Pastoral Tea Fragrance: The High Price Medical Concubine

Chapter 9

Yun Zeyu told her to be careful of thieves, Lu Jinyao nodded, worried that there would still be people watching at the front door, so she left through the back door of Renhe Hall.

On the way, she put most of the banknotes into the magic jade space.She was worried that the bracelet would cause trouble, but luckily the bracelet could be changed in size according to her wishes, so Lu Jinyao made the bracelet into the size of a copper coin, threaded it with a red thread, hung it around her neck, and hid it under her clothes.

She didn't touch the six taels of silver, but she took one thousand of the six taels that were exchanged into copper coins—six thousand copper coins, in the basket, and put the rest into the magic jade space.

Afterwards, she bought a few bolts of good-quality, not expensive cloth, two pieces of meat, and some ribs.Seeing that no one wanted those big bones, I simply bought them all and went home to make soup.

White noodles and dried noodles are of course indispensable. Although the Lu family is a farmer, they don’t grow vegetables in the fields, so they have to buy some—we can’t just eat wild vegetables and mushrooms.Needless to say, onion, ginger and garlic, Lu Jinyao also bought two taels of peanut oil, a dozen eggs and a dozen duck eggs, two fatty fish, and bought a dozen when he saw a shop selling cobs (corn) on the road.

With such a large pile of things, if there is no space, she will not be able to carry them even if she is exhausted.

Most of the things were put into the space by her, and she only carried a basket of vegetables to hide her eyes.

Just as Lu Jinyao was happily walking home, something very unpleasant happened to the Lu family.

Some time ago, Lian's chronic disease relapsed, and a lot of money was spent on medical treatment and medicine. Now the family is not only impoverished, but also owes a lot of foreign debts to the villagers.

Except for the three hundred copper coins owed to Ma Chunsheng's family, the rest are more than ten or twenty copper coins.

Lu Jinyao went to the town to sell medicine, while Lian took care of the children and cleaned the house at home, worrying about the situation at home—because now there are only two copper coins left in the family, how can they live?

The Lu family is considered an outsider in Dayangshu Village.It is said that Lu Jinyao's grandfather died both of his parents when he was a child, and no one in the family cared about him, so he went out to make a living by himself.But because they were young when they left home, and they didn't know how the characters of this family were arranged, so the children of the Lu family did not name them.

"Sister, are you home?"

Lian Susu was sweeping the floor, when she heard footsteps at the gate of the fenced yard, a woman with a high-pitched voice who deliberately raised her voice entered the yard while talking.

People in the village don't pay much attention, as long as the door is open, you can go directly into the yard.They are all from the folks in the village, and everyone knows each other.

Lian Susu saw that it was Gao Shuyan, the daughter-in-law of Erdan Wang who lived at the head of the village. She hurriedly put down the thing in her hand, and said, "It turns out to be Sister Gao."

Gao Shuyan looked at the dilapidated house and yard of the Lu family, with disdain and contempt flashing in her eyes.

Lian Susu saw it in her eyes, her face remained calm.

Seeing Gao Shuyan pursed her lips and said: "Sister, it's not that my family plans to build a new house these two days and is anxious to use the money. Look, when will you pay back the twenty copper coins that your family borrowed?"

"This... Sister Gao, to tell you the truth, our family is really in trouble now, can we spend two days..." After all, they borrowed money from others, so Lian Susu had no choice but to ask for a few days of grace.

"Two days? When will it be two days?" Gao Shuyan stared, she is a well-known shrew nearby, "Who cares about you, you must pay back the money within three days, 25 copper coins can't be less, my family will pay you back." Waiting to build a house!"

Lu Jinyao was coming back at this time, and when she heard Gao Shuyan stalking wildly at the door of her house, she saw the expression on her mother's face, which was both ashamed and annoyed. She was afraid that her body would be damaged by anger, so she sneered and said, "Oh, so there are 25 You can build a house with copper coins."

Gao Shuyan turned her head and looked down at Lu Jinyao with a condescending expression as if she saw a pest or mouse, wishing to trample her to death.

But how could Lu Jinyao be afraid of her?
All the villagers in Dayangshu Village knew about the difficult situation of the Lu family.80.00% of the people in Dayangshu Village are surnamed Ma, which is a big family.The villagers are simple and honest. Although the Lu family is a foreigner, no one has ever deliberately come to provoke trouble.The patriarch Ma Feng admired that it was not easy for the Yun family to raise two children alone, and now that the Lu family had a child prodigy who gave Dayangshu Village a face, Lu Bingwen often helped the people in the village write and read letters, etc. , I only charge one penny each time I write a letter, so the situation of the Lu family is not very good now, and the people in the village take good care of them.

Previously, Susu went to see a doctor and took medicine. After hearing about it, many people thought that the Lu family had not been easy these years, and they were all kind-hearted people, so they donated generously.Lu Bingwen wrote down the names of the villagers and the amount of money borrowed one by one.

Now Lian Susu has just recovered from her illness for a few days, and it is the time when she needs to be raised. The family has basically used up all the money for medical treatment, which is more difficult than before.The well-meaning villagers all know this. Although more than a dozen or twenty yuan is not a small amount of money for the farmer, no one has mentioned the matter of asking for an account.

The fifth grandmother's family next door borrowed 35 Wen, and they haven't mentioned a word these days.

Gao Shuyan, who was born on the sidelines, has always looked down on the poor Lu family. Last time, Wang Erdan thanked Lu Bingwen for teaching him to recognize many characters. Now he can be a big guy in the town. Although he doesn't have much money, he still gave 25 Wen to the Lu family. .

Erdan Wang never thought about asking the Lu family to pay back the money at all, but Gao Shuyan felt that the Lu family was so poor that they would definitely not be able to pay back the money in the future. , I went directly to Lu's house to ask for the bill.

Lu Jinyao despised Gao Shuyan's behavior very much, thinking that she had made a huge sum of money, she spoke with confidence.

"Mother, does our family owe this lady 25 coppers?" She was too lazy to cross eyes with Gao Shuyan, and she didn't look at her right now, but asked Lian Susu directly.

Lian Susu nodded.

Lu Jinyao opened the basket, revealing the remaining two pennies in it, counted 25 from the top and handed it to Lian Shi, saying: "Mom, I went to town today, and I happened to catch a snake by the side of the road, and sold it for a lot of money. .Our family, we don’t have to worry about these messy people in the eyes of losing money coming to ask for debts.”

When talking about "a messy person in the eyes of losing money", Lu Jinyao pointed at Gao Shuyan unceremoniously.

Gao Shuyan's face turned into a pig's liver color, her eyes were staring, she put her hips on her hips and shouted loudly, "You little slave, who are you referring to?"

Pointing a finger at someone is a very rude thing in itself.What's more, Lu Jinyao was pointing at her nose and scolding her.

Gao Shuyan is a famous shrew. With her hands on her hips and her eyes staring, she dared to scold the street at the gate of the village.

She was tall and thick, and she was taller and stronger than ordinary men. It was no small matter to be beaten by her.

(End of this chapter)