Chapter 321 Compassion
The next day, the news came to the sand farm. It was said that Shanzi's mother had seen it through the old doctor in Wuqu. She had confirmed that it was tuberculosis. For a moment, people in Wuqu were panic, but Lu Jingxiu's status rose overnight, and the ship rose.
The first day Lu Jingxiu couldn't have lunch, but today, even the third son of Qi did not dare to treat Lu Jingxiu badly, and served him with delicious food and drink. Logically speaking, Bai Shu could benefit from it, but Bai Shu was just unwilling to eat what others prepared for Lu Jingxiu, and Lu Jingxiu scolded him as a fool.
What Bai Shu was really worried about was whether Shanzi could get all the medicinal materials, and whether Shanzi's mother would be able to save her.
It’s a pity that Bai Shu’s elixir and talismans, his own jade pendant, the sachets given by Dong Se, and the hairpin given by Ye Taoling were all plundered by Lu Jingxiu and left in the Forget Moon Water Pavilion in Lingwu City. When it really needs to be used, it is useless.
Until noon, Bai Shu had not received any news about Shanzi. Instead, he heard that Shanzi's mother's residence was blocked and she was not allowed to enter or leave. Bai Shu agreed with this, and did not think too much about it. He kept watching Lu Jingxiu make a decision for others.
After Lu Jingxiu finished his three fortune-tellings in a day, he closed his stall and ran out on his own, regardless of Bai Shu, his nominal grandson. Bai Shu was also happy to keep a distance from Lu Jingxiu.
After Lu Jingxiu left, Bai Shu carried a bamboo basket and transported stones from the depths of the mine to the open space outside. Although Bai Shu did not have the ability to calculate the calculating skills like Lu Jingxiu, he still had some strength. Naturally, he didn't want to eat and drink in the sand field all day, so he simply buried his head in the sand field.
Because Bai Shu was indignant, he became extremely hard when doing things, as if he could vent his emotions in his heart in this way.
All of this fell in the eyes of others. In just two days of time, everyone could see that although Bai Shu and Lu Jingxiu were grandchildren, they were two real different people.
When others were going to rest, Bai Shu still tirelessly carried the gravel, which was the hardest work in the sand field.
Qi Laosan looked at it silently for a moment, pulled Bai Shu down, handed the kettle to Bai Shu and said, "Xiao Ya'er, let's rest. If you continue doing this, I will pay you a salary!"
Bai Shu wiped his sweat and sat next to Qi Laosan, drinking water and asked, "Uncle San, Brother Shanzi has been there for a day, why haven't he come back yet?"
Qi Laosan shook his head and said, "I don't know, I heard from Shanzi that you can do medical skills, so I also prescribed a prescription for Shanzi?"
Bai Shu smiled bitterly and said, "I understand a little, but I'm afraid I can't eat it in the face of this disease."
However, Qi Laosan comforted Bai Shu and said, "I'm afraid Shanzi is busy, so I took your prescription to show others, saying that it was of some level, so I let Shanzi leave."
Qi Laosan looked up and down at Bai Shu, and said in disbelief: "Xiao Yaer, are you really sure to cure Shanzi's mother?"
Bai Shu took another sip of water and said in a deep voice: "I am really not sure."
Qi Laosan said unwillingly: "Is there really no other way?"
Bai Shu said without thinking: "Yes, I'll raise 500 taels of silver for my grandfather. This is the only way."
Qi Laosan sighed and said, "Although I opened this sand farm and my life is still quite generous, the 500 taels of silver your grandfather said is really not a small amount. Not to mention a mountain, I can't even make it up."
Bai Shu asked tentatively: "This tuberculosis is most likely to cause harm to fish in the pond. Why don't you contact the gentry in the Wuqu and everyone will get together, so it will not harm the village."
Qi Laosan snorted coldly and said, "The people in Wuqu only have good-looking people, but no soft-hearted people. Everyone would rather burn Shanzi's home in one go than raise money for him."
Speaking of this, Bai Shu had no choice but to become silent all of a sudden. He was about to try it out by himself when the medicinal materials were collected.
However, Qi Laosan moved his mind to Bai Shu and said unwillingly: "You can't persuade your grandpa?"
Bai Shu said earnestly: "Uncle San, it's not that I don't advise him, but that he can't listen to me at all. If I hadn't really had no choice, I wouldn't have followed my grandfather to walk around the world."
Bai Shu's words expressed his own feelings. If he hadn't been unwilling to accept it, he thought that he would not be able to overcome the aura of the world like Lu Jingxiu, and Bai Shu would not have lived with Lu Jingxiu at all, suffered these hardships, and did things he was unwilling to do.
Qi Laosan comforted Bai Shu and said, "It really doesn't work. You can stay in my sand field in the future. I can't lose money to you if I keep it."
Bai Shu bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Uncle San, but I have planned it long ago. After this period, I will leave my grandfather and live my own place."
Qi Laosan just mentioned it casually. Seeing that Bai Shu had a plan, he didn't force it. He nodded and stopped talking. He was about to rest for a while and then went back to work.
Bai Shu followed his words and pulled his thoughts back to Taixu. On Tengxiao Square, there were heavy pears waiting for Bai Shu to pick them off.
People like Bai Shu can get along anywhere, and someone will want them. But in essence, Bai Shu does not belong to any place, nor will she stay completely for a certain place.
Just as Bai Shu was worried, someone suddenly trotted in outside the mine cave. Before Bai Shu could see clearly, he heard him shouting: "Brother Qi, no, someone is coming to Mu Mansion!"
Old San Qi looked cold, his hands subconsciously trembled, and sighed: "It's a blessing or not a disaster, it's a disaster, you can't escape it. Go out and have a look."
Bai Shu was going out too, but was blocked by Qi Laosan's faint words.
"Don't watch the fun, stay in the mine."
Bai Shu didn't say anything, and after watching Qi Laosan go out, he sat in the corner and listened to the other people talking.
Two people waited for Qi Laosan to go out and couldn't help but discuss it.
"I heard that Mu Chunhu fell in love with Jat Qi. Jat Qi will be 16 tomorrow, and he will be hired today. This is too impatient."
"What you said, the person Mu Chunhu likes, not to mention the 16th of tomorrow, even if he waits for 16th of ten years, what can he do if he wants you? Counting the days like this will give you enough face to Brother Qi."
"I just feel sorry for Yatou Qi and after that Mu Chunhu, how could I really have a good life?"
"You should say this in a low voice, don't be heard to add fuel to the fire, and you will suffer from it."
The two of them said a few more words, and their voices became smaller and smaller, gradually becoming low and unaudible. Bai Shu didn't expect that there was another girl in Qi Laosan's family who had just grown up. Combined with Qi Laosan's expression and what the two of them said just now, it was not difficult for Bai Shu to guess that Qi Laosan was naturally dissatisfied with this marriage.
I am about to give a betrothal gift at 16 a day. Are you afraid that someone will get the first one?
Just as Bai Shu was puzzled, he saw Lao San Qi walking in dejectedly. He ignored Bai Shu and bent down to grab a wine pot from the ground, and started drinking it alone.
Seeing Qi Lao San's discouraged look and his drinking attitude, he seemed to have to get himself drunk before he could stop.
Bai Shu stepped forward and advised, "Uncle San, it's a turbulent time now. You can drink alcohol, but it's not easy to drink too much."
Qi Laosan looked at Bai Shu coldly, and suddenly handed the wine pot to Bai Shu, without saying anything, waiting for Bai Shu to make a choice.
But Bai Shu could tell what Qi Laosan meant, either drinking or getting out of here. At this time, he couldn't listen to his advice.
Bai Shu was also bored. In addition, he had not drunk alcohol for many days, so he was burned with fire. He took the wine pot and poured a big sip of wine. However, he didn't expect that the indescribable wine would ignite Bai Shu's throat.
Seeing that Bai Shu was generous and not as immature as a young man, Qi Laosan couldn't help but admire, "Good boy, you dare to drink this wine in big mouthfuls like me."
After drinking a sip of strong wine, the burning feeling came, and Bai Shu felt relieved and calm, and her body, which had been soaked in cloudy days for several days, became warmer.
After getting familiar with the feeling of the wine, Bai Shu drank it in a big gulp, which made Qi Laosan stunned.
After this stunned kung fu, Qi Laosan heard Bai Shu ask, "Uncle San, who is this Mu Chunhu?"
Qi Laosan hesitated for a moment, feeling sad and unhappy in his heart, so he also told Bai Shu frankly: "Mu Chunhu was originally named Mu Qihan. In his early years, he was a bandit leader, burning, killing, robbing, and doing all kinds of evil. Every year, he hid in the mountains in winter. When the weather was warm, he went down the mountain to harm the countryside, so he got the name of Chunhu."
Speaking of Mu Chunhu's past, Qi Laosan couldn't help but look disgusted and hatred. When he talked about it later, he felt a little sigh.
"I thought Mu Chunhu would die sooner or later if he continued like this. Who would have thought that within a few years of this life, he would restrain himself, go back to Wuqu to buy a house, and gradually kill and robbery on the surface and make secret shameful things."
Qi Laosan snorted coldly: "Mu Chunhu is the most powerful among the Wuqu. There are countless desperate people under his command. I will not dare to offend anyone."
When Qi Laosan said this, he grabbed the wine pot from Bai Shu's hand, took a sip of the wine, and said fragilely: "But why am I willing to send my girl to such a person? Mu Chunhu is the most lustful. He wants to snatch anyone who is beautiful. Now there are more than a dozen girls in the Mu Mansion."
Bai Shu was silent for a moment and asked carefully: "So under pressure, do you want to betroth your daughter to Mu Chunhu?"
Qi Laosan did not answer Bai Shu in a positive way, but said, "I can't refuse. His power is too powerful in Wuqu. We have nowhere to run."
As soon as Qi Laosan said this, Bai Shu understood most of the time. Qi Laosan himself said that it was a disaster and could not escape it. Naturally, he knew that his own girl had this section.
When things came to this point, Bai Shu couldn't help but feel sympathy for Qi Lao San's family. Bai Shu is such a person who always lives in his own emotions and can easily be influenced by other people's emotions, thus doing some irrational things.
Moreover, Bai Shu can't bear the heavy gap between reality and fantasy, so Bai Shu does everything with all his strength and cannot allow things to go along without following his own ideas.
That's destined, Bai Shu will always be in pain.
Chapter completed!