Chapter 4

Two days later, Shi Qingluo wanted to drink fish soup, so he went to a river connecting the two villages to catch fish.

On the way, I heard several women gossip.

"Xiao Xiucai in Xiaxi village is really miserable. He was finally admitted to the scholar, but he fell down the mountain and was unconscious. I heard that his family had no money for medicine, and I don't know whether he can be saved."

"The Xiao family doesn't care?"

"Haven't you heard about the Xiao family?"

"I went to town before I came back. What's the matter with the Xiao family?"

"Xiao Xiucai's father went to military service before, but who knows, he became a general. When he came back some time ago, he came back with a little lady."

"I don't know what happened. Xiao Xiucai's mother pushed people down and the little woman miscarried."

"Xiao Laoer was so angry that he wanted to demote his wife as a concubine. I don't know how to talk about it in the end. It became two people and separated."

"Xiao Xiucai's brothers and sisters followed his mother, and then separated from the Xiao family to go alone."

"Xiao Xiucai is a conscientious man. I heard that General Xiao originally wanted to bring him back to the capital for training, but he refused. He chose to separate his family and live with his mother, siblings and sisters."

"It also angered General Xiao and wrote a divorce letter with Xiao Xiucai's brother and sister. He had returned to the capital a few days ago, so the Xiao family can't manage it at all."

"In the past, Xiao Xiucai's mother didn't live well in the Xiao family when Xiao's second son went to be a soldier. She was often scolded by her mother-in-law and bullied by her sister-in-law. If Xiao Xiucai hadn't protected her, she would have been killed by the competition."

"It's really a sin. The second Xiao is really cruel."

"The people of the Xiao family are cruel. Since Xiucai Xiao's family disappeared, they have been more and more harsh to their mothers."

"If Xiao Xiucai hadn't been admitted to fame by himself, he wouldn't be able to decide for his mother this time."

"What's the use of having a general's father when you're admitted to a scholar? You're not about to die."

"He used to be a famous scholar in the whole town. What a pity, alas!"

After hearing the gossip, Shi Qingluo walked towards the river.

Who knows, as soon as I walked nearby, I saw a child drowning in the river.

So he ran over without hesitation and jumped down the river to save people.

After taking first aid measures, the child choked a few saliva and opened his eyes.

"Am I not dead?" He asked in confusion.

He originally wanted to catch fish in the river. Who knew that his leg suddenly cramped and drowned. He thought he would die like this.

Shi Qingluo looked at his confused appearance and smiled and patted him on the head.

"Of course someone saved you. You didn't die."

Xiao Erlang looked up and saw a sister with water all over her body, looking at herself gently.

He was not stupid and quickly reacted. It was this sister who saved him.

"Thank you, sister. I will repay you for your help in the future."

Now he is the only available man in the family.

Originally, my brother was unconscious. If he died again, I don't know how sad his mother and sister would be.

Shi Qingluo looked at the eight or nine year old child who was so sensible and had a good impression of him.

"OK, I'll wait for you to repay me later."

For children, it's good to have a goal.

"Where is your home? I'll take you back."

Xiao Erlang originally wanted to decline. He felt embarrassed to bother his sister again.

Who knows, he stood up, but his feet hurt. He can only say embarrassed, "that's troublesome, sister. My house is in the next village."

Shi Qingluo picked up the child and walked in the direction he pointed out.

The child's home is in Xiaxi village, just across the river. There is a wooden bridge to walk across.

While walking, Shi Qing chatted with the child.

He was surprised to find that he was the younger brother of Xiao Xiucai in the gossip of those women.

His brother hurt his leg after falling down the mountain. Then he suddenly had a high fever. After taking the medicine, he went back and forth. In recent days, he has been in a coma even more seriously.

His eldest aunt and third aunt took advantage of his brother's coma and robbed most of the food from his family.

When they separated, they didn't get much money. Now his family can't even afford medicine.

Every day her mother went up the mountain to dig herbs for his brother to boil and drink, while her sister dug wild vegetables to satisfy the family's hunger.

He saw that his brother was getting thinner and thinner. It was said that feeding more broth could kill him. The meat family couldn't afford it, so he wanted to catch fish and boil fish soup.

Who knows, but almost drowned.

Shi Qingluo sympathized with the children after she learned about them. It was really miserable that the house leaked and rained at night.

The house that Xiao Erlang's family is now divided into is the old house of Xiao's family, so it is located at the back of the mountain at the end of the village.

Shi Qingluo walked with Xiao Erlang on his back for more than half an hour before he arrived.

A dilapidated courtyard appeared in front of us, and there were families around, but it was not close.

Push the door and go in, you hear two people crying.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door, a middle-aged woman with red and swollen eyes ran out, followed by a 12-year-old girl with the same red eyes.

Xiao's mother was relieved to see her suddenly missing son come back. At the same time, she couldn't help saying, "Erlang, where have you been? I'm scared to death."

Xiao Erlang looked at his mother with guilt. "Mom, I just wanted to catch fish. Who knows that I drowned. This sister saved me."

Xiao's mother was almost scared to death when she heard this, and her body was even softer.

Fortunately, the youngest son was saved, otherwise what would she do? This is not digging her heart.

She looked at Shi Qingluo and said gratefully, "thank you, thank you so much."

She wiped her tears, pretended to be strong and continued, "we will repay you for your great kindness in the future."

What happened these days almost crushed her.

If she didn't have several children, she would want to die.

Shi Qingluo looked at the legendary weak and deceptive Xiao's mother and found that she was really soft. At this time, she also pretended to be strong and calm.

But it can be seen that she does love her child. When she heard that her son was almost drowned, the expression of tension and almost loveless was very real.

She smiled. "I just met and saved it. It's nothing."

Xiao's mother was more careful. When she saw that Shi Qingluo was still wet, "if you don't dislike it, put on my clothes first. I'll wash and dry your clothes for you. It will be sunny and dry soon."

"Although it's summer now, it's easy to catch cold when your clothes are wet."

Shi Qing was really uncomfortable with her wet clothes. She saw that Xiao's mother was wearing patched clothes, but she was very clean and tidy.

So he nodded, "well, please."

Xiao's mother quickly waved her hand, "no trouble, no trouble!"

Then she took Shi Qingluo in to change clothes, took her best suit of clothes to Shi Qingluo, and took the changed clothes to the yard to wash.

Shi Qingluo changed her clothes and came out. She sat in the yard and waited, chatting with Xiao's mother at the same time.

This also sets out a lot of words. It is really that these three people are too simple.

If the lying man can't wake up and is not protected, I don't know how the three women will live.

Shi Qingluo suddenly had an idea.

After Xiao Xiucai separated, this family was regarded as one with very simple personnel relations in the countryside.

There is no need for a large group of people to be crowded together. There is no pressure from the elders at the level of master and milk, and there is no interference between uncle and uncle. There are fewer contradictions between right and wrong, and the family is not difficult to get along with. This is the first choice for this kind of family to marry.