Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

There are no wild grasses or vegetables in the winter, and the piglets will eat boiled autumn potato dregs mixed with bran when they are brought back.Two days ago, there were pigs who were depressed and didn't eat much.In the next few days, I ate it with wheezing and wheezing, and I gained a lot of weight visible to the naked eye.As long as it can be eaten, autumn potato vermicelli is always made anyway, and there are plenty of residues!

Seeing such a situation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry about them two days ago has disappeared. This is more than two taels of silver!It is worth the money of the corvee.

Speaking of corvee, the corvee team sent out by their village returned the afternoon before yesterday.There is nothing serious about people, but they are very thin.This time the corvee was longer than before. Although the wages were paid in the next few days, there were no villages or shops in front of the village, and there was no food to buy even after the wages were paid. After three or four bowls, it will be gone after soaking in urine.

Moreover, the yamen said that next year's corvee food will not be provided, so I will bring dry food by myself.The common people complain endlessly, but what's the use?If anyone dares to be an idiot, then just wait for them to grind you to death!

Zhang Shu spent money to redeem the corvee, and everyone said his redemption was worth it.The corvee river is not used by boats. It was said that the embankment would be repaired, but when we got there, we found that the work of repairing the embankment had been taken up by other villages, and then the government officials asked them to clear the silt.It was freezing cold, and I stepped barefoot into the still stagnant river, digging out the mud underneath and carrying it on my back.

The hands and feet of many villagers were covered with frostbite, and they could not move after stepping on the river for a long time.The younger man couldn't help crying. He didn't expect that the first time he served in corvee would be such a hard job.Life is better now than before, how many people can bear this hardship?

Yu Xiaoliu also went this time, his family is separated, so it is better whether it is paying taxes or serving corvee.

His previous brothers had all had their turn, and this time it happened to be his turn.He was also the one who cried from work.He Yue went to see him once, and when he came back, his eyes were red and his feet were so bad that he couldn't even look at him.

Zhang Shu also brought some red dates to see him, boiled them with ginger, and warmed his body.Yu Xiaoliu leaned against the head of the bed, his face was thin and out of shape, but his cheeks were bright red, making his eyes bigger, he opened his mouth and smiled, "Brother Zhang Shu, come here to pick up something .”

"I'll let your father cook it for you later. Eat it to warm your body and get better soon."

"Hey, I don't have anything wrong with it. I'll be fine within two days if I'm wrapped in the quilt."

Zhang Shu lifted his quilt and found that his feet were hidden inside. They were red, swollen, and festered in many places. Some parts of his legs were bleeding, and they were only roughly wrapped in cloth.

Yu Xiaoliu was a little uncomfortable, and stretched out his hands to cover the quilt, but Zhang Shu found that his hands were also rotten.

"Why not treat it?" Zhang Shu asked in a deep voice.

"What's the treatment? What's the matter with the two chilblains of the farmer's parents? It will be healed soon." Yu Xiaoliuqiang laughed a few times, and then quickly turned his face down again.

Zhang Shu looked at his thatched hut. It was dark and small, and some places were still a little bit windy. The quilt covering him was not very clean, and the cotton inside was lumpy when he touched it. It had been covered for at least five or six years. look.

There are quite a lot of brothers in Yu Xiaoliu's family, and he is the last one.These brothers are all married with wives and husbands, and they can't get along together. They quarrel or fight all day long. His father and father are not strong-tempered, so they just obeyed the request and divided the families when they were bored. Yu Xiaoliu is only 14 years old.

His father and father originally said that they would be with him, but his sister-in-law strongly opposed it. The eldest has always been the foster parent, so why did he become the youngest when he came to her house?In fact, they just took a fancy to the Yu family's big house, and they were afraid that the two elders would give it to Yu Xiaoliu if they felt distressed.

Yu Xiaoliu didn't know what to expect. After the separation, there was only a broken thatched hut and a few pots and pots. When they first separated, they didn't even have a bed, and they slept on straw piles all day long.

His father often came to bring him food at the beginning, but his sister-in-law soon gave birth to a third child, and the first two had to be taken care of. Every time his father came, his sister-in-law would sit at the door and cry about her own life. He won't let his father come.

When he was a little older, He Yue would get married. He liked his little cousin very much, so he asked his man Laiwang to help pull him up. In this way, Yu Xiaoliu's life was easier.

When he was sixteen, he followed Laiwang to work as a part-time worker. The boss generally didn't want him because he was considered small, so he said that he only needed half of his wages, so that he could work smoothly.

After earning money, he would often visit his father and buy something for his nephew and niece along the way. His elder sister-in-law looked at him softly, and she would not criticize him when she had a meal occasionally.

This time he was sick, and the money he earned was only enough to buy some food. His father, brother and sister-in-law all came here to visit and gave him some food, but no one ever said they would take him to see it. Doctor or something, I'm afraid of being relied on by him.His father opened his mouth, but he had no money and could only wipe away his tears, and then helped him make something to eat.

It was his cousin and brother-in-law who bought him some ointment and said they would take him to see a doctor.But his family is also in a difficult situation. The old man is paralyzed on the bed and suffers from several illnesses every winter. How can he cause trouble for them?

So, poor people don't get sick from anything!

Seeing him lying alone in the hut, Zhang Shu remembered the feeling of loneliness and despair when he died in his previous life.If he was left alone, Zhang Shu suspected that Yu Xiaoliu might not be able to survive this winter.

Zhang Shu helped him tuck the quilt, and then went out.Yu Xiaoliu smiled, then opened the paper bag and took a red date into his mouth, it's so sweet!

Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. After the separation, he felt that all he could eat was bitterness...

Zhang Shu returned home and told Li Mujin about the situation. Li Mujin was silent for a while, and then said, "Let's send little six brothers to see a doctor, then a man with a chicken is not a problem."

Zhang Shu hugged Li Mujin, his Jin'er was really kind. "I plan to hire Xiao Liu as a long-term worker in our family, and the money for this medical treatment will be deducted from it."

Yu Xiaoliu has no land, so he relies on part-time labor for his livelihood, and this money is almost enough for him to eat.When it was the most difficult time, he had the cheek to go to He Yue's house for two meals, and as soon as he earned money, he would buy some snacks for Dabao, which was considered repayment.

"Well, then I'll just pack up a house and let him live here in the future." The long-term workers are all provided with board and lodging.

"Now give me a quilt at home, and give me some money, and I'll send him to the town clinic to have a look."

Li Mujin took out a half-new thick quilt and handed it to Zhang Shu, and then took out a money bag, which contained a tael of silver and some copper plates.

Zhang Shu spread the quilt on the ox cart, and then drove the ox cart out.

Grandma Zhang saw it, and hurried out to ask, "What's the matter, are you going out after eating?"

Li Mujin told Grandma Zhang about the matter, and Grandma Zhang was silent for a while, she only said that she was a poor child and didn't say anything more.Li Mujin knew that grandma agreed.

Zhang Shu drove the ox cart to Yu Xiaoliu's gate, and then walked in.

"Brother Zhang Shu, who is this?" Yu Xiaoliu looked puzzled at Zhang Shu who had gone and returned.

"Go, I'll show you around."

"No! I'm fine, so I don't need to go." Yu Xiaoliu was grateful in his heart, but he still refused. Those who are close to him don't care about him. Why should he drag him down if he is not close or for no reason?

"It's not for nothing. You can do whatever my family does in the future. You will be my parent's worker in the future, and the money for seeing a doctor will be deducted from it."

Yu Xiaoliu was stunned, staring blankly at Zhang Shu, not knowing how to react.

"Get up by yourself, are you still waiting for me to hug you? I only hug my husband." Zhang Shu made a rare joke.

Yu Xiaoliu burst into tears, who wants to die if they can live?Seeing hope suddenly when he was desperate, he couldn't control his emotions at all.

Zhang Shu helped him go out, and then helped him into the bullock cart. There was an old quilt inside and a half-new bed covering him. It was a long time since I experienced such a soft and comfortable feeling.

The bullock cart was staggering, and Yu Xiaoliu gradually fell asleep.

The town and the county are not on the same road, it is much closer to the town.Zhang Shu saw a medical center open, so he drove an ox cart there.

With the help of the little boy from the medical center, Zhang Shu got Yu Xiaoliu in. The doctor came over and retracted his hand as soon as he put it on, "I brought him here because I was so hot. Do you want him to die of fever?"

Zhang Shu also felt quite hot just now, and thought it was caused by the warmth under the quilt.

"Doctor, please show him quickly, his hands and feet are all rotten."

The doctor lifted up his trousers and looked, "Is he in corvée?" He has taken several patients like this, but they are not as serious.

"Yes, take a look."

"Why did you go so early?" The doctor muttered, and then helped him feel his pulse, "The body is weak and hot outside, the mind is stagnant, bad luck enters the body, the spleen is weak, and the internal fire is burning. If you send it a few days later, You shouldn't have come to me, go to the next street."

The street next door is a funeral street, where coffins, wreaths, paper money and incense are all bought.

Zhang Shu was taken aback by what he said. He thought about it carefully, and he didn't know if there was Yu Xiaoliu in his previous life. He didn't go out often. Will talk to him about it.

And this time in his previous life was the saddest period for him. He married that woman, and Jin'er married the Wang family, so he didn't have the heart to take care of other things at all.

"Then doctor, please prescribe him medicine, and if you have anything else to pay attention to, just say it."

"I'll prescribe medicine for him first, and you and Tong'er go get the medicine. Three bowls of water, fire, and fire will be boiled into one bowl, and I'll give him the needle."

Zhang Shu nodded, and after the doctor prescribed the medicine, he went to grab the medicine, and then used his medicine pot to boil the medicine in the doctor's backyard.

After the medicine was boiled, Zhang Shu took it to the front yard. The doctor was pulling out the needle. His forehead was sweating in such a cold day. It seemed that the doctor was serious.

Yu Xiaoliu had already woken up, so Zhang Shu directly gave him the medicine to drink. "Thank you, Brother Zhang Shu."

"You should thank the doctor, I can't cure you."

"Thank you, doctor." Yu Xiaoliu really thanked the doctor seriously.

"You? Not real brothers?" The doctor asked in surprise. He thought it was because the brother in the family was sick in corvee and had no choice but to send it.

"Doctor, how can I have such good luck to have such a brother, he is my neighbor."

The doctor's eyes on Zhang Shu changed a bit. This young man is quite good. He ran around for his neighbors, or as the old saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors!

"Doctor, is there any medicine rubbed outside?"

"You don't need to buy it for external rubbing. Go home and boil ginger juice and apply it on the affected area. Combined with the medicine I take internally, it will be fine in a few days. This is not a serious illness, but if it takes too long, it will be bad."

"Thank you doctor! How much is the total consultation fee?"

"Acupuncture and medicinal materials are a total of [-] wen. By the way, if it is possible, after the fester is cured, you can eat cold-dispelling ingredients such as mutton." The doctor hesitated before saying, because he found this when he performed the acupuncture. The clothes worn by the lying young man were covered with patches, and there were patches on them. It was not a good look at his family.

Zhang Shu saw that there were not enough copper coins, so he took out a tael of silver and gave it to the boy. After he weighed it and confirmed that it was correct, he gave the money to Zhang Shu.

Zhang Shu helped Yu Xiaoliu into the ox cart again, with a large bag of medicinal herbs hanging on his body.

When passing by Yu Xiaoliu's dilapidated house, Zhang Shu passed by without squinting, and Yu Xiaoliu was so anxious that he screamed behind him.

The bullock cart went all the way to Zhang Shu's yard. Zhang Shu pointed to it and said, "From now on, you can live here."