Sun Qingli said: "Ying'er, don't be stupid. Mom can't save a dowry for you, so I can't spend your money."
Yu Xinying said: "Mom, I'm going to see Dr. Chen."
Went to Chen Zhuli’s house again.
When Chen Zhuli came out and saw Yu Xinying's expression, he sighed helplessly: "Your mother has lung congestion and it can't be cured. I didn't tell her directly in front of your mother."
Yu Xinying said with red eyes: "Doctor, it costs fifty taels to get medicine in the city. I only have twenty taels. I can't afford it. Doctor, please get two sets of medicine for my mother!"
Chen Zhuli said: "I can only get two pieces of decoction for your mother. You go back and make something delicious for your mother."
I grabbed two packets of medicine and went back.
Sun Qingli took some decoction, but she didn't feel any better. Her coughing up blood became more and more serious, and she finally became bedridden.
Neighbors heard about it and came to visit one after another, and they all sighed.
In Xintai Village, there was an old bachelor in his forties, Liang Laihou, who was addicted to gambling and had never had a woman. He heard that Sun Qingli was seriously ill and had no money to buy medicine, so he came up with an idea.
That morning, Liang Laihou came to Sun Qingli's house carrying a basket of eggs.
Yu Xinying came to pick her up and was very surprised: "Why is Uncle Liang here?"
Liang Laihou smiled playfully and said, "Call me brother.
Come and see your mother."
Yu Xinying did not agree and took the person to the room.
Sun Qingli was lying on the bed. She had lost a lot of weight. When she saw Liang Laihou, she immediately knew what his plan was. She waved with difficulty and said in a hoarse voice: "You go, you go!"
Liang Laihou didn't leave, so he moved a stool and sat down by the bed, saying, "I'm here to see my sister-in-law!"
Sun Qingli turned away and closed her eyes: "I don't need you to look!"
Liang Laihou spread his hands: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean? Our two families don't have any holidays, so I can't come and see you?"
Sun Qingli turned around and glared at Liang Laihou fiercely: "Stay away from my daughter!"
Yu Xinying stared, understood, and stepped back.
Liang Laihou turned around and glanced at Yu Xinying, smiled obscenely, and said to Sun Qingli: "Sister-in-law, it's time for Ying'er to get married. I happen to be single. Isn't this a perfect match?"
Sun Qingli sat up with difficulty, with veins popping up on her neck: "You have a beautiful idea! Why should my daughter marry you, an old bachelor, when she is so young?"
Liang Laihou was unhappy and said, "Sister-in-law, what I said is a bit hurtful. I'm a little older, but if I marry Ying'er from your family, I'm a good match."
Sun Qingli was furious and yelled: "You old gambler, stop worrying about my daughter!"
Liang Laihou turned his face: "Isn't your daughter young and beautiful?
What's the use?
Shouldn't we just farm these three acres of thin land?
She was born without a father, and sister-in-law, your illness is not getting better. Others think this is unlucky, so I don’t care. If I wait a few years and become an old girl, I don’t want it anymore!”
Sun Qingli grinned and clenched her fists, then stretched out her hand to hit: "Go away, go away!"
Liang Laihou stood up: "What will happen if you don't agree?
How long can you live?
Even if you die, your daughter will still be mine!"
Yu Xinying had a seizure, pointed to the door and said: "Go away!"
Liang Laihou turned around and asked Yu Xinying: "Can't you afford medicine for your mother?"
Yu Xinying suddenly changed her mind.
Sun Qingli said to Xinying: "Girl, you don't have to listen to him. Your mother has lived enough. How many more years can she live after she is cured?"
If you marry him, your life will be ruined!"
Liang Lai said honestly: "Can you bear to watch your mother die?"
Sun Qingli scolded angrily: "Liang Laihou, you have some conscience!"
Liang Laihou smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, I kindly paid for your treatment, but you scold me for having no conscience?
Isn’t this a bit bad?”
Sun Qingli gnashed her teeth: "I don't need you to treat me! What kind of kindness do you have?
I don’t have a daughter and you will come today?”
Liang Lai said kindly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely treat Ying'er well!"
Sun Qingli roared: "Get out!"
Liang Laihou said to Xinying: "Think about it, I am also doing it for your mother's benefit."
Put down the egg basket and leave.
Sun Qingli was lying on the bed, panting and coughing non-stop.
Yu Xinying stepped forward and said, "Mom, are you okay?"
Sun Qingli coughed up another mouthful of blood and said: "Your mother is fine. Your mother doesn't care about living for a few more years. You don't need to find a young man who knows both cold and heat. You don't need him to be rich. An old man like Liang Laihou
Bachelor, old gambler, don't even look at him, you promise mother."
Yu Xinying nodded with tears in her eyes: "Mom, I promise you."
That night, Yu Xinying said she was going to the village to buy meat and went to Liang Laihou's house.
Liang Laihou rushed from the room to the yard with a playful smile: "Ying'er is here!"
Yu Xinying said: "I want one hundred taels."
Liang Laihou stretched out five fingers: "Fifty taels."
Yu Xinying stepped forward: "Fifty two are enough for a pair of medicine."
Liang Lai said honestly: "My money didn't come from the strong wind. What's more, your mother is terminally ill, so these fifty taels are wasted. This is a happy event, and you will still need money to live in the future."
Yu Xinying lowered her head: "Give me the money now, and don't tell my mother."
Liang Laihou promised: "I won't tell my mother."
Yu Xinying pursed her lips in disgust and looked sideways.
Liang Laihou took the silver and handed it to Yu Xinying.
Yu Xinying reached out to pick it up, but Liang Laihou took it back and said, "Ying'er, it's getting late. You can stay here and have dinner together in the evening!"
Yu Xinying shook her head: "I want to go back and take care of my mother."
He took the money and left without looking back.
The next day, Yu Xinying took the money and went to the county pharmacy to prescribe medicine. When she came back, she quietly changed the medicine without her mother knowing.
But Liang Laihou was worried that his money was wasted, so he didn't tell Sun Qingli. Instead, he went around the village and said that he would come to his house to drink the wedding banquet between him and Yu Xinying in a few days.
Everyone in the village despises her, but they can't say anything about her wishes. They can only sigh at Xinying's bad fate.
This matter reached Dong Qian's ears. He was working in Xu Lin's new house that day and had dinner with the Xu family in the evening. He sighed: "How can that Yingzi agree to Liang Laihou?"
Xu Qing stared and opened her mouth: "Sister Yingzi really wants to marry him?"
Dong Qian nodded: "Yes, just to treat her mother."
Ding Huiran sighed: "Yingzi is a good girl. If you follow that old gambler, you will never have a good life in the future."
Xu Lin said: "Why don't you go find Master Lin?"
Dong Qian said: "How can Master Lin know how to treat a doctor?"
Xu Qing's eyes were filled with anticipation: "Let's go and ask, if Brother Lin has any idea."
Dong Qian said: "Then I will go ask with you tomorrow."
On the morning of the next day, Dong Qian and Xu Qing came to Qiongchang Mountain together.
Lin Xiaodong came to greet him, and Xu Qing jumped forward: "Brother Lin!"
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said to Dong Qian: "Last time Miss Xu came, she said she would bring Miss Dong with her next time, and she actually did."
Dong Qian said: "We are here because we have something to do."
Lin Xiaodong blinked: "Oh?
What's up?"
Xu Qing said: "It's not our family's business anymore. It's my sister Yingzi who wants to marry an old bachelor in the village who is in his forties and is good at gambling."