened after this new year!" Liang Yuzhong looked at the emaciated mother and daughter in front of him, and said in a deep voice, his heartache and self-blame could not be concealed on his face.

"Who doesn't get sick if he eats firewood, rice, oil and salt?" Sun gave a relieved smile, the medicine bowl in her hand was drained, she picked up a handkerchief beside Liang Yuzhong and wiped the corners of Liang Yuzhong's mouth, got up and walked towards Jinxi.

"The shoes you wore yesterday were soaked inside and out, and today there was thick frost outside. I put those boots by the bed, and you put them on." Sun Shi said, leaning over from Jinxi's bed He took out the pair of deerskin boots and helped Jin Xi put them on.

The boots are neither too big nor too small, as if they were made according to Jin Xi's feet.When Jin Xi saw the boots, the words that Mrs. Sun told her before going to bed last night appeared in her ears, and her cheeks felt a little hot.

Glancing secretly, he found that Liang Yuzhong was also sitting there, looking at the boots on Jinxi's feet, with the same expression as Sun's last night.

It must be that before she woke up, Mrs. Sun told Liang Yuzhong what happened last night, Jin Xi thought to herself.

"Mother, after I finish washing, I'll ask Dr. Zheng to come over and show Dad." Jin Xi said to Sun when she bent down to pull out her shoes.

"Your father was arguing with me to go home just now..." Sun said.

"Look, I'm almost cured of this disease, just like Dr. Zheng who took some pharmacists to recuperate. It's not convenient to live here." Liang Yuzhong said over there: "Besides, it's the 26th of the twelfth lunar month today. People’s medical clinics will also be temporarily closed for the New Year.”

"Mother, what do you think?" Jin Xi asked Sun.

"Your father seems to be better, and it's not impossible to take Yao's to recuperate." Sun was twisting the veil with that, planning to wash Liang Yuzhong's face and hands.

Jin Xi looked around, how could the conditions here compare with those at home?Stay here any longer, I'm afraid the Sun family will collapse too.But the premise of everything is that Liang Yuzhong's condition has improved significantly.

"That's okay. After I finish washing up, I'll invite Dr. Zheng over. Before I go home, I have to see Dad again and prescribe some medicine." Jin Xi said, looking around the room, He asked again: "Where did brother Qingyang go? He will drive a carriage to pick up the doctor later!"

"Oh, I sent Qingyang to the town to buy breakfast for your father. Your father hasn't stored a single grain of rice since the night before yesterday!" said Sun while wiping Liang Yuzhong's face and hands.

As soon as the voice on this side fell, footsteps came from outside the house.

"Perhaps Brother Qingyang is back." Jin Xi said, and then the door was pushed open, and Cai Qingyang entered the room with empty hands.

"Ma'am, I have traveled around half of the town. All the early shops and food stalls are closed. Everyone is going home for the New Year. There are some sellers of candied haws and sesame seed cakes on the street, but the master can't eat those sour things. I can’t eat too hard or too crispy, so I only brought this for my wife and miss.”

After speaking, he took out two crispy cakes from his pocket and gave them to Mrs. Sun and Jin Xi.

"Let's just say that the closer it is to Nian Gen, everyone will run home, so let's pack up the house quickly, don't be delayed by this!" Liang Yuzhong urged.

I heard Mrs. Sun tell him that in order to let the medicine apprentices in the medical center move this room, my daughter also sent a charcoal basin for heating, but it cost a lot of extra money.As for Dr. Zheng, in addition to the consultation fee and the red envelope, Liang Yuzhong felt very distressed and didn't want to stay for a moment.

"Sure, mother, wait here with dad first, and I'll invite Dr. Zheng to come over. Mother, you also eat this cake of mine, I can't speak like you!" Jin Xi said, holding her hand Give the shortbread in the box to Mrs. Sun, who has good teeth and likes this kind of crunchy things.Jin Xi is not the case, she likes soft and fragrant ones, such as glutinous rice cakes and rice cakes.

The carriage left the Wangji Medical Center, instead of driving straight towards Dr. Zheng, Jin Xi asked Cai Qingyang to turn a corner, and went to the Mingshan Pavilion restaurant in the town, and then set off to invite Dr. Zheng.

Liang Yuzhong was already fully dressed, and he didn't want to lie on the bed anymore, he wanted to sit down and wait.Mrs. Sun then helped him to the side of the charcoal fire basin, fiddled with the inside of the fire basin a few times, there was still some residual fire, just enough to warm his hands.

Liang Yuzhong was holding the pair of shoes that Jin Xi replaced yesterday, and was baking them inside and outside the brazier.

Mrs. Sun was being urged by him to pack her things. Xiao Shunzi came in from the outside and asked a few words about the situation. Knowing that Liang Yuzhong and the others were determined to leave today, Xiao Shunzi was unequivocal, and would take away the charcoal fire basin immediately.

"Little brother, the fire in this charcoal fire basin has not gone out, why don't we bake it for a while?" Mrs. Sun discussed with Xiao Shunzi kindly.

"No way, if it wasn't because I had to wait for you, I would get up early this morning and pack up my bags and go home to celebrate the New Year. I have to clean up the charcoal fire basin, and when you leave, I will lock the door behind me!" Xiao Shunzi said.

"Little brother, don't you see that we haven't left yet? Why don't you lend us some time to roast? My Xi'er father is not in good shape yet. Our family has some friendship with your master, Mr. Wang... ..." Mrs. Sun looked at Liang Yuzhong, who was sitting there with a sallow complexion, and begged.

Xiao Shunzi hesitated for a moment, then said: "I just made it easier for you last night because of that friendship. This charcoal fire pot was burned all night, but a lot of charcoal was burned, and now this charcoal is very precious... "

Mrs. Sun was stunned, Xi'er gave the money, logically speaking, the charcoal fire had already been counted.

A gust of cold wind gushed in from the open door, and Liang Yuzhong sat there with his knees hugged, coughing a few times.

"Little brother, why don't we give you some more money, and leave the charcoal fire pot for a while?" Mrs. Sun didn't want to get involved with Xiao Shunzi on this trivial matter, so she retreated and begged.

Xiao Shunzi looked tempted, he didn't really want to collect the charcoal fire basin at all, he was just waiting for Mrs. Sun's words!The handful of copper coins that Jinxi gave last night really made Xiao Shunzi very happy at that time, busy and courteously vacated the room, gave up the small kitchen, and brought a brazier to keep warm.

But later, Jinxi paid Dr. Zheng double the money for outpatient visits, and also left an extra two taels of silver with Cai Qingyang, telling him to find a chance to pay Dr. Zheng again.

Xiao Shunzi happened to meet Jin Xi's confession, and the joy in his heart disappeared without a trace.On the contrary, he tossed and turned all night last night and didn't sleep well, so he rushed over early this morning to urge Liang Yuzhong and the others, the best thing is to squeeze some more benefits!

Just waiting for Mrs. Sun's words, Xiao Shunzi was overjoyed, and was about to let go of the charcoal fire basin when Liang Yuzhong, who had finished coughing, suddenly opened his mouth.

"What are you adding? Did our family's money come from white water or something? The money my daughter gave me last night is more than enough for us to burn for three days and three nights!" Liang Yuzhong said.

A pair of eyes on the sallow Chinese character face looked at Xiao Shunzi with dissatisfaction and seriousness, and said in a cold voice: "Let's go, let's go, without your brazier, we can't freeze to death!"

Xiao Shunzi snorted, rolled his eyes, picked up the charcoal fire basin and left the house without looking back, and didn't bother to close the door.In the courtyard at the entrance, the decayed grass on both sides of the road was covered with a thick layer of creamy white frost.With the wind blowing in, Liang Yuzhong couldn't help but sneezed a few times.

Mrs. Sun hurried over to close the thin door, and the room was suddenly plunged into cold and damp.

"If old doctor Wang was here, it definitely wouldn't be like this. These little brothers have shallow eyelids..." Sun sighed impatiently.

"The heart is not enough, and what I hate the most in my life is this kind of dissatisfied person! It is useless to beg for friendship with such a person, and you have to spend money..." Liang Yuzhong was obviously pissed off. , said angrily.

"Okay, okay, next time I won't get entangled with such a person, Daddy Xi'er, don't be angry, it's cold over there, why don't you sit on the bed and cover yourself with a quilt?" Sun said.

Liang Yuzhong originally wanted to take a gamble, but his body was exhausted and he couldn't do what he wanted. He hesitated for a while, but heeded Sun's words and came here.

Behind, the door was knocked open again, and Xiao Shunzi came in angrily, picked up a set of cushions and quilts that he brought to the room last night, and said, "After half an hour, your daughter didn't come back to pick you up again." , I’m going to lock the door and leave. Anyway, your illness is healed, and you won’t freeze to death without a charcoal brazier, so don’t stay with me in this room, go outside and wait on the street!” After finishing speaking, Xiao Shunzi He left without looking back.

"You little brother, how can you be like this!" Sun said angrily from behind.

"Hmph, everyone is friends with my master, how can there be so many friendships in this world? Isn't it just a few visits to the doctor, I really think of myself as an old relative, a joke..." Xiao Shunzi walked away When it opened, the muttering sound was blown back by the wind, intermittently reaching the ears of Liang Yuzhong and Sun Shi, their faces were livid with anger.

As a result, there was only the only quilt left in the room that Mrs. Sun brought with them when they came from home.

"This little brother is really... Mrs. Wang is a good man, how could he receive such an apprentice!" Sun was also so angry that she was speechless, shook her head and sighed, wrapped the bed at home with a quilt, wrapped in a shivering On Liang Yuzhong's body, he was so cold that he had nowhere to hide.

"It's all because I'm useless. I'm making good preparations for the New Year. I haven't done a lot of things at home, and I've made you all like this... It's freezing outside, how can my daughter bear it!" Liang Yuzhong sat there, looking around Four times, weak and powerless.

"Take good care of your body and listen to her, you are helping her... As for other things at home, don't worry, talent is the most important thing." Sun comforted him patiently while breathing warm air into her hands.The couple were relatively speechless. Thinking of the cold and hungry daughter still running outside, the couple felt uncomfortable and sighed silently.

After a while, footsteps were heard outside the house again.

Mrs. Sun became nervous and said, "Could it be that little brother came to drive us away?"

Liang Yuzhong's expression darkened suddenly, and he said, "He dares!"

Before the words were finished, there was a sound of knocking on the door, which was not as aggressive as Xiao Shunzi's in the previous two times.

"Master Liang, Mrs. Liang, there are distinguished guests here." Xiao Shunzi's voice sounded outside the house.

Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun looked at each other in surprise, Mrs. Sun hurried over and opened the door, and saw Xiao Shunzi, the drug apprentice, leading a man who looked like a shopkeeper enthusiastically at the door.

"Shopkeeper Dai, this is Mrs. Liang." Xiao Shunzi bent his back slightly, and said to Shopkeeper Dai with a smile on his face.

Shopkeeper Dai waved his hand impatiently at Xiao Shunzi, and waved it aside as if chasing away a fly.Then he took two steps forward and bowed his hands towards Mrs. Sun, his obese body bent down, with an even bigger smile on his face, he said: "I am wearing someone in Xiamingshan Pavilion, and pay my respects to Mrs. Dong's family. I am following the orders of the young lady from the Dong family, Bring preserved egg and lean pork porridge to the master."

After Shopkeeper Dai finished speaking, he turned sideways to let out a man dressed as a servant who was following behind.The man really was carrying a red lacquered food box in his hand.

Mrs. Sun was stunned. It turned out that it was Shopkeeper Dai from Mingshan Pavilion in the town. She had heard Jinxi mention it.Seeing Shopkeeper Dai's friendly face in front of her, she hurriedly stepped aside to invite someone into the room.

Shopkeeper Dai didn't dare to go past Mrs. Sun, so he said humbly, "Madam please first."

After some courtesy, Mrs. Sun entered the room first, and Xiao Shunzi also followed in. He saw with his own eyes that the well-known shopkeeper Dai Da of Mingshan Pavilion bowed and bowed to the couple who came from the countryside, showing cordiality and enthusiasm.

Especially from the red lacquered wooden food box, everything was taken out, but it was far more than a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge.

"This brown sugar biscuit is specially ordered by the hostess. Both sides are specially baked to make it crispy, and white sesame is sprinkled on it. Madam, please try it."

"These crystal dumplings are stuffed with pork and cabbage just freshly rolled and chopped." Shopkeeper Dai brought the food to the bed beside Liang Yuzhong with both hands.

"If the master is not used to the taste of this preserved egg and lean meat porridge, I will prepare a bowl of pork liver and wolfberry soup for the master."

In the cold room, the smell of food suddenly wafted.Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun looked at each other. After the shopkeeper Dai finished speaking, he stood aside with a smile on his hands, so as not to delay Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun's eating, while Xiao Shunzi was dumbfounded.

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When Jin Xi, Cai Qingyang and Ah Cai led Dr. Zheng back to the medical clinic, they happened to be at the gate of the medical clinic, and met Shopkeeper Dai's carriage who was about to say goodbye.

Shopkeeper Dai had already gotten into the carriage, jumped off quickly, and followed behind Jin Xi, nodding and bowing his head to report something.

Mingshan Pavilion is a large restaurant in the Wanghai area, with a semicolon. I heard that the big owner behind it has a background.

Shopkeeper Dai is the big shopkeeper of Mingshan Pavilion in the town. He has a lot of money and wealth. A small business like the Liang family has at most a grocery store and an early morning shop.How could shopkeeper Dai be nodding and bowing like this with a flattering face?Xiao Shunzi's jaw almost dropped to the ground when he was watching from the sidelines. Looking at Miss Liang, she was still wearing the dress she had when she came last night, her long hair was combed into a simple crescent bun on the top of her head, and three gold-like buns were inserted side by side. Hairpins that are not gold, like silver but not silver.

With delicate eyebrows and eyes, a quiet demeanor, and a calm manner of nodding when speaking.No matter how you look at it, she is a very ordinary girl, with an amiable appearance!

While Xiao Shunzi was stunned, shopkeeper Dai boarded the carriage again and left, while Jin Xi and Cai Qingyang had already surrounded Dr. Zheng into the hospital, heading straight for the room where Liang Yuzhong and the others lived in the backyard.

Because of the red envelope that Cai Qingyang stuffed last night, Dr. Zheng was kind enough to invite him today, and when he heard that he was coming to see Liang Yuzhong for a follow-up visit, he came without saying a word.

Dr. Zheng took Liang Yuzhong's pulse for a follow-up visit, prescribed two more medicines, told him about the dietary taboos for recuperation, and then left.

Cai Qingyang took the lead in moving the quilt to the bunk in the carriage outside. In the room, Mrs. Sun supported Liang Yuzhong and stood by the bed. On the empty plank of the bed, there were two bundles she had packed.

The smell of the food has gradually dissipated, Jin Xi looked around, when she invited Dr. Zheng into the room earlier, she noticed something was wrong.At that time, I was so focused on Liang Yuzhong's follow-up visit that I didn't pay much attention to it.

Her eyes scanned the room inch by inch, and then she realized something was wrong.

"Mother, when did Xiao Shunzi come and take away the brazier and bedding in the house?" Jin Xi asked suddenly.

Mrs. Sun had already supported Liang Yuzhong, and the two of them moved slowly towards the door of the house. When they heard Jin Xi's question behind them, they both stopped at the same time.

"Could it be that I left the clinic and he came and took it away?" Jin Xi asked again, knowing her daughter, Mo Ruomu, in the same way, the one who can tell the clue from her parents is also her daughter.

"Did Xiao Shunzi say something difficult?" Jin Xi stepped forward and asked again.

Mrs. Sun opened her mouth, Liang Yuzhong touched Mrs. Sun quietly, and said, "It's nothing, we're leaving anyway, there's no need for it, and it's okay to take it away."

"Xi'er, don't go to him to confront him because of this, it's not a big deal. Your father is still in a hurry to go home..." Seeing Jin Xi's eyes that suddenly cooled down, Sun was afraid that she would go to find Xiao Shunzi confronted, and said hurriedly.

Cai Qingyang made the quilt and folded it back to carry the beam Yuzhong, with Mrs. Sun supporting her, looking back worriedly at Jinxi.

The coldness in Jin Xi's eyes flashed away, and a calm smile returned to her face, and she said, "Well, it's nothing, let's go home, I'll go back to the house to carry my luggage, you guys wait for me in the carriage."

Jin Xi turns around and rolls out the door with two bundles, followed by Ah Cai holding two wooden basins for washing feet, Jin Xi sees Xiao Shunzi looking towards this side under the opposite eaves.

Jin Xi paused, and waved to Xiao Shunzi with a smile on her face. Xiao Shunzi hesitated and refused to come over, thinking of the things she had done to Liang Yuzhong and his wife earlier.

There are a few things at the bottom of Jin Xi's sleeves, following the movement of her beckoning, rolled out and fell to the ground, the sun came out, and the frost on the decaying grass was melting, those few things were illuminated by the sun, shining brightly Xiao Shunzi squinted his eyes, and it turned out to be a few grains of silver.

Jin Xi leaned over and picked up the broken silver, playing with it in her hand.Xiao Shunzi on the opposite side also ran over, standing still a few steps in front of Jin Xi, smiling.

"Xiao Shunzi, I heard from Old Doctor Wang that your own father died of illness when you were five years old, and your mother took you to remarry. Now you changed your surname to Peng following your stepfather?"

Jin Xi seems to be chatting casually with someone, talking to Xiao Shunzi, playing with a few broken pieces of silver in her hands.

Xiao Shunzi followed the broken silver with his eyes, and said perfunctorily Jin Xi: "Yes, yes!"

"You work as a pharmacist in the medical center, and you earn less than a hundred cash per month. Your mother is doing part-time work for other people's homes. The support of the family is all due to your stepfather Peng Sanfu's job in Mingshan Pavilion?" Jin Jin Xi asked again.

Xiao Shunzi looked at Jin Xi, wondering how she knew so clearly?
Jin Xi smiled faintly, and said to Xiao Shunzi: "People's hearts are not enough, I gave you enough money last night, but you still make things difficult for my parents today..."

Surprise flashed across Xiao Shunzi's face, and his eyes rolled, apparently thinking of an excuse.

"However, don't worry, even if you make things difficult for my parents, I won't bother to argue with you." Jin Xi changed the subject and said again.

Surprise spread across Xiao Shunzi's face, and a hint of luck clearly flashed in his eyes.

"I don't argue with you because there's no value in it. The book says, if you don't teach, it's the father's fault. I want your stepfather to bear the mistakes you made as a son!"

"?" Xiao Shunzi's eyes widened suddenly, and Jin Xi's smile approached a few steps under his eyes.The girl still had a calm and kind face, but the hostility in her eyes did not match her age and appearance. It was vicious, evil, full of sarcasm and disdain, and seemed to swallow him up, not even a bone. left!

"Miss, Madam asks if you are alright?" Cai Qingyang's voice interrupted the conversation here, Jin Xi responded, turned around and strode away.

Xiao Shunzi recovered from the shock, and immediately understood that the girl was threatening him.After all, he is a young and energetic half-child. On the one hand, he is unwilling to be threatened, and on the other hand, he is also afraid of the stick and fist of his violent stepfather.At the moment, Xiao Shunzi only has one thought in mind, and that is to catch up with Jin Xi and have a theory with her!
However, it's a pity that just as soon as he moved his body, he was grabbed by the shoulder by a big iron-like hand, and then that hand suddenly pulled him off the ground and threw him on the ground with ease. side.

"Follow me again, and break your hand." With Ah Cai's expressionless face and even less warm voice, Xiao Shunzi was thrown on the ground, unable to recover for a long time!
(End of this chapter)