The family cried and laughed, and finally calmed down. It was Xu Congyi who spoke first.

"Grandpa, you must be exhausted after being away for so many days. Come back to your room and have a good sleep!"

At this time, everyone in the Xu family reacted. Hunter Xu hurriedly said, "Dad, Yi Yi is right. You must not have had enough rest outside. I'll heat up some wild vegetable porridge for you. Go ahead and eat it. Then I'll boil some water for you. You can take a good bath and have a good sleep. In the evening, when the eldest and second child get home from school, we'll have a reunion dinner!"

Old man Xu agreed and took out 15 taels of silver from his inner pocket and put it on the table. "This is the money I earned from digging ginseng these days. It's not much. You keep it and make some delicious dishes tonight." Old man Xu was also a good hunter, but he was a little too old in recent years. A few days ago, the city's drugstores bought ginseng at a high price. Old man Xu had heard that there was ginseng deep in the back mountain. In order to earn more money for his granddaughter's medical treatment, thinking that he had rich experience in the mountains, he went up the mountain by himself despite his family's dissuasion.

Xu Congyi asked herself how she had deserved to be born into such a loving family. She was grateful, thankful and thankful.

When fate comes, she cherishes it.

Old man Xu asked his wife to get some clean clothes, and he went to the kitchen. He didn't ask his daughter-in-law to heat up the porridge, but drank it all up. Then he went to the back room, which was originally a utility room. Later, the clever old man Xu made a few bathing buckets himself, and the back room became a bathroom. Because it was next to the kitchen, as long as there was a fire in the kitchen, it would be warm even in winter.

Old man Xu soaked in the water, and the hot water washed away his fatigue. It was not easy to dig ginseng in the mountains. He walked for seven or eight days and only dug two. But he thought again, at least he dug two ginseng, and exchanged them for silver, so it was not a complete loss.

After taking a bath, Old Man Xu lay on the bed, and soon fell asleep after having enough water and food. At lunch, Hunter Xu wanted to wake up his father to eat, but his mother stopped him.

"Don't call your dad. Let him sleep well. He won't sleep well in the mountains. Just have dinner early in the afternoon."

Hunter Xu thought about it and felt that what his mother said made sense, so he stopped shouting.

At noon, the family had some noodles. Xu Congyi could eat a full bowl now. As the saying goes, the more you eat, the faster you grow. Xu Congyi felt that he had grown taller. But he was only a thirteen-year-old child, so it was normal for him to grow taller.

After lunch, the family began to prepare ingredients for dinner. This was the first happy reunion dinner for the family since Xu Congyi fell ill. In the past, everyone was always frowning because of the child's illness, but now the whole family has smiles on their faces.

Although they said they were preparing ingredients, there were only some wild vegetables and corn at home. However, there was a wild rabbit that Hunter Xu had shot in the mountains the day before. He had wanted to take it to the market to exchange for money after breakfast today, but for the reunion dinner, Hunter Xu decided to keep it for himself. Although he was a hunter, he had not eaten meat for a long time.

Hunter Xu was packing rabbits in the yard, and Li Dahua was carrying a small basket to go to the city to buy some things. When Xu Cong saw her, he begged Li Dahua to take him with him.

"Mother, take me there, mother, mother, my most beautiful mother, take me there, take me there..."

Li Dahua rejected Xu Congyi mercilessly, "How can that be possible? You are still so weak that a gust of wind can blow you down. Besides, the city is not close to home, you can't leave."

Xu Congyi lowered his head in disappointment. Her grandmother couldn't bear to see her precious granddaughter being wronged, so she hurriedly spoke.

"Dahua, it's okay, just take Yiyi with you. Didn't your father bring back fifteen taels of silver? Our family is rich now. You can spend twenty cents to hire an oxcart, and you two can go in the oxcart!"

"But……"

"Don't say buts," Xu's mother urged Li Dahua, "Take Yi Yi with you quickly, the sooner you go, the sooner you can come back!"

"Yeah yeah yeah, long live grandma!" Xu Congyi jumped happily in the yard.

"Hey, little ancestor, please stop jumping. Be careful with your little arms and legs!" Li Dahua pretended to be angry but couldn't keep a straight face. She was genuinely happy to see her daughter happy.

"Let's go!"

The mother and daughter walked along the path in the village, and from time to time they would meet villagers from the same village. The villagers in Liushu Village were all simple and kind, but even so, Li Dahua always dared not go out before. She was afraid of meeting the villagers. Although the villagers had no ill intentions, Li Dahua was still afraid of their eyes full of pity and sympathy. But now it is different. Now that her daughter is well, she can finally go out openly, like other mothers in the village.

"This is your Aunt Li", "This is your Uncle Zhao", "This is your brother Xiaotian", "This is your sister Xuexue"... Li Dahua greeted everyone enthusiastically along the way. Xu Congyi knew what his mother was thinking, so he greeted them obediently as well.

Finally, they arrived at the house of Da Niu, who rented the ox cart. After hearing Li Dahua's intention, Da Niu readily agreed and said that he was also happy that Xu Congyi had recovered and that he didn't need to pay anything. The two pushed and shoved back and forth for a long time, and finally gave up because Li Dahua didn't want to rent the cart.

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