hairpin family

Chapter 27
Early the next morning, Qin Zhao got up early, practiced sword and calligraphy, had lunch with A Cai at noon, delivered lunch to Tie and A Xi, and told Tie and A Xi, Mother said, from now on, I will bring you the meals of your family every day. Ah Xi, you just need to take care of Aunt Thirteen at ease. Ah Tie, Ah Xi, don’t worry, I will find a way for you to spend the money for your aunt’s medical treatment. Earn your own money."

Ah Tie is only 11 years old. Even if he goes hunting in the mountains, he is just a villager who takes care of his family's orphans and widows.At his age, where can he really hunt?Where can he earn money?In the past, when my mother was not sick, she could still eat enough to eat. This time, it was not just a matter of food, but also money for medical treatment. Where did the money come from?

Ah Tie was silent for a while, and then smiled: "Sister Ah Zhao, don't worry, I will find a way. You should come to our family less in the future, in case it is my mother's illness..."

If it is really tuberculosis, although it is contagious, even if Qin Zhao came to his house, most of them would stay in the hospital. Ah Tie and Ah Xi would not let her into the house at all. It is unlikely that she would not have close contact. Qin Zhao was not worried about being infected.

On the contrary, Ah Tie and Ah Xi took care of their mother every day. If they got infected again, the whole family would be doomed.

Qin Zhao heard some words from Aunt Thirteen's coughing from time to time in the room. Although he couldn't bear to say it, he still wanted to bring it up. After deliberating for a long time, he said cautiously: "A Tie, Axi, Aunt Thirteen's Illness, the doctor said that you will pass others, you have to be careful, if another one gets sick, who will take care of Auntie? Therefore, the dishes and chopsticks for Auntie's meals, as well as things for washing, should be taken care of. It's good to be separated from you. I, I shouldn't have said this..."

Persuading children to stay away from their mothers who gave birth to them, Qin Zhaoyue said that he felt more and more unkind.

Ah Tie watched as her voice became softer and her head lowered as she spoke, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she subconsciously reached out and rubbed Qin Zhao's head, coaxing softly, "Sister Ah Zhao said, This is what the doctor said to us today. Don’t worry, I won’t get sick, and I won’t let Ah Xi get sick. My mother will be fine too. When we are free, Ah Xi and I will visit you again. Go. There is also your piece of land, when I am free, I will help you fix it."

At this time, he was still thinking about his piece of land.

Qin Zhao's nose was slightly sour, and he didn't notice that Tie's voice was different from usual, and he even noticed that Tie's hand was on his head.I only endured the soreness in my eyes, raised my head and smiled and said, "That's good, I'm waiting to use that land to make money, but my father doesn't know how to farm land, and neither can I, so I can only wait for you, Ah Tie, to help Now, if I make money back, I will share it with Ah Tie, and at that time, my aunt will also have the money for medical treatment and medicine."

After talking for a while, Ah Tie sent her out, and waited until Qin Zhao's figure disappeared around the corner before Ah Tie returned to the house.

He thought that Ah Zhao must not know that the patriarch sent someone here early in the morning. Everyone in the village knew that his mother was ill, and they were afraid that they would infect the villagers in the village. He was thinking about moving his family to a place outside the village where no one was around. go.But after all, they are members of the same clan, and everyone pooled some money to send it. Although they were worried and afraid, they also hoped that his mother's illness could be cured.

He doesn't blame the villagers. If his mother's illness is really passed on to others, he can understand the worries of the villagers. However, where should they move now?

Qin Zhao really didn't know this, and when he got home, he picked out about two catties of beans, first picked out the bad ones, and then floated them in water twice, and removed the beans that floated on the water one by one.Only then did the remaining good beans be filled with clean water and soaked in the bucket.

After finishing all this work, I went to check the fine mud and sand that Ah Wu and Zhuzhu brought yesterday. It can be seen that Ah Wu and Zhuzhu worked hard, and the fine mud and river sand they picked were finer than she imagined. pink.

Seeing that there was no problem, Qin Zhao took the pen and paper and began to draw some tools he needed.He planned to ask Yunrui to go to the town when Yunrui came back from the county to see if there was an iron shop that could make these things.Went to Ah Tie's house, there were some things that she wanted to implement even more urgently.

One of her paintings is an iron oven, the other is a grinding disc with a diameter of about two feet square, and the other is a large aluminum pot with a nozzle.

Qin Zhao drew a few times before finalizing the draft, and then clarified the requirements in detail.Seeing that she was serious about painting, and holding it in her hand after finishing the painting, Ah Cai smiled and asked, "What is Ah Zhao painting? Why is it so strange?"

"This one is used to roast beans, this one is used to grind roasted six or seven ripe beans, this one is a watering can for watering the ground, using this watering can be more even than direct watering."

Ah Cai really doesn't know why this child has so many strange thoughts in his head all day long, but she can come up with such strange things: "A Zhao wants to grow beans to make tofu? There is a tofu maker in the village. It's the same for us to buy and eat. If you like to eat that soy milk, I'll just ask the tofu shop to deliver some to our house every day. How can you grind your own tofu just because you want to drink that soy milk?"

A Cai persuaded with a smile.

Qin Zhao shook his head: "Mom, I'm not here to make tofu. Besides, tofu can't be sold for a lot of money."

A Cai felt even more strange when she said this: "Our family is not short of money, why is Ah Zhao thinking about money? If you want something, just talk to me and Yun Lang. How can you call Ah Zhao when it comes to money? Missing? Ah Zhao needs to know..."

The next thing must be her status, money should not be what she should think about, Qin Zhao heard too much, interrupted A Cai, and said with a smile: "Mother, you misunderstood, it's not just about money, if I think about it If these experiments can be successful, firstly, it can help Ah Tie and his family solve some practical difficulties. Second, this is actually a matter that is beneficial to the country and the people. Didn’t you and your father always hope that your brother can pick me up one day? Returning to the capital? Even if we do return to the capital, my brother and I have no roots and foundations, how can we guarantee a good life? If the thing I am preparing now can be successful, it will be of great benefit to my brother in the future. Besides, I'm fine, so what's the point if Mother allows me to toss around a few times?"

This was true, and it was rare for the first time to hear Azhao take the initiative to mention returning to the capital. Acai was happy in her heart, but then she became sad again. She didn't know when Lang Jun would come to find them.

Seeing A Cai's gloomy face, Qin Zhao knew that she was thinking about the past again, and was worried about her future again, so he didn't bother her, and went to the back of the house to tidy up her land.

After scrambling for a while with the iron plow that Ah Tie brought that day, Ah Wu, Zhu Zhu and Zhu Balang ran over joking and laughing: "We just went to Brother Atie's house, and he asked us to help you The whole lot."

Qin Zhao is small and weak, and the level of farm work is actually much worse than that of Ah Wu and Zhuzhu, so he handed the shovel to Ah Wu in good faith: "Ah Wu, you help the land. Don't worry, just do what Ah Tie did the day before yesterday. The land that my brother has prepared can be done as it should be, it doesn’t matter if it’s slow, but it must be leveled, otherwise you will have to rework and it will be a waste of time.”

Then he turned to Zhuzhu and Zhu Balang and said, "Zhuzhu, Bajie, you two will go with me to the river to wash the fine mud and sand. Let's hurry up, brother Ah Tie's family is in need of money, if I don't Once the land is planted, we will be able to exchange some money to help Ah Tie and Ah Xi. We have no money ourselves, so we can’t keep asking for it from home.”

Even if you talk to the adults, Qin Zhao can only get money from A Cai and Yun Rui. A Wu and Zhuzhu's family is not rich, and they can barely get by. As for Zhu Balang, he has pocket money, but That is also very limited.

As soon as they heard that they were helping Ah Tie and Ah Xi, they all got excited and wished that Qin Zhao's land would be able to plant something immediately.

The whole afternoon, they were busy with the affairs in the field. In the evening, the children had dinner at Yun's house before going back.

The next morning, Qin Zhao was still practicing sword and calligraphy. At noon, Yunrui returned home from the county seat, bringing a lot of things, books, paper smiles, and the beef that Qin Zhao asked for. Yunrui bought more than 20 catties. There are still a few pieces of fabric, and to Qin Zhao's surprise, Yunrui actually bought a lot of fine linen used by people from the Western Regions. Regardless of the appearance, the texture of each hand is much finer than that of the Mage in the Kingdom of David. The color is also brighter.Wearing this fine linen in summer is more comfortable than wearing satin because of its good air permeability.

Yun Yun specially hired a bullock cart to bring this cart back.

But there was no trace of joy on Yun Rui's face. Seeing Qin Zhao's joyful look when he picked up something, Yun Rui's brows furrowed even deeper.

After Qin Zhao was overjoyed, he also felt that something was wrong with Yunrui: "What's wrong with Dad? But you're not feeling well?"

When Yun Rui was asked such a question, she forced a few smiles on her face: "Is there any discomfort, it's probably because the journey is a little rushed and I'm a little tired."

Qin Zhao did not believe this.With Yunrui's body, how could it be possible to get tired after a short journey?And he came back in a bullock cart, and he didn't walk back by himself.

Could it be that this trip, what happened?
Although she was worried, she didn't think much about it.If something really happened, Yun Rui wouldn't be able to come back safely and bring so many things with him.

But A Cai didn't think so. When Qin Zhao and the children left the yard and went to the riverside in the back mountain, A Cai said, "Yun Lang, what happened? You have been out of your mind since you came back, so don't worry about it." Keeping it from me, even Ah Zhao can see that you have something on your mind, let alone me?"

"Qin Jiedu envoy married the Princess of Anxi Duhu Mansion. The marriage was completed last summer."

"What did you say? How is this possible? How long has it been since my wife passed away? Last summer? Not even a year! How did the Jiedu envoy explain to the world the disappearance of his wife and children at home? He really dared! He just He is not afraid that the old concubine in the capital will get angry when he gets the news, and he is not afraid that the Dukes of Lu and Yue will seek him out? Even if he claims that his wife has passed away, is it true that the gentleman and the girl, he dares to say that he will also follow the lady? Died of illness? It’s okay if he’s not afraid of those mansions, yet he dared to marry the princess of Anxi Duhu Mansion before the end of a year? Yunlang, are you making a mistake?”

Yun Rui smiled wryly, not to mention A Cai would have such a reaction, even when he heard it in the wine shop in the county town, he thought he had heard it wrong, or someone misrepresented it.

But he inquired about several caravans returning from the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, and all of them had the same rhetoric, so how could it be fake?
(End of this chapter)