After drinking the medicine, Zhao Xiaotao's complexion improved, but she was still pale. Dr. Huang looked at Zhao Dashan with a serious tone, "Although your sister saved her life, this time... she might not be able to survive it. Let's do it."
Zhao Dashan burst into tears immediately, and Liu Lanhua patted his back to comfort him, "I don't blame you."
Dr. Huang retreated to the side of the medicine cabinet, and Zhou Chengkang felt embarrassed to keep watch, so he followed him and stood aside.
After preparing another medicine, Zhou Chengkang took a few people back and sent Zhao Dashan back to his home.
"This quilt..." The person moved in, Liu Lanhua held the quilt a little apologetically, and just dropped it on the ground. "Sister, I'll return it to you after I wash it."
"It doesn't matter." Li Qinghe took the quilt home by himself.
If Zhao Xiaotao really can't make it through, Liu Lanhua will be very busy next time.
The next morning, when the sun was dim, the door was knocked again, still as impatient as yesterday, Zhou Chengkang got up to open the door, it was still willow orchid, she cried, "Brother-in-law, please take us to the town again..."
It was quite late when I came back last night, and the carriage couldn't be solved at all. When they arrived at Zhao's house, it was difficult for Zhou Chengkang to go in to help, so Li Qinghe followed Liu Lanhua in, and saw the thin-cheeked girl in the room at a glance. When the two of them entered the door, the corners of her mouth deepened, "Brother, you have married a good sister-in-law. In the future... I will feel relieved to have her with you..."
"Sister-in-law...you have to be good!" Liu Lanhua nodded hurriedly, "You have to be good too."
She smiled weakly, and her eyes fell on Li Qinghe, "You are a good person, I often... I heard my brother and sister-in-law talk about you... Thank you for your quilt... Very soft... Very warm..." She looked at the window, "Actually, this is very good , I always feel heavy in my body, and it hurts to breathe, I don't want to ... live, torture my brother, and torture myself."
Under the candlelight, her eyes became brighter, "Father..."
Then her head tilted slightly, the smile on the corners of her lips still remained, and her eyes slowly closed.
She was no longer there, and Zhao Dashan's mournful cries sounded in the room instantly. He lay on the bedside and held his sister's hand, his voice was low and sorrowful.
Zhao Xiaotao was gone. Originally, the villagers didn't pay much attention to the funerals of young people, so the funerals were not as lively as other houses.
Li Qinghe stayed there to help all the time, and felt that it was a pity that the girl had been sick and in pain for so long, but she did not develop a temperament of complaining, she was still very optimistic, and she knew how to thank her, which is already rare up. If she is good, she must be a good girl.
It can be seen that Zhao Dashan has a deep relationship with his sister, and after the funeral, he also fell ill.
In the blink of an eye, it's mid-October, and it's been raining lightly one after another. In late autumn, as long as it rains, it feels like winter is coming. The cold wind is blowing outside, and work is impossible.
If you can't work, prepare for winter.
Li Qinghe didn't plan to grow wheat in the newly opened land. There was no harvest in the wasteland. If luck was bad, the seeds could not be harvested, so it would be good to grow sweet potatoes.
When she was free in winter, she went to ask Dr. Huang about growing medicinal materials in the forest.
If feasible, she plans to try to plant some after spring plowing next year. Dr. Huang actually only grows some medicinal materials himself, and only knows the habits of some medicinal materials, such as where they grow.
Li Qinghe himself probably knows a few very common ones. To be honest, it means starting from scratch.
Now the weather is getting colder and colder, and there is no rush.
The two killed the pig again, and many people from the village came to buy meat, and they even killed a pig for pickling.
Later, in the twelfth lunar month, they started fishing and selling fish again. What's worth mentioning is that Liu Yuan didn't intend to have a relationship with them, and even greeted them when passing by. The Yang family stopped communicating at all.
During the Chinese New Year period, there are quite a lot of people buying fish in the town, especially last year when the price of fish was too high, many people did not buy it. This year, the price of fish is right, and most people will pick one or two.
Mother Zhou lived here all the time. On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Qinghe and his wife fished out even the small fish and sold them. When they got home, it was already dark.
Xi Yu had already fallen asleep, and Zhou's mother lit the brazier, warming the food by the side, "Tomorrow, let's go home for the New Year."
"Okay." Li Qinghe agreed.
The two started to eat, and Zhou's mother looked at them, "We should do less in the future, don't get tired, Xiyu is still young."
Xiyu has Zhou mother who walks with her every day and teaches him to speak. He could walk in October, but now two months have passed, he walks more steadily, and occasionally looks for things. He also called his father, mother and grandma, and Zhou's mother took it with him, and he was very happy all day long.
Zhou Chengkang responded.
I heard her say again, "When you are young, if you have more children, you have to be Xiyu yourself. When you grow up, you will have no brothers or sisters, and you will be lonely!"
Nagging, she didn't know what she said.
On New Year's Eve, Li Qinghe and the two went back early in the morning. The kitchen was being used by Zhang Haiyao, so there was no need for special cleaning. Although Zhou's mother's main room did not live here, she often brought Xi Yu back to see it. During the time Yuhui left, she was still able to clean it by herself, so in fact, she only came back to clean it two days ago, as if someone had been living there.
Boss Zhou and the two came back in the afternoon. It is worth mentioning that the two came back with a carriage. The carriage was brand new, including the ropes.
When he led the horse into the yard, he still laughed, "I said I don't need to buy it, but Meihua said that it would be more convenient to have a horse. If I take Xili for a walk in this weather, I might catch a cold. I think so. Suffering can't be bitter, children... "
"Isn't it just a carriage?" Zhang Haiyao said, "Brother, if you buy the kind in the county town that is wrapped in satin and the wood of the carriage is mahogany, that would be good. It is said that there is a mattress inside, which is more comfortable than a bed. Walk up No bumps, that's not suffering, my child."
The tone is mocking.
Boss Zhou couldn't bear the tone, and retorted, "We don't know much, and we haven't been to the county seat. This kind of thing is the best. Brother and sister can go to the county seat, but it's a pity..." The ending sound was drawn out, and the unfinished meaning was obvious.
The Zhang family refused to accept Zhang Haiyao to live with her natal family. This matter was a knot in her heart, and she couldn't bring it up at all. When she heard him mention it, she became angry and wanted to say it again, but Zhou Laosan pulled her down , motioned her to look at Zhou's mother who was already looking unhappy at the kitchen door, and immediately stopped talking.
When she didn't speak, Mother Zhou gave her a look and said, "Haiyao, hurry up and help."
Zhang Haiyao responded crisply, "Mother, don't move, just let me come, younger siblings can come too."
Not to mention Mei Shi outside the yard.
Mei asked the children to play, went into the kitchen by herself, and helped in silence. No one talked to her, mainly because she called Zhou's mother after entering the door and ignored them.
It stands to reason that Zhang Haiyao choked a few words outside, but Li Qinghe didn't. When she came in, Li Qinghe called her, so let's forget it.
This year is destined to be a bad one.
A little later, Li Qingmiao and the others came back with their children. There were more people in the room, and it was a bit warmer, and the atmosphere was not as stiff as before. Then they talked about the nonsense in the town.
First was Li Qingmiao, she mentioned that the cousin next door wanted to send the child away, and wanted Hu Yanxi to make Shuxiu cheaper and collect one or two taels of silver a year, and the whole family might not be able to earn one or two taels of silver a year. , not including pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"My elder brother said that it's enough to read for two years, and then go to the town to be a shopkeeper. Exams for Xiucai didn't even dare to think about it. Is that reading? It's a pile of money. He even joked that waiting for his son Xiucai to read it. He has also scraped together the food tax for a lifetime."
"That's not right," Li Qinghe laughed, "Then if a scholar passes the exam, the next child will save Shu Xiu. If there are more children, it will be more cost-effective."
This is just kidding.
Everyone in the room, including Zhou's mother, couldn't help laughing.
"Yes!" After Li Qingmiao was stunned for a moment, she agreed deeply, "I have to go back and persuade him."
Although the atmosphere was not good at first, but after all, it eased over. Mei's house was cleaned up, and he didn't say that he would go back today, so he finally stayed.
The next morning, Li Qinghe and Li Qinghe took them back to Li's house early in the morning. Now that they go back, Li Qinghe doesn't need to work anymore. Tea, snacks and meals are all prepared and served on the table.
This year, two daughters of the Li family came back, and Liu Lanhua also returned home.
The couple were diligent, even in the first day of junior high school, they ran to clean the yard, and helped Li Fu change a hoe that was not working well. During the meal, Zhao Dashan held up the wine glass to Zhou Chengkang and said, " Our family has no land, so after the new year, I will go to help my brother-in-law with work, so don't dislike me."
After the Chinese New Year, people must be invited, which is nothing in itself. Li Qinghe smiled and thanked him. Compared with the embarrassing atmosphere of the Zhou family, the Li family is much better.
In the afternoon, when the two were about to go home, they heard arguing inside Zhou's house when they passed by.
"Mother has lived in the village for most of her life. If you have to take her to the town and be filial, she has to be happy, right?" This was Zhang Haiyao's voice.
The Zhou family got into a quarrel, and the two of them definitely couldn't just pretend they didn't hear and leave directly, so they entered the door, and before they opened the door, they saw the fifth sister and his wife walking slowly over from a distance, the fifth sister was heavy, supported by Zhao Liyuan, Very careful look.