Lao Li was looking at the women in front of him, feeling helpless and having a headache.
"It's not that far yet. Besides, as Xiu'er said, the chickenpox started in her house, not in Da Tian's house. If you want to use this reason to kick people out, wouldn't Zhang Xiu'er's family also have it?
Do you have to be expelled from the village?" Lao Lizheng said angrily.
A woman has a face as long as a horse, so everyone jokingly calls her a horse-faced woman.
The horse's face stretched, making it look longer, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Just let her pass like this. From now on, outsiders will have to be bolder, and they will not be able to rebel in the future!"
Lao Li was speechless, "The more you talk about it, the more serious it becomes. Do the outsiders want to rebel? Don't just talk about these useless things."
Another woman with a dull and mean expression put her hands on her hips and said, "Uncle Li Zheng, are you afraid of the military master behind the little widow?"
Lao Lizheng said angrily: "Aren't you afraid that you can just go find her and never finish it? Why are you looking for me?"
The mean woman was speechless for a moment.
Ma Lianzhang snorted coldly and said: "Now that the little widow has someone to support her, she is becoming more and more courageous. You see, she doesn't even take her own mother into consideration. Who among the people here will she take into consideration?"
After a pause, she added: "Anyway, Lao Li Zheng, you have to make it clear to her. I don't care what her relationship with the military master is, but if the military master wants to collect any food in the future, my family will definitely not have it!"
It's not that there was no precedent for this in the past. Those soldiers were stealing one by one. They went around every village and confiscated the grain from whichever village was rich.
They handed in the grain every year and collected additional grain. In winter, they didn't even have enough grain to survive the winter.
Especially now that wars are ongoing, the people on the front line are all aware of the shortage of food, but who is not in shortage?
They are all used to fight, and even if they win, the people will all starve to death.
The reason why Ma Lianzhang said this is because among the eight villages in the ten li, Zhangjia Village is relatively well-off. Now if outsiders are targeted by soldiers, they will have no place to cry.
At that time, even if the little widow is skinned alive, what will be the use?
In fact, this is what Lao Li is worried about. Compared with other villages, he has always been proud of being better off. If an additional grain tax is 'levied', Zhangjia Village may have to count down immediately and may not be able to recover for many years.
"I know about this. You go ahead. I'll find her then."
With Lao Lizheng's assurance, the ladies finally left.
While there was a lot of discussion here, the three children of Qin Yue's family were all cured, and no acne marks were left at all!
The villagers said that three children are lucky and Da Tian is lucky. If three babies were killed at once, he would not be able to live long after such a big blow.
No one mentioned Qin Yue, and naturally no one mentioned what she did in it.
It's the woman's duty to take care of the whole family, but it's hypocritical to say so.
Zhang Xiuer came two more times, and each time she said her condition was improving and she was now able to run, but there were still scabs on her body.
After Zhu Yu improved, his family members stopped worrying and stopped looking at him. As a result, he kept scratching and left many acne marks on his body.
Fortunately, I'm a kid, so I don't care that much.
However, after Zhang Xiuer saw the three children of Qin Yue's family, she suddenly felt ashamed.
They are well-raised.
What Qin Yue was worried about still happened. Although the three children were isolated in time, Zhang Xiuer's family did not have this concept. There were people at home in the two days when the second girl was sick, but they did not dare to let anyone see them.
So chickenpox spread all of a sudden in Zhangjiacun.
There are three or four children in each family, and once the disease is infected, the entire family is affected.
Chickenpox itself is something that no doctor is willing to treat, and even if they are kind-hearted, they can't afford the money required.
Suddenly, ghosts were crying and wolves were howling in Zhangjia Village, and every household was frowning.
After turning in the national grain every year, there is only enough food left to survive the winter. If more is sold, the whole family will starve to death before the child dies of illness.
Not only one family is facing a dilemma, but every household is like this, so some people unite.
At first, three or four family members came to Zhang Xiuer's family to ask for an explanation.
To put it bluntly, they just want money for medical treatment, but Zhang Xiuer's family is not richer than anyone else, and they might be able to give some money. With so many people together, they can't afford it even if they sell all their winter food.
The mother-in-law cried and made trouble and finally sent these people away. The whole family sat together, frowning and sighing.
"But what should we do? We didn't want chickenpox to happen. Why is it blamed on us?" the mother-in-law muttered while wiping her tears.
The man lowered his head and said nothing for a while, and said after a while: "Sell the three sheep at home. Let's deal with it first. We won't talk until there is nothing we can do."
The mother-in-law sat down on the ground, slapped her thighs and started crying.
"Our family only relies on those three sheep. What will we do if you sell the sheep? I won't survive. If they come again, I will hit them and die in front of them!"
The man had a headache. It took him many years of saving to save three sheep, and one was Xiuer's dowry. After so many years, his family could always be better than others with these three sheep.
But what can they do now?
Zhang Xiuer suddenly stood up and said, "Instead of selling these three sheep, why don't I take them to beg Qin Yue? I think she is capable and kind-hearted. Since she can cure our column, maybe she can
There is a way to cure the children in the village!"
The mother-in-law and the man looked at each other.
"Is she okay?" asked the mother-in-law, "I never heard that she could see a doctor before. Qinjiacun is so close to our home. If there was a doctor, we would already know about it."
Zhang Xiuer sighed, "Is there any other way now?"
They have become desperate, and now the whole village looks like they want to eat them alive.
Finally, they decided to let Zhang Xiuer give it a try, which was better than selling the sheep directly.
The mother-in-law stood up, flicked the dirt on her butt, and said: "If you want to find Qin Yue, then you don't have to give her our sheep. At worst, I will kowtow to her!"
Zhang Xiuer got angry and asked, "What's wrong with people missing you in kowtow? How much is your kowtow worth?"
But my mother-in-law thought this was feasible. If she, an elder, kowtows to the younger generation and asks for help, the other party can't bear to ignore it.
The man remained silent and did not express his position.
Zhang Xiuer said coldly: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Qin Yue's mother tried to take advantage of her several times and was punished by her again and again. We only had this chance. If we really offended someone, our family would have to face the whole family."
The villagers’ denunciation!”
Both the mother-in-law and the man remembered the scene just now and stopped talking.
Mother-in-law Sisi Aiai said, "We don't want to take advantage of her in vain. Can't we still help her family if something happens in the future?"
Zhang Xiuer was completely speechless towards her mother-in-law.
"I don't know if we can help them, but they have already helped us first."
At this time, the man suddenly said: "The sheep still can't be led over."