Zhou Lang lowered his head, and Uncle Qian also lowered his head.
Uncle Qian glanced at the two of them, snorted coldly, and then said: "That's it for today. Let's go back first. If anything happens, Wulang will call us."
Lao Zhoutou agreed and hurriedly sent his three uncles and brothers out.
At night, Zhou Xi slept in the same bed as her mother and sister. Qian touched her hand and said, "It's a little bit cold. This girl's hand can't be iced. Touch Man Bao's hand. It's so warm."
Manbao was already sleepy and was about to yawn and go to sleep. Hearing this, he perked up and put his chubby little fleshy hand into the elder sister's hand. He said with a smile: "Is it hot or not? I'll warm your hand."
Zhou Xi touched her hand and smiled, "Manbao is taking good care of herself now. I remember when she was a child, her little hands and feet were always cold. No matter how many clothes she wore, it was useless. Sometimes her back would be so hot that she would sweat.
It’s still cold.”
Qian, who had been ill for a long time and became a doctor, said: "That's because of insufficient yang energy. What you are experiencing now is probably due to the cold palace. Your second uncle is right. After you get the money from the Liu family, you first go to the county to see a doctor."
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Zhou Xi smiled bitterly, "Mom, if you want me to say that you don't have to spend this money, it's not like I haven't seen it before. He only said that I was weak and asked me to take good care of myself. There was no accurate answer. I also took a lot of medicine.
, but it’s of no use at all, so why bother spending this money anymore?”
Qian sighed, "The best doctor in the county is the doctor from Jishitang. I don't know anyone who knows him well enough to be able to tell me whether it can be cured and how to cure it."
Man Bao raised his little hand, "I, I, I know the doctor well."
Before Zhou Xi could say anything, Qian nodded her forehead and said, "You've only met her once. What do you know about her?"
"Not only that, I also borrowed books from him and returned them. Although I asked Fifth Brother to return them, we have correspondence," Man Bao insisted, "We are friends."
Since they are friends, the other party must answer the questions seriously.
Man Bao said: "Sister, when you go to see a doctor, I will go with you."
Zhou Xi looked at Qian, who nodded slightly, "Okay, let your sister go with you."
It didn't take long. The next day, Lao Zhoutou and his sons cleared the open space next to the woodshed, mixed straw and soil to make adobe bricks, and then took out the wood to build a house.
A house was built along the woodshed.
The thatched house was faster, but it was still winter at the moment, the weather was very cold, and Lao Zhou was afraid of damaging the health of his three sons, so he decided to do a little better.
But it's not much better. After drying the bricks and moving them to the first base, my family did it in two days without anyone's help.
This is one of the benefits of having many sons.
On the third day, the Zhou family went to invite three uncles from the Qian family again, and then invited the village chief to go to Liujia Village with them.
This time, Zhou Xi also went along.
Heli didn't have to ask her to be present. Normally, two families could handle this kind of thing, but Zhou Xi still wanted to go and see it in person.
It was impossible for children to go to such a scene, so Manbao stayed at home to write, practice calligraphy and read. They came back just after noon.
I brought a lot of things with me.
Two new quilts and two new clothes, these two seemed to be the biggest, while the rest of the small things were carried by Zhou Xi.
Zhou Xi kept a set of new clothes for himself. When he wanted to give one set to his mother, Qian pushed it back and said, "You don't need to give it to me. Manbao bought me one set this year, and Wulang and Liulang bought another one together. I don't want to give it to my mother."
Lack of clothes."
Zhou Xi was a little surprised, "Where did Man Bao get the money?"
Qian laughed and said, "Don't underestimate her. She has made a lot of money this year, but she just hasn't saved it."
That night she took out the remaining seventy yuan, and Qian took it all. It was rare for the little girl to give money to them, and she would be a fool not to.
So now Manbao doesn't have a penny left.
Zhou Xi didn't force himself, and gave two new quilts to Shiro and the others, because the new house had been burned for a day, so they could move in at night, and Zhou Xi had to move into the house where they lived.
Their new house is colder, but their new quilt is warmer.
Qian didn't stop her and counted the remaining things with her.
A pair of silver earrings, a pair of silver bracelets and two pendants of money.
Qian had all wrapped up for her and whispered to her: "Put these things away yourself. Whether you marry again or not, they are all your capital. It is better to have something than nothing."
Zhou Xi responded in a low voice.
Zhou Xi returned home, which had a great or small impact on the Zhou family. Xiao Qian's third sister-in-law got used to her after two days of getting used to her.
Zhou Xi felt guilty at first, so she wanted to take over all the work at home, but was stopped by Qian. Then she divided the work assigned to three people to four people, and many things were done in turn.
Come.
It took Xiao Qian and the others two days to adapt. It's almost the same as before, except that they have a little less housework to do every day, and then there's one more person to take the turn. Isn't this equivalent to having one more sister-in-law?
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Qian was not partial on the surface. Apart from taking special care of Man Bao during meals every day, she treated Zhou Xi no differently than her three daughters-in-law, so Xiao Qian and the others quickly accepted Zhou Xi.
Zhou Xi gradually calmed down after the first few days of panic. Now that he had money, Qian was decisive and called Zhou Xilang and said: "Tomorrow, take your sister and Man Bao to the county seat again.
Go to Jishitang to see the doctor and ask what your sister's disease is and whether it can be cured."
Zhou Lang responded.
Man Bao asked, "Let fifth brother and sixth brother go with us."
You can also sell candies this way. It will be New Year’s Eve in a few days, and there will definitely be a lot of people buying snacks on the street right now.
Man Bao has no money again, and she can't even buy meat to eat.
Qian glanced at Man Bao, nodded and said, "Okay."
Wu Lang and Zhou Lang were extremely happy, and Zhou Lang looked at Man Bao faintly.
Man Bao and him looked at each other for a long time, then ran back to the house and said to Qian: "Mom, let fourth brother go too."
Qian said: "What is he going to do? Isn't it enough to ask your fifth and sixth brothers to run errands for you?"
"Let him go watch the fun. I think the fourth brother used to gamble because he had too little experience. Let him gain experience so that he won't do stupid things again."
Man Bao's voice was not low, and the brothers outside heard it.
Thursday Lang:......
Friday Lang and Saturday Lang covered their mouths and laughed.
Qian thought about it seriously and felt that what her little girl said made sense, so she nodded, "Then you must keep an eye on him and don't allow him to come near the casino again."
Man Bao said it was no problem. After she went out, Zhou Lang couldn't help but whisper in her ear, "I told you I won't gamble anymore, and I don't have a penny on me now, so what should I gamble with?"
"If you don't gamble if you don't have money, how could you be in debt before?" Man Bao said: "It shows that you can gamble even if you don't have money."