Aunt Sun stood under the eaves, and waited for them to finish talking before raising her voice: "If you have any work to go out, you can call me."
When Hu Dalang heard the sound, he turned his head to look over, and seeing her pretty smiling face, he couldn't help but blushed, and saluted, "Thank you, Ma'am."
Aunt Sun raised her chin slightly and said, "You don't have to thank me."
Hu Dazhu did not leave, he spent money to find a small inn in the county town to stay, and slept with others in the Datong bunk, and only spent ten yuan a night.
It doesn't sound like much, but including food, even the most frugal one needs eighteen cash a day, not to mention that Hu Dazhu is not a person who has money in his hand and can wrong himself.
So he spent a lot of money in a day. He hid in the alley not far from the medical office and waited. He didn't see his second daughter and youngest son go out for three days in a row, but Hu Dalang went out from time to time to run errands, or give money to some pharmacies. Send ready-made medicines with others, or go out to carry medicinal materials, and run errands to buy some things.
Hu Dazhu waited for three days but didn't find the person he wanted to wait for. Thinking of the money that was getting less and less every day, he still couldn't help stopping his stubborn eldest son again.
Hu Dalang was already prepared, and said to him: "Wait for me to send the things back to the medical office, and I will come out to find you later."
Hu Dazhu said: "Call out your younger brothers and sisters, I haven't seen them for a long time."
Hu Dalang didn't answer, and he didn't call him out.
Hu Dazhu was waiting in the alley, and when he saw him coming alone, he couldn't help frowning, "Where are your younger brothers and sisters?"
Hu Dalang: "They are working now, just tell me if Dad has anything to say, and I will tell them."
Hu Dazhu was a little irritable, but the last time there was no result, he vaguely knew that this time it would have the same result, so he endured it and asked, "You don't get paid for working in the medical office?"
Hu Dalang lowered his eyes and said: "Yes, but not many, and my mother and us need money for meals, and money for grocery shopping. We didn't bring many things when we came out, such as quilts, clothes, shoes and socks. We need to buy them, so we borrow them on credit. I paid a lot of money to the medical office, Dad, can you help us pay back the money?"
Hu Dazhu was so angry that he fell backwards. The reason why he refused to leave was because he wanted some money from Hu Dalang to go back. The Chinese New Year is almost here, and the family can’t have no money to celebrate the New Year...
Hu Dazhu asked carefully back and forth, and after confirming that Hu Dalang really had no money, he said angrily: "Since your mother can go to the fields, what are you doing here? You go in and let her clean up, and go home today."
"Mother's illness is still not cured, Mr. Zhou said that it will take a while."
"Zhizhizhi, you won't be planting the land at home?" He scolded angrily, "Anyway, your mother can't work in the fields after she's cured. What's the difference between good and bad? They're all lying down. Why don't you just go home and lie down?" save money…”
Hu Dalang let him scold, but didn't move, and when he got tired of scolding, he said: "Father, if we don't have money, it's good to send us some food, so that we don't have to buy food, and the money we save can be returned to the doctor as soon as possible." Department."
Hu Dazhu was so angry that he turned around and wanted to leave. He thought of something and said, "Call out your younger brothers and sisters. Wouldn't it be too expensive to keep so many people in the city? Since your mother can go to the ground, leave only one person in the city." That's enough, you..."
He wanted to say that you would go home with me, but when he thought of his temper, he choked for a moment and changed his words: "You can just stay here with your brother, and you can still work and pay back the money from the medical department. My sister will go home with me."
Hu Dalang said: "My sister can also work and make money here."
"Can you earn as much money as you spend?" Hu Dazhu exclaimed, "If you call her out, call her out. There is so much land at home, why don't you plant it? Are the whole family going to drink the northwest wind?"
Hu Dalang: "There is no work in the field now."
"Who says there is no work? Don't you want people to fertilize? Don't you want people to loosen the ground? Everything has to wait until spring, and there are only a few people in our family who can work. Can we finish it?"
Hu Dalang raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Father, do you want my little sister to go back and wash your clothes and cook for you?"
"She is my daughter. Isn't it natural for me to wash and cook for me?"
Hu Dalang was a little irritable, and didn't want to continue talking with him, so he asked directly: "Father, are you going to send us food? My little sister is also doing laundry here to make money, and she has to take care of mother, so I don't have time to go back."
Seeing that Hu Dazhu was going to get angry, he said: "It's fine if you don't give it up, and don't come to us, we won't go back, we'll talk about it when my mother recovers from her illness."
During this period of time, Hu Dalang has been on his own, and he has seen the vastness of the outside world. He used to have to work hard to face his father's anger, and he no longer takes Hu Dazhu seriously.
Especially when he realized that he could find a way out outside without necessarily relying on his father. He knew that the world was vast and he could go to any place.
Master Zhou is right, as long as he has the ability to survive, the world is big, where can he not go? What binds them should be responsibility and love, not that they can only live if they are here and attached to someone.
Hu Dalang's eyes became firm, he glanced at his father, turned and left.
Hu Dazhu didn't expect him to leave as soon as he said it, and was so angry that he reached out to grab him, and a loud shout sounded outside the alley, "What do you want to do?"
Hu Dazhu paused, turned his head to look, and saw two yamen servants approaching angrily, glared at him and said, "Why are you again, dare to do anything in front of the medical office?"
"My lord, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I just talk to my son."
"If you want to talk, talk it out, what does it look like?" The yamen servant turned his head and asked Hu Dalang, "Do you still want to talk to him?"
Hu Dalang shook his head.
The yamen servant waved his hand and said, "Then you go."
Hu Dalang turned around and left.
Hu Dazhu stared, and couldn't help but said to the yamen servant: "I am his father, can it be that father can't talk to his son?"
"Okay, but isn't this the money your family still owes to the medical department? The adults said, let us keep an eye on you. What if you don't pay back the money and run away with the patient?" The yamen servant said: "If you want to talk to your son, take your son home, it's easy, just pay back the money owed to the medical department."
Seeing Hu Dazhu's pale face, the yamen servant snorted and said, "Otherwise, let your son stay and work and pay back the money."
The yamen servant just warned him and left, continuing to patrol along the street.
Hu Dazhu stood at the gate of the medical office for a long time, but finally turned around and left unwillingly. He couldn't stay in the city anymore, the more he stayed, the more money he spent.
Hu Dalang strode towards the backyard, walked faster and faster, and finally rushed to the backyard at a trot.
Hu Xiaomei was sitting on the stool and crushing the medicine with her foot slippery. He rushed to her and said to her with a serious face: "Little sister, you have to learn your skills!"
Hu Xiaomei raised her head in confusion, "Huh?"
Hu Dalang looked at him seriously and said: "You have to learn skills, you can do textile and embroidery. It would be even better if you can learn some medical skills from Mr. Zhou. If you learn skills, you will be able to support yourself in the future, and you can go wherever you want where."