Fang Qingshi entered the room and glanced at Mr. Zhou who was lying on the bed and groaning.
The two sisters-in-law sitting nearby were also wiping tears and looked over when they smelled the noodle soup.
Li Xiangzhi came over and stretched out her hand: "Give it to me! I'll feed mother."
"Okay." Fang Qingshi handed over the noodle soup, and when Li Xiangzhi was about to catch it, he let go of his hand. The hot noodle soup suddenly spilled on Li Xiangzhi's hand, which made her scream and jump up:
"Fang Qingshi! You, loser, did it on purpose! Do you know who I am? I am an official lady! I..."
"Li Jingrui is dead." Fang Qingshi looked at Li Xiangzhi coldly.
Li Xiangzhi suddenly stopped moving as if a cock had been pinched by the neck.
"You bitch! Why don't you die! Why don't you die for my big brother!" Li Xiangcui rushed over to catch Fang Qingshi.
"I can't replace you." Fang Qingshi took the first step and pinched Li Xiangcui's neck: "Your eldest brother is dead, so I don't have any advantages. Your mother is an old widow, and I am a young widow, that's about the same."
"Damn it!" Zhou was halfway through his roar when he was stopped by Li Jinghe, who understood and cursed: "Ignorant girl, get out of here!!"
Fang Qingshi frowned slightly when she saw Li Xiangzhi and Li Xiangcui acting stupidly. The two girls of the Li family were really mindless masters, but it was Li Jingtai who took his two sisters out.
Zhou glanced at Fang Qingshi patiently.
Fang Qingshi didn't give Zhou a chance to speak, so he spoke first: "Mom, Jingrui told me that when you become a scholar, you will be given food by the yamen. If you don't want food, you will be given ten taels of silver throughout the year. Do you know this?
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"What?" Ms. Zhou sat up and looked at Fang Qingshi: "Is there such a thing?"
Fang Qingshi looked at Mrs. Zhou's widened eyes and sneered in her heart, Li Jingrui refused to tell his mother about this, how dark his heart was!
Zhou counted on her fingers: "Jingrui was a scholar in the third year of Jianing. Now it is the seventh year of Jianing. Doesn't it cost more than forty taels of silver in four years?"
"Yeah." Fang Qingshi nodded: "There are still 100 acres of land exempted from taxes. Li Changming's family has 25 acres, and Li Cheng and Li Fu have more than a dozen families. Together, they have 60 acres. They are given to Jingrui every year.
Money, don’t you know about this?”
Zhou's eyes are about to pop out!
She didn't know! After her son became a scholar, the family didn't have to pay for him to study. He said he would make money by copying books. This made Mrs. Zhou extremely happy. Throughout the year, her son could still give her a bunch of copper coins to supplement the family income.
I feel like my ancestors have manifested themselves.
"Sister-in-law! Big brother won't do that to us!" Li Jinghe realized something was wrong and said quickly.
Fang Qingshi sighed: "This is what Jingrui told me before he left. If you don't believe me, go to the Yamen and ask, and you will know."
Can Mr. Zhou believe that he has a nose and eyes?
But she didn't think that her son had lied to her, and thought that the Yamen had embezzled their family's money.
So, she said: "Let the whole family go to the Yamen! This matter must be clarified!"
Fang Qingshi hoped that they would hurry up and take back these privileges since Li Jingrui was dead. When Li Jingrui wants to go back and recognize his relatives in the future, then there will be a good show.
"If you feel unwell, take care of yourself at home and we will discuss it when we come back," Ms. Zhou said.
Fang Qingshi nodded. Zhou felt that he would definitely be able to get the money, so he didn't let himself know because he was too tired to walk.
Mrs. Zhou took her four siblings out to go to the Yamen.
It finally calmed down. Fang Qingshi went to the kitchen to make herself a bowl of noodles and ate it slowly. Her hands holding the bowl were trembling because she was so hungry. Back then, the Li family wanted to sell themselves to hunters in the mountains.
It was the eldest brother who tried his best to supplement the Li family, so the Li family did not sell themselves.
I wish I could give myself two mouths!
After all that, I was so blind! I couldn't see the vicious heart of the Li family.
After eating, Fang Qingshi went into the mountain with a curved sickle and a basket on her back. She would not trouble her eldest brother again, and she would never let the Li family go. Aren't they just a hunter in the mountains?
That hunter was almost eaten by a tiger that came down the mountain to look for food in spring. He only escaped with a broken arm and went to save others!
Going into the mountains, Fang Qingshi looked for tit excrement. Tigers are most afraid of tit excrement. Once it sticks to the tiger skin, diffuse ulcers will occur, which can kill the tiger.
When spring is cold and cold, the herbs in the mountains have begun to sprout. This Fengling Mountain is my opportunity.
When I came to Fengling Mountain in person again, the image of my old mentor came to life before my eyes. In this life, I must let my old mentor live well and live a long life.
The thyme has been dried, picked and placed in a basket. The smell of this spice is particularly like musk. The tiger's nemesis is tit excrement, and it also likes musk best. If the tiger does not come, he will lure the tiger down the mountain.
Laohukou is a gorge in Fengling Mountain. There are many wild animals further in. The hunters chosen by the Zhou family live next to Laohukou.
Seeing that it was still early, I found a stone, crushed the thyme, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and went straight to the tiger's mouth.
When you got to the place, you put the spices on the ground, lit them, and hid in a hiding place to wait. When you heard the roar of the tiger, you immediately lit the remaining spice powder in your hand, spread it in a line and ran outside. After running a few steps, you stopped and lit a bunch.
Seeing the eye-catching white tiger chasing after the smell, Fang Qingshi ran like crazy. When he reached the mouth of the gorge, he immediately shouted: "Help! Help!"
Duan Chengde was chopping firewood when he heard the roar of a tiger and immediately stood up, took off his bow and quiver and walked out, when he saw a young woman running towards him with a basket of medicine on her back.
"Stop shouting!" Duan Chengde staggered away from Fang Qingshi and opened his stance: "Go to the yard!"
Fang Qingshi glanced at the man who looked like half a black iron tower. No wonder he hunted in the mountains all year round.
Fang Qingshi, who entered the small courtyard, saw water in the wooden barrel, found a gourd and gourd to dissolve the tit excrement, and saw Duan Chenglai shooting an arrow with his bow. The sharp arrow flew out and hit one of the tiger's eyes.
The tiger pounced on me like a madman.
The timing is just right!
Fang Qingshi ran out of the yard with a gourd and gourd in hand. Without saying hello to Duan Chengde, she sprinkled tit dung on the tiger from the side. In the tiger's sense of smell, the smell of tit dung was simply deadly!
The tiger roared again, turned around and quickly disappeared into the forest.
Duan Chengde stood there in astonishment, looking at the tiger's retreating shadow, and then at the little woman next to him, his brows knitted into knots: "You lured the tiger down the mountain?"
"Yeah." Fang Qingshi nodded: "I want to catch a tiger and sell it for money."
This is just a joke. Duan Chengde waved his hand: "You can't do it, go back."
"Yes, I can't. It seems that I can only be sold by my husband's family." Fang Qingshi carried his medicine basket out of the small courtyard and walked back.
Duan Chengde raised his voice: "Why did your husband's family sell you?"
"In order to pay off the debt." Fang Qingshi stopped and turned around: "It's too dangerous for you to live here. Chickadee droppings can scare away tigers. If you don't protect them, I can save your life. Thank you for today."
After saying that, Fang Qingshi stopped talking and walked down the mountain quickly to go home. Not long after entering the hospital, he heard the door ringing. He looked up and saw four officers escorting the Zhou family back. He felt so happy!
As soon as Zhou saw Fang Qingshi, she immediately grabbed the officer's sleeve and pointed at Fang Qingshi: "That's her! That's what she said!"