Aunt Sun stood under the eaves and waited until they finished speaking before she raised her voice and said, "If you have any work outside, you can call me."
When Hu Dalang heard the sound, he turned around and looked over. When he saw her cute smiling face, he couldn't help but blush and saluted, "Thank you, madam."
Aunt Sun raised her chin slightly and said, "No need to thank you."
Hu Dazhu did not leave. He spent money to stay in a small inn in the county town and slept with others in a Datong bunkhouse for only ten cents a night.
It doesn't sound like much, but including food, even the most frugal person would need eighteen cents a day, not to mention that Hu Dazhu was not a person who could wrong himself if he had money.
So he spent a lot of money in a day. He hid in an 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. However, Hu Dalang went out from time to time to run errands or go to some pharmacies.
Send medicines to others, or go out to carry medicinal materials, or run errands to buy some things.
Hu Dazhu waited for three days but did not find the person he wanted to wait for. Thinking that the money was getting less and less day by day, he couldn't help but stop his stubborn eldest son again.
Hu Dalang was already prepared and said to him: "Just wait for me to send the things back to the medical office. I will come out to find you in a while."
Hu Dazhu said: "Call out your brothers and sisters. I haven't seen them for a long time."
Hu Dalang didn't respond and didn't call anyone out.
Hu Dazhu was waiting in the alley. When he saw him coming alone, he couldn't help but frown, "Where are your brothers and sisters?"
Hu Dalang: "They are working right now. If dad has anything to say, just tell me and I will tell them."
Hu Dazhu was a little irritated, but the last time he made a fuss had no result. He vaguely knew that if it happened again this time, it would have the same result. He endured it and asked: "You don't get paid when you work in the medical department?"
Hu Dalang lowered his eyes and said: "Yes, but not much. Moreover, my mother needs money to eat with us and buy food. We didn't bring many things with us when we came out, such as quilts, clothes, shoes and socks. We all need to buy them, so we borrowed them on credit."
We have borrowed a lot of money from the medical department, dad, can you help us pay this money back?"
Hu Dazhu was so angry that he fell back. The reason why he refused to leave was because he wanted to get some money from Hu Dalang. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and his family couldn't live without 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, why are you still here? You go in and let her clean up, and you will go home today."
"My mother's illness is not cured yet. Master Zhou said that she needs to be treated for a while."
"Treat it, treat it, the land at home is no longer cultivated?" He cursed angrily: "Anyway, your mother can't work in the fields even after she's cured. What's the difference? She's just lying down. It's better to go home and lie down and work."
save money……"
Hu Dalang let him scold him and didn't move. When he got tired of scolding, he said: "Dad, if you don't have money, you can send us some food. That way we don't have to buy food, and the money saved can be returned to the hospital as soon as possible."
Department."
Hu Dazhu was so angry that he turned around to leave. Then he thought of something and said: "Call your brothers and sisters out. Isn't it expensive to have so many people staying in the city? Since your mother can go to the fields, how about leaving one person in the city?"
That's enough, you..."
He wanted to say that you go home with me, but thinking of his temper, he choked and changed his words: "You can just stay here with your brother, and you can also work to repay the money of the medical department. Let you
Sister, come home with me."
Hu Dalang said: "My sister can also work and make money here."
"Can you earn as much as you spend?" Hu Dazhu shouted: "If you call her out, call her out. There is so much land at home, no more planting? Are the whole family going to drink from the northwest wind?"
Hu Dalang: "There is no work in the fields now."
"Who said there is no work? Don't you need people for retting? Don't you need people for pine land? Everything has to wait until spring. There are only a few people in our family who can do the work. Can we finish it?"
Hu Dalang raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Dad, do you want your little sister to go back to wash clothes and cook for you?"
"She is my daughter, isn't it natural for her to wash and cook for me?"
Hu Dalang was a little irritated and didn't want to continue talking to him, so he asked directly: "Dad, will you send us food? My little sister is also doing laundry here to make money, and she has to take care of her mother, so she has no time to go back."
Seeing that Hu Dazhu was about to get angry, he said: "If you don't give it, forget it. Don't come to us anymore. We won't go back. We'll wait until my mother recovers."
During this period of time, Hu Dalang has been on his own, and he has seen the vastness of the outside world. In the past, he had to work hard to face his father's anger, and he no longer takes Hu Dazhu seriously.
Especially when he discovered that he could find a way to survive outside and did not have to rely on his father, he knew that the world was vast and he could go anywhere.
Mr. Zhou is right, as long as you have the ability to survive, there is no limit to where you can go in the world. What binds them should be responsibility and love, not that they can only survive by being here and relying on someone.
Hu Dalang's eyes hardened, he glanced at his father, turned around and left.
Hu Dazhu didn't expect him to leave immediately. He was so angry that he stretched out his hand to grab him. A loud shout sounded outside the alley, "What do you want to do?"
Hu Dazhu paused, turned around, and saw two government officials coming over angrily, glaring at him and saying, "Why do you dare to attack in front of the medical office again?"
"Master, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I just want to talk to my son."
"If you want to talk, just say it properly. How do you look like you are quarreling?" The yamen servant turned to Hu Dalang and asked, "Do you still want to talk to him?"
Hu Dalang shook his head.
The yamen servant waved his hand and said, "Then let's go."
Hu Dalang turned around and left.
Hu Dazhu stared and couldn't help but said to the Yamen servant: "I am his father. Isn't it okay for a father to talk to his son?"
"Okay, but isn't it that your family still owes money to the medical department? The adults have told us to keep an eye on you. What if you don't pay back the money and just run away with the patient?" the Yamen servant said:
"If you want to talk to your son, it's easy to take your son home. All you have to do is pay back the money you owe the medical department."
Seeing Hu Dazhu's disheveled face, the yamen officer snorted and said, "Otherwise, let your son stay and work honestly to pay back the money."
The officer just warned him and left, continuing to patrol along the street.
Hu Dazhu stood at the door of the medical office for a long time, and finally turned around and left unwillingly. He could not stay in the city. The longer he stayed, the more money he would spend.
Hu Dalang strode to the backyard, walking faster and faster, and finally rushed to the backyard at a trot.
Hu Xiaomei was sitting on a stool and grinding the medicine with her feet. He rushed to her and said to her seriously: "Little sister, you have to learn your skills!"
Hu Xiaomei looked up in confusion, "Huh?"
Hu Dalang looked at him seriously and said: "You have to learn skills, including textile and embroidery. It would be better if you can learn some medical skills from Mr. Zhou. Once you learn skills, you can support yourself in the future and go wherever you want."