Her tone was sincere. Chu Yunli would always pay more attention to these two people. Then he was curious and asked, "Did something happen again?"
Doctor Tian was at the front and never looked back. The woman was panting all the way up the hill and continued climbing with her hands on her hips. She said, "The Wu family is poor, mainly because Mr. Wu's father left early, and his mother is weak.
They had to spend money to find people to do the work. Originally, the produce from the fields, excluding wages, was barely enough for the mother and son to live on. However, Mr. Wu had a talent for reading since he was a child. The mother and son had a tight life and owed a lot of foreign debts.
.Normally, the people in the village don't take care of themselves, and they can't help. The relationship between their family and many people in the village is not very good, but since Mr. Wu was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, and his ranking was good, if there is no accident, he might be able to become a scholar...
"
At this point, she stopped and turned around, taking a few breaths, thinking it was time to rest. Chu Yunli was also tired. In her two lifetimes, she had only been afraid of this kind of mountain road a handful of times, so she took the time to catch her breath.
"After that, there were a lot of people who interacted with the Wu family. Later, he and you..." The woman smiled apologetically, "His mother asked the villagers to borrow money to hire the Zhou family. Originally, these people were not very
I was happy, and later he said he was willing to pay 10% interest, and many people were tempted."
The surprise on Chu Yunli's face couldn't be concealed. Zhou Mingxuan didn't know about the 10% interest payment. When she saw that the Wu family had borrowed so much foreign debt, she was annoyed but sweet because it meant that the Wu family was enough.
He values her, so he feels comfortable paying back the money.
"But then your marriage was announced, and many people became anxious, so they couldn't help but ask the Wu family for money on the big day." The woman turned back and continued climbing the mountain, "The bride did take the money and two boxes that day.
I went out to pay off the debts in the Wu family village. After a few days of silence, the Wu family's daughter-in-law quarreled with her mother-in-law every three days. The aunt next door to the Wu family heard about it and said that her mother-in-law owed her parents' family a lot of money. Uncle
She also came to ask for debts, but the bride couldn't get the money. Her mother-in-law didn't believe it, and even persuaded Mr. Wu not to enter her house at night... Also, the woman she was marrying seemed to have taken care of her since she was a child. Now that she got married, she
My mother-in-law was tired and sick because of her wedding arrangements. I don’t know if she was really ill or fake. Anyway, she was lying in bed all day, and three meals a day had to be delivered to her. Good guy, all the affairs of the Wu family fell on that mother-in-law.
, I became tired and sick within two days. After I became tired and sick, I had to call a doctor... The family couldn't get any money, and it seemed that the old woman might die. There was a lot of trouble these past two days. When I passed by Wu's house yesterday,
I also heard Wu’s daughter-in-law asking her mother-in-law for money to buy medicine.”
Chu Yunli listened silently along the way. On the surface, it was impossible to tell that she cared about this matter.
The woman stole a few glances at her face and said with a smile, "Ever since the bride came into the house, everything in the Wu family has been running for money. It's really not a good family. I heard before that you and Wu
My wife and I have grown up together, and when she doesn’t get enough money, she may come to you to beg you, but I’m not sure.”
The last sentence has the intention of mentioning her. It just means that if you are not willing to help, you have to avoid it.
Chu Yunli kept her face hidden, pointed at the bottom of the big tree, and asked, "Can those kinds of mushrooms be eaten?"
The woman raised her eyes and said in surprise, "Yeah, they are pine mushrooms, they are edible." After saying that, she glanced at Doctor Tian in front of her and paused, "You have to go deep into the mountains to collect medicine, so be careful.
The pine mushrooms in the mountains are big and good. If Miss Zhou likes them, she can pick more and go back."
Chu Yunli vaguely understood that the woman wanted to pick these things back. Naturally, she would not be angry with the woman because of this. Farm wives probably wanted to pick more of the game they could eat. It was just human nature.
Furthermore, the situation of the Wu family that she just mentioned was not simply gossip. If you think about it carefully, she probably wanted to sell it well to her.
The next road was filled with Chu Yunli, Chun Yu and their guards, plus Doctor Tian. Gradually the surrounding woods became denser and denser. The guards opened the way in front. For a while, except for the rustling of leaves, it was Doctor Tian teaching her medicinal materials in a low voice.
's voice.
Chu Yunli listened carefully, and suddenly she seemed to faintly hear a woman's cry for help in the distance. After listening carefully, she found that it was really there. Doctor Tian and others nearby also heard it.
Doctor Tian looked cautious, "The weather has been good these past few years, and no one comes to this place. I wonder who is asking for help?"
Chu Yunli still remembered that she wanted to do more good deeds, so she immediately said, "Why don't we take a look?"
Today's women are fragile, and there are almost no martial arts students. However, ordinary women do not dare to go to this place. If there are no guards around, Chu Yunli will not suggest this. No matter how important it is to do good deeds, she still has to take her own safety into consideration.
.
Dr. Tian is a kind-hearted doctor and a kind-hearted person. He raised his feet and walked toward the place where the sound came from without any objection.
The group of people walked for half a quarter of an hour, and the woman's changed voice calling for help got closer. Everyone also saw the person in front of them, a very ordinary farm girl, wearing a cloth dress covered with patches, with two baskets at hand, containing
I bought some medicinal materials, which are not very expensive, but the medical clinic does charge them.
After Doctor Tian saw the girl in front of him clearly, he took a few steps forward and squatted down, "Tui'er, what's going on?"
The girl named Cui'er was full of surprise when she saw them. Although her face was pale and she was weak as she leaned against the wall at the bottom of the pit, she could still speak clearly, "Uncle Tian, I accidentally stepped on the trap. My leg may be broken. It hurts."
If you can’t do it, you can’t move at all.”
Chu Yunli hurriedly asked the guards to help him get out of the pit. The girl in front of him was about fourteen or fifteen years old. She had an ordinary appearance and seemed to be quite lively. Her legs were bent unnaturally. It was obvious at a glance that she was seriously injured.
Doctor Tian squatted in front of her and examined her carefully, frowned and said, "You can't walk or stand with this injury. This is a deep mountain, and it may not be easy to bring you down. I'm just lucky that it didn't get worse on the way back."
The injury will prevent you from getting out of bed for three to five months."
Cui'er's face turned gloomy, "Now that things have come to this, I can only take good care of my injuries. But for my mother's future medicine money, I will probably have to ask you to give it to me on credit."
Doctor Tian waved his hand, "Don't talk about that. Fortunately, Miss Zhou has brought a guard, he should be able to take you back."
When something like this happened, and the girl was an acquaintance with Doctor Tian, it was natural that the medicine would not be harvested. The guards carried her on their backs, and the group was preparing to go down the mountain. On the other side, Chunyu went to pick up the basket she left behind. Chu Yunli saw from the corner of his eye,
Asked, "Why are there two?"
There are not many medicinal materials in the mountains. As a girl, there is no need for her to get two.
Cui'er lay on the back of the guard, trying hard to hold herself up. After hearing the words, she turned around and explained intermittently, "I came here with my sister-in-law from the Wu family... After I was injured, she went to find someone, but
This place is too far from the village. I was in too much pain and was afraid that I would faint, so I shouted loudly. I originally wanted to prevent myself from fainting, but I didn’t expect that I actually called you. Thank you very much Miss Zhou today."
Chu Yunli waved her hands, "It's nothing." After saying this, she suddenly remembered that the only Wu Ming family in Sannan Village was named Wu. Judging from the girl's age, the Wu sister-in-law she mentioned should not be Wu's mother. Then It can only be Shen Qiuyan.
Doctor Tian over there has already asked, "You are the only person in the village who knows medicinal materials. Who is your sister-in-law? Didn't you always go up the mountain by yourself in the past?"
"It's the Wu family..." She looked at Chu Yunli, a little embarrassed, "It's the Wu family who married a cousin from the Zhou family."
Doctor Tian frowned, and Cui'er had already explained, "The Wu family's sister-in-law's mother-in-law has been sick these days, and she can't afford the medicine. Yesterday, when she met me returning home from collecting medicine, she said she wanted to come and keep me company. …In this deep mountain and old forest, I am sometimes really scared to be alone, so I took her with me today. But I didn’t expect that I would be injured, but it did drag her down.”
Chu Yunli was dumbfounded. She really didn't expect that Shen Qiuyan could still think of going up the mountain to collect herbs to earn money. In Zhou Mingxuan's memory, Shen Qiuyan relied on the Zhou family. Before Zhou's father died, although she only took moon silver, But she didn’t need to worry about the money for medical treatment. Later, the Zhou family and her daughter died, and she married Wu Ming as a second wife. As Wu Ming’s fame became higher and higher, her life became more and more prosperous. Things like going up the mountain can be said to be This is something she has never experienced in her life.
Doctor Tian disagreed and said, "How many medicinal materials can be found on this mountain? You don't have enough to collect it yourself, so what are you going to do with others?"
Cui'er smiled and explained, "My sister-in-law is also a poor person. She has lost all her close relatives since she was a child. Now her nanny, who is like an elder, is sick. I don't have money to ask her to hire a doctor, so I can only take her to collect medicine." .”
After hearing her first words, Chu Yunli frowned slightly. What does it mean to have lost a close relative since childhood?
Although Shen Qiuyan's life was dependent on others, Chu Yunli dared to say that she had a better life than these girls in the village. At least she didn't have to wash, cook, work in the fields, and was exposed to wind and sun and was scolded at every turn. Shen Qiuyan's Compared with the life in front of me, Twee's fingers were full of calluses, she really couldn't see how pitiful she was.
Cui'er turned back to look at Chu Yunli and asked with a pale face, "Miss Zhou, you and your sister-in-law grew up together. It's a matter of life and death. Can you help her?"
Before Chu Yunli could say anything, Doctor Tian had already scolded him, "You talk too much! I'm not living a good life myself, but I worry about other people's concerns. If it hurts, just take a nap, and I'll start talking nonsense."
Cui'er was really in too much pain. At first, she was worried about the difference between men and women, so she wouldn't let herself lie on the guard. Gradually, she couldn't care anymore, and simply lay on the guard. She didn't know whether she was fainted or asleep.
When the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw many people in the village holding machetes and preparing to go up the mountain. When they saw the unconscious Cui'er on the backs of the guards, their expressions changed. Those with quick ideas hurriedly asked the women in the village to take the knife. Cui'er took Doctor Tian with her to deal with her injuries.
Shen Qiuyan was in the middle of the crowd. There were two women holding her hands and refusing to let go. "If you can't explain this clearly today, we will never let you go. Why did Cui'er have nothing to do with me today?" Did she step into a trap? She has no elders in her family, so we aunts will also seek justice for her!"
Another woman agreed, "Yes, Cui'er was injured like this because she was trying to teach you how to pick medicine. You have to pay for the medicine!"